Yesterday was day 10 on raw food with only 1 day where I wasn’t 90-100% raw!!! Yeah! This is going better than expected. Weight today: 180.5 I’ve basically been eating the same thing every day…morning green smoothie, large salad for lunch, either another large salar for lunch or just fruit (grapes or rasberries) and some…
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Slow down on the dried fruit
I’m going to have to slow down on the store bought dried fruit…namely mango and banana chips. What did I see when checking Yahoo today…The worst ‘healthy’ foods. Good article. It said… Dried Fruit 175 calories 45 g sugars Eat this instead! Fresh fruit, like an apple or a peach 70 calories 15 g sugars…
Day 9: Recovering from sugar
Day 9/Monday I think I was recovering from the sugar in the drinks I had Sunday night yesterday. The inflammation in my hip acted up a bit more. I’ve been just walking in the city for exercise and yesterday I part of walk was uphill. I took an Ibuprofen and all was well. Weight: 180.5…
Day 8: The challenge of eating out at restaurants
Yesterday…Sunday Weight: 179.5 I ate: Green smoothie: banana, spinach, and frozen mango raw walnuts (about a cup) bowl of grapes Large salad with spinach, walnuts, boiled egg, fried crispy onion 4 deviled eggs (I know, I know) Day 8 was the day of the restaurant challenge. I took a friend of mine to a really…
Day 7: Life doesn’t revolve around food
Today was the first day that I really realized how much my life was controlled by food. I was constantly thinking about what I was going to eat…rationalizing what was “good” or “bad”. I was worried about eating bad things. I wasn’t consumed with eating…I just thought about it way too much because it’s connected…
Day 6 on raw food
Day 6 went very well I ate: My morning green smootie (see other days) with Kale added 1/2 cup of raw walnuts Large Lunch salad (see other days) with red onions this time Large apple cup of walnuts, 1/2 cup of banana chips, and a bowl of grapes for dinner Weight: 182 I think the…
Exercise and Dried Mango
2 Notes on my process going to the 100% raw foods world. 1) I ate dried mango from Whole Foods (low sugar, low/no sulfur) on Mon, Tues, and Wed. Forgot to add that in cause it was at night. I know, I know…it’s not raw. However, I bought it to take away my late night…
African Americans eating Raw Food: History Makers
These People are inspiring me on my Raw Food Journey. They all look wonderful, beautiful, and healthy. That’s Black Power…Health Power! I’ve seen some of these legends speak in person…Aris and Dick Gregory. Storm and his wife Jinjee have a great website and I’ve been blessed by their books and videos. Here in DC I’ve…
Supplements and Raw Nuts
Supplements I take: One-A-Day Energy Multi, Flax Seed oil, Milk Thistle, Zinc, Magnesium, and Alpha Lipoic Acid I know a lot of people say that supplements just make your urine more expensive. LOL. It’s something that I’ve always taken. Sue me. Maybe I’ll stop by the new year but I’ll likely always take a multi-vitamin…
Day 4: Feeling good, feeling dry
I need some lotion. I am so dry. My hands and my legs have shown signs of dryness. That would be ASH. You know what I’m talking about sistas and brothers. Amen. I love Nubian Heritage products and I’m about to slather on some of their chocolate smelling cocoa butter lotion after this post. LOL…