I have severe allergies.  My allergist says that I am allergic to everything under the sun.  I can control my reactions by staying away from foods that cause bad reactions.  I have been raw all week except for two nights.  Interesting enough the first night I had quinoa pasta with broccoli.  I started sneezing and had severe congestion.  Bad enough that I couldn’t sleep well that night.  I didn’t connect food to my allergic response.  The next night I had rice pasta and broccoli.  Again I had a sever reaction.  I think eating raw has cleaned out my system and I am more sensitive to cooked food.  I have a feeling that I will be raw for a while so my body can heal…then I can slowly introduce cooked foods.  It will be interesting to see what happens. 

I have been working out twice per day with kettlebells.  I hadn’t been able to get enough of a workout after work so I started doing a short workout during my lunch.  My workout Friday included lots of swings with the 24kg and clean and presses with the 12kg and 16kg.  At this point in my workouts I’m not structured in what I do…I just make sure that I get a great workout.  At some point I will do what I do with my class and develop a workout beforehand.  I’m already feeling a lot stronger since increasing my workout in the last week.