day fourteen

still feeling under the weather... slept most of the day..

breakfast:
fruit smoothie:
one banana
one apple
1/2 mango
2 blood red oranges
8 ounces of naked 'probiotic' juice
one tablespoon of ginger
juice of one fresh squeezed lime

lunch:
one piece of tilapia

dinner:
amy's vegetable soup

day thirteen

i am trying to get myself prepped for saturday. FIRST REAL MARATHON! i'm both really nervous & really excited at the same time.

funny, extreme makeover home edition was not only about a boy with leukemia, but also from new hampshire, so it really hit home. (& definitely did not stop me from having a little sob fest while writing my papers).

i have yet to really dig into juliano's raw food uncook book. i'm hoping once finals are done (next week), i'll be able to really start experimenting.

breakfast:
think bar
coffee with soy (oatmeal is gone)

lunch:
raw cashews with pomegranate & vanilla bean

dinner:
blue corn chips with raw salsa & raw guacamole
salad

dessert:
banana balls from whole foods

day twelve

breakfast:
coffee with soy
organic (but not raw) berry coffee cake

lunch:
left over cafe 118
(crispy spring rolls/bean burrito)

snack:
raw banana balls from whole foods
i have got to figure out how to make these, they are frozen banana, walnuts & dates covered in carob chocolate & they are amazing!

dinner:
blue corn chips & raw salsa & guacamole

day eleven

mmm i ate so good today. & i feel so good. this is definitely why i started doing this.

breakfast:
coffee with soy
think organic bar

lunch:
marinated tofu & chick peas (the tofu was cold, but i'm not really sure if that counts for raw or not?)

dinner:
strawberry/banana/pear/lime/ginger fruit smoothie
crispy veggie rolls
spicy 'bean' burrito
all raw pumpkin pie



(of course dinner was at cafe 118 in winter park, i just can't get enough of that place, even if it is mega expensive, it's totally worth it). the pumpkin pie tastes like the real deal, and the bean burrito was a dehydrated corn flour tortilla, with avocado, corn, romaine lettuce, cashew sour cream. i have no idea what else was in it. but it was soooo good. i had them split the portions so i can eat the same exact thing for lunch/dinner tomorrow!

i also ran 5 miles today. i paced myself & did not have to stop at all to walk. i didn't time myself (one of these days i need to buy a watch, i asked for one that counts distance, calories and heart rate for christmas) so that i can actually figure out how long its taking me to run. the only time i keep track is when i'm running with my group on saturday mornings. but i'll bet that i've cut down on my mile time since i've started!

day ten

should i even bother with an update today? i was totally bad.

breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with soy

snack:
a few pieces of apple, pineapple, mango & kiwi

dinner:
turkey
stuffing
mashed potatoes
string beans
piece of pumpkin pie

ehhhh & my body hates me right now.

day nine

i finally had a chance to sleep in today. very exciting. i also went to the gym for an hour, in anticipation of knowing that i was going to be sitting all day writing a 15 page paper on art education policies in public schools(snooze).

i have been doing school work since noon, & i will keep working until glee is on. then i'm calling it a night.

breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with soy

lunch:
salad

snack:
pumpkin muffin

dinner:
one piece of chicken
zucchini, broccoli, string beans and peppers

day eight

i have been really lazy since i've run my 'practice' half marathon on saturday. i was so sore sunday and monday, i did not work out, and today i was planning on going to spinning class but got wrapped up in writing a paper and didn't make it(at least i was using my time to do something productive).

breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with soy

lunch:
think bar
piece of fish
a raw sliced up pepper

dinner:
pumpkin cheesecake

i blame that last one on my roommate. you cannot put me in a room with anything pumpkin and expect me not to eat it. i have a feeling the next few weeks of eating will be hard with my crazy work schedule, writing 3 very large papers with supplement presentations, and also gift wrapping to make my last few couple hundred fundraising dollars for LLS for my marathon. I'll make it through. hopefully, with a lot of shakes!

day seven

today was a long day! work & a lot of errands & class. i've been really good about eating today & feel great about it.

breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with soy(will i ever be able to give up coffee? i don't know!)

lunch:
think fruit bar(peanut gogi glow is my favorite, but i couldn't find a photo of that one) they also have think thin, think organic, think thin bites, etc. they are all raw and natural(and filling and amazing!)


dinner:
sushi
edamame
raw pumpkin seeds

dessert:
raw dark chocolate

i also wanted to let everyone know about these GREAT shoes I bought last weekend. they are vegan, and are incredibly comfortable. instead of biking to school in flip flops, i use these now. i highly recommend them: J-41 is the company, this model is the Gladiator. I have the turquoise ones. & they have a map in the bottom.

day six

today i am just trying to recover from my run yesterday. it hurt to get out of bed this morning. i denied myself a nap today(worked from 5:30am to 11:30am), and now, at 7:45pm, my bed is calling my name. This, in turn, has also caused me to be incredibly lazy about eating... trying to not steer myself down that road, but i wasn't exactly good today.

breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with soy

lunch:
half an avocado
2 pieces of provolone cheese
4 squares of dark chocolate

dinner:
pad thai(vegetables?)

i guess that's not so bad. i'm a little worried about thanksgiving.

day five

today i ran THIRTEEN miles. the full mileage of the half marathon... i did it in 3 hours(+ a little but i stopped to go to the bathroom 2 times, which will most likely not happen on race day, i don't think, due to excitement/momentum/etc.) my legs are pretty sore & the last couple of miles were actually the hardest.

i have not lost any weight this week, despite my eating & exercise habits. i know this is because i rarely get sleep, which is a huge contributing factor. this is really disappointing to see on the scale when i'm working so hard for it to come off. i'm trying not to let this discourage me too much.

i was totally wiped when i was done running. took a nice long nap. (when i probably should have been doing school work). i also made crispy spring rolls again for dinner(left over collard greens & cabbage i did not want to go bad). I documented them this time!

breakfast:
a bagel with almond butter

lunch:
banana
2 pieces of provolone cheese

dinner:
a piece of grilled chicken
crispy spring rolls

& i'll probably have some raw dark chocolate for a little bit of dessert later

here are the photos from dinner, in order:

all of the ingredients(minus the date dipping sauce, because i had leftovers from the last time i made it)


cutting the collard greens & spreading on the almond butter


filling them with the ingredients


all wrapped up & ready to eat(the date sauce on the side). some of my collard greens were getting a little flimsy, so they broke.

day four

i was feeling a little under the weather today... today was a 'rest day' as i'm gearing up to run a 'practice' half marathon tomorrow. i need to keep my time under 3.5 hours(which is a 15 minute mile). when i ran a 5 mile race about 2 months ago, i did it in an hour, and have been averaging 10 miles in a little over 2 hours. we'll see how tomorrow goes. i have mountains of school work piling up that i haven't really started.. so this post will be short & sweet

breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with soy milk

lunch:
raw sushi(with spelt rice) not really a big fan, so i don't think i'll be eating this again

dinner:
a honey wheat bagel left over from my mom's visit


oh, on an exciting note though, i did pick up juliano's raw uncook book today, & i'm excited to start using recipes from it!

day three

a weird thing happened to me today... i went to the doctor & i got on the scale & they told me i was 10 pounds lighter than what i was weighing myself at home... then i went to walmart. i weighed myself on three different scales, and theirs what definitely wrong. how weird... isn't a doctor supposed to have one of those big clunky medal ones where you shift the weight back and forth? they had a digital one on a CARPET. something tells me this might be the reason why.

today i had:
oatmeal
coffee with soy milk
chocolate lara bar

a falafel pita from the hummus house: HH is my FAVORITE. it was their one year anniversary so i got a pita for 3 bucks. SCORE!

another coffee(black).

has anyone ever eaten a green & black chocolate bar? i picked one up at whole foods the other day & it was soooo good. all raw ingredients, too. (dark chocolate with raw almonds). fabulous snack.

day two/crispy spring rolls recipe

unfortunately i am back into the bad habit of getting up really early because of work(4am) and coming home & trying not to take a nap is very difficult. i've been good so far about sticking to this, i'm hoping that my energy levels rise as i continue this diet.

last night i worked out for 2 hours(spinning & kickboxing) & today i ran 6 miles, and biked 6 miles. let's see those pounds drop!

breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with soy milk

lunch:
(thank you cafe 118 in winter park for divulging enough ingredients for me to figure this amazing recipe out)
crispy spring rolls

dinner
roasted eggplant & zucchini
one piece of salmon

alright, so dinner tonight was not raw... but like i said, i want to slowly integrate this eating permanently.

oh, & here's that recipe for the awesome spring rolls!

ingredients:

cabbage
carrots
mango
almond butter
collard greens
dates
lemon

shred one cup of carrots, one cups of cabbage & one cup of mango(i like to use a large cheese grater)

cut up one cup of fresh dates - blend in the food processor adding fresh lemon juice until it is smooth

cut one large leaf of collard green in half(i just cut out the vein, and i have two equal halves) - spread almond butter on the leaves - as much or as little as you would like.

layer the mango, carrots & cabbage: roll like a burrito: dip in amazing date spread: ENJOY! these is a great sweet & sour combo that you will love!

day one

this morning i started my raw diet... they say it's best not to go cold turkey unless you're just doing a detox, so i'm slowly integrating it into how i'm eating(& i do not want to waste things like oatmeal, soy milk, and the salmon that's in my freezer)

for breakfast:
oatmeal with raw almonds
coffee with soy milk

lunch:
key lime lara bar & a shake:

1 scoop carob powder
1 scoop super food
1 scoop wheat grass
1 whole banana
1/2 mango
1 whole apple
1 whole orange
1 cup of soy milk
1 tablespoon of honey
1 tablespoon noni juice

for dinner i plan on eating baked zucchini & eggplant, and probably a piece of fish.

my head is pounding, by the way. i don't know if it's the lack of sleep or the detoxing i'm experiencing from the shake i just finished.

starting raw

a recent trip to montana sparked an interest in training for a marathon; so i joined up with the leukemia & lymphoma society & i've been running since august. with that, i also started watching what i ate, and i have lost 13 pounds. i think it would be more if i actually got some sleep every once in a while, but working at 5am, and being a graduate student tends to take up most of my day.

i recently started to look into raw food diets after seeing a special about it on TLC. so, last week i took the plunge and spent almost $300 on a blender, a food processor, and things like wheat grass, carob powder, super food, etc. with the help of a friend who's done it before, i knew i really wanted to do this.

over the weekend, my mom was here & we went to this amazing restaurant called cafe 118. gourmet raw food. it was unbelievable. i knew i was hooked & could do it after that. we even made some of the stuff the next day that we ate & it was pretty easy.

so, here i will document my beginning days of being a 'raw foodist'.