Food journaling=great!

After my Vitamin B-12 deficiency scare, I decided to start keeping track of my B-12 intake. I have been following Angela Stokes' Raw Reform journal and was inspired to invest in chlorella "nuts" and bee pollen from the Raw Reform store, among other things. I'll just mention these two items since they arrived today (yay!)

Today I enjoyed

1 quart water

For breakfast I loved a Rich Mix of:a teaspoon of tahini, a 1/3 a cup of sesame seeds, about 5 or 6 almonds, a squirt of agave and maple syrup, 1/2 cup of dried coconut, 2 teaspoons of cacao powder. I've never had something this sweet and decadent for breakfast, but let me tell you that it kicked my day off to a fantastic start!!

Vitamin B-12 tablet, Omega 3 pill and multivitamin.

For lunch I had a smoothie of: water of one coconut, a couple of spoonfuls of coconut meat, a tablespoon of spirulina, a tablespoon of "Amazon Acai" Hemp shake powder by Nutiva, 2 tablets of Fo-Ti (a Chinese herb that is great for longevity like premature greying), a sprinkle of cinnamon, a splash of 100% pure vanilla extract and 2 teaspoons of cacao powder.

A snack of two tablespoons of: a delicious concoction of 2 tsp tahini, 2 tsp coconut oil, tbsp of cacao powder, squirt of agave and maple syrup, a few almonds and dried coconut

1 quart water

For dinner I enjoyed a collard green wrap with Cauliflower Curry, Cauliflower Curry patties, young coconut meat, tomatoes and a sprinkle of hempseeds.

For dessert I snacked on 2 teaspoons of hempseed mixed with two teaspoons of bee pollen, and about 16 chlorella "nuts." (yes, it made my tongue quite QUITE green! haha!)

Observations on my overall energy: Considering the fact that I only got 5 hours of sleep last night due to studying for an Acupuncture Points test, I must say that I fared pretty well energy-wise. That is, until this afternoon when I took a two hour nap which left me groggy and disoriented. After I finished my nap, I enjoyed my dinner and dessert and now feel absolutely amaaaaaazazing! This past week has been very much a 100% raw week. To give you an idea of what I've been munching on all week, it's pretty similar to what I had today: I have been drinking one to two coconut spirulina smoothies per day and having my collard green wraps along with my supplements. I've noticed that eating this way (100% raw) has actually made me drink large quantities of purified water. All the water has improved my running (exercise) performance. I haven't been exercising as much lately because I'm preparing for my year end exams, so I try to eat my dinner at 4:30 to 5 pm and have a tiny snack before bed. Previously, when I had been running longer distances and doing weight training once per week I'd normally eat between 7 and 8 PM. Nowadays I run every other day and do 15-30 minutes of yoga (3 Sun Salutations with Ujai breath, dhanurasana, chikitsa vinyasana in the morning and in the evening: restorative poses like forward bends, pigeon pose, balasana (Happy Baby pose) and neck rolls) and the 4 purifications (Nadishodana: alternate nostril breathing, Kapalabhati breath, Agnisaura Dhauti: abdominal rolls and ashvini mudra: perineal pulsations), one to two times a day.

I feel really good doing a daily "intake" of what I have consumed and done for myself. I must admit, I am feeling super fantastic AWESOME! Thank you, raw lifestyle, for your spiritual and nutritive gifts that you give me every single day.