Yesterday we tried making raw porridge. We soaked oat groats for a couple days, rinsed them and put some in the blender with a bit of salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and apple. It came out as sort of a pasty substance, so I added hot tap water, which both thinned it and made it slightly warm. Topped with blueberries and banana slices it was decent-tasting, but incredibly filling after such light breakfasts usually.

Lunch also felt really filling by contrast to our other lunches: raw sunflower-seed hummus, guacamole, and raw veggies and crackers to dip into them. (The crackers we got from our local raw-foods restaurant, $8 for three portions. Yikes!) Everything was absolutely delicious (especially the spicy, crunchy crackers), but especially after the filling oatmeal, we all felt really full and left half or more for the next day. I'd brought a banana to snack on but didn't need it.

Luckily, we had a pretty light cooked dinner planned; oven-roasted tempeh covered in chunky tomato sauce. We also saw some nice asparagus at the farmer's market so we steamed that and had it on the side. I also made grape-strawberry juice in the blender for NT and AS. I still felt rather full so I didn't make any for myself.

After such a filling day I didn't expect any weight loss. But this morning AS had dropped another 2 lbs. and so had I! Now her weight loss is 6 lbs. and mine is 3 lbs. Not sure about NT as he hasn't weighed himself since the first day, but I'm sure he has as well.

It actually seems like a bit too much weight loss for only 5 days, but we don't feel at all like we're starving ourselves. Anyway, I think some of it is loss of water weight; our raw diet is much lower-sodium, so I'm sure we're getting rid of some bloating from our regular diet. Still, I hope some of it ends up being permanent, even when we go back to mostly cooked foods!