Renee on Raw Food

Modesty Project

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:32:00 +0000

Lexie -- this is for you!

14 days -- you can do it!

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:49:00 +0000

I've done really well today somehow. Maybe it helped that I was gone from home for about 4 hours. But sometimes shopping sets me over the edge being hungry and all.

I lost a pound so far and am hoping to lose 10 total by Thanksgiving -- 15 to 20 by Christmas. We shall see!

I did yoga this morning with Steve Ross. Love his style!

15 days -- That's doable, right?

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:35:00 +0000

I'm going to eat raw for 15 days. My thoughts are already trying to sabotage me, but I'm holding strong.

I'll use this journal to just keep me accountable. Off I go!

Oh dear!

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:19:00 +0000

I went running today -- just a bit of running -- in a flat spot before I got to a steep hill I wanted to climb. I was wearing shorts because it was warmer than usual this morning. I heard this swish-swish sound and was wondering, "What is that?" I listened again and to my horror, I realized it was my thighs rubbing against each other as I ran! Oh dear! If that's not a wake-up call to my weight gain, I don't know what is!

I've been doing well with my raw eating until about 4:00 or 5:00 every day and then I eat enough cooked foods to keep me from losing weight. Not the smartest plan. I'm happy to report that I'm off of sugar though. That's a GOOD thing.

I thought once Cebre's wedding was over, the stress would be lower and I'd be able to focus on my raw eating better. That's been true for a few weeks. But I got off track and now I keep looking at next week, knowing that I'll be out of town and I rarely do well out of town while eating raw. So I keep thinking I'll wait until after that. Not the smartest idea though. Just wasting time.

At it again!

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:29:00 +0000

I'm finally in the raw groove again. I've tried to get myself on track for I don't know how long -- at least a year ? -- with plenty of fail. You know what it took to get me to stick with it? I sent a friend some $$ and told her that if I don't stick with my raw eating for 30 days, she gets to keep it. If I do, she will use it to order me an outfit of my choice online. It worked! I'm so motivated by money. It's sad. :)

I think this is my 3rd week, but I plan on continuing on at least until my daughter's wedding (July 7th). I may add in cooked whole foods then. TTFN!

14 pounds to go

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:47:00 +0000

I lost 1.5 pounds yesterday. I'm not so sure about today. I struggled all morning will eating raw, but kept going. Finally at about noon, I told myself that I could have a small bag of PopChips. 100 calories of starchiness. I ended up having another bag a few hours later and a few pieces of whole wheat bread. Other than that, I've eaten raw, but I need to be better prepared. I need a variety of foods to grab and to satisfy me. I also need to sit at the table more often so I slow down and enjoy my food.

Did yoga this morning -- a new one Element Power Yoga for Weight Loss (or something like that). I really enjoyed it and I'm pretty picky about new yoga dvds.

Off to get kids to bed.

15 pounds -- Let's see how many days this takes

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:46:00 +0000

I weighed myself this morning and found that I've gained 15 pounds since we've moved here. Over this summer, I've learned that if I'm not completely conscientious of what I eat, I will gain. When I'm conscientious of it, I usually just maintain. And when I eat raw, I lose weight. The workouts keep me energized and toned, but it doesn't affect my weight loss. I can do the toughest weight and cardio workouts and still not lose weight if I'm not eating really well. I can just do yoga and lose weight eating raw.

Enough of my weight gain. I'm getting it off once and for all. I've been postponing it this past month and just ended up 5 pounds heavier. Oh joy. My new mantra is that any day I don't eat raw is another day I won't lose weight. My clothes barely fit, so I'm wearing skirts to keep myself from the uncomfortable-ness of wearing tight pants or capris.

I'm curious how long this will take to lose the 15 pounds. I lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks last time I ate raw during the fall challenge a year ago. I hope I can lose the 15 in 6 weeks (or even sooner), but we'll see. I sure hope I stick with it and journal so I can record it and see how I did later on for fun. I have memories of quick and solid weight loss for my Beachbody trips and last fall. It stayed off for months until I let baking get back into my life. So I'll HAVE to not let that happen again this time.

I won't focus on how fast I want it to happen though. I'll just focus on eating raw and eating right. So far today, so good. If I make it past about 2:00 or 3:00 pm., then that's a good sign of success for that day. I tend to get off track usually mid-afternoon.

I'll do some yoga later tonight. TTFN!

Healthy Habits

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Fri, 27 May 2011 03:47:00 +0000

I'm getting to where I want to eat more grains and wheat. I'm not sure why. It's always satisfying to eat it, but I know I never lose weight eating it. I think the reason I'm doing it is because I've been eating less of it these past 6 weeks and still haven't lost any weight, so I'm thinking, "What's the difference?" Well, the difference is that I have more incontinence problems. Makes me sad. So I'll keep working on this.....slowly but surely. TTFN!

This is what I wrote to the Healthy Habits group today

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:15:00 +0000

We're getting close to the end now with just a little under 2 weeks left. I'd like to hear what is still a frustration point for you. I'm finding that some of the goals are sheer ease and effortless to make happen. A few I still have to tell myself, "Do it! Come on, do it!"

So for this week's bonus point, either reply to this e-mail or on the blog and let us know what the biggest challenge of the challenge has been for you.

For me, it's getting my 3 vegetables (1 green) per Plan A. If I plan and prepare something, I'm fine. If I go in my usual graze mode throughout the day, I have to remind myself to do it. I wish it were just second nature like the water and fruit is for me.

I'd also like to hear what your biggest improvement has been. I think it's exercise for me. I'm finally back to my usual exercise regime as I was before I moved. Feels great!

Healthy Habits

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Wed, 25 May 2011 05:17:00 +0000

I think I'm really tired of journaling. Strange because I love to write! I just save it for the end of the day when I have no more umph left!

My eating was good today though. I'm just a bit bummed because I haven't lost any weight with this challenge yet and am starting to doubt I ever can again. Not a good place to be in. So I'll just hope and continue on.

My exercise is good -- did Cindy Crawford's The Next Challenge. Haven't done that one in awhile and love it.

Need to get to bed. TTFN!

Healthy Habits -- Just 2 weeks left!

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Mon, 23 May 2011 05:43:00 +0000

I did well with raw eating last week most of the days. This week will be even better! My exercise was excellent last week and I'll continue with that. Speaking of it, I need to go exercise right now! Took yesterday as as rest day because I slept in from the slumber party. Must go do some yoga or Pilates! TTFN!

Healthy Habits Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Sun, 22 May 2011 05:40:00 +0000

My journaling doesn't look that good this week. I've been doing it on paper and HAVE to get it all on here by tomorrow to get all my points for the week. I keep saying I will and I've been awful at it. Did really well with exercise and eating though. TTFN!

Healthy Habits

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:40:00 +0000

Did pretty good today. No popcorn, cashews, Weighing tomorrow. Did Shape It Up for my workout. Love it!

Healthy Habits -- Day 29

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Tue, 17 May 2011 05:08:00 +0000

I was so determined to eat all raw today. Kept the goal for the most part. Hoping to improve tomorrow! My workout was amazing though. Did all of Cathe's Rhythmic Step when I thought I'd only be able to do 3/4 of it (and was fine with that idea), but I kept going! I also did an hour of yoga afterward, which was great.

I think that's it for all my goals today. Still going strong!

Healthy Habits -- Day 28

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Mon, 16 May 2011 05:33:00 +0000

3 more weeks! All raw and beans and veggies. No butter, no almond milk, no anything else!

Healthy Habits -- Day 27

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Sun, 15 May 2011 05:19:00 +0000

I am so behind in blogging. I keep writing little notes by my bed that I'll later post here. Still need to do that! Today worked out well even though it was so unusual for a Saturday. Instead of getting up early to work out, I got up early to go to a big Rummage Sale. By the time I came home, I was exhausted for some reason, read a book for awhile, then took a really long nap.

After that, I got ready and we went to the beach to see James Durbin from American Idol do a concert. We had to get there hours early to get decent seats (if you can call them seats on the sand), but it was well worth it and a ton of fun. I'm using the 20 minute or so walk each way as my workout today. Also, just sitting up on the ledge of the Boardwalk worked my thighs like squats. I sat up there for over an hour!

My eating was good. Everything good, I think. I may still need to read a bit. TTFN!

Healthy Habits

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Fri, 13 May 2011 05:39:00 +0000

Tomorrow I will put all the entries in and I will record all that I eat in my journal entry. I will also write to the group! Spa to Dawn, Yoga dvd to Melissa!

Healthy Habits -- Day 23

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:38:00 +0000

Today I felt great. I woke up just minutes before my alarm was to go off at 5:35 all refreshed. I did Cathe's Cardio & Weights workout -- sweated and loved it! My eating was mostly raw. I ate some popcorn and a vegan potato dish at the the bridal shower tonight (well, the popcorn just before the bridal shower). All in all, I did pretty well. Need to stop eating so much popcorn though or I won't lose weight. Most of the day was right on track though.............I've been going through old photos, putting family pics from friends and relative that they send out for Christmas into photo albums. It's so rewarding and fun. I can't wait until all my photos are in albums so we can access them easily and I don't have so many little Rubbermaid buckets with pictures in them. Then I can get to the digital photos and will start printing up some of them to treasure in books for our children to enjoy. Off to read my 15 min. of spiritual reading for the day. TTFN!

Healthy Habits -- Week 5 Begins!

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Tue, 10 May 2011 04:15:00 +0000

I can hardly believe the challenge is 1/2 over! In many ways I'm doing well. In others, I'd like to be doing better. But that's okay. Half way and today was great! Cardio in the morning before the kids went to school, yoga afterward. My eating was pretty much all raw with lots of green smoothie(s). I haven't done all of my reading yet, but am about to. It gets more challenging to stop eating at 8:00 with it being lighter later, but I'm getting used to that too. I think I may just end this challenge with as much success as the last one. Kids calling! TTFN!

Healthy Habits -- end of week 4

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Sun, 08 May 2011 23:14:00 +0000

I think I got off on my days last week -- the #s were off, I mean. My week of regrouping didn't turn out as fabulous as I'd hoped. The workouts were good, but the eating was only mostly good. I'd like it to be better than that because my allergies are acting up and I need stellar eating to combat that. So once again, I ponder, plan for the next week and forge ahead. Need to do yoga today since I missed my workout yesterday. Tomorrow I"ll do some KCM cardio before yoga. TTFN!

Healthy Habits -- Day ?

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Sun, 08 May 2011 04:31:00 +0000

I'm losing count of my days. I wrote by hand last night and need to fill it in to catch up. I'll write much more tomorrow after church. Too busy tonight to expound on life, but I will say that my diet is key to warding off my seasonal allergies. More tomorrow!

Healthy Habits -- Day 23

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Fri, 06 May 2011 02:20:00 +0000

I'm thinking tomorrow I want to journal in the morning. I keep not sticking to my raw goal by afternoon and maybe a morning musing and mantra will keep me there. Everything else is going great though. Love the sunshine! Love my workouts! Kelly Coffey-Meyer really delivers with Cardio Burn. I'll have to write about her workouts on my other blog once I do them more. TTFN!

Healthy Habits -- Day 22

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Thu, 05 May 2011 05:02:00 +0000

My posts keep being so short! I know! Tonight is no different. Great workout -- Burn It Up this morning. So-so eating -- challenge worthy, but not all raw. Lots of stress after the kids came home from school. But I'll press on! TTFN!

Healthy Habits -- Day 22

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:09:00 +0000

Did great today, especially with the exercise. Did Kelly Coffey-Meyer's Circuit Blast plus 3 sections of the 10 Minute Solution Pilates on the Ball. My eating is great too. I just keep getting late afternoon headaches, which lead to a nap and then still headaches afterward for at least an hour. I must be detoxing from eating more raw.

I'm hoping to get up even earlier for my workout tomorrow. I had to split 1/2 of it before taking the kids to school and 1/2 afterward. TTFN!

Healthy Habits -- Day 21

noreply@blogger.com (Renee) — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:59:00 +0000

Doing well so far. Haven't had my veggies and I keep resisting making a green smoothie. But I've been eating raw, did yoga this morning and have been enjoying this nice warm weather! Off to make my smoothie now since I only have an hour left before 8:00. TTFN!