Friday, August 26, 2011

A New Direction ?

So a lot has been happening both in my personal and food life, believe it or not I have had a change of heart about food...  It all started when I went to a community event that was also potluck and I watched as people were pushing and running to get to the free food, it looked like pigs at a trough, I also witnessed people stacking food on top of other foods so deep that they might as well have had a chum bucket and a straw.  The icing on the cake was the 14ish year old, fat girl swirling ranch dressing all over her plate until it turned white.

Well that was enough for me something snapped inside, I decided that I was going to evaluate the way I eat... I came to a few conclusion which I am going to share, 

1.  I was eat too much meats and fats.
2.  I was eating too much processed foods
3.  I was eating too much cooked foods
4.  I was not getting the nutrition I needed from my diet

So, I made a choice, I was going to go Vegan Rawish for 2/3 of the the day meals and snacks, this means that before diner I eats like a vegan and all foods are uncooked.  I have been working towards this for about three weeks.  I now feel great and I have lost a substantial amount of weight.  

I am now going to give you an idea of what a meal might like like that I would eat and its nutritional values

This meal included Romaine lettuce, one tomato, one cucumber, Homemade Raw Kale Chips, 5 figs, 1 pear, Pecans, and a olive oil/ rice vinegar dressing:



 Here is the nutritional info for this         

Total
592 Calories
20 Fat
0 Cholesterol
55 Carbohydrates
16 g Dietary Fiber
31 mg Sodium
45g  Sugars
8 g Protein
 107 mg Calcium
1201 mg Potassium