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Raw Food Experiment- Day 1/90

Today I begin a Raw Food Challenge.  If you aren't familiar with the idea of eating raw of living foods.  There are some good descriptions at: http://www.living-foods.com/faq.html or here.

I've been fascinated by raw and living foods for about 3 and a half years since I saw the exquisite book Raw Food/Real World in a book store.  It totally shifted my view of what food could be.  Raw food is not all about carrots and celery.  There is enormous sophistication and flavor that can be created with purely raw, organic, delicious, healthy ingredients.  One of the most sumptuous meals I've ever eaten was at the raw restaurant Pure Food & Wine in New York City.  I've dabbled with a raw diet now and then and done a few stretches with it, but never stuck to it for more than a few weeks.  I absolutely love how I feel when I eat this way, but have found it to be a real challenge to stick to that when working crazy long hours and eating out for business.  Hopefully I've learned enough from my prior experiences to succeed this time.

Today is my 37th birthday and it's time to get a bit more committed and serious to my health.  I aim to stay at 95-100% for the next 90 days and report my progress.  As of this morning I weighed 210lbs. and 28% body fat.  I know from a few short-term experiments that I may lose weight very fast eating raw, or I might not.  I haven't worked out why it can take so long sometimes and other times the weight just falls off.