I’m going raw

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Get your mind outta the gutter – I’m talking food, not sex, ya perv lol

I figure if I blog about transitioning to a raw food diet – the prep, the transition, recipes – maybe I’ll stick to it.  After working out for 5 days a week for six weeks and not losing much poundage I figured it was time to change the eating habits – I was being good food wise but working in a pizza shop does not help.

I have a juicer coming (thanks to a friend).  I have the Eating for Energy ebook with all the bonuses a girl could ask for.  I also have two raw food recipe books that I got for a steal on amazon.ca with a gift card I got from another friend/business buddy.  These are them:

While I wait for the juicer to arrive – I will read and attempt to understand the basic biological science behind a raw diet – tips, tricks and how to transition without ending up in the bathroom for hours on time (I’ve heard this could happen).

I feel like this will bring me back to nature.  I hope it will help me not require a ton of new kitchen stuff when we move since all I kept last time we packed up was my Pampered Chef gear which I haven’t unpacked because we don’t live in our own place yet.  Looking forward to saving up for a good set of knives and a better blender – what I have now will work until then.

Now I may not go all the way raw – as I transition I’ll see what I’m comfy with – I’ve always said I would end up vegetarian or vegan so we’ll see how it goes.

Either way this will help with my intake of fresh veggies, fruit and the like.  I tend to buy it and then ‘save it’ for Kaius, which is silly because I could buy more when it runs out.

Wish me luck!

Spies are polite and quiet on their feet

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Walking to school today I was a little bit fed up of telling Kaius to pick up his feet.  That habit and the one where he says ‘huh’ or ‘what’ instead of ‘pardon me’ are probably the two things that annoy me the most – especially when I’m constantly reminding him.  I don’t have to remind him to ask how someone is after they ask how he is.  He’s really good with please and thank you.  For some reason some things just aren’t sticking.

I think I found a way to get him to remember or at least make the reminding part a bit more fun!

It all started with the Backyardigans – a brilliant kids show – one of my favorites.  One of Kaius’ favorites is the The Backyardigans – Super Secret Super Spy movie (Cyndi Lauper is the Pink Lady when she sings – too much fun!).  Then there was Cats and Dogs – a movie about animals that are spies.  Spy Kids 1, 2 and 3 helped too.

This morning before we left for school he told me he wanted to walk to school with his binoculars so he could spy.  While we were walking to school and I’d reminded him a half a dozen times to pick up his feet – finally I whispered… ‘Spies are quiet, if you’re spying your can’t drag your feet, people will hear you’ – well it was on – I didn’t have to remind him the rest of the way to school.

So I took it to the next level and also told him that spies are gentlemen and are very polite.  So instead of ‘yay’ it’s ‘yes’ and instead of ‘huh’ it’s ‘pardon me’ and instead of ‘what?’ it’s ‘yes mom?’.

Let’s hope it sticks.