Day 3

Here's what I ate yesterday, September 6th:

BF: 8 bananas, 450g strawberries, 1 cup blueberries smoothie

Lunch: 4 organic fuji apples from farmers market, 10 medjool dates blended with a sprinkle of cinnamon.  The flavor was great, the texture was NOT.

Dinner: 6 banana smoothie

Snacks: 3 bananas, @ 10 baby carrots.  

Total calories: 3177

Water: more than 4L

Exercise: Did upper body strength in the morning, then jogged/walked 2 miles in the evening.  I beat my 1 mile record time!  The day before it was 11 minutes and 55 seconds.  Yesterday it was 10 minutes and 54 seconds!  Woot!  So super stoked.  

Sleep:  I got about 9 hours

Feelings:  I have been feeling so great!  Everything is just going very well.  My mood is in check, there's plenty of fruit, and it's just all good.  I've been thinking about why it's so much easier this time around (which I probably shouldn't do) and it's like, it's just simple.  I get hungry, I eat fruit.  At dinner, eat fruit, then salad.  I have so many options right now that it couldn't be easier.  And I realized too that I'm not trying anymore.  I'm just doing.  I'm not making it a challenge anymore.  I'm making it my life.  And it just feels so good and right!  

Today is my day 4.  Last month I crashed on this day.  Went to family's house and just couldn't hang.  Ended up doing everything possible wrong.  Tomorrow I'm going to the same place for a house warming party.  I will succeed.  Just bought some fruit this morning and will be taking enough with me tomorrow.  We're not going to spend the night there this time too so it should be that much easier.  I'm even planning on going to the gym tomorrow morning before we leave!  I never go to the gym on weekends.  On Sunday I suppose I'll do a small workout at home.  Or maybe I'll go to the gym.  We'll see!  

Happy Friday Everyone!!  I hope you have a great weekend!

-Cass-

Doing Good

On Facebook Freelee has set up a Banana Girl's Diet group and I joined at the end of July to start an 80/10/10 challenge.  August didn't go well for me so I'm back for Septembers challenge.  The rules are to be raw vegan the entire month and see how I feel afterwards.  In August I made it 4 days.  This month I started a little late, am here none the less.  I'm posting everything I eat in the group, but also wanted to post it here.  It is my blog after all :)  I'm basically copy and pasting everything, but also editing it as necessary.  :)  This is my post from yesterday, September 4: 

Since it was a holiday weekend I've been snacking the entire time. I didn't write anything down, didn't worry about how many calories I was eating...I didn't keep it raw the entire time either...At dinner I would have cooked veggies. Sorry,

 but zucchini "steaks" are bomb. And I have so many zucchini's to eat... But today it's back to the daily grind and I've been keeping track. I think I'll consider this day 1 since I haven't been raw the past few days. The day isn't near over yet, but I wanted to kind of get a head start and write down what I've eaten and what I plan to eat for the rest of the day. 

BF: this one's kinda tough because I don't eat much since I'm about to head to the gym. But I have to eat something before I go in. I made a 10 banana smoothie. Drank most of it then drank the rest when I got home.  

After the smoothie I knew I would get hungry soon so decided to make a date banana smoothie. I used 15 medjool dates and 5 bananas. I suppose this can be considered as lunch even though, technically it's not lunch time yet. I'm still working on the smoothie. 

Dinner - I plan on eating 2lbs organic strawberries I got from the farmers market :) (so excited!) Then I'm going to follow that with a head of red leaf lettuce. 

So far with this smoothie I'm drinking I'll be at 2572 calories. With dinner I'll have 2909 calories. Not including exercise...
At the gym this morning I was there for 30 min doing strength exercises. Later I will go back and do some cardio. I've been smoking...and it's taken a toll. I'm mucousy and working out has gotten harder. When I'm with my trainer it's gotten harder and it just darn right sucks. So, I'm quitting! Like I told my husband, I'm trying to progress, not regress. So with that I'll go back this evening and work on strengthening my heart and lungs. :)

I'm not sure how that second round of exercise will effect my hunger. I'm thinking I'll be really hungry when I get home. I'll be going before dinner, so hopefully dinner will be enough...

Water - so far I've only had 1.5L, but like I said, it's not even mid day yet. So I'll be sure to get in at least another 1.5L. Usually on average I get in 4L total. Aim for 3, try for 4 :)

Sleep - last night I got about 9 hours. I was very tired until after the second time I pushed the snooze button then got a lot of anxiety. Today is my daughters first day back to preschool and the first day that I had to get everyone ready and out the door since school was out.
Well, I think I got it all in...please let me know if I missed anything so can add it on. :) I hope everyone else is having a great day!

I finished what I had posted. At the gym, walked/jogged 3 miles. Took me 43 min 35 seconds. Whew! I have a long way to go! lol I got in at least 4L of water and those strawberries turned into a smoothie with 2 large peaches and 1.5 cups of OJ. Drank it with dinner. But the salad ended up being smaller (maybe 2 cups) with a fresh tomato from the garden. After dinner the whole family went for a bike ride.

I felt really good before bed last night. Stayed up a little late I think, but all is well. Tonight I'll hit the sack a little earlier.

As for today, here's what I had/did:

BF: 11 banana smoothie

Lunch: 5 banana, 15 medjool date smoothie.  

Snack: 3 bananas

Dinner: 2 large peaches, small handful of baby carrots, about 2 cups green leaf lettuce, and some chopped tomato from the garden.  

Overall, I consumed 3183 calories.

Exercise:  I went to the gym this morning and did strength training.  This evening I jogged/walked 2 miles.  I also beat my one mile record!  Before it was 13min 26sec.  Today I did it in 11min and 55sec!  Yay me!

Sleep: Last night I got between 8-8.5 hours of sleep.  I don't think I moved hardly.  Usually I wake up in the middle of the night for some water or to pee, but not last night.  Like I mentioned before though, I will be trying to get to bed a little earlier.  

Feelings:  Been doing really well today!  There was at one point I was feeling a little grumpy and short tempered, but I ate a few bananas, hit the gym, then started eating dinner and felt like normal again.  I feel I have easily conquered two days!  

Still haven't gotten the camera up and running yet.  I've been taking pictures, but haven't been able to get the plug in to work.  I'll keep trying!  Would really like to add some pictures on here to break up the text a bit more :)  

Be Fruity!!
-Cass-