Exercise: Bodyweight exercises, am also going dancing later
Food: Green salad with artichokes and tomatoes, 3 Lara bars, 4 bananas, and some potato chips! I am intentionally 100% raw pretty much most of the time. Very occasionally I nibble some cooked to see how I'm doing and sometimes because I want it, usually potato. But I seem to wake up soaked in sweat in the morning if I have starch and not a lot at that. I don't like bread anymore, I used to love it. I nibbled at some today, it came with my salad although I didn't order it, and yep it's gone (the draw) it is hard to imagine that I loved it so much. I was out of London on business and it was pouring with rain, windy and cold, it's good to know one's vulnerable moments!
My hankering for nuts seems to be on the wane too. I've also realised that with the cashew cookie Lara bar I seem to want to keep on eating them but don't get that with ginger snap and pecan pie. Is it because the cashews aren't truly raw? hmmm
Yesterday I had a whole bag of baby spinach in my green pudding (papaya, oj and mango). And this morning I notice my skin is particularly glowing. I think my body appreciates all the stuff that spinach has to offer. I remember also when I went vegan (unwittingly high raw) a few years I used to have a bunch of raw baby spinach with my potato and beans, and I noticed a marked difference in my skin then as well. Dark leafy greens, your body can definitely use them. Some people struggle eating their greens, but thankfully I absolutely love them, in smoothies, juices, salads, on their own!
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Showing posts with label Lara bars. Show all posts
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Sunday, 23 December 2007
Lara Bar Feedback
Water fast Day 2
Started yesterday, felt great. Went into town, plus did some errands locally. Today feeling more like I wanted to sleep, had a couple of appointments that took me out. And met briefly with a couple of friends in a bar after church. Had water obviously! But they ordered nuts too. And although I wasn't hungry they looked appealing! Need to up the water intake 1-2 pints every hour.
Got a great response from Lara Bars re the mouldy product. Am really chuffed about that because I really wanted them to live up to my expectations and they did. I've found out they are now sold at Sainsbury' s. I saw pecan pie, apple pie and ginger snap. My favourite was cashew cookie but think that's been usurped by ginger snap. http://www.iherb.com/ has great discounts if you want to buy in bulk.
Now it is generally understood that combining nuts and dried fruit 'aint great. So for those who are thinking that, what I'll say is this when you eat these you don't get the coating on the teeth you get when eating dates alone, and or large quantities of nuts, which is not that beneficial if you can't get to a toothbrush quick. This is probably because of the way the ingredients have been pulvarised. The packet is clearly labelled with nutritional info and calorie content so you can monitor your intake. So one bar is really going to be okay. Eating more than that will depend on your individual constitution, and whether you eat them in close proximity to other foods. I don't have a problem with them at all, I just try to have a very good intake of fresh fruit during the day to keep the numbers down! But these are great for transitioning and for something denser particularly in the colder months. The main thing is to eat or nibble them slowly (yes hard I know) and chew thoroughly as you should do with all food. The bars are great for sharing with cookies and rawies alike and can be a great conversation starter on raw. So pack a bundle to your Christmas day gathering, to help you (and maybe some others) pass on the crisps and chocs!
Started yesterday, felt great. Went into town, plus did some errands locally. Today feeling more like I wanted to sleep, had a couple of appointments that took me out. And met briefly with a couple of friends in a bar after church. Had water obviously! But they ordered nuts too. And although I wasn't hungry they looked appealing! Need to up the water intake 1-2 pints every hour.
Got a great response from Lara Bars re the mouldy product. Am really chuffed about that because I really wanted them to live up to my expectations and they did. I've found out they are now sold at Sainsbury' s. I saw pecan pie, apple pie and ginger snap. My favourite was cashew cookie but think that's been usurped by ginger snap. http://www.iherb.com/ has great discounts if you want to buy in bulk.
Now it is generally understood that combining nuts and dried fruit 'aint great. So for those who are thinking that, what I'll say is this when you eat these you don't get the coating on the teeth you get when eating dates alone, and or large quantities of nuts, which is not that beneficial if you can't get to a toothbrush quick. This is probably because of the way the ingredients have been pulvarised. The packet is clearly labelled with nutritional info and calorie content so you can monitor your intake. So one bar is really going to be okay. Eating more than that will depend on your individual constitution, and whether you eat them in close proximity to other foods. I don't have a problem with them at all, I just try to have a very good intake of fresh fruit during the day to keep the numbers down! But these are great for transitioning and for something denser particularly in the colder months. The main thing is to eat or nibble them slowly (yes hard I know) and chew thoroughly as you should do with all food. The bars are great for sharing with cookies and rawies alike and can be a great conversation starter on raw. So pack a bundle to your Christmas day gathering, to help you (and maybe some others) pass on the crisps and chocs!
Monday, 10 December 2007
Lovely Day
Food: Acai, banana and apple juice smoothie, 2 conference pears, salad of baby greens, carrot, alfalfa sprouts, mushrooms and mung bean sprouts/red cabbage mix, a few Lara bars (yeah you saw that one coming)
Exercise: Dancing
Today was just a fantastic day on every level. I had the day off work, so had a lie in until about 11am but I did go to bed around 3am, so all relative. But on a normal work night I get about 5hrs sleep which works well for me particularly when I don't eat at least 3 hours before sleeping. Hurrah this habit is now finally kicking in. I do love to wander around town when I have spare time, I like being outside and I like being around and observing people. So went to Carnaby St and Soho. Treated myself to a smoothie and salad at Fresh and Wild. And found a great woolly hat (I had imagined this exact style and it was like there it is!) bought it in black and red.
Then I had a random date. Won't go into details but it was just so low-key and lovely. Raw food didn't come up as we weren't eating. But somehow I think that if it had come up this guy would not have been that fazed. I used to think how on earth am I going to find someone who eats raw. But that is scarcity thinking. I just need to be who I am, everything I will ever need already exists. And then later I went dancing. Eating raw plays a huge part in helping me to be me and to live the life I love.
Exercise: Dancing
Today was just a fantastic day on every level. I had the day off work, so had a lie in until about 11am but I did go to bed around 3am, so all relative. But on a normal work night I get about 5hrs sleep which works well for me particularly when I don't eat at least 3 hours before sleeping. Hurrah this habit is now finally kicking in. I do love to wander around town when I have spare time, I like being outside and I like being around and observing people. So went to Carnaby St and Soho. Treated myself to a smoothie and salad at Fresh and Wild. And found a great woolly hat (I had imagined this exact style and it was like there it is!) bought it in black and red.
Then I had a random date. Won't go into details but it was just so low-key and lovely. Raw food didn't come up as we weren't eating. But somehow I think that if it had come up this guy would not have been that fazed. I used to think how on earth am I going to find someone who eats raw. But that is scarcity thinking. I just need to be who I am, everything I will ever need already exists. And then later I went dancing. Eating raw plays a huge part in helping me to be me and to live the life I love.
Sunday, 9 December 2007
Green Goop
Exercise: Dancing
Food: Green pudding! (2 mangoes and a bag of mixed baby spinach, rocket and watercress), pint of freshly squeezed pineapple juice (lovely and pulpy), lara bars (key lime pie, cashew cookie, ginger snap and pecan pie, I know). Five bananas. Was out and about today, very wet and windy and bought some cashews. I didn't even want them, but managed to finish the whole pack. Now maybe I can apply the same perseverance to stuff I do want to do!!
Went dancing last night which carried over to 4am this morning, so counts as today's exercise. Yesterday had a green pudding of mango and baby spinach, and today mango and mixed greens. It was this pile of very dark very delicious green goop in a round white bowl. Personally I think baby spinach is the best green for a greenie (green smoothie) and mango the best fruit to go with it. So smooth and extremely nutritious. I know some people just love kale, I have to admit I haven't even bothered to try it yet, it just looks as tough as old curtains. Some like romaine, but it is quite watery so can dilute flavour. Whereas I find with the baby spinach it doesn't dilute the flavour, it enhances it. I sound like a green anorak. And just when I thought my Lara bar consumption was abating, I found out one of my local health stores, Victoria Health stocks them!! Like I need another reason.
Food: Green pudding! (2 mangoes and a bag of mixed baby spinach, rocket and watercress), pint of freshly squeezed pineapple juice (lovely and pulpy), lara bars (key lime pie, cashew cookie, ginger snap and pecan pie, I know). Five bananas. Was out and about today, very wet and windy and bought some cashews. I didn't even want them, but managed to finish the whole pack. Now maybe I can apply the same perseverance to stuff I do want to do!!
Went dancing last night which carried over to 4am this morning, so counts as today's exercise. Yesterday had a green pudding of mango and baby spinach, and today mango and mixed greens. It was this pile of very dark very delicious green goop in a round white bowl. Personally I think baby spinach is the best green for a greenie (green smoothie) and mango the best fruit to go with it. So smooth and extremely nutritious. I know some people just love kale, I have to admit I haven't even bothered to try it yet, it just looks as tough as old curtains. Some like romaine, but it is quite watery so can dilute flavour. Whereas I find with the baby spinach it doesn't dilute the flavour, it enhances it. I sound like a green anorak. And just when I thought my Lara bar consumption was abating, I found out one of my local health stores, Victoria Health stocks them!! Like I need another reason.
Friday, 7 December 2007
Taste Test
Exercise: Pushups
Food: 6 large bananas, 2 apples, 3 lara bars, a few pistachios, salad - mixed leaves, carrot, beetroot, sundried tomatoes, avocado and basil. I bought this from a place where you get to choose all the ingredients and then they mix it all up for you. In the evening made a soup recipe but didn't love it so straight to the freezer for now.
Forgot to feedback on how colleagues received Lara bars. Well they got finished. Although I think they were a bit of a shock to the system, as no added sugar, no e numbers etc. One girl positively loved them and asked where she could get them. One guy positively hated them. I was surprised as he had cashew cookie. But anyhow he is an older man, set in his tastes. I think his exact words were, 'I can use this to stop the leak in my shoe'.
Food: 6 large bananas, 2 apples, 3 lara bars, a few pistachios, salad - mixed leaves, carrot, beetroot, sundried tomatoes, avocado and basil. I bought this from a place where you get to choose all the ingredients and then they mix it all up for you. In the evening made a soup recipe but didn't love it so straight to the freezer for now.
Forgot to feedback on how colleagues received Lara bars. Well they got finished. Although I think they were a bit of a shock to the system, as no added sugar, no e numbers etc. One girl positively loved them and asked where she could get them. One guy positively hated them. I was surprised as he had cashew cookie. But anyhow he is an older man, set in his tastes. I think his exact words were, 'I can use this to stop the leak in my shoe'.
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Rice, Potatoes, Nuts or Bananas?
Exercise: Yoga
Food: Green smoothie - (spinach, mango, banana) 6 small bananas, green salad - baby leaves, tomatoes, cucumber and avocado, lara bars, strawberry, banana and pineapple juice smoothie.
I'm still eating from noon. This is established now. I am hungry enough to eat by then but I think waiting a couple more hours would make the eating experience even more fufilling. That might be a goal for 2008. Have managed to avoid eating after 9.30ish the past couple of days which is progress. I'd like this to eventually be pushed back to 7.30pm.
The Lara bars add a more substantive bite which I seem to need right now. And although for some combining fruit and nuts might not be the best fit, it's working for me. I think this is partly because the amounts of nuts and dates in each bar are relatively small, compared to say eating a bag of nuts/and or a bag of dates. The bars also contain clear nutritional data, so easy to track your consumption. Anyway I've bought some to take in to work. I'll let you know if the lovely cookies love the bars. A more beneficial and fun alternative to the inevitable rounds of mince pies and yule log!!
Fruit is my mainstay though. Bananas are to me now, what bread was to me some moons ago. I would always hoover up the bread basket if I was eating out at a restaurant, didn't matter how many slices or pieces were in there, I'd sort it out. And if you've read my previous posts you'll know that it is a miracle that I'm eating bananas at all, the fact that they are my staple continues to amaze and amuse me. God has a sense of humour.
Food: Green smoothie - (spinach, mango, banana) 6 small bananas, green salad - baby leaves, tomatoes, cucumber and avocado, lara bars, strawberry, banana and pineapple juice smoothie.
I'm still eating from noon. This is established now. I am hungry enough to eat by then but I think waiting a couple more hours would make the eating experience even more fufilling. That might be a goal for 2008. Have managed to avoid eating after 9.30ish the past couple of days which is progress. I'd like this to eventually be pushed back to 7.30pm.
The Lara bars add a more substantive bite which I seem to need right now. And although for some combining fruit and nuts might not be the best fit, it's working for me. I think this is partly because the amounts of nuts and dates in each bar are relatively small, compared to say eating a bag of nuts/and or a bag of dates. The bars also contain clear nutritional data, so easy to track your consumption. Anyway I've bought some to take in to work. I'll let you know if the lovely cookies love the bars. A more beneficial and fun alternative to the inevitable rounds of mince pies and yule log!!
Fruit is my mainstay though. Bananas are to me now, what bread was to me some moons ago. I would always hoover up the bread basket if I was eating out at a restaurant, didn't matter how many slices or pieces were in there, I'd sort it out. And if you've read my previous posts you'll know that it is a miracle that I'm eating bananas at all, the fact that they are my staple continues to amaze and amuse me. God has a sense of humour.
Monday, 3 December 2007
What Exactly Are You Trying To Say?
Exercise: Push ups and leg stuff
Food: 5 small bananas and green smoothie (banana, mango spinach and a little shredded coconut), 1 apple (jazz variety it was rather big, and wished I hadn't started eating it, but ate it all anyway, around 4pm had salad of baby spinach, rocket and watercress with pomodorino tomatoes, cucumber and avocado (no dressing) simply scrumpslicious (yes just made up that word), Later at home around 7.30pm had started thawing a green smoothie, but it wasn't quite there so scooped off the top, green smoothie ice-cream!!! And for the life of me I can't remember what I put in it. I froze it in a hurry on the day I flew to New York. Also had a few Lara bars. Actually had one too many, but pleasantly full not painfully full. What lovely food I get to eat!! And I move around a lot I run up and down the stairs all day. Regularly going up three fights of stairs to use the loo (when there is one on my own floor) just for the fun of it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7124501.stm
Read this today at work. This is not the first time I've read about acrylamide. But what really struck me was how confusing the article was. First of all you're told eating fried, grilled and roasted food could harm you. Then it says but don't panic? then it says it's virtually impossible to eliminate these from the diet (well that is not a fact, whether we want to or not is another matter), then you have some other experts saying food should not be 'over-cooked'?? How helpful is that advice? Then a glimmer of hope with some other advice to try and eat a balanced diet with lots of fruit and vegetables. But what is balanced? It's presented in a rather confused fashion, do you think the majority of readers will be helped by this to take action in any way?
I didn't get much sleep last night as I had a CD playing (deliberately) but it was too loud but not so loud as to get me out of bed so I suspect I didn't get any deep sleep. I woke up feeling a bit rough but as the day wore on I just got more alert and right now feel very energised, and wasn't grumpy at all. Whereas if I had been eating cooked I'm sure I would have been wiping the floor with myself. No kidding, and probably anybody that crossed my path.
Food: 5 small bananas and green smoothie (banana, mango spinach and a little shredded coconut), 1 apple (jazz variety it was rather big, and wished I hadn't started eating it, but ate it all anyway, around 4pm had salad of baby spinach, rocket and watercress with pomodorino tomatoes, cucumber and avocado (no dressing) simply scrumpslicious (yes just made up that word), Later at home around 7.30pm had started thawing a green smoothie, but it wasn't quite there so scooped off the top, green smoothie ice-cream!!! And for the life of me I can't remember what I put in it. I froze it in a hurry on the day I flew to New York. Also had a few Lara bars. Actually had one too many, but pleasantly full not painfully full. What lovely food I get to eat!! And I move around a lot I run up and down the stairs all day. Regularly going up three fights of stairs to use the loo (when there is one on my own floor) just for the fun of it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7124501.stm
Read this today at work. This is not the first time I've read about acrylamide. But what really struck me was how confusing the article was. First of all you're told eating fried, grilled and roasted food could harm you. Then it says but don't panic? then it says it's virtually impossible to eliminate these from the diet (well that is not a fact, whether we want to or not is another matter), then you have some other experts saying food should not be 'over-cooked'?? How helpful is that advice? Then a glimmer of hope with some other advice to try and eat a balanced diet with lots of fruit and vegetables. But what is balanced? It's presented in a rather confused fashion, do you think the majority of readers will be helped by this to take action in any way?
I didn't get much sleep last night as I had a CD playing (deliberately) but it was too loud but not so loud as to get me out of bed so I suspect I didn't get any deep sleep. I woke up feeling a bit rough but as the day wore on I just got more alert and right now feel very energised, and wasn't grumpy at all. Whereas if I had been eating cooked I'm sure I would have been wiping the floor with myself. No kidding, and probably anybody that crossed my path.
Friday, 23 November 2007
Abundance vs Scarcity
Exercise: Lots of walking today
Food: 7 large very ripe bananas, Green salad with tomatoes and cucumber (coriander dressing), and a few lara bars which are raw bars of 2 to 5 ingredients mainly dates and a nut e.g. cashew cookie (dates and cashews), pecan pie (dates, almonds, pecans) etc. The Lara bars are a great way to introduce raw food to 'cookies' because they are in a familiar context i.e. packaged.
I was reading an email from the raw divas today. I love their stuff and their infectious way of being. I was thinking this week about how there is no scarcity, but our limiting beliefs are keeping us in bondage to scarcity lifestyles. And this was what the email was about. It's the same with eating raw, you may get asked whether you miss cooked food. Which is scarcity thinking in action i.e. you're missing out. When really you are eating raw because of abundant thinking i.e. better health, more time, deeper relationships, authentic living.. if this isn't the case for you, your joy will be diminished. Spend time increasing your 'why' for raw and your scarcity thinking will decrease and your abundance thinking will increase.
Food: 7 large very ripe bananas, Green salad with tomatoes and cucumber (coriander dressing), and a few lara bars which are raw bars of 2 to 5 ingredients mainly dates and a nut e.g. cashew cookie (dates and cashews), pecan pie (dates, almonds, pecans) etc. The Lara bars are a great way to introduce raw food to 'cookies' because they are in a familiar context i.e. packaged.
I was reading an email from the raw divas today. I love their stuff and their infectious way of being. I was thinking this week about how there is no scarcity, but our limiting beliefs are keeping us in bondage to scarcity lifestyles. And this was what the email was about. It's the same with eating raw, you may get asked whether you miss cooked food. Which is scarcity thinking in action i.e. you're missing out. When really you are eating raw because of abundant thinking i.e. better health, more time, deeper relationships, authentic living.. if this isn't the case for you, your joy will be diminished. Spend time increasing your 'why' for raw and your scarcity thinking will decrease and your abundance thinking will increase.
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
A Bite of The Big Apple
Exercise: Walking for England
Food: Miscallaneous, bananas, fruit smoothies, raw food restaurant fare (salads, soups, puddings, 'pasta'), Lara raw fruit and nut bars
I have been in New York for the past five days. And got to road test three out of the myriad of raw food restaurants there. Worked out great that our hotel was only ten minute walk away from pure food and wine. I'll go into detail later on the dishes I sampled. It is so easy to eat raw in New York city, there is a salad bar on practically every corner and most delis have fruit. Then there is the phenomenon that is Wholefoods. Right now I need to get to get to bed as I arrived back this morning, and haven't slept properly in 24hrs. I went out this evening and mentioned that fact. And my friend said wow you look so perky how do you do it? There is nothing like hard evidence to spur you to keep doing what you are doing, or to help you decide to stop what you are doing.
Food: Miscallaneous, bananas, fruit smoothies, raw food restaurant fare (salads, soups, puddings, 'pasta'), Lara raw fruit and nut bars
I have been in New York for the past five days. And got to road test three out of the myriad of raw food restaurants there. Worked out great that our hotel was only ten minute walk away from pure food and wine. I'll go into detail later on the dishes I sampled. It is so easy to eat raw in New York city, there is a salad bar on practically every corner and most delis have fruit. Then there is the phenomenon that is Wholefoods. Right now I need to get to get to bed as I arrived back this morning, and haven't slept properly in 24hrs. I went out this evening and mentioned that fact. And my friend said wow you look so perky how do you do it? There is nothing like hard evidence to spur you to keep doing what you are doing, or to help you decide to stop what you are doing.
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