Monday, August 16, 2010

Raw Julz- Day 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, & 18

For Tuesday's dessert, I blended some mango and banana, it was a fruity pudding and was tasty. I didn't eat it all and used what was left in Wednesday's Green Smoothie.

Wednesday, Day 13 Report

Vitamins.

32 oz. Green Smoothie.

Hot Flow Yoga.

Big Dinner Salad with Raw Julz Fave Dressing, Flaxie cracker and raw goat cheese.

I'm sure I had a banana cacao desert shake.

Thursday, Day 14 Report

Vitamins.

2-bar package of Wai Lana Raw Fruit & Nut bar.

Some fruit at our RETA meeting for Szq's birthday.

Honey smoked salmon salad at Lorenzo's, obviously not completely raw choice, but it sure was awesome. At least I skipped the bread which is major.

Big Dinner Salad with Raw Julz Fave Dressing, Flaxie cracker and raw goat cheese.

I'm sure I had a banana cacao desert shake.

Friday, Day 15 Report

Vitamins.

Breakfast and Lunch Green Smoothies.

Raw Confessions! I went to mom's to visit as my step-sister was moving to Denver the next day and I fell right of the Raw bandwagon with a couple pieces of pizza. Being in a pizza fog, I can't remember if I had dessert.

Saturday, Day 16 Report

Hot yoga.

Green Smoothie.

Big Dinner Salad with Raw Julz Fave Dressing, Flaxie cracker and raw goat cheese.

Banana cacao dessert shake.

Sunday, Day 17 Report

Green Smoothie.

Another Lorenzo's Honey Smoked Salmon salad but no bread.

Chia pudding with cacao, honey, cinnamon, nuts.

Monday, Day 18 Report

Vitamins.

About 26 oz Green Smoothie.

I was at a work retreat and had a salad with some kind of spicy mustard dressing. I also had a Raw Confessions moment with a piece of lasagna. BUT, I didn't have any dessert and boy they looked yummy.

Big Dinner Salad with Raw Julz Fave Dressing, Flaxie cracker and not raw goat cheese.

I'm sure I'll have a dessert shake and I have coconut to add tonight :)

Whew! That's a wrap.

:)
~julz

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Raw Julz - Day 11 & 12

Monday, Day 11 Report

Vitamins.

32 oz Green Smoothie.

Hot Yoga.

Romaine with lots of veggies salad. I did try a new dressing recipe, a Ranch dressing with cashews, basil, dill, lemon juice, and salt. It was ok, but not my fave. I tried a new flax seed cracker with some raw goat cheese. I like the Santa Fe Flaxies better. A bit more expensive though...

I made a frozen banana, cacao, honey, pumpkin pie spice, and almond milk desert shake, mmm.

I tried to snack on a macaroon snack that I bought at Mountain View, blech! Had an awful lemonny soap flavor, left awful aftertaste that I had to kill with a piece of licorice.

Tuesday, Day 12 Report

Vitamins.

Veggie juice with chia seeds from Mountain View.

1 bar from a 2-bar package of Wai Lana Raw Fruit & Nut bar, really hit the spot as I was finishing final grades.

Romaine salad with 1/2 avocado, sunflower and mung bean sprouts, carrot strips, homegrown tomatoes, pumpkin seeds, and Raw Julz Fave Dressing (I added some nutritional yeast with no change in flavor).

What to have for my evening snack/dessert? I'll let you know what I decide tomorrow.

And now, I'm caught up! I should post from my phone with a picture of something tomorrow and not be so boring!

So much love from me to you :)
~julz

Raw Julz - Day 7, 8, 9, & 10

Thursday, Day 7 Report

Vitamins, of course, with a glass of water and mango aloe (herbalife).

I made a green smoothie - 45 oz kept me going all day.

Wanted to go to Skye's yoga class but just didn't make it. Fortunately, Holly grabbed me and helped me make it to Colleen's hot yoga class. Yay, 4 days in a row, felt great!

Dinner was Romaine salad with veggies and Raw Julz Fave Dressing.

I probably had some chia pudding. I really need to not wait 5 days before updating!


Friday, Day 8 Report

Vitamins.

Green Smoothie.

Veggie juice from Mountain View.

I had a pedicure with Raven, AWESOME!

I think I must've had a salad and some snackie stuff like licorice, nuts, craisins. I'm getting old, my memory is shot!

I put some almonds in water to soak overnight. I think I did some shopping after my pedicure and got a jar with lid and cheesecloth to make almond milk.


Saturday, Day 9 Report

Bite of banana before hot yoga.

16 oz Green Smoothie with some homemade almond milk. The almond milk is ridiculously easy to make and tastes much better than the store bought stuff.

Raw Confessions! We had a couples date and we took Lorenzo's apple spinach salad and pizza to our friends' house. I will just say, I had a lovely evening.


Sunday, Day 10 Report

Vitamins.

Frozen banana, almond milk, cacoa, and honey breakfast shake, yum.

Tried some spirulina in water, bleck, but I got some of it down.

I walked about 30 minutes to mom's house for a family pool party. Didn't feel like torturing myself with a run in this heat.

Raw Confessions! My step-sister makes amazing jalapeno peppers. Nuff said.

I ate lots of fruit and had a big salad and made my own dressing. Though I did cheat, it could have been worse, believe me!

I'm sure I snacked on snackie foods.

That's a wrap for this update. FYI, I feel fine. No energy problems. I think I had a mild headache one evening but it wasn't a big deal. I had a great week with yoga and actually gained some strength.

Raw Love & Virtual Hugs,
:)
~julz

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Raw Julz - Days 5 & 6

Tuesday, Day 5 Report

Vitamins, of course with big glass of water with lemon or lime

40 oz of Green Smoothie with 1/2 banana, pineapple, orange, chard, spinach & sprouts

handful of sunflower seeds

banana

Yoga with Skye

I tried Jenna Norwoods Raw Fried Rice, didn't love it, ate a bit and then just picked at some cashews and dates. About an hour before bed, I made a Chia pudding concoction. I soaked about 1 tbsp of chia in water for an hour then added a spoon of cacao, spoon of raw honey, spoon of raw almond butter, and a little chopped banana. That hit the spot and I went to bed happy.

Wednesday Report

Vitamins of course with big class of water and lime

16 oz Green Smoothie with with 1/2 banana, pineapple, orange, chard, spinach & sprouts

Veggie juice from Caitlin at Mountain View with chia supplement

Hot yoga with Jane

I seem to visit the co-op everyday now. I picked up some raw Flaxie crackers, raw garlic oil feta cheese, raw almond butter, and Tom's toothpaste.

Salad w/ Romaine, spinach, sprouts, carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, avocado and Raw Julz Fave Dressing. I added a couple of the raw crackers and feta that I picked up, nice addition, though very garlicky! I ate a piece of licorice to clear the heavy garlic breath.

I snacked a bit on cashews and dried cranberries.

Made a little chia pudding for my evening snack. I wonder if one can overdo the chia? At least I'm not late night/early morning snacking like I was before my raw adventures.

And how do I feel? I feel fine. I had been cleaning up my diet for the past year so I don't expect any major problems. I do think my lips are gonna peel, I feel the edges getting a little rough.

And that's a wrap for Tuesday & Wednesday.

Hope ya'll are feeling fabulous!
;)
~julz

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Raw Julz - Day 4

Monday, Day 4, Raw Julz Report

I weighed myself this morning - 158.6.

I did my normal vitamin B and omega routine.

I visited Caitlin at Mountain View and got my veggie and fruit juice with added vegetable protein and my favorite Chia seeds. I sipped on that for a while.

Early afternoon, I ate a yellow tomato with salt which reminded me that I needed to get some sea salt for work.

A bit later I ate a banana so I would have energy for hot yoga at 4:15.

I picked up some things at Albertsons and Mountain View:
  • Veggies - cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, a couple of jalapenos, cucumbers, celery, green onions (don't like onions but there are a couple of soups I want to try)
  • Raw Nuts & Seeds - sunflower, almonds, walnuts, pine, cashews
  • Dates & Raw almond butter
  • Flavorings - vanilla, nutritional yeast, Tamari or Shoya (can't remember what I chose), dill weed, mustard, pumpkin spice
  • cacao
For dinner, I attempted some broccoli cream soup, um yeah, ugh. I took a few bites and threw it away.

I ate a few kalamata olives to clear the palette. Then had my yummy Romaine salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, avocado, mung bean sprouts, and Raw Julz Fave Dressing.

I snacked on some cashews and licorice.

That's a wrap for Monday.

Raw Julz - Day 3

Sunday, Day 3, Raw Julz Report

I did 1/2 my B vitamins and Omegas. I forget the second set.

I started Sunday with some Chia Porridge. I soaked about 1/4 Chia seeds in some almond milk (store bought, haven't made my own yet) and I added 1/2 banana, some raw honey, and some cinnamon. Couldn't quite eat it all, ate the rest about an hour before bed.

In the afternoon, I drank a 16 oz. green drink with buckwheat sprouts, spinach, couple leaves of chard, 1/2 banana, and 2 apples.

For dinner, I had a big salad with Romaine, 1/2 yellow tomato, a couple small red tomatoes, radish sprouts, and Raw Julz Fave Dressing.

In the evening, we watched movies and I drank some Kombuch in a wine glass and ate some black licorice. I recognize that black licorice isn't raw, but I needed the treat.

And that's a wrap for Sunday.

Raw Julz - Day 2

Saturday, Day 2, Raw Julz Report

My vitamins for the day included - 2 Coenzyme B-Complex, 2 Complete Omega 3-6-9, and 1 serving of Organic Life Vitamins. I split the B and Omega into 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon.

At 8am, I went to Hot Yoga. Even though I couldn't go to sleep the night before, got 5 hours sleep, I felt great and had a wonderful practice.

I went to the Farmer's market and picked up some sunflower, radish, buckweet, and mung bean sprouts. I also picked up a container of Chia seeds.

I made a yummy green smoothie with a couple apples, 1/2 banana, spinach, sprouts, my homegrown mint, and chia. I shared it with a friend, so I drank 16 oz.

Around noon, I had an apple with raw almond butter.

Around 3pm, I had a Romaine lettuce wrap with avocado, cucumber strips, yellow tomato, and radish sprouts. I made a wonderful dipping sauce with lemon juice, olive oil, apple cider vineger, mustard, honey, salt, and pepper. This dressing is going to be a staple, we'll call it Raw Julz Fave Dressing ;)

So this whole thing is new and I find myself hungry every couple of hours. I found myself completely unprepared for a reception that I went to and I had to eat. I fell off the Raw Wagon here a little bit. I had - a few tostadas with salsa and a little queso, a spring mix salad with a little ranch dressing, a bunch of steamed cauliflower, and some cooked red potatos.

That's a wrap for Saturday.

:)
~not so raw today julz