Thoughts

So since I've started this Raw Food lifestyle, it has been good to me some days and not so much other days. The pros I have discussed already and they are so worth it:) The cons is the strong opposition fom everybody and the difficulty of trying to fit it in your social life. I am starting though to figure out what to order in restaurants. Today we went to Carabas and I only found 2 things on the menu that are kind of okay. I ordered the ministrone soup, no its not raw but its vegetarian and yummy. The other thing was a salad with grilled egglpant, except the eggplant had a pound of salt on it and a ton of oil. So I dont know what to do about going out.

Its been hard the last 3 days because I am not sure I am getting everything I need with this diet. So I've decided to go out a fitday.com and enter food I would eat to see if I am lacking protein, minerals, or vitamins. I was really surprised to find out that raw food diet is not low calorie ( what a relief, now i know i am not starvig myself..), I actually lost 6 pounds in 6 days and I was eating 1600-2000 calories a day and not all raw! wait it gets better...and also I got 100% recommeded daily intake on all minerals and vitamins. So it made me feel better.
The menu I entered into the website program was all raw though. Plus vega supplement. I've discovered that the staples in a balanced raw diet are:

• Vega (delivers 100% all vitamins and minerals at once, so 1, instead of 2, scoop is a better option)
• Greens, vegetables (they have protein too!!!)
• Sunflower seeds and Almonds(germinated)
• Fruit

Other discoveries:

• Lemon has iron!
• If not for Vega I would have been completely missing B12, and low on Calcium and vitamin D.
• You can get 75 grams of protein without trying really hard on a raw diet
• With fish oil supplement (in addition to almonds, seeds and avocado) I am at 120 grams of fat, which is a lot
• Juicing is a good way to eat more carrots:)
• Hemp seeds, what are you?:))