T-minus nine days.

Entering the single digits now! I'm still going strong. Earlier today, I was definitely thinking something along the lines of, "is this what detox feels like?" Took asprin this morning and felt better for a while, but I got another killer headache this afternoon. Luckily it took care of itself after about an hour. I was definitely excited -- generally when I get killer headaches, they don't go away until I take strong prescription painkillers and take a nap. It's a very rare occurrence that they go away completely by themselves.

Another thing I've noticed is that I don't feel disgusting after I eat anymore. I used to get hot flashes, headaches and generally feel like I needed to lie down. None of that anymore! I did eat white rice for dinner (I know, bad!) and I could definitely tell. Yuck. I can literally feel it sitting in my stomach, and I'm already hungry after dinner.

The raw pancakes I made yesterday weren't that great. I think my tastebuds are just used to refined foods. Well, that, and I was missing a couple ingredients. I want to try and track down some coconut oil this weekend, since I've found a lot of recipes that call for it. Also, possible stupid question warning -- where in the grocery store might I find dates? Are they with the fruit, or what? And what is date paste? Can I make that myself?

Last night, I did make a rather unfortunate discovery. When I finally bit the proverbial bullet and hopped on the scale, I found out I weigh sixteen pounds more than I thought I did. Granted, I usually avoid weighing myself like the black death, but still, I would have thought my jeans would be tight or something. Oh well. All the more reason to get to 100% raw!

Tomorrow for lunch, I'm having a green smoothie with kale, peaches, raspberries and bananas. I'm excited to try making smoothies with Vitamineral Green. My wonderful dad ordered some for me (thankfully, because I definitely can't afford it!) and I hope it gets here quickly. I've heard wonderful things about it, so hopefully it lives up to the hype. At the very least, it'll give the blender a break. It overheats every time I put in the kale leaves, no matter how much I rip them up. Eventually I get them pureed, but it takes a lot of down time and waiting around for the motor to cool down. In my very extravagant dreams (you know, the ones where I marry a foreign dignitary and win the lottery), I would love to have a Vitamix Blender. Maybe someday!