Transition day 2 -- or Where's the Hummus?

Had soaked raisins, a peach, and a banana for breakfast.

Fruit salad and steamed vegetables for lunch.

Craving hummus like mad.  Talked about it with Vicki, and thought that perhaps my body is needing a couple of amino acids that are missing from my standard juice veggies.  It's not that I haven't been getting enough protein; it might be that the protein source (the same 8 or 9 vegetables every day) is not a complete one, and I haven't been eating nuts/seeds/beans/grains to complement it.

Could also be a salt thing, but I hope not.  I really don't want to go down that road again.  After 3 months of very, very low sodium, I was hoping not to have to battle the salt addiction as I implement a nutritarian diet.  Basically, the idea is to never eat anything that has more than 200mg of sodium per serving.  I believe the hummus in our fridge has.... 170mg.  Which is fine, unless I eat the whole tub in a day!  Wish I could say that's not possible, but the way I've been feeling about hummus lately -- it's indescribable.  I'm not hungry AT ALL, and yet my mouth is watering as I'm sitting here at the computer, just thinking about hummus.

So, in a nutshell, here are a few of the guidelines of a nutritarian diet:

• 90% of my calories should come from vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, seeds and whole grains, with the emphasis on vegetables, vegetables and more vegetables.
• A daily menu should include at least 5 servings of fruits, 1 or 2 enormous salads, 1 or 2 servings of beans, at least one pound of raw vegetables (in salads or eaten by themselves), and 1 serving of whole grains.
• As much as possible, I should move away from oils and towards natural fats such as nuts, seeds, and avacados.
• The taboo foods are: butter, cheese, added salt, red meat, processed meat, white sugar and white flour.  These should be excluded completely or eaten very, very rarely (i.e. once a year!)
• I should stop eating when I'm about 80% full; satisfied but not uncomforable.
• If I'm not hungry at mealtime, I should skip it.  If this happens regularly, I must learn to eat less at meals.  Hunger before meals is a thing to be desired.  It makes vegetables taste so much better!
• I should never add salt to any of my foods when cooking; and I should avoid eating processed/canned foods with more than 200mg of sodium per serving.

There are probably more principles I've forgotten, but this gives a good overview.