contessa20

Today my husband and son went to the state fair. Every summer they go and meet my in-laws for the day and then my son goes home with them for the weekend. Since it's just not my idea of fun I always take the opportunity to do something for myself. This time I decided to do a All Day Workout Spa At Home day that I saw on the Fit Bottom Girls site. It looked like fun so I tweaked it a bit, changed the food options to Raw and here I am, having a glorious day!

Basically, throughout ...

Exercise
30 min. alternating rebounding & rowing
30 min. straight rebounding

Food
Mint Chocolate Brownie
4 nectarines
2 mangoes
3 figs
sliced tomato w/chopped shallots & olives, drizzled with olive oil & nutritional yeast

I can't exactly put my finger on it but this was just a really, REALLY bad day (note the large quantities of Mint Chocolate Brownies that were consumed as a result). This was also the very first time I had to drive on my own. Probably not the best combination. Honestly, my highest aspiration for the day was to simply get home alive. Mission accomplished. And now I am done.

Exercise
60 min bike
40 push ups

Food
Mint Chocolate Brownies (yes, ...

A fantastic day! I've been thinking about making some Mint Chocolate Brownies for about a week now and finally got around to it today. They were SO good. Quentin (11) said that they were better than real brownies and that it was his favorite raw thing EVER. :) They're very rich though. I ate 3 throughout the day but there's only so much you can eat in one sitting.

Exercise
30 min. rebounding
30 push-ups

Food
1 mango
fresh cherries ...

This is a combination of several pre-existing recipes from Raw Food Talk and Raw Freedom Community and then tweaked to my own tastes.

Brownie Layer
1 cup walnuts
1 cup medjool dates (pitted) not soaked
1/4 cup raw cacao or carob
1 cap-full of vanilla extract (probably equivalent to ½ tsp.)
pinch sea salt
drizzle of real maple syrup (probably equivalent ...