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)
26 January 2014
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'
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