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!

We are a thirsty world

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A lot of you know that I’m ‘into Natural Health’.  Even though I don’t really ‘believe’ in all things involving traditional medicine – I’m still skeptical about some natural remedies.  When I saw the title of this interview and read the synopsis that came in my email – I thought “Yeah, right!” (dripping in sarcasm of course).  I thought even this was a bit too simple. 

I decided I ought to give it a read.

I’m not even done reading it and I HAVE to share it with you.

The Water Cure: An interview with Dr. Batmanghelidj

It makes SO much sense – simple simple sense that there’s no denying it – we are a thirsty thirsty world.  The pharma industry doesn’t want us to know because it’s a multi-multi-billion dollar industry.

Then I really thought about how this applies to me.  I really struggle with drinking enough water and if I’m honest with myself, the days I do better with getting that stuff into me, the better I feel physically.  When I drink a glass of water before bed, waking up the next morning I feel better – I gotta run to the bathroom but I really do feel better than when I don’t.

A final quote from the Interview transcript:

“Bernard Shaw says that normal people try to conform, and reasonable people do not conform, and look for alternatives. Therefore all progress belongs to unreasonable people.”
 

Edited to add a link to his book:
Your Body’s many Cries for Water - Your Not Sick, You’re Thirsty Don’t Treat Thirst with Medication 

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