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YUMMMYYYYY Ice Cream !!!!!!!!! I LOVE learning how to UN-cook!!!!

Oh and here is a picture of my CHUCKY MONKEY ICE CREAM !! talk about YUMMMYYY!!!!

1 frozen banana
1 cp almond milk
1 tsp raw agave nectar
2 tbsp raw cacao powder

blend away and WELLA ...ice cream
 lactose free,low glycemic,vegan/vegetarian,raw

Til next time....

Tropical smoothie ...YUMM!!

OK i decided to experiment ..I wanted to try something that I normally do not like..Mangos....I LOVE pinapple (fresh never canned or anything -yuk) and so I made a smoothie using :

1 mango
2 1 inch slices of pineapple (Including core)
2 small oranges

and for my greens - organic Romaine lettuce heart - one whole heart

Blended with some ice in my blendtec and .......

It's FABULOUS!!!!! I think this is my FAVORITE smoothie so far !!!!!!!!!! I love the lime green color from the Romaine!!

Til next time ...

Fell off the wagon ...but am back on track!!

Well had a few days where I "fell off the wagon" but I am back on track again!! I was feeling so great last week !! Soooo much energy! I lost 2.4 pounds. I was bouncing off the walls and I felt GREAT!! however had a family emergency and fell into the same old way of eating when i was stressed (didn't realize I was so stressed til I had a emotional melt down) however after letting off some steam I realized I was eating "wrong" and felt sooo tired!!! and had I NOT let myself eat "wrong" maybe I could have handled the stress better !! and it dawned on me what a contrast it was to how I felt just last week!!! WOW!!! never had a side by side comparison before because every "diet" I ever tried always still made me feel tired!!! all I can think now is WOW WOW WOW!!!! I will do everything I can to keep on track now that I have realized the difference!!!

Why I am choosing to go RAW..

Well I have been researching a way to lose weight and get out of pain ..I have all over muscle pain and a bad knee (my knee cap does not ride properly over the joint) I get lots of headaches bad and almost daily ,I live on advil all day and am just tired all the time!! I have no energy and to top it off I have insomnia and run on about 4 to 6 hours of not so restful sleep - needless to say I HATE mornings!!

lost some weight......

Almond Milk I made ..TASTY!! (sorry I drank most of it before pic haha)


Berry smoothie with alfalfa my son made....


Flax seed crackers ...yummmm.........

Sorry I hadn't had a chance to post my original weight but it was 225.6 when I started this...Guess I am doing ok cause I just weighed in and now I am at 223.2 so that is a weight loss of 2.4 pounds !! WHOO HOOO !!! Wanted to share !!!
Oh and before I go I FINALLY made something with my new blender thats YUMMYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!! I made cashew ice cream !! You have to try this wonderous stuff !

Saturday nights dinner....

Well tonight Kyle and I had a salad for dinner ...he ate 2 bowls of it !!! and then said he couldn't believe he was actually FULL on just salad !!! this is a short note cause I wanted to show the salad we had...This picture is actually of my salad (his was a tad different...here it is !! It had baby spinach,romaine,alfalfa sprouts,red pepper, sesame seeds,raw almonds,tomato,and a few thin slices of cheddar cheese, just some Extra Virgin Olive Oil and some red wine vinegar for a dressing....it was yummy!! his was missing tomato (he hates those) and he has raw cashews instead of almonds...he also used regular Italian Dressing on his (grocery store kind)

Smoothie trials hahaha.......

Well we have been having fun with our new "toys' !! My son LOVES the Hurom juicer!!!! I am partial to the blendtec Blender...My first "green smoothie" didn't work out so well..haha..I tried "winging it" and mixed some strawberries,blueberries,raspberries,blackberries,banana and some kale - it was "OK" but to me tasted like grass haha...soooo Kathy and Memaw drank it instead hahaha....My son however did great "winging it" with his juice so I showed him how to make a slushy using the blender and he was thrilled with his homemade icy!!!

MY BLENDTEC BLENDER ARRIVED !!!

HI everyone,
Just wanted to let you know my blendtec blender,excaliber dehydrator and my Hurom juicer arrived today - I ordered the juicer and blender from Raw Food World (see link under link section) and my excaliber dehydrator direct from the company ( http://www.excaliber.com/ ) ..both have GREAT service and shipped FAST!!

Ok well after eating my last totally cooked meal for while my son and I cleaned out the fridge and went SHOPPING for all kinds of RAW foods such as :

Well here we are.........Day One (sort of)....

Well today is day one of my blog journal. I say day one but I have been researching about ways to improve my health and let's face it, those of us that are over weight have tried soooo many "diets" and "lifestyle changes" that we know them all by heart and we also know they NEVER work. HOWEVER ...It seems to me, that for first time, I have found one that MAKES SENSE!!!