It's the last day of June, 2011. wow

Hard to believe it really is the last day of June, already!

My eating for this fine day commenced at 10:30 AM with a drink of 4 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice mixed in 16 oz of water. I sipped at that whilst I made cracker dough to dehydrate; (yesterday I posted I would tell you about the crackers today… spin that off until tomorrow. They are made and dehydrating tho). When I realized I was out of two ingredients I grabbed a few pecan pieces to munch on while I made way to the store. It was then I noticed how much non snacking I am doing between meals. I can easily either forget to eat in the day or snack all day long instead of making a sit down meal. Currently I am making meals and eating in a flow of when I feel hungry or in need of slowing down the detox.

At precisely 3:58 PM I sat down to a lovely lunch of green beans, zucchini slices, a falafel ball, some sunflower pate with tahini sauce(dressing) on top. The combination was surprisingly wonderful tasting. I had a glass of coconut water as well.

Coconut water is a very high source of electrolytes. Keep that in mind when you reach for those bottled drinks with the 'don't want to ingest those ingredients', or when you are into competitive sports. You can get young fresh coconuts from Asian markets. If the store is busy they keep their shelves stocked with a steady flow of fresh product. The coconuts in Victoria have over doubled in price in the last few months. When I started buying them here they were $1.50 each .. Last week I paid $3.29 a piece.

The sunflower pate was made from soaked sunflower seeds, water, fresh lemon juice, garlic, himalayan salt, cayene pepper, red onion, fresh dil weed. The recipe is from 'Raw Food Made Easy' by: Jennifer Cornbleet.

After eating the plate full I felt more than satisfied!

It wasn't until 7:00 PM that I desired more to eat. As I prepared tomorrow's mango chutney I ate an orange. Afterwards I made up a dish of orange, kiwi, blueberries, grapes, bee pollen which I ate with a couple of coconut macaroons. It is after 8:00 PM now and I am good for the evening, sipping a cup of red clover blossom tea. It is a great blood purifier.

The photo is of the details on the other side of the lovely ceramics tumbler. The artist is 'Leanne Pizio' in North Carolina. I LOVE her works of art.

Hey, You! Catch ya tomorrow! :)

Before Bed Eating

Eating before bed does not work for me. My belly is burning this morning, my left ear is ringing. Starting tonight, I am returning to eating is before 8:00 PM (exception of fresh fruit if I feel hungry). Herbal tea or water will be ok to ingest. For years I used to eat this way, and the experience was very good. Rather than put myself in a position of feeling like I need to eat something late at night because I had not eaten all day or for many hours, I am working at eating in late afternoon or early evening. The longer overnight fast is most beneficial overall. It is beneficial to fit in 24 hour plus fasts between eating.

Busy Day

Eating started at 9:30 AM this morning with a tall glass of water mixed with 3 ounces of fresh juiced lemon. (Yes, imperial dates me. Although here in Canada we still post imperial and metric measurements in our grocery stores bulk sales and on labels. Find here is a metric conversion site if you really need to know the measurement in metric.

Afterwards I had a bowl of bosc pear, pistachios, grapes and kiwi topped with bee pollen. Read about some health benefits of this delicious pistachio nut. Buy it raw and preferably in the shell.

Lunch time didn't happen until 3:30 PM. I finished the salad from last night, and added a couple of falafels which were sensational!! wow! They are made of sprouted garbonzo beans(chick peas), sunflower seeds, almonds, red onion, olive oil, fresh lemon juice, Nama Shoyu, garlic and curry powder. The recipe is from RAWvolution by: Matt Amsden, a fellow Canadian who lives in L.A. and has an online meal order by the week, catering to the U.S. States. I also drank half a glass of coconut water.

Hours passed before I actually got hungry during shopping for food supplies. I didn't grab anything to eat at that time though. This whole blog is turning out to be an unexpected experiement and is quite revealing to me about my eating habits for sure. It was 9:30 PM before I decided to actually eat, I was genuinely hungry. What I really wanted to do was leave eating until morning. It felt like the best thing to do was to eat something. You remember that frozen dessert I am working on? Well I buzzed some through the juicer topped it with frozen blueberries also through the juicer. The almond coconut blend turned out to be the smoothest creamiest textured dessert I ever have tasted. It is very very good and I want to improve upon it. Adding in the blueberries was, ah, ok.

Ate an orange half an hour later. hmmmm I am wanting to cut out late night eating unless I plan on staying up LATE into the night.

I made some sunflower pate this evening… will share about that tomorrow… also will share about the crackers I will be preparing tomorrow. They were scheduled to be made today and I forgot to soak the whole flax seed. Most nuts and seeds need to be soaked to release enzyme inhibitors. If you grind them in a blender before using, soaking can be by passed.

REMEMBER TO SOAK THE NUTS AND SEEDS!

Evening

mmmmm dinner is salad comprised of, purple lettuce, romaine lettuce, cauliflower, red onion, olives, red and yellow sweet peppers, celery, avocado, black heritage tomato, shredded beet, kale/sunflower pesto, tahini dressing(from 'Raw Food Made Easy' by: Jennifer Cornbleet) recipe

Today I drank a lot of water. Feels like my weight is dropping again. Could be, maybe so.

I sampled a small dish of almond milk blended with young coconut meat and some vanila. The rest is in the freezer being frozen in ice cube tray chunks that will be easy to put through the champion juicer. This will be an attempt to make a version of ice cream other than frozen fruit. Before bed I enjoyed a snack of 2 large kiwi fruit, and chamomile tea then on to- g'night!

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It is great to see my eating day in pictorial. Gives me a different perspective than viewing from my inner position moment to moment does.

First Food of the Day

No interest in food until 1:30 PM. The heavy metals throw off has been so intense I figured I was not drinking enough water and my fruit consumption had dropped, creating less dilution to aid drainage. The breakfast dish full consists of orange, kiwi, bosc pear, brazil nut pieces, grd. pecans, bee pollen. Topped with one of those tasty vanilla macaroons. 'I'll eat to that'!

I also figure I am not getting enough exercise lately which is easy to remedy. My energy is up, YES!

Night Cap

It is late, I am not tired, feel hungry and want to watch a movie so have prepared a snack bowl. Gawd it tastes sooooo good! Frozen Banana, frozen grapes, frozen blueberries, orange, sprinkled with bee pollen and pecan pieces.