Lost nearly two stone in weight!

Surviving on Chicken Soup

Since I finished the official fast, on day 16, I have been living mostly on homemade chicken soup. Yum! I didnt really fancy anything else , and to be honest, even with chicken soup, I did feel a noticeable slump in energy after eating. Now I'm ready to start eating proper food again and I had great fun going food shopping in the last couple of days. I've decided that I love food shopping as much as I love cooking and preparing food.

Low Carb, High Protein

Now that I've decided to follow Leslie Kenton's X Factor regime, I raided my local organic shops for meat and fish as well as my normal raw food selection of veg and salad. My freezer is now full of protein, my cupboards full of tinned fish and my fridge is full of veg. I'm obviously not very good at shopping in small quantities! Maybe I need a fast from shopping? Actually I've recently agreed with myself that I can only go shopping when I've earnt cash in my hand to do so. With that principle in mind, it was probably a good idea to stock up for about three months!! (most people pay by cheque or bank transfer these days!)

Eating Food again

So yesterday I started eating properly again. I enjoyed pureed apple with cinammon for breakfast, followed by a protein shake mid morning. I had a go at making Leslie Kenton's Protein Icecream but I think I need a proper ice cream maker to do it justice! At lunch I made myself one poached egg on a slice of tomato with shredded garlic,ginger and spring onions, and one baked egg on a bed of wilted spinach. Yum!

Saying "No"

The really good news folowing the fast is that I am choosing to eat less. I still have a passion for food but I can say "no" quite easily now. On Friday evening my friend Alan brought home a Chinese banquet from the local takeaway. Now normally I wouldn't have been able to resist the odd prawn cracker, just because it was there. I couldn't ignore the smell of chinese through out the house...although I did light a candle to diffuse it somewhat. But I realised with some amazement, that I had no desire to eat any at all. The soup I'd enjoyed earlier for supper had satisfied me. That was a significant turning point for me, and it made the whole fast experience well worth it.

Joining the gym:"Ive lost nearly two stone!"

Then the next day I went to join the local gym. I stepped on the weighing scales and I found that Id lost nearly two stone from the beginning of the fast!! It felt like another miracle! Apparently the scales that I'd been using were faulty. I was never the original weight that I thought I was! Still, it was good that I'd thought that I was heavier, as that was what had spurred into action in the first place! Since the beginning of the fast, I have actually lost a total of one stone in weight. I have one stone still to lose...

Leslie Kenton called me

Did I tell you that Leslie Kenton herself called me this weekend? She called all the way from Australia. I was able to ask her my question "Since converting me to the Raw Food diet in her book "Raw Energy", why was she now telling me to eat meat and fish in her "X Factor Diet" book?"

Leslie confirmed that a diet of raw food and fish and meat was the ideal, particuliarly for losing weight. In other words, low carb, high protein. In fact she told me how she' just finished a lunch of a gorgeous beef steak, accompanied by a salad of raw spinach.

Mind you, she is also promoting a brand new weight loss diet called Cura Romana which involves a homeopathic remedy. I shall investigate of course although part of me thinks I'm actually doing quite well at the moment listening to my own body! One stone in less than twenty days is not bad. You won't recognise me after a month of small portions and gym workouts!!