Day 47... Past the half way mark.

This morning I weighed in at the same weight as I had last Friday morning. That's significant, because I didn't have to do it by starving, and I didn't exactly over do it in the exercise department. To put it mildly, I made a pig of myself more times than I could count. At this rate I will make my weekly goal of losing two pounds with relative ease. Last Friday I feasted at the Middle Eastern buffet. Saturday I gorged all vegan (tofu and veggies) at the Super King Mongolian Barbecue. I snacked all weekend to the tune of at least one sixteen ounce bag of baked corn tortilla chips with picante salsa. I had four toasted bagels with lite olive oil Smart Balance spread (applied more like a slice of bologna than a pad of butter). I had soy smoothies. I had a lot of plums and grapes. Yesterday I ate at the Pizza Hut salad bar & had at least five plates of veggies. I know I had one plate of raw cauliflower, another plate with raw broccoli and some carrot sticks. Two plates of raw blue cabbage with some french dressing. A plate of cherry tomatoes. A plate of romaine lettuce. Then I went home and had a half brick of tofu that was grilled with garlic last Thursday, and seasoned with olive oil and curly parsley. Then I made a huge bowl of chic peas and great northern beans with diced tomatoes, garlic, curly parsley, crushed red pepper, low sodium salt and blended vegetable oil. Ate a little of that and saved the rest for dinner at least for the next two to three days.

Now I got rid of the chili in my freezer. It died due to some kind of freezer burn, or perhaps because I am a lousy cook to begin with. Anyway, I chucked it all out and gave my Mom the extra bags of 'baked corn tortillas' that I love so much. I made an informal commitment to experiment with a diet of primarily 'raw' foods, yet I still have canned beans, frozen veggies and tofu in the fridge. The name of the game is progress not perfection. I am gearing up towards a final month of raw, fresh, uncooked and unprocessed foods, yet I know I can start now by taking home the canned stuff to my moms house, and eating the frozen veggies and tofu myself. Oh, I'm going to get there. I'm determined. Eating healthy is making me hungry.