Yikes - I don't even want to read my post from yesterday - what a disaster! But every second is an opportunity for a new beginning :) I slept like crap last night and my stomach is in knots this morning - I guess thats what alcohol and SAD food do to you. Probably a good thing. It just reinforces how good I feel when I am eating raw. So, my friend is coming over today again - geez. And I am going to another friends house for the fireworks tonight. So......today will be another challenge. BUT I AM READY :) The weather is icky and so I think I will drag my friend to the coop with me so I can get some great ingredients for a huge raw salad to bring tonight. I came up with a GREAT idea (I think)...I'm going to bring a very inexpensive bottle of red wine tonight and just put a splash of it in my pellgrino water!!! It will be so pretty and oh so perfect for sipping! I may add a slice of lime too :) Right now I'm drinking water to rehydrate myself. I will post my meals as I have them.....
Breakfast:
Green juice of beet tops, parsley, celery, carrots and grapefruit juice - it doesn't look too pretty (those beet tops are an awful color), but I'm trying to use up the stuff that may go bad soon and taking inventory before I go to the coop today - I'll also check my garden to see what's ready to be harvested.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Day 6 - 18 day challenge
Woke up this morning with a tiny headache - must have been those two glasses of wine on an empty stomach!!! Today will be a BIG CHALLENGE!!! I'm having a good friend over for the day - he is getting here at 10:30am! We are going to go boating and sit at the pool and stop at restaurants on the lake - well....you get the idea. Staying mostly raw isn't the problem, its the wine. I will just do my best today - again, its not about perfection, its about being kind to my body and realizing how different foods make me feel. And on that note, I felt a bit sluggish this morning and I'm sure thats due to the fact that I didn't eat enough food yesterday and of course, the wine. Anyway, I'm having my tea right now and will post my meals as I eat them or at the end of the day. Hopefully, knowing that I am writing down what I'm eating and drinking will make me think twice today!!!
A small rant - its about 11am and my friend still isn't here - he's running late (as usual) - and I have a "thing" about being on time. Its one thing to be late occasionally, another to be late chronically. He is the latter :(....So, I'm blogging this to get it all in perspective so I don't over react or eat poorly or drink like a fish because I am upset :)....so...now its off my chest and I am okay (not really)
Breakfast:
I had the rest of the cherries - I thought I was crunched for time trying to get ready for my friend!!! (Can you tell I'm still not over it???)
Okay...so this is what I do - old habits die hard as they say....upset, ride on the boat, stop for lunch, have a martini and a glass of wine, a salad with dressing on the side, drunk (sort of), home, in the pool, more wine, sex, he leaves, I go to McDonalds, feed half to the dogs because I am so full, snooze on the couch, wake up with a headache and regrets....and now tomorrow will be another challenge....I am NOT giving up....but I no longer want to call this an 18 day challenge...it is a life challenge and I am NOT GIVING UP :)....you will still hear from me every day, because I want to be accountable to ME...I AM OK :)
A small rant - its about 11am and my friend still isn't here - he's running late (as usual) - and I have a "thing" about being on time. Its one thing to be late occasionally, another to be late chronically. He is the latter :(....So, I'm blogging this to get it all in perspective so I don't over react or eat poorly or drink like a fish because I am upset :)....so...now its off my chest and I am okay (not really)
Breakfast:
I had the rest of the cherries - I thought I was crunched for time trying to get ready for my friend!!! (Can you tell I'm still not over it???)
Okay...so this is what I do - old habits die hard as they say....upset, ride on the boat, stop for lunch, have a martini and a glass of wine, a salad with dressing on the side, drunk (sort of), home, in the pool, more wine, sex, he leaves, I go to McDonalds, feed half to the dogs because I am so full, snooze on the couch, wake up with a headache and regrets....and now tomorrow will be another challenge....I am NOT giving up....but I no longer want to call this an 18 day challenge...it is a life challenge and I am NOT GIVING UP :)....you will still hear from me every day, because I want to be accountable to ME...I AM OK :)
Friday, July 2, 2010
Day 5 - 18 day challenge
Life is good - learning to feel instead of "stuff". And to tell the truth, feeling "feels" way better!!! I've been a bit lonely since so much of my social life involves wine/alcohol and appetizers, but I'm also getting reacquainted with ME! I'm getting LOTS done in my garden :) I LOVE eating RAW and the power and strength it brings me. It also brings a new appreciation of nature and feelings of contentment and joy :)
Breakfast:
Cherries again - they just taste so good in my mouth and I'm not that hungry right away.
Lunch:
Green juice made up of Collards, carrots, apple and pineapple - going to sip it while I read on the porch :)
Snack:
Was quite hungry and trying to listen to my body, so I had some peas from the garden with red pepper sauce :)
Dinner:
Oops...was invited out for cocktails with some friends, so I quickly ate a banana before I left (5:45pm) - I had one glass of red wine and then we went to another place and I had one more glass of red wine. I'm home now (9pm) and not really hungry...I know I should eat something, but I'm REALLY not hungry and I'm on my way upstairs to watch some TV and then go to bed....more tomorrow......
Breakfast:
Cherries again - they just taste so good in my mouth and I'm not that hungry right away.
Lunch:
Green juice made up of Collards, carrots, apple and pineapple - going to sip it while I read on the porch :)
Snack:
Was quite hungry and trying to listen to my body, so I had some peas from the garden with red pepper sauce :)
Dinner:
Oops...was invited out for cocktails with some friends, so I quickly ate a banana before I left (5:45pm) - I had one glass of red wine and then we went to another place and I had one more glass of red wine. I'm home now (9pm) and not really hungry...I know I should eat something, but I'm REALLY not hungry and I'm on my way upstairs to watch some TV and then go to bed....more tomorrow......
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Day 4 - 18 day challenge
FEELING POWERFUL!!!! LIFE IS GOOD :)
Breakfast:
cherries (just didn't have time - so much energy, I went right out in to the garden to weed!)
Lunch:
Green juice of kohlrabi greens, wheat grass, carrots, apple and pineapple
Dinner:
Raw beet & apple salad with raisins, raw pine nuts & orange tahini dressing - I'm in HEAVEN :)
Dessert/Snack:
Peas from my garden with raw red pepper sauce :)
Breakfast:
cherries (just didn't have time - so much energy, I went right out in to the garden to weed!)
Lunch:
Green juice of kohlrabi greens, wheat grass, carrots, apple and pineapple
Dinner:
Raw beet & apple salad with raisins, raw pine nuts & orange tahini dressing - I'm in HEAVEN :)
Dessert/Snack:
Peas from my garden with raw red pepper sauce :)
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