MangoMan
05-27-2006, 02:16 PM
I did it!! I went on a 5 day trip with my class and ate raw foods the entire time!
I spent the last 5 days in the Okanogan hills of Washington. Our class (http://www.wildernessawareness.org/WARPResidentialPrograms.html) went out there to learn the ways of the scout. In essence, we broke into 4 teams and played capture the flag over 80 acres of wilderness – moving silently day and night, without compass or flashlight, listening to the language of the birds to tell us who was where. We actually did more than that, having other games and exercises during parts of the day, and eating meals together. I slept (the few times I actually slept instead of scouting all night long) under a tarp wrapped in only a wool blanket. And it rained BUCKETS out there! So happy to say that I not only survived the experience, but that I had a great blast of a time and was able to eat raw foods the entire time!
I brought with me a huge bin of food:
Lots of mangoes, avocados, oranges, apples, and almonds.
Several of each bar: Raw Revolution, Larabars.
Some tomatoes.
A package of raisons.
A jar of Apitherapy raw Honey (my all time fav honey!)
Some lemons and other fruit that my mom sent me from her trees.
A few bell peppers.
Mixture of dates and cashews.
2 of those personal watermelons.
Oh, and a dozen bananas, of course! :D
I ate bananas for breakfast, with some other fruit, and almonds. Pretty much had almonds in my pocket the entire time so I could snack on them whenever I needed a lift. Breakfast was usually a time when IÂ’d have a fingerful of the raw creamed honey.
For lunches or dinner I would often have an avocado with slices of meyer lemon and a sprinkling of sea salt (or the seasoning Spike .. probably not raw, but in such a tiny quantity that I thought it worth it). I might also slice the avo and put it in a bell pepper with tomatoes, lemon and a pinch of seasoning. And any other fruit I thought I needed to round it out. One evening I ate a salad made from my food and some lettuce and sugar snap peas and carrots the class had brought for a meal.
The bars were good for food on the run (or crawl as the case might be).
I rarely ate the raisons, but sometimes a sweet dessert was wanted, or an afternoon sugar pump .. and raisons certainly provide that!
I actually never ate the watermelons, but am presently drinking them blended with apple, banana and hemp seeds. Yum!!
Oh, I brought a pineapple! Shared that with folks!
I usually ate the oranges whole, but also brought a little hand squeezer so I could indulge in fresh squeezed orange juice on occasion.
Mmm, and I ate some plants while on the move. I didnÂ’t think I could bring any lettuce/spinach etc. and have them stay good .. but I did forage while out there. I ate some dandelion, mullein, young fir needles, dock leaves, yarrow, ....
I was never hungry. Well, the last night when I was guarding our flag for hours and hours in the rain ... toward 3am I could hear my tummy grumbling a bit. The amazing thing is that I had plenty of energy during this entire trip! The most hours of sleep I got was four in a night. Two another night, and none the last night! Once I had a nap of a couple of hours. The rest of the time that we werenÂ’t together for meals or something being taught, I was walking/crawling over acres and acres and acres and acres! And I am not someone who has worked out in a long time. (Do wish to start that up though.)
I am not saying that I’m going to eat raw forever. I don’t know what I’ll be eating next month. However, my first “30 Days” was fantastic, and this current “30 Days” is magnificent! My time last week really showed me that my body does quite well with eating raw foods.
Next week will be even more of a challenge because I am heading out with my class on a 5 day survival trip. I will only get to bring the clothes on my back and the shoes on my feet! Not even a knife. IÂ’m sure IÂ’ll find many wild edibles. Not sure the salmonberry is ripe yet .. that would be a huge source of vitamins and sugar. Our class will most likely be catching some animals to eat as well. When in a survival situation, the important thing is to have shelter, water, fire and food. During that situation, if the food comes in animal or vegetable form matters not. IMHO.
I wonÂ’t have much time to connect on this forum since I still have some of my Kamana naturalist studies (http://www.kamana.org/) to complete before the final week of school, but I will love to catch your comments soon.
I spent the last 5 days in the Okanogan hills of Washington. Our class (http://www.wildernessawareness.org/WARPResidentialPrograms.html) went out there to learn the ways of the scout. In essence, we broke into 4 teams and played capture the flag over 80 acres of wilderness – moving silently day and night, without compass or flashlight, listening to the language of the birds to tell us who was where. We actually did more than that, having other games and exercises during parts of the day, and eating meals together. I slept (the few times I actually slept instead of scouting all night long) under a tarp wrapped in only a wool blanket. And it rained BUCKETS out there! So happy to say that I not only survived the experience, but that I had a great blast of a time and was able to eat raw foods the entire time!
I brought with me a huge bin of food:
Lots of mangoes, avocados, oranges, apples, and almonds.
Several of each bar: Raw Revolution, Larabars.
Some tomatoes.
A package of raisons.
A jar of Apitherapy raw Honey (my all time fav honey!)
Some lemons and other fruit that my mom sent me from her trees.
A few bell peppers.
Mixture of dates and cashews.
2 of those personal watermelons.
Oh, and a dozen bananas, of course! :D
I ate bananas for breakfast, with some other fruit, and almonds. Pretty much had almonds in my pocket the entire time so I could snack on them whenever I needed a lift. Breakfast was usually a time when IÂ’d have a fingerful of the raw creamed honey.
For lunches or dinner I would often have an avocado with slices of meyer lemon and a sprinkling of sea salt (or the seasoning Spike .. probably not raw, but in such a tiny quantity that I thought it worth it). I might also slice the avo and put it in a bell pepper with tomatoes, lemon and a pinch of seasoning. And any other fruit I thought I needed to round it out. One evening I ate a salad made from my food and some lettuce and sugar snap peas and carrots the class had brought for a meal.
The bars were good for food on the run (or crawl as the case might be).
I rarely ate the raisons, but sometimes a sweet dessert was wanted, or an afternoon sugar pump .. and raisons certainly provide that!
I actually never ate the watermelons, but am presently drinking them blended with apple, banana and hemp seeds. Yum!!
Oh, I brought a pineapple! Shared that with folks!
I usually ate the oranges whole, but also brought a little hand squeezer so I could indulge in fresh squeezed orange juice on occasion.
Mmm, and I ate some plants while on the move. I didnÂ’t think I could bring any lettuce/spinach etc. and have them stay good .. but I did forage while out there. I ate some dandelion, mullein, young fir needles, dock leaves, yarrow, ....
I was never hungry. Well, the last night when I was guarding our flag for hours and hours in the rain ... toward 3am I could hear my tummy grumbling a bit. The amazing thing is that I had plenty of energy during this entire trip! The most hours of sleep I got was four in a night. Two another night, and none the last night! Once I had a nap of a couple of hours. The rest of the time that we werenÂ’t together for meals or something being taught, I was walking/crawling over acres and acres and acres and acres! And I am not someone who has worked out in a long time. (Do wish to start that up though.)
I am not saying that I’m going to eat raw forever. I don’t know what I’ll be eating next month. However, my first “30 Days” was fantastic, and this current “30 Days” is magnificent! My time last week really showed me that my body does quite well with eating raw foods.
Next week will be even more of a challenge because I am heading out with my class on a 5 day survival trip. I will only get to bring the clothes on my back and the shoes on my feet! Not even a knife. IÂ’m sure IÂ’ll find many wild edibles. Not sure the salmonberry is ripe yet .. that would be a huge source of vitamins and sugar. Our class will most likely be catching some animals to eat as well. When in a survival situation, the important thing is to have shelter, water, fire and food. During that situation, if the food comes in animal or vegetable form matters not. IMHO.
I wonÂ’t have much time to connect on this forum since I still have some of my Kamana naturalist studies (http://www.kamana.org/) to complete before the final week of school, but I will love to catch your comments soon.