day 3-RAW

So it is day three of mostly Raw.  My dinners are the only thing at the moment. not.  My husband jokes.  "Why are you not eating your shrimp Raw? tonight kids, Mommy is eating her meatloaf Raw."  Yeah, well, I do what can with what I have for now.  I must say eating shrimp Alfredo after two days of eating Raw made my brain and tummy not so happy.  I was nauseous, felt bloated, and got a ginormous head ache. this convinces me all the more that I want to do this completely by the end of thirty days.  I have more energy.  I am slightly cranky detoxing but that too shall pass.  I made these chocolate chip cookies.  pure awesome yumminess. The kids love them.  My husband even pondered eating them.  I might have to hide them.  Here is something I pondered yesterday.  where on earth will I get my sodium?  So I looked it up and found I will need to get an iodine supplement.  Not too worried about it until after I am completely Raw but I will do it.  Also B-12, but I already do that.   I also was concerned with Charlotte not getting enough iron.  She is not a big meat eater herself.  I figured out a way.  I make myself green smoothies every morning. Raw spinach with fruit mixed together with coconut milk.  It tastes yummy.  Charlotte loves them as much as me.  Problem solved.

I am also back to running.  I took three weeks off.  the first week I stopped, I had two extra kids.  It just was not happening.  the last two weeks i forgot my running shoes. (I guess I should have taken up barefoot running)  So I am slowly building back up to three miles.  Currently I am running every other day for two miles each day.  I pretend Bob from Biggest Loser is pushing me.  It just makes it easier.

30 days to Raw Eating

Oh a new challenge!!!  I am taking the plunge.  I am going to be going Raw.  If you are unaware this means no cooked foods above 150 degrees.  This means no meat.  For those of you reading this wondering where I will get my iron, trust me there are plenty of veggies that contain Iron.  I am tired of my sugar addiction.  I am tired of staying at the same weight for well over a year.  17 months to be exact.  I just want to be healthy, have lots of energy, and not get sugar highs and drops that make me look like a crazy person with my emotions.  So the more I read on eating this way, the more I have come to the conclusion this is the way I want to eat.  I am getting into this slowly over the next month.  There are a few key items I need to get and need to use to make this happen

1.  A juicer.  I don't have one.  I need one to juice my veggies.   There are some veggies I detest but when juiced with some apples I can pretend I am not actually eating them.  One is raw carrots.  I can shred them on my salad and eat them.  I just can not have big chunks of them.  I am pretty sure if I juice them with an apple I can deal with them

2. Dehydrator:  I have one.  It is a good one to make "cooked foods" so to speak.  I also adore dried fruits.

3. coffee grinder: well I honestly can't remember why I need this but I read that I do for something other than coffee.

4. Raw Honey.  no, I am not going to go to a beehive and get my own.  I will go to the health food store.  This is what I will use to sweeten if necessary

5. sprouting:  there are things that I will sprout.  so I will need sprouting bags or a mason jar.

I also plan to grow some of my own veggies next year.  I had a home grown tomato today and I about died from happiness.  Best tomato I have ever tasted.


Some people eat grains.  I am not for now.  I don't expect anybody else in my family to do this I am cooking  for them.  Being I am not eating it I figure money wise it will balance because I will spend less on making dinner and use that money to feed me.  However, I am not buying chips, cookies, or anything that comes in a box for snacks so already that saves $$$$.   If they want a cookie than they better look at God's cookies and eat a crunchy apple.  (I do have a great recipe for chocolate chip raw cookies that I will hoard because they are that delicious.)

One of my resources is Hallelujah Acres.  So my plan is to be 95% Raw by mid  August.  I mean, give up coffee?  I am not sure if I am willing to do that.

NEw challenge

So I am still running but seriously how long do you people want to read about me running before you get bored and quit running.  i still have not done a week yet where i have ran 5 days so when  I do that for 4 weeks in a row I will move on to the 2nd phase of training.  However, I digress...

My new challenge is  "eating what God made mostly."  I say mostly because there are certain things I just wont quit.

Basically here it is:  Lots of fruits and vegetables
 meat and eggs.
herbs
I am still trying to stay away from cow dairy....I feel better when I do

I will stay away form most things that are processed.  if I read a label and don't know what the word is because it is monopolyglutosacca something, i wont eat it. except in some cases.  There will be things I make for dinner that have ingredients I use that come from a can or a box.  I will try to avoid as much as possible but there will be occasions it is unavoidable.  

I will continue to eat tortilla chip.  possibly make my own but tortillas have added ingredients,I think.  I would have to look at the label in detail.  so does my gluten free bread.  I will still eat that.

My coffee creamer.  Yes I can make my own but it is not the same and this is the only place I will indulge.

I have a once a week date with my husband and we go out for an ice cream date.  We have discovered Coldstone Creamery.  It is pure aweseomeness and once a week is something I will just do for some connecting time with the hubby.  Red Velvet ice cream is just heavenly.  I am pretty sure that when I get there I will be greeted and welcomed in with a bowl of that from St. Peter.

SO yes I will have recipes to go along with this.  Also interesting links on preservatives and  by the time I am done I may not even need my creamer.  I will still have red velvet ice cream though..