March 18, 2008
Just a short post today; it’s very late in my part of the world, and while I could stay up a few more hours because I normally work nights, I do want to wake up at a decent time tomorrow to spend some time with my family.
Day 6 has been the hardest so far.
My wife cooked lots of good food today, and as I write this (around 1:30 AM the next morning), even bread looks good. Only two things got me through today without wanting to eat cooked food:
* Staying 110% focused on my goal.
* Not wanting to risk being ill from returing to cooked food.
Steve Pavlina wrote on his blog about his illness when he returned to cooked foods after 30 days of raw foods. Steve is younger and in better shape than I and still got pretty sick when he moved back to his vegan diet; I simply don’t want to take that chance. I don’t like being sick. I’m not saying unequivocally that returning to cooked foods caused his illness, but my inner voice / common sense / whatever you want to call it says that there’s probably a connection. YMMV.
I’ll also be taking a trip next week (Stuttgart, Germany to Los Angeles, California). I’ve been able to do some preliminary work on making it through the trip without eating cooked food. Some challenges remain, of course, but I’ve been able to solve the “no fruits and vegetables through Customs” problem and know where I’ll be able to get the food I need — at a reasonable price — in the middle of downtown Los Angeles. When the whole thing is over, I’ll write up a report and make it available to blog readers.
That’s all for today; I’m going to cut it a bit short as it is getting very late.
Smacznego,
Tom