hear me roar. and bitch. and moan.

I've been thinking a lot lately about raw food, vegan, vegetarian and whole food diets. Last October, I did a 10 day juice/raw food fast. I had mostly fresh veggie and some fruit juices, and I would allow myself raw vegetables for dinner. This worked so well for me and I felt so great after the 10 days. For myself and The Persian, I know this isn't a feesible diet to continue and raw is very hard to maintain. Plus, I love to cook. This leads me to thinking more about vegan/vegetarian and whole foods. I don't mind vegetarian at all. We've actually started incorporating meatless days into our weeks regularly, and without much effort. It just works for us. Is it sustainable for us? I'm not sure. A whole foods diet holds a lot of appeal to me, since it involves me preparing most of our meals, which I love. I find that after a week of cooking most of our meals instead of eating out at restaurants or picking up fast foods, I feel so accomplished. I feel like vegan or vege...

One year later and I'm going to try to blog again? Le Sigh. Still no further along in the weight loss than I was a year ago. That hasn't changed. Everything else has. I'm engaged to The Persian. :) He proposed in an impossibly fantastical way just before Christmas and our trip to England/Paris for a month. Since we've come back, it's been moving in to our place, getting settled, and planning a wedding. Life is fantastic. England and Paris were AMAZING, of course. I've never been overseas and it was so much more than I'd even imagined. Meeting The Persian's family was the highlight. They were so warm and welcoming. It's easy to see how he became who he is. I'm the luckiest girl. Weight loss....grr. The thought alone makes me want to smack myself. I've had every opportunity, plan and failure. What is my problem? I've started a new process. Counting calories with myfitnesspal.com. Let's see how that goes. Today has not been the greatest....