I'm on my 7th day of my diet (I think its been 6 or 7 days). I feel pretty good. Starting on day two, I had some detox reactions, mostly in the form of my colon cleaning itself out. I'm still detoxing, but it isn't as bad now as it was this past week. My stomach is definitely less "poochy". My DP noticed a difference in my skin. My completion is brighter and my eyes are brighter. Overall, I'm eating less food now than I did during the first few days. I feel like I need less. I crave fried foods less and less. (more later!)

Just Food

For breakfast I had a hemp seed smoothie with frozen strawberries I got from the farmers market and water and a hard boiled egg (obviously not raw!)

Lunch was a salad of mixed sprouts, avocado, homemade raw honey mustard dressing and raw walnuts.

Last night I made flax crackers (grinding 1/2 of the flax seeds before soaking). I added some chopped garlic, Celtic salt and some curry powder and it came out really good and crispy. I have another batch drying in the dehydrator as we speak.

I also made some raw pizza sauce using a fresh tomato, some sun dried tomatoes, lemon, Celtic salt, EVOO and Italian seasoning (all organic) in the blender and it came out really good. I spread it on the crackers.

For dinner, I had the above with the left over raw no bean hummus, I sprouted quinoa and steamed that.

Dessert/snack was more strawberries.

Raw

This week I am working on adding more raw foods to my diet. I've been more creative in terms of salads. I tend to get stuck in the same old, same old, salad rut and have been using my raw cookbooks to add a bit more variety.
I also made (raw) bread sticks, curry crackers, no bean hummus, marinara, soaked and dried nuts, raw organic strawberry pie, nut milks and spriluna smoothies in the mornings. Tonight I will make flax crackers for tomorrow. I feared a lot of this would be time consuming. But most of the prep work is relatively quick; comparable to other foods. Dehydrating time is a different story. It can take 24 hours to make crackers so planning ahead is key.

I still eat meat and eggs though I've cut back slightly. I still feel I need animal protein in my diet but not as much given raw foods are so filling.

I am also making an effort not to eat as much cooked oils. Raw, cold pressed oils - YES, but no fried or excessively heated oils. No oven fries or oven fried chicken, etc (SIGH). I have a grill pan and powerful fan/vent in the kitchen for the smoke so that is helpful.

This morning I had a spirluna smoothie with organic frozen blueberries and a little pressed apple juice. Snack was/is curry crackers and no bean hummus.For lunch I’m going to a raw foods restaurant because I didn’t really make a lunch last night for today. Tonight I will make chicken satay (its marinating at home), a large salad and a grain of some sort - maybe quinoa.

Excercise and Insulin Resistance

Though this isn't new news, its important to reiterate the importance of exercise for insulin resistance.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010315/1159.html
In my personal life I can say exercise helped me a great deal in addition to diet. I cant do one without the other, but if I was forced to choose, it would have to be diet; because even though I have always been somewhat active, my PCOS symptoms (including ovulation and weight loss) didn't improve until I started cleaning up my diet. But exercise is like the thick icing on the cake. My blood pressure is always at a normal level, my blood sugar is stable, energy levels are up (most of the time) and I was able to change the shape of my body through weight training--though I can do more. It also help stabilize my appetite and sleep pattern.

Currently I track run, trail run, spin on my bike at home, Yoga (sometimes), hand weights and walk. I don't belong to a gym currently and I haven't for the past two years or so though I may join a Yoga studio. I am looking to improve what I do so I will keep posted on my progress.