So, I guess I will start with what "Going Raw" means. No, it doesn't mean that I will be streaking at the Wal-Mart any time soon.. It means eating raw food that comes from plants. It means that nothing that I eat will be cooked.

You have to ask yourself; "Why?!"

I will tell you. The main reason? It feels great! After 3 days on the Raw Food you get an energy boost that is incredible. The health aspects are great, but the mental and physical are even greater. To learn more about the "Raw Food Diet" check out http://goneraw.com/ also check out this YouTube video;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynXGA6fCEgU

Now, about 2 weeks before Thanksgiving I went 100% raw for 5 days. The first 2 days I just kept eating apples, grapes and bannans as soon as I started feeling hungry. This really kept the cravings down. On the 3rd day, I was just not as hungry and didn't have the cravings for cooked foods. Day 4 I discovered that I was allergic to raw almonds and I kinda got freaked out by the throat closing symptoms from this. I wound up eating cooked soup trying to get the throat to open up. I then gave up the next day. (Thanksgiving was comming up anyway.)

I lost 4 lbs in those 5 days, but I felt great! The energy that I had was through the roof!.

So now here it is Dec. 8th and I am going back on. I went to Costco and bought more apples, bannanas, grapes, tomatos, garlic and ignoring the wonderful aroma of pizza, went home and had grapes. I packed all that I thought I needed for work and took it with me.

I do not know what I weigh at the moment, but I know it is over 280 lbs. Lets see what happens as I keep this going.

Till next blog,

Laren