The end. And a new Beginning!

On Feb. 12, a week ago, was our 29th day.
Breakfast- Oat Groats w/ Blueberries (a repeat, but really good)
Dinner-Braised Cabbage Rolls and Garden Vegetable Soup I had been looking forward to making the cabbage rolls.  They were relatively easy to make, and very tasty.  I filled them with the Pecan Mince (for a meat) and the left over Sprouted Quinoa and left over Red Pepper and Tomato Basil Marinare Sauce.  They were so good that I had it for breakfast the next day! They were definitely one I will include in the future. We were leaving town the next morning, so I looked for a soup to use up vegetables on hand, and the Garden Vegetable Soup fit the bill.  It was very good, although it is still a little hard to get used to cold soup!

Terri's BG- 112
Melanie's BG- 210??? (her meter is at school)

Final Day 30!
We were torn on what to do about our last day, but with traveling out of town for funeral, and staying with relatives for three days, we made the decision to end after breakfast on Feb. 13th.  I really love eating raw and the great benefits, however, I will not lie, that Melanie and I were very excited to eat normally (our old norm). Needless to say, we sort of pigged out! And it was fun!  But there is always a  price to pay for our decisions.
After the first day, my stomach was hurting, from the shock of the new foods.  After about 3 days, our Blood Glucose levels were  much higher. We returned to good, but not totally raw foods, and  our BG levels were still  crazy high. For me, I had from 150 to 200, and Melanie in the 300 and 400s. (This was without our exercise routines too)  We are so wanted to get back to a better plan!
I began working on my 60-70% raw plan, with other mostly clean and healthy foods (clean meaning unprocessed).  We will not be so rigid, but will make healthy choices.  I will let you know how that goes, and hopefully in a day or two, our BG levels will come back to good ranges.

Raw Benefits
I want to list a few of the things I noticed while eating raw.
1. Great Blood Glucose Levels
2. Energy (no desires for an afternoon power nap)
3. Clarity of thought increased
4. Not as much craving for snacks
5. I usually crash with a sickness in January after the Holidays, and I stayed well this year!
6. Clear skin
 I wish I could do my blood work, to see the comparisons, but that can come in time.
*Melanie didn't report noticing these things, but hers (Type 1 is a different ball game) I do think that she is seeing an appreciation for raw as her blood glucose levels are about 100 points higher this week than when we were strictly eating raw!
We will keep looking for natural health answers for her, and we will keep working on the Raw Journey.  I am thankful that we did it strictly for 29 1/3 days.  I was forced to know how to prepare the foods (if we wanted to eat). And we were exposed to such a variety!  I have confidence that I can make it work!

Thanks for following us on the beginning of our Journey, and we will keep you posted!