After almost two months later I am coming back to raw food lifestyle. Mmmmmm...! Since starting synthroid I have dropped 6lbs and have had a ton more energy. I feel thats it s time for me to go raw again. Although I am planning a trip overseas in 2 months when it will be close to impossible to stay raw, I am still going back to raw for now for 30-60 days. Biggest challenges from my last journey: 1. Going out/peer pressure 2. Lack of variety 3. Craving cooked foods because they were never totally eliminated from my diet, I never actually gone all raw.
Today's meals:
M1 : coffee, 1.5 tsp sugar
M2: organic banana
M3: Salad: organic greens, 5 strawberries, 1/4 cup pecans, feta cheese, 1 chicken breast, raspberry vinegarette.
M4: 10-2 strawberries, 1 tsp sugar, 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds, 1/4 cup pecans
Monday, March 15, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Day 10 with Nutritional Analysis
M1: fresh squeezed juice (2 carrots, 1 lemon, 2 small oranges) 100% daily vitamin A and C, 25%B6, almost 20% Copper and 25% Thiamin. 17% Potassium. Total:153 calories.
Fish oil supplement 1 tbs 123 cal, 100% vitamin E.
M2: Going to try another raw juice: organic potato +lemon. That would put me at 97% B6, 76% Copper, 56% Potassium, around 50% on Manganese, Magnesium, Niacin, and Phosphorus.
M3: soaken sunflower seeds 1-2 oz. Then I will be at 100% or 90% on Phosphorus, Pant. Acid, B6, A, C, Magnesium, Manganese.
So the rest of the day i have to pick up B12, D, Calcium,Iron, Zinc, Riboflavin, Niacin and Potassium.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thoughts
So since I've started this Raw Food lifestyle, it has been good to me some days and not so much other days. The pros I have discussed already and they are so worth it:) The cons is the strong opposition fom everybody and the difficulty of trying to fit it in your social life. I am starting though to figure out what to order in restaurants. Today we went to Carabas and I only found 2 things on the menu that are kind of okay. I ordered the ministrone soup, no its not raw but its vegetarian and yummy. The other thing was a salad with grilled egglpant, except the eggplant had a pound of salt on it and a ton of oil. So I dont know what to do about going out.
Its been hard the last 3 days because I am not sure I am getting everything I need with this diet. So I've decided to go out a fitday.com and enter food I would eat to see if I am lacking protein, minerals, or vitamins. I was really surprised to find out that raw food diet is not low calorie ( what a relief, now i know i am not starvig myself..), I actually lost 6 pounds in 6 days and I was eating 1600-2000 calories a day and not all raw! wait it gets better...and also I got 100% recommeded daily intake on all minerals and vitamins. So it made me feel better.
The menu I entered into the website program was all raw though. Plus vega supplement. I've discovered that the staples in a balanced raw diet are:
Its been hard the last 3 days because I am not sure I am getting everything I need with this diet. So I've decided to go out a fitday.com and enter food I would eat to see if I am lacking protein, minerals, or vitamins. I was really surprised to find out that raw food diet is not low calorie ( what a relief, now i know i am not starvig myself..), I actually lost 6 pounds in 6 days and I was eating 1600-2000 calories a day and not all raw! wait it gets better...and also I got 100% recommeded daily intake on all minerals and vitamins. So it made me feel better.
The menu I entered into the website program was all raw though. Plus vega supplement. I've discovered that the staples in a balanced raw diet are:
- Vega (delivers 100% all vitamins and minerals at once, so 1, instead of 2, scoop is a better option)
- Greens, vegetables (they have protein too!!!)
- Sunflower seeds and Almonds(germinated)
- Fruit
- Lemon has iron!
- If not for Vega I would have been completely missing B12, and low on Calcium and vitamin D.
- You can get 75 grams of protein without trying really hard on a raw diet
- With fish oil supplement (in addition to almonds, seeds and avocado) I am at 120 grams of fat, which is a lot
- Juicing is a good way to eat more carrots:)
- Hemp seeds, what are you?:))
Day 9
M1: 3-4 tsp soaken sunflower seeds
M2: carrot + lemon juice
M3: baked fries, totally vegan mayo and a ton of garlic in it.
M4: ministrone soup at Carrabas + Salad with eggeplant
note: vegan mayo, or grapeseed vegenaise that consists of grapeseed oil, filtered water, brown rice syrup,apple cider vinegar, soy protein, sea salt, mustard, and lemon juice.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Day 8
M1: Soaken sunflower seeds ( 5-6 tsp very filling!)
M2: 3 Kombu sea vegetable pieces ( good source of potassium, iodine, magnesium) M3: raw superfood bar
M4: vegetable soup
M5: vega superfood bar
M6: big green salad, no dressing
M7: chocolate bar (ccccravings...)
NOTES:I am starting to add germinated foods to my menu. They contain the necessary amino acids, such as GABA. Another reason is: Sprouted (germinated) nuts, seeds, and grains are living foods. When nuts, seeds, or grains are soaked, enzyme inhibitors are removed, and germination can occur. Germinated foods are easier to digest because the availability of enzymes is increased, enhancing the life force and vitality in the food, and making all of the nutrients readily available and easier to assimilate. This mornng I an going try germinated sunflower seeds soaked in pure water overnight. They actually tasted ok, much softer, but crunchy and had a similar to roasted flavor. I think I am a fan.
M2: 3 Kombu sea vegetable pieces ( good source of potassium, iodine, magnesium) M3: raw superfood bar
M4: vegetable soup
M5: vega superfood bar
M6: big green salad, no dressing
M7: chocolate bar (ccccravings...)
NOTES:I am starting to add germinated foods to my menu. They contain the necessary amino acids, such as GABA. Another reason is: Sprouted (germinated) nuts, seeds, and grains are living foods. When nuts, seeds, or grains are soaked, enzyme inhibitors are removed, and germination can occur. Germinated foods are easier to digest because the availability of enzymes is increased, enhancing the life force and vitality in the food, and making all of the nutrients readily available and easier to assimilate. This mornng I an going try germinated sunflower seeds soaked in pure water overnight. They actually tasted ok, much softer, but crunchy and had a similar to roasted flavor. I think I am a fan.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Day 7
M1: vegetable soup -all veggies, no noodles, no meat
M2: Superfood bar
M3: apple
M4: 2 handfuls of raw chashew
M5: my husbands boss decided to take us out to dinner. Very nice restaurant. We had a great time. But nothing raw on the menu! So I've decided to eat a regular dinner just for an experimental purpose. What the heck? Either that or risking to look like a snob, or a fanatic. I wanted to see what happens, have I missed it? Have my cravings been justified? So I ordered the best thing on the menu: filet mignon with mash and green beans. The best cut, perfectly cooked, just delicious by any standart. We waited about 40 minutes for our dinners and I was excited to take my first bite. As soon as my plate arrived..i was baffled: it all tasted weird, dead, too salty, not the right texture....i was looking for the crunchy, juicy piece of vegetable, but instead there was a glue like mashed potato next to my dead piece of beef...Green beans were the only ray of hope, but even they were drowned in butter and salt and have lost their natural flavor...I found myslef missing my raw food...the living food. On top of all I almost immediately became bloated, felt heartburn, had this unpleasant stuffed feeling, and hadf a persistent feeling as if I was undernourished.
Raw food fortifies a body, while animal and overcooked food places a burden on it, making a body work over time, depleting it of enegy and nutrients. A piece of raw vegetableis digested in 4 hrs, while red meat can take up to 3 days!!! The choice is clearer than ever to me.
Activity: 50min hr cardio class, 10 min stretch
M2: Superfood bar
M3: apple
M4: 2 handfuls of raw chashew
M5: my husbands boss decided to take us out to dinner. Very nice restaurant. We had a great time. But nothing raw on the menu! So I've decided to eat a regular dinner just for an experimental purpose. What the heck? Either that or risking to look like a snob, or a fanatic. I wanted to see what happens, have I missed it? Have my cravings been justified? So I ordered the best thing on the menu: filet mignon with mash and green beans. The best cut, perfectly cooked, just delicious by any standart. We waited about 40 minutes for our dinners and I was excited to take my first bite. As soon as my plate arrived..i was baffled: it all tasted weird, dead, too salty, not the right texture....i was looking for the crunchy, juicy piece of vegetable, but instead there was a glue like mashed potato next to my dead piece of beef...Green beans were the only ray of hope, but even they were drowned in butter and salt and have lost their natural flavor...I found myslef missing my raw food...the living food. On top of all I almost immediately became bloated, felt heartburn, had this unpleasant stuffed feeling, and hadf a persistent feeling as if I was undernourished.
Raw food fortifies a body, while animal and overcooked food places a burden on it, making a body work over time, depleting it of enegy and nutrients. A piece of raw vegetableis digested in 4 hrs, while red meat can take up to 3 days!!! The choice is clearer than ever to me.
Activity: 50min hr cardio class, 10 min stretch
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Day 6
M1: big fruit salad (2 bananas, 2-3 apricots, 1 kiwi, 1 pear)
M2: Vega Super Food 1.5 scoops
M3: Baked is Sunflower oil Organic Butternut Squash on a bed of organic romaine. Note: baked BT Squash is awesome!
M4: organic raspberries, cherries, 1 banana
M5: raw organic sunflower seeds
Activities: 30 miutes elliptical, 25 min abs, 1 hr Pilates
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