thanks you guys
there was a certain amount of willpower in the beginning because i was still craving the carby foods, bread, chocolate etc.
and i was craving something that didint resemble salad or blended gloop. i got around that by making dehydrated raw veggie snack crackers and munching on them when the urge came over me.
ive replaced chocolate with carob bars instead, although i need to limit those as i find them quite more-ish. i also make puddings from frozen soft fruits and bananas and liquidise them to make my own icecream. its dreamy lol
breakfast is made up of a super green smoothie, which includes spinach, broccoli, cucumber soya milk and avocado each morning. i make enough so that there is also some for lunch as well.
i get hungry mid morning and tend to snack on chopped veggies, apples and soaked almonds (dried ones give me belly ache)
evening meal is a nice green salad with either fish, tofu or chickpeas or beans. if the mood takes me i will have steamed veggies with it too and some brown rice. follow that up with pudding of homemade fruit 'icecream'.
its quite enjoyable, and since ive found what i like i can mix it up a little.
other raw foodies make dishes out of eggplant but i cant find away to enjoy it raw, its too leathery for my taste. i like it grilled or roasted best.
i found ways to make the meals fun too, my next purchase is a spiraliser that will create spirals of zucchini to eat as substitute raw noodles. i like raw zucchini a lot.
we are in general pretty active. hubby and i play golf a couple of times a week, and as he is a builder and i help him our activity levels vary depending on what jobs we are doing. some days its heavy digging other days its hanging around passing the screwdriver lol.
we like to go out walking as often as we can though too. but mostly it involves playing golf as well.
if im more active then i need to step up the carbs from grains like brown rice, quinoa, amaranth or even a few baby new potaoes. as long as i stick to around 30-50 grams i do not worry about my bg's, they always come down again.
i'm not ready to challenge the pancreas yet with bigger meals, i think it better to allow it to rest and get used to its new work load.
re: eating the same meals as the family, i actually dont feel my best when i eat that way, so it suits me to do it this way, each of us is different heh??
