Feeling a bit slow/sluggish today

Dave, Val and I went for a walk around the fields and in the woods this morning.

Then I ate 5 macintosh apples and a glass of veggie juice (romaine, celery, carrot, apple) - there was some juice leftover from Dave making Val's lunch.

Around 1:00, went for a 25-30 minute bike ride. Felt really tired and sluggish (jet lag catching up?).

Came back and ate a banana smoothie (8 small bananas)

took a nap

snack - some pineapple (maybe about 2/3 to 3/4 of a pineapple). hurts my teeth when I eat too much of it.

Dinner - 1.5 glasses OJ. lots of romaine, with some veggie pate (very little pumpkinseed in this - dave put maybe .25 cup in the whole recipe, and I didn't have half of it...). one ounce of Val's avo

Totals for the day
Calories: 2069 (86%C, 6%P, 8%F)

Ah, emotional rest

Last night I arrived at Dave and Val's house, where I'll be staying for the next week. Words cannot express how glad I am to be here, and how grateful I am to be among family. I'm so grateful to be in Ohio, which in a lot of ways feels like home to me, as I went to college here those were some wonderful years. Autumn is my favorite season, and I'm so grateful that I get to see the beautiful colors on the trees - I was worried I'd missed it, being out in the CA desert. It is wonderful to be with, for a change, people who are role models for the lifestyle I live. For a change, I have physical companionship in this - I'm not living this lifestyle among people who are doing something else. I'm not with people who wonder why anyone would want to do this (and occasionally, when lonely, I must admit I think that myself). It's really nice. Val's pregnancy is going along very smoothly - no morning sickness or fatigue. She feels great. Dave told me that their friends don't believe them when they tell them. Sigh =).

This morning I got to sleep until I woke up (7:30 a.m. - not bad, considering I am in Ohio, and was in California yesterday).

We played with some of their toys to warm up for going for a walk (Val stopped running at about 4.5 months in. They still rode bikes while it was warm, but lately they've been walking). Then we went for a walk nearby. The leaves are so beautiful. Dave brought along some hand weights and he did some lunges and footwork and stuff during the walk. Then he handed the weights to me and I played with them for a little bit.

We stopped and took some photos.






When we got back to the house, Dave and I went out into the garden. We picked a few concord grapes and raspberries. I snuck into the greenhouse and picked a couple of ripe cherry tomatoes (shh, don't tell!).

Then we continued our breakfast inside. I had a pineapple, a few sips of OJ, and two stalks of celery.

In the afternoon I had the chance to catch up on some things, like sending photos to people.

I walked to the track (about a mile and a half away). Then did some running (sprinting the straightways, walking or jogging the curves, for about 15 minutes). Then walked back to the house.

Ate - 1 pineapple

Dinner - Banana blueberry smoothie (about 4 bananas, 1 cup blueberries?), some dates (about 10 maybe?), some lettuce (1/2 a head of romaine?) and....

I tried durian for the 4th time...and this time I actually liked it! I've never liked it before. Usually I just couldn't get past the "oniony/garlicky taste" - I didn't want my fruit tasting like that. But today (maybe because I've been craving onions and garlic lately?), I LOVED it.

Just goes to show...be willing to try things you didn't used to like, because you might change your mind. For example, before I went raw, I didn't like papaya or celery at all, but now I love those foods. So be willing to try =).

Totals today (approximate, since I didn't measure everything and I am guessing):
2203 total calories (88%C, 5%P, 7%F)

Going to bed...hope to sleep well tonight!

Back to Blogging!

Ok. Back to blogging. Time for some nutritional self-awareness =). time to do it well. No better time than now.

Today's food -
lots of grapes all day at the airport while traveling (maybe 5 pounds worth)? - 1 meal on the first flight, one meal on the 2nd

Arrived at Dave and Val's!

evening meal - 1 barhi date. 1.5 cups pineapple. big salad - romaine lettuce, tomatoes with tomato-red pepper-orange dressing.

Numbers for the day:
Total calories - 1901 (92% C/5% P/3% F)

Time for sleep, since I got up at 2 a.m. Welcome back!