Goodbye S.a.d. diet Hello Raw Food!

Today is my last day on the standard american diet (S.A.D.). It feels as if I am going cold turkey however, I have been planning to do this for the better part of 2013. I have even done a couple of jump starts. Today, I feel ready to immerse myself in a raw food frenzy and really appreciate what I will be doing for my body. I had a few cravings I felt a need to satisfy prior to beginning my raw food journey for 2014. The following is a list of foods that I had to be sure I experienced for the final time.

• M & M plain
• potato chips (various flavors and brands)
• beans with smoked turkey (great northern)
• wing dings (homemade hot and spicy, homemade BBQ)
• chili (homemade)
• chili fries (homemade)
• chili cheese fries (homemade)
• macaroni and cheese (homemade)
• collard greens with smoked turkey
• Banana Pudding (homemade)
• Coke
• Mountain Dew
• feta cheese
• french fries (homemade)

I wanted to taste all of the foods I listed above so that I could tell myself how familiar I am with the flavors whenever I felt I would get a craving for them. I could also tell myself that I have had all or most of those foods so often that I should adopt a raw food "goody" to replace them when the time comes.

I am pretty anxious to find out what raw food dishes I become drawn to and which fruits and veggies become my favs.

Thanks for reading!

-Ang

100 days of Food and Fitness

"Ada-Caan-Nae!" (Greetings to all)

I am about to organize 100 days of healthy food and reasonable fitness. I want to invite anyone who feels in a positive mood to join in with any comments and/or experiences they may have had in similar endeavors. My reason is to stimulate a more balanced outlook toward what I consume vs. what my body actually needs on a regular basis in order to work properly and keep stress, tension, and disease, at an all-time low in my life. For the next couple of months, I will gather information, recipes, and ideas that will help me when I begin my journey at the start of the new year (2014). So please add my blog to your favorites and +1 my page on Google. Here is my blogger page as well as my Google page

Doctors: 2C or not 2C

When it comes to making a decision to visit your doctor, what are the factors that you consider the most? Keep your answer in mind as you take a look at this video It is unbelievable the amount of "Dis"-information we have been fed in the name of profit and power.

8 Worst Restaurant "Freebies"

I just read the 8 Worst Restaurant "Freebies" article. Take a look and be amazed a what you find out.

Forks over knives Movie

My husband and I just went to see this movie and it was one of the best! We thoroughly enjoyed the movie and wanted to tell everyone about it. Unfortunately, no one we know was interested in seeing it when we went. We are hoping that they will check the movie out on their own. If you haven't seen it in your area then please go see it as soon as you get the chance.

Vegan Starter Kit - Mercy For Animals

I watched a heart stopping video about the cruel practices at factory farmed animal companies. This link was offered for those who want to explore the vegan/vegetarian way of life. I thought it was well worth sharing.

Vegan Starter Kit - Mercy For Animals

Environmentalism, exercise, and living a balanced existence

Bell Isle Park, 2010

I read an article online about environmentally safe products. The author of this article (L. Lee Scott) wrote a passage that stayed with me this is the passage "Environmentalism means living every part of your life with an awareness of how it affects the environment, and doing what you do while causing the least possible damage - or even while improving the environment." This may seem a bit off the beaten path for my blog however, today it's "Right on the money." As you know from my previous blogs, I am on a "self-organized" 365 day Raw Food and Fitness Fun Daze Craze for the year 2011. The majority of blogging I will do is geared toward the diet portion or balanced eating (as I like to call it). The Fitness portion will include all things fun and filled with exercise, yoga, stretching, swimming, hiking, etc. I have ambitious plans to DO IT ALL! So how does Ms. Scott's passage (above) fit into all of this? Well she talks about being labeled an Environmentalist and how she accepts that title. She speaks about awareness and the environment. These things touch deeply my journey toward a better, more balanced existence within our universe. For me, this is Environmentalism and it is the best way to describe my fitness fun during this 2011 journey.

I just uploaded a video to my you tube channel documenting my very first outdoor fitness journey. It takes place during the month of February and it's friggin' cold outside. My Guru suggested that we get out as soon as the weather permitted so that we can get ourselves adjusted to the outdoor workout and I agreed. It has been cold temperatures here and the place where we do most of our running is on an Island that sits between Windsor (in Canada) and Michigan (in the USA). As you know, temperatures drop the closer you are to any large body of water (I wish I could remember the science behind that....hahaha). When we got in the car to leave for the workout, the temps read approx. 50(+) degrees. By the time we arrived at the Island, it could have easily been 40-ish and lower with the wind chill factor (Br-r-r-r-r-r).

We have been told that the entire (outer perimeter) of the Island is approx. 5.5 - 6.2 miles around. That can go up or down if you jog across the bridge both on and off the island vs. driving across both ways. We, of course, drove across to get to the island. There weren't many people out at all. None of the usuals. We did see one bike rider getting a brisk ride around the island. I made it around the course and was sore for three days after (lol). My pace was slower than normal but I am sure I will get my speed up as we go out each day. When the weather is warmer, I will have more posts and videos so please check back with this blog as well as my You Tube channel.

For now, I have a couple of still shots taken from the video footage (the sound was terrible due to high winds as you will hear in the video). Take a look at the pics and leave some comments if you like. Thanks!

"The Guru Feb. 2011"

Fitness Fun Day inside, Jan. 2011

Official FIRST day outdoor fun, Feb 2011

After the workout! Jan. 2011