Yeah, I blew it yesterday… no details needed. However, today was extremely successful and amazing! The only cooked thing I had was my boiled spinach & chard. I increased my fruit intake quite a bit and managed to have just over 1400 calories.
I have decided to [try my hardest to] stick to a 70/15/15 plan – 70% carbs, and 15% fat and protein. It’s quite different from ANY plan I’ve ever been on, but after hours of research on various raw websites and reading three or four raw books, it seems to be the one with the best health and weight benefits. (Well, the 80/10/10 plan is popular, but a bit too extreme for me!) Raw foodists who cut their fat dramatically and increase their fruit intake tend to see unbelievable health results.
Thank goodness for Fitday.com! It kept track of my food, calories and vitamins. My protein intake was a little low, but that is OK. As I increase my fruit and greens intake, it will go up a bit more. I had just over 58 grams of fiber today and boy, that was… interesting. I will have to gradually introduce any more into my diet.
Some of the items on my food list were ingredients in the juice I got at Whole Foods today.
So… here is what I ate today (click to enlarge any of these):
Here’s the overall breakdown:
Nutrition:
Also, I have begun taking a B12 supplement… and I took a 30-minute walk today for my Vitamin D, plus 55 minutes yesterday. So I’m covered in those areas. I also had a shot of wheat grass today and my usual kelp tablet, both of which add more nutrients. (I didn’t add them to my Fitday intake as they weren’t listed).
I have a new favorite fruit: red grapes. They are absolutely divine! Crispier and a little less sweet than both black and green. Mmmmmm.
It’s about midnight here right now and I’m going to bed shortly, but I wanted to update on one major thing I’ve already noticed: my vision. About an hour ago, I began noticing that my eye sight was more crisp and clear than it has been in… who knows how long?! Colors and light seem dramatically sharper! I know I mentioned about a month back that I was starting to have trouble seeing with my contacts, but that my glasses vision seemed better. Well, now they both seem extraordinarily sharper. Extraordinarily! I have no idea what could be causing this.
The only negative thing I’m feeling right now is a slight ringing in my right ear.
I can see this plan is going to require more self-discipline than I usually exercise. And that’s OK… that is an area of my life where I am clearly lacking.
Anyway, bedtime!
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Ha! I know what you mean about the vision stuff.
One day a week I usually go raw (mostly fruits) and the next day I don’t even need to use my glasses.
Another benefit from raw food! Yey!
Corina – really? That’s awesome! I wish that could happen to me… sigh… but I’m legally blind a few times over. The super-sharp vision last night was interesting and nice though. It was almost like seeing things in 4D.
I was just wondering where you go to add up all your calorie information? ive been looking for a site that can help me add everything up, and its difficult to find one that takes everything into account
Chrissy right now I’m using fitday.com. (See graphics in post, it totals calories for me). Before that I was using calorieking.com. Fitday is great because you can add everything you eat in one day and it gives you all of the above info I posted – nutrition, calories, etc.
I was always told that legally blind meant your vision was at least 20/200 (in how bad your eyes were). By the time I hit 18 my eyes were around 20/600 or something. They haven’t gotten too much worse since then.
But if your definition is the true one, then no, I am not legally blind. My eyes correct pretty much to perfect with my contacts.
Hey Amy, I got my first pair of glasses at age 10. All through my teen years they said I was legally blind. So I guess Cali is full of eye doctor quacks.
I don’t wish to belabor the point, but if your vision is and always has been “pretty much perfect” with glasses or contacts, you are not, and never have been “legally blind.” Any eye doctor who has told you that you are legally blind, while perhaps not a “quack,” is seriously mistaken and probably in need of a refresher course or two.
I originally asked the question because I found it quite astonishing that a legally blind person could suddenly attain “clarity” of vision through the consumption of vast quantities of fruits and vegetables.
Yes, I realize that I am not legally blind. Clearly the eye doctors I saw as a child and teen were wrong.
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