Friday, 28 March 2008

Day 33..Magical delivery..from Kate Magic!

Day 33

Intake

Blueberry, orange, pomegranate and acai

Orange/mango/clementine

Water

tea

Tonight will drink hot MC...mmm love it!



Now for the exciting bit......

Ooooh I am so excited..my first raw delivery is here!!.. the admin girls at my work came down puzzled..something for you..from..err.Germany!..I was as confused as they were..but it was..my Raw Living package!!


I ordered Maca 250g


And 100g of these new Magic powders Kate is offering, they sound awesome. Fabulous you can buy 100g..try them out then commit to the 500g!!


Pre blended powders full of lovely superfoods!I got two of these...


Greener grass Ingredients: hemp protein powder, barleygrass, spirulina, crystal manna, purple corn, he shou wu, kelp powder, chilli flakes, pink salt.


And... Be the Change (yess the superfoods from the awesome chocolate bar)Ingredients: Mesquite, lucuma, cacao, crystal manna, pink salt


If you haven't tried Be the Change chocolate..get your butt to Kate Woods site PRONTO! .. this stuff has high vibrational energy..seriously.. Sending some love to the lovely lot at Raw Living!!


I am trying to supercharge/amp up my juice feast!! They recommended for use in recipes, teas, smoothies or straight off the spoon! Will report back on their performance!! hehe



It came with some cool little postcards.. high vibing stuff..could feel the love!!


Excited now! can you tell!


So glad for the weekend, some rest and some time to juice with love and care..rather than rush rush rush!


That's all for now folks!

Thursday, 27 March 2008

A little wordplay fun

Stolen from HiHoRosie..hehe

its doing the rawbie rounds..and its fun!

1. Cellphone: Always glued to my person!

2. Relationship: A tangle of complicated souls

3. My hair: Is a messy curly..chop-stick filled affair

4. Work: 8-5:30 ..not a minute more!

5. My sibling/siblings: are my dearest friends..

6. My favorite thing: lazy Sunday mornings..

7. My dream last night: ..a raw lasagna recipe..in full colour...

8. Favorite drink: Anything from my favourite juice bar!

9. Dream car: a tigra

10. The room I’m in: is all white..

11. My shoes: are my number 2 passion

12. My fears: drive me onwards and upwards

13. What do I want to be in 10 years: happy..content..a mother

14. Who did I hang out with this weekend: my big sis

15. What I am not good at: doing anything fast!

16. Muffin: cacao butter...and raw choccie chips..mmm.. what a dream!

17. One of my wish list items: a vita-mix

18. Where I grew up: South London/Surrey

19. Last thing I did: Took my mail in

20. Wearing: Work clothes..and bare feet

21. Not wearing:err..shoes!

22. My pets: Just the odd friendly spider..

23. My computer: is old..but loved

24. My life: a hectic symphony

25. My mood: calm

26. Missing: London smog

27. What I am thinking about right now: how thirsty I am

28. My car: .. a pair of well worn ballet pumps..!

29. My kitchen: is full of produce

30. My weather: freezing..but finally no snow!

31. Favorite color: Blue

32. Last time I laughed: I forget..

33. Last time I cried: a long time ago

34. School: a distant memory!

35. Love: the most confusing emotion in the world

Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Day 31... Vitamin C overload!

Just a quickie today..

Really am shattered after a long long long day at work!!


Today 31

1 Litre Blueberry,blackberry Juice -- with added pressed Acerola cherry juice-- I also have powder which I will be playing with!

Water

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I am now debating some tea!

There is an abundance of fruit in the kitchen but I am NOT interested at all. I just want some warm MC and to watch the apprentice wrapped up in my blanket!

Something comforting about MC drink hot, nice and spicy and comforting..slightly medicinal taste..odd but nice!

My hunger is totally gone, I feel thirsty or I feel empty. Empty usually means I need juice, otherwise I continue on with my water until my stomach indicates otherwise! It isn't the gnawing kind of hunger I experienced at the start..which is nice!

Here is some info I found on...this SUPER cherry!

Acerola Cherry

care of Wikipedia!

[edit] Cultivation and uses
The fruit is edible and widely consumed in the species' native area, and is cultivated elsewhere for its high vitamin C content.
In the
1950s, a manufacturer of baby food decided that apple juice was milder for infants than orange juice. The company claimed that a drop of acerola juice in an 8 oz. can of apple juice provided the amount of vitamin C of an equal amount of orange juice.[citation needed]
In
Puerto Rico, the acerola is so prized that custom officials exercise considerable precaution to prevent exporting of acerola cuttings.

That's me SOLD!

It also is super yummy, which helps! Shazzie's store sells the powder, natural Vitamin C in food source, what could be better?!

That's all for today folks, will make a big post tomorrow evening.

Right now its so cold ..I need some time wrapped up and resting!

Light and Love

Tuesday, 25 March 2008

One of those days..Day 30




So I had one of those days.. woke up.. was sick.. banging head..had to go back to bed. I got myself so worked up last night, stress got the better of me.


Keeping negative aspects-- whether that be people, objects or environments minimal and positive, light giving elements of my life to a maximum need to become a priority!


Once again;This is a STRESS free zone, only attracting love, beauty and vitality. Nothing but Vibrancy!!


Got up in the afternoon, went to get some fruit and bits and rested some more, I wasn't going to resort to painkillers, the pain in my eyes has eased some now. So thankful for that. I stumbled my way to the organic man.. the snow was melting away but it was soo cold my hands were numb time I got there, only 0.5 mile down the road!


Picked up some : Plums, pears, Norfolk Purple sprouting broccoli, Flat lettuce(local again!!), Strawberry punnet(£1!),sweet little tomato, gorgeous lemons-- look at that vibrant colour! Ah man my organic man is so sweet, he said the lettuce was a bit small so I could take it for 50p! What a sweetie!


Gorgeous.. will make something a bit later some juice. Haven't had anything today yet. Just water. Think whatever I am feeling right now is emotional detox.. manifesting itself as physical symptoms. I feel much better now mentally and the headache has passed.

Feeling in a quiet reflective mood today. Trying to relax and get myself ready for tomorrow.

Anyways that's all for now.

Going to spend some time reading and taking a long bath tonight.

Tomorrow is a new day, I am going to fill it with everything that makes me happy!


Light and Love

Monday, 24 March 2008

Bank holiday.. Bliss.. Day 29..Long long post




Today is for thinking, bliss, relaxation and quiet tidying/organising

I have been sorting my wardrobe and giving items to friends. Been getting my teeth into Detox your World..for the second time..it suggested wardrobe detox..so I am working on that.

Completely forgot.. got a lovely bamboo top, my first! For £5 in the sales, a lot of shops here now have bamboo lines and ECO lines, this one was from New Look, they also have organic cotton t-shirts. Its featured in the pictures..lovely and super soft! ECO Fashion!

Spending some time working on business stuff, organising the house and paperwork.This is relaxing-- this is a STRESS free zone.

I spent last night watching Shazzie's videos on youtube, I feel totally energised after listening to her words, just letting it wash over me-- INVEST in your health. Its as simple as that, rather than going to the cinema or.. spending out on a hair dye, or another pair of jeans... invest that into YOU. Superfoods, Super High vibrations, BECOME that Superbeing!!

I have been adding some supplements/superfoods to my feast :

Goji powder --- tasted fine.. pretty neutral tasting especially with berry juice! Nutritional value is the reason I am taking it! Shazzie recommends it for eye health-- Bring on that eye healing!**Ground it myself, got big jar for £1.50 in the sale, as they had put the labels on upside down and couldn't sell them! ha!

Acai powder--Makes me feel incredible, supercharged-- in a non cacao type of way, just high energy. I know some people question if its really raw or not. But after trying, it feels good and not like its lowering my energy in anyway.

Aloe vera --woohoo very soothing..all good!

I am playing around with superfoods/supplements and combinations, to amp up my juice feasting experience but also to get ideas for refining my diet post-feast. This seems to be a good environment to try things, stable-- should be easy to see what differences the superfoods are making.

Have ordered some goodies from Kate Wood's site...but..I shall post about those when they arrive!! I am verrrry EXCITED!

Was pretty funny telling my parents I am now taking the Aloe.. I had an awful time with juvenile arthritis, they wanted me to get the Aloe down me in the hopes it may improve my condition..needless to say..as a 9 year old no way was I drinking that Aloe juice..Now I am like "Gimme that aloe!!"

Oils I don't feel are useful RIGHT NOW, so I have cut those now, they don't do anything for me. I don't normally eat them so maybe this is why I am now drawn to them during this feasting period. The coconut oil just made me hungry, which I never was before-- so cut it for the time being, I may well go and change my mind 10 days down the line!

Juice for Day 29

1.5 litre Water
1 Ayurveda detox tea
700ml Berry juice--- combination, blended and strained
Green powders
Aloe Vera juice
1 spoon cacao into water before workout (speedy, good workout, no come down)
For dinner
Planning to have pineapple juice, already cut it all up. Just got to put it through the juicer! add supplements and drink

Aloe and green powders or spirulina tonight.

So I wanted to talk more about VISUALISATIONS today

Is something Dave and Katrina talked about a lot, but also my sister has been using them and indeed MANIFESTED the blessings 3 months down the line. So here they are, no point keeping them inside, visualise, speak it out, live it, breathe it, manifest it.

Here are the things I am visualising for manifestation the next 6 months

Visualising these things for manifestation in MY LIFE

** A long break in NYC
** A Vita-mix
** Financial abundance and freedom
** 100% healed eyes
** A vibrant, successful RAW Business -- materialising!

Putting them out there in the universe

Super long post so that's all for now folks!

Freegan....thoughts...

Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed.

Okay so I have been thinking about this a lot, I couldn't sleep, was up until 2am. Thinking how how how can I get myself out of my current environment and able to travel, invest in some training and kit up a proper chefs kitchen.

I figured I could save a lot of money by cutting food and travel costs to a minimal. Then this got me thinking about cutting them to ZERO

Recently there was a show aired here Wife Swap showing a freegan family vs a Wealthy family in suburban UK. The latter lot made a real fuss about this food, throwing up in sinks and having tantrums about eating BOXED in date crackers/breads....or indeed just finishing their left overs!

It certainly was food for thought, coming out of these bins was fruit, vegetables, milk, bread, tonnes of packaged food and fruits on their "use by" dates. But all good, everything looked good and viable-- not at all in the state where it should be chucked in a dumpster, usually things I buy at this point are still in my fruit bowl waiting for me to consider them "ripe" enough to eat/juice!

This also got me thinking about volunteering time for food-- an option for sure. Working some time for the organic market or farmers in return for some fruits.

Also speaking with produce managers, taking "over-ripe" ie perfectly ripe things off their hands.

Wild foraging/growing your own
Other options, get foraging or indeed using someones garden or a plot to grow your own cheaply!

Foods to forage during March

Cleavers
Garlic Mustard
Wild Sorrel
Hawthorn Leaves

Wild greens, superb!

So it doesn't have to be full on dumpster diving!..It can be other trades/ways to source cheaper or indeed free foods.

Food for thought.......

Sunday, 23 March 2008

Snowy day..sunny juice

So I have spent most of today wrapped up inside, it is sooo cold, and I have no tolerance to the cold right now!! I am always freezing

Today I have had :

2 Fruit infusions

1 Organic chai blend

1 litre water

1 juice-- pineapple, orange -- threw in some goji powder for a kick

Haven't done much to require calories today so not too concerned, I will have more tomorrow as I will go running and train a bit in the afternoon, since its bank holiday Monday! yipee No work!

My head feels fuzzy today, so I have been resting and taking it easy!!

Emotionally I feel pretty good, determined and upbeat--- there is 101 plans, thoughts, ideas whizzing around in my head right now. It is pretty full on!!

Just enjoying the pineapple juice right now..mmmm its so good! Glad I have a plenty of them..om om!

Its lovely to have some time without work..aah bliss!