So, I kind of missed breakfast. And my mid-morning snack. And I sort of missed lunch. Well, I had breakfast for lunch. I woke up around 1-2.
However, I had another really, really deep solid sleep with a lot of very active, involved and interesting dreams that were very hard to wake up from. I had no problems getting started this morning-
especially after I had a super-duper juice for breakfast!
Juice This!
2 large carrots
1 orange
1 cup strawberries
1 pear
It came out of the juicer frothy and light and foamy and super good. A+
Go ahead, make one now. I'll wait. I'll have a banana.
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OK.
It occured to me in the shower that it was really funny that on a raw food diet, I've only had one actual salad this entire time. Then of course I immediately wanted a salad for lunch (which happened around 5) Well, no sooner said than done, and I came up with this beauty.
1 cup baby spinach
1/2 mango, cubed
2T diced cilantro
1 cup broccoli
1/2 cup celery
1 mushroom burger patty, cut into strips
sprinkling of dehydrated herbs: parsley, oregano, tarragon.
Dressing: 1T apple cider vinegar, 1T lime juice, 1tsp home made mustard, sprinkling red pepper flakes, pepper.
Problem Solved! (If your problem is not having a delicious salad. Other problems need not apply).
The other day I figured out that raisins are pretty high carb and low fat. Guess who has a new favourite snack on this diet? This girl!! I love me some raisins. Enough that I had a bunch after my salad, and then a bunch with dinner.
For dinner, we decided to walk down and see a movie- a nice 10km round trip walk, with a movie in between. Instead of dinner, we took some snacks to the theatre (We're such rebels!) so I had a banana, more raisins, and some strawberries and blueberries. I vetoed the celery sticks. (CRUNCHCRUNCHCRUNCH).
Speaking of crunchy things, I MAKE FLAX CRACKERS! Super, crazy simple except for having to anticipate 18 hours in advance when you would like them. Being on a raw diet makes me want a time machine to sit on the counter next to my juicer, blender, dehydrator and food processor.
2 cups water
2 cups flax meal
any and all spices you'd like.
(I used 2T garlic powder, 2T dehyd onion, some cayenne and 3 diced spring onions).
mix the water and the flax meal and spices, let it sit until it's gelatinous- about 15 minutes or less. Mix in the spring onions, and spread it onto the teflex sheet (s) in your dehydrator, and do at 115 for about 12 hours.
I think I had too much goo, as the initial spread was really thick. If I'd had a second sheet I would have divided it into two. This is why it took so long to dry, for sure. I also very carefully lifted it with a flipper and turned it half way through, as the top was good but the bottom was gooey still.
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| So Flax-y! |
I tried to work out today, but I was pretty low energy most of the day. The walk perked me up, and I'm going to have more juice which will surely hit that button too. I'll try again tomorrow to life heavy things. My shoulders and biceps are still sore from the few reps I did today. I am pretty much chronically not getting enough protein on this diet, and it shows in this, if nothing else. I'm getting about 5-8% instead of 10, which is really too low. I'm not sure how to rectify this without jacking my fat way too high, since nuts are a good source of protein but way high in fat. I'll have to focus on high protein vegetables this week, I can't do without weight training!!
I weighed myself this morning, and clocked in at 168 lbs. At this rate I'm going to need new trousers.
Here's what I ate today! Cracker Party
