Day 11 - Raw & Alive

Breakfast:

• Juice - apple, kale, snap pea, spinach, carrot
• earl grey tea

Lunch:

• green salad
• tomato soup
• bread  :{
• lemon water
• peppermint tea

Snack:

• small veggie roll with zucchini humus

Dinner:

• Veggie soup
• Wrap - beet, spinach, tomato, onion with zucchini humus

Snack:

• popcorn with butter
• cucumber sticks with zucchini humus
• chia pudding

Notes:

• I was out running around and went to a restaurant that I thought would have good salads, or fresh veggies.  It was not.  Plain lettuce with a dressing and a tomato soup with probably some kind of cream in it.  Then I ate the bread.
• It was a challenge seeing all the other foods I would normally eat on there.  My "veggie glasses" went right out the window.  Did ok, though since I only ate bread and the rest was relatively ok.
• After making veggie soup last night, our stock at home was quite depleted, so we are running on a tub of zucchini humus and only certain veggies that are not very good by themselves ha ha!
• Veggie Soup - it is cooked.  Again a modification of just a 'raw food' diet.  I think that cooked foods has a place.  Perhaps it is different levels for everyone and you have to listen to your own instinct.  But I do believe that cooking foods has it's place.  An article in Scientific American "Fact or Fiction: Raw Veggies are Healthier Than Cooked Ones" discusses how some veggies are better for cooking and some are better raw.  I think diversity is good, then we get the best of both worlds. It's just what feels right for me.
• I need more recipes! 
• I have been using our Tanita Ironman Body Monitor to help measure changes (make sure I'm not losing a ton of water, muscle, etc.)  Things look good - a healthy amount of weight loss.  Body Fat % down, Muscle Mass - same, Body Water % - same, Visceral Fat - decreasing.  I feel good and the numbers support it.