What is your ideal eating day look like?
Posted by:
Maritza
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Date: March 12, 2010 03:39PM What do you usually eat on a typical day?
OR what does your ideal eating day consist of? Please, be as specific as you can for all meals. I'm a newbie and it would really help me. Thanks all! Re: What is your ideal eating day look like?
Posted by:
lisa m
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Date: March 12, 2010 08:42PM my days are always different as I don't have a set routine, but I'll try and give you some ideas as I think it's a good question
I generally start off with a large glass of water with the juice of 2 oranges added, and a little sole (water which has had sea-salt added to it). later on I might have a juice made from veggies and fruits; something like cucumber, celery, carrot, apple, wheatgrass. some people prefer a more denser type of breakfast such as soaked oat groats mixed with some berries and a sweetener to make a porridge. I'm out and about I'll make up a large green smoothie and take it with me in a flask; this could be maybe bananas, spinach & superfoods, usually with a base of a home-made concoction of herbal tea. I also usually have some home-made flatbread made with sprouted grains/seeds (such as sprouted wheat, hemp, flax, quinoa etc) other good ideas for lunch/dinner are a large salad with a mixture of veggies, avocado and a home made dressing. Free Newsletter: [bit.ly] Facebook: [www.facebook.com] Instagram: [www.instagram.com] Blog: [RawFoodScotland.co.uk] Re: What is your ideal eating day look like?
Posted by:
suncloud
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Date: March 12, 2010 10:20PM Great website Lisa!
Everybody's probably a little different. Or a lot different. My schedule is kind of like this: Breakfast comes after yoga. I have a few small-to-medium bananas plus any other kind of fruit, as much as I like. Later (some time before noon), I have cucumber mixed with avocado (and sometimes some diced hot chili pepper), sprinkled with lemon juice. Around 2:00, I have a handful or two of some kind of nut/seed and more fruit, as much as I like. Then, after exercise in the evening, I sometimes have more fruit, but not much, and I sometimes have more nuts/seeds, but not much. Once or twice a week, I have a greens day. I have fruit in the morning. Then, in the afternoon, I have a large salad or a couple of nori rolls with lots of greens, some sprouted kamut, a small amount of avocado or cold-pressed hemp oil, and a sprinkle of lemon juice. On those days, I often don't have nuts or seeds all day, but sometimes I do. Once a week, I do an all-day and all-night water fast. Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/12/2010 10:26PM by suncloud. Re: What is your ideal eating day look like?
Posted by:
Trive
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Date: March 13, 2010 06:07AM Maritza,
Welcome! I don't have one ideal day. For me it's ideal to eat what I want on one day and if I want the same thing on the next day... fine. I often eat the same thing for several days in a row. But if I want different things every day and every meal... that's fine too. It all averages out. When I first started eating raw foods I wanted heavier foods that felt like familiar meals. To help myself with variety, I compiled a list of raw fillings for lettuce wraps. (See "Wraps Galore!" in the recipe and food prep strand.) Then, I ate more nuts, seeds, and spices then because I was transitioning to raw foods, but now I limit fats and have toned done spices. A sample day then was: Breakfast: a green lemonade smoothie made from a blend of orange juice, water, lemon, grated ginger,lettuce, apple (It was like I couldn't drink enough of it!) Mid-morning: As much of one fruit as I wanted, usually 3 bananas or 2 mangos [(I was afraid that if I felt hungry, I would fail.) u]Lunch[/u]: Fill bell pepper slices or celery stalks with a raw baba ganoush (or I made a lettuce wrap of some sort). Mid afternoon: More fruit or another green lemonade (I finally satisfied my craving for them.) Dinner: A huge salad I tracked everything I ate on www.fitday.com to ensure that I was getting enough nutrients, thinking that I needed to get variety everyday. My concern was unfounded. Now I don't worry so much. I know I get lots of variety within a month. I have been eating almost 100% raw for nine months. A sample day for me now is: Breakfast/Mid-morning: As much of one fruit as I want whenever I want it Lunch: A salad or a green smoothie or fruit Mid afternoon: Lately it has been frozen blueberries and a banana, blended and eaten like "ice cream" Dinner: A huge salad Best wishes in your search for what works for you! My favorite raw vegan Re: What is your ideal eating day look like?
Posted by:
Trive
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Date: March 13, 2010 07:29AM P. S.: Here's what someone else eats on a typical day:
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Posted by:
Utopian Life
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Date: March 13, 2010 01:20PM 1st food of the day: usually 4-7 bananas, a green smoothie, or 4 c. of other fruit
2nd meal: same as above 3rd meal: same as above 4th meal: same as above 5th meal: same 6th meal: green leafy vegetables, like spinach, with tomatoes, maybe an avocado, bell peppers 7th meal, if hungry: more fruit or more salad I eat a more clean diet than some others, with no salt, no nuts except one or two Brazils a week, no oils, no powders, no junk, just produce. The green smoothies usualy have spinach, kale, fresh juice or water, bananas, and maybe one other fruit I have on hand (see below) or just bananas. The other sweet fruits I commonly eat (but not limited to just these) are grapes, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, mangoes, kiwi, pears, apples, cantalope, grapefruit, oranges, and pineapple. Re: What is your ideal eating day look like?
Posted by:
Maritza
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Date: March 14, 2010 11:32PM thnks so much for all the replies! Re: What is your ideal eating day look like?
Posted by:
Prana
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Date: March 15, 2010 01:17AM For me it varies depending on the season. Yesterday I had the following:
2pm: 10 oranges 6pm: 8 bananas, 8 strawberry smoothies. A vegetable crudité with sliced cucumbers, carrots, celery, and red bell peppers, with a dipping sauce made from 4 tangerines, 2 ribs celery, 1/2 bunch cilantro, 2 tbsp sundried tomatoes, and 3 tbsp hemp seeds. During the summer, I might have the following: 2pm: 5 pounds watermelon 7pm: 5 pounds watermelon, a salad of 2 romaine hearts with a salsa dressing made from 3 medium tomatoes, a red bell pepper, 6 tomatillos, cilantro For my dinner, I usually spend some time digesting between the fruit and the salad, depending on what fruit I ate. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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