Ugh. I am eating too much, and not eating as mindfully as I'd like to be. Clearly I should not be making things like cookies or muffins, because I will eat every last one of them (and not share very well). Reflecting on this week (and the past several weeks), I am not eating 100% raw and I'm feeling it. March 5th was the only day so far this month I have eaten 100% raw. Every other day there is something, usually wheat/gluten-based, entering my diet. Keep in mind I live in a house with 3 other people, none of whom are 100% raw; we have one vegetarian and two omnivores (although one is very nearly a vegetarian and hardly ever consumes meat). On the one hand, yes, it would possibly be easier to maintain a 100% raw diet if I were living alone, however, that should not be seen as an excuse. I need to honour my body and live my life in alignment with what I hold true, and that is that for me, a 100% raw vegan diet, at this moment, seems to be best for my body and for the Earth. *breathes deep* I think I need to go sit in meditation. ;)
Tuesday March 25th
4 bananas
3 pints water with lime/lemon
1 peppermint tea
3 homemade raw chocolates
1 piece whole wheat toast with original Earth Balance (1 tsp), (not raw)
3c green salad with 1/2 avocado, 1/2c homemade sauerkraut, and 1 1/2 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
3 pieces dried mango
1/8 McCain traditional cheese pizza (not raw)
4c green salad with 1 avocado, 1/4c sauerkraut and 3 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
Monday March 24th
5 bananas
1 navel orange
1 mango
1 peppermint tea with stevia
6 pints water with lime
3 homemade chocolate chip cookies (not raw)
1 whole wheat peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich (not raw)
1 peanut butter Larabar (not raw)
large green salad (4c) with 1 avocado, 1/2c homemade sauerkraut and 1 tbsp maple-balsamic vinaigrette
9 Nut Thins (not raw)
4 or 5 hours of intense yardwork, cutting back brambles and pulling Scotch broom plants
Sunday March 23d
4 bananas
2 peppermint tea with stevia
5 homemade chocolate chip cookies (not raw)
1 1/2 pieces of whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon-sugar (not raw)
2 homemade raw chocolates
2c homemade kombucha
1 pint water with lime
1 1/2c vegan "jumbleaya" (from Eat Drink & Be Vegan by Dreena Burton) (vegan, but not raw)
1 piece garlic bread (not raw)
Saturday March 22nd
2 bananas
2 peppermint tea with stevia
4c homemade kombucha
1 pita with 1/3c homemade hummus (vegan, not raw)
1c veggies/crudites (raw) and ranch dip (not raw)
3 homemade chocolate chip cookie (not raw)
1 piece whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon-sugar (not raw)
large green salad (4c) with 1/2c homemade sauerkraut, 1 avocado, and 2 tbsp maple-balsamic vinaigrette
Friday March 21st
4 bananas
1 fresh mango
1 peppermint tea with stevia
1 homemade raw chocolate
1 pint water with lime/lemon juice
2 peanut butter Larabars (not raw)
1 bottle GT Trilogy kombucha
1c homemade (VERY spicy) vegan chili (not raw)
2 pieces dried mango
1c veggies/crudites and ranch dip (dip was not raw)
raw pad thai salad (kelp noodles/zucchini in almond butter-ginger sauce on bed of greens) at a raw vegan restaurant
5 pieces cherry chocolate brownies (no, not raw)
60 mins tai chi
Thursday March 20th - Happy Spring/Equinox!
1/2 honeydew melon
3 bananas
4 pints water with lime/lemon juice
peppermint tea with stevia
1/4 blueberry bagel with homemade organic grape jelly (not raw)
1c Que Pasa corn chips with 1/2c homemade hummus (not raw)
1c homemade vegan butternut squash soup (not raw)
3 raw chocolates (homemade)
1 tbsp golden/inca berries
1 fresh mango
large raw greek salad on bed of greens (4c) with 1/2 avocado, black olives, and 2 tbsp walnuts (dressing/marinade of EVOO & balsamic vinegar with herbs)
1 costco chocolate chip cookie (not raw)
Wednesday March 19th
2 peppermint tea with stevia
3 bananas
1 Girl Scout tagalong cookie (not raw)
1 granny smith apple
large green salad (4c) with 2 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette, 1 avocado and 1/2c homemade sauerkraut
3 pints water with lime/lemon juice
Que Pasa corn chips and 1/2c Simply Natural black bean and corn salsa (not raw)
3 homemade raw chocolates
large green salad (4c) with 2 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
1/2c homemade organic whole-wheat macaroni and cheese (not raw)
26 March 2014
22 March 2014
Week 11 - Raw Food Re-Boot
Tuesday March 18th
8 bananas
3 peppermint tea with stevia
3 pints water with lemon
peanut butter Larabar
2 garlic cheese buns from the supermarket bakery
a few Que Pasa corn chips
1 red bell pepper
75 mins strenuous yardwork
Monday March 17th
2 1/2 pieces raisin toast with earth balance margarine
4 bananas
9 Nut Thin crackers
1 avocado with salt and lime juice
nut/trail mix - 1/4c sprouted almonds, goji berries, white mulberries and inca berries
large spinach salad (4c) with organic spinach, 1/3c homemade sauerkraut, 2 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette, celery, 1 tbsp hemp hearts, bell peppers, alfalfa sprouts, and cucumber
1 peppermint tea with stevia
2 pints water with lime/lemon juice
Sunday March 16th
1 banana
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 4c frozen berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp goji berries, 1/4c agave nectar, 3 tbsp hemp hearts)
1 homemade pancake, plain
1 serving homemade veggie pot pie
1 girl scout tagalong cookie
9 Nut Thin crackers
1 oz amaretto with 1 can Blue Sky cherry vanilla cream soda
large green salad (4c) with 1/2c homemade sauerkraut and 2 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette and 1 avocado
1 peppermint tea with stevia
2 pints water with lemon/lime juice
2 hours yardwork
Saturday March 15th
5 bananas
peppermint tea with stevia
3 pints water with lemon
2 tbsp mashed potatoes
1/2 chocolate chip cookie
1 1/2c homemade vegan chickpea and brown rice soup (recipe in Eat, Drink and Be Vegan by Dreena Burton)
9 Nut Thins
2 pieces raisin bread
large (4c) salad with 2 tbsp MBV, 1 avocado and 1/4c homemade sauerkraut
1c homemade mango-flavoured water kefir
Watched the movie May I Be Frank on vimeo tonight. I really enjoyed it. It's the story of Frank Ferrante, who agrees to go 100% raw for 42 days with the support of Cafe Gratitude, and the amazing transformation he undergoes. Well worth your time to watch it. :)
Friday March 14th
peppermint tea with stevia
6 bananas
1/2 grilled cheese on whole wheat bread
3 homemade raw chocolates
1c homemade mango-flavoured water kefir
large (4c) kale salad (EVOO, lemon juice and sea salt) with 1/2 avocado and 1/2c homemade sauerkraut
3 small pieces garlic bread
1 pint water with lemon
large (4c) green salad with 2 tbsp sunflower seeds, 1/4c homemade sauerkraut and 2 tbsp MBV
60 mins tai chi
Thursday March 13th
6 bananas
peppermint tea with stevia
2 raw homemade chocolates
17 Nut Thin crackers
1/4c sprouted almonds with 1 tbsp goji berries, 1 tbsp white mulberries, 1 tbsp golden/inca berries and 1/2 tbsp cacao beans
3c green salad with 2 tbsp MBV, 1/2 avocado and 1/4c homemade sauerkraut (cabbage, beet, carrot)
Wednesday March 12th
2L smoothie (2 1/2 bananas, 4c frozen berry blend, 2c sprouted almond milk, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 4 tbsp hemp hearts, 1 tbsp goji berries, 3 tbsp agave nectar)
peppermint tea with stevia
3 pieces homemade raw chocolate
an "everything" bagel with 2 tbsp original Earth Balance
large (4c) green salad with 2 tbsp MBV and 1 avocado
8 bananas
3 peppermint tea with stevia
3 pints water with lemon
peanut butter Larabar
2 garlic cheese buns from the supermarket bakery
a few Que Pasa corn chips
1 red bell pepper
75 mins strenuous yardwork
Monday March 17th
2 1/2 pieces raisin toast with earth balance margarine
4 bananas
9 Nut Thin crackers
1 avocado with salt and lime juice
nut/trail mix - 1/4c sprouted almonds, goji berries, white mulberries and inca berries
large spinach salad (4c) with organic spinach, 1/3c homemade sauerkraut, 2 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette, celery, 1 tbsp hemp hearts, bell peppers, alfalfa sprouts, and cucumber
1 peppermint tea with stevia
2 pints water with lime/lemon juice
Sunday March 16th
1 banana
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 4c frozen berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp goji berries, 1/4c agave nectar, 3 tbsp hemp hearts)
1 homemade pancake, plain
1 serving homemade veggie pot pie
1 girl scout tagalong cookie
9 Nut Thin crackers
1 oz amaretto with 1 can Blue Sky cherry vanilla cream soda
large green salad (4c) with 1/2c homemade sauerkraut and 2 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette and 1 avocado
1 peppermint tea with stevia
2 pints water with lemon/lime juice
2 hours yardwork
Saturday March 15th
5 bananas
peppermint tea with stevia
3 pints water with lemon
2 tbsp mashed potatoes
1/2 chocolate chip cookie
1 1/2c homemade vegan chickpea and brown rice soup (recipe in Eat, Drink and Be Vegan by Dreena Burton)
9 Nut Thins
2 pieces raisin bread
large (4c) salad with 2 tbsp MBV, 1 avocado and 1/4c homemade sauerkraut
1c homemade mango-flavoured water kefir
Watched the movie May I Be Frank on vimeo tonight. I really enjoyed it. It's the story of Frank Ferrante, who agrees to go 100% raw for 42 days with the support of Cafe Gratitude, and the amazing transformation he undergoes. Well worth your time to watch it. :)
Friday March 14th
peppermint tea with stevia
6 bananas
1/2 grilled cheese on whole wheat bread
3 homemade raw chocolates
1c homemade mango-flavoured water kefir
large (4c) kale salad (EVOO, lemon juice and sea salt) with 1/2 avocado and 1/2c homemade sauerkraut
3 small pieces garlic bread
1 pint water with lemon
large (4c) green salad with 2 tbsp sunflower seeds, 1/4c homemade sauerkraut and 2 tbsp MBV
60 mins tai chi
Thursday March 13th
6 bananas
peppermint tea with stevia
2 raw homemade chocolates
17 Nut Thin crackers
1/4c sprouted almonds with 1 tbsp goji berries, 1 tbsp white mulberries, 1 tbsp golden/inca berries and 1/2 tbsp cacao beans
3c green salad with 2 tbsp MBV, 1/2 avocado and 1/4c homemade sauerkraut (cabbage, beet, carrot)
Wednesday March 12th
2L smoothie (2 1/2 bananas, 4c frozen berry blend, 2c sprouted almond milk, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 4 tbsp hemp hearts, 1 tbsp goji berries, 3 tbsp agave nectar)
peppermint tea with stevia
3 pieces homemade raw chocolate
an "everything" bagel with 2 tbsp original Earth Balance
large (4c) green salad with 2 tbsp MBV and 1 avocado
09 March 2014
Week 10 - Raw Food Re-Boot
Tuesday March 11th
6 bananas
3 pints water with lemon
1 peppermint tea with stevia
2c geen salad with Maple balsamic vinaigrette (MBV)
4c green salad with MBV, 1 avocado, 1 tbsp hemp hearts and 2 tbsp sunflower seeds
1/2 peanut butter and jam sandwich on whole wheat bread
2 raw homemade chocolates
1c homemade vegan lentil-tomato-dill soup
Monday March 10th
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 4c frozen berry blend, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp maca powder, 3 tbsp hemp hearts, 1/3c agave nectar, 1 tbsp goji berries, 1 tbsp bee pollen, and 5c sprouted almond milk)
2 pints water with lemon
cherry Larabar
apple Larabar
222 mL Coke Zero (and honestly, it didn't taste all that great. it's been more than 2 full months since I've had any pop/soda and i don't miss it at all)
Nature Valley Granola Thin
1/4c sprouted almonds and goji berries
large green salad (4c) with 1 avocado, 2 tbsp maple-balsamic vinaigrette and 2 tbsp sunflower seeds
Sunday March 9th
3 pints lemon water
4 bananas
~17 Nut Thin crackers
2 raw chocolates (homemade)
peanut butter Larabar
apple Larabar
GT Trilogy Kombucha (480 mL bottle)
spicoli burger patty (see Thursday 6th below)
large green salad (3-4c) with 2 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
1c vegan tomato-lentil-dill soup, homemade (recipe from Eat, Drink and Be Vegan (by Dreena Burton))
Saturday March 8th
5 bananas
3 peppermint tea with stevia
2 homemade raw chocolates (recipe for Bliss Kiss from the book Blissful by Heather Cunliffe)
1 pint lemon water
1 tbsp local honey
large salad (4c) with avocado and maple balsamic vinaigrette
Bowl of deliciousness: 1c brown rice, 1c baked yam, 1 tbsp gluten-free tamari, 1/4c soaked sundried tomatoes, 1/4 yellow pepper diced, 2 tbsp hemp hearts, and some dried oregano and dried basil
1 piece Macintosh toffee
Friday March 7th
5 bananas
1 peppermint tea with stevia
4 Bliss Bars (recipe in the book Blissful by Heather Cunliffe)
2 pints water with lemon
1c almond milk, banana, agave, cacao powder, ice (like a chocolate milkshake)
large salad with avocado and maple balsamic vinaigrette
a whole wheat kaiser bun and vegan spicoli burger (see Thursday March 6th, below)
75 mins tai chi
Thursday March 6th
4 bananas
4 Bliss Bars (see Mar 7th for recipe source)
3 pints lemon water
3c vegan butternut squash soup (homemade)
and ~17 Nut Thins
1 peppermint tea with stevia
large green salad (4c) with 1 avocado and 2 Tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
1/3 of a vegan 'spicoli' burger in a whole wheat kaiser bun (recipe for spicoli burgers from Eat, Drink and Be Vegan by Dreena Burton)
Wednesday March 5th
5 bananas
2 peppermint tea with stevia
3 Bliss Bars (see Mar 7th for recipe source)
large salad (4c) - leaf lettuce, yellow pepper, cucumber, 1/2 tomato, purple cabbage, 2 Tbsp sunflower seeds, 1/4c walnut taco 'meat', 2 Tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
6 bananas
3 pints water with lemon
1 peppermint tea with stevia
2c geen salad with Maple balsamic vinaigrette (MBV)
4c green salad with MBV, 1 avocado, 1 tbsp hemp hearts and 2 tbsp sunflower seeds
1/2 peanut butter and jam sandwich on whole wheat bread
2 raw homemade chocolates
1c homemade vegan lentil-tomato-dill soup
Monday March 10th
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 4c frozen berry blend, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp maca powder, 3 tbsp hemp hearts, 1/3c agave nectar, 1 tbsp goji berries, 1 tbsp bee pollen, and 5c sprouted almond milk)
2 pints water with lemon
cherry Larabar
apple Larabar
222 mL Coke Zero (and honestly, it didn't taste all that great. it's been more than 2 full months since I've had any pop/soda and i don't miss it at all)
Nature Valley Granola Thin
1/4c sprouted almonds and goji berries
large green salad (4c) with 1 avocado, 2 tbsp maple-balsamic vinaigrette and 2 tbsp sunflower seeds
Sunday March 9th
3 pints lemon water
4 bananas
~17 Nut Thin crackers
2 raw chocolates (homemade)
peanut butter Larabar
apple Larabar
GT Trilogy Kombucha (480 mL bottle)
spicoli burger patty (see Thursday 6th below)
large green salad (3-4c) with 2 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
1c vegan tomato-lentil-dill soup, homemade (recipe from Eat, Drink and Be Vegan (by Dreena Burton))
Saturday March 8th
5 bananas
3 peppermint tea with stevia
2 homemade raw chocolates (recipe for Bliss Kiss from the book Blissful by Heather Cunliffe)
1 pint lemon water
1 tbsp local honey
large salad (4c) with avocado and maple balsamic vinaigrette
Bowl of deliciousness: 1c brown rice, 1c baked yam, 1 tbsp gluten-free tamari, 1/4c soaked sundried tomatoes, 1/4 yellow pepper diced, 2 tbsp hemp hearts, and some dried oregano and dried basil
1 piece Macintosh toffee
Friday March 7th
5 bananas
1 peppermint tea with stevia
4 Bliss Bars (recipe in the book Blissful by Heather Cunliffe)
2 pints water with lemon
1c almond milk, banana, agave, cacao powder, ice (like a chocolate milkshake)
large salad with avocado and maple balsamic vinaigrette
a whole wheat kaiser bun and vegan spicoli burger (see Thursday March 6th, below)
75 mins tai chi
Thursday March 6th
4 bananas
4 Bliss Bars (see Mar 7th for recipe source)
3 pints lemon water
3c vegan butternut squash soup (homemade)
and ~17 Nut Thins
1 peppermint tea with stevia
large green salad (4c) with 1 avocado and 2 Tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
1/3 of a vegan 'spicoli' burger in a whole wheat kaiser bun (recipe for spicoli burgers from Eat, Drink and Be Vegan by Dreena Burton)
Wednesday March 5th
5 bananas
2 peppermint tea with stevia
3 Bliss Bars (see Mar 7th for recipe source)
large salad (4c) - leaf lettuce, yellow pepper, cucumber, 1/2 tomato, purple cabbage, 2 Tbsp sunflower seeds, 1/4c walnut taco 'meat', 2 Tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
Week 9 - Raw Food Re-Boot
Tuesday March 4th
3 bananas
3 peppermint tea with stevia
1/2c homemade canned cherries in light syrup
3 Bliss Bars (see Mar 7th for recipe source)
1 pint water
3/4c brown rice and 3/4c vegan curried vegetables
3c large raw taco salad (leaf lettuce, carrot, beat, 1/2 tomato, 1 avocado, alfalfa sprouts, yellow pepper, 1/3c walnut taco 'meat')
Monday March 3d
2 pints lemon water
5 bananas
1 peppermint tea with stevia
4c kale salad (kale, EVOO, lemon juice, sea salt, cucumber, carrot, 1/2 avocado, hemp hearts)
3c large raw taco salad (leaf lettuce, 1/2 tomato, 1/2 avocado, green onion, purple onion, 1/2c raw walnut taco 'meat', 1 tbsp maple-balsamic vinaigrette)
1/2c brown rice and 1/2c vegan curried vegetables
1 Bliss bar (see Mar 7th for recipe source)
Sunday March 2nd
2L smoothie (3 bananas, 4c berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp goji berries, 1 brazil nut, 1/4c agave nectar, 4c water)
1 pint water
2 pancakes (made with dairy kefir instead of milk)
2 pieces dried mango
2 mugs peppermint tea with stevia
2 bananas
1c homemade leek and potato soup (vegan)
a couple handfuls of Nut Thins
1c mashed potatoes
large (4c) green salad with 1 avocado and 2 tbsp macadamia sour cream
Saturday March 1st
3 pints water with lemon
4 bananas
1 peppermint tea with stevia
4c raw pad thai with kelpnoodles
1 whole wheat dinner bun
1 rye bun
2 hot cross buns
2 pieces raw chocolate
25 min walk
Friday February 28th
5 bananas
spearmint tea
apple Larabar
peanut butter Larabar
3 hot cross buns
pint water kefir
1c cooked chickpeas
large green salad with macadamia 'sour cream' (leaf lettuce, green onion, carrot, beet, avocado, celery, tomato) and 1 homemade flax cracker
75 mins tai chi
45 min walk to the beach
Thursday February 27th
3 bananas
1/2 pineapple
1 spearmint tea
1 homemade raw chocolate
2c raw pad thai (1/2 bag kelp noodles, carrot, red pepper, cilantro, almond/ginger/garlic dressing)
1 bottle GT Trilogy kombucha
cherry Larabar
bottle of Dasani water
~3c popcorn at the movie theatre (no butter added)
2c veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, celery, red pepper, carrot, cherry tomato) & 2 tbsp dill dip
Wednesday February 26th
1 package Emer-Gen-C (cranberry pomegranate)
3 pints water with lemon
2 bananas
Raw Taco Salad for lunch (leaf lettuce, tomato, green onion, red bell pepper, avocado, walnut taco "meat", cucumber, and raw macadamia "sour cream")
Raw Pad Thai for dinner (Leaf Lettuce, 1/2 bag kelp noodles, red pepper, carrot, cilantro, almond/ginger/garlic dressing)
3 homemade raw chocolates
1/2c dried fruit (white mulberries, goldenberries, goji berries), 1/4c sprouted almonds, 1 brazil nut, and 1/4c macadamia nuts
3 bananas
3 peppermint tea with stevia
1/2c homemade canned cherries in light syrup
3 Bliss Bars (see Mar 7th for recipe source)
1 pint water
3/4c brown rice and 3/4c vegan curried vegetables
3c large raw taco salad (leaf lettuce, carrot, beat, 1/2 tomato, 1 avocado, alfalfa sprouts, yellow pepper, 1/3c walnut taco 'meat')
Monday March 3d
2 pints lemon water
5 bananas
1 peppermint tea with stevia
4c kale salad (kale, EVOO, lemon juice, sea salt, cucumber, carrot, 1/2 avocado, hemp hearts)
3c large raw taco salad (leaf lettuce, 1/2 tomato, 1/2 avocado, green onion, purple onion, 1/2c raw walnut taco 'meat', 1 tbsp maple-balsamic vinaigrette)
1/2c brown rice and 1/2c vegan curried vegetables
1 Bliss bar (see Mar 7th for recipe source)
Sunday March 2nd
2L smoothie (3 bananas, 4c berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp goji berries, 1 brazil nut, 1/4c agave nectar, 4c water)
1 pint water
2 pancakes (made with dairy kefir instead of milk)
2 pieces dried mango
2 mugs peppermint tea with stevia
2 bananas
1c homemade leek and potato soup (vegan)
a couple handfuls of Nut Thins
1c mashed potatoes
large (4c) green salad with 1 avocado and 2 tbsp macadamia sour cream
Saturday March 1st
3 pints water with lemon
4 bananas
1 peppermint tea with stevia
4c raw pad thai with kelpnoodles
1 whole wheat dinner bun
1 rye bun
2 hot cross buns
2 pieces raw chocolate
25 min walk
Friday February 28th
5 bananas
spearmint tea
apple Larabar
peanut butter Larabar
3 hot cross buns
pint water kefir
1c cooked chickpeas
large green salad with macadamia 'sour cream' (leaf lettuce, green onion, carrot, beet, avocado, celery, tomato) and 1 homemade flax cracker
75 mins tai chi
45 min walk to the beach
Thursday February 27th
3 bananas
1/2 pineapple
1 spearmint tea
1 homemade raw chocolate
2c raw pad thai (1/2 bag kelp noodles, carrot, red pepper, cilantro, almond/ginger/garlic dressing)
1 bottle GT Trilogy kombucha
cherry Larabar
bottle of Dasani water
~3c popcorn at the movie theatre (no butter added)
2c veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, celery, red pepper, carrot, cherry tomato) & 2 tbsp dill dip
Wednesday February 26th
1 package Emer-Gen-C (cranberry pomegranate)
3 pints water with lemon
2 bananas
Raw Taco Salad for lunch (leaf lettuce, tomato, green onion, red bell pepper, avocado, walnut taco "meat", cucumber, and raw macadamia "sour cream")
Raw Pad Thai for dinner (Leaf Lettuce, 1/2 bag kelp noodles, red pepper, carrot, cilantro, almond/ginger/garlic dressing)
3 homemade raw chocolates
1/2c dried fruit (white mulberries, goldenberries, goji berries), 1/4c sprouted almonds, 1 brazil nut, and 1/4c macadamia nuts
21 February 2014
Week 8 - Raw Food Re-Boot
Tuesday February 25th - sinus infection continues. :(
Oil of Oregano
4 bananas
2 packets cranberry-pomegranate Emer-Gen-C
1 english muffin with cheddar cheese
2c homeamde vegan chow mein
Large raw taco salad (same as Monday)
and a hot bath with equal parts baking soda and sea salt to draw out toxins, as well as flushing sinuses with Netipot.
Monday February 24th - sinus infection continues. :(
Oil of Oregano
6 bananas
1 packet of Emer-Gen-C (cranberry pomegranate)
2 mugs hot water, lemon, ginger, honey
2 pieces of raw chocolate (homemade)
1 pint water
1 serving of homemade pineapple icebox dessert (from Ani Phyo's dessert book)
large raw taco salad (green leaf lettuce, tomato, red bell pepper, green onion, avocado, walnut taco meat (I overprocessed mine and it clumped; didn't taste nearly as good as what I had at the cafe on Sunday), and raw macadamia sour cream (I'm out of cashews).
and a hot bath with equal parts baking soda and sea salt to draw out toxins, as well as flushing sinuses with Netipot.
Sunday February 23d - sinus infection!
Oil of Oregano
4 bananas
1 tbsp sprouted almond butter
1 peppermint tea with stevia
2 mugs of hot water with lemon, ginger, and honey
1 packet of Emer-Gen-C (cranberry pomegranate)
2c homemade vegan chili
1 homemade butter tart square (not vegan)
2/3 of a large bag of salt and cracked pepper potato chips
1c homemade kombucha
1 piece of homemade raw chocolate
and a hot bath with equal parts baking soda and sea salt to draw out toxins, as well as flushing sinuses with Netipot.
Saturday February 22nd
5 bananas
1c marinated kale (kale, evoo, sea salt, lemon juice)
2 pieces homemade vegetarian pizza (mushroom, bell pepper, onion, pineapple, cheese)
2 mugs peppermint tea with stevia
the most delicious raw lunch at a cafe: a bowl of salad greens, topped with raw pad thai and walnut taco "meat" and vegetables and hemp seeds. *SO* good! Also had a raw almond butter cup for dessert. mmmmmm. definitely going back next time I'm in the area. :D
4 raw multivitamins
Friday February 21st
5 bananas
4c green salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, red pepper, corn, 1/4c black beans, 1/4 avocado) and balsamic vinaigrette
4c kale salad (Kale marinated in EVOO, lemon juice and sea salt, red pepper, carrot, cucumber, and an avocado)
1 serving Ani Phyo's raw pineapple icebox dessert
4 multivitamins
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
75 mins tai chi
Thursday February 20th
3 bananas
2 pieces raisin toast with 1 tbsp original Earth Balance
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 4c frozen berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp goji berries, 2 brazil nuts and 4 tbsp agave, and 6c water)
1 serving Ani Phyo's raw pineapple icebox dessert
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
Wednesday February 19th
3 bananas
1c cooked brown rice
1c steamed mixed vegetables
4c green salad with 1 avocado and maple balsamic vinaigrette
2 pieces raisin toast with 1 tbsp original Earth Balance
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
2 pieces homemade raw chocolate
Oil of Oregano
4 bananas
2 packets cranberry-pomegranate Emer-Gen-C
1 english muffin with cheddar cheese
2c homeamde vegan chow mein
Large raw taco salad (same as Monday)
and a hot bath with equal parts baking soda and sea salt to draw out toxins, as well as flushing sinuses with Netipot.
Monday February 24th - sinus infection continues. :(
Oil of Oregano
6 bananas
1 packet of Emer-Gen-C (cranberry pomegranate)
2 mugs hot water, lemon, ginger, honey
2 pieces of raw chocolate (homemade)
1 pint water
1 serving of homemade pineapple icebox dessert (from Ani Phyo's dessert book)
large raw taco salad (green leaf lettuce, tomato, red bell pepper, green onion, avocado, walnut taco meat (I overprocessed mine and it clumped; didn't taste nearly as good as what I had at the cafe on Sunday), and raw macadamia sour cream (I'm out of cashews).
and a hot bath with equal parts baking soda and sea salt to draw out toxins, as well as flushing sinuses with Netipot.
Sunday February 23d - sinus infection!
Oil of Oregano
4 bananas
1 tbsp sprouted almond butter
1 peppermint tea with stevia
2 mugs of hot water with lemon, ginger, and honey
1 packet of Emer-Gen-C (cranberry pomegranate)
2c homemade vegan chili
1 homemade butter tart square (not vegan)
2/3 of a large bag of salt and cracked pepper potato chips
1c homemade kombucha
1 piece of homemade raw chocolate
and a hot bath with equal parts baking soda and sea salt to draw out toxins, as well as flushing sinuses with Netipot.
Saturday February 22nd
5 bananas
1c marinated kale (kale, evoo, sea salt, lemon juice)
2 pieces homemade vegetarian pizza (mushroom, bell pepper, onion, pineapple, cheese)
2 mugs peppermint tea with stevia
the most delicious raw lunch at a cafe: a bowl of salad greens, topped with raw pad thai and walnut taco "meat" and vegetables and hemp seeds. *SO* good! Also had a raw almond butter cup for dessert. mmmmmm. definitely going back next time I'm in the area. :D
4 raw multivitamins
Friday February 21st
5 bananas
4c green salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, red pepper, corn, 1/4c black beans, 1/4 avocado) and balsamic vinaigrette
4c kale salad (Kale marinated in EVOO, lemon juice and sea salt, red pepper, carrot, cucumber, and an avocado)
1 serving Ani Phyo's raw pineapple icebox dessert
4 multivitamins
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
75 mins tai chi
Thursday February 20th
3 bananas
2 pieces raisin toast with 1 tbsp original Earth Balance
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 4c frozen berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp goji berries, 2 brazil nuts and 4 tbsp agave, and 6c water)
1 serving Ani Phyo's raw pineapple icebox dessert
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
Wednesday February 19th
3 bananas
1c cooked brown rice
1c steamed mixed vegetables
4c green salad with 1 avocado and maple balsamic vinaigrette
2 pieces raisin toast with 1 tbsp original Earth Balance
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
2 pieces homemade raw chocolate
Week 7 - Raw Food Re-Boot
Birthday month is February in our house. There were 2 birthdays this week alone. My resolve to eat raw was low, and I paid for it. I had the worse digestive issues in quite a while (Gas! and burps that smelled like rotten eggs!! YUCK!). By the end of the week (Tuesday 18th) I was starting to get back on track, but let's just say I am a slow learner. :(
Tuesday February 18th
3 bananas
1/2 bag of Tyrells worcestershire sauce and sundried tomato potato chips
2 bowls of spinach salad (spinach, dried cranberries, green pepper, mandarin oranges and pear)
4c green salad with avocado and maple balsamic vinaigrette
1 serving Ani Phyo's raw pineapple icebox dessert (from her Dessert book)
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
Monday February 17th
2 bananas
1 bowl spinach salad (spinach, dried cranberries, green bell pepper, mandarin oranges and pear)
1 piece black forest cake (sucker for punishment, I am)
1/2c regular kettle cooked old dutch potato chips
1 piece homemade carrot cake with cream cheese frosting (husband's birthday; it's birthday month around here)
1/2c vegetarian lasagna
1 serving of Ani Phyo's raw pineapple icebox dessert (from her Dessert book)
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
1 cup chamomile tea with honey
75 minutes hiking
Sunday February 16th
2 bananas
2 pieces restaurant veggie pizza (garlic butter, spinach, 3 cheese)
2c regular kettle cooked old dutch potato chips
4c green salad with maple balsamic vinaigrette and an avocado
1 gluten-free cupcake with buttercream frosting
Saturday February 15th (daughter's sleepover birthday party - lots of housework beforehand, lots of digestive upset after - you'll soon see why)
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 4c frozen berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp goji berries, 3 tbsp agave, 6c water)
2 bananas
1c raw veggies off a veggie tray
about 15 stuffed manzanilla olives
1c homemade hummus and ~17 almond nut-thin hint of salt crackers
3 gluten-free cupcakes with buttercream anise-flavoured frosting
1c of regular kettle cooked old dutch potato chips
Friday February 14th
3 bananas
1 piece of Macintosh toffee
1 chocolate truffle
1/2c homemade hummus and a cup of almond nut-thin crackers (hint of salt flavour, about 17 crackers)
4c green salad with maple balsamic vinaigrette
1/2c rainbow sherbert in a waffle cone (finished my daughter's ice cream cone off)
1 slice of black forest birthday cake (oh boy, did that taste good and wow, did it ever cause digestive grief! yikes!!)
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
2 cups chamomile tea with stevia
Thursday February 13th
2L smoothie (4c frozen berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp maca, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp goji berries, 2 brazil nuts, 5 prunes, 2 bananas, and ~6c water)
3 bananas
1c peppermint tea with stevia
Avocado salad roll from grocery store
apple Larabar
1c alfalfa sprouts
1 pint water
Wednesday February 12th
2 bananas
1 navel orange
(okay, this is embarassing:) 11 homemade blueberry muffins (no, that's not a typo; it's not supposed to be '1'. I actually, over the course of the day, ate 11 muffins. They're my favvvvvvvvvvourite, what can I say!)
1 breakfast burrito (homemade tortilla with scrambled organic egg, a little salsa and a little cheddar cheese)
6 potato/onion perogies, boiled
4 multivitamins
1 cup peppermint tea with stevia
Tuesday February 18th
3 bananas
1/2 bag of Tyrells worcestershire sauce and sundried tomato potato chips
2 bowls of spinach salad (spinach, dried cranberries, green pepper, mandarin oranges and pear)
4c green salad with avocado and maple balsamic vinaigrette
1 serving Ani Phyo's raw pineapple icebox dessert (from her Dessert book)
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
Monday February 17th
2 bananas
1 bowl spinach salad (spinach, dried cranberries, green bell pepper, mandarin oranges and pear)
1 piece black forest cake (sucker for punishment, I am)
1/2c regular kettle cooked old dutch potato chips
1 piece homemade carrot cake with cream cheese frosting (husband's birthday; it's birthday month around here)
1/2c vegetarian lasagna
1 serving of Ani Phyo's raw pineapple icebox dessert (from her Dessert book)
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
1 cup chamomile tea with honey
75 minutes hiking
Sunday February 16th
2 bananas
2 pieces restaurant veggie pizza (garlic butter, spinach, 3 cheese)
2c regular kettle cooked old dutch potato chips
4c green salad with maple balsamic vinaigrette and an avocado
1 gluten-free cupcake with buttercream frosting
Saturday February 15th (daughter's sleepover birthday party - lots of housework beforehand, lots of digestive upset after - you'll soon see why)
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 4c frozen berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp goji berries, 3 tbsp agave, 6c water)
2 bananas
1c raw veggies off a veggie tray
about 15 stuffed manzanilla olives
1c homemade hummus and ~17 almond nut-thin hint of salt crackers
3 gluten-free cupcakes with buttercream anise-flavoured frosting
1c of regular kettle cooked old dutch potato chips
Friday February 14th
3 bananas
1 piece of Macintosh toffee
1 chocolate truffle
1/2c homemade hummus and a cup of almond nut-thin crackers (hint of salt flavour, about 17 crackers)
4c green salad with maple balsamic vinaigrette
1/2c rainbow sherbert in a waffle cone (finished my daughter's ice cream cone off)
1 slice of black forest birthday cake (oh boy, did that taste good and wow, did it ever cause digestive grief! yikes!!)
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
2 cups chamomile tea with stevia
Thursday February 13th
2L smoothie (4c frozen berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp maca, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp goji berries, 2 brazil nuts, 5 prunes, 2 bananas, and ~6c water)
3 bananas
1c peppermint tea with stevia
Avocado salad roll from grocery store
apple Larabar
1c alfalfa sprouts
1 pint water
Wednesday February 12th
2 bananas
1 navel orange
(okay, this is embarassing:) 11 homemade blueberry muffins (no, that's not a typo; it's not supposed to be '1'. I actually, over the course of the day, ate 11 muffins. They're my favvvvvvvvvvourite, what can I say!)
1 breakfast burrito (homemade tortilla with scrambled organic egg, a little salsa and a little cheddar cheese)
6 potato/onion perogies, boiled
4 multivitamins
1 cup peppermint tea with stevia
Week 6 - Raw Food Re-Boot
Tuesday February 11th
2L Smoothie: 4c frozen berries, 2 bananas, 4 tbsp agave, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp goji berries, 2 brazil nuts, water to blend (~6c water)
1c cooked brown rice
1 piece lemon pound cake
6c green salad with 1 avocado and maple balsamic vinaigrette
1/2c homemade raw vegan butter pecan ice cream
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
Monday February 10th
2 navel oranges
4 multivitamins
Smoothie: 2 bananas, 4c mixed berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp maca powder, 4 tbsp agave)
4c green salad with 4 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
1 piece lemon pound cake
2 cups chamomile tea with stevia
1 chocolate truffle
Sunday February 9th
3 bananas
4 multivitamins
1c chia pudding
9c (yes, 9 CUPS) green salad with 4 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette and 1 avocado
1/2c tamari almonds
chocolate mylk: 1c almond milk with 1 tbsp cacao powder and 2 tbsp agave and 1 banana
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
Saturday February 8th
1 navel orange
4 bananas
1c chia pudding
4 multivitamins
spinach salad: spinach, celery, carrot, cucumber, avocado, and maple balsamic vinaigrette
1/4c tamari almonds
grilled cheese sandwich (3 x 1/2 pieces, so 1 1/2 sandwiches)
a piece lemon pound cake
1 tbsp maca powder
1 tbsp goji berries
2c homemade almond milk
2c peppermint tea with stevia
Friday February 7th
3 bananas
1c chia pudding (homemade)
apple larabar
cherry larabar
avocado salad roll (from grocery store: tapioca paper with lettuce, carrot, cucumber, purple cabbage and avocado all wrapped up)
1/2c homemade tamari almonds
4 multivitamins
1/2 stalk celery with 1/2 tbsp sprouted almond butter
chocolate mylk: banana, almond milk, agave, cacao powder
1 bottle GT Trilogy kombucha
1 cup peppermint tea
Thursday February 6th
3 bananas
1/4c sprouted almonds
1/2c tamari almonds
3c green salad with maple balsamic vinaigrette
a handful of dried goldenberries/inca berries
a baked potato
1/4c homemade butternut squash ravioli
a piece of homemade lemon pound cake
4c peppermint tea with stevia
2 pints water
Wednesday February 5th
4 multivitamins (Garden of Life Vitamin Code)
3 bananas
2 peanut butter Larabars
1/2 stalk celery with 1/2 tbsp raw sprouted almond butter
1/4c tamari almonds (homemade)
Kale salad (1.5c kale marinated in EVOO, lemon juice & sea salt, red bell pepper, cucumber, carrot, an avocado)
Green salad (1.5c iceberg lettuce, radish, jerusalem artichoke, celery, and Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette)
5 cups of peppermint tea with stevia
2 pieces of chocolate
2L Smoothie: 4c frozen berries, 2 bananas, 4 tbsp agave, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp maca powder, 1 tbsp goji berries, 2 brazil nuts, water to blend (~6c water)
1c cooked brown rice
1 piece lemon pound cake
6c green salad with 1 avocado and maple balsamic vinaigrette
1/2c homemade raw vegan butter pecan ice cream
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
Monday February 10th
2 navel oranges
4 multivitamins
Smoothie: 2 bananas, 4c mixed berries, 1 tbsp spirulina, 1 tbsp bee pollen, 1 tbsp maca powder, 4 tbsp agave)
4c green salad with 4 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
1 piece lemon pound cake
2 cups chamomile tea with stevia
1 chocolate truffle
Sunday February 9th
3 bananas
4 multivitamins
1c chia pudding
9c (yes, 9 CUPS) green salad with 4 tbsp maple balsamic vinaigrette and 1 avocado
1/2c tamari almonds
chocolate mylk: 1c almond milk with 1 tbsp cacao powder and 2 tbsp agave and 1 banana
2 cups peppermint tea with stevia
Saturday February 8th
1 navel orange
4 bananas
1c chia pudding
4 multivitamins
spinach salad: spinach, celery, carrot, cucumber, avocado, and maple balsamic vinaigrette
1/4c tamari almonds
grilled cheese sandwich (3 x 1/2 pieces, so 1 1/2 sandwiches)
a piece lemon pound cake
1 tbsp maca powder
1 tbsp goji berries
2c homemade almond milk
2c peppermint tea with stevia
Friday February 7th
3 bananas
1c chia pudding (homemade)
apple larabar
cherry larabar
avocado salad roll (from grocery store: tapioca paper with lettuce, carrot, cucumber, purple cabbage and avocado all wrapped up)
1/2c homemade tamari almonds
4 multivitamins
1/2 stalk celery with 1/2 tbsp sprouted almond butter
chocolate mylk: banana, almond milk, agave, cacao powder
1 bottle GT Trilogy kombucha
1 cup peppermint tea
Thursday February 6th
3 bananas
1/4c sprouted almonds
1/2c tamari almonds
3c green salad with maple balsamic vinaigrette
a handful of dried goldenberries/inca berries
a baked potato
1/4c homemade butternut squash ravioli
a piece of homemade lemon pound cake
4c peppermint tea with stevia
2 pints water
Wednesday February 5th
4 multivitamins (Garden of Life Vitamin Code)
3 bananas
2 peanut butter Larabars
1/2 stalk celery with 1/2 tbsp raw sprouted almond butter
1/4c tamari almonds (homemade)
Kale salad (1.5c kale marinated in EVOO, lemon juice & sea salt, red bell pepper, cucumber, carrot, an avocado)
Green salad (1.5c iceberg lettuce, radish, jerusalem artichoke, celery, and Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette)
5 cups of peppermint tea with stevia
2 pieces of chocolate
06 February 2014
Week 5 - Raw Food Re-Boot
To finish off the week, including the days from the last post, I enjoyed:
Tuesday February 4th
5 bananas
4 mugs peppermint/spearmint herbal tea with stevia
1c cooked homemade vegan chili (I made it for the family; it smelled sooooo good!)
1/4c homemade tamari almonds
1 chamomile tea with stevia
A peanut butter Larabar
1/4c lentils and brown rice (cooked)
2c green salad with 1tbsp sweet onion dressing
Kale salad: 2c marinated kale (evoo, lemon juice, sea salt), 1 jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke), 1/4 red pepper, 1 avocado diced, 1 mushroom, 1 radish, 1/4c alfalfa sprouts, 1/2 rib celery, 1/4c cucumber and 1 carrot
And I walked for an hour (4 kms)
Monday February 3d
3 bananas
1/4c tamari almonds
1 peppermint tea with stevia
2 raw multivitamins
1/4c green grapes
1/8c grape tomatoes
1 carrot
1 cherry Larabar
1 pint water
Large green salad with 2 tbsp maple balsamic dressing (romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, spinach, avocado, radish, jerusalem artichoke, cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, yellow pepper, and carrot)
Sunday February 2nd
5 bananas
1 cherry Larabar
1 peanut butter Larabar
1 cocoa coconut chew Larabar
5c water
6 fresh black olives
1 mandarin orange
1/2 apple
1c veggies from veggie tray (celery, carrot, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes)
a green salad with 2c romaine, 1 tbsp yellow pepper, 1/4c jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke, 1/4c cucumber, 1/3c alfalfa sprouts, 1 carrot, and 1 avocado
1 1/2 tbsp maple-balsamic vinaigrette
AND 3+ HOURS OF TAI CHI! (worked it REALLY hard; felt great!)
Saturday February 1st
It was my birthday, so I splurged and ate out at a vegan mexican restaurant for lunch, and went for dinner at another restaurant. I was at a tai chi workshop for the weekend so definitely got a lot of exercise. I also bought a cleaning brush for my glass straws (which I *love* and have had for many years now) as well as a small cloth scroll wall hanging (purple background with chakra symbols in different colours down the cloth). It's purty. ;)
2 mugs peppermint tea with stevia
3 bananas
1 apple Larabar
7c water
2 multivitamins
Lunch: raw pizza (soooooo good), smoothie (almonds, hemp seeds, dates, cacao, banana, and vanilla) - very chocolaty, and a raw chocolate-chili truffle (yummers!)
Dinner: salad (spinach, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, 1c quinoa with mango vinaigrette)
2c earl-grey lavender tea with white sugar and a little milk
1c homemade berry crisp (went to visit my great-great-aunt after dinner, hence the crisp and tea)
AND 2+ HOURS OF TAI CHI! (I was there for 6 hours but we weren't continually doing tai chi the whole time)
I just have to share what the menu said about the raw pizza, because it tasted sooooo good: "a buckwheat crust topped with fermented salsa & a sunflower seed and red pepper pate, garnished with grape tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, and walnuts". Seriously SOOOOOOO good.
Tuesday February 4th
5 bananas
4 mugs peppermint/spearmint herbal tea with stevia
1c cooked homemade vegan chili (I made it for the family; it smelled sooooo good!)
1/4c homemade tamari almonds
1 chamomile tea with stevia
A peanut butter Larabar
1/4c lentils and brown rice (cooked)
2c green salad with 1tbsp sweet onion dressing
Kale salad: 2c marinated kale (evoo, lemon juice, sea salt), 1 jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke), 1/4 red pepper, 1 avocado diced, 1 mushroom, 1 radish, 1/4c alfalfa sprouts, 1/2 rib celery, 1/4c cucumber and 1 carrot
And I walked for an hour (4 kms)
Monday February 3d
3 bananas
1/4c tamari almonds
1 peppermint tea with stevia
2 raw multivitamins
1/4c green grapes
1/8c grape tomatoes
1 carrot
1 cherry Larabar
1 pint water
Large green salad with 2 tbsp maple balsamic dressing (romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, spinach, avocado, radish, jerusalem artichoke, cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, yellow pepper, and carrot)
Sunday February 2nd
5 bananas
1 cherry Larabar
1 peanut butter Larabar
1 cocoa coconut chew Larabar
5c water
6 fresh black olives
1 mandarin orange
1/2 apple
1c veggies from veggie tray (celery, carrot, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes)
a green salad with 2c romaine, 1 tbsp yellow pepper, 1/4c jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke, 1/4c cucumber, 1/3c alfalfa sprouts, 1 carrot, and 1 avocado
1 1/2 tbsp maple-balsamic vinaigrette
AND 3+ HOURS OF TAI CHI! (worked it REALLY hard; felt great!)
Saturday February 1st
It was my birthday, so I splurged and ate out at a vegan mexican restaurant for lunch, and went for dinner at another restaurant. I was at a tai chi workshop for the weekend so definitely got a lot of exercise. I also bought a cleaning brush for my glass straws (which I *love* and have had for many years now) as well as a small cloth scroll wall hanging (purple background with chakra symbols in different colours down the cloth). It's purty. ;)
2 mugs peppermint tea with stevia
3 bananas
1 apple Larabar
7c water
2 multivitamins
Lunch: raw pizza (soooooo good), smoothie (almonds, hemp seeds, dates, cacao, banana, and vanilla) - very chocolaty, and a raw chocolate-chili truffle (yummers!)
Dinner: salad (spinach, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, 1c quinoa with mango vinaigrette)
2c earl-grey lavender tea with white sugar and a little milk
1c homemade berry crisp (went to visit my great-great-aunt after dinner, hence the crisp and tea)
AND 2+ HOURS OF TAI CHI! (I was there for 6 hours but we weren't continually doing tai chi the whole time)
I just have to share what the menu said about the raw pizza, because it tasted sooooo good: "a buckwheat crust topped with fermented salsa & a sunflower seed and red pepper pate, garnished with grape tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, and walnuts". Seriously SOOOOOOO good.
31 January 2014
End - Month 1
Well, here we are, end of Month 1. I am down 20 lbs. No kidding. And this is without a daily exercise habit. Not that I think this weight loss will continue at this rate, but I definitely feel better eating raw food the majority of the time.
And yes, you have probably noticed I eat too many bananas. ;)
Friday January 31st
3 bananas
1 mandarin orange
1 small piece spice cake (it was brought to tai chi class in honour of two upcoming birthdays - one being mine - so I really felt like it would be rude/awkward not to have a little slice)
4 multivitamins (Garden of Life brand)
1 Peanut Butter Larabar
2 tbsp (1 oz) goji berries)
1 tbsp sprouted almonds
4 mugs peppermint and spearmint tea (with stevia)
salad (romaine, carrot, cucumber, jerusalem artichoke, green onion, orange bell pepper, 1 tbsp Maple-Balsamic vinaigrette)
avocado with sea salt and lime juice
2 small black bean burritos (homemade, vegan, not gf - made homemade tortillas today with wheat flour)
2 pints water
Thursday January 30th
2 bananas
4 peppermint tea (with stevia)
2 multivitamins (Garden of Life brand)
1L smoothie (1 banana, 1/2 tbsp maca, tocotrenols, bee pollen and spirulina, 2 1/2 tbsp hemp flour, 1 tbsp goji berries, 1c almond milk (homemade), 2 tbsp agave, 2 brazil nuts, 3c frozen berries, and water)
Cherry Larabar
1 chamomile tea (with stevia)
2 pints water
2 burritos (homemade, vegan - from Dreena Burtons book Eat, Drink and Be Vegan) - 6 inch corn tortillas (gf)
large salad: 1c each kale and romaine, 1/4 orange pepper, 1/3c alfalfa sprouts, 1/4c cucumber, 1 avocado, 1 jerusalem artichoke, 1/2 carrot, 1 tsp each EVOO and lemon juice, sea salt
Wednesday January 29th
6 bananas
1 mandarin orange
1/2c sprouted almonds
an apple Larabar
1 rib celery with 1/2 tbsp almond butter
1 chamomile tea (with stevia)
1 ginger-mint-lemongrass tea (with stevia)
And yes, you have probably noticed I eat too many bananas. ;)
Friday January 31st
3 bananas
1 mandarin orange
1 small piece spice cake (it was brought to tai chi class in honour of two upcoming birthdays - one being mine - so I really felt like it would be rude/awkward not to have a little slice)
4 multivitamins (Garden of Life brand)
1 Peanut Butter Larabar
2 tbsp (1 oz) goji berries)
1 tbsp sprouted almonds
4 mugs peppermint and spearmint tea (with stevia)
salad (romaine, carrot, cucumber, jerusalem artichoke, green onion, orange bell pepper, 1 tbsp Maple-Balsamic vinaigrette)
avocado with sea salt and lime juice
2 small black bean burritos (homemade, vegan, not gf - made homemade tortillas today with wheat flour)
2 pints water
Thursday January 30th
2 bananas
4 peppermint tea (with stevia)
2 multivitamins (Garden of Life brand)
1L smoothie (1 banana, 1/2 tbsp maca, tocotrenols, bee pollen and spirulina, 2 1/2 tbsp hemp flour, 1 tbsp goji berries, 1c almond milk (homemade), 2 tbsp agave, 2 brazil nuts, 3c frozen berries, and water)
Cherry Larabar
1 chamomile tea (with stevia)
2 pints water
2 burritos (homemade, vegan - from Dreena Burtons book Eat, Drink and Be Vegan) - 6 inch corn tortillas (gf)
large salad: 1c each kale and romaine, 1/4 orange pepper, 1/3c alfalfa sprouts, 1/4c cucumber, 1 avocado, 1 jerusalem artichoke, 1/2 carrot, 1 tsp each EVOO and lemon juice, sea salt
Wednesday January 29th
6 bananas
1 mandarin orange
1/2c sprouted almonds
an apple Larabar
1 rib celery with 1/2 tbsp almond butter
1 chamomile tea (with stevia)
1 ginger-mint-lemongrass tea (with stevia)
26 January 2014
Week 4 Raw Food Re-Boot
Day 26 and I'm still going strong. I'm down about 15 lbs (I don't own a scale so it's hard to know exactly). It's actually really easy to eat raw, and it's interesting to see last year when I was hungry, I'd head to the nearest coffee shop for a bagel or muffin and an iced coffee. Now I'm opting for herbal teas and carry stevia with me to sweeten it when I'm out. It's also really easy to keep a bag of sprouted, dried almonds in the freezer and take a small snack cup with me for a quick bite when I'm out.
I'm also logging my food intake and exercise on My Fitness Pal app, which I know my sister uses. :)
A daily exercise habit is still not yet happening. I'm finding myself wishing my life were more rigorous and physically demanding. Case in point: yesterday I spent more than 4 hrs driving. Ugh. I have a friend who has a family of 4 living in a cabin of 200 sq ft while they are building their new house, and I have to say she spends a LOT of time outdoors, no matter what the weather. Sometimes I think living in 2000 sq ft is a deterrant to going outside more often, but maybe that's just an excuse on my part. ;)
Tuesday January 28th
5 bananas
2 ginger-mint-lemongrass tea (with stevia)
1 rib celery with 1/2 tbsp sprouted almond butter
1/4c sprouted almonds
2c homemade kombucha
1 mandarin orange
kale salad: 4c kale, 1 tsp EVOO, 1 tsp lemon juice, sea salt, 1 avocado diced, 1 carrot grated, 1/4c cucumber diced
Monday January 27th
4 bananas
3 mugs peppermint and spearmint tea (with stevia)
2 ribs celery and 2 tbsp sprouted almond butter
1/2c sprouted almonds (a few coated in raw chocolate)
1 mug ginger-mint-lemongrass tea (with stevia)
1 mug chamomile tea (with stevia)
large green salad with honey-lemon-champagne vinaigrette (out for dinner at bin 4 burger joint)
about 1c house fries (which surprisingly didnt make me feel ill... i was nibbling away off my daughters plate)
Sunday January 26th
2 bananas
1 spearmint tea with stevia
1 ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
4c homemade kombucha
1/2c sprouted almonds (a few dipped in raw chocolate)
1 mandarin orange
1/2c cooked plain quinoa
(not finished eating for the day yet; will edit later)
Saturday January 25th
2 bananas
spearmint tea with stevia
peppermint tea with stevia
chamomile tea with stevia
1 avocado with lime juice and sea salt
2 tbsp cooked quinoa
1 navel orange
6 or 7 pcs dried mango
1/2 rib celery with 1 tbsp sprouted almond butter
1/2c sprouted almonds (a few dipped in raw chocolate, mmmmm)
Green salad with maple balsamic dressing (iceberg lettuce, green pepper, red onion, tomato, cucumber)
Friday January 24th
4 bananas
2 mandarin oranges
1/4c goji berries
ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
1 rib celery with 2T sprouted almond butter
15 olives (boo, all gone now!)
1/4c cooked quinoa (plain)
Salad: 3c marinated kale (EVOO, lemon juice, sea salt), 1 carrot, 1/4c cucumber slices, 1/4c alfalfa sprouts
"Chocolate milkshake": 1 banana, 1 tbsp hemp flour, 1/2 tbsp cacao, ice, 2c homemade almond milk
Thursday January 23d
4 bananas
3 cups ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
1 bottle Cherry Cassis kombucha
1 tbsp goldenberries
13 pistachios
1c dried mango
large green salad (2c green leaf lettuce, 1 carrot, 1/4c cucumber slices, 1 mushroom, 1 avocado, 1 jerusalem artichoke, grated beet, and 1 rib celery) with maple balsamic vinagrette
another large green salad (1 1/2c green leaf lettuce, 1 carrot, 1/2 tomato, grated beet, alfalfa sprouts, 7 olives, and the rest of the vinagrette from earlier)
MAPLE-BALSAMIC VINAGRETTE
4 tbsp EVOO
3 tbsp (golden) balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp maple syrup
Blend.
Wednesday January 22nd
1 pint water
2 bananas
1 navel orange
3 ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
4 raw (Olivico) olives
4 avocado salad rolls - rice paper (not raw), with lettuce, avocado, alfalfa sproutes, grated carrot and cucumber wrapped up, served with thai sweet chili sauce (also not raw)
2c butternut squash vegan soup (heated)
1.75L smoothie (2 bananas, 4c frozen berry blend, 1Tbsp ea: maca, tocotrenols, and spirulina, 2T agave nectar, and 1/4c hemp flour)
I'm also logging my food intake and exercise on My Fitness Pal app, which I know my sister uses. :)
A daily exercise habit is still not yet happening. I'm finding myself wishing my life were more rigorous and physically demanding. Case in point: yesterday I spent more than 4 hrs driving. Ugh. I have a friend who has a family of 4 living in a cabin of 200 sq ft while they are building their new house, and I have to say she spends a LOT of time outdoors, no matter what the weather. Sometimes I think living in 2000 sq ft is a deterrant to going outside more often, but maybe that's just an excuse on my part. ;)
Tuesday January 28th
5 bananas
2 ginger-mint-lemongrass tea (with stevia)
1 rib celery with 1/2 tbsp sprouted almond butter
1/4c sprouted almonds
2c homemade kombucha
1 mandarin orange
kale salad: 4c kale, 1 tsp EVOO, 1 tsp lemon juice, sea salt, 1 avocado diced, 1 carrot grated, 1/4c cucumber diced
Monday January 27th
4 bananas
3 mugs peppermint and spearmint tea (with stevia)
2 ribs celery and 2 tbsp sprouted almond butter
1/2c sprouted almonds (a few coated in raw chocolate)
1 mug ginger-mint-lemongrass tea (with stevia)
1 mug chamomile tea (with stevia)
large green salad with honey-lemon-champagne vinaigrette (out for dinner at bin 4 burger joint)
about 1c house fries (which surprisingly didnt make me feel ill... i was nibbling away off my daughters plate)
Sunday January 26th
2 bananas
1 spearmint tea with stevia
1 ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
4c homemade kombucha
1/2c sprouted almonds (a few dipped in raw chocolate)
1 mandarin orange
1/2c cooked plain quinoa
(not finished eating for the day yet; will edit later)
Saturday January 25th
2 bananas
spearmint tea with stevia
peppermint tea with stevia
chamomile tea with stevia
1 avocado with lime juice and sea salt
2 tbsp cooked quinoa
1 navel orange
6 or 7 pcs dried mango
1/2 rib celery with 1 tbsp sprouted almond butter
1/2c sprouted almonds (a few dipped in raw chocolate, mmmmm)
Green salad with maple balsamic dressing (iceberg lettuce, green pepper, red onion, tomato, cucumber)
Friday January 24th
4 bananas
2 mandarin oranges
1/4c goji berries
ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
1 rib celery with 2T sprouted almond butter
15 olives (boo, all gone now!)
1/4c cooked quinoa (plain)
Salad: 3c marinated kale (EVOO, lemon juice, sea salt), 1 carrot, 1/4c cucumber slices, 1/4c alfalfa sprouts
"Chocolate milkshake": 1 banana, 1 tbsp hemp flour, 1/2 tbsp cacao, ice, 2c homemade almond milk
Thursday January 23d
4 bananas
3 cups ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
1 bottle Cherry Cassis kombucha
1 tbsp goldenberries
13 pistachios
1c dried mango
large green salad (2c green leaf lettuce, 1 carrot, 1/4c cucumber slices, 1 mushroom, 1 avocado, 1 jerusalem artichoke, grated beet, and 1 rib celery) with maple balsamic vinagrette
another large green salad (1 1/2c green leaf lettuce, 1 carrot, 1/2 tomato, grated beet, alfalfa sprouts, 7 olives, and the rest of the vinagrette from earlier)
MAPLE-BALSAMIC VINAGRETTE
4 tbsp EVOO
3 tbsp (golden) balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp maple syrup
Blend.
Wednesday January 22nd
1 pint water
2 bananas
1 navel orange
3 ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
4 raw (Olivico) olives
4 avocado salad rolls - rice paper (not raw), with lettuce, avocado, alfalfa sproutes, grated carrot and cucumber wrapped up, served with thai sweet chili sauce (also not raw)
2c butternut squash vegan soup (heated)
1.75L smoothie (2 bananas, 4c frozen berry blend, 1Tbsp ea: maca, tocotrenols, and spirulina, 2T agave nectar, and 1/4c hemp flour)
21 January 2014
Week 3 Raw Food Re-Boot
Tuesday January 21st
3 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
1 pint water
1c muesli with 1c almond milk
4 bananas
13 pistachios
3 bowls (4c?) homemade vegan butternut squash soup with coconut milk (cooked)
2 pieces (1/12th of a 9" pan each) homemade cornbread with hemp flour (baked)
Monday January 20th
5 bananas
2 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
1 mandarin orange
30g chocolate (birch syrup sweetened)
Chocolate milkshake (3c almond milk, 2 bananas, 3 tbsp hemp flour and cacao powder, 1 tbsp maca and tocos, and 2 tbsp coconut palm syrup)
Salad: 2c kale, 1 tsp EVOO, lemon juice and pinch sea salt, 1 carrot grated, 1/4c sliced cucumber, and 1 avocado
7 olives
3 carrots fresh from the garden
2 pints water
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
Sunday January 19th
1 mug ginger-mint-lemongrass tea
3 bananas
1 avocado with lime and sea salt
1 mug peppermint tea with stevia
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
20g chocolate (birch syrup sweetened)
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 1c spinach, 2c frozen berries, 1 tbsp ea: maca, tocos, spirulina, 3 tbsp hemp flour, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, and water to blend)
Saturday January 18th - was out all day
2 mugs peppermint tea with stevia
4 bananas
3 Larabars - one apple, one cashew, one cherry
2c mixed veggies/crudites
1L smoothie (1 1/2c almond milk, 2 brazil nuts, 1/2 tbsp ea: maca, tocos, spirulina, 2 tbsp: hemp flour and coconut palm syrup, 1 1/2c frozen berries, 1 banana, 3/4c spinach)
Friday January 17th
4 bananas
2 mugs local blend mint-seaweed tea with stevia
2c bean sprout namul (from Ani Phyo's East-West Fusion book)
1/2c muesli with 1/2c almond milk
3 mandarin oranges
1L smoothie (1 1/2c almond milk, 2 brazil nuts, 1/2 tbsp ea: maca, tocos, spirulina, 2 tbsp: hemp flour and coconut palm syrup, 1 1/2c frozen berries, 1 banana, 3/4c spinach)
Thursday January 16th
5 bananas
2 Larabars - one apple, one cashew
a jar of GT Kombucha - Trilogy
1 mandarin orange
1 avocado with lime juice and sea salt
1/2c muesli and 1/2c almond milk (see 2 posts previous for muesli, almond milk below)
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
Wednesday January 15th
4 bananas
2c almond milk
2 tbsp coconut palm syrup
local blend mint-seaweed herbal tea with stevia
1c muesli with 1c almond milk and 1 banana (see two posts previous for muesli recipe; almond milk I blend 1c soaked almonds with 8c water and a pinch of salt)
1 mug peppermint tea with stevia
1 pint water
1c baked acorn squash
large green salad with honey mustard dressing (at a restaurant)
3 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
1 pint water
1c muesli with 1c almond milk
4 bananas
13 pistachios
3 bowls (4c?) homemade vegan butternut squash soup with coconut milk (cooked)
2 pieces (1/12th of a 9" pan each) homemade cornbread with hemp flour (baked)
Monday January 20th
5 bananas
2 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
1 mandarin orange
30g chocolate (birch syrup sweetened)
Chocolate milkshake (3c almond milk, 2 bananas, 3 tbsp hemp flour and cacao powder, 1 tbsp maca and tocos, and 2 tbsp coconut palm syrup)
Salad: 2c kale, 1 tsp EVOO, lemon juice and pinch sea salt, 1 carrot grated, 1/4c sliced cucumber, and 1 avocado
7 olives
3 carrots fresh from the garden
2 pints water
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
Sunday January 19th
1 mug ginger-mint-lemongrass tea
3 bananas
1 avocado with lime and sea salt
1 mug peppermint tea with stevia
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
20g chocolate (birch syrup sweetened)
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 1c spinach, 2c frozen berries, 1 tbsp ea: maca, tocos, spirulina, 3 tbsp hemp flour, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, and water to blend)
Saturday January 18th - was out all day
2 mugs peppermint tea with stevia
4 bananas
3 Larabars - one apple, one cashew, one cherry
2c mixed veggies/crudites
1L smoothie (1 1/2c almond milk, 2 brazil nuts, 1/2 tbsp ea: maca, tocos, spirulina, 2 tbsp: hemp flour and coconut palm syrup, 1 1/2c frozen berries, 1 banana, 3/4c spinach)
Friday January 17th
4 bananas
2 mugs local blend mint-seaweed tea with stevia
2c bean sprout namul (from Ani Phyo's East-West Fusion book)
1/2c muesli with 1/2c almond milk
3 mandarin oranges
1L smoothie (1 1/2c almond milk, 2 brazil nuts, 1/2 tbsp ea: maca, tocos, spirulina, 2 tbsp: hemp flour and coconut palm syrup, 1 1/2c frozen berries, 1 banana, 3/4c spinach)
Thursday January 16th
5 bananas
2 Larabars - one apple, one cashew
a jar of GT Kombucha - Trilogy
1 mandarin orange
1 avocado with lime juice and sea salt
1/2c muesli and 1/2c almond milk (see 2 posts previous for muesli, almond milk below)
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
Wednesday January 15th
4 bananas
2c almond milk
2 tbsp coconut palm syrup
local blend mint-seaweed herbal tea with stevia
1c muesli with 1c almond milk and 1 banana (see two posts previous for muesli recipe; almond milk I blend 1c soaked almonds with 8c water and a pinch of salt)
1 mug peppermint tea with stevia
1 pint water
1c baked acorn squash
large green salad with honey mustard dressing (at a restaurant)
Week 2 Raw Food Re-Boot
Tuesday January 14th
1 banana
1 avocado with lime juice and sea salt
1 mug peppermint tea with stevia
1 mug ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
2L smoothie (3 bananas, 3c frozen berries, 4 brazil nuts, 1/4c hemp flour, 1 tbsp ea: spirulina, maca, tocos, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, and water to blend (~4c))
1/2c muesli and 1c almond milk with 1 banana sliced (muesli recipe in last post)
Monday January 13th
2 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
5 bananas
1 avocado with lime and sea salt
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
2 flax crackers
1/3c broccoli-tahini pate (see jan 10th)
1/2c cucumber slices
alfalfa sprouts
grated beet
red pepper slices (1/2 pepper)
7 olives
2c roast veggies (potatoes, carrots, garlic, parsnips, jerusalem artichokes, quince, onion, yam)
2c kale and 1c spinach, 1 tsp EVOO & lemon juice, sea salt
Sunday January 12th
3 bananas
1 mandarin orange
2 1/2 kiwis
2 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
1 pint water
2 flax crackers
1/3c broccoli-tahini pate (see jan 10th)
1/2c cucumber slices
1/3c alfalfa sprouts
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 3c frozen berries, 1 tbsp ea: maca, tocos, bee pollen, spirulina, 1/4c ea: coconut palm syrup, hemp flour)
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
Saturday January 11th
3 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
2 bananas
2 flax crackers
2/3c broccoli-tahini pate (see jan 10th for source)
1/2c alfalfa sprouts
1/4c cucumber slices
7 olives
20g raw chocolate sprouted almonds (homemade)
1 navel orange
1 kiwi
1 mug spearmint tea with stevia
1 avocado with lime and sea salt
1 nori sheet with 1/4c broccol-tahini pate, sprouts, cucumber, and grated carrot
2 pieces (20g) dried mango
1 mandarin orange
1 pint water
Friday January 10th
2 bananas
1 mug ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
2 mandarin oranges
1 avocado with lime juice and sea salt
2 homemade flax crackers (large)
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
1/2c alfalfa sprouts
1/4c cucumber slices
1/4c broccoli-tahini pate (from The Raw Revolution Diet; C. Soria, B. Davis, V. Melina)
1 1/2L smoothie (2 bananas, 3c frozen berries, 1/4c hemp flour, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, 5 brazil nuts, 1 Tbsp ea: wheatgrass powder, maca, tocos, bee pollen, and water to blend)
Thursday January 9th
1c chia pudding (see recipe on the 8th)
1 banana
2 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
20g Camino chocolate
1L smoothie (same as on the 8th)
1 kiwi
1 pint water
2 mandarin oranges
1/2 avocado with lime juice and sea salt
Kale salad (kale, EVOO, lemon juice, salt, sprouts, cucumber, carrot, jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke))
Wednesday January 8th
(in no particular order)
1 pint water
1 large navel orange
2 mandarin oranges
4 bananas
mug lemon-honey tea with stevia
mug ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
2c chia pudding (makes 3c: 1/2c chia seeds, 1/2c dried coconut (shredded), 3c nut milk (almond, brazil, whatever), a splash of homemade vanilla extract or almond extract, a little cinnamon, and about a 1/4c sweetener (honey, agave, coconut palm syrup, brown rice syrup, or about 6-8 dates))
1L smoothie (1 banana, 1/2 tbsp each: maca, tocos, bee pollen, 1 tbsp hemp flour, 1/2 tbsp wheatgrass powder, 2 tbsp coconut palm syrup, 1 1/4c frozen berry blend (rasp, blue, black), and water to blend)
Kale salad (5 pc kale, 1 tsp EVOO, 1 tsp lemon juice, sea salt, tomato, cucumber, sprouts, 1/2 large avocado)
1 banana
1 avocado with lime juice and sea salt
1 mug peppermint tea with stevia
1 mug ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
2L smoothie (3 bananas, 3c frozen berries, 4 brazil nuts, 1/4c hemp flour, 1 tbsp ea: spirulina, maca, tocos, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, and water to blend (~4c))
1/2c muesli and 1c almond milk with 1 banana sliced (muesli recipe in last post)
Monday January 13th
2 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
5 bananas
1 avocado with lime and sea salt
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
2 flax crackers
1/3c broccoli-tahini pate (see jan 10th)
1/2c cucumber slices
alfalfa sprouts
grated beet
red pepper slices (1/2 pepper)
7 olives
2c roast veggies (potatoes, carrots, garlic, parsnips, jerusalem artichokes, quince, onion, yam)
2c kale and 1c spinach, 1 tsp EVOO & lemon juice, sea salt
Sunday January 12th
3 bananas
1 mandarin orange
2 1/2 kiwis
2 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
1 pint water
2 flax crackers
1/3c broccoli-tahini pate (see jan 10th)
1/2c cucumber slices
1/3c alfalfa sprouts
2L smoothie (2 bananas, 3c frozen berries, 1 tbsp ea: maca, tocos, bee pollen, spirulina, 1/4c ea: coconut palm syrup, hemp flour)
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
Saturday January 11th
3 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
2 bananas
2 flax crackers
2/3c broccoli-tahini pate (see jan 10th for source)
1/2c alfalfa sprouts
1/4c cucumber slices
7 olives
20g raw chocolate sprouted almonds (homemade)
1 navel orange
1 kiwi
1 mug spearmint tea with stevia
1 avocado with lime and sea salt
1 nori sheet with 1/4c broccol-tahini pate, sprouts, cucumber, and grated carrot
2 pieces (20g) dried mango
1 mandarin orange
1 pint water
Friday January 10th
2 bananas
1 mug ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
2 mandarin oranges
1 avocado with lime juice and sea salt
2 homemade flax crackers (large)
1 mug chamomile tea with stevia
1/2c alfalfa sprouts
1/4c cucumber slices
1/4c broccoli-tahini pate (from The Raw Revolution Diet; C. Soria, B. Davis, V. Melina)
1 1/2L smoothie (2 bananas, 3c frozen berries, 1/4c hemp flour, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, 5 brazil nuts, 1 Tbsp ea: wheatgrass powder, maca, tocos, bee pollen, and water to blend)
Thursday January 9th
1c chia pudding (see recipe on the 8th)
1 banana
2 mugs ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
20g Camino chocolate
1L smoothie (same as on the 8th)
1 kiwi
1 pint water
2 mandarin oranges
1/2 avocado with lime juice and sea salt
Kale salad (kale, EVOO, lemon juice, salt, sprouts, cucumber, carrot, jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke))
Wednesday January 8th
(in no particular order)
1 pint water
1 large navel orange
2 mandarin oranges
4 bananas
mug lemon-honey tea with stevia
mug ginger-mint-lemongrass tea with stevia
2c chia pudding (makes 3c: 1/2c chia seeds, 1/2c dried coconut (shredded), 3c nut milk (almond, brazil, whatever), a splash of homemade vanilla extract or almond extract, a little cinnamon, and about a 1/4c sweetener (honey, agave, coconut palm syrup, brown rice syrup, or about 6-8 dates))
1L smoothie (1 banana, 1/2 tbsp each: maca, tocos, bee pollen, 1 tbsp hemp flour, 1/2 tbsp wheatgrass powder, 2 tbsp coconut palm syrup, 1 1/4c frozen berry blend (rasp, blue, black), and water to blend)
Kale salad (5 pc kale, 1 tsp EVOO, 1 tsp lemon juice, sea salt, tomato, cucumber, sprouts, 1/2 large avocado)
07 January 2014
2014 Raw Food Re-Boot
Welcome back, Me! It sure has been a while since I checked in with myself here. I realize no one else may read this, but I'll just keep it as a running monologue. ;)
I had become really unbalanced with my eating and exercise this past year (longer, if I'm truly honest with myself). So in 2014, I'm going to use this space to launch my own Raw Food Re-Boot. I know that eating 100% raw is best for my body at this time, so I intend to record what I'm eating each day.
A little background
I went vegan overnight in April 2006 from the Standard American Diet. I also started a vigorous exercise program. I lost a substantial amount of weight and felt great, but over time, started to feel less than stellar, and my enthusiasm for continuing to exercise at that level waned. I realized that eating 100% vegan didn't necessarily mean I was eating well - there are a lot of processed vegan junk foods out there! So in April 2008, I embarked on a 100% raw vegan diet. Once again, I was full of vitality and joy and shed more weight (some had crept back on).
In the fall of 2008, I juice-feasted for 45 days successfully. In the fall of 2009, I juiced for 30 days. In the fall of 2010, I juiced for 15 days (see a pattern there?!). In 2011, I juiced for the first 7 days of *some* (not all) months. Although I've juiced here and there since, I haven't done a longer juice feast since then.
Back up to the Fall of 2009, just after the 30 day juice feast. I found it *really* difficult to come off that feast in a good way as we went on a 3 day vacation on day 31 and I didn't have my regular routine and kitchen nearby. I blew it totally, going from consuming nothing but fresh juices to eating pizza within 72 hrs. Don't recommend it at all. It has been tough since then to stay 100% raw. Most of 2010 I ate *mostly* raw (80%?), in 2011 it was about 70%, 2012 about 50%, 2013 maybe 25%. And of course exercise also had a similar pattern - in a word: sparse.
So here we are, entering 2014, and in many respects I feel like I'm back at the starting gate. Except this time, I have years of experience behind me. Not failed attempts, just experience, both good and able-to-improve-upon.
I love when I am honouring my body with daily movement and nourishing it with 100% raw vegan foods that my skin has a beautiful healthy glow, my thyroid seems to function better, my roseacea is managed better, and my weight stabilizes on its own, not to mention emotionally I'm more stable and full of joy. I do know that it can be a challenge to go out socially when eating 100% raw, so will try to better prepare myself for those moments (and learn to ask for more support).
Tuesday January 7th
I do think I could be drinking more water, and probably eating more vegetables and less fruit (would be beneficial for my roseacea; I don't think the sugars in fruit help it any) but I'm not quite mentally there just yet.
Haven't incorporated a daily exercise habit as of yet. Have a lovely Concept 2 Rowing machine (Erg) sitting right there, just waiting for me to get onto it... Could also be going out for short runs (well, it's like about 3 kms of run 30s, walk 2 mins for the first little while until I ease down on the walking and increase the running splits). In 2013 I ran two 10K races and finished both (both times were around 1:05 & 1:09 I think). I would *love* to run more this year as well as procure a good road bike with the eventual goal being to participate in a sprint triathlon. Forty is approaching faster than I realize, so that might be one of those things to do then.
All in all, feeling great after 7 full days of 100% raw vegan. Not having much difficulty saying no to cooked or non-vegan food (even made vegetarian sausage rolls today (which I *looooooove*) and didn't eat a single one, and there are sweets in the house I haven't even touched either).
Here's to a healthier me in 2014! :)
I had become really unbalanced with my eating and exercise this past year (longer, if I'm truly honest with myself). So in 2014, I'm going to use this space to launch my own Raw Food Re-Boot. I know that eating 100% raw is best for my body at this time, so I intend to record what I'm eating each day.
A little background
I went vegan overnight in April 2006 from the Standard American Diet. I also started a vigorous exercise program. I lost a substantial amount of weight and felt great, but over time, started to feel less than stellar, and my enthusiasm for continuing to exercise at that level waned. I realized that eating 100% vegan didn't necessarily mean I was eating well - there are a lot of processed vegan junk foods out there! So in April 2008, I embarked on a 100% raw vegan diet. Once again, I was full of vitality and joy and shed more weight (some had crept back on).
In the fall of 2008, I juice-feasted for 45 days successfully. In the fall of 2009, I juiced for 30 days. In the fall of 2010, I juiced for 15 days (see a pattern there?!). In 2011, I juiced for the first 7 days of *some* (not all) months. Although I've juiced here and there since, I haven't done a longer juice feast since then.
Back up to the Fall of 2009, just after the 30 day juice feast. I found it *really* difficult to come off that feast in a good way as we went on a 3 day vacation on day 31 and I didn't have my regular routine and kitchen nearby. I blew it totally, going from consuming nothing but fresh juices to eating pizza within 72 hrs. Don't recommend it at all. It has been tough since then to stay 100% raw. Most of 2010 I ate *mostly* raw (80%?), in 2011 it was about 70%, 2012 about 50%, 2013 maybe 25%. And of course exercise also had a similar pattern - in a word: sparse.
So here we are, entering 2014, and in many respects I feel like I'm back at the starting gate. Except this time, I have years of experience behind me. Not failed attempts, just experience, both good and able-to-improve-upon.
I love when I am honouring my body with daily movement and nourishing it with 100% raw vegan foods that my skin has a beautiful healthy glow, my thyroid seems to function better, my roseacea is managed better, and my weight stabilizes on its own, not to mention emotionally I'm more stable and full of joy. I do know that it can be a challenge to go out socially when eating 100% raw, so will try to better prepare myself for those moments (and learn to ask for more support).
Tuesday January 7th
- 2 bananas
- 1 mandarin orange
- 2 mugs herbal tea (1 - ginger mint lemongrass, 1 - chamomile) with stevia
- 1/2 avocado with lime and sea salt
- 1.5L smoothie (2 bananas, 2c frozen berry blend, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, 1 Tbsp each: bee pollen, wheat grass powder, tocos and maca, and 2 Tbsp hemp flour (has similar protein content to hemp protein powder, fyi) and water to blend)
- Kale salad: 1 bunch kale, marinated (EVOO and lemon juice and sea salt), carrot, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, and 1/2 avocado
- 2 Tbsp tamari almonds (I make them myself: sprouted almonds, gf tamari or nama shoyu, ginger, garlic, medjool dates)
- 2 squares (10g) fair-trade (not raw) organic chocolate
- 2 mandarin oranges
- 1 pint water
- 1 banana
- 2 mugs herbal tea (1 - ginger mint lemongrass, 1 - local herb blend with seaweed) with stevia
- 1c (1.5c?) muesli with 1c (1.5c?) brazil nut mylk and 1 banana (muesli had: organic rolled oats (not raw), chia seeds, goji berries, mulberries, raisins, walnuts, pecans, sunflower seeds, black sesame seeds, hemp hearts, almonds, coconut sugar (not raw). I use Jennifer Cornbleet's recipe for muesli as a base from "Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People", and add whatever goes well)
- 1c tamari almonds
- 1 avocado with lime and sea salt
- 2 squares (10g) fair-trade (not raw) organic chocolate
- 3 bananas
- 1 mandarin orange
- 2 mugs herbal tea (1 - ginger mint lemongrass, 1 - chamomile) with stevia
- 1.5c tamari almonds
- 1 pint water
- 750 mL Chocolate Mylk (2c brazil nut mylk, 1 Tbsp cacao powder, 1 Tbsp agave, 2 bananas)
- 2 squares (10g) fair-trade (not raw) organic chocolate
- Kale Salad: 1 bunch kale, marinated with 1 tsp each EVOO and lemon juice and a shake of sea salt, carrot, sunchoke/jerusalem artichoke, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, and 1 avocado
- 1 mug herbal tea (ginger mint with lemongrass) with stevia
- 2 bananas
- 1 orange
- 2L smoothie (2 bananas, 1 peach, 2c frozen berries, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, 1 Tbsp each: maca powder, tocotrenols, bee pollen, and spirulina, and water to blend)
- 1/2c dried pineapple
- 1/2c tamari almonds
- 2 pints water
- large green salad with romaine, carrot, beets, alfalfa sprouts, and 1 avocado and a vegan store-bought Sweet Onion dressing.
- 4 bananas
- 1 mandarin orange
- 1 orange
- 1/4c chopped tomato
- 1 avocado with lime and sea salt
- 1c muesli and 1c brazil nut mylk (to make my nut mylks I use 1c soaked nuts to 8c filtered water, blend, and strain; makes ~2L mylk, so each 1c of mylk has ~1 Tbsp nuts in it)
- 1c tamari almonds
- 3 mugs herbal tea with stevia (bitches' brew, ginger mint lemongrass x 2) with stevia
- 1.5L smoothie (2 bananas, 5 brazil nuts, 1 Tbsp each: spirulina, bee pollen, maca powder, tocotrenols, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, 2c frozen berries and water to blend)
- 1 orange
- 1/2c tamari almonds
- 2 pints water
- 1 banana
- 3/4c dried pineapple
- 1 avocado with lime and sea salt
- Green salad with cranberries and sunflower seeds in a honey mustard (?) vinaigrette dressing (White Spot "Spot Salad")
- 2L smoothie (3 bananas, 1 1/2c frozen berry blend, 1 Tbsp each: maca, tocotrenols, bee pollen, and 1.5 tbsp (2 tbsp?) spirulina, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, and water to blend)
- 2 bananas
- 1 orange
- 1 avocado with lime and sea salt
- 2 mugs herbal tea with stevia
- 1 kiwi
- 1 Tbsp goldenberries (inca berries) and piece of dried pineapple
- handful alfalfa sprouts
- 2 Larabars - apple and cashew
- 2 L smoothie (2 bananas, 2c frozen berries, scant 1/4c macadamia nuts, 3 or 4 brazil nuts, 1/4c coconut palm syrup, 1 Tbsp each: wheatgrass powder, maca powder, bee pollen, and tocotrenols, and water to blend)
I do think I could be drinking more water, and probably eating more vegetables and less fruit (would be beneficial for my roseacea; I don't think the sugars in fruit help it any) but I'm not quite mentally there just yet.
Haven't incorporated a daily exercise habit as of yet. Have a lovely Concept 2 Rowing machine (Erg) sitting right there, just waiting for me to get onto it... Could also be going out for short runs (well, it's like about 3 kms of run 30s, walk 2 mins for the first little while until I ease down on the walking and increase the running splits). In 2013 I ran two 10K races and finished both (both times were around 1:05 & 1:09 I think). I would *love* to run more this year as well as procure a good road bike with the eventual goal being to participate in a sprint triathlon. Forty is approaching faster than I realize, so that might be one of those things to do then.
All in all, feeling great after 7 full days of 100% raw vegan. Not having much difficulty saying no to cooked or non-vegan food (even made vegetarian sausage rolls today (which I *looooooove*) and didn't eat a single one, and there are sweets in the house I haven't even touched either).
Here's to a healthier me in 2014! :)
27 April 2013
Lol i'm here!!
Geez, sorry about that! Time seems to have slipped away. Maybe i was teleported into another dimension where time didnt exist but back here it went by in spades. Lol who knows.
Nonetheless, i am in fact alive and well. Tomorrow i am running in a 10k race. Should finish in about 70 mins if all goes well. Life is insanely busy these days and there is a lengthy to-do list, and i just havent made time for blogging in months.
Hope you are well, dear reader! I will check in again soon.
Nonetheless, i am in fact alive and well. Tomorrow i am running in a 10k race. Should finish in about 70 mins if all goes well. Life is insanely busy these days and there is a lengthy to-do list, and i just havent made time for blogging in months.
Hope you are well, dear reader! I will check in again soon.
19 September 2012
Eating raw
I've been really conscious to stay 100% raw the past couple weeks. I hadn't realized how far I'd strayed until I tried to stay raw for an entire day. Then I knew: I'd fallen off the wagon pretty damn hard. It kinda crept up on me, if that's possible. A choice here, a choice there, to have something cooked, or vegetarian. You know how it goes: you're out with friends, the only raw foodie in the group... They decide to go for fish n chips and you choose the veggie burger n fries instead of a salad, because you ALWAYS have the salad when you're out. You'd be so much happier at that raw food place down the road but none of them want to eat there. And so it goes. And before you know it you're wearing sweat pants all day (because not even your yoga pants fit anymore - wtf?!) and eating whatever is around.
At least that's how it happened for me.
Ad so here we are, starting anew. Dust yourself off, wherever you find yourself (in that proverbial ditch), take a deep breath, and start fresh. And so for two weeks now I've been 100% raw. I am feeling good,realizing how much wheat/gluten negatively affects my body, as well as refined sugar. Putting more thought into my food, making sure I have a plan in my head for meals, making sure to take a snack with me when I'm out, going out of my way to get a shot of fresh wheatgrass when I'm out rather than an iced Capp... Realizing how wonderful a supportive community of raw foodies is. I just realize that it is very important, being the only raw foodie in a house of mixed eaters (1 vegetarian, 2 omnivores)... How important support is. vERY important.
And it's going great. I am definitely feeling cleaner, lighter, more at peace. Filled with gratitude for the abundance of fresh organic raw food available to me,and for the choices I have, for all the opportunities.
Namaste
At least that's how it happened for me.
Ad so here we are, starting anew. Dust yourself off, wherever you find yourself (in that proverbial ditch), take a deep breath, and start fresh. And so for two weeks now I've been 100% raw. I am feeling good,realizing how much wheat/gluten negatively affects my body, as well as refined sugar. Putting more thought into my food, making sure I have a plan in my head for meals, making sure to take a snack with me when I'm out, going out of my way to get a shot of fresh wheatgrass when I'm out rather than an iced Capp... Realizing how wonderful a supportive community of raw foodies is. I just realize that it is very important, being the only raw foodie in a house of mixed eaters (1 vegetarian, 2 omnivores)... How important support is. vERY important.
And it's going great. I am definitely feeling cleaner, lighter, more at peace. Filled with gratitude for the abundance of fresh organic raw food available to me,and for the choices I have, for all the opportunities.
Namaste
17 September 2012
pffffbbbttt
Welcome back. I took a hiatus from blogging over the summer. dd had surgery, had her leg in a cast, and I was very busy teaching tai chi. Now that it's September it's time to get back into the routine, so here I am. Not sure if you're still here, but hope you are!
dd sailed through surgery and is doing great. dh has had a couple interviews for jobs closer to home, so hopefully something works out soon. ds is doing just fine; growing lots. i'm happy my beginner tai chi class is over, as much as I enjoyed it. It was a little too much teaching 5 hrs a week.
Besides I have enough on the go: tai chi 3 hrs/wk, maintaining the water system and doing administration, cleaning the community hall, homeschooling (takes up a *lot* of time), and general housekeeping and yardwork and decluttering.
I am so ready to move on from this house. Love it to bits because its our first home, but so ready to move forward. The neighbourhood is just too far from amenities; 20+ kms each way every day (sometimes 3x/day) is a lot of driving. And the house has been unfinished for more than a decade (14+ yrs, but who's counting). The community is great, though. Sure it has its eccentrics, but every community has those. Mostly I can really count on my neighbours to be there for me in an emergency, and I really appreciate that. I hope we have that in the next house (whenever that materializes). :)
I'm cranky tonight and don't have much else to share. Best to sleep off the crankiness and start anew tomorrow.
Namaste'
dd sailed through surgery and is doing great. dh has had a couple interviews for jobs closer to home, so hopefully something works out soon. ds is doing just fine; growing lots. i'm happy my beginner tai chi class is over, as much as I enjoyed it. It was a little too much teaching 5 hrs a week.
Besides I have enough on the go: tai chi 3 hrs/wk, maintaining the water system and doing administration, cleaning the community hall, homeschooling (takes up a *lot* of time), and general housekeeping and yardwork and decluttering.
I am so ready to move on from this house. Love it to bits because its our first home, but so ready to move forward. The neighbourhood is just too far from amenities; 20+ kms each way every day (sometimes 3x/day) is a lot of driving. And the house has been unfinished for more than a decade (14+ yrs, but who's counting). The community is great, though. Sure it has its eccentrics, but every community has those. Mostly I can really count on my neighbours to be there for me in an emergency, and I really appreciate that. I hope we have that in the next house (whenever that materializes). :)
I'm cranky tonight and don't have much else to share. Best to sleep off the crankiness and start anew tomorrow.
Namaste'
08 June 2012
Friday
I had just been getting back into regular exercise, rowing a couple times a week, slowly building up my running a couple times a week, when I appear to have badly sprained my ankle. It is swollen and tender, and no, I haven't gone to the doctor. I've been icing it, and rubbing an herbal salve on it, and I'm going to make a comfrey pack to put on it as well. It is actually fine, imo, but I can't stay off it all day like I probably ought to. So I've stopped running (& rowing) for the time being, which bothers me, because I want to be out there doing it this time of year, enjoying the fresh air.
That being said, the weather has sucked lately. Even today it is cloudy and overcast, not sunny as one would expect on a June day. Saving grace is that dd gets her cast on next week and will be in a cast until mid-August, so hopefully it's not too nice out; spending yet another summer with a leg cast on is LOUSY. But hopefully this will be the end of it. *fingers crossed*
Have to get going; have tai chi this morning. Finding it a lot, teaching 5 hrs a week and being there 8 hrs a week for classes. I opted out of class last night; we get such little time together as a family that when dh is home it's nice just to hang out all together.
Things are busy (slightly overwhelmingly so) but good. One of my gf's is coming to visit next week, and another the week after. The house is badly in need of cleaning and I was hoping to get a door on ds's bedroom this week (which hasn't yet happened). I confess I've been playing "hay day" on the iPad instead of tackling the much-needed house cleaning. Not setting the best example for the kids, lol.
Generally, although things are good, I'm feeling slightly 'meh'. I haven't been eating completely raw lately; finding it hard to make complete meals for the rest of the family and then make myself something. So I then opt for smoothie or whatever they're eating. *sigh* I'm not feeling a lot of support for eating a raw food diet in this house.
I can hear it in my words: I'm struggling right now to feel vibrantly and fully alive, to love everything the way it is, to feel at peace. I think of when I've felt most alive and it was when I'm fully raw and exercising regularly - then life just flows and I feel so radiant. And these are things only I can choose for myself. Today's mantra: I am deserving.
Namaste'
That being said, the weather has sucked lately. Even today it is cloudy and overcast, not sunny as one would expect on a June day. Saving grace is that dd gets her cast on next week and will be in a cast until mid-August, so hopefully it's not too nice out; spending yet another summer with a leg cast on is LOUSY. But hopefully this will be the end of it. *fingers crossed*
Have to get going; have tai chi this morning. Finding it a lot, teaching 5 hrs a week and being there 8 hrs a week for classes. I opted out of class last night; we get such little time together as a family that when dh is home it's nice just to hang out all together.
Things are busy (slightly overwhelmingly so) but good. One of my gf's is coming to visit next week, and another the week after. The house is badly in need of cleaning and I was hoping to get a door on ds's bedroom this week (which hasn't yet happened). I confess I've been playing "hay day" on the iPad instead of tackling the much-needed house cleaning. Not setting the best example for the kids, lol.
Generally, although things are good, I'm feeling slightly 'meh'. I haven't been eating completely raw lately; finding it hard to make complete meals for the rest of the family and then make myself something. So I then opt for smoothie or whatever they're eating. *sigh* I'm not feeling a lot of support for eating a raw food diet in this house.
I can hear it in my words: I'm struggling right now to feel vibrantly and fully alive, to love everything the way it is, to feel at peace. I think of when I've felt most alive and it was when I'm fully raw and exercising regularly - then life just flows and I feel so radiant. And these are things only I can choose for myself. Today's mantra: I am deserving.
Namaste'
25 May 2012
end-of-month?!?
Must be getting older; time seems to be flying by faster and faster! :P
I have felt very busy lately, despite wrapping up our official homeschooling year. There's just been a lot going on: instructing tai chi, ds joined cadets, the kids got an iPad, the weather's been nicer and we've been trying to get out in the garden and outside more, working on the farm, the chicks are now pullets and actually just started laying in the past few days, ds is gearing up for his next belt test in aikido, dd is wrapping up dance & yoga classes, and heading in for surgery within a month, raw food business is continuing to grow (*so grateful*), dd started selling Regal, and dh's office is being relocated and the impact of that will be huge on our family. *lots going on*
it's all good. :)
up to 20 mins of running several times a week - 4' intervals with 1' walking in-between. Slowly working up to 20 mins continuous. Not as easy as it sounds. :( Rowing is going well but it's very hard to motivate yourself to do it. At least the running is outdoors and you can take different routes. The rowing machine refuses to move around the room or change scenery. Still, I do feel the effort put into exercising more often is paying off. The first week I felt awesome; the second week I must've been overtired all week - I was dragging myself around. This week's alright; just need to buckle down and get it done each day.
Yep, life is grand. Hope yours is, too. :)
~namaste~
I have felt very busy lately, despite wrapping up our official homeschooling year. There's just been a lot going on: instructing tai chi, ds joined cadets, the kids got an iPad, the weather's been nicer and we've been trying to get out in the garden and outside more, working on the farm, the chicks are now pullets and actually just started laying in the past few days, ds is gearing up for his next belt test in aikido, dd is wrapping up dance & yoga classes, and heading in for surgery within a month, raw food business is continuing to grow (*so grateful*), dd started selling Regal, and dh's office is being relocated and the impact of that will be huge on our family. *lots going on*
it's all good. :)
up to 20 mins of running several times a week - 4' intervals with 1' walking in-between. Slowly working up to 20 mins continuous. Not as easy as it sounds. :( Rowing is going well but it's very hard to motivate yourself to do it. At least the running is outdoors and you can take different routes. The rowing machine refuses to move around the room or change scenery. Still, I do feel the effort put into exercising more often is paying off. The first week I felt awesome; the second week I must've been overtired all week - I was dragging myself around. This week's alright; just need to buckle down and get it done each day.
Yep, life is grand. Hope yours is, too. :)
~namaste~
15 May 2012
*blink*
Oops, I must've blinked. It's the 15th already?!? LOL Things are good here; I 'smoothied' for the first week this month; was an easy-peasy walk in the park. Ideally I'll be *juicing* that first week and not relying on smoothies, but they are so filling!! :)
Belated happy mother's day to all! I picked up a walnut tree sapling at the farmer's market and will plant at the new property. Looking forward to the day we can pick walnuts off it!!!
Have had absolutely beautiful weather here the past week. Been hard to be inside at all.
Tai chi beginner class is going well; 8 students, and we're into week 3 now and onto move 15 (out of 108). I'm doing 1/2 hr loh kup ba fa, 1 1/2 hrs continuing class & 1 hr beginner class (so 3 hrs) twice a week, as well as another 90 min continuing class and 30 min loh kup another day, so about 8 hrs of tai chi a week right now, which is a lot, admittedly.
Started running last week! (EEKS! I KNOW!!!) Actually doing alright with it. Last week was very manageable - run 1 min, walk 2, repeat 6x, run 1 min. So only 7 mins of running out of 20-30 (with warm up/cool down). This week it's 10 mins of running, which is still manageable - but with only 1 min walking in-between sets. The day after I'm slightly stiff but nothing a little tai chi isn't helping to work out. I'm also back on the erg/Concept2. I always forget how smooth that thing glides. It's awesome. I did 2 x 4k workouts and 1 x 5k last week, and 2 x 5k this week so far. It's about 20-25 mins and seems just right. I used to do 10-12k, 5-6x/wk and while i was getting in great shape, the lack of cross training and repetitiveness (and sheer distance) was just too much to be consistent long-term. I am definitely enjoying being active once again though and hope I can stick to this whole training thing. I'm hoping to run the 8k in October when dh runs his marathon. should be able to do that!
Namaste!
Belated happy mother's day to all! I picked up a walnut tree sapling at the farmer's market and will plant at the new property. Looking forward to the day we can pick walnuts off it!!!
Have had absolutely beautiful weather here the past week. Been hard to be inside at all.
Tai chi beginner class is going well; 8 students, and we're into week 3 now and onto move 15 (out of 108). I'm doing 1/2 hr loh kup ba fa, 1 1/2 hrs continuing class & 1 hr beginner class (so 3 hrs) twice a week, as well as another 90 min continuing class and 30 min loh kup another day, so about 8 hrs of tai chi a week right now, which is a lot, admittedly.
Started running last week! (EEKS! I KNOW!!!) Actually doing alright with it. Last week was very manageable - run 1 min, walk 2, repeat 6x, run 1 min. So only 7 mins of running out of 20-30 (with warm up/cool down). This week it's 10 mins of running, which is still manageable - but with only 1 min walking in-between sets. The day after I'm slightly stiff but nothing a little tai chi isn't helping to work out. I'm also back on the erg/Concept2. I always forget how smooth that thing glides. It's awesome. I did 2 x 4k workouts and 1 x 5k last week, and 2 x 5k this week so far. It's about 20-25 mins and seems just right. I used to do 10-12k, 5-6x/wk and while i was getting in great shape, the lack of cross training and repetitiveness (and sheer distance) was just too much to be consistent long-term. I am definitely enjoying being active once again though and hope I can stick to this whole training thing. I'm hoping to run the 8k in October when dh runs his marathon. should be able to do that!
Namaste!
06 May 2012
sunny sunday
had a bizarre dream last night my bottom left incisor tooth was completely falling out. it was horrifying. dream analysis says that it means i'm fearful of losing control over something, something i have no control over. well, sure, i must be a control freak; thanks for that. lol
smoothies are going well... it's the 6th already, but i had a few tamari almonds this morning and had a salad and some veggies yesterday while i was out... but generally feeling *really* good on the smoothies.
it's beautiful and sunny here today and i want to get out there and enjoy it, so we'll see you later.
thanks!
~n~
smoothies are going well... it's the 6th already, but i had a few tamari almonds this morning and had a salad and some veggies yesterday while i was out... but generally feeling *really* good on the smoothies.
it's beautiful and sunny here today and i want to get out there and enjoy it, so we'll see you later.
thanks!
~n~
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