Hey Alana. Love the name alanabanana, lol.

4 days is excellent. I found when I first started I had really high days and then felt flat on others, but that has levelled out now and I feel great most of the time. It's amazing really. Detox seems to happen in stages, for most people. But by being aware of that, when you do feel a little low, you know more fruit and some activity will help.

Great work with the 15kms!!! I am aspiring to that at the moment. I just started running, so have a little way to go yet. I am in awe of those who are already there.

I found greens a challenge too to start with. For me the answer was drinking green smoothies, which are basically a fruit smoothy with as many greens as you can manage. I began with about 70% fruit and 30% greens, but now I have mostly greens. Including a large salad might help too. Perhaps a raw dressing will make it seem more appealing. Or maybe a banana and some dates wrapped in a lettuce leaf - it really is yum, promise! lol

Hope you continue to have a great week! Look forward to reading more of your journey.

Welcome Alanabanana!
Wow your doing great! The detox will probably come soon, but if you keep your calories up it will probably be mild. Ditto the greens, I'm definately not a natural greens lover but I find orange juice plus a couple of bananas and a heep of greens (GS) in the blender goes down well. For the salads I add 1/2 an avocado that always helps and my favourite dressing is a slurp of olive oil a squeeze of lemon and a teaspoon of tahini. I was amazed that it tasted so good and now i can't get enough.

Looking forward to hearing more from you
peta

Welcome Alanabanana - great name

Running 15 kms would take me all day - congratulations on your personal best.  How long did it take you?  I'm new to running - it's been a life's dream to be able to do it and I'm doing my best ever since going raw.  But a loooong way to get to 15 kms, phew!

Looking forward to hearing more about your journey and getting to know you better.

Love
May

Wow. So many replies!!

After I posted that entry I aced a job interview (my dream job) and am starting on Tuesday I'd put it all down to the positivity I was feeling yesterday as other candidates had alot more experience and training than i have!

Thanks for the congrats on the 15 ks. Mind you, running on a treadmill is easy compared to outdoors. I don't think I'd last 5 minutes!! Very keen to give it a go soon though!!

i've managed to up the intake of greens thanks to all your wonderful advice!! But still so unininspired! The only greens I reach for at the store are; lettuce, basil, avocado and celery. What others are good to eat raw? I'm too scared to try them. I'm so used to everything being cooked.

By the way, someone suggested corn on on another topic. I didn't think you could eat that raw?

Day 5 was a little bit different. Not on such a high but WAY better than usual none the less. Still managed to run about 7 k and work for 30 mins on the cross trainer. It's so difficult to force myself to go to the gym sometimes, when all i want to do is sleep, but its for the best!! I've noticed that my skin is SO much clearer already, and I'm losing weight/toning up alot faster than I usually would which is incredible! At this stage I can't ever imagine going back to a cooked diet. I think this is going to change my life!!

I've only just started copping some serious arguement about this with a few workmates though. One in particular just can't seem to be convinced that this is healthy no matter what i say

I'm still eating too much fruit but its just so delicious! My favourite so far is mashed banana sprinkled with coconut and drizzled in agave syrup. Also carob mixed with agave tends to go quite well as a topping! I have the worst sweet tooth in the world!

I also have a few small questions (as i'm so new to this)

What is food combining? - its mentioned so much

Is it okay to eat dried fruit? - say dried apricots

Is carob powder technically a raw food? - I'm eating so much of it.

thankyou so much for being so supportive!! I can't wait to get into day 6 :D

Hi Alana,

Definitely agree with Renee (rstar) - you can't eat too much fruit, it's what our bodies were designed to eat and you have to eat a lot of it to get a day's calorie needs fulfilled.  Vegies are for their nutrients but have even fewer calories so fruit away to your heart's content

The carob and agave sounds really yummy I must give that a try!

Food combining is where you avoid foods together which don't sit very well in the stomach.  For many people it's something that is not a problem until you've been raw for a while and really tuned in to your body.  I've been mostly raw for 7 months now and haven't had any problems.  Touch wood!  But those who do obey it will tell you to always eat melons alone, not combined with any other food and wait an hour or more until having anything else.  Also (I think, don't quote me) not to have nuts with fruit.  Please don't take that bit as gospel truth as I'm only using it to illustrate what food combining is as a principle.

Dried fruits are dependent on their drying methods.  A lot of them such as dried pineapple have had a heap of white sugar added but you may find some that hasn't.  Shop around and read labels on everything until you get a feel for it.  A lot of fruits have been dried using sulphur which is not good at all - supermarket sultanas for example.  Time to head for an organic shop if you can.

For carob I can't answer whether it's raw or not - many would tell you just to ring the manufacturer and ask.  For me, I'm happy if it's organic and therefore not filled with chemicals, but that's personal choice.

You are doing so fabulously well

Love
May

Thanks for the replies! I just bought "the raw food detox diet" by Natalia Rose and its explaining quite a few of the basic principles.

Renee it's a job with the clothing company - volcom. I'm looking forward to it so much! Beats the shift work I was doing before. Starting small but I'm so excited just to be entering the industry 

Day 6 was pretty average. Didnt eat all day, and when I did it was lightly steamed greens from a thai restaurant. I guess it could have been worse!! I still felt so slow all night.

Day 7 so far is good! had alot of fruit to start to day. Felt slightly sick after my orange and pinapple juice, but it quickly passed. I'm going to hit up the gym a little bit later and see how I go.

Already the bloating and excess weight is starting to fall off me. It's incredible. My skin has never been better. I'm getting some dark circles under my eyes, but it could be the lack of sleep over the past week.

Thanks for taking the time to read an answer my questions Still amazed at how supportive everyone is!

Alana.

P.s. May, be warned! The carob agave combination is extremely addictive :D

Aww thankyou May

Today was my first day and I just felt so flat! Don't get me wrong I'm SO excited to be working there, its amazing! Just didn't have much energy. I was so tempted to chow down on a delicious smelling slice of banana bread this morning but resisted!

I'm definitely not getting enough greens. today i only had some iceberg lettuce and an avocado... what do you pair spinach with to make it taste a bit better??

on a nicer note, bought my first mango of the season!! $5. But im just so excited to wake up and eat it tomorrow morning before the gym :D