Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Found a wholesaler! Back on the fruit wagon!

Hi Veggies!

I am happy to report I am still on the fruit wagon!
It has been three wonderful days of raw bliss.
Well, aside from my daily soy latte! (Can't do without that!)
I must say it has been relatively easy and quite satisfying.
I now find that if I allow myself to eat naturally (not thinking and calculating and restricting) -- I tend to eat around 2500 calories of raw goodness. I typically start the day with smoothies, and end with salads.

Yesterday's menu:
1) x2 banana mango date smoothies (each one is like a liter)
2) Celery apple grape salad
3) Kale blood orange and pumpkin seed salad
4) Banana - sun warrior raw protein - raw cacao smoothie
80/10/10 and 2600 calories! 60 grams of protein, just under 30 grams of fat, close to 560 grams of carbs!
Today's menu:
1) Banana mango date smoothie
2) Big bowl of apples and grapes (half an Asian pear) --- just nibbled these all afternoon
3) Celery with organic raisins on top
4) Oranges
2500+ calories

I already feel better. I really miss beans and rice, however I feel so good on raw foods...I don't think it is worthwhile. In just three days my sleep has improved tremendously --- it is just more deep. I love it. I also have more energy to chase Seth, and I am not irritable. At the gym I have improved endurance, though my strength remains the same. My belly is poochy from the fruit by the end of the day, but in the morning it appears to be more flat (Probably due to less salt intake!) All in all --- I think we all can benefit from incorporating more raw foods into our diet. As I see it, when the body expends less energy on digestion it can tend to other "work" in the body. It's a win win!

Anyhow, I found a wholesaler in my area named W.R. VERNON. If you are in Winston Salem NC, you must look them up. I haven't actually eaten the produce yet, however I was able to pick up large quantities for cheap. I bought nanas, oranges, grapes, mangoes, and celery! For example --- I took home a 40 pound box of nanas for just under twenty bucks. This will def last me a little longer than a week. I had the guy pick me up a nanas with a little green in them, so they can have time to ripen a bit. I picked up 9 mangoes for under ten bucks. They are beautiful too. The celery was just 0.75 cents per stalk. Even if you aren't a raw vegan, and just like produce it is worth checking these places out. You can go with your friends to buy large quantities and then split them, because you do really save cash. Google wholesalers in your area and see what you can find!!!

From a workout stand point I continue to lift with my husband. He is kind of like my personal trainer. We worked on building back strength today. We did an assortment of rows with all kinds of different hand positions to hit the upper and lower back. We used about four different machines. We also did lat pull downs. We only performed two reps of ten. However, my husband said that is enough since we use a variety of machines to work the same muscle. I only did ten minutes of HIIT on the stair climber today. That's fine because I want to build muscles!

My last bit of advice is watch your fat and embrace your fruit! Fruit is good! Xxxxx
Peace and Love!!!

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