Day 49: Day 1 of Juice Feast

Sunday - Day 49: Day 1 of Juice Feast

morning/afternoon: one mason jar (4 cups) of 4 cucumbers/ 2 limes juice
afternoon/evening: one mason jar of 3 tomatoes/ 2 1/2 red peppers / 1 carrot juice; one tablespoon of coconut butter
evening: 1/2 mason jar watermelon juice --> this is the best thing EVER. I originally had watermelon juice in Asia and I do not know why I never made it since Ive been back.

result: 2 poops

So I have been thinking about doing a juice feast. I started today because I ran out of most of my raw food and needed to go grocery shopping anyway. Also this is the perfect time to start due to the abundance of stuff coming out of my parents' garden. Plus I want to detox my system even more and hopefully rid myself of these damn headaches!

My mom and I went to Coventry's farmers market. Holy crap is that place huge! We got tons of stuff worth about $40 bucks. We also did a whole foods run and I got about $102 worth of veggies and fruits.
There is no challenge to this feast. I originally thought of doing a 7 day thing but changed it tonight. This is soo much harder than turning raw. I am having a difficult time drinking an entire mason jar. Usually half way through I am a bit repulsed. Im supposed to have about 4 mason jars a day! Ive only consumed 2 1/2 thus far and its already 9 pm. I am also not feeling very hungry. So I have decided to go as long as I can and however long the groceries last. But man am I peeing like a race horse.

I am also feeling pretty negative today. So perhaps I may turn this into a 7 day challenge once I start feeling better. But the negativity is because of the migraines I am getting. Last night I got another migraine. I was at a party, feeling fine, when an underlying headache started and got gradually worst until it turned into a migraine and I felt nausea and felt like I was going to vomit. I went straight home and into bed. I woke up today feeling better but still had a slight headache. It got bad again around 5 pm and now its subsided but still present.


So onto the feast...

Day 44, 45, 46, 47, 48

Day 44: Tuesday

morning: green berry smoothie
afternoon: spring mixed salad, watermelon, raspberries
evening: zucchini pasta with tomatoes, onion and ranch style dressing; watermelon; onion bread with nut cheese; cookie ice cream; watermelon

result: 2 poops

Day 45: Wednesday

morning: cashews
afternoon: zucchini pasta with tomatoes and ranch style dressing, raspberries
evening: 2 onion breads with chive nut cheese and tomato; cookie ice cream; raw corn on the cob; watermelon

result: 1 poo

Day 46: Thursday

morning: green berry smoothie
afternoon: zucchini pasta with tomatoes and ranch style dressing, raspberries, watermelon
evening: 2 onion breads with chive nut cheese and tomato; ice cream; cashews; raw cheddar cheese

result: 2 poops

Day 47: Friday

morning: cashews
afternoon: zucchini pasta with tomatoes and ranch style dressing, raspberries, watermelon
evening: onion bread with hamburger nut cheese, guacamole and tomato, watermelon; raw cheddar cheese; cacaonut ball

result: 2 poops

Day 48: Saturday

afternoon: onion bread with nut cheese and tomato
evening: zucchini pasta with tomatoes, onion, peppers and ranch style dressing; cacanut ball

result: 2 poops
detox: migraine again =/

Sunday - I am starting a juice feast today. Will do a separate post.

Day 42, and Day 43

Day 42: Sunday

morning: chive nut cheese on onion bread with tomato, red pepper and onion
afternoon: cashews, pepitas, cucumber/carrot/apple juice!, cookie
evening: zucchini and squash pasta with marinated mushrooms, onions, peppers and tomatoes mixed with "ranch" dressing; cookie; onion bread with chive nut cheese; watermelon

result: 2 poops

Day 43: Monday

morning: chive nut cheese on onion bread with tomato
afternoon: handful of movie popcorn =/. it was Mindy's Bday and we went to the movies and she treated herself to some and I also had a handful.
evening: "hamburger" on onion bread with tomato, spinach and raw cheddar cheese; raw corn on the cob; raw cheddar, watermelon

result: 2 poops

I would also like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEREDITH!!!!!!!!!!! I am so grateful to have you in my life, leading and mentoring me on this path!! Have an awesome 9! birthday!

DAY 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41!

Day 36: Monday

morning: raspberries, my parents homemade raw pickles
afternoon: cream cheese on onion bread with tomato, cherries, homemade potato chips
evening: cream cheese on onion bread with tomato, raw sharp cheddar cheese from local coop, cherries, cheesecake

result: 1 poo

yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Meredith just posted on her blog how to make this AWESOME delicious cheesecake. Go check it out!!

Day 37: Tuesday

morning: green berry smoothie with almond milk
afternoon: "chicken burger" on onion bread, guacamole, tomatoes; watermelon, cherries
evening: 2 onion breads with "cream cheese" and tomato; cheesecake

result: 2 poops

Last night I also made some onion bread! It is dehydrating away at the moment. I took it out on Wednesday and it came out AWESOME. I rule.

So I am definitely seeing detoxes from my one day binge. Besides those headaches Im getting weird stuff coming out of my bellybutton. ewww, right?

Day 38: Wednesday

morning: cherries
afternoon: mixed salad, watermelon, 1/2 of a cookie
evening: "wrap" with onion, red pepper, nut cheese and guacamole; cheesecake; onion bread with cheese and tomato

result: 2 poops

Day 39: Thursday

morning: green berry smoothie
afternoon: tomato, onion and cucumber in olive oil, cherries, watermelon, cookie
evening: 3 onion breads with cheese, tomato, pepper, onion; cheesecake; cookie; a sample of crackers

result: 2 poops

Last night I also finished making my chive nut cream cheese!! Im going to eat some tonight. It is sooo easy to make too! Go to Meredith's website to read the recipe. yummmm.

Day 40: Friday

morning: green berry smoothie
afternoon: mixed spring salad, watermelon, cookie
evening: 3 onion bread with nut cheese, red pepper, onion and tomato; cheesecake

result: 2 poops

Day 41: Saturday

morning: onion bread with nut cheese
afternoon: cucumber/carrot/apple juice!; wrap with avacado, nut cheese and tomato; cookie
evening: raw corn on a cob with coconut oil as butter; cheesecake; onion bread with nut cheese

result: 2 poops

I also weighed myself! I have officially lost 10 pounds since going raw 41 days ago. Woooo! Its exciting because I am eating like a fat kid and still losing weight. I am officially obsessed with the onion bread and chive nut cheese that I have made. I cannot stop eating it! yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Day 31, Day 32, blasphemous day 33, Day 34, Day 35

Day 31:

morning: watermelon, cashews
afternoon: creamy pepper soup, walnuts, ice cream, Mer's cake
evening: yellow coconut curry with cauliflower, grapes

Im being a fat kid today because Im studying for the MPRE that I take Friday. I have always eaten tons when I stress. SO not much has changed besides just being a healthier fat kid.

Day 32:

afternoon: zuchinni with marinara sauce, tomato, watermelon

evening: squash pasta with dehydrated mushroom, onion, tomatoes in a creamy nut based sauce that tasted like ranch!, cheesecake.

Thursday is raw night at the Kellogg's which means Meredith uncooking heavenly food. Wow wow wow was that dressing delicious.

Day 33: My monthly nonraw day....

morning: greeny berry smoothie (started off good....)
afternoon: NON RAW MEAL: this was my cheat day after taking the MPRE. I had half of ted's montana grill hamburger with chedder, bacon, sauted onions on top with french fires and onion rings.

Soon after I felt beyond heavy and lethargic. I actually had to take a nap. I continued to feel prego and exhausted. Poop was normal. But I got winded going up stairs? Mer gave me some enzyme pills to take to help my body digest the food. This day showed me that I definitely want to continue on the raw path.

evening: juice! (cucumber, apple, carrot)

Day 34:

morning: 4 cups of that juice!
afternoon: watermelon, grape, "cream cheese" on onion bread with tomato
evening: squash pasta with tomato, onion, mushrooms in ranch style dressing; cheesecake, 1/3 of a cookie, watermelon

Today I developed an intense headache. I believe that the headaches I have been experiencing lately are actually my physical detoxes. I read its common to get headaches when going raw as toxins escape your body. I think that is what happened today, my body trying to rid of my nasty eating yesterday. I actually had the intense headache into the next day of day 35.

To make this cream cheese go to Meredith's rawseed website. She put up a video explaining the process. Trust me, it is well worth making. YUM.

Day 35:

morning: cashews
afternoon: 2 "cream cheese" on onion bread with tomatoes and basil; watermelon; cheesecake
evening: eggplant mini pizzas, watermelon

The headache continued for a bit into today. Yuck. Im going to think twice about eating non-raw food once a month. Not sure if it was worth it.

ohhhhhhhhhh so I forgot to mention! I am a proud owner of an excalibur dehydrator! Everything just connected. I remember when I started this 30 day challenge I said that come day 30 I will make a decision whether I will continue on this path and if I do I will buy a dehydrator. So basically on Day 30 I got a message from a guy who said that he was selling his! Its the 9 tray brand new model at a good price, used only once. Hell yeah!! The forces have brought me to the deydrator, hinting that I must continue!

So today was my big day playing with it. I had an eggplant to use so I looked up some eggplant receipes. So I made the eggplant mini pizzas! I took the recipes off of goneraw.

Ingredients:

2 Eggplants, sliced in rounds 1/4 - 1/2 in. thick
2 cup Tomatoes, Chopped/sliced
¼ cup Olive Oil
2 tablespoon Basil, chopped
1 clove Garlic, minced/pressed
¼ cup Onions, chopped
2 tablespoon Oregano, dried

Preparation:

1. Topping: In a bowl, mix all ingredients except the Eggplant.
2. Spoon topping onto eggplant rounds, and dehydrate at 118 (or desired temp) untill eggplant becomes crispy around the edges (about 8-12 hours.)

I only used one eggplant though but kept the ingredients the same. It was actually pretty good. I left it in the dehydrator for about 8 hours. Wasnt sure how crunchy it should have been.

I also made some strawberry raw ice cream! Its in the freezer but Ill report on the taste tomorrow. Im also attempting to make some potato chips. Will report.

Day Thirty!

So yesterday I officially concluded my thirty day challenge. I consumed the following:

morning: green berry smoothie with almond milk, cashews
afternoon: hamburger on bread with avocado and tomato, watermelon
evening: yellow coconut curry with cauliflower, grapes

result: 4 poops

Within this month I have lost about 7-8 pounds going raw. I feel awesome. I feel lightweight and I feel more energized. The lightweight feeling subsides a bit but I think its because one gets used to it. I bet if I ate a nonraw meal I would feel the difference. I didnt experience much of a detox physically, perhaps more mentally. I did experience some girl related changes. Going raw has also changed my dreams. When I first started my sleep was restless. My sleep is no longer restless but my dreams are far more vivid. Every time I wake from a dream Im almost jolted back to reality. Kinda strange. I still have cravings but they come and go and sometimes include raw related stuff like more veggies. I also feel far more in tune with my body. It tells me what it wants or if I have eaten too much of something. I also poop more than I used to. I also think I may have a weird allergy against cacao. Before going raw chocolate and coffee made me feel nauseous. As I no longer drink coffee, I definitely experience it when I eat cacao. Tiny portions are fine but small portions make me feel nauseous. Im wondering if this could possibly be sparking my migraines? All I know is that I just need to listen to what my body says. What I love about this way of eating is the fact that I can eat as much as I want. When Im hungry I eat, when Im not I can stop myself. While doing this I am still losing the weight! I am going to continue on with this journey. But I may once a month have a nonraw meal and suffer the consequences.

so the raw life challenge continues....

Day Twenty-Nine

SO yesterday I consumed:

morning: green strawberry smoothie with almond milk
afternoon: asian noodle salad with "peanut sauce," cherries, watermelon
evening: yellow coconut curry, slither of Mer's cake, watermelon

I first had chicken yellow coconut curry when I went to Laos in 2008. It was absolutely delicious. Ever since I used to make it regularly. It involves a yellow coconut curry sauce with chicken, potatoes and sticky rice. So yesterday I attempted to replicate it but raw style. Here are the steps I took and I dont really know the measurements because I did it to taste.

Yellow Coconut Curry
1 coconut
yellow curry
ginger
cayenne and chili powder
onion, peppers, mushroom
cauliflower to act as the rice
salt, pepper

Broke open a coconut, saved the water and took out the meat. I put the meat in the food processor and grounded it up. Then I placed the grounded meat and the water into a blender and blended it really well. Then dumped the stuff into a baggie to separate the milk from the meat. I bagged the meat and saved it to use for some other dish later.

I then put tons of yellow curry into the milk along with cayenne and chili powder, salt and pepper. Mix it around with a spoon. The spice mix should have more yellow curry then any of the other spices. Add some chopped onion, peppers, ginger and mushrooms.

Put some cauliflower in a food processor until its in little pieces. Add to a bowl and pour the yellow curry sauce over it. Pour as much as you like. In Laos the curry was in a soup bowl and you would dip the sticky rice in the sauce but raw style youll have to mix it all.

It came out good. Obviously not exact to the nonraw style but its amazing how the crunch of the cauliflower is very similar to the rice. I bet putting the veggies in the dehydrator for a bit would make it yummier. Also allowing the spices to sit in the milk for longer would allow it to absorb better. I noticed I had to use far more spices than normally because the lack of cooking everything.


So today is my 30th day of being raw! Ill update my food consumption and talk about my changes tonight or tomorrow.