Lay-Lay
07-31-2006, 08:47 AM
I went camping this weekend. Before we left my hubby and I stopped and bought me plenty of produce. Now we went camping with some of his family that I don't know real well. His dad, stepmom and his stepmoms family.
For dinner that night they fixed huge salads. They fixed corn on the cobb with SEA SALT and COLD PRESSED ESTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, they slightly grilled theirs but I just ate mine before grilling of course and it sure was yummy. They had what I would consider healthy SAD food -lean meats and rice with satueed pine nuts.
The next morning for breakfast they fixed a huge watermelon, canteoupe, honey dew, strawberries, and some pancakes. You know what I ate :D .
I snack on bananas and nuts in between.
For lunch -they fixed hummus (non-raw so I didn't have any) avocados, tomatoes, onions, sprouts, romaine, cucumbers, and pitas, rice, & chicken (no, I didn't have the last 3 ingrediants).
I am in utter shock at how healthy they ate compared to others I have been camped with. They were aware of my lifestyle of eating because I had explained it to my husbands stepmom. No one made a big deal about my diet or even made it the center of conversation. It was soooo awesome!
Just before we left my husbands step sister asked me if I thought that the diet I was on would help her daughter who has Epsteen Barr. I explained that I had it before raw and that I was now full of energy and have not had any flus or colds, that my immune system was finally working again. I told her I would let her borrow Alissas book to see if it was right for them. From talking to her I kind of think the whole family would like to do the lifestyle and well they are already making good choices so I don't see them having much trouble transitioning.
My husband said he really had to start doing even more raw after this weekend. I have not been on a bike in 5 years. Last time I did I couldn't bike more then about a mile and I had to walk my bike back walking very slow.
Well to my surprise I got on the bike and I kept biking and biking and biking, my husband went along with me and he couldn't keep up with me. He kept saying ok, I'm tired now. We at least biked 7 miles and I could have went for another 20 miles, but my husband I could see was totally wiped out and I knew if I didn't stop he wouldn't either and he was starting to look pretty rough.
I asked him to buy me some new tires for my bike because this was going to be my new thing. I am going to starting biking every other day in between me going to the gym. I am sooo excited. I finally found something that I LOVE to do. That was such an awesome time!
For dinner that night they fixed huge salads. They fixed corn on the cobb with SEA SALT and COLD PRESSED ESTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, they slightly grilled theirs but I just ate mine before grilling of course and it sure was yummy. They had what I would consider healthy SAD food -lean meats and rice with satueed pine nuts.
The next morning for breakfast they fixed a huge watermelon, canteoupe, honey dew, strawberries, and some pancakes. You know what I ate :D .
I snack on bananas and nuts in between.
For lunch -they fixed hummus (non-raw so I didn't have any) avocados, tomatoes, onions, sprouts, romaine, cucumbers, and pitas, rice, & chicken (no, I didn't have the last 3 ingrediants).
I am in utter shock at how healthy they ate compared to others I have been camped with. They were aware of my lifestyle of eating because I had explained it to my husbands stepmom. No one made a big deal about my diet or even made it the center of conversation. It was soooo awesome!
Just before we left my husbands step sister asked me if I thought that the diet I was on would help her daughter who has Epsteen Barr. I explained that I had it before raw and that I was now full of energy and have not had any flus or colds, that my immune system was finally working again. I told her I would let her borrow Alissas book to see if it was right for them. From talking to her I kind of think the whole family would like to do the lifestyle and well they are already making good choices so I don't see them having much trouble transitioning.
My husband said he really had to start doing even more raw after this weekend. I have not been on a bike in 5 years. Last time I did I couldn't bike more then about a mile and I had to walk my bike back walking very slow.
Well to my surprise I got on the bike and I kept biking and biking and biking, my husband went along with me and he couldn't keep up with me. He kept saying ok, I'm tired now. We at least biked 7 miles and I could have went for another 20 miles, but my husband I could see was totally wiped out and I knew if I didn't stop he wouldn't either and he was starting to look pretty rough.
I asked him to buy me some new tires for my bike because this was going to be my new thing. I am going to starting biking every other day in between me going to the gym. I am sooo excited. I finally found something that I LOVE to do. That was such an awesome time!