Feb 2 - Day 2

[Aleesha Sattva]

Welcome welcome welcome!!!

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Cherie

[Jeannie]

Hi everyone!

I need less sleep these days.. thats great, an extra hour a day for some me-time!
nectarines
3 corn on the cob
bowl of sweet potato chips
a cracker
I might have a green smoothie for dinner, not very hungry..

[Eva]

Hi Jeannie! Great to see you up for another challenge -- way to stick it out -- and already you're at the sleeping less stage! AWESOME! I'll join you here in the Southern Hemisphere, enjoying the fresh in-season fruit along with ya in the summer's heat!

TODAY's food:
Snacked on a guava [ended up eating 4 of these and 2 nectarines!]
Was hungry at 8:30 for a cuke & tomato salad, this time with the "caipeira" variety of cukes, which are lighter in color and sort of fat. (I never saw them outside of Brazil before...)
Still not interested in the green smoothie my hubby made for me at 6am. It's just hanging out on the table. [Finally drank it!]
[Also ate an arugula salad, and a sunflower seed pate with some Indian flavors]

So, that's it so far...

Looking forward to a VERY HOT day. It's already in the 80's, and it's not even 9am yet!

[monkapotapus]

Breakfast: 1 cup tea, 1 ginormous smoothie.....my normal mix + added spinach, cranberries & pineapple.....this should hold me over for a while!! :eat

[OnMyJourney]

Hey everyone!! :heart:

Breakfast - Green Smoothie: kale, banana, ground flax seeds, cacao powder with maca, ice, water

Brought the following to work:

Snacks - strawberries and an apple

Lunch - Lettuce for lettuce wraps and some left over guacamole and spicy pico de gallo


Have a fantastic day everyone!!! :woot: I'm feeling wonderful today. :throwhearts:

[KaleMama]

Eva: You're in heaven! Enjoy all that wonderful heat and tropical weather!!! We are here... just a little.... :cold: cold?!

Jeannie Nice to see you keeping it up! This is month #4 for me and I love the wonderful energy here! So glad to see you here!

Monk Hiiiiiiiiiiii Monk! :throwhearts: How did your Yoga class go yesterday? So, I'am back to my daily Yoga and walking routine as of yesterday. It was kinda hard to get out of bed this morning. Ouch... But an AWESOME 'OUCH'. I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!

Happy Day # Two! Yesterday I ended up just having the afternoon smoothie. No dinner just water.

Today's Plan:
-Green Juice : Okay, it was amazing today! (Beets + beet greens, Spinach, Curly Kale, Celery, Mustard Greens, Poblano Pepper, ginger and a pinch of salt.) YUMMMMM
-Banana
-1 Cookie
-Salad (the usual)
-Fuji Apple
-Collard Wrap (Sunflower Seed Pate, sprouts, cucumber & carrott sticks, chia seeds, hemp seeds & tomatoes.)

Have an amazing day # two, Everyone! :hug

[monkapotapus]

Eva: You're in heaven! Enjoy all that wonderful heat and tropical weather!!! We are here... just a little.... :cold: cold?!

Jeannie Nice to see you keeping it up! This is month #4 for me and I love the wonderful energy here! So glad to see you here!

Monk Hiiiiiiiiiiii Monk! :throwhearts: How did your Yoga class go yesterday? So, I'am back to my daily Yoga and walking routine as of yesterday. It was kinda hard to get out of bed this morning. Ouch... But an AWESOME 'OUCH'. I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!

Happy Day # Two! Yesterday I ended up just having the afternoon smoothie. No dinner just water.

Today's Plan:
-Green Juice : Okay, it was amazing today! (Beets + beet greens, Spinach, Curly Kale, Celery, Mustard Greens, Poblano Pepper, ginger and a pinch of salt.) YUMMMMM
-Banana
-1 Cookie
-Salad (the usual)
-Fuji Apple
-Collard Wrap (Sunflower Seed Pate, sprouts, cucumber & carrott sticks, chia seeds, hemp seeds & tomatoes.)

Have an amazing day # two, Everyone! :hug


Hi "D"!!
Yoga was nice last night - I was surprised to see 10 people there...with the blizzard warning and all.....lol

Glad to see you're back in your routine!!

All your food sounds yummy......:drool:

Congrats on MONTH 4!!!!

[monkapotapus]

Lunch:
Just had a small container of blueberries & some pineapple too....Yum!!
I'm also finishing off about 1/4 of my bottle of kombucha from yesterday.....
Also a small handful of dehydrated almonds...

I need to drink some tea today...I'm chilly!!!!!

....speaking of "chilly"....I think that's what I'm making for super tonight....
:eat

Great job everyone!!!! :woot:

[Paula29]

Hi, I have already begun my raw foods challenge and was super excited to see that you have a challenge going on. I would love to join as well. I started on Mon. 1/31. I have recently moved and am trying to find my box with my Raw Foods recipe books! I have found my dehydrator, blender and juicer so I am thrilled about that! I have even found that my kids are now trying everything I make (and loving it!)
Today I had fruit smoothie with oranges, apples, banana, coconut, berries, & almonds~ yummy!
For lunch I had a spinach salad with raw pumpkin seeds, tomato, carrot, cucumber and spiraled up some zucchini to make it look "pretty". I used a dressing from a Raw Vegan Restaurant up north made of Raw Agave, Raw apple cider vinegar and a tad of olive oil. It was so good!!!!!

[lodestar]

another easy peasy day.

enjoying smoothies and salads. it's all good. xox

[blizzardfrisbee]

Happy day 2 to all!!! Good to be raw day!! Very icy outside today and for two days I haven't had to go anywhere. (I teach and school was cancelled cause of weather) :cold:

Breakfast-- GS with apples, banana and spinach
Lunch- Salad with red onion dressing.
Snack- Sweet potato chips
Dinner- Apples with raisins, walnuts and cinnamon:banana

[monkapotapus]

Great job everyone!! :fruitline:

I just got home from work.....had a spoonful of raw cashew butter......:drool:

I'll be making some "chili" in a bit.....Yummmmmmm

[Stella Green]

Aleesha, I just wanted to thank you again for the super fun emotiocons! They help me stay in the right mindset :dance:

I'm doing awesome on the challenge! I've been here for awhile, since the summer, but I just couldn't wrap my brain around being raw. I was sort of hung up on the social aspect and I was also nervous about "doing it" right and getting the right nutrients, ect. I bought food just before the blizzard happened, and it ended up being such a blessing because all I could eat all was raw...I was holed up in my little place and I couldn't buy any other foods. I really feel like I've smashed through the wall of my hang-ups and now I can come out on top. :woot:

I wasn't on the internet yesterday, which I think was a good thing (sometimes I feel like an internet junkie). So here's what I had on the first...
Breakfast: nori roll with hummus, red pepper, and greens
lunch: cucumber soup (note to self: I do NOT like raw soup. I keep thinking I might, but I just don't and it makes my stomach feel weird.
snack: Dates, apple, banana
Dinner bananas and blueberries with almond mylk

...And here's what I had today:
Breakfast: Bananas and blueberries with almond mylk. I LOVE this, but I probably won't be able to have it for awhile, because I did a workout DVD too soon afterwards and the combination of mylk + workout made me feel queasy! Silly, silly me.
Lunch: Avocado/cucumber/onion concoction with leafy greens rolled up in a nori roll
dinner: wasn't feeling very hungry, even though I had just gotten back from a long walk. (Probably not hungry because I've been eating so much fat). So I just had lemon water, banana, seedless clementine, and an apple.

I am just so thankful that I had the foresight to get so much food before the big storm!

Good luck to you all you rawbees out there :throwhearts:

[monkapotapus]

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll105/monkapotapus/Chili2-2-11001.jpg

Dinner!!
Raw Chili :D

[OnMyJourney]

That chili looks DELICIOUS!!!!!!!! :woohoo:

Recovery drink after P90X work out: kale, celery, lettuce, parsely, banana, strawberries, ground flax, cacao powder w/maca, ice, water and pitted medjool dates (the latter 3 being leftovers from my Daterade that I drank during my work out).

Dinner - Not really hungry, but I'm uber thirsty so I've been drinking lots of water.


Looks like a fabulous day everyone! Keep RAWking it out! :dance:

[Paula29]

Your recovery drink sounds fabulous! I will have to try it after my workout in am!

[pippin07]

Hi!

Today I had

Breakfast - 3 grapefruit

Lunch - Banana cereal (made with slice bananas and the milk made from bananas & water) topped with chopped dates. This was super delicious and satisfied my hunger for well over 5 hours!

Dinner - Bowl of grapes. Mixed greens salad with zucchini, tomatoes, cukes, red pepper, avocado, squeezed lemon juice.

[OnMyJourney]

Your recovery drink sounds fabulous! I will have to try it after my workout in am!

Thanks, I hope you love it as much as I do. It really rejuvenates my body aftewards. :woot:

[imaquillen]

Today was another great raw day!

green tea/water
2 bagels w/cheez
orange, apple
eggless "egg" salad sandwich w/onion bread, avo, tomatoes & coleslaw
water kefir
miso soup
lara bar

Wishing everyone a wonderful raw day tomorrow! I love this lifestyle! :excited:

[KaleMama]

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll105/monkapotapus/Chili2-2-11001.jpg

Dinner!!
Raw Chili :D

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmm! :drool:

*hoping Monk will allow me & BF to come over for dinner soon* :yes:

[monkapotapus]

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmm! :drool:

*hoping Monk will allow me & BF to come over for dinner soon* :yes:

Lol - you'll have to trudge through many snow drift to get here! lol
Come on down!! :eat

[Eva]

Delise, I will have to come with you to Monk's house for dinner! lol! How about tonight? :)

Imaquillen -- sounds GREAT -- Bagels AND eggless egg salad, you are killing me!!

pippin, Paula, Stella, OnMyJourney, lodestar, blizzardfrisbee -- Sounds like you all are doing great! Glad to be in good company on this journey!! :)

Yesterday was another FABULOUS day :cheer:, going to update my food while I can still remember some of it!

[Jeannie]

Hi Jeannie! Great to see you up for another challenge -- way to stick it out -- and already you're at the sleeping less stage! AWESOME! I'll join you here in the Southern Hemisphere, enjoying the fresh in-season fruit along with ya in the summer's heat!


So, that's it so far...

Looking forward to a VERY HOT day. It's already in the 80's, and it's not even 9am yet!

Hi Eva! Thanks, for the encouragement! Just curious, is it unusual to need less sleep only a month or 2 into raw?

The heat is pretty intense up here at the moment, too! I thought when I moved to a hot climate the pounds would drop off but... it doesn't work that way apparently... well,... okay ...I was still on a cooked diet back then..

[OnMyJourney]

Delise, I will have to come with you to Monk's house for dinner! lol! How about tonight? :)

Imaquillen -- sounds GREAT -- Bagels AND eggless egg salad, you are killing me!!

pippin, Paula, Stella, OnMyJourney, lodestar, blizzardfrisbee -- Sounds like you all are doing great! Glad to be in good company on this journey!! :)

Yesterday was another FABULOUS day :cheer:, going to update my food while I can still remember some of it!



Thanks Eva!!! :heart