80/10/10 Diet

Recently I purchased Doug Graham's book The 80/10/10 Diet. Have any of you tried this? This book came at the perfect time for me. I've been wanting to simplify what I eat, ie no more nut, dried fruit, carob and coconut concoctions, I find them very hard to digest and they zap my energy, and this book really gave me the motivation to get away from that. I still have raisins, dates and honey in my cupboard, but when they're gone, I'm not planning to buy anymore, we'll see how that goes :-) I do love the banana and date smoothies though so dates might have to stay, at least for awhile.

I've been following his meal plans as far as the amount of carbs, protein and fat go, especially keeping the fat to 10% was a real eye-opener, and eating more mono meals. I don't start my day with a mono fruit meal as he suggests, its just not enough to get me through to lunch, so I have a nice thick green smoothie for breakfast and about four hours later a mono fruit meal. For dinner I have fruit first and then a salad. I also adjust the amount of calories I eat in a day according to how active I am.

I've been 100% raw for a few months now, 80 - 90% raw for seven years, and I still crave cooked foods every day, just a couple of specific ones, and some days its all I can do not to give in to it, and to be honest, occassionaly I do. Does this addiction ever go away?? I'm sure a big part of this for me is that I work in a grocery store so am surrounded by the sights and smells of all the foods I used to eat. One more year to retirement, yeh!!

And then some days I wonder if eating this much fruit is good for me. There's a lot of conflicting information out there and everybody seems to think their way is the best way, how does a person know who's right?

I guess this is all part of the transition. I've come a long way and I'm very proud of sticking with it and continually seeking and striving for what works best for me. Food is such a big part of our daily lives and its not easy being different but I definitely think I'm worth it.

Time to call it a day.
Yvonne