Embracing a raw food diet: Day four
Kevin compares hummus and crisps on day four of his raw food diet
DAY FOUR: Monday, June 7: Quavergate
Initially, I was concerned about the social impact of a week on the raw food diet. Eating and drinking inevitably plays a key role whenever I meet up with friends so I had images of BBQs where I was stood in the corner eating a lettuce wrap and dinner parties where fruit was the only thing not forbidden. However, it has not really transpired like that; in fact I have actually found myself speaking to numerous people in the office for the very first time.
Everybody seems intrigued about the diet and in particular how I am faring on it. Some people have remarked that ‘my face is already looking thinner’ but the majority simply exclaim: ‘You can’t eat bread/cheese/crisps? There is no way I could do that’. Fortunately it has actually been a quiet week socially so I don’t feel like I have missed out on very much.
In terms of the food, I have come to the conclusion that things don’t turn out very well when I try to get creative. The guacamole and the hummus were both pretty disastrous so I have stuck to just eating fruit and raw vegetables. Lunch today consisted of a red pepper stuffed with pieces of butternut and dinner was a plate of lettuce leaves with spring onion, celery, carrots and a homemade salsa consisting of avocados, tomatoes, onions and coriander.
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It is also important to stress that along with the diet I have been exercising for 30 minutes each day and going to bed relatively early. I normally swim around 30-40 lengths in the evening time and then aim to get to sleep around 10pm.
My other half has actually been quite good as she has also been on the diet each day from between 7.30am and 6pm. However, she has been unable to negotiate the tricky period between 6pm and 8pm when the cravings are at their greatest. Further to that she has just revealed that yesterday evening she committed the heinous crime of eating a packet of Quavers (crisps) in the car park of our building because she didn’t want to eat them in front of me. I suppose that is very thoughtful of her but it does make me wonder about what other food she has sneakily devoured over the course of the last few days.
