Raw Food Diet - 30 Day 'No Fat' Trial - Day 22Today is day 22 of my raw food diet trial and my weight is down again to 122.5 pounds. So my total weight loss is 2.5 pounds for this raw food diet trial so far. I am actually wondering about the accuracy of my scale with all these fluctuations. Sometimes they make sense and sometimes they just don't. However, this is the scale I've been using for the past year and it certainly cost enough, so I am just going to have to trust it. Detox I woke up this morning with a snotty nose, but after showering it was gone. I slept very deeply last night and felt like some good work was done. My tongue was slightly coated again this morning before brushing. It is amazing how many more detox symptoms I've been having just by cutting out the fat. I mean I was doing the raw food diet with added fats for 2 months before this version - raw food diet with no fat - and I didn't notice any detoxing at all! Amazing how much the higher fat percentage can hamper things. Have a look at this video about what eating fatty foods can do to your blood. Nails of steel I trimmed my toenails this morning and it was like cutting through steel! Wow. I've got some super healthy toenails. Unfortunately I wouldn't know about my fingernails since I am a chronic nail biter. It is something I am going to have to conquer soon, not because of my fingernails but because of my teeth!! I have bitten my nails badly ever since I can remember, as a pre-schooler I had bitten stubs. So I have been biting on them for anywhere between 28 and 30 years! That is some major stress on my teeth! I have already had to have one tooth filed down as it had worn down on the one side and was unattractively uneven! Now the problem is that my teeth are so sensitive from wearing down the enamel while biting that I can barely bite my nails anymore, yet it is such a compulsive habit that I still manage to do it. 
The Hair Detox Well, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't tried it myself, but after 8 days of no shampoo, my hair is getting CLEANER! I am wearing it loose today and it looks as if it's just been washed. It is just as wild and curly as ever and looks squeaky clean. Things are definitely looking up. I'm just starting to wonder though, if this thing really takes off and I don't want to put any chemicals into my hair again, what am I going to do about my greys? I'm far too vain to go natural. I started having the odd grey hair when I was 14, and I don't know how grey I am now, but I would imagine at least 10%, maybe 20! My natural hair color is brown but I have been dyeing it black for a few years. I HATE the grey look, so that is not gonna happen. I have heard of people's grey hair going back to dark after following an optimal diet, so maybe that'll happen to me!!! Food I had a green smoothie for breakfast made with 530g lettuce, 4x bananas (387g) and 2x dates. For a snack I had a celery and date salad (140g Celery, 4x dates). For lunch I had half a watermelon (1248g) and 6x dates. 
For dinner I had a smoothie with 6x bananas (670g), 1x Pomegranate and 2x dates. It wasn't that nice. The bananas weren't properly frozen so it was a little thin and icky. I LOVE frozen bananas in smoothies as it comes out like ice cream, but when they're not frozen they gross me out a bit in smoothies - can eat them plain though! For a second dinner I had an orange and red pepper soup made with 2x oranges, 1x red pepper, 2x tomatoes and 1x stalk celery. 
Conclusions My totals for today were as follows: Calories 2050, Fat 8.7g, Carbohydrates 517g, Dietary Fiber 64.6g, Protein 35.5g, Sodium 235.7mg. My percentage totals were as follows: Carbohydrates 90% Protein 6% Fat 4%.
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