May 2009 Raw Challenge - Day Four

[bowie]

Welcome to Day Four!

[islesgirl]

in Ontario. I was wide awake somewhere around 2 a.m. so I got up and read more about raw food on the computer until about 5 a.m. and then slept until 7a.m. Then I went for a good walk.

So far today I've had a Green Smoothie with
spinach
pineapple
mango
lemon
fresh ginger
ice

The ginger overpowered this drink. But I'll keep learning. And I'm drinking it all anyway.

Noon: "Best Raw Coffee Ever"

Late afternoon: a true Green Smoothie with:

1 clove garlic
1 tomato
3 organic celery stalks
frozen beet greens (I think that's what it was)
1 tsp kelp powder
1/2 cucumber

Not sure if I'll be able to get this down though - I could if it were just juice but this is a bit much - kind of thick texture. I'm trying - trying to fix me with all this healthy greenery!

Well, I actually drank the whole green smoothie but I did not like it - yuk! I even added some frozen grapes and it didn't help much. I didn't combine very carefully today and I am a bit bloated and gassy but no matter. Everything I had was RAW. I just finished up the day with a salad with tomato, red onion, romaine, iceberg, cuke and about 6 walnuts and a horrid dressing

I am happy because I have energy, my mood is up and I was successful! I wish you all a good raw day.

Sue.

[ReneeH]

Planning Green Smoothies throughout the day with a RAW meal for dinner. I made Alissa's Eggplant Parm yesterday!!! It RAWKd!!!! SOOOOO GOOD! I'll probably have leftovers for dinner today!

[RawHappy]

Ughh! So discouraged. I gained 3 more pounds since cleanse ended. I usually only gain 2-3lbs back. This time I've gained back 7lbs. So discouraged!! This makes for an interesting challenge.

Eating only veggies and fruits makes me super hungry. I had to add nuts just to get that full feeling.

I'm hoping the pounds begin to melt off. I did eat super late last night. I had cucumber, tomato, onion salad at 10pm. I usually try to finish eating around 8pm.

Made icecream from Rawfood Real World. It takes like cake batter. I only ate 1/2cup. I had to use up some young coconuts I had laying around.

Alyssa's Eggplant Parm looks divine. Hope I'm able to make it one day.

commoncents=Thanks for your words of encouragement. I need every little bit.

Breakfast: Smoothie with romaine, spinach, banana, cucumber
Snack: 1/2cup ice cream
Lunch: Big Salad with nutritional yeast and salt as dressing
Snack:Watermelon
Dinner: GM Smoothie. Have a date. So just leaves on a plate

[mstrish]

Day 42 and still doing good, it gets easier everyday. I will eat today:
B- Live fries
L- Pudding
S- Watermelon
D- Big salad

In 42 days I've lost 16 lbs....weighed yesterday 163 lbs.
Oh yeah been off coffee since last Monday....yeah!!

[commoncents]

Way to go mstrish!!!!

Last night I took a sleeping pill to sleep because I was so depressed. I used to be addicted so that was not good. Woke up this morning feeling a bit better and I can tell that I'm losing pounds and inches. This made me feel so good to not have to starve myself to lose weight. Will take a nice long walk this evening and treat myself well and learn from this current down cycle in my life. My menu for today includes:

B: Water w/lemon, glass of Rejuvelac
B2: Green Smoothie w/Kale, blueberries, orange, bananna and Rejucelac
L: Creamy Kale-Apple Soup
S: Glass of Cocunut/Mango/Pinapple/Strawberry Shake from yesterday
S: Tangerine
D: Marinated Portabella mushrooms; marinated bok choy, unfried rice, salad
S: Two Walnut/Almond/Fig cookies

That looks like alot of food, I know, but I have to feed myself every couple of hours or I will slip and slide into SADville. I am losing weight though so it is all good.

Take care everyone!!!

[EatRaw]

Hi gang,

Its monday, time to get to work!

Today will be:
1 liter lemon water @ rising.
GS w/banana, mango and kale.

2 grapefruits

Taco salad

Have a good one!

dave

[GurlyGirlOne]

Day 4.

Getting easier. Yay!
very happy this a.m. just because.:)
for the first time I was very concerned when I realized what we pack for my daughter's school lunch

so far:
juice: beet, spinach, carrots, celery
dates, coconut, almond, carob balls
a little durian (heaven!)

Have a great day everyone!

[Springtime]

Hi everyone

Whoh, my detox has begun.. And they say it takes at least 2 years to finish detoxing.. whoo...

I've been feeling cold and sleepy, but i'm hanging in there. I mean this is nothing compared to some shit i've been through...Read a lot on EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques - emofree.com) in a book i got from the library, and i tried it on my detox-symptoms. I'll give it a few weeks, but i'm open dor all these new techniques on releasing anxiety!

Well, as far as eating goes this is my day so far:

B - buckwheat/apple porrige w dried apricots and sesame mylk
S - two brazil nuts and 1/2 a cantaloupe
L - Asparagus, radishes, carrotsticks and cuke with guacamole
S - YogiTea Detox tea
S - A green smoothie that turned into a green juice (too chunky, so i strained it) made from radish greens and pear, and a glass of psyllium husk w water to make things move along a lil faster inside

Went to the HFS and got a bottle of Udo's oils, some raw unpasteurized kimchee for the good bacteria, and the psyllium husk.

Peace

[sciencegal]

OK,so far this morning I've had an apple, banana and an orange before my voice class.I'm about to have a salad for lunch at the cafeteria. So far, so good!! Sciencegal

[kidkid]

It's interesting to be creating new eating patterns. I keep doing this one thing where I just take every raw green thing out of the fridge an put it all on my table. And then i sit down with my little wooden bowl, my chopsticks, and an array of vinegars and spices and just start grabbing whatever I want and munching away. It's nice and quick and satisfying. It's like having a big platter of options. And also, it's a way of making sure everything gets eaten in a timely fashion and nothing goes bad.

[Susan123]

This isn't nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be!! I've kept my sweet tooth as bay with some dates here and there...

Today (so far)--
B- Green smoothie (it was alright- the berries wern't very sweet so I added a smidge of raw agave) LOL! I was just talking about keeping my sweet tooth at bay!

S- 2 small apples

L- Big ol salad with romaine, red peppers, sprouts, cucs, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds topped with a ACV/EVOO dressing.

S- Larabar

Dinner- Not sure- probably another salad.

I got to the NFS at lunchtime and got some nuts so I can make some pate from the cookbook!!

[Ms_Catherine]

I got very little sleep last night but I still feel pretty good, and I think it's due to the lack of refined carbs. Anyway, I went to my part-time job early this morning and did not eat first. I was starving when I got home and all I wanted was a salad. I had mixed greens with grape tomatoes. Now I'm at the "real" job, and I just had a big handful of kumquats. I LOVE those things!! Dinner will be another salad, mixed greens with a diced avacado, tomato, red onion, and mushrooms, with olive oil and cider vinegar. I have an apple and an orange for a snack if I get hungry later.

I have to make a trip to the NFS for nuts and dried fruit, as I have nothing.

[murphydoodle]

Day 4 and detox has set in! I've been really weak all day and have broken out in a sweat several times. My appetite has also been off, so I've listened to my body and haven't eaten much.

B: GS with spinach, kale, banana, blueberry
L: watermelon
D: corn chowder

I hope everyone continues to do well!

[BDraw]

Okay day -- busy day keeps hands out of food.

B - Green Smoothie
L - Almonds, cocoanut, dates, cocoanut oil, carob
Apple
S - Fruit salad w/ cinnamon and walnuts
Snacks -- remainng smoothie, almonds, dates