Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Raw Diet Day 1

Stats:
Monday, March 29th, 2007.
Morning Weight: 180 pounds
Basal Metabolic Rate: +1937 kcal
General Activity: +1146 kcal
Extra Activity and Exercise: +381 kcal
Weight Loss/Gain Goal: -1000 kcal
Day Quota: 3464 kcal - Consumed: 2175 kcal
Calories Left: 289 kcal

Lunch:
A large Salad with tons of spinach, 2 cups cherry tomatoes, and 1 cup cucumbers: 124 calories
Nine bananas: 945 calories
Snack:
3 cups pineapple: 223 calories
Dinner:
1 papaya: 148 calories
7 Bananas: 735 calories



I woke up this morning and went for my usual weekday run: 20 minutes, 9 mph, aprox 381 calories. I also did pull ups, push ups, and one legged squats.

My first meal of a salad and fruit was nothing unusual. It's what I generally have, though I sometimes will eat some cooked vegetables/rice with it as well. Sometimes I get a bit "sugarrushey" after all that fruit for breakfast. I felt it today, and I'm very curious to see it it will disappear as I get into the diet. I find that drinking tons of water gets rid of the feeling.

I spent the afternoon in the bright, warm sunshine-the first which has reached NY state- on a bench doing homework. The sun always makes me feel incredibly happy, and this was no exception.

Dinner was a papaya and seven bananas. I feel not unlike how I usually do in the evening, though I do seem to be thirstier than usual. I think I'll start feeling the effects of the diet tomorrow, as my body starts to detox. I eat healthy in general, so I don't expect it to be too bad.

1 comment:

ChrisMtl66 said...

Hey Andrew :-)
Well at least you started on the right foot... getting sufficient calories. I did a 6-month 100% raw trial based on Dr. Graham's 80/10/10, no exceptions, very strict, yet for the first month I didn't get the hang of eating enough, and I averaged roughly 1100 calories per day. I just couldn't eat more than 5 bananas at a sitting. It wasn't until a breakthrough starting the 2nd month that I got my calories upto roughly 2100 per day. Extreme low calories is unhealthful for anyone and I paid the price in temporary hair shedding. Congratulations once again.
- ChrisMtl66