:.Where we are now.:

Okay, time for a regroup... My Juicer is in! Yay! And I love it! More Yay!
Originally we had planned to do a Juice-Feast which I was rather excited about, but in playing with my Juicer I'm seeing that consuming ONLY juice for a week or more could get rather pricey here & with Jerry working/going to school... I'm not sure how feasible that is considering how much you have to drink to get enough calories for his activity level. So... the new plan is to juice as much as we possibly can & do raw{er} when we can't.
I'm not sure of DH's numbers but when we started this in August 2009 I was at a weight of 255 {I'm 5"9' for reference} & I was in a size 22W jeans - I had been a Vegetarian for about 5 years so it just goes to show that a Vegetarian diet doesn't always mean weight loss! We did raw{er} for that month + a week or two & I'd lost about 25lbs & was wearing a solid 18W jeans. Then I started eating much less raw, tho' better than when we started in August. Now, it's April 2010 and I've kept off the weight I lost in August {yay!} by just being sorta raw and modifying behavior {such as just eating until I'm no longer hungry which is different than eating til you are full} so last week I was 235lbs. and in that size 18W. Today I'm 228 and almostbutnotquite in a regular size 16 jeans... they gap at the zipper & are tight but I can get them over my hips! :) Small steps people small steps.
This is with no exercising! {I hate to sweat but know that I'll need to get over that for the health benefits} So that's my report for today! My goal is to be at a much more comfortable weight by the time the heat & humidity set in.

My mantra, & it should be yours too, is to not deprive yourself of food. I eat when I need to - I just try to make wise choices. I have a Large Vanilla Coke once a week when I'm out & about with my granddaughter - because I LOVE them. HFCS is the devil and that's the only product I have that contains it. It doesn't lead me down the path of more evil; I'm content with just that once a week indulgence.
A few links for you:
Alissa Cohen - she has a great {un}cookbook & a forum on her site full of fun people enjoying eating Raw food.
I got this little gadget* - it's sooooo cool! It will turn zucchini into spiral noodles! Summer Squash too. Fun!

So how are you all doing with your goals, whatever they may be?

PAX,
Robin
*Overnight they have replaced the spiral cutter w/ one that has some improvements over the one that I have. You can compare the two by clicking here - Saladacco Spiral Slicer - which is the exact gadget that I have.