Energy!
Interesting. I've been fully, 100% no-cheating raw for 5 full days now. The days before that were mixed with salad dressings or a cheated-in ice cream helping. Such a weakness. But ha ha! No more! Point is, I'm super-charged with energy today. I've gotten soooo much done! There isn't a scrap of dirty clothing in the house, nor a dirty dish, and that's just the every-day stuff! Nevermind the re-arranging of furniture and the straightening/super-cleaning of shelves and drawers and closet. Hmmm.

I do feel a little thick in the stomach from time to time today. I think it was the essene bread I ate for breakfast. It's just so dense! Tomorrow I should be able to eat that granola I've been drying tonight. I snitched a lot of it, and it does taste great! Well, time to re-vamp my other website. Another proverbial closet-cleaning.

First order of business
Alrighty, I suppose I should say what brought me to this blog and this diet. I decided to get rid of animal products about a year ago, just to cleanse and (eventually) provide a nice, nutritious base for any critters-to-be. I ran into raw foods discussions, probably in my search for non-processed sugars. I don't recall exactly.

Anyway, since then, I've been trying to become raw -- that is eat no food heated above 118 degrees -- with varied success. Usually I make it a full week then crumble before the sight of ice cream. And once the floodgates are opened..

So skip to now, when I've seen pictures of myself after my summer of no meats or sugars and wow! I look great. Then pics of me after the holidays when I "let" myself eat all sorts of anything. Le yuk. So since January 2004, I've been more motivated, and consistent, than ever.

To that end, I decided to set up a site of links and articles so people, like my husband, can find out more about this lifestyle and why I've chosen it. And lo! A blog is included in tripod's package. Ok, then. Blogging, here I come! And in the end, I think, the blog will be more of a food journal for me. This journey is pretty fresh for me, and until I learn to really listen to what my body needs, I'd better write down everything, no matter how boring or gross it may be at first.