Gen 1:29

Exercise: Pushups
Food: 6 bananas, green smoothie - mango and spinach, a few lara bars, salad of baby greens, tomatoes and avocado, 3 bellinis

I'm mulling over Genesis 1:29. Until I saw this quoted I had never realised it was there. And I have read Genesis before but it has just never registered. How utterly intriguing.

And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food"..... Read the next verse.

Got taken out for drinks tonight at the Dollar Bar and Grill in Exmouth market. Had three bellinis and two big glasses of water. The partying has begun. I only drink occasionally and if I do it's usually a champagne cocktail and nothing else. Had a bracing walk from work to the bar which was about 40 mins away from work and then from the bar to the station. It is very cold! Today it's 4 degrees C. Although I feel the cold, I notice it has less impact on me now. I enjoy being outside in the cold when it's dry, and it doesn't affect my mood or influence my decisions on going out/socialising. It's something I've only recently just noticed.

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.

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'.

Raw London

Exercise: Pushups
Food: 3 tiny bananas, 6 large bananas, a few lara bars, green salad with tomatoes and cucumber, a little pineapple juice

London is great place in case you didn't know. And I love doing raw here. It's so easy to get fresh produce all year round, plus you can easily get mangos, papayas and even guavas and coconuts from the local supermarket.

Bananas are everywhere, as are juice and smoothie bars, chopped salad places, nuts and dried fruit stalls, you can even get freshly squeezed orange juice from the AMT coffee stand in most rail stations. Pre-packaged salads in the supermarkets are creative and plentiful including raw vegan options. And of course Wholefoods and Fresh and Wild (bought by Wholefoods). I picked up frozen acai berries from Wholefoods recently so I get to try out that 'chocolaty' (but not chocolate) smoothie I had in New York. I have at least four juice/smoothie bars within walking distance of where I work, and two chopped salad bars, not to mention good old Marks and Spencer's. You may not have all this, but celebrate what you do have, it'll spur you on. This is a great time to be alive!

Be Prepared

Fri: Water fast
Sat: 11 very ripe bananas, salad of cherry tomatoes, celery, lettuce, spring onion and avocado, dates, pistachios, another salad of beetroot, carrot, lettuce and cucumber, and rest of the avocado, balsamic and olive oil dressing
Exercise: 4hrs of dancing non-stop
Sun: Water fast

Went away for the weekend as part of a course. So needed to plan ahead re my eating requirements. I'd been before so I knew there was a Marks and Spencer store nearby with a great range of salads, and a health shop too where I could gets nuts and dates if I wanted. Arrived on Friday evening and no meal provided ie expected to arrive after eating dinner so no problemo plus I was fasting. On Sat I had taken a whole load of bananas down with me, heavy but worth it. They were very ripe and just delicious. I was able to nip out in the coffee break on the Saturday to get a salad for lunch and an avocado. In the afternoon free time slot bought another salad to have with the other half of the avocado. And also bought some raw pistachios and dates from across the health shop on the other side of town. Broke my fast at 12 noon with the bananas. And had more bananas in the evening. The evening entertainment involved a disco so got a great workout too. Plus we were on the seafront. I had a great seaview from my room, and went for a lovely wander to inhale the crisp air.

So getting the food was very easy. Next challenge takingin my own food to the dining room and being 'different'. My strategy was to just to get on with it. Just pull out my salad and cut up my avocado like it was the most normal thing in the world. And that was exactly the response I got. At the first meal one of the other diners simply said, "oh you've got an M&S salad they're great". Next meal I got "you're really healthy, how come?" And I said "oh eating like this helps me be more me, and do what I need to do". He then told me he had become pescatarian because his girlfriend was a vegetarian. Another friend there decided not to have the dinner because she didn't want more 'meat, potato and two veg' fare. So went and bought a sandwhich, some oj and admittedly some brownies. But the point is people all around us are changing as best they can with what they know to make better choices for health. Exciting.

Simply In Awe

Exercise: Run
Food: 8 bananas, spinach and orange juice, salad-baby greens, tomato and avocado with tomato and pesto dressing, some pistachios and cashews

Today is a very short post. I'm simply in awe of the Creator of the Universe. Simply in awe.

Yummy Yummy Salads

Exercise: Pushups, yoga
Food: dates first thing, ate way too early about 7am. Canteloupe milk. 8 bananas followed by my rocking salad of leaves, beetroot, vine tomatoes and avocado. Looked and tasted great. I am absolutely ravenous today. I think linked with period but also as you consolidate all raw eating your body is being reset and doing a lot of cleansing. It's getting used to being fed fresh biologically appropriate nosh all the time!

Had to go and buy another salad and edamame, see yesterday's post. Followed by a bag of dates. Found a post on The Date People, they grow tons of varieties of dates in vegan and raw friendly processes. They don't appear to have a website but will dig out details for you.


This evening tried my hand at raw fettucine, although creamy pasta never did it for me. Made with courgettes, pine nuts, basil, sesame seeds and spices. It looked very realistic. Will take it for lunch tomorrow with my salad, hopefully will hit the spot.

Also ate banana and mango pudding, 1 large banana and one small mango. And some more dates!

I do love this journey. I can't wait for more people to get it, especially my friends and family. Tomorrow I will try and wait until noon to eat (but if feel hungry earlier will eat). I want to feel proper hunger and not just eat out of habit, even if it is fabulous fare!

I'll be reviewing some resources, books and sites soon, ones that I think are great, and not necessarily the ones you always hear about.