Really Realness

I am completely aware that my title makes no sense to the language guru ( you know who you are) you may quickly realize that I don't really pay much attention to grammar or to spell check ( I do try) it's not that I don't care, some of it is just simple ignorance, some of it is just that I don't make time for that, so I officially apologize to you.
It has been a while since I have blogged or even posted on my face book status, I have gone to post a few times but just don't know what to write ( probably due to my physical state of hunger). So here is my long over due face book status update as well as a whole lot of realness from me.
Not that you have all been dying to hear my realness or anything but I thought to myself, I wish I had a hilarious blog to read about health and fitness right now because it's not super funny to me or fun and I am in desperate need of hilarity ( another word not spell checked...)
So I have been doing this fitness challenge for about nine days now, basically I eat only raw food and drink only water, and work out.
Lets start off with just being honest, I couldn't go completely raw...I did try but I failed... I was like " I miss meat" and that was the end of that. I am however sticking pretty raw besides that, no processed food, no dairy, no bread, no cheese ( I miss cheese) no sugar ( I miss sugar)  and the meat I am eating is super lean, and is farm fresh.        
                                                                                         
 (THIS VIDEO I POSTED HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING BUT IT MADE ME LAUGH SO THERE YOU HAVE IT.)

My fruits and veggie intake has gone up by like 1000% that percentage is accurate, in my previous life ( nine days ago) I hated most veggies and didn't take the time to really invest in fruits. I barely made time to really eat anything balanced, I just caught the tail end of meals from the kids ( sometimes it was just crust) that was just how life was during the summer, all the kids were here and they kept insisting that they needed meals ( kidding, of course I feed my children) but seriously they eat all the time.  I have been drinking so much water that I am not really sure I ever actually leave my bathroom...things are going pretty well, I decided to personalize a lot of the meals so that it becomes more like a lifestyle for my family and not just a fad diet. However, I have had some pretty ugly detox side affects, like being hangry for much of the day. I don't care who says that you never get hungry eating fruits and veggies all day but you do they are lying to you. I eat all day and I am still always hungry and maybe that is because my diet now looks very similar to what a horse would eat.. so figuring out what realistically I can eat with out wanting to hurt someone has been tricky and still is. Then there is the look of fitness...by day nine I figured my oh so annoying muffin top would have dissapeared ( spell check can't identify this word so its going to stay wrong)  by now..but it hasn't so when putting on some stretchy shorts today I may have pulled them up like steve urkle just to hide the stupid muffin top. It helps me mentally stay focused, I realize I look ridiculous but the only person here to judge me is my half naked ( potty training) two year old. I made taco's last night...my taco was made out of two big leaves of lettuce and lots of tomatoes..on pintrest it looked delicious...on my plate it looked like starvation. I made the mistake of watching the Dr. Oz show one day ( I just needed some adult conversation..which was just one sided but still something) but he talked about how you should set your lifestyle around NOT eating any brown rice, or wheat products..he had healthy whole wheat pasta up on the NO NO table.. Now what you are about to read next did really happen but I had a quick recovery..I threw down my celery  said a few choice words ( not cuss words but choice just the same) and decided that no matter how many times "they" tell us what is healthy it will never actually be healthy.."they" change their minds a lot... but I picked my celery back up and decided I can't get upset about all the latest healthy craze things. Even though
can change in our family's diet and lifestyle. So when you think of me say a little prayer and for goodness sakes please don't offer me any baked goods, I may freak out and eat all
of it or simply hit the tupper wear dish out of your hand forcing everyone to suffer like me... kidding...( it may have crossed my mind) but I love the person offering it to me way to much to ever actually do that....but not promises by day 20.
Until then.....

Starving but Alive
Ashley