Ever have one of those no matter how gorgeous someone tells you are you still feel like a beached whale? Yup, am having one of those days...
Today I had my 1 of 3 cooked meals for the week. I am allowed 2 more and that is it. I need to start pushing myself harder to prepare for 100% raw. I am also down to 1 coffee a day, rather than my two in the morning. Now to get off coffee all together.. UGG, really not looking forward to that.
Yesterday I was ill, fever, sore throat, exhausted. I slept pretty much all day. I woke this morning feeling tired still, but sore throat and fever gone! I think I am running myself down again. I always spread myself way too thin and though I have gotten better, it needs to stop. I keep giving my time up to others and HAVE TO STOP! If last weeks snub taught me anything it's that I am not appreciated at all. So going forward all my time will be spent on writing and having fun. I am no longer volunteering my time to anyone. Enough is enough!!!
Right... we were talking about me being fat. Since I started getting back on track with raw, I have lost 2 inches around my middle. The rule of thumb is you lose weight first, the last place you gained it. That is my tummy and waist area. My ass is another issue. I know I need to start working out again. It truly is the only way I will ever lose the huge bootie. I will always have a bootie, I could just use with a smaller one. Raw can only do so much, if I want to see permanent results I need to start working out and consistently. I know in may I said I was doing the yoga challenge, but I think I need to start it in April and combine both the Raw Challenge and the Yoga Challenge. I think what I need is someone to kick me in the work out pants and motivate me to get physical again... ya... that's the ticket...
Time to go chop up my fruits and veggies for tomorrow.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Pushing the envelope...
Pushing the envelope... what the hell does that mean and why do we say it when we are pushing ourselves to the brink...
anyhoooo
I woke up sick today... yesterday I was out and got wet. It was raining and windy and an umbrella was useless... so... soaked right through. It started with a head ache, which I blew off as either stress or from the shitty weather we are having. No... no it was the beginning of something else. This morning I woke up with a sore throat. I was suppose to be going to see King Tut. Instead I am going to be on my couch, under my quilt, praying the fever and sore throat are gone by tomorrow. Sick or not I have to go to work. Hopefully switching back to a mostly raw diet will put an end to sore throats and colds.
It is two weeks till April 1 and the beginning of the raw challenge. I have two weeks to get rid of all the cooked food in my fridge and to get myself off coffee. I am about 80% raw right now and starting tomorrow am working up to 90%. My goal is to be down to 3 cooked meals and off coffee by next weekend. Then the last week of March have my final two cooked meals. I am already gathering recipes and rereading all my raw books and in the last week of March am going to start dehydrating things like fruit, nuts, nut loaf and Larabars.
I LOVE Larabars! LOVE LOVE LOVE them, but they are way too expensive, so... I went looking for recipes and found a few. One of my goals is to not buy prepared raw food rather, make all my own. It is actually super easy to dehydrate all your own stuff, it's just the waiting part. The best way to avoid frustration is start dehydrating a few days before you run out of stuff. I don't want to have too much dehydrated food in my diet, but it is a great way to keep variety. Eating just raw veggies, fruit and nuts can get boring after a while and the occasional bit of warmth helps.
A few people have asked me if eating raw means apples and salad all the time. Absolutely NOT! You can make tonnes of raw dishes that aren't just salad, such as raw soup, desserts (raw strawberry pie!!!!!), lasagna, spaghetti, nacho's, falafels, brownies, it's endless. Though many of these dishes do take a bit of time to prep, I tend to make a bunch at a time and refrigerate it, especially things that are made in the dehydrator.
Ok, back to my juice and under the comforter....
Larabar
http://www.cleaneatingonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59:larabar-recipe&catid=39:snack-recipes&Itemid=59
http://www.recipezaar.com/Lara-Bar-Copycat-Raw-Food-347784
http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2009/05/homemade_larabars.php
http://www.bradybunchmom.com/2008/03/more-raw-recipes-mango-pieapple-pie.html
anyhoooo
I woke up sick today... yesterday I was out and got wet. It was raining and windy and an umbrella was useless... so... soaked right through. It started with a head ache, which I blew off as either stress or from the shitty weather we are having. No... no it was the beginning of something else. This morning I woke up with a sore throat. I was suppose to be going to see King Tut. Instead I am going to be on my couch, under my quilt, praying the fever and sore throat are gone by tomorrow. Sick or not I have to go to work. Hopefully switching back to a mostly raw diet will put an end to sore throats and colds.
It is two weeks till April 1 and the beginning of the raw challenge. I have two weeks to get rid of all the cooked food in my fridge and to get myself off coffee. I am about 80% raw right now and starting tomorrow am working up to 90%. My goal is to be down to 3 cooked meals and off coffee by next weekend. Then the last week of March have my final two cooked meals. I am already gathering recipes and rereading all my raw books and in the last week of March am going to start dehydrating things like fruit, nuts, nut loaf and Larabars.
I LOVE Larabars! LOVE LOVE LOVE them, but they are way too expensive, so... I went looking for recipes and found a few. One of my goals is to not buy prepared raw food rather, make all my own. It is actually super easy to dehydrate all your own stuff, it's just the waiting part. The best way to avoid frustration is start dehydrating a few days before you run out of stuff. I don't want to have too much dehydrated food in my diet, but it is a great way to keep variety. Eating just raw veggies, fruit and nuts can get boring after a while and the occasional bit of warmth helps.
A few people have asked me if eating raw means apples and salad all the time. Absolutely NOT! You can make tonnes of raw dishes that aren't just salad, such as raw soup, desserts (raw strawberry pie!!!!!), lasagna, spaghetti, nacho's, falafels, brownies, it's endless. Though many of these dishes do take a bit of time to prep, I tend to make a bunch at a time and refrigerate it, especially things that are made in the dehydrator.
Ok, back to my juice and under the comforter....
Larabar
http://www.cleaneatingonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59:larabar-recipe&catid=39:snack-recipes&Itemid=59
http://www.recipezaar.com/Lara-Bar-Copycat-Raw-Food-347784
http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2009/05/homemade_larabars.php
http://www.bradybunchmom.com/2008/03/more-raw-recipes-mango-pieapple-pie.html
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Is Raw Baby!
April 1 is more than just April Fools Day. It is the day I am starting my 30 day Raw Challenge. I am making every effort possible to return to the Raw Foodist lifestyle. 2.5 years ago I had made the 6 month mark of being almost 100% raw but then fell off the wagon. I had a lot of change happening in my life and it made it hard for me to stick with it. Now I regret stopping.
When I was I felt amazing. I had lost weight, I had zero cellulite, my skin looked amazing, I had the energy of a teenager, but mostly I was eating 100% all natural food. Yes, being raw takes a lot of preparation. But that little extra work is well worth it. I have started preparing for the beginning of raw again. Currently I am eating raw for breakfast and lunch and only allowing cooked for dinner. Even then I am trying to stick to as much raw as possible. I am also sprouting and starting to dehydrate again. Today I took the time to clean out my freezer and am finishing off the cooked food that is in my fridge. Once the Raw Challenge is done, my plan is to stick to a 80/90% raw diet and when I do eat cooked food it will be food I prepare from scratch.
The hardest thing for me is going to be giving up coffee. I love coffee and not just because of the kick it gives me, it's the flavour, the smell, the ritual. I can do it, I have before and going without coffee for one month isn't going to kill me. Nut or shut up as they say!
Spring is on the way and it is time to start shedding the layers. For me it's time to shed those last few layers of unhealthy things I was doing to myself. For anyone else interested in kicking their health into a new level, I am posting links to some awesome raw food sites below.
Websites
http://www.living-foods.com/recipes/
http://www.thebestofrawfood.com/starting-a-raw-food-diet.html
http://www.rawrose.com/ (amazing cookbook - use it quite often)
http://www.rawbc.org/raw_recipes.html
http://www.welikeitraw.com/rawfood/raw-food-recipes.html
http://goneraw.com/
http://www.fromsadtoraw.com/RawRecipes.htm
http://www.therawdessert.com/
http://www.rawmazing.com
Books
Raw Food Revolution Diet
Raw Food Detox
Green for Life
Sprouts
Cookbooks
Raw Food Made Easy
Ani's Raw Food Kitchen
Rawvolution
Raw Food for Busy People
When I was I felt amazing. I had lost weight, I had zero cellulite, my skin looked amazing, I had the energy of a teenager, but mostly I was eating 100% all natural food. Yes, being raw takes a lot of preparation. But that little extra work is well worth it. I have started preparing for the beginning of raw again. Currently I am eating raw for breakfast and lunch and only allowing cooked for dinner. Even then I am trying to stick to as much raw as possible. I am also sprouting and starting to dehydrate again. Today I took the time to clean out my freezer and am finishing off the cooked food that is in my fridge. Once the Raw Challenge is done, my plan is to stick to a 80/90% raw diet and when I do eat cooked food it will be food I prepare from scratch.
The hardest thing for me is going to be giving up coffee. I love coffee and not just because of the kick it gives me, it's the flavour, the smell, the ritual. I can do it, I have before and going without coffee for one month isn't going to kill me. Nut or shut up as they say!
Spring is on the way and it is time to start shedding the layers. For me it's time to shed those last few layers of unhealthy things I was doing to myself. For anyone else interested in kicking their health into a new level, I am posting links to some awesome raw food sites below.
Websites
http://www.living-foods.com/recipes/
http://www.thebestofrawfood.com/starting-a-raw-food-diet.html
http://www.rawrose.com/ (amazing cookbook - use it quite often)
http://www.rawbc.org/raw_recipes.html
http://www.welikeitraw.com/rawfood/raw-food-recipes.html
http://goneraw.com/
http://www.fromsadtoraw.com/RawRecipes.htm
http://www.therawdessert.com/
http://www.rawmazing.com
Books
Raw Food Revolution Diet
Raw Food Detox
Green for Life
Sprouts
Cookbooks
Raw Food Made Easy
Ani's Raw Food Kitchen
Rawvolution
Raw Food for Busy People
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