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Raw Beauty
![]() Join Date: February 2008
Age: 37
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![]() Today was my first day going grain-free!
![]() I want to keep track of how this diet makes me feel so I'll be trying to post updates everyday for reference. Anyone want to join me in going grain free?? Feel free to post here and share your experiences. I'm sick right now so I was kind of just snacking all day. Today I ate: some raw apples red grapes crab salad (crab meat, scallions, plain yogurt, red onion, dill, salt, stevia) and carrot chips to scoop it up and eat it with red grapes raw swiss cheese some nitrate-free, organic ham chamomile tea a little orange juice lots of water and I had to take some painkillers to stave off a caffeine headache from not having my morning coffee. ![]() So what is NOT allowed for the next month? The following in any and all forms: wheat oats rice corn peanuts beans lentils white potatoes soy white sugar brown sugar chocolate if you read labels you'll find that corn, wheat, and soy are in EVERYTHING. I went shopping today and discovered 'pure vanilla extract' has corn in it. what the? ![]() |
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Raw Beauty
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![]() Day two
![]() Today I ate: bacon banana apple slices lamb stew with carrots, turnips,onions, and peas still fighting off a cold, but no cravings at all so far ![]() |
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Raw Beauty
![]() Join Date: June 2006
Location: Alabama
Age: 62
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![]() Good for you, cutastrophe! I wish I had the fortitude to try this, because I think it would be good for me, but I'm not up for it right now. We have a book called the No Grain Diet, or something like that, that does a good job of explaining the reasons for decreasing grains in one's diet. It is hard and I wish you well! You seem to be off to a great start and I look forward to hearing how this goes for you.
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Raw Beauty
![]() Join Date: February 2008
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![]() Thanks Pilgrim!
My foods for today: watermelon banana carrots with sunflower seed butter goat milk vanilla yogurt leftover lamb stew tomato soup w/ grated grana padano Italian cheese 1 tbsp cod liver oil 1 tbsp omega 3-6-9 oil NO coffee again today! I can't believe I'm still functioning, lol ![]() I just got my oils in the mail today from iherb.com ![]() |
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Raw Beauty
![]() Join Date: February 2008
Age: 37
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![]() I'm really wanting some coffee this morning
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Raw Beauty
![]() Join Date: February 2008
Age: 37
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![]() Today's foods:
1 cup coffee with half-half banana apple sunflower seed butter soup--ground elk, scallions, carrots, tomato, green cabbage, yellow onions, parseley, spices orange juice omega oil cod liver oil another apple bedtime finally ![]() I'm thinking I need to cut back on the fruit. I felt very drained and ![]() |
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Sparkling Beauty
![]() Join Date: April 2007
Location: Eastern USA
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![]() Congrats on the progress! I know it can be very hard. I think a helpful resource may be http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/index.php it's not about no grains, but I've noticed most of the food you'll have available to eat and snack on won't be cooked, (and it'll be hard to find stuff in stores that fits your criteria, and most raw people are definitely in the same boat) and the people there are willing to help out with any diet issue.
I'm not grain free, but I try to balance out my diet. It is quite hard because somedays there seems to be nothing to eat besides making myself some pasta, and I don't feel very well on those days. I try to eat raw as often as possible, but it is hard. Diet is so hard to change. But listen to your body, if it's demanding a day where you eat nothing but fruit, go ahead. Just be sure that over the course of a week or two you get what you think your body needs. Good luck! Edited for: typo
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![]() these types of diets disrupt your metabolism and can cause it to become slower and slower over time.(which causes people to get fat). beleive it or not you need carbs for certain body functions... eating a balanced diet with everything in moderation will speed up your metabolism... what you are doing is really bad for you. there are certain nutrients in grains that your body needs.. how many calories are you taking in?? by the way if you are trying to avoid carbs apples and bananas are full of sugar carbs.
also it kinda sounds to me like you are starving yourself... just lookin out for ya.. not trying to sound rude, just worried is all
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Raw Beauty
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oh goodness, i'm not starving at all! and i'm not trying to avoid carbs completely. i know right now it looks like i'm surviving on fruit and soup, but that's because I'm getting over a cold. if I don't eat like that when i'm sick it takes me forever to get over it. i'm still taking in a good amount of calories though. i sporadically keep track of my calorie/nutrient intake on fitday.com, I'll post some of the numbers I've gotten from there. i don't usually count calories, i already have a fast metabolism and i'm not too concerned about weight gain. more info on why i feel grain-free will improve my health to come as well. ![]() |
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Raw Beauty
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![]() Quote:
thanks! yep that's pretty much my mantra, I'm all about paying attention to what your body tells you and how it reacts to certain foods. ![]() |
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