Today I ate;

1.5 liters of water

500ml of Yogi tea

Fresh orange juice

Honeydew melon

Bananas

Tomato, cucumber, red bell pepper salad

with chopped dandelions, fennel & dressing (<-- I ate a lot! And the fennel & dressing is not on the program. I actually think I was really thirsty from exercise.  I confused it with craving something heavier to eat. I should have drank more water first, then waited to see. The salad was really good though. I'm making up for the water intake with tea and water. Tomorrow I will go back to drinking a liter of water after I wake up. It's so important.)

= 2090 total calories for the day

So far it's been a bit 'on and off' (of the program), but I can definitely see a difference. I notice that when I do eat off the program I'm looking for high water content food. Like today, (and the other day), I had a big salad with veggies and a little dressing. In the past my dinner habit was a super big dark green leafy salad with nut pate, a zucchini hummus or lots of avocado, olives and dressing. It was very high fat and not very water rich. Now it's a big non-sweet fruit salad, like cucumber & tomato with some herbs, soft leafy greens or maybe bitter greens, veggies and a little dressing. This is a big change. I like this change. So the progress is definitely good news. Sticking to my diet and eating mostly whole fruits and greens (without lots of fat) takes some work. It's harder than I thought. I heard that it takes at least 90 days to change your diet. I plan on working into a greener-fruitier diet until the end of the year. So I have no doubt I'll get there. I'm in for the 90+ days...

Today I ate;

1.5 liters of water

Jicima raw sushi with wasabi dressing (<--from Freefoods, it was so good!)

Chopped cucumbers & tomatoes on a bed of sprouts with tahini dressing

Sesame seed cookies for dessert

*Sesame Seed Cookies Recipe* 

Use 1 cup of ground sesame seeds or dry (not oily) tahini butter, 1 tablespoon of raw honey and a few squirts of lemon juice for the dough. Shape it into cookies, then sprinkle and push in a few raisins on top. Don't skip the raisins! They make it great and add color.)

Today and Yesterday I ate;

I had the pleasure of eating at great raw restaurants two days in a row!

Tuesday~

2 liters of water

Pears

Dinner at Freefoods (I went with a friend. We grabbed a little of everything raw vegan on the menu and shared it. Everything we tried was delicious.  That night at her place, I also had raw purple cabbage leaves with a purple olive pate inside. What a perfect combo! I must have that again. It was so simple and so tasty.)

Wednesday~

2.5 liters of water

Carrot juice

Beet juice

Dinner at Bonobo's (I had a sampler platter of their assorted raw vegetable salads and a green leaf salad with raw walnut pate on top. Their nut pates are excellent!)