Delight's Blog (44)

I am excited that I hit the exact 80/10/10 ratio today!  I don't know why I'm so excited... it was just fun to see it guess.  :)  I don't know if I've ever been able to hit 10% protein on raw foods only.  I can usually only get about 5%.  

I just had some routine blood work done.  My white blood cell count is low - 3,000 when it should be at least 4,000.  I've had this happen to me before - it has been as low as 2,000.  I always feel fine, but it seems to scare the doctors to see it so low.  Last time he checked my B12 and folate - I guess if those are low that can cause low WBC too.  They were fine last time he checked.  But maybe the serum test is not accurate as some say, and he should be doing the urine test?  He wants to…

I think I had a heart murmur in my late teens and in my 20's.  I probably still have one, but as I understand it, they can come and go according to stress levels, nutrition, and drug use (caffeine, alcohol, etc.)  I was never diagnosed with a heart murmur, but doctors have heard one from time to time.  In my 20's I never enjoyed cardiovascular exercise because I would get out of breath after about 5 minutes and have to stop.  I even had chest pains sometimes.  Seriously, 5 minutes of jogging…

So, I follow Gaiam on Facebook and today they had these recipes from this book Raw Food for Real People.   Their introduction to the article says, "But in case the thought of “cooking” an entire raw meal still seems daunting, we’ve excerpted three easy recipes below for raw appetizers and desserts, just to get you started.  Hilarious, I tell you!  They have a recipe for Cashew Cheese, which…

Update!

I'm doing it!!  I'm eating pretty darn close to 100% hcrv!  It is sooo much easier now because my tastebuds have changed/ are changing.  I am still cooking for my husband and occasionally I'll have a little taste of what I have cooked for him - just to see if it tastes good, or whatever.  I'm just talking about 1 little bite and that is it.  So I made him some tofu bacon stuff to make tofu bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches.  I had a little taste of the tofu bacon and it…

Just wanted to post an update - doing Freelee's 30 day Banana Girl challenge again.  Day 22 - feeling great!  I'm able to eat more calories now.  I feel like I'm improving in my yoga practice.  My eyes are brighter and I feel that I have more muscle definition.  

I'm so proud of myself.  I ate 20 bananas today.  :)  (I've never done that before!) 

Breakfast: 5 bananas

Mid Morning Snack: 5 bananas

Lunch: Smoothie of 10 bananas, 2 cups OJ and 6 oz. spinach

It did take me about 2 hours to eat this smoothie though!  :)

Dinner: Last supper (cooked vegan food)  - I'm going to do the 30 day challenge, starting tomorrow!  Actually, I'm hoping to make it a 90 day challenge!  And then a "for life" challenge!

I had my first dragonfruit today!  Well, I have had it dried before, but today was the first time I had it fresh.  Yummy!  I saw on Cronometer that it has a bit more fat in it than most other fruits.  I didn't know that.  Very pretty and pink inside. 

Breakfast: 1/2 of a banana, 1 lb. of grapes

Lunch: some cooked food - I kept it vegan and 801010 though!

Snack: 1 cantaloupe, 3 bananas, juice of 1 lemon

Dinner: hubby said he needed a Denny's fix: so I ordered the seasonal fruit plate and the garden salad with lemon wedges as the dressing for myself.  Not bad.  The fruit plate was about 1/4 cup of red grapes, 4 strawberries and an apple.  The salad was iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, cucumber slices, grated carrot, onion…

Midnight Snack: 2 cups of O.J.  (I was hungry in the middle of the night)   :)

Breakfast: juice of 1 lemon, 2 cups of O.J. blended with 1 pineapple

Lunch: Savory Veggie Stew (tomatoes, celery, carrots, cucumber, yellow squash, sugar snap peas, red onions, lemon juice) 

Dinner: 4 bananas, 1/2 cup watermelon, 2/3 cup pineapple, a couple of small bunches of grapes (social event)

Total Calories: 1979

Sleep: Not enough! - maybe 5 hours 

Exercise: Not…

Breakfast: juice of 1 lemon, 1 pineapple (or almost - I couldn't eat it all as it was starting to ferment)

Lunch: 6 bananas

First Dinner: 3 cups orange juice, 3 wedges watermelon (was at a social event)

2nd Dinner: Yellow Squash "noodles" with cucumber, sugar snap peas, carrots, celery, tomatoes and red onion

Total Calories: 1935

Sleep: 8 hours or so

Water: 2 quarts

Exercise: none today

Feeling: AWESOME!!  I am having no cravings for…

Breakfast: juice of 1 lemon, 5 bananas

Snack: 8 bananas

Lunch: 2 veggie "subs" (romaine lettuce leaves, tomato slices, red onion slices, cucumber slices)

Dinner: 1 honeydew melon

Total Calories: 1905

Water: 2 quarts

Exercise: 20 minutes swimming, 30 minutes yard work

Sleep: 7 or 8 hours

Feeling: GREAT!!!  My veggie subs tasted great today.  Better than I would have guessed.  I could taste the sweetness in the onions.  Don't get me wrong…

Breakfast: 5 bananas

Lunch: Blended watermelon (5 lbs.)

Snacks: 3 bananas, Blended watermelon (5 lbs.)

Dinner: Savory Veggie Stew (celery, cucumber, heirloom tomato, green pepper, baby spinach, scallions) with yellow summer squash "noodles"

Total Calories: 2470

Water: 2 quarts

Sleep: 7 hours

Exercise: none today :(

Feeling: Great!

Blogging keeps me accountable - so here we go!



Breakfast: Blended Watermelon (2 1/2 pounds)



Lunch: Blended Watermelon (5 pounds)



Snack: 3 apples, 1 orange, 1 plantain



Dinner: 2 bananas, 1 Savory Veggie Stew a la Roger Haeske (baby spinach, celery, heirloom tomato, cucumber, green pepper, scallion)



Total Calories: 2012



Water: 1 quart 3…

Breakfast: 4 large peaches

Lunch: Smoothie made with 2.5 peaches, 4 bananas and water - aka Heaven on Earth!

Snack: 4 bananas

Dinner: smoothie made with 24 oz. raspberries, 2 cups orange juice, 4 cups spinach

Total Calories: 1825

Water: 2 + quarts

Exercise: 30 minutes swimming…

Day 29!  Woohoo!!

Breakfast: 9 nectarines

Lunch: Curry (zucchini, tomato, celery, curry powder, raisins, spring greens, lemon juice, okra, avocado)

Dinner: 3 mangos

Total Calories: 1603

Water: 2 + quarts

Exercise: 1 hour yoga

Sleep: 8 hours or so

Feeling: Great!  Tempted to eat the McDougall style dinner that I made for my husband tonight.  I thought it would be a good thing to do - to help him eat healthier, but... yeah, it's tempting…

Day 28

Breakfast: 3 raspberries, 3 mangos

Lunch: 1 lb. Champagne grapes

Snack: 1 cup orange juice

Dinner: Savory Veggie Stew - curry flavor (tomatoes, zucchini, curry powder, scallions, celery, raisins)

Snack: 1 cup orange juice

Total Calories: about 1326

Water: 2 quarts

Sleep: about 8 hours

Exercise: none - today is my rest day

Feeling: Good - I I had a breakfast meeting today - Well, I didn't realize they were serving…

Day 27

Breakfast: 3 big mangoes

Lunch: 2 lbs. of grapes

Snack: 3 cups of orange juice

Dinner: Zucchini "pasta" with "marinara sauce" (2 zucchinis - peeled into strips until I got to the seeds in the middle and 4 tomatoes, 5 dates, juice of 1 lemon, basil, oregano, 2 scallions)  This tasted soooo good.  I'll have to remember this recipe for marinara sauce!

Total Calories: 2003

Water: 2 quarts

Exercise: 30 minutes yoga

Sleep: 8 hours or…

Day 26

Breakfast: juice of 1/2 lemon, 6 bananas

Lunch: 1 Sugar Kiss Melon (similar to cantaloupe)

Snack: 3 bananas

Dinner: Double portion of Savory Veggie stew (4 Roma tomatoes, 1 English cucumber, 2 celery stalks, 3 scallions, some red onion, 1 carrot, 6 oz. spinach)

Total Calories:1,518

Water: 2 quarts

Exercise: 30 minutes swimming, maybe 20 minutes walking

Sleep: 7 or 8 hours

Feeling: Excellent!

Day 25

Breakfast: 1 lemondrop melon

Lunch: 4 bananas

Dinner: Smoothie with 2 bananas, 1 cup raspberries, 3 oz. spinach, water

2nd Dinner: Savory Veggie Stew with spinach, cucumber, tomato, celery, scallions

Total Calories: 1271

Water: 2 quarts

Exercise: 30 minutes swimming, 1 hour yoga

Sleep: 7 or 8 hours

Feeling: Pretty good!  I had some toe cramps at the end of my swimming session.  Wasn't terribly hungry today, so I have a low…