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…
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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…
Day 3…Back to Raw
I really wasn’t ready to start my raw journey again when I started this blog earlier this year. I’ve been raw..again…for 3 days after a lot of soul searching and prep. So now, after a 1 week detox in preparation…I’m back to Raw Food only and have been so for 3 days. Now, I include…
I fell pray to birthday cake
Yes, I admit it. I just ate the icing off a piece of birthday cake. I wanted it. I know better. I just had that long rant yesterday. But I ate it. AND…there is a Dessert reception at 3:00 (It’s 2:37 now). I have to keep myself in my seat, LOL. Oh, it must be…
It’s going well, but I really want to be 100% raw
My emotional eating continues to be the major revelation I’m having in the process. The reason I’ve eaten to much over the years has nothing to do with hunger or physical need. I eat because I’m lonely, fearful, sad, stressed, confused, bored, lonely, lol. I’m a really happy person, but I wear the mask like…
Fried Plantains and Potatoes
Today I had bananas, baby carrots, a cup of commercial apple sauce, my usual lunch salad with onions and spinach added, lots of water and…fried plantains and fried potatoes. It wasn’t so bad that I ate them…it’s vegan. However, the problem was that I wasn’t really hungry. Went to Silver Spring to with a friend…
Sugar Free on a Tuesday
I got all that shrimp and “friedness” out of me this morning and during the day. I felt good for most of the day. Started the morning with bananas and apple sauce. Midmorning I got really, really hungry…so I had a bag of baby carrots. The hunger was very intense, so I was surprised. It…
Things are going well…it’s a sweet Monday surprise
Sunday: I got the most sour terrible grapes from Harris Teeter. They were 99 cents per pound so I should have known. TERRIBLE. However, I was proud of myself because I’d walked all over Pentagon City Fashion Mall and hadn’t fell to any of the food court temptations. Oh, I looked, believe me. However, I…
Karyn Calabrese: African American Raw Food Pioneer
“Being a vegan for over 25 years and a proponent of Living Foods, I’ve learned that good nutrition is good eating, good digesting, and absorbing the nutrients your body needs. However, most people eat food that has been cooked and then warmed up. This process depletes the enzyme activity in food and prevents the optimum…