Raw Food Diet Update

So too many weeks ago I made a claim that this blog would now be all about my new raw food diet and training for the Bay to Breakers. Well, then life happened. I bought a townhome with my man…and found myself a bit overwhelmed with my new role as a homemaker who also works [...]

Green Smoothie Recipes

I am convinced that my daily green smoothie habit is what is responsible for my recent significant improvement in the control of my blood sugar. I used to not be able to eat any carbs after 5pm without having my blood sugar so disturbed that it would keep me up at night. I now can [...]

Sugar Free Free Makes a Difference

I have been pretty sick for almost 6 days now, and we just got the Internet service activated at our new home a few hours ago. This is why I have not been doing daily food/fitness journal posts as I had committed to a couple of weeks ago.
I have only been sugar free free for [...]

4/10 Food journal

20 minutes yoga to start the day
B-coconut water, pear, spinach smoothie. Wow that coconut water does amazing things to smoothies.
Snack-big apple
L-Big Salad with avocado and lemon juice
Snack-Kale Lime Cilantro flax crackers
Snack-apple and banana
Healing touch energy therapy session-has been ages since I had my last session. It was so needed. I felt so calm afterwards. The [...]

4/9

b-green smoothie with kiwis in it…yummy
snack-big apple
l-big salad
snack-celery and carrot curry flax crackers
run/bike combo for 35 minutes+3 min on trampoline
dinner-Curried Veggie soup made in the vita mix, salad on the side, yum!
desset-biggish chunk of dark chocolate
Beautiful, sunny RAW day.

4/8/08

Breakfast 1-Green Smoothie on yesterday’s post
Snack 1 at work–Pear
Lunch–My signature romaine salad with shredded beets and vinaigrette
Snack 2-carrot curry flax chips
Snack 3–apple
Jogged slowly  around Stanford Dish after work, then home to jump on trampoline for 3 minutes,
dinner–shredded purple cabbage with zucchini, daikon, and carrot ‘noodles’ and ‘peanut’ sauce, 1 slice Lydia’s sunflower bread with 1 [...]

A Green Smoothie kinda’ Day

I so wish that I knew where my camera was! I really want to start posting pics of my beautiful recipes. I made the most gorgeous green smoothie this morning with spinach, a teeny banana, and a few chunks of fresh pineapple. I like to add a pinch of stevia because I am afraid of [...]

Raw Journal for April 2

B: Kale Green Smoothie
Throughout the morning: rest of that 85% chocolate bar
Lunch: 2 apples
Mid Afternoon: 1 cup snow peas
Dinner and Dessert: Raw Pad Thai+Banana Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream made in Vitamix
Workout: Bike 2 work total of 9 miles
I weighed myself for the first time in a month. I can’t believe that I have gained weight [...]

Breakfast: Green Smoothie
Snack: Strawberries and an apple
Lunch: Carrot Sticks, Snow Peas, all dipped in Tahini
Snack: 1/3 of 85% black Green and Black Organic Dark Chocolate
Yet Another Snack: Mango
Pre-Dinner nosh: handful of snow peas
Ran the Stanford Dish small loop–lots of hills, somewhere around 4 miles, maybe a bit more. This run was way easier than it [...]

This Blog is Going Raw

I have been getting so inspired by the reading I have been doing on and off line about the Raw Foods diet for years now, that I have decided to give it a whirl.
I have been eating around 85-90% raw for about two weeks now, and have been feeling awesome. And I get to eat [...]