Day 5 of 10 day 100% challenge

DAY 73

RAW

Well, today rocked! I had so much energy and needed it.

"GREEN SMOOTHIE CLEAN"

Vyk and I have started to refer to things as "green smoothie clean". That means it was given extra cleaning effort via the green smoothie. When we are tackling a big physical task we now make sure we have our green smoothies

I went up to work and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned! There was an office that was "given" to me and then things started changing and I knew that office would not really be mine. BUT, this week I ended up needing a printer and computer up there (My printer at home gives me so much trouble). Anyway, the office has been so bad and every time I walk up there and look at it I get upset and walk away. And the longer I wait for it to be cleaned by the people who trashed it the worse it gets. When I went in there today I just did not think I could stomach it. Someone had been using it a lot and had eaten up there or cleared dishes into there. Food, dirty plates and GIANT rat droppings. Not to mention a ton of other just junk. My husband went with me and I when I saw it I literally walked back out and said I couldn't do it, and I shouldn't have to. But, he said he could and it wouldn't be that bad and it wasn't as bad as it looked. So, he started and I went down to work in the kids area cleaning and then went back up to work with him. Now it is workable except knowing that there are giant rats around. Which ya know, is not exactly livable!

PMS

I feel great! AND, I started my period today with NO pain. In fact I kind of started thinking I was pregnant because I had no PMS and it was about time. I was emotional, but I also had huge emotional battles this past week. But, physical symptoms so far are non existent.

BODY ODOR

This is a weird one, but when I eat high raw foods, esp close to 100% I have very little body odor, now I have not tested the theory out really well, ya know I bathe daily so I am sure if I bathed less I would still smell. But, yeah, I smell good under my arms with my natural deodorant which is less than perfect for that kind of thing.

VYK

Vyk , killed me today. When we got up to my work here to after referred to as "Taft" there is a coffee shop within the building. Anyway, we have a tab, or I should say I have a tab, and Vyk is notorious for putting stuff on it. So when we walked in he just orders a bagel WITH CREAM CHEESE and a Oswalla protein drink. I looked at him and he was just really enjoying it and it seriously looked like he had not eaten for 4 days! I thought.. he is going to regret that later. So, we went to a salad bar for lunch and he grabs a few other not so hot choices, if you are trying to eat raw vegan. I think, that is OK, he will feel what he is doing.. sometimes we have to learn things the hard way. Then for dinner, he just decided to heat up an Amy's vegan burrito. Tonight, he is like.. Kathy, something I ate made me sick. So, I do not know what he will decide to do after this little challenge. My hope is it will help him eat healthier and I think that will happen. He is staying off of soda, he could have just as easily ordered that. And he still ate a salad, etc... I can see him ending up vegetarian or something, but having the tenacity to be vegan or high raw, I don't know? He might prove me wrong... I mean I never thought he would do half of what he has done this week.

THE DOWN SIDE OF 100%

There is one thing I do not like about 100%. It drives me a little crazy and makes me think I could not do it all the time. It is the idea of 100%, it is too perfect. It leaves no wiggle room and it is really hard. Like it makes you say.. is this condiment raw? IS this herb processed? IT just drives me crazy. I hate that part of it. Now if my goal is 100% raw plus a little wiggle for using almond milk from the box and a vinaigrette from super salad and a sprinkle of not raw sunflower seeds. That just makes me feel better about it, I do not have to worry over the details of it. AND I feel really good, I can't imagine feeling much better. And it made it doable to eat out today and be 100% ish raw. So that is my new thing for the week. My new goal 100%ish. Then I do not just freak out and eat something cooked out of some kind of self imposed mind set. I feel much better now. I am changing the above title :) And I am happy about it!