- Day 5 - Extreme Goddess Makeover by RawGirl
18 y
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Blog: Raw Juice Fast / Extreme Goddess Makeover
The good news is: I've stayed 100% raw ....... this is my overarching goal .... permanent freedom from the addictive pull of cooked foods, and focusing upon a clean body. This is a long term thing ..... a permanent commitment. I know now that the pull to succeed is stronger than the pull to eat foods that cause disease, premature aging, obesity and generally suck the joy from life. Plus, I other than want to be fat and ugly. I choose slim and beautiful, please. "That is my order, please, Mother Nature. Please make be pretty and thin, and be in charge of my Extreme Goddess Makeover." Her reply? "Then the menu is Monkey Food."
I have strayed a bit from 100% liquids ..... but I am not worrying about that, and instead, just getting back on the horse and charging forward. MORE GOOD NEWS: DOWN 9 POUNDS!
The universe conspires to pull to us that which is the result of our strong desire and focused attention, and so I smile when I think of my new duties of raw food chef which will, of course, pull me into an ever higher and stronger commitment to the 100% raw lifestyle .... and on it goes. Gotta be grateful!
Last night I drove 2.5 hours RT to see some folks speak on raw food for obesity ..... and I learned that full immersion into this lifestyle via events, talks, etc. is critical to my success. To keep learning and revising my inner blueprint .... what do I want for my self? .... and not taking the easy way out .... (just eating what everybody else eats). While there, I picked up a copy of Victoria Boutenko's new book, "Green for Life" wherein she researches the diet of Chimpanzees (humans share 99.4% of the same genes), and found they eat 50% greens. Thus the green smoothie was born. (Greens are mixed with water in a VitaMix until liquified, and a small amount of fruit is added until the taste becomes pleasant, sweet and palatable. I plan to also add stevia to keep the fruit content low.) This may be the missing key for a lot of folks such as myself who aspire to 100% raw but lack the inner drive to shop for and prepare the goodies, and then feel too loaded down after eating all of those concoctions. I like my raw food simple --- just a few ingredients --- and I liked it blended in the VitaMix because it is so easy to digest, quick to make, easy to clean up. To be able to have several smoothies each day that tastes sweet like fruit but are largely greens, to allow this steady influx of dark leafy greens to alkalinize the body, and to observe the long-term impact on my health will be the next modification to my diet. So green smoothies will be the mainstay, with the other drinks I make falling into supporting roles. And so the experiment begins.
Since I have candida, I need fruit only sparingly. Since I don't like a lot of chewing of salads, eating raw meant I grativated towards fruits. Nuts are too rich for me, and besides, I have no sense of portion control. So this was the stumbling block .... what to eat that is easy, energizing, tasty, cleansing, healthy for the long term, and will allow me to drop the 80+ pounds of fat I've been hauling around. So now I have a new direction to add to my liquids lifestyle that should fortify me for the long haul for the next 5 months (through the summer). I will be preparing these green smoothies for my new client as well.
I can only imagine that this shift to a large and steady intake of greens that have been blended so fine in the VitaMix that the cellulose in the cell walls are cut open, accessing phytonutrients, will eliminate residual cravings that have been my bugaboo. As I don't force my son to be raw, it has been my lifelong struggle to not eat the tempting food of other people. If anyone else has struggled with compulsive overeating issues, they understand that this is a full-on issue that needs to be addressed from all angles. Secrecy, dishonesty, emotional repression, self-debting, simmering resentments, angers, etc., all become numbed if the drug of refined carbs enters in. I have researched that cooked grains cause a chemical response in the body almost identical to opiates .... so it is no secret that I am self-medicating (getting stoned on carbs) when eating any processed foods based from grains and refined sugars. To top it off, I would invarably pass out like a drunk after a binge. Pathetic. I would be deliberately choosing to not feel what is uncomfortable. This is also tied to action, for the discomfort is always tied to something I need to do, something I need to change. Hopefully greens will give me the energy and support to make those changes that seem to be the cause of overeating.
My goal for this chapter in my life is that I gain a permanent momentum into living for beauty, and that is not just an outer thing, but an inner thing. While fasting, I can see my ego and it's posturing so clearly. I can see so clearly when I am inauthentic, ungracious, unforgiving, judgmental, stingy with my kindness. Instead I choose to live a life where my thoughts and emotions are beautiful, that I send this beauty of Spirit out to the world, and this beauty is naturally expressed in my body, skin, eyes and expression because I am in harmony with Universal Law.
Sample Recipes from the Book:
Igor's Favorite:
1/2 bunch of spinach
4 apples (peeled)
1/2 whole lime with peel
1 banana
2 cups of water
Yields: 1 quart of smoothie
Valya's Favorite
Blend well:
8 leaves of Romaine lettuce
5 cups of watermelon
1 cup of water
Yields: 1 quart of smoothie
Minty Thril
Blend well:
4 ripe pears
4-5 leaves of kale
1/2 bunch of mint
2 cups water
Yields: 1 quart of smoothie
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- Wonderful... by Q_t
18 y
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I *like* you! You sound alot like me as I too, am a Universalist :) hehe
Chewing salad? BORING! Can't stand it either. Love my fruit 2 much.
How's it goin gurl? I'll pop back n c how ur doin.
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- Those sound really really good by annaconda
18 y
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| Wow those smoothies sound really good. I heard a lot about not mixing fruits and veggies when I was juice fasting, but I'm not juice fasting right now. Those sound like tasty treats! Do you use a regular blender?
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- Re: Those sound really really good by RawGirl
18 y
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| The blender I use is a VitaMix because it chops the food so fine that you can't feel any fiber at all. It breaks thru the cell wall of cellulose-based plant food, releasing important phytonutrients that we would not be able to utilize unless the food was processed in this way. Plus, eating blended food is pre-digested, making it so so easy for the body .... this results in very little energy needed to digest, and more energy for fun and other activities.
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- Re: Those sound really really good by annaconda
18 y
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Just looked it up - other than the price, it seems like an amazing machine. If I had rich relatives, I'd register for one for our upcoming wedding but I don't think it'll happen. However I do hope that I'll be able to make some of those recipes with a food processer and a blender.
I have a juicer, but those smoothies need the real blended treatment to make them as thick and yummy as they sound.
Good luck on your continuing efforts! With smoothies like that, you must be loving life. Cool blender. I've never seen anything like it before!
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- Re: Those sound really really good by Roooth
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| do you think they'd be ok in a normal blender? I don't mind "bits"
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