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[Jul. 10th, 2008|04:12 pm] |
Hi! First time posting, I'm an 18 year old vegan making the switch to 100% raw vegan foods. This is my third day and I think I did fairly well
Breakfast:
1 Banana
8 Strawberries
Lunch:
1 Double stuffed tomato (sunflower seeds, basil, garlic, and sundried tomatoes - recipe from Shazzie's free e-book)
Dinner:
Salad (romaine, tomatoes, red onion, topped with guacamole) |
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[Jul. 10th, 2008|01:40 am] |
hello.
long story short...
went 100% raw for 70 days once, incredible benefits, fell off hard. been meaning/trying to get back ever since. this year was intended to be all raw, then lots of terrible things happened and i got sidetracked. rather than give up, i've decided to try for as many raw days this year as possible, then try to beat it next year.
anywho, i've been logging my raw days on my own journal so i thought why not here as well. to whit...
Raw 33
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smoothie (pinapple, water, spinach, frzn bananas, frzn mixed fruit)
very thick & green and filling =)
walnut/squash/flax crackers with guacamole, tomato & nut. yeast
water
cantelope
cherries
another cracker/guac thing
water
water
another smoothie substantially like the first, with fresh mango replacing the frozen mixed fruit
here's a pic of the cracker thing. it came out a bit salty, and made me very thirsty, but it wasn't bad considering i didn't have to go to the store. =)
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| today |
[Jul. 10th, 2008|01:30 am] |
- 64 oz cantaloupe-strawberry juice
- 12 oz of blueberries (first solids in 42 days!)
- 52 oz celery-cucumber-red pepper-parsley juice
- 32 oz homemade raspberry lemonade |
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[Jun. 25th, 2008|07:57 pm] |
yesterday
- 48 oz green grape-spinach-wheatgrass juice
day before
- 48 oz of watermelon-green grape juice |
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| food today |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|09:36 pm] |
1 cup or so of Peach/Peppermint/Purslane/Bananna & Rainbow Chard smoothie
1 packet ( 2.4 oz) of Livin Spoonful Pumpkin Pesto Flax Crackers (super yum!)
Big Handful of Rainier Cherries
2 radishes & 1 dandelion leaf from yard
Bite of dill pickle (before chucking its softness into the compost)
1 quart Savory GS: Bok Choy, Radish with Tops, celery, cuke, basil, lambsquarters, a few kale leaves, lots of mixed lettuce leaves, young garlic & garlic scapes, pinch of pink himalayan salt, cayenne pepper & schizandra berry steeped kombucha! |
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[Jun. 21st, 2008|10:27 am] |
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okay- so i'm just writing to say- i won't be doing rawfoods anymore. well- of course i'll still be eating a lot of raw foods, fruits and veggies are huge staples in my diet and i like eating them raw. but honestly? i do not lose weight on raw foods. i've tried for weeks and have only gained on raw foods. it's pretty band- i was even 100% for a little while. the thing is, when i try to eat 100 or even 80% raw foods, i eat so much and never ever feel satisfied. ever. and being a recovering compulsive over eater i need and crave satisfaction (over satisfaction really). I also need to lose weight. so both combined, gaining weight was not good for me on an almost entirely raw foods diet (keep in mind i do exersize a lot, and hour a day almost every single day of the week PLUS biking or walking, sometimes jog/walking to work and back 5 days a week which adds to 6.6 miles per day= 33 miles/week). I REFUSE to count calories while still being on a raw foods diet, because i know that will throw me into detrimental cycles of binging from restricting waaaay too much. So, i've been off for a little while now and have lost 12lbs just by eating a healthy high protein, high fiber, low calorie (1200-1500 daily, sometime more, sometimes less) diet in the matter of weeks. yeah...but don't get me wrong. i'm glad i experimented with it because it led me to discover a lot of delicious recipes that i'm still using and helped. i'm still keeping this community because it reminds me to be healthy and stay away from processed crap, and also shares recipes that i still use daily. and good luck to everyone staying raw food. i just wanted to share that, although i love raw foods in my diet- i hate having my diet restricted to only raw foods and does not help keep me healthy as it makes me gain weight and feel crappy about myself rather than accomplished. i also can't stand people(NOT in this community, mainly on goneraw.com) who swear every malady on raw foods is "detoxing". Sorry, but if your hair and nails are brittle, that is NOT detoxing- that is your body telling you that you are missing essential nutrients! and the fatigue i got from raw foods was NOT detoxing, it was me not getting enough protein (yes, i was getting amino acids- it was the lack of protein, which also led me to be far less satisfied with what i was eating, or to eat too many nuts which led to further weight gain). this is not some miracle diet that is correct for everyone, and i think everyone needs to listen to their very individual bodies, and follow what works for them. Again- i man not raw foods bashing, i think it's awesome- my body, however, does not like only raw foods... |
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[Jun. 19th, 2008|12:44 pm] |
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hey everyone. i have been a vegan on and off for 6 years. lately diet has been poor so decided to jump into raw food. my resources are slightly limited. i do not have blender dehydrator or funds to do the whole creating diverse raw food meals...so im kinda stickin to the basics of fruits and veggies. my problem has been...i allowed myself store bought dressings with the vegetables and i definitely think that it makes a difference. any suggestions on what i could doooo in terms of spicing up salads, broccoli etc...that sticks to RAW ....any raw dressing recipes that arent TOO difficult??? |
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| Hi... New to this community! |
[Jun. 19th, 2008|08:51 am] |
3 weeks ago, I had a horrible upper respiratory infection and the dr said to build my immune system I would need to go on a raw food diet - even though I've been a vegetarian for most of the past 30 years.
So as I got better and it "clicked" and made sense jumped in with both feet and started my Raw Food Journey. No, I won't be using a dehydrator for my food and will stick to as natural as possible.
It has now been 2 weeks of trial and error but am making considerable progress and feeling much better. I did have one night where I was feeling pretty bad and had hubby stop at not one but 2 fast food places to get my "favorite old comfort as a kid food - cheeseburgers but after eating 3 of them.. was convinced that I will not miss them again. They no longer taste like what I remember and yes.. it took 3.. :) Amazing that on the raw food diet an apple or orange will fill me up. And I hadn't had beef in ages as I don't like the taste of it..
I've been exploring the internet trying to get "ideas" of what to eat and was excited when this community was suggested. I'm very glad you're here as this will help me broaden my eating ideas.
Yesterday.. I had an "orange juice" craving day and ate:
Breakfast: Orange
Snack: Orange - with orange, mango, and peach juice
Lunch: Salad of lettuce, tomato, radishes, red onion, and avocado sprinkled with a little olive oil & some celery with almond butter.
Snack: 2 oranges & some pecans
Supper: 4 dates, some pecans, and raisins |
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| food today |
[Jun. 16th, 2008|09:55 pm] |
banana
carrot/orange juice
water
nuts
large raw veggie stuffed "spring roll" (wrapper used = lettuce leaf) |
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| Hello everybody |
[Jun. 16th, 2008|08:02 pm] |
Today all I had was watermelon juice
I am ordering raw food from veggiemunn.com and have been waiting all day for it |
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| today |
[Jun. 15th, 2008|10:50 pm] |
- 32 oz pineapple-strawberry-baby beet green-baby spinach juice with a tablespoon of wheatgrass powder
- lots of water |
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| yesterday |
[Jun. 12th, 2008|08:12 am] |
- 64 oz watermelon juice
- 16 oz carrot-beet-celery-kale-parsley-lemon-ginger juice
- 25 oz orange-parsley juice with msm
- 32 oz sparkling water with lime juice and agave |
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| second day trying raw...I think I did gooood!! |
[Jun. 11th, 2008|09:30 pm] |
Breakfast:
-Banana
-Apricot
Lunch:
-Homemade guacomole (mashed avocado with onion, lime, tomato, and lots of yummy cilantro) eaten with 5 tortilla chips and then I decided to eat it with romaine lettuce leaves. The romaine was a million times yummier!
-Half a lime...yep, eaten like an orange or something
Afternoon Indulgence:
-Cup of coffee
Afternoon Snack:
-Bowl of Mesa Sunrise and Cheerios cereal with soy milk (not raw!)
-A bunch of red grapes
Dinner:
-Big salad (baby greens, yellow pepper, cucumber, radish, tomato, pumpkin seeds, flax oil, tahini, lime juice)
Evening Snacks:
-Banana
-More grapes |
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| yesterday |
[Jun. 11th, 2008|11:21 am] |
- 16 oz apple-celery-spinach juice
- 32 oz watermelon juice
- 32 oz apple-fennel-ginger juice
- 8 oz celery-ginger juice with hemp oil, cayenne and pink salt
(this is the best i can do to keep the board active right now. kind of boring, sorry guys.) |
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| Intro Post |
[Jun. 10th, 2008|03:55 pm] |
Hi my name is Deanna. I am 30 years old, married, mother of two.
I work in marketing. I have lost 36 lbs so far, I am an on-again off again vegetarian but I usually can't stay away from sushi so that's a problem, lol. I've been on a raw food/vegan kick lately though and loving it. I've been 75% raw for a few weeks now and love the energy and boost to my weight loss it been giving me. I'll be out of town the next few days so I might not get post for a few days but then I'll be back and I'll be posting!! I hope we can get this place active, I could use the support!
I strated a blog too: http://wholefoodsnow.wordpress.com/
Green smoothies are my lifeline right now - they give me so much energy. I love kale!! And bananas! |
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| yesterday |
[Jun. 8th, 2008|04:04 pm] |
-80 oz watermelon juice
-48 oz pineapple-chard-cilantro juice
-16 oz carrot-celery-kale-beet-lemon-ginger juice |
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[Jun. 5th, 2008|06:53 pm] |
- 64 oz watermelon and strawberry juice
- 96 oz celery, spinach and pineapple juice |
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[Apr. 13th, 2008|09:44 pm] |
16oz smoothie: 1/4 cup raw oatmilk, 1 cup distilled water, bananas, cherries, spirulina, bee pollen and coconut oil.
jicama fritter thingies.
a very small salad with field greens, mandarin oranges, pecans, and carrots.
a valencia orange
salad w/ dehydrated onions and mushrooms, garlic marinated olives and sundried tomatoes.
a few strawberries. |
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[Apr. 9th, 2008|09:45 pm] |
a few days for some menu inspiration.
today
-3 plums
-some nori snacks filled with sunflower seed pates
-a little glass of raw mexican hot chocolate (hazelnut mylk, 1 date, cinnamon, cacao, cayenne)
-big salad of mesclun, grape tomatoes, seaweed crackers, small handfuls of dulse, kelp and spirulina with a squeeze of lemon juice
-kombucha
-smoothie: 2 bananas, frozen raspberries and blueberries, bunch of spinach, almond butter
yesterday
-2 apples with almond butter
-8 oz mex hot choc (hazelnut mylk, 1 date, cinnamon, cacao, cayenne)
-salad of mixed greens, parsley, 1 tomato, raw blue cheese, a few seaweed crackers
-smoothie: bunch of spinach, 2 bananas, blackberries, raspberries
-salad of red and green chard, cilantro, 1 tomato, a few spicy crackers, dressing (2 ribs of celery, garlic, ginger, agave)
-8 oz hazelnut milk with 2 dates, agave and vanilla
day before
-smoothie: 2 bananas, parsley, blackberries, strawberries
-some strawberries
-plate of zucchini pasta with tomato sauce
-2 huge plates of salad with mixed veg and seaweed crackers
-raw cherry brownie
-nori snacks filled with sunflower seed pate |
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| so far today |
[Mar. 26th, 2008|02:22 pm] |
1 slice spelt bread, toasted
approx. 1 tsp organic wildflower honey (unpasteurized)
organic bosc pear
organic pink lady apple
approx. 1 cup organic baby arugula
approx. 4 small ribs organic celery
approx 1/3 c homemade hummus (not organic) |
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