Day 1

Yesterday marked the beginning of our 30 day raw vegan detox. We've been looking forward to this not as a New Year's Resolution or diet to lose weight, but trying a lifestyle change for better health. I've been hearing about this for awhile and we've done some research and decided January would be a good time to give it a shot. So as a test of willpower, culinary creativity, and strength... here goes!

Day 1 - Breakfast was a 1/2 banana/1 orange/handful of raspberries and blueberries smoothie. Next time I'll leave the orange out; it threw off the whole thing with the citrus. Do a whole banana vs. 1/2 of one. Add honey.

For lunch I made a huge salad with sprouts, spinach, veggies, almonds, etc. Olive oil and lemon for dressing with a little salt and pepper. I had some veggies on the side that I couldn't actually finish because I was so full, so I had them as a late afternoon snack because I had to stay at work late.

Kirk made a form of sushi rolls for dinner - seaweed, a nut pate', avocado, green peppers - IT WAS DELICIOUS!!! Simply outstanding!! I mean, I would eat this again when we go back to "normal." He had also tried to make a soup, but didn't have all of the ingredients, so I tried it. It was OK, but the sushi overshadowed it.

After dinner Kirk wanted to try a smoothie, so I did a banana, strawberry, blueberry, raspberry and honey smoothie with the proportions I mentioned above. Tasty!!

A few cool things I've noticed right off the bat:
- You can eat all day long if you want. That's kinda fun.
- With something like this, you really have to concentrate on what you CAN eat vs. having tons of rules on what you CAN'T eat. For me, that little change of focus makes it different than going on a diet where you're trying to eat healthy foods you're familiar with vs. learning about new ones and really redefining how you eat, cook, etc. Since you have to change EVERYTHING, I think you're less tempted to cheat.
- We have two recipe books, so we're concentrating on those and learning a lot about various forms of produce, spices and raw seeds that I've never heard of before. So it's an interesting learning experience about food in general.

So Day 1 was good. No cravings, no issues, no hunger... just a normal day. I did, however, get tired around 10:30, so I went to bed!! That never happens!