Wednesday I felt pretty gross, understandably. I didn't train in the morning. I ate during the day anyway, even though I felt gross (oranges and persimmons). For dinner, I had grape tomatoes, 1/2 a florida avocado, cauliflower/celery/cashew blend, with too many cashews, and some brazil nuts.
Thursday morning I felt a bit better, physically and emotionally. Didn't train in the morning, but instead spent some time cleaning and listening to a CD before work. Felt really good and optimistic on the way to work. Looking forward to feeling even better tomorrow and getting back into training.
I want to do another 8K on December 10. Time to get my butt into gear. =)
Breakfast - lots of persimmons
Afternoon - more persimmons, a few bananas, lots of celery and spinach
Dinner - 1 red bell pepper. bahri dates. followed later by spinach soup (spinach, lots of celery, lemon juice, a small bit almond butter, a small bit cabbage).
Thought for the day: Take care of the QUALITY of your foods, and the QUANTITY will take care of itself. True? let's find out...
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Tuesday's log
Woke up early, feeling rested. Going to bed at 8:20 p.m. is always nice! =)
Morning training:
Jog to gym.
Treadmill - 30 minutes continuous running. Started at 6 mph, increased to 6.7 mph. So, the last 18 minutes or so was done at a sub-9-minute mile pace. It was really hard.
Jogged/walked home.
Stretched a bit more thoroughly than usual. Maybe I'll go back to yoga soon.
The morning workout really took it out of me. I moved a lot slower than usual getting to work. I was beat by the time I got to the office! Then, it was a really stressful morning at work.
During the morning/afternoon I ate tons of persimmons.
Late afternoon - 46 oz. tomatoes, more persimmons.
Evening - 1 florida avo, 1 pineapple, some nuts, the last of dad's salsa that he left (I know, I know...)....
Being gentle with myself. This time last year, I was backsliding into cooked. This is progress...
Morning training:
Jog to gym.
Treadmill - 30 minutes continuous running. Started at 6 mph, increased to 6.7 mph. So, the last 18 minutes or so was done at a sub-9-minute mile pace. It was really hard.
Jogged/walked home.
Stretched a bit more thoroughly than usual. Maybe I'll go back to yoga soon.
The morning workout really took it out of me. I moved a lot slower than usual getting to work. I was beat by the time I got to the office! Then, it was a really stressful morning at work.
During the morning/afternoon I ate tons of persimmons.
Late afternoon - 46 oz. tomatoes, more persimmons.
Evening - 1 florida avo, 1 pineapple, some nuts, the last of dad's salsa that he left (I know, I know...)....
Being gentle with myself. This time last year, I was backsliding into cooked. This is progress...
Monday, November 27, 2006
Monday 11-27-2006
Morning Training:
Jog to gym.
Some negative assisted pull-ups/chin-ups
Stationary bike easy 11 minutes
HARD(!!!) spinning class with Austin - 1 hour
Jog home.
Today I ate:
apple banana smoothie
all the persimmons in the world
cauliflower/celery/avocado blend
a few bites spinach
No calorie counting. =)
Jog to gym.
Some negative assisted pull-ups/chin-ups
Stationary bike easy 11 minutes
HARD(!!!) spinning class with Austin - 1 hour
Jog home.
Today I ate:
apple banana smoothie
all the persimmons in the world
cauliflower/celery/avocado blend
a few bites spinach
No calorie counting. =)
Sunday, November 26, 2006
And by the way...
I'm done counting calories. =)
I'm going to be patient with my body and not force it to lose the last of the weight, but just listen to it. As I build my health to the point where I can burn more through exercise, all is coming. What's the rush, anyway? I'm doing all the right things...
I'm going to be patient with my body and not force it to lose the last of the weight, but just listen to it. As I build my health to the point where I can burn more through exercise, all is coming. What's the rush, anyway? I'm doing all the right things...
Not worth it...
Wow, salt and spices may taste good, but so does fresh, unseasoned food, and the seasoned stuff just isn't worth it when you suffer from a splitting headache the next day, all day!
Yesterday was spent with a headache from the store-bought guacamole and salsa. Didn't eat until around 4 p.m. (2 large containers cut up pineapple at Whole Foods).
Later in the evening, after I got home from the symphony, I had a bunch of persimmons.
Went to bed around 11 p.m.
Today, I woke up at around 8 a.m. Was going to go for a bike ride, but by the time I got dressed and ready, all I felt like doing was resting. So I'm spending the day resting today.
For breakfast, I had some apple bananas.
Yesterday was spent with a headache from the store-bought guacamole and salsa. Didn't eat until around 4 p.m. (2 large containers cut up pineapple at Whole Foods).
Later in the evening, after I got home from the symphony, I had a bunch of persimmons.
Went to bed around 11 p.m.
Today, I woke up at around 8 a.m. Was going to go for a bike ride, but by the time I got dressed and ready, all I felt like doing was resting. So I'm spending the day resting today.
For breakfast, I had some apple bananas.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Listen to Tim Trader
Steve Prussak interviews Tim Trader:
www.rawveganradio.com.
Check it out. I love Tim!
www.rawveganradio.com.
Check it out. I love Tim!
Setbacks are just that.
The goal is still in mind.
My insight about tomatoes the other day turns out to be true, every time. If I eat tomatoes during the day instead of sweet fruit, I end up overeating by A LOT in the evening.
Yesterday I ate 12 persimmons in the morning.
In the afternoon, I ate about 5 pounds of tomatoes.
Then in the evening...oh, dear. two bowls banana ice-cream with raisins. 2 bowls leftover cabbage salad. 1/2 an avo. 3 oz. sundried tomatoes. 3 handfuls cashews. Then some of the fresh salsa and guacamole that Dad brought home from the produce shop (complete with salt/onions/hot peppers that I haven't eaten in months).
Talk about combo-abombos. ;) This morning, my body is working hard to deal with all of it. I've got a slight headache, and I'm still working on digesting it all. I'm trying not to be too hard on myself - my body will make me sorry enough, I'm sure.
Maybe I should stop counting the calories and just start really listening to my body....eat fruit during the day and don't worry about the rest.
I've felt like my body's needed a rest from the constant eating for a while now. Maybe I'll wait to eat today until it tells me otherwise.
The hard thing can be to discern "body needs" from "emotional needs"....
My insight about tomatoes the other day turns out to be true, every time. If I eat tomatoes during the day instead of sweet fruit, I end up overeating by A LOT in the evening.
Yesterday I ate 12 persimmons in the morning.
In the afternoon, I ate about 5 pounds of tomatoes.
Then in the evening...oh, dear. two bowls banana ice-cream with raisins. 2 bowls leftover cabbage salad. 1/2 an avo. 3 oz. sundried tomatoes. 3 handfuls cashews. Then some of the fresh salsa and guacamole that Dad brought home from the produce shop (complete with salt/onions/hot peppers that I haven't eaten in months).
Talk about combo-abombos. ;) This morning, my body is working hard to deal with all of it. I've got a slight headache, and I'm still working on digesting it all. I'm trying not to be too hard on myself - my body will make me sorry enough, I'm sure.
Maybe I should stop counting the calories and just start really listening to my body....eat fruit during the day and don't worry about the rest.
I've felt like my body's needed a rest from the constant eating for a while now. Maybe I'll wait to eat today until it tells me otherwise.
The hard thing can be to discern "body needs" from "emotional needs"....
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Thanksgiving day, sans turkey, but with turkey trotting.
I had a really nice thanksgiving holiday. My dad and I started the day with a Turkey Trot 8K race. The weather was beautiful, and so was the course. Of course, energy and excitement were high. My goal was to get as close to 50 minutes as possible, and I did it in 49:45! Excellent! 5 months ago, doing it in 60 minutes would have been a real stretch. So, my average mile pace was 10:01. I ran 6 minutes, walked 1 for most of the race, since I've never run that far, that fast continuously in training. Worked out really well, I'd say. What a way to start the morning! I jogged for 15 minutes to warm up right beforehand, and walked for 25 minutes or so to cool down.
Food for the day:
Before the race - 2 bananas (in smoothie form), some medjool dates (maybe 6???)
After the race - some raisin soak water, more medjool dates (not sure how many), a few halawi dates on the way home.
Lunch - once home - persimmons, banana ice cream with some soaked raisins mixed in (VERY good!!!!)
Thanksgiving dinner with dad - Pineapple chunks, pomegranate arils, raw veggies (bell peppers, celery, tomatoes) with dip (sundried tomatoes blended with oranges and a bit of fresh basil - excellent!), cabbage-lettuce-orange-tomato-cuke-avo slaw. Some avocado. Very good. Overate just a bit....but I won't be too hard on myself - doesn't everyone on Thanksgiving?
Dad ate what I had, and loved it, before eating some cooked foods. He only ate like 3 bites of turkey, though, because he was so satisfied with what I served beforehand! Good for him!
I'm thankful for the people I love, for my ever-increasing health, and for the fact that my life is my own and keeps getting better and better...
It feels sort of wrong to list calories/ratios here today (being a holiday and all), but I can list the approximations:
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 3080 total calories, 84% carb, 6% protein, 10% fat
Food for the day:
Before the race - 2 bananas (in smoothie form), some medjool dates (maybe 6???)
After the race - some raisin soak water, more medjool dates (not sure how many), a few halawi dates on the way home.
Lunch - once home - persimmons, banana ice cream with some soaked raisins mixed in (VERY good!!!!)
Thanksgiving dinner with dad - Pineapple chunks, pomegranate arils, raw veggies (bell peppers, celery, tomatoes) with dip (sundried tomatoes blended with oranges and a bit of fresh basil - excellent!), cabbage-lettuce-orange-tomato-cuke-avo slaw. Some avocado. Very good. Overate just a bit....but I won't be too hard on myself - doesn't everyone on Thanksgiving?
Dad ate what I had, and loved it, before eating some cooked foods. He only ate like 3 bites of turkey, though, because he was so satisfied with what I served beforehand! Good for him!
I'm thankful for the people I love, for my ever-increasing health, and for the fact that my life is my own and keeps getting better and better...
It feels sort of wrong to list calories/ratios here today (being a holiday and all), but I can list the approximations:
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 3080 total calories, 84% carb, 6% protein, 10% fat
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Wednesday's log - A recovery day
Yesterday I felt very underslept. Went to bed at 8:30 p.m. last night. Woke up this morning at 6:00 a.m. feeling much better. It's a recovery day, since I was underslept yesterday and will be running an 8K race tomorrow. No morning training, but since I was up early, I did a bit of shopping before work. Went for a walk with Dad - walked about 1.75 miles, so I got a little bit of daylight/fresh air.
Was in an excellnt mood all morning. Felt very well rested.
Breakfast - 14 apple bananas (about the equivalent of 7 8-inch bananas)
Lunch - 7 apple bananas (about the equivalent of 5 7-inch bananas)
Afternoon - 3 fuyu persimmons
Dinner - Big salad - spinach, green leaf lettuce, yellow pepper, tomatoes. Dressing made of blended cucumber, pineapple.
Dad's been eating my raw vegan food and liking it!
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 1970 caloronutrient, 91% carb, 6% protein, 3% fat
Was in an excellnt mood all morning. Felt very well rested.
Breakfast - 14 apple bananas (about the equivalent of 7 8-inch bananas)
Lunch - 7 apple bananas (about the equivalent of 5 7-inch bananas)
Afternoon - 3 fuyu persimmons
Dinner - Big salad - spinach, green leaf lettuce, yellow pepper, tomatoes. Dressing made of blended cucumber, pineapple.
Dad's been eating my raw vegan food and liking it!
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 1970 caloronutrient, 91% carb, 6% protein, 3% fat
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Tuesday's log
Woke up not feeling terribly rested.
Morning training:Jog to gym
Treadmill - hill course. 6 mph. 20 minutes, followed by 5 minute cooldown.
Weight training - 3 sets to failure each:
-shoulder presses
-overhand grip dumbbell curls
-anterior delt raises
-hammer curls
-posterior delt raises
-dumbbell curls
-skullcrushers
-roman chair back extensions
-roman chair oblique crunches
-hanging abs.
Jog home. Whew!
Breakfast - 7 medium bananas
Late morning - 8 small bananas
Afternoon - 5 fuyu persimmons
Evening - a couple slices orange. big salad - 1/2 head romaine, 1/2 head green leaf, a bit of arugula, 12 oz. tomatoes. Dressing: 1/2 orange, 1/4 orange bell pepper blended together.
Total calories/caloronutrient ratios: 2226 calories, 92% carb, 5% protein, 3% fat
Morning training:Jog to gym
Treadmill - hill course. 6 mph. 20 minutes, followed by 5 minute cooldown.
Weight training - 3 sets to failure each:
-shoulder presses
-overhand grip dumbbell curls
-anterior delt raises
-hammer curls
-posterior delt raises
-dumbbell curls
-skullcrushers
-roman chair back extensions
-roman chair oblique crunches
-hanging abs.
Jog home. Whew!
Breakfast - 7 medium bananas
Late morning - 8 small bananas
Afternoon - 5 fuyu persimmons
Evening - a couple slices orange. big salad - 1/2 head romaine, 1/2 head green leaf, a bit of arugula, 12 oz. tomatoes. Dressing: 1/2 orange, 1/4 orange bell pepper blended together.
Total calories/caloronutrient ratios: 2226 calories, 92% carb, 5% protein, 3% fat
Trigger Foods
In realizing "what went wrong" on Sunday, I'm realizing that certain foods forme are "trigger foods" - that is, there are certain foods that when I consumethem in large amounts, I almost always consume too much fat, either with thefood, or later in the day. Two foods I can think of that present that issue for me are cauliflower and tomatoes. When I eat cauliflower, I like to blend it up with avocado or nutbutter (for "mashed potatoes"), and I almost always eat too much of it - perhapsbecause it is bland and not sweet, and therefore not incredibly satisfying? About the tomatoes - oh, I love them dearly. Sometimes I do just fine withhaving a few on my salad in the evening. The problems arise when I have a lotof them lying around my house, and decide I'm going to eat some with lunch. Iusually rationalize it by saying, "well, it's fewer calories than fruit, and itwouldn't hurt me to lose a little weight..." However, what always ends uphappening is I overeat on fats later in the evening (probably my body trying tomake up the calories and then some?). So, it's probably best for me not to stock up on tomatoes for a while, and justbuy them as needed for salads. They aren't terribly good this time of yearanyway, and the ones that are good are often quite expensive anyway.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Bananas do a smart body good.
Since I hardly moved at all yesterday, I found it harder to get to sleep last night. Woke up feeling not-so-rested today, but wanted to get a good start on today, since yesterday didn't exactly go according to plan. I'm glad I did - I felt really good after training this morning.
Morning training: Jogged to gym (7:35). Spinning class (it was TOUGH today, and I loved it!). Jogged home (6:45).
Wasn't hungry immediately after training - probably still digesting last night's dinner! Didn't eat breakfast until around 9:00 a.m.
Today is a banana-heavy day - I've got tons of ripe ones lying around, and more in the freezer than I need, so I'll try to use up a lot today.
Breakfast - 4 REALLY big bananas
Lunch - 6 large bananas
Dinner - 2 large bananas while still at work . At home - 5 hachiya persimmons (one was pretty small). 10 oz. baby spinach. 2.5 stalks celery
My body is pretty smart - yesterday I was kind of hard on myself for eating so much, thinking I'd never be able to "make up the calories," but today it seems easy to eat a lot less. I don't have a big appetite at all, given the training I've done. I guess my body knows it had a lot yesterday!
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2126 calories, 92% carb, 5% protein, 3% fat
Morning training: Jogged to gym (7:35). Spinning class (it was TOUGH today, and I loved it!). Jogged home (6:45).
Wasn't hungry immediately after training - probably still digesting last night's dinner! Didn't eat breakfast until around 9:00 a.m.
Today is a banana-heavy day - I've got tons of ripe ones lying around, and more in the freezer than I need, so I'll try to use up a lot today.
Breakfast - 4 REALLY big bananas
Lunch - 6 large bananas
Dinner - 2 large bananas while still at work . At home - 5 hachiya persimmons (one was pretty small). 10 oz. baby spinach. 2.5 stalks celery
My body is pretty smart - yesterday I was kind of hard on myself for eating so much, thinking I'd never be able to "make up the calories," but today it seems easy to eat a lot less. I don't have a big appetite at all, given the training I've done. I guess my body knows it had a lot yesterday!
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2126 calories, 92% carb, 5% protein, 3% fat
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Today didn't go as planned
Weight this morning: 139.6 lbs., 28% bf. Better than last week!
So, today was to be a recovery day. I was also supposed to clean my apartment, since my dad will be coming into town on Tuesday. So, I didn't train...but I ate plenty too much, as a procrastinating measure. Oh well. Back on track tomorrow...
Food today:
breakfast - 7 persimmons
lunch - 10 bahri dates. TONS of tomatoes. Some spinach and celery
Dinner - 2 persimmons. 3 oranges. more tomatoes. a spoonful pumpkin seed butter. A spoonful cashew butter. 2 handfuls cashews. Two broccoli stalks.
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 3152 calories, 73% carb, 9% protein, 18% fat.
So, today was to be a recovery day. I was also supposed to clean my apartment, since my dad will be coming into town on Tuesday. So, I didn't train...but I ate plenty too much, as a procrastinating measure. Oh well. Back on track tomorrow...
Food today:
breakfast - 7 persimmons
lunch - 10 bahri dates. TONS of tomatoes. Some spinach and celery
Dinner - 2 persimmons. 3 oranges. more tomatoes. a spoonful pumpkin seed butter. A spoonful cashew butter. 2 handfuls cashews. Two broccoli stalks.
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 3152 calories, 73% carb, 9% protein, 18% fat.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Saturday - a busy day!
When you earn your food...boy, does it taste SO good!
Last night I went to bed around 6:30 p.m. Woke up this morning at 5:20 (yes, on a Saturday! It's good to be rested!)
Some INTENSE morning training:
Jog 8 minutes
Walk 2 minutes
Ran 1 mile - 9.13.36
Walk 3 minutes
Ran another mile - 9.39.50
Walk 3 minutes
Ran another mile - 9.37.78
Walk 3 minutes
Ran a FOURTH mile =) - 9.46.45
Walk 5 minutes
Jog 3.5 minutes
Walk 1 minute
Bodyweight exercises!!! (and stretching) - 15 minutes: 3 sets each, to failure:
-Playground pullups (using legs for assistance)
-Push-ups (from toe on lowering phase, from knee on push-up phase
-Playground chinups (using legs for assistance)
-Bench dips
Still not strong enough for the monkey bars...at least not with gloves on (slippery grip).
Walk 1 minute
Jog 11 minutes
Whew! I earned my breakfast, and boy did I eat it!
Spent the afternoon running errands and carrying heavy packages on the bus...my poor tired biceps! So dinner tasted pretty great, too!
Food today:
Breakfast - 6 large bananas, blended into a smoothie. 6 hachiya persimmons
Dinner - 6 navel oranges. 1.25 heads green leaf lettuce, with a bit of baby arugula thrown in. (The arugula was spicy, so I ended up picking most of it out.) 1 pound mixed color tomatoes. 1 florida avocado. (just ate the veggies straight - didn't mix it into a salad).
Snack - 2 pounds mixed color tomatoes
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2507 calories, 80% carb, 7% protein, 13% fat
Last night I went to bed around 6:30 p.m. Woke up this morning at 5:20 (yes, on a Saturday! It's good to be rested!)
Some INTENSE morning training:
Jog 8 minutes
Walk 2 minutes
Ran 1 mile - 9.13.36
Walk 3 minutes
Ran another mile - 9.39.50
Walk 3 minutes
Ran another mile - 9.37.78
Walk 3 minutes
Ran a FOURTH mile =) - 9.46.45
Walk 5 minutes
Jog 3.5 minutes
Walk 1 minute
Bodyweight exercises!!! (and stretching) - 15 minutes: 3 sets each, to failure:
-Playground pullups (using legs for assistance)
-Push-ups (from toe on lowering phase, from knee on push-up phase
-Playground chinups (using legs for assistance)
-Bench dips
Still not strong enough for the monkey bars...at least not with gloves on (slippery grip).
Walk 1 minute
Jog 11 minutes
Whew! I earned my breakfast, and boy did I eat it!
Spent the afternoon running errands and carrying heavy packages on the bus...my poor tired biceps! So dinner tasted pretty great, too!
Food today:
Breakfast - 6 large bananas, blended into a smoothie. 6 hachiya persimmons
Dinner - 6 navel oranges. 1.25 heads green leaf lettuce, with a bit of baby arugula thrown in. (The arugula was spicy, so I ended up picking most of it out.) 1 pound mixed color tomatoes. 1 florida avocado. (just ate the veggies straight - didn't mix it into a salad).
Snack - 2 pounds mixed color tomatoes
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2507 calories, 80% carb, 7% protein, 13% fat
Friday, November 17, 2006
Friday's log
Woke up at 5:20 today (getting enough sleep is awesome!). Morning training: Jog to the gym (.5 mile), then took spinning class.
Food today-
Breakfast - 6 medium bananas, blended into a smoothie
Lunch - 8 small bananas
Snack - 4 navel oranges
Dinner - 7.5 large stalks celery, 5 oz. baby spinach, 4 pints grape tomatoes, 1 haas avocado (all eaten "straight", not cut up into a salad. sometimes I like it better that way!)
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2325 calories, 80% carb, 7 % protein, 13% fat
Felt sort of cranky this morning, but it's amazing how much of this is all in the head: Louis brought in flowers for all of us at work this morning, and after that, things seemed so much better!
Food today-
Breakfast - 6 medium bananas, blended into a smoothie
Lunch - 8 small bananas
Snack - 4 navel oranges
Dinner - 7.5 large stalks celery, 5 oz. baby spinach, 4 pints grape tomatoes, 1 haas avocado (all eaten "straight", not cut up into a salad. sometimes I like it better that way!)
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2325 calories, 80% carb, 7 % protein, 13% fat
Felt sort of cranky this morning, but it's amazing how much of this is all in the head: Louis brought in flowers for all of us at work this morning, and after that, things seemed so much better!
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Thursday's log
Last night (Wednesday), I felt great on no overt fats - very light and clear, even though I my body was definitely needing sleep. I went to bed early, woke up before 5 a.m. this morning, and was ready to go! I couldn't believe how good I felt this morning - so light and clear and ready to go! Made me want to have another overt-free day today! Went to the gym - did 30 minutes on the stairmaster (breathing kinda hard, but not as hard as when I do my speed training), followed by about 40 minutes of weight training (shoulders, arms, core), which was 3 sets of each of the following, in most cases to failure:
Shoulder presses
Ball crunches
Posterior delt lateral raises
Hammer curls
Oblique Crunches
Biceps curls
Roman chair back extensions
Hanging Abs
Skullcrushers
Felt great walking home!
My food for the day was as follows:
Breakfast - 1 bag red seedless grapes, 10 bahri dates
Lunch - 7 medium bananas, 5 stalks celery
Snack - 6 halawi dates
Dinner - 4.5 hachiya persimmons, 4 pints yellow grape tomatoes, a little more than one head letttuce, total (mixed romaine and green leaf)
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2245 calories, 90% carb, 6% protein, 4% fat
I'm proud of myself - later in the evening, I felt a bit moody, but I did not eat "just because." I knew it wasn't going to make me feel better. ;)
Went to bed before 9 p.m.
Shoulder presses
Ball crunches
Posterior delt lateral raises
Hammer curls
Oblique Crunches
Biceps curls
Roman chair back extensions
Hanging Abs
Skullcrushers
Felt great walking home!
My food for the day was as follows:
Breakfast - 1 bag red seedless grapes, 10 bahri dates
Lunch - 7 medium bananas, 5 stalks celery
Snack - 6 halawi dates
Dinner - 4.5 hachiya persimmons, 4 pints yellow grape tomatoes, a little more than one head letttuce, total (mixed romaine and green leaf)
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2245 calories, 90% carb, 6% protein, 4% fat
I'm proud of myself - later in the evening, I felt a bit moody, but I did not eat "just because." I knew it wasn't going to make me feel better. ;)
Went to bed before 9 p.m.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
A sore recovery day. =)
In the grand scheme of "overload and recovery," today is definitely a "recovery"day. I had set the alarm for 5:30 this morning to go to spinning class, butwhen it went off, I definitely felt more like rolling over than rolling out of bed, so I went back to sleep until 6:50 and had a quiet morning. I feel a bit sore today. Time to recover and come back stronger!
Breakfast - 1 bag seedless grapes
Lunch (early) - 26 wet bahri dates, 4 stalks celery, 2 empire apples, almost onebag seedless grapes (one of my coworkers had some!)
Dinner - 3 hachiya persimmons, 2 heads lettuce (1 romaine, 1 green leaf), 3 pints grape tomatoes
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2107 calories - 91% carb 5% protein 4% fat
When will my bananas be ripe???? I wanted bananas today. It was a sore, but happy afternoon.
Breakfast - 1 bag seedless grapes
Lunch (early) - 26 wet bahri dates, 4 stalks celery, 2 empire apples, almost onebag seedless grapes (one of my coworkers had some!)
Dinner - 3 hachiya persimmons, 2 heads lettuce (1 romaine, 1 green leaf), 3 pints grape tomatoes
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2107 calories - 91% carb 5% protein 4% fat
When will my bananas be ripe???? I wanted bananas today. It was a sore, but happy afternoon.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Nutrients vs. toxins
Someone on the vegsource board (www.vegsource.com/talk/raw/index.html) asked about the food value of dulse and it's place in the diet today. Ric was kind enough to compile some past posts on the subject. I find a lot of the thoughts in there valuable (not just about seaweed per se, but about the mentality of modern science/nutrition and the "negative knowledge" people must overcome in order to understand health. I'm posting the compilation here.
Past posts below... Hope they are of assistance to you.ric
Funny, dulce and other seaweeds are known to contain "all the elements of the sea" I have heard various raw food presenters proclaim. This includes uranium, all the heavy metals, lithium, and a wide assortment of toxins.Eating dulce "for the minerals" is like eating belladonna for the minerals . Both are rich in minerals, but both also contain many toxic substances .When people say to me that I shouldn't get close to them because I might catch their cold, I am reminded of eating seaweed for the minerals. We know that there are approximately 1,000 microbes essential to our well-being for every 1 that could exert a negative influence upon our health. Why, I wonder, don't people hug simply to catch health? It should be 1,000 times more effective than catching a cold.
Turning a blindeye to the nutritively negative side of any substance is how doctors recommend alcohol, a protoplasmic poison, to lower blood pressure. I am currently working with a raw food patient who was given pills for pain that ate a hole almost completely through her stomach. That, to me, is akin to eating dulse "for the minerals." :)
Hope this helps,Dr D
I do not recommend the consumption of salt. Our foods are salty enough.
Seaweed, you actually eat it right off the beach? There are several problems. The biggest one is that all the oceans are more polluted than either our air or our land. All pollution finds its way to the water. The water is cleaned by the seaweeds, as they are filter feeders. So the most toxic foods in the world stand to be seaweeds, plus they are the saltiest.
The stimulating impact these foods give is often misconstrued to be well-being. I do not believe it is.
The issue of whether seaweeds are actually veganfare is a separate matter.I could go on and on, but time is an issue today.
Dr D
Janie said:
Isn't it also true that seaweeds are often mistaken to contain B12, when in fact it's a precursor or something else (that I can't remember the name for) that is likely to fool the body into thinking it's B12, resulting in possible B12 deficiency issues due to the B12 'receptors' of sorts being taken up by the psuedo-B12 of the seaweeds?
It's one of the main reasons I rarely eat it as well (besides that it's usually so darn salty and of course, the pollution already mentioned).
Dr. Graham replied:
Yes, the B12 in seaweeds have been shown to be analog versions. They don't work in the body like B12, but will raise your B12 test results. Nice, eh? Apparently, this is true of the B12 in all dried foods.
Dr D
Past posts below... Hope they are of assistance to you.ric
Funny, dulce and other seaweeds are known to contain "all the elements of the sea" I have heard various raw food presenters proclaim. This includes uranium, all the heavy metals, lithium, and a wide assortment of toxins
Turning a blind
Hope this helps,Dr D
I do not recommend the consumption of salt. Our foods are salty enough.
Seaweed, you actually eat it right off the beach? There are several problems. The biggest one is that all the oceans are more polluted than either our air or our land
The stimulating impact these foods give is often misconstrued to be well-being. I do not believe it is.
The issue of whether seaweeds are actually vegan
Dr D
Janie said:
Isn't it also true that seaweeds are often mistaken to contain B12, when in fact it's a precursor or something else (that I can't remember the name for) that is likely to fool the body into thinking it's B12, resulting in possible B12 deficiency issues due to the B12 'receptors' of sorts being taken up by the psuedo-B12 of the seaweeds?
It's one of the main reasons I rarely eat it as well (besides that it's usually so darn salty and of course, the pollution already mentioned).
Dr. Graham replied:
Yes, the B12 in seaweeds have been shown to be analog versions. They don't work in the body like B12, but will raise your B12 test results. Nice, eh? Apparently, this is true of the B12 in all dried foods.
Dr D
An awesome day!
Woke up at 6:00 a.m. (alarm), still a bit tired. Had an awesome training session:
Warmed up by going from my apartment to the mile marker at 52nd street on the trail (jog 8 minutes, walk 2)
Ran one mile (8.54.44!!!!!!)
Walked (2.40.24)
Ran another mile (8.47.46!!!!!!)
Walked (3.03.82)
Ran another mile (9.36.65 - into the wind this time; the wind must have been at my back for the others).
Walk (5.26.74)
Jog (4.04.62)
Walk (1.09.12)
Bodyweight exercises at the playground (9.23.07):
-3 sets max reps "chin-ups" (first set was "negatives", second and third were supported)
-3 sets max reps "push-ups" (negative phase on toes, push-up phase on knees)
-3 sets max reps abs (first set crunches, second and third were bench leg lifts)
-3 sets max reps bench dips
Jog home (7.52.04)
Walk home (3.47.13)
Some stretching
Some thoughts I had today.:
-With regards to the FIT acronym (frequency-intensity-time): If there isn't any wiggle room in my schedule for increased frequency and time, then I need to up the intensity!!! If I only have about an hour a day to train because of other responsibilities (read: a full time job!), then I can't afford to be f*cking around when I train if I want to get maximum benefits! This is definitely cool - with this in mind, as well as "overload and recovery", I can improve my fitness by leaps and bounds while working a full time job and sleeping all I need!
-I'd like to point out that I ran two sub-9 minute miles! Yay overload and recovery! (Harley called it, that I would be doing sub-9's soon!)
-I'm not only overloading my skeletal muscles, I'm overloading my heart and lungs as well! (My previous LSD training didn't do that...)
-I put in a vigorous effort in bodyweight exercises - made some strange noises that probably sounded kinda sexual - good thing there is nobody else on the playground at 7 a.m.!
Food today:
Breakfast - 1 bag red seedless grapes
Lunch - 3 large hachiya persimmons, 6 medjool dates
Afternoon snack (3:30 p.m.) - 6 small bananas, 8 stalks celery
Dinner - Big salad made from 1 bunch broccoli (four stalks - florets and stems), 1 pint yellow grape tomatoes, 1 avocado, juice of one orange.
It was an all organic day. Very cool. =)
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2466 calories - 81% carb, 7 % protein, 12% fat
Warmed up by going from my apartment to the mile marker at 52nd street on the trail (jog 8 minutes, walk 2)
Ran one mile (8.54.44!!!!!!)
Walked (2.40.24)
Ran another mile (8.47.46!!!!!!)
Walked (3.03.82)
Ran another mile (9.36.65 - into the wind this time; the wind must have been at my back for the others).
Walk (5.26.74)
Jog (4.04.62)
Walk (1.09.12)
Bodyweight exercises at the playground (9.23.07):
-3 sets max reps "chin-ups" (first set was "negatives", second and third were supported)
-3 sets max reps "push-ups" (negative phase on toes, push-up phase on knees)
-3 sets max reps abs (first set crunches, second and third were bench leg lifts)
-3 sets max reps bench dips
Jog home (7.52.04)
Walk home (3.47.13)
Some stretching
Some thoughts I had today.:
-With regards to the FIT acronym (frequency-intensity-time): If there isn't any wiggle room in my schedule for increased frequency and time, then I need to up the intensity!!! If I only have about an hour a day to train because of other responsibilities (read: a full time job!), then I can't afford to be f*cking around when I train if I want to get maximum benefits! This is definitely cool - with this in mind, as well as "overload and recovery", I can improve my fitness by leaps and bounds while working a full time job and sleeping all I need!
-I'd like to point out that I ran two sub-9 minute miles! Yay overload and recovery! (Harley called it, that I would be doing sub-9's soon!)
-I'm not only overloading my skeletal muscles, I'm overloading my heart and lungs as well! (My previous LSD training didn't do that...)
-I put in a vigorous effort in bodyweight exercises - made some strange noises that probably sounded kinda sexual - good thing there is nobody else on the playground at 7 a.m.!
Food today:
Breakfast - 1 bag red seedless grapes
Lunch - 3 large hachiya persimmons, 6 medjool dates
Afternoon snack (3:30 p.m.) - 6 small bananas, 8 stalks celery
Dinner - Big salad made from 1 bunch broccoli (four stalks - florets and stems), 1 pint yellow grape tomatoes, 1 avocado, juice of one orange.
It was an all organic day. Very cool. =)
Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2466 calories - 81% carb, 7 % protein, 12% fat
Monday, November 13, 2006
Lennie Hits the Nail on the Head.
Add her to the list of people I know who inspire me. Check her out. She will inspire you, too:
http://www.archive.org/details/OrganicAthlete_2006_09_30_Lennie_Mowris
http://www.archive.org/details/OrganicAthlete_2006_09_30_Lennie_Mowris
Back in action - On purpose, and people who inspire me.
It's more challenging in the winter to keep up stellar habits. I just have to keep reminding myself that I must do so in order to reap the benefits of stellar health!
No excuses - just action! Here's my day:
Woke up at 6:50 a.m. without the alarm. Was still sleepy from getting in so late last night (train back to Chicago experienced some long delays). No morning training. Was sleepy at work as well, so will make sure to get plenty of rest tonight. I feel very inspired today - inspired to do what I need to do to pursue personal fulfillment of my goals, inspired to put my beliefs into further action, inspired to inspire others to live in a more healthful, ecologically sound manner. Last night on the train, I started drafting an essay on how switching to a raw vegan diet is a more ethical, environmentally sound course of action than a regular (cooked) vegan diet, and how when we consider ethics, we must also consider ethical issues beyond animal cruelty/suffering. Yes, indeed, I'm feeling a bit too inspired to get work done at the office - my mind is full of creative, productive thoughts that I can't wait to put into action. I love the low-fat raw vegan lifestyle - I've been so pleased with how clear my mind is lately, and how "un-lazy" I feel. I'm convinced that the cause of laziness is to find purpose. No wonder I felt so lazy the last two years - I had no clear purpose in mind! Or rather, perhaps I was afraid to put it into action, since it isn't so "well-behaved"/acceptable in the mainstream.
It's so cool to meet people who inspire you to live more fully according to your principles/philosophy/beliefs. Some people I know who inspire me to be the person I want to be (or some aspect thereof), because they are living examples of "putting your money where your mouth is":
Harley Johnstone - see today's earlier post. Need I say more?
A new friend in Michigan (who may not want to see his name in my blog!, so I'm not using it)- who is constantly thinking of how he can reduce his ecological footprint and bring about positive change in the world, and lives by his conviction in many ways. So far, he is inspiring me to examine my own ecological footprint, and to think about how I can best bring about positive change in the world, too.
And some people I haven't met, who I also find very inspiring:
Richard Blackman (www.rawfitnessbootcamp.com) - the ultimate in "put your money where your mouth is about your fitness goals, in a down-to-earth manner! I know I am going to learn tons from his experience.
Tonya Kay - like my new friend in Michigan, always tries to live in such a way that reduces her ecological footprint while education those around her who are curious about why she does what she does. Like Harley, is a free spirit who is doing exactly what she wants to be doing with her life.
Food - 8:40 a.m. - 1 bag red seedless grapes (Kinda early)
Lunch - 2 fuyu persimmons. 5 empire apples. 22 halawi dates. I just can't seem to get into apples this fall. I think I will stop trying. =)
Went home early from work and took a nap - my body really needed sleep from the late evening yesterday.
Dinner - Tons of tomatoes (maybe 100 oz?), 2 tablespoons tahini
Calories/ratio for day: 2106 calories, 82% carb, 7% protein, 11% fat
No excuses - just action! Here's my day:
Woke up at 6:50 a.m. without the alarm. Was still sleepy from getting in so late last night (train back to Chicago experienced some long delays). No morning training. Was sleepy at work as well, so will make sure to get plenty of rest tonight. I feel very inspired today - inspired to do what I need to do to pursue personal fulfillment of my goals, inspired to put my beliefs into further action, inspired to inspire others to live in a more healthful, ecologically sound manner. Last night on the train, I started drafting an essay on how switching to a raw vegan diet is a more ethical, environmentally sound course of action than a regular (cooked) vegan diet, and how when we consider ethics, we must also consider ethical issues beyond animal cruelty/suffering. Yes, indeed, I'm feeling a bit too inspired to get work done at the office - my mind is full of creative, productive thoughts that I can't wait to put into action. I love the low-fat raw vegan lifestyle - I've been so pleased with how clear my mind is lately, and how "un-lazy" I feel. I'm convinced that the cause of laziness is to find purpose. No wonder I felt so lazy the last two years - I had no clear purpose in mind! Or rather, perhaps I was afraid to put it into action, since it isn't so "well-behaved"/acceptable in the mainstream.
It's so cool to meet people who inspire you to live more fully according to your principles/philosophy/beliefs. Some people I know who inspire me to be the person I want to be (or some aspect thereof), because they are living examples of "putting your money where your mouth is":
Harley Johnstone - see today's earlier post. Need I say more?
A new friend in Michigan (who may not want to see his name in my blog!, so I'm not using it)- who is constantly thinking of how he can reduce his ecological footprint and bring about positive change in the world, and lives by his conviction in many ways. So far, he is inspiring me to examine my own ecological footprint, and to think about how I can best bring about positive change in the world, too.
And some people I haven't met, who I also find very inspiring:
Richard Blackman (www.rawfitnessbootcamp.com) - the ultimate in "put your money where your mouth is about your fitness goals, in a down-to-earth manner! I know I am going to learn tons from his experience.
Tonya Kay - like my new friend in Michigan, always tries to live in such a way that reduces her ecological footprint while education those around her who are curious about why she does what she does. Like Harley, is a free spirit who is doing exactly what she wants to be doing with her life.
Food - 8:40 a.m. - 1 bag red seedless grapes (Kinda early)
Lunch - 2 fuyu persimmons. 5 empire apples. 22 halawi dates. I just can't seem to get into apples this fall. I think I will stop trying. =)
Went home early from work and took a nap - my body really needed sleep from the late evening yesterday.
Dinner - Tons of tomatoes (maybe 100 oz?), 2 tablespoons tahini
Calories/ratio for day: 2106 calories, 82% carb, 7% protein, 11% fat
Burn Brighter - by Harley Johnstone
The following is a copy of a post by Harley on the Vegsource Raw and Sports Board (www.vegsource.com/talk/raw/index.html). Standard tough love butt-kicking, Harley style. I love it!
"this is me, raw vegan.
to me my dearest bro aint lookin a picture of health. what can i do? i can accept his lifestyle choices for a start. most importantly i can be the change i want to see in the world. be a shining example of health , vitality and fitness.
am i gonna burn out like the system wants or am i gonna burn brighter n brighter and be an undeniable beacon of light that will burn against the darkest night....
sometimes its hard to handle seeing our friends n family take less than optimum choices in life. what to do? go harder, go further, build your conviction towards the lifestyle you know is serving yourself , the animals and the planet.
you are worth living your true purpose.
smash the day like a watermelon. detach from the system that wants us to believe our doubts and doubt our beliefs.what industry do you want to thrive? cooked, chemical, animal crazyness, death , pain, fire destruction?
or raw organic plant happieness, life, pleasure, hydration, creation?
your life , your choice?
what do you stand for?
cos if we dont stand for something, we stand for nothing!
true happieness arrives when we push our minds, hearts and bodies to our limits and beyond. only when we go too far , do we know how far we can go.
i read a book about a dude uncovering landmines in africa, he lost a leg and started running marathons. the last sentence of the book was like " we can do way more than we think. the human potential is yet to be reached.."
be all you can be, do what ever it takes. no down time, no holiday time, no free time, no spare time..JUST LIFE TIME!
the time is now! lets do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"this is me, raw vegan.
to me my dearest bro aint lookin a picture of health. what can i do? i can accept his lifestyle choices for a start. most importantly i can be the change i want to see in the world. be a shining example of health , vitality and fitness.
am i gonna burn out like the system wants or am i gonna burn brighter n brighter and be an undeniable beacon of light that will burn against the darkest night....
sometimes its hard to handle seeing our friends n family take less than optimum choices in life. what to do? go harder, go further, build your conviction towards the lifestyle you know is serving yourself , the animals and the planet.
you are worth living your true purpose.
smash the day like a watermelon. detach from the system that wants us to believe our doubts and doubt our beliefs.what industry do you want to thrive? cooked, chemical, animal crazyness, death , pain, fire destruction?
or raw organic plant happieness, life, pleasure, hydration, creation?
your life , your choice?
what do you stand for?
cos if we dont stand for something, we stand for nothing!
true happieness arrives when we push our minds, hearts and bodies to our limits and beyond. only when we go too far , do we know how far we can go.
i read a book about a dude uncovering landmines in africa, he lost a leg and started running marathons. the last sentence of the book was like " we can do way more than we think. the human potential is yet to be reached.."
be all you can be, do what ever it takes. no down time, no holiday time, no free time, no spare time..JUST LIFE TIME!
the time is now! lets do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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