Friday, 15 February 2008
Thursday, 14 February 2008
Valentine's day
I got my boyfriend a raw chocolate heart (from true love organics - texture is like AERO :D) and he got me the same but bigger! How embarrassing!
I tried freeze-dried durian today (from funky raw) - I can't decide if I like it or not! When I eat it I think, interesting, but weird, then go back for more. I LOVE the texture of the freeze-dried stuff - it's crunchy and then melts in your mouth!
I had a pink beetroot salad tonight, valentine's themed :)
I had a bread-craving hit today, and thought about how it was holding something in my hand that I missed, so I had some nori, ripped up and dipped in salsa. The nori isn't raw because I hadn't been able to get raw nori (it is now sold on funky raw) so stocked up on normal nori. When I run out of it I will buy some of the raw stuff. Anyway, this worked pretty well and the craving went away :)
I tried freeze-dried durian today (from funky raw) - I can't decide if I like it or not! When I eat it I think, interesting, but weird, then go back for more. I LOVE the texture of the freeze-dried stuff - it's crunchy and then melts in your mouth!
I had a pink beetroot salad tonight, valentine's themed :)
I had a bread-craving hit today, and thought about how it was holding something in my hand that I missed, so I had some nori, ripped up and dipped in salsa. The nori isn't raw because I hadn't been able to get raw nori (it is now sold on funky raw) so stocked up on normal nori. When I run out of it I will buy some of the raw stuff. Anyway, this worked pretty well and the craving went away :)
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Ouch
Ahh why does this keep happening!
I was trying so hard to keep off the bread, and I was doing so well...Today I had some raw buckwheat bread and I think that got me on a carb kick, so I ended up having 2 wholegrain rice crackers, a couple of spoonfuls of porridge and a baked sweet potato. We had hardly any raw food, let alone fruit in the house so I was on a massive sugar low and ate a wholemeal pita bread, dammit.
And now I have agonizing stomach cramps. I don't want to eat food that makes me feel like this. I'm going to make a commitment to never eat cooked wheat bread again and stick to it.
So as of 14th February 2008, I have given up cooked wheat bread. For good.
I was trying so hard to keep off the bread, and I was doing so well...Today I had some raw buckwheat bread and I think that got me on a carb kick, so I ended up having 2 wholegrain rice crackers, a couple of spoonfuls of porridge and a baked sweet potato. We had hardly any raw food, let alone fruit in the house so I was on a massive sugar low and ate a wholemeal pita bread, dammit.
And now I have agonizing stomach cramps. I don't want to eat food that makes me feel like this. I'm going to make a commitment to never eat cooked wheat bread again and stick to it.
So as of 14th February 2008, I have given up cooked wheat bread. For good.
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
I'm so proud of myself :)
The last few days have been going great! I have craved bread loads but just ignored the craving and it went away :D
I am BUZZING with raw energy and so can work late without feeling like crap the next day - something I love about raw - more time to get stuff done!
I wrote a lettter to the college I want to go to, I'm eagerly awaiting/dreading their reply.
If they say there's no way I can go there I might go down there and try and persuade them. I'm not quitting!
I am BUZZING with raw energy and so can work late without feeling like crap the next day - something I love about raw - more time to get stuff done!
I wrote a lettter to the college I want to go to, I'm eagerly awaiting/dreading their reply.
If they say there's no way I can go there I might go down there and try and persuade them. I'm not quitting!
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Back on track
The last couple of days have been great! Eating all raw and feeling fantastic.
I tried one of Shazzie's chocolate bars and I haven't tried hers before. It was the goddess one. It was incredibly good! I love the taste of hers, but I still prefer the texture of Conscious Chocolate ones. Yum.
I made some raw energy bars that I have been keeping with me. The base is apricot and ginger flavoured and the top is coconut and chocolate fudge. Yumm!
I tried one of Shazzie's chocolate bars and I haven't tried hers before. It was the goddess one. It was incredibly good! I love the taste of hers, but I still prefer the texture of Conscious Chocolate ones. Yum.
I made some raw energy bars that I have been keeping with me. The base is apricot and ginger flavoured and the top is coconut and chocolate fudge. Yumm!
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Ergh.
Well, I guess I was speaking too soon yesterday when I was talking about 'effortlessly raw' heh!
I had the worst day, I couldn't think straight at school and had a horrible headache so I went home. Then I kind of collapsed with the stress of everything and cried for a few hours. And when I get all emotional...that's when I hit the damn bread. Its always the wholemeal pita breads that get me! So I had a few.
Made the headache worse, unsurprisingly.
It made it clear to me that it is my emotions that throw me off track and nothing else. When I'm emotional I grab at food, and bread is the quick and comforting option. I just need to get more organized.
The onion sesame bagels I had yesterday (raw buckwheat ones) were amazing so I think I just need to organize myself and keep prepared. If I have a raw carb source available at all times I'll be fine.
Oh, and I found out there's basically no chance of me getting into the college that I want to go to so that made me feel worse, especially as its my own stupid fault for getting the application in late. The only source of hope is that my mum said when she mentioned that I had good predicted grades to the receptionist she put her through to 'have a word' so hopefully they will at least look at my application.
Oh, I feel so crap.
I had the worst day, I couldn't think straight at school and had a horrible headache so I went home. Then I kind of collapsed with the stress of everything and cried for a few hours. And when I get all emotional...that's when I hit the damn bread. Its always the wholemeal pita breads that get me! So I had a few.
Made the headache worse, unsurprisingly.
It made it clear to me that it is my emotions that throw me off track and nothing else. When I'm emotional I grab at food, and bread is the quick and comforting option. I just need to get more organized.
The onion sesame bagels I had yesterday (raw buckwheat ones) were amazing so I think I just need to organize myself and keep prepared. If I have a raw carb source available at all times I'll be fine.
Oh, and I found out there's basically no chance of me getting into the college that I want to go to so that made me feel worse, especially as its my own stupid fault for getting the application in late. The only source of hope is that my mum said when she mentioned that I had good predicted grades to the receptionist she put her through to 'have a word' so hopefully they will at least look at my application.
Oh, I feel so crap.
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
RP's brownies with lucuma!
I just tried some, made it earlier after sitting it in the fridge and it was AMAZING :D
Strangely effortless
It's weird, but after the brandy/bread incident it has been very easy to stay raw. Like it was before. The day after I had some brown rice but yesterday and today have been easy.
My order of a big bag of cacao powder, lucuma and cacao nibs came yesterday. Yay! I lurveeeee lucuma (I love cacao too, but that goes without saying). I got it from www.funkyraw.com and they gave me a free raw chocolate bar that had gone just past its sell-by date but tasted amazing!
I made Cacao and lucuma brownies today as well. Mmm yum :)
And I had sprouted so much buckwheat I didn't know what to do with it so I dehydrated a load and made some of it into onion bagels. The buckwheat had gone a bit weird though because I forgot I was sprouting it. It was a bit furry right before I dehydrated it but I rinsed it and it washed off. Oh well.
I made a cacao-lucuma-maca shake this morning and took it to school. Yum! That was the best bit of school. I hate it at the moment, so stressful. I don't know what I'm going to do about sixth form college. There's one I desperately want to go to but I was late applying so I probably won't get in. Other than that there's a 'maybe' one. Thing is, I don't want to stay put but if I don't go to the 'maybe' one that's the only option. I'm going to look round it on Tuesday.
My order of a big bag of cacao powder, lucuma and cacao nibs came yesterday. Yay! I lurveeeee lucuma (I love cacao too, but that goes without saying). I got it from www.funkyraw.com and they gave me a free raw chocolate bar that had gone just past its sell-by date but tasted amazing!
I made Cacao and lucuma brownies today as well. Mmm yum :)
And I had sprouted so much buckwheat I didn't know what to do with it so I dehydrated a load and made some of it into onion bagels. The buckwheat had gone a bit weird though because I forgot I was sprouting it. It was a bit furry right before I dehydrated it but I rinsed it and it washed off. Oh well.
I made a cacao-lucuma-maca shake this morning and took it to school. Yum! That was the best bit of school. I hate it at the moment, so stressful. I don't know what I'm going to do about sixth form college. There's one I desperately want to go to but I was late applying so I probably won't get in. Other than that there's a 'maybe' one. Thing is, I don't want to stay put but if I don't go to the 'maybe' one that's the only option. I'm going to look round it on Tuesday.
Sunday, 3 February 2008
The WORST night and day
Ergh. I messed everything up!
Last night I went to a party and drank half a bottle of wine and a whole bottle of brandy. I downed half the bottle in one go playing a drinking game. What an IDIOT. I threw up everywhere and my parents nearly took me to hospital because I was so out of it...
So then I woke up with the worst hangover ever, and I couldn't remember anything past drinking that brandy. Literally, a complete mental blank. I think I'm going to give up drinking altogether. It makes no sense to be putting all this good stuff in my body food-wise and then filling myself up with poison every time I go to a party. The only food that would help with my hangover was...BREAD. So I munched on wholemeal pitas all day.
What a failure.
Last night I went to a party and drank half a bottle of wine and a whole bottle of brandy. I downed half the bottle in one go playing a drinking game. What an IDIOT. I threw up everywhere and my parents nearly took me to hospital because I was so out of it...
So then I woke up with the worst hangover ever, and I couldn't remember anything past drinking that brandy. Literally, a complete mental blank. I think I'm going to give up drinking altogether. It makes no sense to be putting all this good stuff in my body food-wise and then filling myself up with poison every time I go to a party. The only food that would help with my hangover was...BREAD. So I munched on wholemeal pitas all day.
What a failure.
Thursday, 31 January 2008
The February Challenge...
Right... I am challenging myself to eat near 100% raw the whole of February. Well, preferably forever, but, you know, short term goals. When I say near 100% I mean I won't cook anything deliberately but will include some questionable things like dried fruits, nuts, nutritional yeast, things in that vein.
I ate SO much raw chocolate again today, thank god I don't have any left now!
I ate nothing all day until 4 when I ate raw choc, a couple of bananas, raisins, cashews and some red pepper. I told myself I had to because I was going to the gym... I went and did an hour of body combat...its like kung fu aerobics, it's awesome. Then when I got back I had a smoothie and picked at a few nuts and dried fruits and a bit of apple.
I also made Russell James's spinach and wild mushroom quiche for tomorrow, the mixture tastes divine. I was watching a Jamie Oliver program and he was making a real quiche so I was inspired. I made just the filling once before and didn't dehydrate it for long enough but I've done it properly this time, except the quiche doesn't have any sides. Hmm. I didn't have any tins the right shape.
Tomorrow I think I will have...
Big green smoothie
Some fruit and veggies
Raw quiche!
I can't do any serious exercise because I have school all day and then my boyfriend is coming round right after and staying over...but I'll try and get him to come for a walk with me and he said he wants to go to the gym on Saturday, so we can go if we can get a lift. Argh, there are NO buses or trains to my gym, its a 45 minute cycle ride (and boyfriend can't ride a bike) so I have to rely on my parents for a lift. I can't wait until I can drive, only a few months until I get my car now.
Can't wait for tomorrow!
Love Hannah xxx
I ate SO much raw chocolate again today, thank god I don't have any left now!
I ate nothing all day until 4 when I ate raw choc, a couple of bananas, raisins, cashews and some red pepper. I told myself I had to because I was going to the gym... I went and did an hour of body combat...its like kung fu aerobics, it's awesome. Then when I got back I had a smoothie and picked at a few nuts and dried fruits and a bit of apple.
I also made Russell James's spinach and wild mushroom quiche for tomorrow, the mixture tastes divine. I was watching a Jamie Oliver program and he was making a real quiche so I was inspired. I made just the filling once before and didn't dehydrate it for long enough but I've done it properly this time, except the quiche doesn't have any sides. Hmm. I didn't have any tins the right shape.
Tomorrow I think I will have...
Big green smoothie
Some fruit and veggies
Raw quiche!
I can't do any serious exercise because I have school all day and then my boyfriend is coming round right after and staying over...but I'll try and get him to come for a walk with me and he said he wants to go to the gym on Saturday, so we can go if we can get a lift. Argh, there are NO buses or trains to my gym, its a 45 minute cycle ride (and boyfriend can't ride a bike) so I have to rely on my parents for a lift. I can't wait until I can drive, only a few months until I get my car now.
Can't wait for tomorrow!
Love Hannah xxx
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Raw chocolate...
I am a proper addict. I ate like 2 and a bit bars today!
It's just too amazing!
So far today I've had:
A pomegranite and some bluberries
A fruit smoothie with maca, hemp powder and coconut oil
A small green salad
RAW CHOCOLATE :p
Don't know what I'll have for dinner...I'm not in a salady mood.
It's just too amazing!
So far today I've had:
A pomegranite and some bluberries
A fruit smoothie with maca, hemp powder and coconut oil
A small green salad
RAW CHOCOLATE :p
Don't know what I'll have for dinner...I'm not in a salady mood.
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Ready to get going for real
Hi, my name is Hannah.
I've been experimenting with a raw plant-based diet since last September but have faced a few setbacks. Since September I have ranged between 70-95% raw but one thing always gets me...BREAD!
I want to get over my starchy carbohydrate addiction and follow a fully raw diet, as well as get fit. When I saw fully raw, I'm not going to fuss about odd things like questionably pasteurized nuts, questionable sea veggies, that type of thing. I just ate a load of bread. Wholemeal bread with all sorts of seeds and no added crap, but it still makes me feel horrible! I can feel the food hangover coming already, ack.
From now on I want to achieve an all-raw diet because it makes me feel fantastic. I also want to make sure I do at least 30 minutes of cardio or toning.
I'm going to be writing about my food intake, exercise and day to day life to keep myself on track and see how I'm doing!
I also know I need to plan, plan, plan!
So, for tomorrow, I am going to plan to eat...
Bowl of pomegranite and blueberries for breakfast
Chopped up veggies for a snack
Salad for lunch
More chopped up veggies!
More salad for dinner, unless I come up with anything more imaginative...
Couple of squares of raw chocolate :)
Ergh, I feel so bloated, I need the raw energy!
Love,
Hannah x
I've been experimenting with a raw plant-based diet since last September but have faced a few setbacks. Since September I have ranged between 70-95% raw but one thing always gets me...BREAD!
I want to get over my starchy carbohydrate addiction and follow a fully raw diet, as well as get fit. When I saw fully raw, I'm not going to fuss about odd things like questionably pasteurized nuts, questionable sea veggies, that type of thing. I just ate a load of bread. Wholemeal bread with all sorts of seeds and no added crap, but it still makes me feel horrible! I can feel the food hangover coming already, ack.
From now on I want to achieve an all-raw diet because it makes me feel fantastic. I also want to make sure I do at least 30 minutes of cardio or toning.
I'm going to be writing about my food intake, exercise and day to day life to keep myself on track and see how I'm doing!
I also know I need to plan, plan, plan!
So, for tomorrow, I am going to plan to eat...
Bowl of pomegranite and blueberries for breakfast
Chopped up veggies for a snack
Salad for lunch
More chopped up veggies!
More salad for dinner, unless I come up with anything more imaginative...
Couple of squares of raw chocolate :)
Ergh, I feel so bloated, I need the raw energy!
Love,
Hannah x
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