Keep it Simple?

Exercise: Push ups
Food: 14 small bananas, pineapple and spinach juice, mango, apple and spinach smoothie (3 mangos, handful of spinach and 2 pink ladies), a small handful of raw pistachios, salad - baby leaves, baby spinach, tomatoes and avocado with coriander and lime dressing. Had juice at noon followed seven kids bananas, then had the smoothie around 2pm, pistachios around 4pm followed by the salad. In evening had rest of juice and seven more small bananas.


On the whole I like to eat simply, it fits with my lifestyle and I spend minimal time in the kitchen. However I do want to experiment more with gourmet raw vegan fare. Mainly so I can offer up guests food that they can deal with while introducing them to raw. I don't think many will be able to cope with a meal of seven bananas straight up...intellectually or physically.

As with most things in life the surer you are about a vision of something the more you will continue to prune what needs pruning in order to get you there as fast as you can. It's the same with eating raw as we go along the road to optimum health we find we are eating simpler meals, and certain things begin to drop off the menu, food and otherwise. I think those that come to raw through eating vegetarian, particularly vegan, (ie high fruit and veg versus grains/beans, not high grain and processed products versus fruit and veg) have an easier ride. Their bodies are already detoxing but at a slower rate. They are also used to abandoning an attachments to different foods. So they are mentally more attuned, and can use this knowledge to keep going when starting to eat 100% raw.

Rampant omnivores may well struggle and are the ones who would most likely want to immerse themselves in raw gourmet. See useful links opposite for details of classes and recipes.

While those who eat raw due to health reasons, may feel cheated, like they had no choice in the matter. The ability to 'choose', is a powerful gift with consequences of which when used well can bring unsurpassed joy, or a whole other range of things. But funnily enough I prefer unsurpassed joy.