Changes: Weeks 4-5

I am feeling much, much better from last week's yuckiness. I'm still spotted but that's getting better too. I've been good at sticking to the changes from weeks 1 and 2. I have been on holiday this week while my office is closed but I have been trying to stay active and eat well.

I mentioned two weeks ago that I was making some big changes and I have been fairly successful in overhauling my diet and adding in a new exercise regiment.

I've been eating almost all raw food. Aside from my morning coffee, my diet was almost completely raw for two weeks. Raw food is incredible. I feel amazing! No more sugar crashes when the carbs wear off, tons of energy, and I'm sleeping better.

I think a total raw food diet would be a bit extreme for me all the time, but I like the idea of incorporating more raw foods into my diet [something like one totally raw meal a day or only raw after 2 pm, something along those lines]. There will be a few raw recipes coming that I've made over the last few weeks that I would like to share with you, so be on the look out.

I've also started running again! I ran a good bit in 2007 - 2008 but got out of the habit after I graduated from university and got a "real" job in DC. I've been transitioning myself back into running the last few weeks with the help of the Couch-to-5k plan. I'm taking it slowly, doubling the sessions in each "week" of the program to help my muscles remember how great running is. I'm running every other day and on my non-running days I'm trying to do other activities [today for example, I'm playing tennis with my former boss after work]. I'm feel really great after I run, the good kind of tired, and- my jeans fit without a terrible struggle yesterday!

I think the changes over the last five weeks are already starting to show improvements in my body, mind, and health so my plan for next week [and the last 9 weeks I have left in Australia!] is to stick with them and keep you updated on my progress.