Aromatic Wings in the Raw

A New Day Shines!

2007-06-08T20:29:00.000-05:00

Well, here I am again..seems it has been a few days.Why have I been gone?? I recently had someone die who was very close to me. Rather like a Step-Father. I have been pretty depressed about it and just not very inspired to write.

His name was George Washington Bragg and was the founding/director of the Texas Boy Choir. he has a Library especially dedicated to him and his teachings. Please go here to the George Bragg Boy Choir Music Library to read more about it. Please also donate a bit of something if you appreciate good music and would like to keep works like this going. (I have no financial affiliation to this library)

So, this is where I have been.. moping around, being depressed. I have still been doing the smoothies but not as strict on myself with other foods.. had a hamburger here and a taco there. Weight is slow coming off due to this.. Over all I have been doing great during the day it is the night when I get home and with my husband (a SAD eater) that I give in. Trying so hard to fight the cravings and addictions.

I saw on Valerie Winters site a link to a lady who wrote a book about what to eat for certain cravings.. I have considered getting this. Would love to see what it says. I have the Green for Life book of the Boutenko Family. This is also very very informative. I also love the book from David Wolfe called The Sunfood diet Success System. Actually I love anything by David Wolf..

!!!!Some news!!!!

I am a new Grandmother!

Hahaha... not of a human, but of four fuzzy baby raccoons!

We live in the big city of Dallas, TX.. in an apartment on the second floor. We face a creek that is green with trees and bushes.see other posts for some pics. I have written before of how I have raccoons come visit at night so I feed them now as if they are my friends and my own animals. Well, one night my husband hollars "WE HAVE BABIES!!! And I go running into the living room and sure as there is a nose on your face.. There they were... four little balls of fur munching away on my cat food that I had put out for their elders. Here they are coming out of hiding and across the yard to my building to climb up the wall. So CUTE!

I feel so Blessed to have the mother feel comfortable enough to bring them to me. Some are even courageous enough to venture inside or eat from our hands. David wants to cuddle them so badly. But we have not as yet been able to get that close. I'll post pics when I can get some good ones.

As for my smoothies.. it has been two quarts greens and one fruits.

I am going to close for now... Thanks for visiting.

Mr. Blue Bird on my shoulder.......

2007-05-30T17:55:00.000-05:00

It is a bright and sunny day...now .... after we had a major storm. Blew a transformer at work so we had no electricity. They sent everyone home. So I feel great.. Rested. Came home to do chores I put off everyday. Drank my green juice and my fruit smoothie. Played with my cats and some exercise.

Looks like I have lost 2-3 lbs since I started. Slow but good. Should have been more if I had been doing the exercises like I should have. But I will be happy with this for now. A healthy pace.

Trying to stay upbeat, but we are having some sad stuff going on here. My brother's roommate is on his death bed. They do not expect him to live. Unfortunately they have drugged him out so much to be more "comfortable" as he is in alot of pain. He has Parkinson's and is about 65 years old. I feel bad for my brother also because he will have no one now since our parents are gone. Well, he has me but we are 30 miles from each other. I offered to come be with him during this time, but he said no. This man is kind of like a Dad to both of us.. Heavy sigh....

Anyway, I have been feeling great overall. I am finding that I do need a bit more calories then I thought. I seem to feel less weak. I seem to be having fitfull sleep lately. But this will pass soon.

So here is what I had yesterday and today:

3 Quarts almost 4 Green Juice with Blended Red Bell Peppers
I juiced the greens and carrots and blended the
rest.

Lettuce, green leaf, raw 3 × 1/2 cup,... 13kcal
8/60/32%

Pineapple, raw, all varie... 1.5 × 1 cup,... 112kcal
2/94/4%

Bananas, raw 1 medium (7"... 105kcal
3/92/5%

Carrots, raw (Includes US... 4 × 1 medium... 100kcal
5/87/8%

Spinach, raw 2 × 1 cup [30g] 14kcal

Kale, raw 2 × 1 cup, c... 67kcal
10/68/22%

Peppers, sweet, red, raw 1 medium (ap... 31kcal
10/77/13%

Nutrition Facts
Total amounts per meal
Calories 441
Calories From Fat 23
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3g
Saturated Fat 0g 13%
4%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 303mg 22%
Total Carbohydrate 105g
Dietary Fiber 21g
Sugars 53g 26%
90%
Protein 13g 27%
Vitamin A 1315% Vitamin C 880%

Calcium 40% Iron 38%

For my Blended fruit:
Bananas, raw 1 medium (7"... 105kcal
3/92/5%

Pineapple, raw, tradition... 1.5 × 1 cup,... 105kcal
2/93/5%

Lettuce, green leaf, raw 2 × 1/2 cup,... 8kcal
12/52/36%

Spinach, raw 1 cup [30g] 7kcal

Strawberries, raw 1 cup, whole... 46kcal
7/86/7%

Bananas, raw 2 × 1 medium... 210kcal
3/93/4%

Nutrition Facts
Total amounts per meal
Calories 513
Calories From Fat 19
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2g
Saturated Fat 0g 11%
4%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 48mg 3%
Total Carbohydrate 130g
Dietary Fiber 15g
Sugars 75g 32%
67%
Protein 8g 17%
Vitamin A 147% Vitamin C 387%

Calcium 14% Iron 21%

I have been snacking on something I made up for sweet in between the juices.

Consists of soaked dates, soaked almonds, sunflower seeds, flax, and pumkin seeds with a dash of cinnamon all thrown in a food processor then patted out flat and dehydrated overnight at 80 degrees. It made a chew sweet legal raw food. I do not eat much.. maybe 5 bites then I put it aside. I have them in baggies for keeping.

Taking Time to Rest

2007-05-27T23:26:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone,

I have been feeling kind of dragged down lately and I feel it could be my caloric intake. But trying to keep it low to make my body use my fat for energy levels.

Problem is tho I have been feeling run down. My hubby says it is because I do not get enough sleep. During the week I go to bed around 11:30pm and get up at 5:00am. Work all day outside the home. So today being a weekend and part of my holiday I decided to rest and do nothing else.

Well, rest it was. I got up around 8:30am but after about an hour at the pc I could not keep my eyes open. Not fighting this I went back to bed. Slept for another few hours. Got up and watched some tv. Played on the PC again and again could not keep my head off the keyboard. Slept agan for 5 hours. I have noticed each time in waking that I wake up smelling of rank sweat. Like one does when one is sick. Though I do not feel sick I do feel my body is detoxing somethings.

I am drinking loads of water and while not drinking smoothies I am eating raw. Still have not been on a scale. Afraid of them..hahaha. My weight at the start of all this was about 290. So if I do get to a scale and it is lower I will be happy.

Sometimes though with me anyway, getting on a scale and seeing it drop does seem to give me mental approval to eat badly ...this is one reason I do not weigh often.

So now to question some things.. How does one gain calries without gaining weight? Add nuts? Add more bananas? Avacados are not my favorite things so I may not go that route. Any suggestions out there are welcome.

I want to do this and make it and need exercise to help this along but how can you feel you need to exercise when you are sooo drained??

Meal one:Blended Smoothie
Calories 299
Bananas, raw 1 medium (7"... 105kcal
3/92/5%

Blueberries, raw 0.5 × 1 cup ... 41kcal
5/90/5%

Pineapple, raw, tradition... 1.5 × 1 cup,... 105kcal
2/93/5%

Lettuce, green leaf, raw 2 × 1/2 cup,... 8kcal
12/52/36%

Spinach, raw 1 cup [30g] 7kcal

Peppers, sweet, red, raw 0.5 × 1 medi... 15kcal
6/81/13%

Celery, raw 1 cup, strip... 17kcal
12/71/17%

Nutrition Facts
Calories From Fat 12
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2g
Saturated Fat 0g 7%
2%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 144mg 10%
Total Carbohydrate 75g
Dietary Fiber 9g
Sugars 46g 19%
41%
Protein 6g 12%
Vitamin A 192% Vitamin C 320%

Calcium 14% Iron 16%

Meal two:Blended Smoothie
Apples, raw, with skin (I... 100g 52kcal
2/96/2%

Lettuce, green leaf, raw 3 × 1/2 cup,... 13kcal
8/60/32%

Peaches, raw 1 small (2" ... 31kcal
6/84/10%

Pineapple, raw, all varie... 1.5 × 1 cup,... 112kcal
2/94/4%

Blueberries, raw 0.5 × 1 cup ... 41kcal
5/90/5%

Bananas, raw 1 medium (7"... 105kcal
3/92/5%

Nutrition Facts
Calories 353
Calories From Fat 11
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g
Saturated Fat 0g 6%
2%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 29mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 91g
Dietary Fiber 13g
Sugars 61g 23%
55%
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin A 136% Vitamin C 211%

Calcium 8% Iron 12%

Meal three:Blended Smoothie
Bananas, raw 1 medium (7"... 105kcal
3/92/5%

Blueberries, raw 0.5 × 1 cup ... 41kcal
5/90/5%

Pineapple, raw, tradition... 1.5 × 1 cup,... 105kcal
2/93/5%

Lettuce, green leaf, raw 2 × 1/2 cup,... 8kcal
12/52/36%

Spinach, raw 1 cup [30g] 7kcal

Peppers, sweet, red, raw 0.5 × 1 medi... 15kcal
6/81/13%

Celery, raw 1 cup, strip... 17kcal
12/71/17%

Nutrition Facts
Total amounts per meal
Calories 299
Calories From Fat 12
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2g
Saturated Fat 0g 7%
2%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 144mg 10%
Total Carbohydrate 75g
Dietary Fiber 9g
Sugars 46g 19%
41%
Protein 6g 12%
Vitamin A 192% Vitamin C 320%

Calcium 14% Iron 16%

Snacks: Hand ful of almonds raw- soaked

Meal Four--Salad

Dandelion greens, raw 1 cup, chopp... 25kcal
12/68/20%

Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw 2 × 1/2 cup,... 10kcal
11/68/21%

Olives, ripe, canned (sma... 3 × 1 oz [28... 98kcal
77/20/3%

Beans, snap, green, canne... 2 × 1 oz [28... 11kcal
0/82/18%

Carrots, raw (Includes US... 1 cup, grate... 45kcal
4/87/9%

Salad dressing, thousand ... 2 × 1 tbsp [... 62kcal
56/42/2%

Bread crumbs, dry, grated... 1 oz [28.35g] 109kcal
13/72/15%

Nutrition Facts
Total amounts per meal
Calories 360
Calories From Fat 132
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16g
Saturated Fat 2g 70%
18%
Cholesterol 1mg 0%
Sodium 1765mg 126%
Total Carbohydrate 52g
Dietary Fiber 12g
Sugars 15g 13%
51%
Protein 9g 18%
Vitamin A 399% Vitamin C 72%

Calcium 30% Iron 42%

Water: 64oz

Tip toeing through the Greens

2007-05-24T21:54:00.000-05:00

Wow, it has been a busy week.

My son wanted us to go out to eat on Tuesday to meet his new girlfriend. She was very nice. I understand that she has been in the states only nine months. She is from Africa.She was rather shy and soft spoken so I didn't feel I should grill her with a third degree... Now I did eat there and not raw but sure couldn't eat like I used to. I was good all day had two quarts of greens and one quart of fruits and greens. By the time dinner came I wasn't really hungry. I did fill up on their salad tho that could be another reason I didn't eat alot. brought the rest home and hubby ate it.

Wednesday, was a day off from work but I didn't take the day off. Let me explain. I had oodles of stuff to do around the house so I got most of the chores done. Boy was I hurting by 4 pm. For some reason my back has been hurting if I stand too long. Figuring it is all the weight in the front. Either that or getting old.

Today, was very busy at work.. do not feel I got alot accomplished because I did alot of this and that for others and not my own stuff. Oh well, it will be there tomorrow.

OK, here is what I put into my drinks:

Quarts of greens Tuesday

Blended
two large hand fulls green leaf lettuce (washed of course)
two hand fulls of Spinach (washed)
one Gala apple cored
one banana
32oz of purified water

Made actually the two quarts and I added more water after I drank some to thin out some.

I had some seasoned olives (not raw) that were in olive oil so after eating those at lunch I poured some of the olive oil and seasoning in one of the quarts of greens added juice of a lemon and it tasted like a salad.

For the fruit quart:
One Gala apple
One Banana
One orange
small hand full of spinach
32oz of purified water
Drank this for morning drink but think I am better off with just greens in the am and fruit in the afternoon. I seem to need sweets in the afternoon and this will quench that craving.

I also had a green salad with tomato with the olives at lunch so I had left over green drink as my drink with meal and ate regular salad of greens and olives..Water on the side too... Dressing was lemon juice (fresh) and some of the seasoned olive oil.

Wednesday: Was home all day so was easier. had greens in the am..

Made two quarts
Large hand full green leaf lettuce ( not romaine or ice burg)
Two large hand fulls spinach
one Gala apple
32oz of purified water actually it was more but I didn't measure.

Seems I am not too strict when it comes to logging things.. Could be this is a problem.. We shall see.

mid day made fruit drink with apple,banana,orange, water.

snack was raw pumpkin seeds and raw almonds--well, they said raw anyway..just a small hand full

Dinner was salad with greens and tomato.. no dressing...just lemon juice (fresh)

Today:

Two quarts greens
Large hand full green leaf lettuce
Large hand full spinach
Gala Apple
Red Bell pepper whole thing
purified water to thin

Fruit drink:

1/2 cup fresh pineapple
Gala apple
1/2 cup Blueberries
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/8 cup flax
purified water

This was my lunch as the greens filled me up to feeling stuffed. The sunflowers made the fruit drink kind of creemy along with the flax like a shake.. but nutty for a crunch like cookies in a shake.. I alternated this and bottled water the rest of the day.

Dinner:
Green salad with lemon and olive oil
tomato -Roma
half red Bell Pepper

I felt kind of week at the end of the work day. Thinking maybe not getting enough calories. Gotta sit still long enough to get this in Nutridiary... I also think somehow I need to make myself drink more water. No exercise. Maybe this is WHY I am week... need to get moving.

I am so tired now I need to get to bed instead of being on here. But had to post. This weekend I will force myself on the scale. Need to get a new one.

Even though I have not weighed in yet I do feel lighter. I need alot more water to counter the fiber of the greens. But I am moving in that department so it must be enough.

People at work think I am crazy. But I have peaked everyones interest and they come to see what I am drinking today... Some even have said they may try it...

Well, I will close now.. Good Night to all and pleasant dreams.........

THE GREEN PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT

2007-05-21T22:22:00.000-05:00

Well, I have started... my journey again down the Green Path.

Today I juiced carrots, kale, green lettuce, spinach, apple then blended in a banana. Felt the need to have a juice day today. I made two quarts of this and then made a quart of blended banana, orange, apple with a little left over juice that wouldn't fit the other two quarts.

I took all of these to work with me today and sipped on them and on water all through the day. While at lunch time when everyone else had TV dinners or had brought back food from various eating places .... I have to say I was totally satisfied.

I did bring some pumpkin seeds and almonds both raw to give some crunch through the day but only allowed myself a small cup of them mixed. Think I need more greens or different kinds or something... Toward the mid-day I felt rather feverish and exhausted. Don't know if this is from the day of juice or I caught some stomach bug from my grandson. He was sick all weekend.

It is almost 11:00pm and I need to get to bed but wanted to add my notes for the day. I did not get any exercise in.. felt to bad. Bad start to the week, but I will get some in tomorrow.

Hmmmmmmm, now what to have tomorrow...???

Kicking Butt Back in Gear

2007-05-16T23:31:00.000-05:00

Hey to All,

Been gone for a long time as you can see.. I have been half and half on this ride as finances have been bad still, lost my job and hubby still wasn't working. So trying to keep my head above water has not been easy.

Fighting to stay at least partially raw. But something in me says that is not good enough. I have been keeping my mind and mouth busy by doing genealogy instead of eating. Should have been out there walking or something.. Just have no excuse.. none at all... I am just lazy..

I have no major illnesses to speak off to keep me down. Other then my legs hurting some and breathing is hard and hurts my chest if I walk long distances... So I sit on the sofa or here in front of the PC.. BUT.... I have new motivation.. if that is possible for me...I was doing some snooping online for raw articles and such and ran across a blog that totally hit me broadsided.

It made me look twice at myself then a third time and feel totally ...what word should I use here?? Totally selfish and totally ashamed only because she is doing so well and I am not. The site is called The Green Smoothie Experiment by Valerie Winters. Go read her blog if you want some inspiration.. She has it in spades... I weigh less then her, do not have the health problems as her..but I do not do what I am capable of doing only because I am lazy... Why??? So now I have to look within myself and try to find out why...

I am going to be 51 next month and my son wants to get married in July or Sept of this year. I have reason besides just wanting to look nice and be healthy... I also want to be able to have my son be proud of me and the way I look. I am so sick of looking this way and feeling like a blimp. If Valerie can lose 65 pounds in such a short time...surely I could to. She has done such a wonderful job and her support system, Super... She has inspired me to kick myself in the tail and get moving again.

I have started working again and so has my man... so we will have money coming in again finally.. I can get what I want for my food and he can get what he wants and I won't feel guilty of cheating him or me. Nope, he doesn't help much or support much.. Sabotages sometimes even and I want to think it is unconsciously...

Guess he doesn't believe I truly want this... so I have to do this... Also I have been watching film clips of things like from PETA, Fast Food Nation and the like and I am just aching in my heart for the poor animals that die for us. And in such horrid ways. I just can not think of myself as a contributor..

So here I go again... those of you who have been around here before.. please don't give up on me. I am going to do this... I AM, I AM, I AM, I AM, I AM!!!!!

gotta wait for my first check this Friday... So I will see you on Monday with a report of my first day back at 100% raw. By the way... I have still kept the weight off even being bad... Fluxed up a bit then down again... but I am still here... so at least that was good...

See you Monday... May 21, 2007 the beginning of the rest of my new life... Stepping into a new chapter... for the second half of my 100 years here on earth.

Been away but doing ok.

2006-06-19T02:23:00.000-05:00

I have been lax on my blogging but not my raw...

We got bad news today.. My Sister-In-Law has died. So will be away for a bit. Hubby not taking it well.

Morning Glories!!!

2006-06-08T07:51:00.000-05:00

Been doing great. Been working some long hours so have been truely exauhsted. If it weren't for Raw I sure would never had made it these last few days. Been craving watermelon and tomatoes lately. Nothing exciting to mention so today will be a short post. Oh ..seems I am going through something healing.. been having some flu like symtoms.. puffiness, aches, scratchy throat.. sometimes a bit feverish but nothing that stops me. The next day I will feel fine... Found a great link through some posts today...www.rawfood-Explained.com Check it out ... it is a great informative site...

Checking in

2006-06-02T09:37:00.000-05:00

Hello Journal,
Checking in. It has been a while, but I can say I have been doing well staying mostly raw. Finances are still slow but I will not go to the store anymore and buy anything but raw. Any SAD stuff that does get in the house hubby wants.

I have been working lately so time on the PC is almost nill and void. My schedule has also been changed to evening so I do not write here much.

Been bringing my lunch and snacks to work to keep away from the machines there. I will juice something at home and make enough to have a quart to bring with me for midday (work day) drink. Usually greens, cucumber, celery, a banana (blended in of course not juiced). Sometimes I will just blend all the aforementioned foods together for the fiber. I get some funny comments at work but who cares.

Lunch at work I bring a salad of greens, spinach, romaine sometimes red bell pepper, cucumbers, celery with dressing of avocado, ACV, salt, pepper, garlic maybe red bell pepper also.

For snacks I bring;
*Walnuts, Brazil nuts, cashews
*Pumpkin seeds
*Crackers made from all these with maybe black strap molasses, banana, and dates added sometimes some ground cocao also for a touch of chocolate and sweetness. Great to keep that sugar monster away. I do not go to the machines because these satisfy those sweet cravings
* Bananas
*Sliced apples
* Raisins, goji berries Sometimes mixing the two with soaked, dehydrated with some salt sunflower seeds. This satisfies that sweet and salty craving. Been considering dehydrating some blueberries.. But can not keep them around long enough.

Banana for sweet after lunch treat.

I do need to find something else to drink tho. When wanting something different then water to drink and the only thing is coffee or sodas. I do not like many teas..Hot or cold... If anyone has a suggestion please let me know.

I have been walking further as I park further away from the job building. I feel my breathing is getting better. Sure can tell when I have not done walking like on weekend. I do need more walking.

I feel like I am eating constantly and need to find something more "veggie" oriented for snacks. Do they make such a thing ? Feel I am eating too many nuts as my weight is at a standstill. Great that it is not going up.. But not going down either.

We also had a graduation. My son graduated from a college that taught Graphic Arts. Yipppeeeee! I am so proud of him.
I sure hate pics of me.
Well, thought I would give a short update.. Need to get ready for work. Have some things to do around the house first. Have a great day!

Work Day

2006-05-09T00:02:00.000-05:00

Didn't eat much good stuff today.. Was not very good..
Breakfast.. I had a sausage biscut with egg and cheese.. was the frozen kind. 1 banana
Lunch... large salad with ice burge lettuce..yuck boring.. and carrots, green bell pepper slices, tomato and cucumber slices it had chese on it also.. I ate it but when I bought it I did not think to ask if they put cheese on their salads.. it was at work.. TI dressing..

snack at 4pm banana and water

dinner at 7:30pm - ramen soup... raisings and sunflowers (later) and another biscut with egg and cheese..2 Pepsi1.... ugh processed to death... will do better tomorrow..

Took a test today...

I am truly passionate. Find your soul type at kelly.moranweb.com.

Tuesday Morning

2006-05-02T07:32:00.000-05:00

Morning Everyone,

It is a beautiful morning here in Dallas, TX. It must have rained last night because the ground is soaked. But the air smells fresh and clean and the birds are singing.

My apartment sits facing a creek where there is a lot of green trees and bushes. It is so nice to wake up to that instead of cars and people. At night I have 5 raccoons come to visit me at night because I feed them.

During the day I have birds and squirrels. I love it here.

Right now I am listening to two squirrels fighting over the food I left for them while a Mockingbird sits in a tree nearby squawking at the squirrels. Ahhh, what a day.......To bad I have to get ready for work.

Yesterday's food:

32 oz Smoothie of banana, spinach, water, sunflower seeds.

Through the day (was first day of training at work)
banana
apple
hand full of baby carrots
two tomatoes chopped, half of a cucumber diced with hemp oil, a touch of soy sauce and ACV,
Later in the day had an orange

Came home from work at 6:30PM
apple
smoothie banana, water, celery

So far this morning May 2.

32oz smoothie of juiced celery, handfull of baby carrots, apple with blended water, banana and spinach. I juiced most of it so I did not have so much fiber. Just added the juice to the blender.

Taking for lunch.......

Hand full of carrots, apple, orange, and salad of avo, two tomatoes, half cucumbers with hemp oil, AVC, and touch soy sauce..No spices....Or herbs....

I have not weighed yet. Scale fluxuates so much I just do not like to get on it.. feel lighter tho.

Quiet Day

2006-04-29T21:31:00.000-05:00

Hi Journal,

Today has been a quiet lazy day. Hubby has been playing on pc game or sleeping. I got up today at 6 am for some reason and could not go back to sleep. Went to the sofa so as not to bother hubby. He has enough problems sleeping and I do not want to add to that. Snoozed on sofa for about an hour. By then hubby had gotten up too.

Sat. Are usually lazy..

What I had today:
In the morning I made a smoothie with sunflower seed milk, banana, and cinnamon. While that was blending I decided to make a salad for later if I got hungry.

Salad consisted of spinach greens, grated carrots, green onions, and ice burg lettuce.. (Yeah I know not much nutrients there.. But was all I had.). I also made a dressing out of some of the sunflower milk, hemp oil, half an organic banana, rosemary, oregano and a splash of apple cider vinegar. The dressing turned out pretty good. Needed to be a bit thicker... Was kind of watery.. Probably did not need the milk.. But it added a sweetness along with a part of a banana.

I had the salad later about 1pm. A large plate adding a bit of sunflower seeds also.... Finding I just can not eat onions of any kind. Even the green onions. Darn and I so like them.

About 4:30 PM I had just grated carrots with my dressing.. YUMMMMMY! And another plate of salad.

About 7 decided I wanted something sweet so I am making (it is now in dehydrator) halvah. Had a spoon full or two while making it and that satisfied me enough to wait.

Have had a lot of water today.. Had about 3-32 oz glasses, 4 bottles...Tomorrow we go for groceries.. But probably can not get a lot of my stuff...

Over all a pretty good Raw day. I am happy.. Feel light in mind and body.

Time is Dragging

2006-04-24T10:15:00.000-05:00

It has been a few days. I have been bad.. Hanging head. lack of money has forced this hand. Hubby did grocery shopping and did not buy much I could eat. So I have been mostly eating sandwiches. But Today I had some oranges and bananas with celery and what was left of my parsley.. So I have been making smoothies. Fruit is almost gone but have given the go ahead to get some more. Think I might go look at some almonds or walnuts and dates to make a pie. I have been wanting some since all the recipe pics I have been seein are sweets. Sometimes I wonder just how good these are for us. We have just traded SAD food sweets for a lesser..maybe better for you sweet. Can they really be THAT good for you. A lot of nuts there in some recipes.

I am just happy I will be getting something I can eat again. When I get my first paycheck.. well I am getting cases of foods.. oranges, bananas, apples. A flat of strawberries lots of blueberries. I will probably have to freeze some but hey they were fresh when I got them. Oh need lots of spinach too.

Other then having little money and depressed because time is just not passing fast enough to get restocked.. I am feeling ok. On to another day..

Food today has been two smoothies with two oranges, two bananas, parsley..lots of water, and celery.

2006-04-17T06:54:00.000-05:00

I took a short quiz and since I am a dragon at heart I wanted to post this today....

I am a A Bronze Dragon!
Hey, I took the http://dragonhame.com online Inner Dragon quiz and found out I am a Bronze Dragon on the inside.

In the war between good and evil, Bronze Dragons take the side of the noble and good....When it comes to the powers of Chaos vs. those of Law and Order, your inner dragon walks a fine line between Law and Chaos....As far as magical tendancies, a Bronze Dragon's nature does not lend itself well to the ways of Magic....

During combat situations, a true Bronze Dragon prefers to defeat opponents by the use of spells and other tactics....The inquisitive bronze dragons live along the beaches and shores of the remote islands. The Bronze Cliffs house many lairs, with open portals looking out upon the churning sea high up stone face, and entrances located deep below the surface of the water.

No matter their age, bronze dragons tend to be the most cheerful and good-natured of dragonkind.'They love the simple challenges of riddles and harmless contests, and often number master riddlers among their demihuman vassals. They are fascinated by warfare in all its forms, eagerly looking for just causes to champion with their armies of dragons and demihumans.'

Bronze hatchlings have yellow scales tinged with green. Only a hint of bronze shines upon these overlapping plates. This color deepens as the dragon ages, slowly turning to a rich bronze tone that darkens as the centuries pass. Bronze Dragons have a deep and abiding love for the sea and its good creatures, while they enjoy feasting on aquatic plant and sharks. Dragon lords especially appreciate gifts of pearls, which they consider to be delicacies.'

This Dragons favorite elements are: Bronze, Pearls, and Nobility
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2006-04-16T21:55:00.000-05:00

9:30am- blended one organic orange, 1/4 cup blueberries (were fresh but I froze them when i got home from the store), 1 medium banana, 5 strawberries (same as blueberries), water....

12:30pm- blended green shake of 2 medium bananas, 3 strawberries, 1/4 c blueberries, 1 small organic orange, 1/2 tender spinach greens, water thoughts..

1:00pm.. doing pretty good so far... will probably need to eat a real salad to get crunchies in.. looking forward to it... might make some halvah for snack.

7:00Pm Didn't make the halvah.. just too lazy... not really hungry.. ate about 1/2 cup soaked almonds. Some olives.. don't think canned olives are raw but I was in the mood..

Drank water with each meal but feel the need for something other then water to drink.

8:00pm snack... 2 frozen bananas blended smooth.. a touch of carob powder.. kind of like chocolate ice cream...stuffed happy for bed..

Being Easter today I rather stayed away from everyone. This helped me. Also the fruit helped not want ice cream or chocolate.

2006-04-14T18:50:00.000-05:00

Another day another banana... Hahahaha...

Life has been going well.. Been pretty much raw except some Wheatthins here and there.

Today I had a mango, 2 bananas, and orange blended together for breakfast after my usual lemon and warm water. Wasn't really hungry after..

12:00- juiced three oranges
not hungry today-- feel kind of swollen..around eyes but look ok. rather sleep went back to bed at 2 and slept til 5 got up at 5.

5:00pm ate two dinner plates of salad with red leaf lettuce, dandelion greens, tomatoes, cucumbers and TI dressing (Not Raw).
drank water for drink.. full now.. but tummy kind of in slight pain for having so many greens...

Great Day!

2006-04-09T23:28:00.000-05:00

Here I am again, playing catch up. Still doing the 100% raw thing and doing well. No major problems.. Going pretty easy. This is not hard to keep up as a way of life. The hardest part is keeping the fruit and veggies in the house..

6:30am- 16 oz water with lemon

7:45am- smoothie of one banana, 1/4 cup blueberries, water

11:30am- salad consisting of dandelion greens, Romaine lettuce, red leaf lettuce, grated carrots, raisins, sunflower seeds...water 32 oz

2:00pm -- 1/2 cup walnuts ...water

6 oz6:00pm -- blended salad consisting of dandelion greens, romaine lettuce, red leaf lettuce, grated carrots, sunflower seeds, lemon juice, water.... water to drink 48oz

8:30pm- finally went to the store.. got fruit.. had two bananas with 5 strawberries

2006-04-07T16:36:00.000-05:00

Breakfast: quart of green smoothie containing-- banana sliced and frozen, fresh juice of 4 oranges, big whopping hand full spinach leaves , small hand full parsley, half cucumber peeled, tomato

Lunch: salad of mixed greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, green beans, sprouted mung beans, dressing was not raw. Was Thousand Island.

snack: 2 small boxes raisins organic

Was pretty busy today getting eBay auctions mpacked up and mailed off. Had to make a couple collars too along with cleaning house. I did get two jobs one will start on the 18th the other will start on the 3rd of May. I am torn which one I want. Should I go with one that is more interesting or more pay??.. Both are call center which I hate. We shall see.

Been doing pretty good raw. There are some things that just are not able to be had now so I have to continue with partial SAD due to finances.. I missed a few posts but the days have been essentially the same give or take a banana here or there.

Got on the scale last night.. And unless this scale is wrong I have lost 10 lbs..Makes me at 270.... Whoo hooo! Doesn't seem to be showing anywhere yet tho.. Strange........

Busy Day

2006-04-03T23:02:00.000-05:00

Boy it was a busy day today!

Had to go for an interview today so the day started pretty early. Interview was at 10.. So we had to leave at 9:15.. I was up at about 8 am checked email and my auctions... Then got a blender full of spinach, parsley, bananas, blueberries, water. This filled up the blender after it was blended also. I drank 32 oz of this while getting ready to go. Put the rest in a mason jar with tight lid. I had made some banana leather the night before for snacks.

Went to the interview.. Was supposed to only take about 1 1/2 hours took about 4 because they were in a meeting.. Boy oh boy... I had forgotten my leather and was starved on the way home. But we decided to bypass the eating joints to save money and eat what was at home. Such restraint..LOL...

Got home and got my jar of fruit mix and drank that while making a nice salad of romaine, carrots, ice burg, parsley, cucumbers, tomatoes, sprouted mung beans and sprouted lentiles. I have got to find a recipe for Thousand Island dressing. Maybe croutons too. After drinking my fruit.. About thirty minutes later had a large plate of the salad.

Later this evening I made some corn crackers with frozen corn, flax seed, cayenne pepper, and Celtic sea salt. Put in a few squashed cloves of garlic while at it so I could grind up my own garlic powder..

Here it is 11:15PM and not hungry at all drank water the rest of the night...

Re-stocked Some

2006-04-02T22:15:00.000-05:00

I have re-stocked my kitchen some for a week. Did not get any nuts as they were too expensive.. So I will need to find other outlets in my creativeness. When I got home from the store I made a salad of fruits.. Orange slices, chopped up apples, bananas, and some blueberries. Made a sauce of sorts with juice of an orange and blueberries.. Yum. I made a big salad bowl full so I could have some to snack on. Hubby wanted some so shared with him. Later in the night around 8 I ate the rest of the bowl.. Whew! Also had two bananas whole while blending up some bananas for some crepes. Recipe found in Alissa Cohen's book "Living on Live Food". ( A wonderful book I might add. Think I said that yesterday huh??) I spent $53.00 on foods for me. Plus some cheese and tostada shells for hubby. Forgot all about needing fish food, paper towels and cat litter... Heavy sigh...

Hoping this will last me a week. I really feel guilty buying all this as we need insurance on the car and bills to be paid... But hubby said we needed food and all he wanted was oranges... LOL(evil grin).

Well, that is about it for today.. Not real exciting huh? Sorry..

Alissa Cohen's Book

2006-04-01T19:48:00.000-06:00

I finally was able to get Alissa Cohen's book "Living on Live Food" (Thanks to a wonderful angel). I tell you it is a must read! The book is written in simple language to where anyone can understand the importance of eating raw foods without all the technical bits of info. There are many other books out there that give that info if this was something someone wanted.

In her book she gives testimonials of people who have been helped through many health problems by eating the raw food living food lifestyle. This book shows how caring and thoughtful Alissa is in her teachings. It shows her passion for this lifestyle and passions to help other people.

I can not wait to get going again on live foods. And if finances slow me down.. Well, this will be a time of fasting for me..I refuse to do the cooked food thing again.. I have dillie dallied for too long and have only hurt my body in doing so. Like some people in the testimonials.. I thought I was too old to mess with being serious about health..But wanted better health. I could go out and get run over by a bus or something too.. So I want to live to the fullest.. Healthiest, happiest.

Look out world!!! Here I come!!!
WHEEEEEEEEE!

Rationing

2006-03-29T15:28:00.000-06:00

Well, finances are still very nill so food is very nill. I had it hit me last night tho this could be a good thing for me. I could do a fast of sorts. Right? Question is how does one get over the hurdles of feeling hungry.. I feel I am swimming to the bathroom..hahaha.

Finances low or not. Woke up in a fairly good mood today. Drank water to 2PM. Then decided on some carrot sticks and a cucumber with avacado dip. Felt cold in my stomach. My water is just plain tap water, but it has got to be better then nothing. Get the over all crud out of my system then we can deal with the chemicals...

I did fall down to some with wheat bread (toast)and peanut butter. Still been having cravings for these raw cookies and cakes and pies I see in the recipes on boards and such... heavy sigh...

Need to get over the "need" thing. I think that is just me panicing over not much food in the house... If I can get it through to my thick scull that I am fasting.. I might get through this.

Rent is paid..Whooo Hoooo!!! Now for the phone (so I can keep my DSL) and Electricity.. Pray for me will ya if you read this??

Not much else to say for today... thanks for stopping by..

The Weekend

2006-03-26T11:33:00.000-06:00

Well, looks like I missed a day...March 24, 2006... Sorry about that. Don't even remember much either...

I remember having a salad twice with mung beans sprouted.. those are so very good.. soft but tiny bit crunchy too. Added a cucumber with it. Drank tea most of the day.. an herb tea with fresh juice of a lemon. We did not go anywhere so temptations were none.

This weekend has been pretty dull. Trying to conserve monies for rent. Hubby has a job interview Monday. Pray that he gets it.

Food yesterday: March 25, 2006

Woke up late.. had warm water with lemon to replace my coffee. I must need something in the lemons because they sure taste good.. do not need any sweetner or anything.

I feel this really clears out my chest congestion.... No do not have a cold but seems lately there is a lot of congestion that I cough up. Getting better every day and my chest feels lighter and more open breathing wise.. that heavy weight is not there much anymore.

Very little food in the house so I was not real raw today...refused to beat myself up because of it though.... tried to stay raw as much as possible..
Made some flax seed crakers with Italian seasonings. Thought they would go well wtih my lentiles.

Had a salad about 3 PM with some sprouted Mung beans. Flax crackers also. Decided to get some lentiles sprouted. But cooked some as well.

About 7 PM had a bowl of lentiles(cooked) and some flax crackers.. They went together well.

Sunday March 26,2006

Been sleeping in really late but then have been going to bed at like 2 or 3. Woke up with a very calm feeling but then very nervous too.. that does not make much sense but if there is such a thing as a nervous clam.. well that is the stat I am in.

Drinking my warm water with lemon.

Probably will have flax crackers and lentiles again today..Salad or green smoothie also... need to keep those greens in. I have some avacados but do not know what to do with them. Do not have alot of other items to add with them. Might just add one to a smoothie.

I feel as if all nerves are on end due to worrying that rent will get paid. But for some reason there also is a calm.. Weird.

We have some auctions going but unsure if they will bring in what we need. Be so thankful when life is back and running as smoothly as before. Hate living in worry this way. Heavy sigh!

Catching up

2006-03-23T21:47:00.000-06:00

Sorry I missed a day yesterday.. I was just so tired I could not keep my eyes open.
March 22,2006

morning: Juice of one lemon with warm water.. about 16 oz

Later in the morning had almond milk with cacao and coconut water and warm water added and a teaspoon of coconut oil.. for some reason I needed warm stuff...

Lunch: Large salad of romaine with cucumbers shredded carrots..did not have dressing..as carrots were wet..

no snack

dinner was around 8PM just had a 32 oz glass of fresh juice from spinach, celery cucumber, parsley, a fuji apple and half lemon. added water to make the 32 oz.. only about a half a cup of water tho.

March 23,2006

breakfast: just water wasnt hungry

snack warm water coconut oil, cacao (ground), cinnamon, almond milk, young coconut water.

lunch: cucumber sliced with tomato dressing of olive oil and italian spices and some lemon juice..

snack: fuji apple

green Juice: as yesterday..

First full day ......

2006-03-21T22:41:00.000-06:00

Hi Journal,

Well, this was the first full day of 100% raw and it went well. I stayed up late last night because I got into reading some articles online. So I slept in some. Got up around 10 am due to a phone call. Could have gone back to bed but did not. Instead I juiced a lemon and added warm water..This was my "morning coffee"

Surprisingly this held me all morning. I did not start to get hungry until around 3 PM. So decided to make a salad.. A very simple, one with salsa for the dressing.. I added a tiny bit of cumin and cayenne to give a slight Mexican flavor. It was a big plate so I got full. This held me until about 6. At this time I had some more salad which only consisted of some romaine and some cucumbers both at dinner and at lunch and again with the salsa..Yes all was raw and home made. I had no cravings until about 9 so I made a drink of raw almond milk, ground cacao, (soaked some in the almond milk. This seems to soften the cacao some so it blends better.) Then added a TBSP of coconut oil, and a touch of cinnamon. Added enough warm water to make a 32 oz glass. Tasted like hot chocolate.. Yummy...

Doesn't sound like much, but lately had not felt much like eating.. I felt tired all day but I know it was due to not getting to bed until 4 am. So I am off to bed to get some rest.. See you tomorrow.