On right track!

Well today marks day seven of my new eating lifestyle, I haven't done perfectly but close. I've lost 7 pounds in 7 days!  Not eating meat is very easy for me but boy oh boy do I miss bread and butter!!
I've used this last week to really dig into several nutrition sites and gurus and have found Yuri Elkiam.  He is an awesome young man from Canada who developed the Total Wellness Cleanse that I will be starting on Friday.  (following is a link to his bio.  http://tollieschmidt.com/authors/yuri-elkaim/  )
I've always wanted to do a cleanse but have heard some unpleasant and scary things about the process so I have never pursued it, after reading all of Yuri's stuff and watching his YouTube videos (he's big on videos) I am convinced more than ever that this is the right thing to do.  His is a completely natural raw whole food cleanse with no harsh herbs involved, its 14 days of a pretty strict diet then another 14 day to ease you back into reality, my reality is already raw whole foods so I think it will be ok.  I will let you know how I do.
I'm excited for the challenge and the changes it will bring, only 11 weeks till the wedding..
So till next time;
Eat More Veggies  :-)

The first Success

Success on the first day. Barley grass and lots of water made up breakfast and a mid morning drink then a green smoothie with lots of berries was lunch, sweet peas dipped in hummus made for wonderful snacking in the afternoon and for dinner we all had quick fried veggies on pita bread.  Honestly I wasn't hungry once and all the food was delicious.
The best part is tonight I don't have any heartburn.  :-)

Hallelujah!!

About six years ago during a health scare I embraced a Raw Vegan lifestyle for about 5 months.  The program I followed is called the "Hallelujah Diet"started by the Rev. George Malkmus way back in 1976.
http://www.hacres.com/home
It's a pretty basic vegan program, no animal anything, and 85% of your diet must be raw!
Malkmus, and a lot of the others I follow, are of the theory that it is the live enzymes in our food that actually nourish our bodies and therefor cooked food is lacking at best.
During the time I was following the Hallelujah program I lost a lot of weight and felt better than ever, which was remarkable considering my diagnosis of cancer.  After being poked, prodded and scanned from every angle I was given a clean bill of health.
Praise God and carrot juice! :-)
But the very dumb ending to this little story is that I have not stuck with the program, I have put on a lot of weight my energy level is low and I feel awful all the time.

Well I am sick and tired of being sick and tired so I am embracing the program again.

Yep, and I need all my friends to rally round and keep me accountable. I am setting a very realistic goal of three months to begin with, that will take me to Kimberly's wedding.  After that I hope to be so motivated that I make this my life choice and not just an occasional program to visit.Thanks in advance for your help and encouragement, I will keep you posted of my progress and maybe in the process motivate some of you too.