consumption

i was considerably less hungry today than yesterday. i wasn't miserable thinking about food (though i am still obsessing over it) and seem to be breaking the habit of eating "meals" and have been constantly eating small snacks instead. this is what i ate today:

• 16 oz. of previously mentioned green foamy drink
• handful of grapes
• salad: mixed greens, sunflower seeds, handful of grape tomatoes, 1/2 red bell pepper, 1/2 avocado, 3 raw mushrooms, a couple of raspberries, more of that lemon dressing from karyn's
• more raw mushrooms, more grapes
• an apple pie larabar - so delicious!
• almond pate, some sprouted lentil/chickpea salad, raw green bean salad and some wheatberry crackers, all from karyn's
• rejuvelac (8 oz)
  
• small piece of raw/sprouted bread, almond butter, 1/4 apple
• 3 brazil nuts, another bite or two of almond pate

some important notes for today:

• rejuvelac, for those non-crunchy types out there, is a beverage made out of fermented vegetables. i know it sounds gross, but it has almost no flavor, it just tastes like water that is a little off. i have a feeling i will grow sick of it immediately, but for now, it's a relatively painless part of this whole thing.
• almond pate is delicious. somehow, eating food that tastes good is much more effective at sating me than eating piles of food that is uninteresting or borderline gross. i only ate about 4 oz total of that combo of salads from karyn's but i felt great afterward and probably would not have needed to eat again tonight if i hadn't gone to the gym.
• marinated vegetables practically taste cooked. that's right - apparently one can drastically change the texture and flavor of raw stuff by soaking it in things that taste good. when i got home tonight, i started a bunch of veggies marinating in the fridge for my lunch tomorrow. i am looking forward to it! could this mean i can get excited about food again?