June 15th - Day 15

[Aleesha Sattva]

Half way there...

[firefly]

Good morning rawbies!

I'm excited to say that by tomorrow afternoon I will be the proud owner of a juicer! YAY!!! :D

I'm looking forward to getting back to work today as I always do better with structure in my day. It always seems to me that I tend to eat more mindlessly when I'm not sure what to do with myself :rolleyes:. The crazy thing is that it was beautiful here yesterday and I could have done something nice like get out for a walk or bike ride, but I just wasn't interested. I did visit the local humane society where I volunteer and loved on some kitties.

Today I'm beginning with a lemon/apple/pear/spinach/hemp smoothie and I have a lovely salad for lunch. I've also got the last bit of broccoli salad and some grapes along if I need a snack. I realized yesterday that I have too many things in the fridge that won't really work well in a smoothie to do a feast just yet. I'm going to work on clearing out what I've got, then I will consider what to do next. Maybe I'll try a juice fast once I've got my juicer. I'm grateful there are lots of options!

Have a great raw day!

[NellieBelle]

Góðan dag!

I spent 5 hours yesterday mowing and weeding but glad to get it done before it rained in the evening and more rain today. Timimg is everything.

Enjoy that new juicer, Firefly!

Here is my meal plan for the day.
Breakfast - banana, grape, lemon, spinach smoothie
Lunch - pineapple, strawberries
Supper - tomato and cauliflower with acv

[appifanie]

Congrats firefly!!

No plans yet, but have lotsa choices today at least.

I had a breakthrough about my dislike of zucchini noodles w/ marinara yesterday - I don't like raw zucchini! I don't even love it cooked, I've realized! I've only just tolerated it! So from now on, I will try "pasta" with other things!

[Katie P]

It always seems to me that I tend to eat more mindlessly when I'm not sure what to do with myself :rolleyes:.

I know what you mean!

banana green avo smoothie
maybe a tomato & 1/2 avo for lunch
& lots of fruit :)

Hope everyone has a FANTABULOUS day :)

[GlimR]

Good Morning~:)
Feeling better this morning but still a little "cold" like...a good thing if it is the release of built up toxins in my body.

b-two slices mango/peach bread w/almond butter & honey & glass of almond milk (man is this good)

possible snacks--apples, banana, melon, mango, green smoothie

l-salad w/tomatoes, carrot, avocado

d- spring rolls (zucchini, red cabbage, carrot, mango & cilantro w/ sweet & sour sauce on romaine leaves)

At least...that's the plan!!!:p

[appifanie]

breakfast - teeny tiny plums, banana, grapes, hemp seeds, some orange.

just before that, a 20 minute ab workout (i will have abs, gosh darnit!) that i did pretty okay on :)

[Basenjimamma]

Good Tuesday Morning alll fellow friends..

This morning I felt like a fruitsalad kind of gal, so that is what I had..strawberries (I bought then yesterday for $0.99/ lb, so I bought 5 lbs!!), banana, and apple, with hemphearts, cinnamon and a touch of cardamom..yum, delish.
S-cantelope
L-huge mixed baby greens salad, with creamy tomatillo salsa.
S-donnu yet!
D-kale salad, my favorite..

Congrast btw, on your new juicer Firefly.
GlimR, glad you are feeling a little bit better, hopefully each day goes in the right direction.
Appifanie, I also dislike zucchini cooked but can handle them raw..try them in misosoup, really good I thought..

Have a grand day, stay happy, stay healthy, stay RAW :):)

[appifanie]

thanks basenji :) i'm not giving up on them quite yet.

i rushed lunch prep cause i was hungry. it was going to be a wrap sandwich in a collard, but then i remembered i had taco nut meat so i added some of that, and i didn't put enough veggies in and the collards aren't very good - blah. so i ate some leftover grapes and bananas and orange from breakfast. i'll be eating again soon - it wasn't much food.

[StarFire]

jes checking in ... not sure if this is detox or too much fruit (i've had these symptoms b4) or if I've jes caught some kind of ol fashioned flu bug...
I'm suuuuper dizzy... the whole house is spinning... nausea, runny nose, stuffy head...

still raw.... still RAWk'n it.. although I look like i'm moving in slooow motion...:o

see ya'll in a day or two!

keep on keepin on kids!!
RAWk on!

[TheRawPilgrim]

Had me a green smoothy for breakfast. I added more greens than usual and I did have difficulty drinking it, so I'll back off a bit next time. Had a nice salad with Alissa's Orange Dressing for lunch, oh WOW that was yummy!!! Not sure when I'll have for supper yet, the original plan was marinated chard, but I don't want to waste the chard if I don't like it! I think I'll use some of the chard to make wraps for supper and the rest in a green smoothy tomorrow.:D

[firefly]

Thanks everyone for the congrats!

I was off from work early today, so I just returned from a trip to pick up my sunny yellow juicer!!! YAY!!! :D While I was out I stocked up on fruit and greens. Since I've been raw now for nine days, I think that my body would be happy with a little bit of a juice fast to get rid of some of the SAD residue I'm sure it's held onto. So, I'm going to get to bed early tonight so that I can get my workout in and make some juice before I head to work in the morning. Except for a couple of avocados, the stuff I have left in the fridge will make fine juice. I look forward to experimenting!

It's a glorious day today here in Denver, so I'm headed to drop a couple things at the storage unit, mow the lawn and head out for a bike ride. It's lovely to have a sunny day after several days of rain. Sun makes me so happy! :D

NellieBelle...you had quite the productive day yesterday! :)
StarFire...it sounds like a good day to take it easy! Hope you're feeling better soon!
Appifanie...I prefer yellow squash to zucchini, but I find that zucchini slices are a good vehicle for dips, salsa, etc. I don't generally eat it otherwise.

Have a great day ladies!

[appifanie]

4:50pm and i'm eating dinner - definitely too light a lunch :D

dinner is salad - romaine, tomato, green pepper, cucumber, black olives and the dressing is pesto thinned with more olive oil and some acv. (the pesto is just basil, nutritional yeast, salt, and olive oil)

[appifanie]

jes checking in ... not sure if this is detox or too much fruit (i've had these symptoms b4) or if I've jes caught some kind of ol fashioned flu bug...
I'm suuuuper dizzy... the whole house is spinning... nausea, runny nose, stuffy head...


that was me yesterday - it was either detox or not enough calories.

[Coriander74]

B: purple smoothie
L: strawberries
D: I don't know yet - I eat dinner when I get home from class @ 10 tonight.
S: apples, banana

We were woken this morning at 8 am by roofers tromping like elephants on the roof. They're redoing the roof, which is nice, but it was loud and they used a leafblower up there which sent torrents of dust and debris down through the skylights into our bathrooms.

I was exhausted and fell asleep on the couch for 3 hours. I have a midterm on Thursday and need to study but my brain is feeling really very awkward and tired. My morning smoothies usually provide me with a huge energy boost, but instead they fueled some very strange nap dreams. LOL

I'm going to see if my avocadoes have ripened... maybe I just need some fat in my diet to wake up the brain. Maybe my body is doing through a hardcore detox even though this is my fourth week raw. I'm going to make some lemon water too, to see if that helps.

I hope you're all having a rawesome day! :)

[rawmoose]

B: green smoothie with spinach, banana, cantaloupe, frozen mango/peach/strawberry/pineapple, raw almond milk
L: banana with raw almond butter
S: nuts with dried fruit, three apricots
D: homemade raw pickles and onion, raw sauerkraut, marinated kale

Will likely have another snack in a bit, as I'm feeling a little hungry again.

[donnyandcathy]

Pineapple

Green Smoothie with Mango, Cherries, Bananas, Spinach

Jicama
Romaine Lettuce
Tomato
Cucumber
Avocado

Celery with Almond Butter

Not having as good of a day today, but trying to stay focused. I feel really tired and weak :(

Congrats. everyone, we've made it 15 days!!

Cathy

[Coriander74]

Super exhausted today.

B: strawberries
L: huge mango
D: more strawberries. My raw cashew dressing went bad :(

[revdrcyn]

This month is flying by!

Green Smoothie
Bananas x 7
Coconut Water
Coconut Meat
Hemp Protein Shake
Green Salad
Nectarines
Cherries
Wild Rice Pilaf with Avocado