April 2009

Heyyyyyyyyy!!! TGIAF! This week has flown by and I have no prob with that Any big plans this weekend??

So this morning, I overslept again since the pilot and I were up late finishing The Cell- what a bizarre and aesthetically crazy movie- so I made a superfast bfast before walking the puppers.

A piece of Ezek. with raw AB, 3 sliced figs and some goji berries:

It was super tasty and I loved the figs on there!!

The puppies and I went to the base trail for their walk. I walk them at least a half hour every day, no matter how busy I am. It’s done wonders for their behavior because they’re very mellow the rest of the day

Little sisters:

When we got home, the puppies crashed out and I hit up the gym to pump some iron

Elliptical	Cross country 2, level 5, 30 minutes
Overhead dumbbell triceps extension	15 lbs, 3 sets of 12
Front to side lat raises	5 lbs each, 3 sets of 12
Straight bar tricep pressdown	50 lbs, 3 sets of 12
Cable upward row	40 lbs, 3 sets of 12
Bosu crunches	Body weight, 3 sets of 15
Circle obliques	Body weight, 3 sets of 10 on each side
Total time: 55 minutes

When I got home, I was starving, so I munched on some carrots outta the bag dipped into raw hummus while I made the best raw milkshake I’ve created so far.

-1 whole mango

-1 small frozen banana

-1/3 cup frozen Thai coconut meat

-1/2 cup almond milk

-palmful of soaked raw cashews

-5 drops vanilla liquid Stevia

-1 heaping tbs unsweetened coconut

Eating raw is easy when the food tastes AMAZING

I’ve received a few emails and some comments asking how I feel since I switched to eating raw until dinner two weeks ago. I figured I’d do a mini re-cap:

I feel invigorated, clean, light, energized and happy. Teaching has been easier and I have been drinking less caffeine because my energy levels are higher. Luckily, my complexion has never given me many problems but since I started incorporating more raw food into my diet last fall, it’s improved and has continued to improve in the past two weeks. I feel “lighter” even though I’m pretty sure my weight is the same– I don’t feel dragged down or get that icky bloated feeling during the day. Also, I don’t feel pressured to always eat raw.

Unlike almost every other eating plan, if you decide you want cooked food it doesn’t derail your efforts at all. So if I want something cooked (like in Tucson), I’ll go for it and not have to think twice. Eating raw is just something good you can do for your body. I don’t think I could ever be 100% raw (or want to be), but I will definitely continue to eat raw during the day.

Well I’m off to work, then teaching step and dinner with the girls.

See ya soon!!

Much love,

G$

I’m not big on labels, but what do you consider yourself as far as eating goes? Are you vegetarian? Vegan? Pescatarian? Quasitarian like me??

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