I actually miss my raw food diet

I know, that just sounds silly!

How in the world would I actually be missing my super strict, can't eat anything but raw food diet?

It's like this, while on the diet I always felt light, now my gut feels heavy and blotted again.

On the diet I only ate when I was hungry even if that was eating once a day.  Yesterday and today I have eaten when it was time to eat and I feel as if I have been eating to much.  I have that over full feeling that makes me want to take a nap.

On the diet I had a ton of energy most days, yesterday and today I have dealt with the sleepy feeling I get many times after eating.

On the diet my whole family pitched in and was making more of their own foods.  Hubby and my daughter were really supportive the whole week.  By day 6 both were very ready for the diet to be over.  Today I spent the normal many hours in the kitchen fixing 3 meals for everyone and cleaning up everything afterwards.  Tons of time getting food and drink for whoever was asking for it at the time.  Then picking up a lot of the dirty dishes when they were done.  When I was on the diet I felt less like a maid than I have yesterday and today.  Don't get me wrong, I enjoy doing things for my family, but sometimes I wish they would do more for themselves and not depend on me for things I know they are able to handle.  I know David is to young to do a lot of the things for himself so I have to do things for him, but that doesn't mean that I should have to do as much for everyone that I do for the 3 year old.  It's good to do things for yourself.  Sometimes I feel like my daughter and hubby wait for me to do something for David then say, "While you are getting that (drink, food, or whatever) for David can you get me some too?"  I know David has a hard time carrying his plate of food or cup of drink without spilling it so I delivery it to him.  But I feel like it's not going to hurt the other two people in the house to come to the kitchen and get what I have fixed them without me having to make a 2nd and 3rd trip to where everyone is sitting. (OK...finished with that rant.  LOL :)  )

On the diet I felt like I had so much time to get a lot done.  And I did get more than normal finished.  I felt like I had  hours added to each day.  And now I see those hours are actually being spent in the kitchen.

I don't miss not having hot food on the diet, but I do miss the quick, you can make it in a few moments, blender meals I was eating.

I have noticed that since I finished the diet everyone is eating more of the salad I put on the dinner plates.  This evening my daughter even passed on dressing.  She said "What's the point of having a salad if you are just going to drown the goodness you get from it with dressing?"  That was a really good point.  :)

Tomorrow I am going back on a modified raw food diet.   I felt better, sneezed less, had more energy, and more time.  :)  My mouth even felt better.  While on the raw food diet I never had a sour taste in my mouth a few hours after eating (other than the onion day), but yesterday and today the sour taste is back.  I really really enjoyed having a fresh feeling mouth.  :)


Today I had a really great time working out.

My daughter was making my son a grilled cheese sandwich.  (She can make them tons better than I can)
(She does help out a ton around here!  She's a very good kid.)
I was doing my biggest loser workout.  Today was the fit boxing type routine
I could hear the kids talking in the kitchen when my son says, "I'll be right back, I'm gonna go fight with Mom."
My daughter says, "What!?!?"
Son, "I'll be right back, I'm gonna go fight with Mom!"

In runs David to do the same punch and kicks that I was doing.  He was laughing and having a really great time.  A few moments later Katherine came in and started doing the workout with us.  It was a 30 minute workout.  The kids did the last 25 minutes with me.  The kinect would bounce around the three of us focusing on a different person at different times.  It was a LOT of fun.  My score wasn't as good as it could have been but I know I got in the workout and the kids got in a workout also.  :)
It was a cold wet day outside so the kids did not want to go for a walk.  It was alright with me since we ended up playing with the kinect and were active with it.  We had fun.  And isn't that what being a kid is really all about?  Having a good time with the people you care about :)


Over all today was a good day and I am looking forward to eating more towards the raw foods meal plan tomorrow.  I love my family and if it takes three trips to the living room to get hot coco to everyone because I didn't get out a tray to do it in one trip ..... welll....so be it...everyone is happy with hot coco :)