Greenmama's Blog (143)

I'm starting off with high hopes and a lot of dates.  Unfortunately I am a bit under the weather and so are my kids.  I would love some encouragement, so send me some shout-outs. 

Love ya!

I have not been successfully following the BG Challenge this month.  I need to be a lot more prepared so that I have adequate ripe fruit at all times.  I stayed raw but under-ate the first few days of the month, and then went back to cooked salty dinners.  I had I had a great raw day today, and will possibly try again for the full 30 days in November, but honestly, the sad fact is, I may be unable or unwilling to ever commit to this diet.  Let's face it, it's been almost 7 years of…

I had a salt relapse, again.  I have finally realized that I need to surrender ALL of my eating, not just most of it.  And that means surrendering my resentments when life doesn't go the way I want, or the people in my life don't do what I want.  That means I can't eat just salt-free cooked food, or a little bit of salt.  I can't go just a little bit low on my calories for a few days in a row.  Well, I can't if I want to be free of food obsession and salt addiction and water retention,…

My son went through his big dental procedure fine and is already bouncing around the house, his happy usual self.  We had fun staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Chicago--a beautiful facility!  I stayed on program and salt-free.

Then yesterday we met up with Janna Banana and went to a fruit market and stocked up!   We found yummy figs which we sampled on the way back to my house.   Now we're hanging out in the living room playing Just Dance since it is cold and threatening…

I made it 12 days without salt.  Then I did my 10 hour day/ 8 hours straight teaching that I do every other month.  Some of the fruit I brought with me turned out not to be edible, and I just didn't eat enough and started stuffing myself with the family's cooked, salted dinner as soon as I got home.  

Well, I know from experience that it's better not to make too big of a deal about a slip and to just pick myself up and keep going.  I was having fun with my streak, though.…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

15-20 min. dancing

Food

1 medium watermelon--maybe 24 cups?

Around 1 cup black grapes

2 bananas

1 blueberry muffin…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

25 min. Just Dance kids

Food

Meal 1: 9 bananas, 1 C. frozen mixed berries, blended in a smoothie

Meal 2: 12 bananas, 6…

I got burnt out on blogging, but I miss the connection that it helped me to have here at this community.  I missed you guys!  I plan to try to blog at a more sane level.  I would blog every day and be on this site 2-3 hours a day, which was just too much.  I have trouble doing things in moderation.  LOL!

So what have I been up to while I was gone... pretty much the same stuff.  Raising the kids, working at my job, working in the garden a bit (did much less this year due to the…

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Hey all,

So we were able to mess with our power cord and get it to work.  But I just found myself not wanting to track my food or come here and blog.

I'm really not sure what's going on with me.  Maybe just burn out?  I think there was a part of me that just didn't think anything was changing or improving.  That started to question what the point was?

I have stayed vegan, and eaten mostly the same since I left.  I have had a couple incidents with…

Hi everyone,

I appreciate all of your support and kindness and that you read these posts and encourage me.

I am having computer trouble.  I have to replace the power cord that charges it, and I don't have the money for that right this minute.

I can access the internet at work, but I can barely load this site.  (I can't update my browser due to a work program that I have to run requiring very specific settings.)

I will be gone…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

10 min. circuit training

Food

Meal 1: 24 C. watermelon

Meal 2: 4 bananas, 1 C. frozen raspberries, 1 C. mango blended into a…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

Walked the little guy to the park, a little bit of chin-up practice on monkey bars

60 min. brisk walk, hills, 3.5 mis. pushing stroller

2 hrs. gardening…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

30 min. dance aerobics

Food

Meal 1: 64 oz. o.j., 2 mangos, 1/2 red pepper, sample of avocado dip

Meal 2: 32 oz. o.j.

Meal 3:…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

15 min. gardening

Food

Meal 1: 7 C. cantaloupe

Meal 2: 5 med. bananas, 23 Barhi dates, blended in a smoothie

1 small plain…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

60 min. brisk walk, hills, 3.5 mis.

Food

Meal 1: 92 oz. o.j.

Meal 2: 5 med. bananas, 23 Barhi dates, blended in a…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

30 min. leisurely stroll, pushing the stroller

Food

Meal 1: 6 C. chopped bok choy w/ 33 Barhi dates blended with 1 1/2 C. black…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

45 min. circuit training (was bonking at the end... not enough carbs the past 2 days)

1 1/2 hr. gardening

1 1/2 hr. picking black raspberries…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

60 min. brisk walk, hills, 3.5 miles

30 min. gardening

Food

Meal 1: 3 Ataulfo mangos, 64 oz. o.j.

Meal 2: 15 Barhi dates,…

Freelee's challenge: 1 year of doing the whole shebang--diet, exercise, water, sleep, etc.  Stop worrying about weight gain and the momentary ups and downs of detox.  Just do it!  

Exercise

30 min. dance aerobics

2 x 4 block walk

Food

Meal 1: 76 oz. o.j., 1/2 C. black raspberries

Meal 2: 16 C. watermelon, 1/2 C.…