short and sweet May 31, 2007

I don’t have much to report today food wise. We slept in, so I didn’t have time to make a smoothie. I did eat a banana at some point, and some leftover “purchased” smoothies that were in the fridge at work.
Dinner was a garden salad from Swiss Chalet, and raw dressing. After work, we had to run over the my daughters new school for an information night. We just got home and settled not too long ago. I had just realized that I had eaten hardly anything, so to prevent all out binge in about an hour…. I just had 2 slices of sprouted grain bread with two different “raw” toppings. One coconut/chocolate, and raw pecan butter on the other.

Another short update as my hand still hurts

I am back down to my update day weight of 227.2 as of this morning.

carpal tunnel May 31, 2007

My posts will be fairly short over the next few days. I can barely use my right hand (and i’m right handed). I had another great day today. I spent most of Tuesday night “uncooking” lots of treats, and some corn tortillas from the Naked Chocolate book, and Alissa Cohen’s book.
I kind of ate a lot today, and I probably went a little overboard on the chocolate tarts…..but they were so good, and even a hit at work. This from my staff who I know secretly make fun of my new diet Mind you, some are becoming quite interested, and asking lots of questions. My weight loss is becoming more noticeable. Now that they see it’s “working” I think some are considering trying it themselves.
anyway, more on this another day…my hand hurts too much.

what I ate today
3 green smoothies (tall glass sized not 3 full quarts)
3 chocolate tarts with strawberry “creme” (almonds, banana’s and strawberries) – not all at once, but spread out over the day – they are very good. If you plan on making them, make sure you have someone to share them with. The temptation to eat them all is too great.
corn tortilla
guacamole
dipping veggies – broccoli and celery
and my one non raw item of the day (barbequed meatless burger on a bun) – I don’t think I’ll have one of those again. I had thought it was a garden burger, but in fact I don’t think it actually had any vegetables. I think it was mostly grain based. Good, but it really sat in my stomach for a long time afterwards.
weight today was 228.2

recovery day May 29, 2007

I really did need a day to recover from that horrific food I ate yesterday. I felt ill most of the evening last night.

Today I stayed raw, and I’m feeling much better. During the day I stuck with 2 green smoothies, and a carrot ginger concoction from the juice place at the mall. It was pretty good, but nothing compared to my homemade smoothies.

Tonight I made the Zucchini pasta with marinara sauce from Alissa Cohen’s book. I liked it, however it really looks like spaghetti, and I can’t get the thought out of my head that it should be hot. It throws me off and I have a hard time eating it. I ended up just having a bit, and then putting the sauce on some dehydrated flax crackers.

Later tonight I’m going to make some sunburgers for tomorrow’s dinner, and maybe a desert type thing as well.

I weighed in a bit higher again today (no surprise there) at 238.8 – Hopefully, the rest of my week will be good, and I’ll at least be back down to my update day weight of 227.2

We should call this…. May 28, 2007

So, I wonder what crap Jennifer ate today?

I was so tempted to not write today, but to keep myself honest I’ve got to spill the beans.

Day started fine, ate a green smoothie, 2 banana’s, an apple, an orange, and a nice bog spinach salad. All fine and good.

On my desk, I found a package of sponge chocolate that a co-worker brought back for me from a trip to Buffalo last week. I saw them, and was about to take them over to the kitchen for other people to eat. I thought that it couldn’t possibly hurt to have one little piece. Well, within a few minutes I consumed the whole bloody bag. The bag was the equivalent of about three Crunchie bars. Not only did I feel incredibly guilty and disgusted with myself, I was also seriously ill That’s a lot of garbage when for the last 2 months I’ve been eating extremely healthy foods, with the odd indulgence in small quantities.

Don’t tune out yet, it gets better! – I get home, and am about to make myself a green smoothie. Instead, inexplicably I decide to make the leftover hot dogs from the weekend. I eat three of them, with processed white hot dog buns. – I’m really not sure what has come over me today. I’m not a binge eater, and never have been. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten three hot dogs in my life, and certainly never a huge bag of sponge toffee all in one go. I do recognize that I did binge, for whatever reason. Hopefully, that will be the last. I must have been craving something, but I can’t imagine that my body really needed sponge toffee and hot dogs

I do know that anytime I’ve tried to lose weight in the past, it’s usually once I’ve lost 20 to 30 lbs, that I start to “give up” and sabotage my diet plan. I do not want that to happen this time. I think this blog will help. Even just the act of writing out where I’ve faltered, and of course my success. The fact remains that I’ve lost almost 20 lbs, I feel healthier than I have in many years. I have more energy, my skin is clearer, and I just noticed earlier today that I have not had indigestion in about a month. I practically lived on tums not so long ago. I drink far less coffee than I have since my early 20’s when I became addicted to it.

Yesterday, I even started a bag of clothes that no longer fit. These I’ll donate somewhere. It felt absolutely incredible to fold them up knowing that I would never have to wear them again.

Anyway, I’ll keep plugging along. I do know how good I feel when I eat primarily raw. Hopefully whatever came over me today is now out of my system.

This morning I weighed in at 228.2 lbs – tomorrow should be interesting

Hectic weekend! May 27, 2007

I’m here, I missed writing my weekly update yesterday as we had company all weekend. Last night, my mom and I were up late making team t-shirts for a transplant fund raising walk that happened today. I mentioned in an earlier post that my father passed away on March 7th. He was a double lung transplant recipient after developing COPD. Just before he received his transplant, he was given less than 2 months to live. Two weeks later, we got the call that lungs were available for him. Instead of having him only for a few months, this gift gave us almost three years.

This walk today was organized by a young mother who developed lung cancer. She was not a smoker, was not subjected to second hand smoke, nor were there any workplace health risks. She has also been given a second chance with donated lungs. The walk raised over $25000.00 today for the transplant team at the Toronto General Hositpal. The hospital foundation is going to match the donations we made today.

Please sign your donor cards, and let your family know your wishes. More lives could be saved if enough organs were available. Most on the organ waiting list die before a suitable organs (or organs) become available.

So…about food. ummm, let’s just say that if it wasn’t on my new diet lifestyle plan, then I ate it. Not a great weekend, and I even missed my green smoothies. At one point, I popped into the grocery store and bought one. However, my 2 year old decided she wanted a taste of the “turtle juice” – I never got it back

I did take the time to take my measurements – So here is Saturdays info. I’ll post Sunday’s below that.

Saturday – Weight 227.2  down 1.4 lbs from Friday, and down 3.8 lbs for the week.

Down 18.8 lbs from my heaviest

Measurements (loss calculated from heaviest)

Arms  – 16.5  (-.50)

Bust – 44 (-2.5)

under bust/back whatever – 38.5 (-2.5)

waist – 40.5 (-1.5)

hips – 55.5 (-2.5)

thighs – 29.25 (-.75)

calves – 17.75 (-.25)

Either stuff is shifting around, or I’m measuring incorrectly. It’s probably me.

Sunday – Today I weighed in a bit higher at 228.2 – but that will work itself out by next week   I’m glad to be going back to work tomorrow, this vacation is wrecking havoc on my diet.

mmmm….chocolate May 25, 2007

Raw chocolate that is.

 

 

Yes, more Shazzie delights. Along with the books and DVD’s I ordered a while back (which I still haven’t had a chance to read) I did order a bunch of her chocolate bars. Wow. They’re awesome. The one above is my favourite so far it has rose petals and Gogi Berries. They’re pretty intense, and I find one little piece is enough to satisfy my chocolate cravings, and this is coming from an insane chocoholic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, I managed to stay raw all day again. Hey, for my week challenge I managed 2 out of 5…not so bad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I ate more of the raw muesli for breakfast, including my daughters portion, who is too bright to fall for my trickery.

 

 

 

a couple of green smoothies throughout the day

 

 

 

Dinner was a nice big spinach salad with walnuts, seeds and strawberries.

 

 

 

Guacamole and chopped up veggies

 

 

 

and of course 1 little piece of chocolate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weight today – 228.6

 

 

Hard time with dinner May 25, 2007

I can do raw very easily breakfast, lunch and snacks. I don’t really even crave cooked food. I’m loving my smoothies, and I even made the most absolutely scrumptious muesli this morning. The recipe came from Shazzies breakfast delights video  – http://www.detoxyourworld.com I’m not sure if the recipe is in her books as well, or if you have to buy the dvd. This recipe alone is well worth it. It was bliss. The almond milk was much easier to make than I thought, even with my crappy blender. I still haven’t got my vitamix repaired yet.

anyway, dinner… I have great plans throughout the day on what wonderful raw creation I’m going to make for dinner. I then pick up the kids from day care, and all inspiration is gone. Tonight we had amy’s organic mushroom pizza with carrots and cucumber side munchies. Certainly not a terrible dinner, but I’d really like to get away from the processed dinners. It’s finding stuff the kids will eat as well. My girls would not go anywhere near the muesli this morning. They loved watching me make it, and even tasted (and loved) the almond milk….until we got to the dinner table. At that point, both refused to even take the teeniest taste.  We’re trying again this morning, by putting the premade muesli (sans fresh fruit) into a cereal box with a large picture of Ariel (the little mermaid) on both sides of the box. We’re calling it magical mermaid food. This probably won’t work either

this was what I ate today:

super yummy muesli with almond milk

a green smoothie (spinach, romaine, apples, and a banana)

a date or two

a dried apricot or two

a huge bowl of the leftover raw coleslaw from yesterday

and dinner …pizza and veggies

Weight today 229.2

emotional day May 23, 2007

by © joanneflavell

Had a bit of a hard day. I forgot that today would have been my fathers birthday. He died March 7th of this year. We celebrated his life with a shot or two of Glenfiddich tonight. He’d have approved

Food wise wasn’t too bad. Stayed raw all day with a green smoothie, a fruit smoothie, an apple, and a larabar.

We had company tonight, so it was easier to have a barbeque. We had barbequed veggie dogs with whole wheat buns, corn on the cob, and a fabulous raw cole slaw recipe I found here.

I’m going to leave it here for the night, as I’m a little too tipsy to write more.

Weight today was 229.6

day 1 completely raw May 22, 2007

by © elenawong

I did it. Absolutely no cooked food today. The fact that I spent most of the day out in the garden certainly helped. I was too busy to think about food. My front yard is almost ready for planting. In the last few days, I’ve put down about 25 bags of mulch, and pulled up about 8 compost bags of weeds. I’m exhausted, but I’ve still managed to keep up with my treadmill walking. – 30 minutes today. Tomorrow, I tackle the back garden. I’ll also get the vegetable patch ready for planting this weekend.

What I ate today

one green smoothie (spinach, dandelion, fruit, flax seeds)

an apple

a bunch of figs

a huge salad with spinach, romaine, pecans, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, olive oil, avocado and lemon. – fabulous!

more pecans

and a couple of flax crackers.

I also got a shipment today from Detox your world. My husband is bringing it home with him tonight. I purchased a couple of Shazzie’s books including the naked chocolate book. Perfect timing, as my raw cacao nibs also arrived today. I think tomorrow I’ll be making some chocolate Also in the shazzie shipment was a few of her raw chocolate bars. I’ll probably eat one tonight. I think I deserve it

Anyway, weight today was 230 even! 16 lbs lost total, and soon I’ll be in the 220’s … hopefully tomorrow.

Raw Challenge May 22, 2007

Since I’m on vacation, I’ve given myself a bit of a challenge for the rest of the week. Can I do 100% raw? How much weight can I lose that way?

I have no time constraints, the kitchen is stocked.

I’ll be posting updates in the evening from now on. This way, it’s unlikely that I’ll forget what I’ve done/ate the previous day.

More tonight.