What perfect timing! I heard Mom & Dad were coming to visit Barak (older bro) for Rosh Ha Shana (Jewish New Year– we have just entered the year 5770), and I thought it’d be the familial obligatory thing to do to drive across the country to join them.  Barak’s new house is gorgeous (I saw the before photos… unbelievable), got to spend a few days with the family, and… as soon as I completed my 30 days of raw food only, there was a feast to be had.  Literally!  I had mass quantities of brisket, some chicken, chopped liver, chalah bread with chopped liver, matzoh ball soup…. mmmm.. I’m drooling just typing this up!  You see, bread, pasteurized juice, pasta, hummus, cheese, milk, and of course brisket are all forbidden on a raw food diet. I ate everything but the salad!

I lost 25 (It was 28, but after I gorged myself, it’s more like 23) pounds just by eating raw food.  This made me see what I normally ate, from a different perspective.  I saw the quantities of food I normally eat.  I saw the amount of junk.

(Started wrtiting that on 9/21 – it’s now 10/03) Without exercising, or diet (or eating healthy, since I’ve been in travel mode mostly), I have maintained my 25 pounds.  I will figure out how I can ditch another 20, then I should be pretty damn fit.

INDIGESTION: So… I know you were wondering “So… after eating all those massive quantities of meat and cooked food, did you get sick?”  The answer is “No!  I felt great the next day!”  However… the next day, I made it to San Diego, to couchsurf with Jason Moffatt (That’s a whole other blog post), and he took me to Benihana’s…. the next morning I awoke with some stomach pains, diarrhea, and gas… This did not prevent me from surfing, but I did end up puking while surfing.

I’m back to my normal diet of whatever’s around… but now when I go to a fast food place, once in a while, I’ll order the salad instead of the triple-burger with fries.