I have been reading up a lot on Raw food lately, and Its something that I am really excited about incorporating into my diet. I was In Honolulu and I decided that I would try raw fruits and veggies for my flight home. I was really pumped about trying this and felt a load off my shoulders thinking of how simple this would be, to just load up on fruit ad veggies and be ready to go. No preparing, no fussing, no cooking, and It’s healthy, It was a dream.

I walked over to the grocery store called the Food Pantry, and loaded up. I bought strawberries, plums,peaches,and a few Bananas. I have learned that when eating raw you need to make sure your getting your calorie intake for the day, so Quantity  along with quality is very important. The fruit would be for lunch, and for dinner I bought a bag of salad.I bought some lemons to squeeze for the dressing to go with my salad.I had it all worked out.

When I got back to my hotel, I disinfected the sink with my cleaning wipes and cleaned the fruit really well. I had an amazing workout that morning and was so excited to see how eating raw would make me feel. I hoped that I would have more energy and that I would feel great.

So I started work in the friendly skies, and was having a great day. After first service I was really hungry. I opened up my lunch kit and was ready for this new experience. I took a bite out of the peach and It was not too bad, but then after eating more I found the fruit did not taste fresh and was very dry. I ate most of it, but had to stop. So I went ahead and had the plum. Even worse. It was a little brown on the inside, and was very dry as well. Both fruits had very little flavour. This was not how I planned things would go. So I thought well the strawberries have to be good. Negative, awful as well. All the fruit I bought  had no juices, were dry, and some parts brown. What a disasterl!!!!!! How do you go grocery shopping on a tropical island and find fruit to eat that is horrible????

It was a complete fail, but I still had my dinner. I open the bag of salad and It was horrible too. It had no flavour and the lettuce was a bit soggy. The lemons however were good for the dressing…(at least one item tasted the way it should  ). I threw everything out. $40 bucks American down the drain and a Hungry Flight Attendant later I caved, and had a crew meal. These Crew meals are probably one of the worst foods for your health that you can eat on the planet. But I was starving and had no place to go to get food .

This is the picture of the good looking fruit I bought. The colours were bright, and everything looked so ripe and juicy. I have bought fruit from the Food Pantry before and It was really good. What kind of luck was this on my Raw food adventure. I had to just laugh about it, what else are you going to do. What is the  lesson here? I wanted to eat fruit and salad and it so happened that every single item I bought tasted horrible. The lesson is Don’t take life seriously. It won’t change the circumstance anyway.

My Second attempt was a success. The next morning back at home I hit the grocery store for another shot. I needed to erase the bad experience and replace it with a better one. Back In Calgary where its similar to a desert I found beautiful, juicy, delicious fruit. I added Bananas, mangos, strawberries, and plums. I added some lemon juice as well, and It was really tasty. I loved that It was quick, no cooking, and very filling.  I really enjoyed how fresh everything tasted. After eating my lunch I felt really inspired and had a great amount of energy. A lot of times I have so much going on and It can be really busy. I get so involved in my to do list that eating sometimes feels like a chore, and at times I forget that I have not eaten. Adding some Raw food into my diet is healthy and it  saves me time because its so quick. the only preparation is cleaning the fruit well and cutting it.  Its fast filling, and it feels great!!!! it was worth the effort!!! 🙂 Success!!!! yay!!!

Thanks for reading!! Talk soon 🙂