Dec 16 - Day 16

[Aleesha Sattva]

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[tvillemom]

Good Morning! I realized this morning that I forgot to post yesterday, sorry about that!

GreenT: we are having a very similar breakfast!! It sounds absolutely yummy with a crumbled up ginger cookie in it!!! Your salad also sounds fabulous! I have NEVER seen blue grapes (maybe purple, but not blue!) Where did you order kefir grains from?? Are they regular kefir grains, or water.....is there a difference? AND (sorry, one more question) what are you going to PUT them in???

I am having some sinus drainage/sore throat problems since yesterday, so today I think I am going to give my digestion a break, as much as possible and have all GS or juice! I am kinda out of produce and can't get to the store until DH gets home from work. My van battery died last weekend and we are just now able to buy a new one!!

I think today I will also eat some cultured veggies, mostly cultured cabbage which most consider kraut, but I hear it's high in vitamins and especially vit. C, so I think I may eat this a couple of times today in a small amount with my smoothies....really since I am almost out of produce, pickins' are SLIM so today is about SURVIVAL!!!!

Ok, here's the plan:
B: barleymax, then: GS w/ spinach, banana, blueberries (that's all, keepin' it simple today)
Lunch: barleymax (extra today to combat this cold) then: GS w/ spinach, barleymax, dried tomato, celery, carrot, , not sure what else....like I said, pickins are slim...oh yeah and some KRAUT, but eating the kraut seperate, not in my smoothie!! LOL
Dinner: not sure yet, more barleymax...KRAUT and then: not sure yet, a green juice or veggie GS

I am not sure how this day is going to go. I may be starving later so I may have to rethink this plan. I will at least keep the fats down and eat as many blended or juiced foods as possible, maybe I should throw in some garlic and onion into that veggie smoothie, yep, and some ginger, I do have all that in the fridge.

Ok I guess that's about it. I will do my best to check in later!!

Peace to you all!!!

[KaleMama]

tvillemom Woke up with a sore throat, too. Ginger + Garlic in my juices for the next two days. :)

Okay... I feel 20x better and like I'm back! Pheeeeeeew! LOL Hiiiiiiiiii! :D Woke up early this morning to stretch (doing it 2x/day and my body feels great, more flexible, etc) and did a Pilates ab workout. Maybe I'll go for a long walk this afternoon.

Todays plan:

Meal 1: Green Juice (Kale, lots of Spinach, parsley, celery, 1/4 Jalapeño, Ginger, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 lemon, 1 apple) & 1 banana later

Meal 2: Usual Salad

Meal 3: Collard Veggie Wrap
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z163/dmorales129/IMG_3291-1.jpg

Meal 4: Smoothie and 1 Avocado

*Much love and hugs for all you Beauties!* :D

xoxo

[Seductive Arts]

I am in today. Even though I am living with a non-raw food roommate, i got rid of all my unraw foods today. So the only thing I have in my ice box is a pitcher of smoothie and a freezer full of frozen leafy greens and fruit to make future smoothies.

I swear that I am going to lose a pants size before New Year's Day smoothing like crazy. :D

[Zuri]

Happy Thursday to all of you. :) Wow...I need more sleep but oh well, the day calls aaaaaaand, I'm still raw, so soooo what? I just grabbed some raw foods today. I have guac w/raw crackers, Lara bar, herbal tea, kale chips, ginger snaps and a green smoothie....man...there's just not enough time to uncook the way I'd like. Maybe I ought to start thinking, "I have time." :) Anyway, it's a great day and I'm loving life. Enjoy your day! :)

[AdrianaH]

Good afternoon!!!..... And before I forget... I hope all of you have a great Thursday..... ;)

I didn't post yesterday eather... but we're still here and RAW....
Yesterday I had 2 green smothies, some papaya and some dehidrated peas.... Those were very good for those crunch day Cravigs!!!...

This morning I had a GS with Spinach, Orange juice, Strawberries and some "LAMBSQUARTERS"... I had never heard of this before.... but I did know what they were in spanish... but I tdidn't know what they were in English... :D.... I guess they're some kind of eatable grass weed.... I don't know but they're good in my GS...

For lunch I'm having a 3 color bell pepper salad... it's very good... I kind of missed chewing ...:D.... later on today I'll have an other GS.... and perhaps some fruit... depending on my hunger...

Well that's all for today.... Have a great day and till tomorrow...

[blizzardfrisbee]

Happy another day raw!!

Breakfast-- the rest of my green smoothie with one orange, grapefruit and banana
Lunch- Cabbage roll with tomatoes, lettuce, cukes and braggs
Dinner- Zucchini spaghetti and Alissa's sauce from her first book

[GreenT]

Hey guys!!!

tville, blue grapes are really good. They are real dark, almost look black kind of. I am hooked on that apple concoction :D

Delise, that collard wrap looks delicious!!

Todays menu:

Water
B- Banana
L- Fruit salad (Oranges, apples, red grapes, honey dew)
S- Flax crackers
D- Jambalya RFFE Pg.366. I added mushrooms and ate it with some more flax crackers....mmm soo good!!
S-2 coconut macaroons

Have a great night everyone.

[EscapeArtist]

Mm delise those warps look so fresh and tasty.

Pretty hard day today. Well, I woke up feeling raw power! You know when everything you come in contact with just feels right? It was one of those moments of actually feelings raw :D and then I hit the detox again. I was exhausted, even took a nap in the afternoon despite a very nice sleep last night.
I am going to start incorporating exercise into my daily routine because I feel like my body has gone into hibernation mode!
The cravings today became overwhelming. So much so that I had to stay in my room all night while my family made themselves dinner. Now that everybody is asleep, I am still afraid to go into the kitchen...
Snacked randomly throughout the day:
2 cucumbers, 6 bananas, 3 apples, 1/2 head kale, bok choy, beet greens

These snack-all-day-days I do not like at all :rolleyes: but whatcha gonna do when the cravings hit?

Oh, also, the farmers market that I have been relying on is closing in a week! Ohnooo! So if anybody knows a cheap place to buy produce in Vancouver BC, let me know :D Good thing is that because they are closing, there are tons of discounts. 29 cent "discount" bananas, and $0.49/lb for the organics... a huge sack of apples for a dollar.. Came back with enough food for atleast 3-4 days and it was 10 bucks! Amazing

[revdrcyn]

Bananas x 8
Apples
Pears
Persimmons
Green Smoothie
Salad with Mixed Veggies
Lemon Cookie

[GreenT]

tvillemom: Where did you order kefir grains from?? Are they regular kefir grains, or water.....is there a difference? AND (sorry, one more question) what are you going to PUT them in???


This is my first experience with Kefir. I ordered water kefir grains off of amazon from seller "real-man-of-genius", i dont know if there is a difference in grains? Ani Phyo has a video about how to make it. Go on Youtube and type in Ani's Raw Food Essentials: Water Kefir Recipe. She gives complete instructions. Looks REALLY easy.