I’ve been 60-70% raw per day for over a week now.
For the first week, I started each day with a smoothie of 2 bananas & very large handful of kale, ate a further 2 bananas, 3 oranges, 1 kiwi, 1 pear, and 1 apple while at work, and then had a small cooked meal accompanied by a salad at night.
I woke up at 2.30am feeling like I needed to throw up. Sadly, I didn’t actually manage to throw up until a few hours later.
My stomach was upset beyond words.
Before, it used to take around 1c. almonds and 2 cups of water to make a good almond milk.
With my Vitamix, I made a really yummy almond milk with 1/4 cup almonds and 4 cups of water!!
It’s paying for itself already!!
I’m not sure that I even wish to say a great deal here!
I only got a tiny proportion of the work done that I’d anticipated getting done.
Eliza has been trying to cut the same teeth unsuccessfully for a couple of months now, and she’s frustrated, and we’re frustrated.
She’s not really wanted to do much on her own, and nighttime has been difficult to say the least. So despite having more company, and anticipating doing more work, it’s been same-old-same-old.
Not much has got done.
I’ve not been sleeping well either.
SIGH!!
Yes – I’m shockingly late posting these photos … but here they are.
One of the main reasons why I stopped the whole raw thing last year was because nuts were becoming too expensive to keep buying.
I borrowed a huge number of Raw Food books from my local library, and started going crazy jotting down recipes.
I wasn’t overly keen on the lack of variation that a life of salad would include, so these ‘gourmet’ recipes really intrigued me. Many of the recipies had nuts as a base … so I bought lots and lots of nuts.
This time around, I’ve been reading more about nutrition and less about fancy recipes. Continue reading “Too nutty about nuts.”
Any amount of exposure to the Raw Food lifestyle will likely have exposed you to either the Blentec or Vitamix blenders.
I’ll cut to the chase. At this moment in time, I have tried neither.
From the research I’ve done, there is very little difference between the two.
I will be purchasing a reconditioned Vitamix Super (with a wet and dry container) from https://secure.vitamix.com/acb/stores/4/product1.aspx?Product_ID=2342.
Ok … now onto why.
I went Raw at the end of April 2010.
It lasted about 2 months.
Then, the price of eating raw food got out of hand, we needed to consolodate our finances … so I had to stop.
Now it’s the end of the year, things are looking better as far as the bank balance goes, and my eating habits need an overhaul.
Hmmm … maybe I should rephrase …
We were told that we get the 31st December paid off work, so that’s meant that I’m able to take an extra day off work, as I had originally booked the 31st as a personal vacation day.
So this is actually long weekend 2 of 4!!
Anyway … this weekend didn’t quite go as planned. But then, they never do, do they?
Let’s skip back to last weekend.
There was SOOOO much to do, but Eliza was teething quite heavily, so my ability to do anything was pretty much nil.
I didn’t even get the laundry done.
Fortunately, we have an over abundance of clothing, so it didn’t really create a big issue … but it did mean that I had to do double loads this weekend. Continue reading “Long weekend 2 of 3”
You came to me with heavy heart
I offered my shoulder
You poured your fears, concerns, and woes
I offered my ear
You were tired and fatigued
I offered my coffee
You had no place to sleep
I offered my bed
Now your eyes are dry
You are gone like seeds in the wind
As much as I love helping people out, it really is a shame when they appear to be using your generosity.
