Day 0 September 30th 2:14 PM

*Log started before I got the blog, so this and the next post will be catch ups.

Food eaten: none

Quality of life: acceptable

activity level: somnambulist

My name is Liam, this is the record of the month where I will not eat anything cooked. In preparation for this I stopped smoking and drinking coffee 10 days ago. I feel alright with that except for the fact I'm having trouble sleeping normal hours and I'm more irritable. I understand this is actually a lot better than I had any right to expect. The only real mental side effect I'm having trouble with is a preponderance of getting fixated on things. Basically an inability to ignore annoying things.

Anyhow, this is my last day of eating cooked food, I'm having a drink after work and probably a burger or some nachos and then at midnight the switch over begins.

I was supposed to do a bunch of research and get recipes all ready to go for tommorrow but I kept putting it off. As a result I'm doing this in october and not september. Which is kind of dumb as I'm going to mess up thanksgiving (sorry mom) and halloween (sorry everybody else).

Anyway, I don't really have recipes ready to go, but I have read at least 1 book(The Thrive Diet) on the subject and skimmed a few more(stood in chapters and laughed at photos of hippies). Honestly, its not like I put that much thought into how much cooked food I ate either. Near as I can tell the whole thing boils down to, "You need x, y, and z to live, these are raw food sources of x, y, and z. Please consume them in appropriate ratios and amounts."

So, thats the plan essentially. Starting tommorrow, get vegetables and fruits and nuts. Prepare them in fascinating ways that don't involve heating. Put them in my mouth. Chew.

It has been pointed out to me that the combination of my lack of self-discipline and demonstrated inability to plan ahead will make this month excruciatingly difficult, and most likely unsuccessful. Others have pointed out that any gains in health I make in the next month will be obliterated by my return to an unhealthy life style in november. One person postulated a theory that after years of processed food my body may no longer possess the ability to digest a 100% raw diet. Most however most seem content to simply enjoy the fact that they can eat delicious cooked food and I cannot.

Hopefully this log will answer all of these questions in the coming month and entertain readers whether they're motivated by curiosity, the desire to encourage or schadenfreude.