Today completes day 7 of my 'rawxperiment'. I will be honest, this weekend has not been easy...Saturday especially. I was HUNGRY! Part of the problem was I was tired of the veggies I had in the house, and out of many of the staples to make some of the recipes I had. Last night for dinner I had some form of a spinach dip with carrots which would have been much more yummy if my avocado's weren't too hard to use! Last night Andy and I watched a movie and it was by the grace of God that I didn't get up and make popcorn, with salt and butter.... but I thought of the progress in my blood pressure and don't want to mess with it.
Today I made another Costco and Farmer's Market run and I am happy again. There was sweet corn on sale at Costco so tonight I made a corn chowder with almond milk, corn, avocado, and a bit of sea salt. It was really yummy!!!! I have some left for tomorrow. I also found raw pumpkin seeds at the farmers market and I sprinkled a bit of Herbamare on them so now I was able to to be satisfied with my salty snack.
Here are some positives I have observed from this past week...
I LOST 4 POUNDS!
When I got dressed for church today I noticed that my dress pants were loose on me! I checked the scale and lo and behold... I HAVE LOST 4 POUNDS this week!!!! I started out at 115 and am now 111! I don't need to lose weight and am not doing this to lose weight, but that just goes to show how eating food that my body actually processes doesn't just hang around as toxic weight. I am fine with it, I imagine as things level out I will start to gain back some, and I am healthy. Aside from Saturday when I was more 'bored hungry' I haven't been hungry at all... I eat until I'm satified and then when I am no longer satisfied I eat again!
SLEEPING LIKE A BABY
I have noticed a GREAT improvement in my insomnia. That alone is worth it's weight in gold. I did wake up last night, but instead of tossing and turning and being unable to fall back asleep... I DID fall back asleep! I wasn't dragging this morning either like I normally do when I have to wake up to an alarm... which is a good thing, this next week is going to be insane with meetings and commitments!
IT'S ALL GOOD...
I have not felt extreme anxiety or had any panic attacks this week... even when I am in circumstances that usually bring them on. I wonder if my lower blood pressure has to do with that.
WHAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?
This is the biggest reason I am doing this experiment, and the biggest dramatic improvement in such a short time. This change in eating has so far done something no doctors or medications could do for me. I am getting consistent low blood pressure readings... and certainly no high ones compared to how it was before this experiment. The ONLY change I have made is my diet.
All in all, this week has been a dramatic blessing. I am so grateful to God for leading me to this option and my husband and kids for supporting me in trying it. They are having fun sampling many of the things I make and are loving the delicious abundance of juicy fruit and veggies around here. I am motivated to stick to this 30 days as close as I can. Please keep praying for me!
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