I have fallen into my usual pattern, of not quite doing what I want.....starting out great and then fading away. And then just disappearing out of embarrassment as dang, I've done it again! What? Nothing! Oh. Right. But this time, I am going to keep going...not keep going as I have been going, but get back on track, which means 100% raw or very high raw, exercise, mindfulness, envisioning where I want to go, and actually getting there! I am now up 1 lb instead of down 2 lbs which is where I would like to be. And if I don't change something, then I will not get the results that I want. I was going to say aim for, but since I stopped aiming for a bit....that didn't sound right. But I am refocusing and regrouping and have found some great things along the way. One is Brian Johnson's en'theos Academy for Optimal Living...he's the guy who does the Philospher's Notes...and I am going to take his online course Optimal Living 101 for $20 (lowest suggested price) and also Alexandra Jaye Johnson's Rock Your Goddess Life. for $30 again the lowest suggested price. Both look to be excellent.....now I have to find the time...I also want to start stretching and doing yoga, along with my 3Xweek trips to the gym. I will just have to start getting up earlier. I can do that.
So, the last 3 days have been not bad eating, but some cooked food for sure, a bit (just a wee bit...I don't need much at all) of coffee and chocolate, not enough sleep and recovering from the kidney/candida thing which is a bit fatiguing....and I am not sure entirely gone. It is much better.....but seems to want to stick around. Luckily not all sugars make it flare up and be bothersome.
I was supposed to go to the gym last night, but instead, I went shopping. I don't go shopping awhole lot, so I went to the TJMaxx that is a little ways away, and found some nice tops for fall, solid color, scoop necked, long sleeved, nice fitting, jersey type fabric in great colors. One is a sort of dun color which is a dark taupe, one is a chocolate brown, one a persimmon reddish-orange and one is black. The last three have a satin ribbon edging around the scoop neck...which is a nice touch. Adrienne Vittadini. And I bought a pair of nice yoga pants....black with a wide tie dyed waistband...nice touch...they fit, but will look better when I drop 10 pounds. I was hoping to find some good vanilla extract and almond extract as well, but there wasn't any. The store seems to be inbetween seasons...not yet getting ready for Christmas......but soon enough there will be more stuff in stock...will give it 4 weeks and check again. You can get some really good quality Nielsen-Massey vanilla for about half the cost.
Today I made a large green smoothie for breakfast....1 peach, 1 orange, 2 bananas, 4 handfuls of greens, water...and 2 tbsp of the NuDe. Then I had a pint of raspberries, which reminds me I need to get more as today is the last day to get 4 pints for $5. organic. 2 more bananas, one of them on 2 slices of toasted sprouted grain bread with some raw almond butter. The ususal.
Tonight is another gym night....and I will actually go.....looking forward to it...but have to be quick. which is not fun....I need time to do everything that I like to do but I also have to pick up my boys after their kickboxing class...maybe he since I just remembered it's just 'boy', can take the bus home. That would be good. And sigh. Dinner tonight for them...oh yeah, it will be burgers....L is already taking care of that. That will be easy. Last night was beans, the night before was chicken fajitas. I also made tuna pasta and a cake for them...so they would have lunches. Can't exactly throw carrots at them...one did all raw for 10 days...got very hungry...as I was too busy to keep up with his appetite and the foods that he likes was a bit limited. Not terribly, but still....harder to feed raw food to a kid who won't eat avocadoes, tomatoes, red bell peppers or mushrooms. He did well though, and never complained. It was great that he did 10 days. Said he felt better...but he was hungry and kept losing weight so after 10 days he jumped back into cooked food. Finished off the leftovers that were meant for the entire family for another dinner. okay! but he is lean and mean and very physically active and only just turned 15....so.....just par.
Time to go out and run around......buy food.....get warm.....do stuff. ie lunch time.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
JE M'EN FOU!!! DY4WK2BLK1
Yay it's Friday, the weekend's almost here! I made romaine juice in my blender today....it was faster...a bit thinner as I needed to add some water to get it blended, but it was still very fine. Strained it through my nutmilk bag and I was good to go. I was tired and got up a bit later than I wanted to, so this was faster to make and clean up. A win win. I have come to the conclusion that my kidneys are the problem...probably as sometimes happens, got some candida up in there.....which means I need to get some Primal Defense by Garden of Life...usually takes care of it. It's not as bad as sometimes, but it does explain the fatigue and crabbiness for no reason. Hope that does it...I am getting tired of this. And that is why the smoothies make it worse.......they feed the candida..which is having a party in my kidneys...but I gotta tell ya candida..you are busted and the party will soon be over. Damn bugs.
So.....eating is a bit off today....romaine juice, bananas, dried coconut, almonds....will get a salad for lunch. Wish I could get another yummy salad like I had when I went out for lunch with my oldest son (28 yrs old). It was mixed greens, arugula and spinach, with cucumber, avocado, mango, jalapeno, carrots and those flat sweet pea pods....they put it all together, throw on some dressing, dump it out onto a cutting board, chop it all up, put it back in the bowl and voila...it was delicious. The avocado, mango, jalapeno combo was a good one! Will definitely have to try that at home!
I am thinking of buying some shoes. I need some for fall (I do not have alot of shoes....lucky if I buy 2 pair a year).....looking at some El Naturalista clogs on Zappos.....Iggdrasil....come in cool colors, look comfy yet stylish.....a bit expensive, but now adays if you don't pay more, you get crap. But I also want to get some other things.......using my HSA money....and I don't care!!! I won't spend it otherwise...never go to the doctor...this is free money for me. (my company gives it to me) and if I end up paying taxes on it...I do. Je m'en fou! So...Loren Lockman's course for $295 plus truly raw almonds for $74 (15 lbs), and shoes. That is what I want to do. I love this...I get it twice yearly and I usually spend it on supplements...but this year...it's shoes. raw almonds. and maybe the course or maybe some new clothes or a vacation!!! A plane ticket! That's the ticket...dream big. The gov doesn't spend my tax money on what I think they should, I refuse to not spend this money on what I want...as I can't let it go to waste, now can I?
So.....eating is a bit off today....romaine juice, bananas, dried coconut, almonds....will get a salad for lunch. Wish I could get another yummy salad like I had when I went out for lunch with my oldest son (28 yrs old). It was mixed greens, arugula and spinach, with cucumber, avocado, mango, jalapeno, carrots and those flat sweet pea pods....they put it all together, throw on some dressing, dump it out onto a cutting board, chop it all up, put it back in the bowl and voila...it was delicious. The avocado, mango, jalapeno combo was a good one! Will definitely have to try that at home!
I am thinking of buying some shoes. I need some for fall (I do not have alot of shoes....lucky if I buy 2 pair a year).....looking at some El Naturalista clogs on Zappos.....Iggdrasil....come in cool colors, look comfy yet stylish.....a bit expensive, but now adays if you don't pay more, you get crap. But I also want to get some other things.......using my HSA money....and I don't care!!! I won't spend it otherwise...never go to the doctor...this is free money for me. (my company gives it to me) and if I end up paying taxes on it...I do. Je m'en fou! So...Loren Lockman's course for $295 plus truly raw almonds for $74 (15 lbs), and shoes. That is what I want to do. I love this...I get it twice yearly and I usually spend it on supplements...but this year...it's shoes. raw almonds. and maybe the course or maybe some new clothes or a vacation!!! A plane ticket! That's the ticket...dream big. The gov doesn't spend my tax money on what I think they should, I refuse to not spend this money on what I want...as I can't let it go to waste, now can I?
Thursday, August 25, 2011
IN THE GROOVE DY3WK2BLK1
Wow, except for my organic 70% dark chocolate, yesterday was 100% raw. What was really cool, is how good I felt when at the gym. Light and energetic...and really felt that natural raw high. Also, when I got home, I only ate some small red tomatoes and then some large flakes of dried coconut. And that was it! I did 'feel' a bit hungry when I went to bed, and it took me a little while to fall asleep, (once I shut the door on my snoring like a logger son, it was much easier) and my hunger wasn't really true hunger, so ignorable.
Today I have another quart of organic romaine juice....cost $3.00 and a quart of green smoothie made with 2 bananas, 1 peach, 1 nectarine, 1 orange, water, and 3 large handfuls of mixed greens. I also brought 2 bananas.
I am trying to drink a large glass of water first thing in the morning....I didn't drink it first first thing, not until I got to work, but I was thirsty and it was good. Trying to drink more water....though I drink a fair bit. Weight was down 1 pd...so 186....I have been a bit up and down since day 1 of this new plan...but it's going down now...I look forward to seeing 179...haven't seen that number in a long while.
Got one of the books I had placed on hold from the library....Lynn Grabhorn's "Excuse Me Your Life Is Waiting"...basically a law of attraction book, but it comes highly recommended and what little I had time to read last night looked good. I can't wait to get back to it! It's good but not as good as I thought it might be. I like Sonia Ricotti's book better...but still it is another piece of the puzzle...another bit of info helping move me in the direction I want to go in.
I was feeling very tired when I got home from work....don't think I can do fruit smoothies for a while....even with greens added. So I had a piece of sprouted grain bread with mayo and tomato, then 2 toasted pieces with pesto...that along with a few more tomatoes was my dinner. Feel better now.....things will be fine with time. Today was 99% raw....or 90% raw....that's close enough for me. I am doing it. Had a spell where I was feeling....uncomfortable, hungry for something other than what was available...don't know if the toast helped this craving or going poop.....but it's gone now. Pooped twice today, am and pm....good schedule. If I am hungry further, coconut flakes will be my treat...and some more water. Not much to report today, except that I am doing well, and pleased with my progress. Didn't have any chocolate today, and didn't buy any when I could have. Don't think I will give it up entirely though I may. I am still excited about my future.....about my present....working on bringing more of what I want into my life and letting go of negativity. As I have worked on this, I have become much less negative (though today on the way to work...not exactly a good example) but I whenever I find myself thinking negative thoughts of any kind, I recognize them for the auto-pilot habit that they are and choose to stop...to drop them...and replace them immediately with happy positive thoughts and feelings...it's a work in progress.........it's fun!
Got more romaine, dandelion greens and kale today....will have some more yummy green juices tomorrow.
Today I have another quart of organic romaine juice....cost $3.00 and a quart of green smoothie made with 2 bananas, 1 peach, 1 nectarine, 1 orange, water, and 3 large handfuls of mixed greens. I also brought 2 bananas.
I am trying to drink a large glass of water first thing in the morning....I didn't drink it first first thing, not until I got to work, but I was thirsty and it was good. Trying to drink more water....though I drink a fair bit. Weight was down 1 pd...so 186....I have been a bit up and down since day 1 of this new plan...but it's going down now...I look forward to seeing 179...haven't seen that number in a long while.
Got one of the books I had placed on hold from the library....Lynn Grabhorn's "Excuse Me Your Life Is Waiting"...basically a law of attraction book, but it comes highly recommended and what little I had time to read last night looked good. I can't wait to get back to it! It's good but not as good as I thought it might be. I like Sonia Ricotti's book better...but still it is another piece of the puzzle...another bit of info helping move me in the direction I want to go in.
I was feeling very tired when I got home from work....don't think I can do fruit smoothies for a while....even with greens added. So I had a piece of sprouted grain bread with mayo and tomato, then 2 toasted pieces with pesto...that along with a few more tomatoes was my dinner. Feel better now.....things will be fine with time. Today was 99% raw....or 90% raw....that's close enough for me. I am doing it. Had a spell where I was feeling....uncomfortable, hungry for something other than what was available...don't know if the toast helped this craving or going poop.....but it's gone now. Pooped twice today, am and pm....good schedule. If I am hungry further, coconut flakes will be my treat...and some more water. Not much to report today, except that I am doing well, and pleased with my progress. Didn't have any chocolate today, and didn't buy any when I could have. Don't think I will give it up entirely though I may. I am still excited about my future.....about my present....working on bringing more of what I want into my life and letting go of negativity. As I have worked on this, I have become much less negative (though today on the way to work...not exactly a good example) but I whenever I find myself thinking negative thoughts of any kind, I recognize them for the auto-pilot habit that they are and choose to stop...to drop them...and replace them immediately with happy positive thoughts and feelings...it's a work in progress.........it's fun!
Got more romaine, dandelion greens and kale today....will have some more yummy green juices tomorrow.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
WHAT WILL THE EVENING BRING DY2WK2BLK1
Today is starting out well, I made 2 quarts of green juice this morning, although I am afraid of one of them, haven't even tasted it yet. One is a quart of straight romaine juice which I love and drank right up. The other is a bit of romaine juice with a full bunch of parsley, a full bunch of dandelion greens and a few carrots. And that's it. (Update...the juice was tooo strong...and sat out...so I dumped it...should have put it in the fridge to finish later, next time I will) I have had the romaine juice, 4 plums, some raw almond butter straight off the fork, some water and a few raw almonds...and of course, some dark organic chocolate. It is 3pm...and I am thinking about trying the other juice...need something...and I have 1 plum left. I may or may not go to the gym tonight....don't want to mess up my husband's 'fucking' schedule....oh I know that is bad....but my libido is in the toilet and his bad sinus breath doesn't help either. And the fact that we have a schedule...but then, what's a poor man to do if he has to take all of the initiative. ah yes. Can you tell I am so looking forward to this? sigh. Won't even go into this story...but he is about the nicest guy you'd ever meet......so that's not it at all....just....oh nevermind. tmi.
So I can tell I have to do some serious thinking and planning to get around myself once I leave work...this evening. What should I eat? The banana nectarine smoothie was really great last night, but too sweet...I was tired feeling and looking this morning. It didn't set off the candida..it's more related to my distressed liver. Still in need of healing. So....not sure if I should have one of those..with greens...so it's a green smoothie...that might balance it out and make it okay to my system...but is it what I want/need? Will have to ponder that one.........
Determined to do this right......and again...getting all of the right emails in my inbox...Evelyn Lim of Abundance Tapestry sent out the perfect one yesterday........about Fear of Success..
http://www.abundancetapestry.com/how-to-overcome-the-fear-of-success/?utm_source=getresponse&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=abundancetapestry&utm_content=Overcome+the+Subconscious+Fear+of+Success+-+Link+Fixed%21
Here is the link...hopefully I inserted it correctly.
So, have been all raw today, except for my organic dark chocolate...went to the gym, had a great workout...lots of energy, felt and still feels really good..it's that raw high...gotta love it. I did 20 min on the stair stepper, leg machine, 2 different arm machines, and an hour on the treadmill at a very fast pace, then 3 hot steamy sessions in the steam room, with cold showers in between....then another cold shower in the locker room, wash hair, etc....I always do cold showers after the steam room because they do feel so good, and also so I don't leave there looking like a lobster. I get really red in the steam room as I make it really hot...love it!
Came home and so far have just eaten some small red tomatoes...not sure what else I will eat...but I don't want to eat the sprouted grain bread anymore.....bought some more romaine and some avocados to ripen and tomorrow I will make more yummy romaine juice!
ciao bellas!
So I can tell I have to do some serious thinking and planning to get around myself once I leave work...this evening. What should I eat? The banana nectarine smoothie was really great last night, but too sweet...I was tired feeling and looking this morning. It didn't set off the candida..it's more related to my distressed liver. Still in need of healing. So....not sure if I should have one of those..with greens...so it's a green smoothie...that might balance it out and make it okay to my system...but is it what I want/need? Will have to ponder that one.........
Determined to do this right......and again...getting all of the right emails in my inbox...Evelyn Lim of Abundance Tapestry sent out the perfect one yesterday........about Fear of Success..
http://www.abundancetapestry.com/how-to-overcome-the-fear-of-success/?utm_source=getresponse&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=abundancetapestry&utm_content=Overcome+the+Subconscious+Fear+of+Success+-+Link+Fixed%21
Here is the link...hopefully I inserted it correctly.
So, have been all raw today, except for my organic dark chocolate...went to the gym, had a great workout...lots of energy, felt and still feels really good..it's that raw high...gotta love it. I did 20 min on the stair stepper, leg machine, 2 different arm machines, and an hour on the treadmill at a very fast pace, then 3 hot steamy sessions in the steam room, with cold showers in between....then another cold shower in the locker room, wash hair, etc....I always do cold showers after the steam room because they do feel so good, and also so I don't leave there looking like a lobster. I get really red in the steam room as I make it really hot...love it!
Came home and so far have just eaten some small red tomatoes...not sure what else I will eat...but I don't want to eat the sprouted grain bread anymore.....bought some more romaine and some avocados to ripen and tomorrow I will make more yummy romaine juice!
ciao bellas!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS TALK W/MYSELF DY1WK2BLK1
So here it is, the usual self-sabotage.....not keeping in touch with my self, and, my ego/mind is just running over me, because I am letting it. Time to go deep and see what the heck is going on...
Today I brought to work a quart of green juice that I made on Sunday, and didn't try and drink it until around 3pm, after it had been out at room temp all day. Air conditioned room temp, but still room temp. Needless to say, it was not good anymore. At the beginning of the day I had water and a bit of fresh romaine juice from 2 small heads of romaine...it was delish. At work I had a couple of plums, some almonds, some organic dark chocolate, more almonds, another plum, water, some bites of raw almond butter, then I made a drink out of raw Perfect Food from Garden of Life and some colostrum I have...and a teaspoon of maca. That was good and fueled me through my gym workout. Then I came home around 8pm, made a smoothie with ripe bananas and nectarines and water. Very yum. Had about 16 oz. Then I had 2 pieces of toasted sprouted grain bread with mayo and tomato from our garden. Then I cooked chicken for the boys, and ate some. yah. And I baked some steak fries for them and had some of those. Now I have a stomach ache. And a soul ache. So time to go upstairs and go inwards and figure out the way forward....what is going on here. This is not what I want.
I am a raw goddess.......but some part of me is rebelling........the usual part....this time...it will be resolved. I am no longer willing to live this.
Tomorrow will be a juice and smoothie day. I bought more romaine to juice and have dandelion greens, parsley, kale, celery, cucumbers, broccoli, carrots, another chiogga beet, and lots of fruit to make smoothies with. Juice in the day, smoothies for the evening.
And now, I have some work to do......
ciao bellas!
Alessandra
Today I brought to work a quart of green juice that I made on Sunday, and didn't try and drink it until around 3pm, after it had been out at room temp all day. Air conditioned room temp, but still room temp. Needless to say, it was not good anymore. At the beginning of the day I had water and a bit of fresh romaine juice from 2 small heads of romaine...it was delish. At work I had a couple of plums, some almonds, some organic dark chocolate, more almonds, another plum, water, some bites of raw almond butter, then I made a drink out of raw Perfect Food from Garden of Life and some colostrum I have...and a teaspoon of maca. That was good and fueled me through my gym workout. Then I came home around 8pm, made a smoothie with ripe bananas and nectarines and water. Very yum. Had about 16 oz. Then I had 2 pieces of toasted sprouted grain bread with mayo and tomato from our garden. Then I cooked chicken for the boys, and ate some. yah. And I baked some steak fries for them and had some of those. Now I have a stomach ache. And a soul ache. So time to go upstairs and go inwards and figure out the way forward....what is going on here. This is not what I want.
I am a raw goddess.......but some part of me is rebelling........the usual part....this time...it will be resolved. I am no longer willing to live this.
Tomorrow will be a juice and smoothie day. I bought more romaine to juice and have dandelion greens, parsley, kale, celery, cucumbers, broccoli, carrots, another chiogga beet, and lots of fruit to make smoothies with. Juice in the day, smoothies for the evening.
And now, I have some work to do......
ciao bellas!
Alessandra
Monday, August 22, 2011
LAST NIGHTS DREAM ~DAY 7WK1BLK1
Or really this mornings dream....most good dreams happen in the morning...this dream had a lot of things in it, pretty much everything that I have been dealing with.....my first memory of the dream is finding out that my 'mother' has moved my bedroom. It is now a large open room as in open on one side...only 3 walls, that has been painted a nice shade of bright orange and saffron.....I am upset because it is not 'my' room, it is new and unfamiliar and I have no privacy. The room is at the end of a street....an urban main street...like a downtown street....of a large city.....not alot of traffic and the like....more people...cars aren't in this dream...as I reflect...it feels to me like a San Francisco street....more alternative types....as I am trying to come to terms with this new space....various things happen.....I find a young streetwise man in my closet...turns out it is where he usually meets people to do a deal....drug deal...I think this is my latent interest in smoking pot....getting high...I still like to do it everynow and then but don't actively seek it out.....later I am walking down the street....and I pass by two women who look to be in their early 60's...in good shape and as I pass them one asks the other "Is this a raw day" and the other replies "No....its' too...something don't remember exactly what she said...but today was not going to be an all raw day",......as I am walking around I am getting used to the idea of this new space being my space...where I live...and think. "a bicycle would be good to have", and then at some point I am in this new space, and I notice the colors...the orange and saffron and think that even if my mother didn't ask me about this change, that at least she painted it in colors that she thought I would like (and I did like)...and I am back in the space and a large group of people stop by...dressed kind of in an India Indian fashion even though they are not Indian...more ashram types...and one of the women...older definitely in her 60's wants some tea and she asks me if I have any ...xyz tea...and I can't make out what exactly she is saying...so I ask her to say it again, and again I can understand everything except the type of tea she wants...we do this about three times and she gives up....these people feel like they are taking over my space a bit, as if it is their space also, as if they were the previous owners, possibly still own it....and they have children with them who are climbing up a rope lattice ladder type thing up onto a wooden platform which is next to my space..and I worry that they might fall....but they seem capable and there is a young man who is watching over them..helping them..so it's okay....and then I am trying to find something to wear, in a closet of clothes that are familiar yet not...and my17 yr old son comes in the dream and he is looking in this large mirror in the room complaining that it makes him look fat, and I look at myself in the mirror and I think the same thing....
this is all so very telling about so many things...things which I will go into later but I have to go...just wanted to get this down...will be back later...a very cool dream...
this is all so very telling about so many things...things which I will go into later but I have to go...just wanted to get this down...will be back later...a very cool dream...
Sunday, August 21, 2011
AAAH ROMAINE JUICE DY6WK1BLK1
Woke up around 8am....and was 1.5 pounds down from yesterday. hmmm...good. Washed my face, got dressed, let the cat out, and sat out in the morning sun for 20 minutes. Then came in and started making juice. First I had to clean my juicer as I didn't clean or use it after yesterday morning. I did it the fast and easy way by pouring a half gallon of warm water through it while running it, and then ran a carrot through to get out any remaining stale bits. And ready to go. I started by juicing the usual bunch of parsley, dandelion greens and kale, I plan on making alot of juice this morning to see me through the entire day. Yesterday I didn't have time to do that, (and there was the stinky juice debacle) and when I got back to the house in the mid-afternoon, I did the fun thing, the easy thing, and made the cantelope dream. Not exactly juice, but it was raw and it was liquid. But it was also sweet enough for my candida to raise up like the devil, smiling, and thanking me for the sugar, while my leg lesion itched and the fissures on my feet widened. I even got one in the thick part of my sole near my toes. That is mean. I don't understand this except I do know what makes it happen.....and this latest torture started with the nasty juice to which I added lots of carrots and apples to try and tame it. No such luck with that, and all those sugars....sigh. But it could be worse....time to go buy more spackle.
After the parsley, dandelion and kale, I juiced 2 cucumbers, and dumped it all into a giant glass measuring cup (thank you pampered chef) and made some romaine juice which I am drinking by itself...I love straight romaine juice. I have 3 large heads of romaine and I just may juice them all as I want some in the main juice but I also want to just drink some. They need to do celebrity ads with romaine juice...it makes me think of milk (only way better) and it is much better for you. Romaine juice.....it does a body good!
You have to have organic, really good organic romaine for it to really taste like milk...and I know that sounds like huh? no way, but when it sits in mouth on my tongue....it feels/tastes to me much like milk...only better. '
I am drinking it out of a champagne glass.....it is as good as champagne, as good as gold. I love glasses and dishes...especially smaller versions or unusual versions....I saw these great French juice glasses...that were small, smaller and smallest. I am craving them....I want to buy them though we have no room in our cupboard for them....time to make some room! And I saw these cool espresso cups with saucers that I love ...especially that they come with saucers. And I like japanese ceramic bowls.....the traditional not the commercial....have a fair number....but with a houseful of boys to men.....sigh. Actually they don't break all that much stuff, but with my special dishes....any is too much. But dang if I didn't break one of my favorite japanese bowls the other day. ooh la la la.....hah!
So, decided to add some chiogga beet to my green drink.....very pretty beet...reminds me of a radish...just like turnips...they ain't anything but white radishes. Don't really care for radishes, though they are good for you. Good vermifuges.......some time I will tell you my daikon radish story.
So...chiogga beets....where did they come from, what are they? They are an Italian heirloom beet.....
The chioggia beet came from the Italian coastal town of Chioggia, near Venice. It's been around since the early 19th-century. It tastes just like regular purple beets, maybe a little sweeter. The skin is a hot pink/fuchsia color, and when sliced open, the inside has beautiful pink and white stripes. Like any other beet, it can be prepared the same way; steamed, sauteed, roasted, and pickled. The greens are also edible. Sadly, the beautiful stripes fade when the beet is cooked.
After the parsley, dandelion and kale, I juiced 2 cucumbers, and dumped it all into a giant glass measuring cup (thank you pampered chef) and made some romaine juice which I am drinking by itself...I love straight romaine juice. I have 3 large heads of romaine and I just may juice them all as I want some in the main juice but I also want to just drink some. They need to do celebrity ads with romaine juice...it makes me think of milk (only way better) and it is much better for you. Romaine juice.....it does a body good!
You have to have organic, really good organic romaine for it to really taste like milk...and I know that sounds like huh? no way, but when it sits in mouth on my tongue....it feels/tastes to me much like milk...only better. '
I am drinking it out of a champagne glass.....it is as good as champagne, as good as gold. I love glasses and dishes...especially smaller versions or unusual versions....I saw these great French juice glasses...that were small, smaller and smallest. I am craving them....I want to buy them though we have no room in our cupboard for them....time to make some room! And I saw these cool espresso cups with saucers that I love ...especially that they come with saucers. And I like japanese ceramic bowls.....the traditional not the commercial....have a fair number....but with a houseful of boys to men.....sigh. Actually they don't break all that much stuff, but with my special dishes....any is too much. But dang if I didn't break one of my favorite japanese bowls the other day. ooh la la la.....hah!
So, decided to add some chiogga beet to my green drink.....very pretty beet...reminds me of a radish...just like turnips...they ain't anything but white radishes. Don't really care for radishes, though they are good for you. Good vermifuges.......some time I will tell you my daikon radish story.
So...chiogga beets....where did they come from, what are they? They are an Italian heirloom beet.....
The chioggia beet came from the Italian coastal town of Chioggia, near Venice. It's been around since the early 19th-century. It tastes just like regular purple beets, maybe a little sweeter. The skin is a hot pink/fuchsia color, and when sliced open, the inside has beautiful pink and white stripes. Like any other beet, it can be prepared the same way; steamed, sauteed, roasted, and pickled. The greens are also edible. Sadly, the beautiful stripes fade when the beet is cooked.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
SATURDAY DY5WK1BLK1 YEAH!
Okay! Today is a totally awesome wonderful day! It feels like an Indian summer day out there.....warm but the breeze is nice and you can just sense fall peeking around the corner.... I need to get back outside. So, I am doing juice today and doing it well. But that nasty sprout juice just keeps on biting. I finally had to put it down. Down the drain that is. I made an awesome green juice today, 2 beautiful quarts, it is 1 full bunch of parsley, a full bunch of dandelion greens, a full bunch of dino kale, 6 skinny carrots to push the greens through (my juicer tends to get a bit clogged up if I do lots of leafy greens) 1 cucumber, 1 head of romaine lettuce and 4 large outer stalks of celery. It is good!! And I thought it's goodness could tame the badness of the sprout juice, but that sprout juice was just incorrigible....so I put dumped it down the drain, unfortunately I mixed an entire quart of my lovely green juice with it first....and lost all of that as well.
But I went to the Farmers Market and the greengrocers and got some more lovely things....lovely ripe peaches, fresh peaches and cream sweet corn, more kale, some lovely striped heirloom tomatoes, more parsley, more romaine and some lovely chiogga beets. Not sure what chiogga beets are other than a lovely red color (lighter than regular beets)...less purpley...should make some fine juice. I have incidentally eaten a few small things today,..a lovely yellow cherry tomato...a piece of yummy cantelope and I unthinkingly ate a small piece of carrot at a picnic. But I am good on just juice today....I can tell I will get through the day with flying colors....I had some great thoughts last night as I lay in bed falling asleep...but they are lost now...
Time to make more juice and get back outside!!
Ciao me lovelies.....love lovely yah...lovely is the word of the day.
But I went to the Farmers Market and the greengrocers and got some more lovely things....lovely ripe peaches, fresh peaches and cream sweet corn, more kale, some lovely striped heirloom tomatoes, more parsley, more romaine and some lovely chiogga beets. Not sure what chiogga beets are other than a lovely red color (lighter than regular beets)...less purpley...should make some fine juice. I have incidentally eaten a few small things today,..a lovely yellow cherry tomato...a piece of yummy cantelope and I unthinkingly ate a small piece of carrot at a picnic. But I am good on just juice today....I can tell I will get through the day with flying colors....I had some great thoughts last night as I lay in bed falling asleep...but they are lost now...
Time to make more juice and get back outside!!
Ciao me lovelies.....love lovely yah...lovely is the word of the day.
Friday, August 19, 2011
DAY 4 BLK 1 OF 7 WEEK 1 OF 6 ~ JUICE VACATION
Hopefully I can drink all of this juice. It's quite a bit. 3 quarts...and it's ok. Not great. But it's what's for juice today!
So that is how I started this day....but first, I got up, said good morning to everyone, pooped and went back to bed. Before I went to the bathroom, I was lying in bed and my left shoulder was aching in the liver spot. oh. My liver still hasn't forgiven me for my birthday transgression (it was rather much) and it still hasn't completely recovered from the cedar oil poisoning of a year ago. That was quite major. Seriously major. So I have to be nice nice nice to it. Good to my liver. Good to myself. After I went to the bathroom that pain went away. good. And then I took off all of my clothes and weighed myself which is my morning routine. I am fortunate in that I usually poop shortly after waking. I weighed....oh this is big..I never reveal this...but I don't care as much anymore...hmm..anyway, I weighed 187. Down a pound and a half from yesterday. I am 5'11" so I carry this weight quite well, except for looking like I am 3-4 months along. So I was pleased with that, especially since I thought I had eaten a fair bit yesterday, late in the day, but I was hungry and ate good things. But here is the strange part. After sipping on all of these juices, just sipping, taking small tastes of each, I have pooped 2 more times...so I went upstairs and weighed myself again and I now weigh a half a pound more than earlier! This is bizarre as you would think the matter that left would more than outweigh the little liquid that has gone in...but I swear sometimes weight comes and even goes, like magic. As in losing 3 pounds overnight...which can happen. ie weight before bed and weight upon rising....wierd...but whatever. So now I am going to see if the apples have made the juice decently palatable, and then clean out the fridge, and then go out. I need to get more yummy, luscious produce so I can make more yummy luscious juice!Between my candida heel fissures and my liver in need of healing, I have more than enough motivation to juice. Enjoy your day!
Just finished cleaning up the kitchen, pooped again...looks like last nights dinner...tomato skins in it. yeh I know...tmi.... Put some almonds in water to soak for almond milk later, and making up my shopping list. Hope I can find a nut milk bag without going online. It is a nice cloudy day....cool...so different than yesterday which was hot and sunny and nearly 100 degrees!
Now out and about for some adventure!
The day was good but I was tired today. It wasn't until later this evening when I made some pesto with lots of garlic and had it on some sprouted grain toast, that I felt better. And yes I know it bothered me yesterday, but I only had 1 slice....not 6. And, Yes, I didn't do juice all day. I did it til around 4 or 5pm then I caved. I bought this really yummy boutique granola when I was out, had that. Also had a few corn chips...and a few soaked skinned almonds. I did not drink all of my juice....only drank 1 quart of it. I did have also the juice of a large fresh young coconut when I was out.....that was good...but I think I need to do only green juice...without carrots or apples. My body doesn't seem to deal well with too much sugar right now....not a good sign, but also a sign that having straight green juices would be good. So tomorrow, I start again, with green juices. I bought 2 large heads of romaine lettuce, a thing of celery, 2 bunches of parsley, a large bunch of dino kale, a small red cabbage...I also bought 5 lbs of carrots and 2 bags of small, very nice looking apples, one granny smiths and one pink lady....will make juice for my boys with those. I was thinking that perhaps what happened was the usual self sabotage....but don't really think so. I think it was the carrots and apples that I had to add to my juice to counteract the biting radish sprouts. I don't like radishes, watercress, anything that 'bites'....yet I do love hot spicy foods...jalapenos, etc. It's a different kind of bite. I found some red clover seeds for sprouting and bought a hemp bag that is going to be my nut milk bag.....so not entirely successful today, not what I aimed for, but overall a good day.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
DAY 3~ WEEK ONE OF SEVEN ~ BLOCK ONE OF SIX~(42 WEEKS)
Another very good day. It is strange...yesterdays post says it was posted on Thursday, which is today, and I know I was not up that late....wierd. Today I had my green smoothie....made with 2 ripe peaches, an orange, 2 med bananas, 10 small strawberries, 4 handfuls of mixed greens and 2 tbsp of nutrient dense powder. which is made with almonds, sunflower seeds, ground flax, hemp seeds, spirulina, psyllium powder nutritional yeast and cinnamon. Also had some almonds, some Garden of Life raw greens powder, 1 tsp of maca, a small salad with a few slices of hard boiled egg and a little bit of cheese...I was hungry today...for something not sweet, which my smoothie seemed to be...took me all day to finish it. Then I went to the gym, came home, had 3 toasted pieces of sprouted grain toast with mayo, avocado (1 avo total) and Mrs Dashes Chipotle seasoning yum, 1 orange tomato (med smallish), then still feeling hungry or something I had 2 more pieces of sprouted grain toast with raw almond butter and banana slices. hmmm..not sure if I needed all that...but did do alot today.
It was good at the gym. my work out was fueled by maca and chocolate and the raw greens powder...and music...today I was listening to George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh...great songs on there....and later, when I was in the steam room I struck up a conversation with a young woman, who had a bit of a cough....and then she told me she also had had bv (bacterial vaginosis) something I know something about, so I was telling her all these alternative, natural ways to deal with it, told her it was a sign of an imbalance and to avoid alcohol and sweets for a while til things were back in balance, take alot of probiotics, eat plain yogurt. etc......when she'd had enough of the steam room she left saying "thank you goddess" to me as she left. sweet....so sweet. love it that she said that. I also exchanged a nice smile and namaste hand greeting with this older Nepali man who comes to the gym with his son. I just find him to have nice energy.....but perhaps he is a bit simple too...not really sure, but his son noticed that he likes me (in a friendly way I would hope) and seems to try and keep him away from me. I have never overtly tried to be friendly with him...but have smiled at him and he was in the steam room once when I was in there....anyways...it was nice to exchange that greeting...I don't think he speaks any English.
I am trying to be very circumspect, yet friendly...don't want the old man to get any ideas (which I don't think he should but not sure why the son thinks his interest in me is bad...I only say this because one day he did choose to use a treadmill right next to the one I was on.....and while I didn't really interact with him, I was aware he was there and was a bit amused by him....anyhoo it was after this that I noticed his son seemed to keep him far away from where I am in the gym...I am not trying to make this into something it is not.....just find it curious. I like to be friendly to people, like people from other countries....but want to be respectful also. It is no big deal....just one of those curious things that keep your brain tied up a bit....but I don't necessarily need to understand or know what's up with it....just let it be. as. it. is.
So...tomorrow starts 4 days of juice...and 4 days of good times...I can tell I am not all that resolved to do this...so don't know if I will keep to it...but if I just remember how wonderful my last bit of juice fasting was...I will be inspired to do it properly...not mess it up.
My first juice of the day tomorrow is going to be a hodge podge...not sure what I have around, but do have greens, carrots, apples, parsley if it's not gone bad, cucumbers ,broccoli, celery....should be okay.
Then later I will go out and get lots of greens, romaine lettuces, kale, more parsley, dandelion greens, I want to do some straight green juices. Maybe all straight green juices. I am also going to try juicing my sprouts.
So onwards and upwards..so looking forward to enjoying the next 4 days...and now it's time for bed.
ciao bellas!
Back again......couldn't sleep...lots of phlegm...drainage, pain in elbow joint (typical of my candida crap) and I have painful fissures in my heels.....shit. I think it's the bread. It didn't used to do this to me....but I do think that must be it. More reason to go 100%. These dang heel fissures are like cuts....deep cuts...and they hurt and are unsightly....I cover them up with coverstick...even put it into them like spackle...it seems to help them heal a bit.....but damn I wish they would just fricking leave and never ever come back! Sick of them. Those and the circular lesion just above my right ankle on the outside of my leg. Red and itchy.....feh! I wanted motivation to keep me juicing....there it is. Also found out getting another $500 put into my HSA account....that will help buy some produce. Best medicine in the world.
It was good at the gym. my work out was fueled by maca and chocolate and the raw greens powder...and music...today I was listening to George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh...great songs on there....and later, when I was in the steam room I struck up a conversation with a young woman, who had a bit of a cough....and then she told me she also had had bv (bacterial vaginosis) something I know something about, so I was telling her all these alternative, natural ways to deal with it, told her it was a sign of an imbalance and to avoid alcohol and sweets for a while til things were back in balance, take alot of probiotics, eat plain yogurt. etc......when she'd had enough of the steam room she left saying "thank you goddess" to me as she left. sweet....so sweet. love it that she said that. I also exchanged a nice smile and namaste hand greeting with this older Nepali man who comes to the gym with his son. I just find him to have nice energy.....but perhaps he is a bit simple too...not really sure, but his son noticed that he likes me (in a friendly way I would hope) and seems to try and keep him away from me. I have never overtly tried to be friendly with him...but have smiled at him and he was in the steam room once when I was in there....anyways...it was nice to exchange that greeting...I don't think he speaks any English.
I am trying to be very circumspect, yet friendly...don't want the old man to get any ideas (which I don't think he should but not sure why the son thinks his interest in me is bad...I only say this because one day he did choose to use a treadmill right next to the one I was on.....and while I didn't really interact with him, I was aware he was there and was a bit amused by him....anyhoo it was after this that I noticed his son seemed to keep him far away from where I am in the gym...I am not trying to make this into something it is not.....just find it curious. I like to be friendly to people, like people from other countries....but want to be respectful also. It is no big deal....just one of those curious things that keep your brain tied up a bit....but I don't necessarily need to understand or know what's up with it....just let it be. as. it. is.
So...tomorrow starts 4 days of juice...and 4 days of good times...I can tell I am not all that resolved to do this...so don't know if I will keep to it...but if I just remember how wonderful my last bit of juice fasting was...I will be inspired to do it properly...not mess it up.
My first juice of the day tomorrow is going to be a hodge podge...not sure what I have around, but do have greens, carrots, apples, parsley if it's not gone bad, cucumbers ,broccoli, celery....should be okay.
Then later I will go out and get lots of greens, romaine lettuces, kale, more parsley, dandelion greens, I want to do some straight green juices. Maybe all straight green juices. I am also going to try juicing my sprouts.
So onwards and upwards..so looking forward to enjoying the next 4 days...and now it's time for bed.
ciao bellas!
Back again......couldn't sleep...lots of phlegm...drainage, pain in elbow joint (typical of my candida crap) and I have painful fissures in my heels.....shit. I think it's the bread. It didn't used to do this to me....but I do think that must be it. More reason to go 100%. These dang heel fissures are like cuts....deep cuts...and they hurt and are unsightly....I cover them up with coverstick...even put it into them like spackle...it seems to help them heal a bit.....but damn I wish they would just fricking leave and never ever come back! Sick of them. Those and the circular lesion just above my right ankle on the outside of my leg. Red and itchy.....feh! I wanted motivation to keep me juicing....there it is. Also found out getting another $500 put into my HSA account....that will help buy some produce. Best medicine in the world.
DAY 2~ WEEK ONE OF SEVEN ~ BLOCK ONE OF SIX~ (42 WEEKS)
I am very excited about my life right now........which is how I always am when I am at the beginning of anything...which is how we all are....the thing is, to keep it going when it gets old. I am not so very good at that, Gemini that I am....however, I have a plan on how to deal with that as well...at that is....keep the beginners mind...and also keep things new....exciting....by doing new things, trying new things...learning new things.....and keeping my dream, my goal, my vision of my life in front of me, in the front of my mind. I've had 2 good days...still not 100% raw, but very good days overall.....yesterday I had only 3 small squares of the organic dark chocolate, my awesome green smoothie with the NuDe (nutrient dense) powder added, some grapes, some crackers (only a few...Back to Nature), almonds, then I went home and had one piece of toasted sprouted grain bread with half of a very yummy avocado on it, with mayo and some Mrs. Dashes Chipotle seasoning sprinkled on top. We went out to the Farmers Market and I had one yummy vegan spicy tamale with spicy vegan green chile sauce....very good...but I think it made me tired a bit...corn. hmmm
Then later on at home having a late dinner with the family, of salmon and fresh awesome corn on the cob I had just a nibble of the salmon and 1 1/2 ears of corn with butter and salt. yum.
Just before bed I ate 2 heel (end) pieces of the sprouted grain bread toasted with some coconut butter (the kind that uses all of the coconut), stevia powder and cinnamon on them. Yum Yum.
Then I brushed my teeth and went to bed......have lost a bit of weight...don't have a ton to lose....10 pounds would be good, 20 would be really good...and 30 is maybe more than I need to lose, maybe not. While I am into the weight loss....don't like this bit of flab around my middle, I am more into the energy and the natural high of eating raw....that is the reallllly good part.
I got Sarma Melgailis's book, Living Raw Food, at the library and read a bit of it last night. I really like her take on it all, and love it that she is not letting herself be bound by labels....she will eat meat if she wants...but she prefers to eat mainly a raw vegan diet. But she allows herself options...and she is into the quality of the food.....and how good it is for you...so she has a good little article about soy, refers to canola oil as an industrial oil, which it is...not good for consumption, and gives us the dirt on the new 'pasteurization' of almonds...they use this chemical......which is a carcinogen....shit. I don't think I can afford to buy the imported truly raw almonds, and while I am closer to CA than many people, I am not close enough to be able to try and do some back of the shed deals with almond growers. However, I do know some people in CA who may be able to hook me up...but dang. What to do.....some things you just can't worry about??? More on this in the future...need to do some research.
Also got my New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook...looks very good, but I kept falling asleep while trying to read it.......will have time over the weekend...taking Friday and Monday off...and my hubby will be out of town...so my time will be mostly all mine!!! love that. And that is when I will do the 4 day juice fast. Not because he is gone, but because I will have the time!
ciao bellas!
Also, Joe Cross of the movie "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead" which is so awesome by the way and Netflix has it as an instant download...so watch it! He has a website....um... http://www.jointhereboot.com/ Join The Reboot and you can sign up and be in community with others who are doing juice fasts, and get advice, support, etc. I signed up...I like connecting with others....esp others who are into the whole raw and juicing thing...and I love giving advice.....and alot of these people are new to the whole juice and raw foods thing and appreciate what I share..other places people already know alot...so I am just one of many......just another cog in the wheel....I like helping people learn how to be truly healthy....and stay out of the doctors office... 3rd leading cause of death in the US? Medical treatment. Need I say more?
Then later on at home having a late dinner with the family, of salmon and fresh awesome corn on the cob I had just a nibble of the salmon and 1 1/2 ears of corn with butter and salt. yum.
Just before bed I ate 2 heel (end) pieces of the sprouted grain bread toasted with some coconut butter (the kind that uses all of the coconut), stevia powder and cinnamon on them. Yum Yum.
Then I brushed my teeth and went to bed......have lost a bit of weight...don't have a ton to lose....10 pounds would be good, 20 would be really good...and 30 is maybe more than I need to lose, maybe not. While I am into the weight loss....don't like this bit of flab around my middle, I am more into the energy and the natural high of eating raw....that is the reallllly good part.
I got Sarma Melgailis's book, Living Raw Food, at the library and read a bit of it last night. I really like her take on it all, and love it that she is not letting herself be bound by labels....she will eat meat if she wants...but she prefers to eat mainly a raw vegan diet. But she allows herself options...and she is into the quality of the food.....and how good it is for you...so she has a good little article about soy, refers to canola oil as an industrial oil, which it is...not good for consumption, and gives us the dirt on the new 'pasteurization' of almonds...they use this chemical......which is a carcinogen....shit. I don't think I can afford to buy the imported truly raw almonds, and while I am closer to CA than many people, I am not close enough to be able to try and do some back of the shed deals with almond growers. However, I do know some people in CA who may be able to hook me up...but dang. What to do.....some things you just can't worry about??? More on this in the future...need to do some research.
Also got my New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook...looks very good, but I kept falling asleep while trying to read it.......will have time over the weekend...taking Friday and Monday off...and my hubby will be out of town...so my time will be mostly all mine!!! love that. And that is when I will do the 4 day juice fast. Not because he is gone, but because I will have the time!
ciao bellas!
Also, Joe Cross of the movie "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead" which is so awesome by the way and Netflix has it as an instant download...so watch it! He has a website....um... http://www.jointhereboot.com/ Join The Reboot and you can sign up and be in community with others who are doing juice fasts, and get advice, support, etc. I signed up...I like connecting with others....esp others who are into the whole raw and juicing thing...and I love giving advice.....and alot of these people are new to the whole juice and raw foods thing and appreciate what I share..other places people already know alot...so I am just one of many......just another cog in the wheel....I like helping people learn how to be truly healthy....and stay out of the doctors office... 3rd leading cause of death in the US? Medical treatment. Need I say more?
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
I HAVE A DREAM.........I HAVE A PLAN......
I still have a dream, the same dream, and I have a plan. Another plan. I will keep at this until I get it. This new plan is 6 blocks of time, each 7 weeks long. Taking me right up to the cusp of my next birthday. I am an amazing vibrant and healthy vision of loveliness of love living my dream life. Each week I am eating as raw as I can and having 2-4 days of only juice. Today was day 1. I had a wonderful green smoothie for breakfast, oh, I lie, I had it mid-afternoon, 3:30-4pm...for breakfast.....I had 6 small squares of Black & Greens organic 70% dark chocolate. That took me up to 2pm...then I made some toast, and promptly got distracted and left it in the toaster while I ran to the post office. (Not far from where I was). Came back and had 2 pieces of sprouted grain toast with raw almond butter and slices of a yummy ripe banana. Afterwards I finished off my wonderful green smoothie, which was made with 2 ripe peaches, 1 orange, 2 ripe bananas, some frozen raspberries, 4 large handfuls of mixed greens and 2 tablespoons of NuDe...NutrientDense powder.... It was great. I also nibbled on a few almonds during the course of the day. After work I went to the gym and did a good 20 minutes on the stair stepper, followed by a good weight routine, then 30 minutes on the treadmill. Normally I do at least 45 minutes, an hour if I have time, but I only got 4 hours of sleep last night plus was a bit crunched for time. I came home, had 2 more pieces of sprouted grain toast, with a good bit of pesto slathered on each and a good bit of tiny ripe cherry tomatoes. That was dinner.
Yesterday I went to Barnes & Noble and looked at a whole armload of cookbooks, some raw, some not, then wrote down the names of the ones I like best, and came home and reserved them at my local library. I am so grateful for the wonderful library system we have here, as I found all of the books I was wanting.
They are, Living Raw Foods by Sarma Melngailis, RAWvolution by Matt Amsden, The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook by Nancy Harmon Jenkins, Raw Family Signature dishes by the Boutenkos, Super Natural Everyday by Heidi Swanson and last week I went to a local independent bookstore, found some great books and also put holds on them.....Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting by Lynn Grabhorn, The Mirror of Yoga, Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind, by Richard Freeman, Inside-Out Healing, Transforming Your Life Throught the Power of Presence, by Richard Moss, and Law of Attraction Plain & Simple by Sonia Ricotti and a bunch of books, books on CD etc by Eckhardt Tolle.
All of this is really helping me to change...I am using as many things as I can....to seek change, to be change, to change my habits, to overcome my self-sabotage...which is my biggest block. I am getting there, I know what I am up against.....very consciously, ...I will do this. I will become a Raw Goddess, living a life fulfilling my dreams and potential. I checked out a program by someone else, and was very disappointed. Some of it was good, but the main thing I wanted....seemed so off to me...so money and luxury, materialistic focused. Not what I am looking for...yeah, I want a good life, abundance etc, but I don't want to have it by selling someone else's product which is kind of like chasing my tail....I don't want to have to sell anything. I can see getting paid for service.....but you will get more than your money's worth...and...the biggest thing of all...I am already living a life of abundance....I am already blessed beyond measure. I am so grateful for all of the wonderful people and circumstances of my life.....it is here now.
So...today was a good day. A success. A few things I could have done better....had my smoothie right away, not had the chocolate...had more raw food available so I don't eat the sprouted grain bread. My goal is to wean myself away from it....but it is all good....I just do want to be 100% raw...for at least 6 months. Then I will truly know how great I can feel........I can feel the magic already.... I want more of it!
Tomorrow...no green smoothie for breakfast...unless...unless I take the blender to work and make it there, as I have no bananas at home (accidentally left my wallet at home so could not get to the store for more...) I do have some bananas at work, so if I bring everything else, I can make my smoothie there. That is what I am going to do as I just have to have my green smoothie.
I can't wait to get my books from the library. If I had had my wallet today, I would have gotten Sarma's book...she is very awesome, imho.....really like what she does, her recipes...she had a very good article in her book about soy, explaining exactly why it is not good for consumption unless it is fermented, explaining the awful things done to it to make it into things like 'tvp'...textured vegetable protein....which is a frankenfood if there ever was one.....I wish she had something in there about canola oil as well...she might..I was in a bit of a hurry so didn't get to read it all...will get it tomorrow! I am excited!!!
Tomorrow is going to be another awesome, rawsome day!
Yesterday I went to Barnes & Noble and looked at a whole armload of cookbooks, some raw, some not, then wrote down the names of the ones I like best, and came home and reserved them at my local library. I am so grateful for the wonderful library system we have here, as I found all of the books I was wanting.
They are, Living Raw Foods by Sarma Melngailis, RAWvolution by Matt Amsden, The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook by Nancy Harmon Jenkins, Raw Family Signature dishes by the Boutenkos, Super Natural Everyday by Heidi Swanson and last week I went to a local independent bookstore, found some great books and also put holds on them.....Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting by Lynn Grabhorn, The Mirror of Yoga, Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind, by Richard Freeman, Inside-Out Healing, Transforming Your Life Throught the Power of Presence, by Richard Moss, and Law of Attraction Plain & Simple by Sonia Ricotti and a bunch of books, books on CD etc by Eckhardt Tolle.
All of this is really helping me to change...I am using as many things as I can....to seek change, to be change, to change my habits, to overcome my self-sabotage...which is my biggest block. I am getting there, I know what I am up against.....very consciously, ...I will do this. I will become a Raw Goddess, living a life fulfilling my dreams and potential. I checked out a program by someone else, and was very disappointed. Some of it was good, but the main thing I wanted....seemed so off to me...so money and luxury, materialistic focused. Not what I am looking for...yeah, I want a good life, abundance etc, but I don't want to have it by selling someone else's product which is kind of like chasing my tail....I don't want to have to sell anything. I can see getting paid for service.....but you will get more than your money's worth...and...the biggest thing of all...I am already living a life of abundance....I am already blessed beyond measure. I am so grateful for all of the wonderful people and circumstances of my life.....it is here now.
So...today was a good day. A success. A few things I could have done better....had my smoothie right away, not had the chocolate...had more raw food available so I don't eat the sprouted grain bread. My goal is to wean myself away from it....but it is all good....I just do want to be 100% raw...for at least 6 months. Then I will truly know how great I can feel........I can feel the magic already.... I want more of it!
Tomorrow...no green smoothie for breakfast...unless...unless I take the blender to work and make it there, as I have no bananas at home (accidentally left my wallet at home so could not get to the store for more...) I do have some bananas at work, so if I bring everything else, I can make my smoothie there. That is what I am going to do as I just have to have my green smoothie.
I can't wait to get my books from the library. If I had had my wallet today, I would have gotten Sarma's book...she is very awesome, imho.....really like what she does, her recipes...she had a very good article in her book about soy, explaining exactly why it is not good for consumption unless it is fermented, explaining the awful things done to it to make it into things like 'tvp'...textured vegetable protein....which is a frankenfood if there ever was one.....I wish she had something in there about canola oil as well...she might..I was in a bit of a hurry so didn't get to read it all...will get it tomorrow! I am excited!!!
Tomorrow is going to be another awesome, rawsome day!
Monday, August 8, 2011
DREAMS***I HAVE DREAMS
I am a raw goddess......that is my goal and my dream and I feel the universe aligned behind me in pursuit of this goal. For me, what is a bit difficult is figuring out how not to get bored with the food. I think learning a new way of eating is much like learning a new language. At first, it is easy, but as you get down to it, it takes self-discipline and determination to perservere. I have been making raw dishes from recipes from the books that I have, and that I have taken from many websites....and they all sound good.....but none of them are all that good. What I make doesn't look as good as what is pictured or described.....and something may taste good but the texture throws me off, or the seasoning doesn't work.. But I am sticking with it....going back to simpler foods. Foods that have not been messed with too much....foods that I know that I like. I tried making a raw version of a quiche...basically made a nut crust that was seasoned for a quiche, and used the same basic ingredients as one would use when making a raw cheesecake to make the quiche filling, adding some marinated vegetables to that. It turned out ok, but not great. And is a heavier meal than I need on a daily basis. So today is my 9th day of being mostly raw. I have not been 100% all of the time, but most of the time. My goal is to be 100% raw, and I am not having any cravings for cooked food....I am just not liking much of what I have been making that is raw food.
I would much rather just eat things in their natural states than try and create all of these complicated raw dishes which are rarely very satisfactory....I am putting my thinking cap on and will eat what appeals to me and see if I have a system that is unique and that may interest, even benefit, others.
So to keep track of the evolution of my diet I will be posting what I eat everyday....it is a helpful thing to do.
Today's menu
Green smoothie made with orange, banana, strawberries, mixed salad greens and some NUtrientDEnse protein supplement.
Also have some raw almonds and blueberries.......off menu had 4 dark chocolate Nuggets.....2 would have sufficed, none would have been best.
It is now lunch time...will finish my smoothie.....it is a quart of smoothie....and then later have some blueberries and maybe more banana.........gym session tonight....looking forward to it.
I would much rather just eat things in their natural states than try and create all of these complicated raw dishes which are rarely very satisfactory....I am putting my thinking cap on and will eat what appeals to me and see if I have a system that is unique and that may interest, even benefit, others.
So to keep track of the evolution of my diet I will be posting what I eat everyday....it is a helpful thing to do.
Today's menu
Green smoothie made with orange, banana, strawberries, mixed salad greens and some NUtrientDEnse protein supplement.
Also have some raw almonds and blueberries.......off menu had 4 dark chocolate Nuggets.....2 would have sufficed, none would have been best.
It is now lunch time...will finish my smoothie.....it is a quart of smoothie....and then later have some blueberries and maybe more banana.........gym session tonight....looking forward to it.
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