Raw food revolution

I’m setting a little challenge for myself over the next few days, to consume a mostly raw food diet without obsessing over calories or weighing myself. Yep, this means reverting to my vegan ways for a while. I am interested to see if it makes any difference to my energy levels, mood, and general overall appearance (skin, weight, etc.)

So yeah. I’m going to take it upon myself to eat “raw” (with the exception of coffee, and soy milk) until this time next week, and see where it leads me. Fruit, veggies, nuts, seeds, whole dried fruit, raw vegan bars and juices, and shitloads of water.

• raw overnight oats with soy milk, peanut butter, raisins and walnuts -400kcal
• raw vegan Nakd bars x2 -290kcal
• raw sweet peppers, 1 punnet -45kcal
• raw sesame, pine nut, chickpea and olive oil hoummous -700kcal (I didn't eat this all in one go but had half with the peppers, and half later)
• orange juice, 2 glasses -240kcal
• 2 coffees with soy milk -115kcal
• elderflower water with ice, several glasses -50kcal
• butterleaf lettuce and green beans with raw balsamic honey dressing -55kcal
Total: 1895kcal
 
It astounds me how much I can eat/drink without clocking up the calories. I was stuffed when I came home and just had a few bites of veggies, as that was all I could handle. 1895 calories might sound like a lot, but I ate what felt like a huge volume of food for that amount, and hopefully my metabolism should get up to speed digesting all of it. I can excuse 1500 + calories if it's all the good, clean stuff. If it's crisps and chocolate, I feel shitty, and my metabolism slows down.

My aim tomorrow is to eat more fresh produce! I might venture to the fruit/veg market stand in the morning, and stock up on cheap cucumber, celery, kale, and peaches. Yummm.