starting raw

a recent trip to montana sparked an interest in training for a marathon; so i joined up with the leukemia & lymphoma society & i've been running since august. with that, i also started watching what i ate, and i have lost 13 pounds. i think it would be more if i actually got some sleep every once in a while, but working at 5am, and being a graduate student tends to take up most of my day.

i recently started to look into raw food diets after seeing a special about it on TLC. so, last week i took the plunge and spent almost $300 on a blender, a food processor, and things like wheat grass, carob powder, super food, etc. with the help of a friend who's done it before, i knew i really wanted to do this.

over the weekend, my mom was here & we went to this amazing restaurant called cafe 118. gourmet raw food. it was unbelievable. i knew i was hooked & could do it after that. we even made some of the stuff the next day that we ate & it was pretty easy.

so, here i will document my beginning days of being a 'raw foodist'.