A Day of Raw #4

This is a raw meal I made for my dinner on Jan. 4th. My fourth day of raw food and fitness fun. I had the camera set to view the tomato tabbouleh salad up close. It was sooooo tasty and easy on my digestive system too. Tabbouleh is one of the foods that I enjoy at anytime. I fell in love with this salad when I had my first experience with middle eastern food. There was a restaurant just outside of the city that had a great middle eastern food community. Once I tasted the salad I was hooked. I learned how to make it and the rest is history. This meal also included a Raw marinated mushroom burger on Romain lettuce (used in place of bread).

There was tomato and a Raw cheesy sauce. When you look closely, you notice that I shredded romain lettuce into the tabbouleh. I also sliced some cherry tomatoes up on top and sprinkled Dulce flakes over everything.

2011 Raw Food and Fitness Fun Daze Craze!

For this new year I have added a FaceBook page for this blog. It is called 313HealthyMe and will chronicle my activity for my newest journey entitled:

2011 Raw Food and Fitness Fun Daze CrAzE!

I will discuss things that pertain to raw food and vegan living. My meals will be searchable there and links to videos demonstrating the preparation of my raw food meals will be available as well. With the new year comes a fresh new outlook and new discoveries along the way. Follow this blog and watch as I SHRINK (lol). My diet will help me to align myself with my inner most desire to become the healthiest that I can be. I invite any and all to join me, ask questions, and offer support if you would like. I remain open to new discoveries and welcome the challenges that are ahead.

Kale Chips my first Raw food prep of 2011

Today is the first day past my 5- day water only fast. I took the first two days of this new year to transition from the water fast using organic raw fruit and veggie juice. I wanted to do 30-days of raw fruit and veggie juice but thought it would be better to let my body decide. As of today, my body unanimously chose the raw

food and fitness fun for 365 days (see my You Tube video). I made my first raw food dish of the new year and it was Kale Chips.

I also made my all-time favorite Savory Raw tomato soup and a wonderful berry smoothie! I felt so excited to make these dishes and found myself making videos to post on my 313HealthyMe YouTube channel. Amazingly, I haven’t had any desires to cook or eat anything outside of my raw food menu. I have been gathering some of my best recipes and finding new ones to try. I feel a sense of accomplishment and elevation from my former process of eating. If there was anything I could say to anyone who was looking into starting a raw food diet or just getting into a healthier way of living it would be….

1. Put daily practices in place and hold true to them.
2. Approach your daily life from the heart.
3. Seek not to change others but be the reflection of them and change self.
4. Always promote a positive position in place of one that is out of balance.
5. Create a path ideal for you and be your own architect.
6. Remain true to your path for life!
7. Minimize monumental imbalances moment by moment.

These are seven of my prime promises that I live by daily. Developing a positive outlook in the face of less positive positions is a daily challenge and will create a stronger resolve!

Raw Food and Fitness Fun for 2011

This is the first day of the new year and marks the end of my 5-day water (only) fast. The first two days of the new year I will spend preparing myself for the beginning of my 365 day raw food and fitness fun daze! It is advisable to slowly move yourself from water only to raw juice then on to solids. I plan to have a two-day juice feast then my raw food fun begins.

On Day #4 and #5 of my water fast I thought about the 365 day Raw Food and Fitness Fun Daze and began to get my mental list together. I had to figure out what I was going to focus on and how I would initiate the journey. I had been tossing around the idea of doing a juice feast for another week maybe even the entire month of January. Then I thought it might be too much for my body to handle. In my deepest thoughts, I still want to proceed with the 30-day juice feast. I want to drink freshly prepared fruit and veggie drinks day in and day out. I want to make smoothies until I am all out of recipes and I have exhausted my collection of raw food books. I want to find myself looking at the calendar and noticing that I have come to the end of January and all I have consumed is fresh juice. I want to do this very much and I don't want to break it. So I have decided to let my mind rest on the idea for the next two days. When I have completed the transition from the water fast, whatever my mind and body has determined is the way I will proceed. The options are 30-days of fresh fruit and veggie drinks or enter into the raw food journey immediately. What do you think I will choose. What would you choose if you were me?

Day #3 of 5 days of water

This is Wednesday which marks day number three of a five day water fast I am participating in. I haven't had any cravings and my energy levels are great. No headaches and no bad mood swings. For the most part, I am finding time to focus on getting things done that I have been wanting to do. My family is very supportive and hubby is doing all the cooking (hoorayyyyyy). Last night, while the fam had dinner (beef stew with rice compliments of the greatest husband in the universe) I sat in my bedroom and did my pedicure, updated a blog, organized some online stuff and watched some you tubers talk about cleaning makeup brushes (lol). Funny how the nothing-ness of things really seem to add to a level of relaxation. Fasting is great and I am looking forward to finding ways to continue this. Maybe it can become my prelude to 365 days of raw food and fitness fun! I'll keep you posted so stay tuned.

5 days of water

Today is the second day of a five day water fast I have begun. I don’t know what to expect because I have never done this type of fast before. So far no cravings and no headaches. I did my normal workout at the gym last night and am looking forward to the next. Even though this is a five day fast, I plan to extend it for two additional days depending on how I feel at the end of the week. I’ll keep you posted.

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