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13 years ago
dlj
I prefer blending and eat my "smoothie" with a spoon as an "energy soup." Both the taste and the texture seem more soup-like than drink-like.
Forum: Juicing, Juicers, Blending and Blenders 15 years ago
dlj
Had an "okay" week. Nighttime snacking got out of hand again on Friday. I'm changing my monitoring so that "time of night" as well as quantity will be penalized. Too much and too late will both count negatively in my daily total. I will also try to got to bed if I head for the pantry.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 15 years ago
dlj
I'm at it again. After "falling off the (raw) wagon" for nearly a year. For the past three weeks I've met my target of 3 days each week of 100% raw/living foods. The other days, I have usually been raw until dinner and then eat a cooked vegan dinner with my wife. On non raw days, I allow 1 coffee and/or 1 alcoholic drink. I have 'slipped' with respect to night-time snaking on some
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Thanks, Optimist. Indeed, many good responses to your query about night eating.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Have been managing the 80% most days, but no 100% days for more than a week. Also overeating nuts and dried fruit, especially at night. I'm going to try brushing my teeth early in the evening and then "no eating after brushing!""
Anyone out there try this? Does it help?
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
optimist,
Thanks for the suggestion. I will give it a try.
I have had a better day. At least met my 80% target.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada.
Fairly easy to do raw, but this time of year everything has travelled a good distance to get here. Some basic are available organic, but many are not. For a special treat, we can go to Toronto, about 90 minutes away, where there are a couple very nice raw restaurants. We get there about 6 times a year to visit a daughter.
David
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 16 years ago
dlj
Not doing well... Rationalizations are "winning." I'm losing. Bread keeps calling me. At least I put raw almond butter on it. |-(
Tomorrow..... NO! the rest of today, I will do raw.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Karrie,
Any of this (also on my thread) sound familiar?
Besides the inflation of "tomorrow," the following rationalizations get me into trouble:
Well, I've already blown it today, I might as well have.....
Well, I rode 'x' kilometres today, I could have this ......
I'll do a fast _____________, so until then, I'll be "flexible."
Let's get seriuos TODAY!
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Struggling....
Besides the inflation of "tomorrow," the following rationalizations get me into trouble:
Well, I've already blown it today, I might as well have.....
Well, I rode 'x' kilometres today, I could have this ......
I'll do a fast _____________, so until then, I'll be "flexible."
Yesterday was another meal at friends in the evening and I overdid it. Earlier in
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Saturday:
Again, really on track until dinner. Invited to friends' house. Cooked vegan food. And I over ate and ate and ate....
Tomorrow will be a similar challenge. Out to a friend's house for dinner.
I'd like to be able to enjoy the cooked food without overdoing it. That's my goal for tomorrow night.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Friday food:
Mangos and Blueberries with the usual ground seeds and hemp mylk. (the fruit was frozen |-()
Energy soup
apple
Company dinner:
Cooked vegan lasagne
salad with mandarin oranges
wine
Soy "ice cream" with peanuts.
On a caloric basis, this day does not meet my 80/20 target. |-(
Tomorrow is another day.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Le Veronique,
I make my rejuvelac as follows:
I rinse, then soak one-quarter cup each of soft wheat and rye. You can use a half-cup of either, but I like the mix.
Soak for 12 hours, in a 1 quart or litre jar, then drain.
Sprout for 12 hours. don't rinse.
Add filtered water to fill the jar, cover with a soft cloth held with a rubber band.
Let sit at room temperature, in a dark place, for
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Welcome Susanna,
there's a wealth of info here on these boards and this site. Tell us a bit about your current diet and I'm sure people will provide suggestions to help you move to raw.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions.
Karrie, the Pumpkin Seed Patties are from "Dining in the Raw" by Rita Romano, a book I use a lot.
Aquadecoco, is there a particular book that describes your approach? I'm at least curious... (cheaper and easier sound good), although I do okay with rejuvalac and dehydrated foods.
Today's food:
Wheatgrass juice
Pomegranit and ap
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Karrie,
Cravings are odd, indeed. I haven't had any flesh foods in nearly twenty years and, even now, will have an occasional craving for a sausage and the "frying oil" smell of MacDonald's or similar fast food joint can trigger those cravings. I feel fairly "safe" that I will not succumb to the cravings and I am convinced I would be quite ill if I did. Now, if only I can
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Tiffany,
I think your (and Karrie's) openness is courageous and speaks well of your commitment to taking better care of yourself. I think it is very hard, in our culture, not to be concerned with appearance...even more so for women than for men. Fortunately, there is some overlap between concern for looks and concern for health. I do believe that adherance to a living foods lifestyle, in th
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Tuesday:
First a note on Sunday/Monday. After I posted Sunday, my glass of wine turned into 3! and I "absorbed" the alcohol with crackers and hummus (cooked).
Monday I got back on track with a good 80+% day.
Today I've been 99% raw but slipped at the bridge club and ate a couple not very special cookies.
My plan is to have two 100% days, tomorrow and Thursday.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
In answer to your question, yourmakingmeitchy:
I was quite underweight and sickly as child. My parents rewarded me when I ate and I was often "inticed" with sweets etc. I established a healthy weight during high school, eating heartily and playing lots of sports. At university, an injury curtailed my sports participation. I became quite inactive physically, but kept eating as if
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
The book "The Thrive Diet" by Brendan Brazier has three recipes for raw burgers that do not require dehydration: Almond Flaxseed Burger, Walnut Hemp Burger, and Pecan Sunflower Burger. They do require a food processor. They are simple and don't require exotic ingredients.
David
Forum: Recipes and Food Preparation 16 years ago
dlj
Sunday Food:
Wheatgrass juice
Breakfast: Apple, Pear, Banana, grnd flax seed, sesame seed and Hemp Mylk
Snack: small handful of nuts and an orange
Lunch: Energy Soup, Salad and pumpkin seed burger
Snack: Apple
Dinner (Chinese Restaurant) veggie and tofu soup. Stirfried veggies, tofu and mushrooms
Snack: Too Many nuts and raisins and I'm probably going to have a glass of wine before the ni
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Forgot to mention that I started my day with a couple ounces of wheatgrass juice. That's my usual routine: Wheatgrass juice, walk the dog, then breakfast.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Optimist 4 life,
Looks to me like you're doing very well. Congrats! The occasional lapse seems par for the course. You do well by getting back on track quickly.
Keep it up.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Karrie, If you are posting all that you are eating, some of your craving might be that you are hungry!! What you post doesn't seem like enough food to sustain you. Try adding a big salad. Maybe a few soaked almonds or seeds.
David
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Thanks kit and kerriebean for your support. Today has been pretty good, and knowing that I was going to log my meals helped me through a couple of tough spots:
Breakfast: Apple and pear
Lunch(Cafe stop on a club cycling ride): Salad, almonds, dates and dried apricots.
Snack1: Pumpkin seed burger (dehydrated) and apple
Snack2: Apple
Dinner (Vietnamese Restuarant): Fresh sping rolls, Mango
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 16 years ago
dlj
Hi all,
I'm hoping that regular posting will add one more motive for staying "on program." My goal is to be no less than 80% living/raw food on any given day and to have two to three 100% days each week. The 80% days should give me enough freedom to enjoy social meals and to enjoy the cooked vegan dinners my wife makes.
I have a major struggle with nighttime snacking that I will &
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience
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