February 1, 2010
a new month already. i am feeling really crummy today. so afraid i am going to keep it short. spent most of the night up coughing and blowing my nose. lovely. i found subs for 3 of my 4 classes today. so hoepfully another day to just nurture and take care of myself will pay off and i will be well tomorrow ;) I am a lot better off than some of the others who i know who have gotten this stuff that is going around but still no fun. at least i haven't really been sick since october so i shouldn't complain.
getting up at 5 this morning to go and teach was tough. i was feeling not great and then to muster up energy to inspire others wellllllll..... we did it. i love my ladies and had a good time after i got there. no way i could teach my ZUMBA classes today though. glad i have subs for those. hopefully the rest will do me some good!
food log:
power immunity smoothie - vit c, echinacea, zinc, fresh oj, mango, strawberries
12,400 IU vit d3
1 1/2 TBS raw honey
2 servings Amys vegetable lentil soup
spinach salad with sprouts, raisins and pumpkin seeds
1 oz wheat grass with 2 oz fresh oj chaser
9 cups dandelion root tea with reverse osmosis water and homemade almond mylk (raw almonds, raw honey, reverse osmosis water - blend in vitamix)
1 cutie
small bowl of chocolate banana ice cream (homemade - bananas, honey, small bit of almonds, reverse osmosis water)
green smoothie - banana, strawberries, blueberries, wheatgrass, barley grass, fresh oj
exercise:
45 minutes fit bar
groceries:
11 pounds oranges, raw honey, 6 pounds froz strawberries, package froz waffles, 10 pounds org bananas, 1 pound green grapes, can of amys vegetable lentil soup, vit d3, package of raw almonds, 2 packages of org spinach - $48
yeah you dont get much for $50.
February 2, 2010
Have been up most of the night coughing and hacking. ugh! was starting to feel better but as soon as i laid down to try to sleep. WHAM! lots and lots of coughing. Staying home again today. hoping this will be enough to knock it out. Sadly i dont have enough $ to go and buy some sambucol and also kombucha to take along with the d3. That usually helps knock it out pretty quickly. I have $1 literally until friday. ARGH!
so get to stay in bed and do nothing for another day. honestly i go stir crazy doing that! I would rather be living my life than stuck in my bed and just watching movies. Am hoping to be good enough to teach by weds morning. It is so hard to find subs too! that is the other thing! The one thing i dont like about my job is when i need time off or am sick it is SO hard to get anybody to teach for me. sigh. and i teach so many classes that doesn't help matters much.
Well hopefully tomorrow is going to be better! I really wore my body out when i worked and did that training for 13 days straight mid to late january and am sure that is what weakened my immune system. I need to have at LEAST one day off during the week. my body needs that. so the fam got sick and then i ended up paying by getting it on the tail end when they are mostly better. lovely!
so lots of smoothies and fresh juice today and d3 and tea. Hopefully all of that will knock it out. Take that! I am afraid my blog is probably not the most exciting to read i am sure since i eat mostly the same thing - smoothies, salad, teas, and fruit. hmmmmmm..... the occasional raw gourmet. Once i own a excalibur i will make some raw breads and muffins! someday!!!! until then......well... will just have to be happy with what i got. At that point i bet i could easily go 100% raw. I just need to have more fuel. In teh summer it is also pretty easy when i have access to more variety of fruit. Right now the choices are apples, pears, oranges, bananas. now while i appreciate these fruits these are not enough for me to only eat over the winter months. so as springtime comes watch for me to go 100% again. i am also out and doing more stuff so am not stuck in the house as much. It has been SO cold this winter here in CO. doesn't exactly inspire one to go outside. Springtime we anxiously await your arrival!
food log:
10,000 IU D3
green smoothie - blueberries, fresh oj, strawberries, barley grass, wheat grass, apple
3 cups dandelion root tea with reverse osmosis water + homemade almond mylk
1 serving amys lentil soup
banana with TBS raw honey
8 oz fresh grapefruit juice mixed with fresh oj
salad - spinach, sprouts, pumpkin seeds
1 gluten free, vegan homemade from scratch squash muffin
another small salad
8 oz green smoothie - same as b4
1 small gluten free vegan pancake
exercise:
NONE. taking it easy.
February 3, 2010
ack! i can't wait until pay day. i need to get the things i need to actually take care of myself. this stinks not having any money! if i had the stuff i needed i could have already kicked this by now :( 2 more days. sigh!
food log:
fruit smoothie - strawberries, banana, fresh oj, pear
pure raw wildblueberry bar
3 cups dandelion root tea made with reverse osmosis water and homemade almond mylk
salad - spinach, sprouts, brocolli
chocolate banana ice cream (home made)
8 oz fruit smoothie - strawberries, blackberries, pear, oj, banana - MMMMM!
1 cup gluten free pasta + pasta sauce and peas (yes we are out of raw foods now!)
reverse osmosis water
exercise:
none. one more day to rest.
February 4, 2010
Today was tough. going back to work aiii! i am doing good when in the house and can have eucalyptus oil steaming on the stove in some water. that helps to release the lungs. but not being in the house. oh my goodness! At least i didn't have any coughing spasms while i was teaching. was worried about that. a couple of my students have been sick and broke out into coughing fits. didn't quite feel up to my game today. but hey hopefully with some rest on the weekend will be good to go on next week! got paid and now i can go get some sambucol and wheatgrass!!! will be drinking some of that tomorrow! yay! about time!
finally got my ipod figured out. my dear husband bought me one a month and half ago and i had not been able to figure out how to transfer my music to itunes. but spent 8 hours and got it all done. and now i can make my playlists on my ipod. still have one club i teach at with no ipod hook up so will have to burn a few CDs but not near as many as i have been. which will be so much better for the environment! YAY!!! now that i got it figured out it is kind of fun :)
had massage therapy this morning. she worked on my left shoulder and neck. there was some SERIOUS knots going on there. :( she said that is what keeps pulling my back out. but she got them to tame down a bit. thank goodness!!!! she also worked on my legs and feet. my knees have been angry again and i have not even been doing anything. sometimes it gets depressing and i just try to not think about it. but then other times i have confidence or at least high hopes that i will fully recover. still think that with lots of greens and good diet that my body will repair itself. just needs the time and options to do so.
food log:
fruit smoothie - banana, couple handful strawberries, 2 cups oj
2 oranges
2 slices almond cheese
apple with 1 TBS almond butter
bite of gluten free vegan pizza
3 cups dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
fruit smoothie - banana, oj, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, mmmm :)
anoterh 3 cups of dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
lots of reverse osmosis water
12,000 IU D3
exercise:
50 minutes total body toning
60 minutes fit BAR
60 minutes ZUMBA
weight:
147.5
February 5, 2010
FINALLY! the long awaited pay day!!! had an appointment with the biofeedback gal this a.m. (i trade personal training sessions with her for that), a migun bed massage (had done a buy one get one free awhile back hadn't gotten my free one yet!), ion cleanse (detoxed out from my joints, liver, lymphatic system and yeast) and then got some more D3 and some kombucha. And went and had a immunity smoothie! this better knock the last of this darn cold out! no wheat grass. didn't know if i could stomach it this a.m. Trying to send the last of the cold on the highway though! have eucalyptus oil steaming in some water over the stove. that helps to relieve the pressure in my chest.
anyhoo day to get ready for Shabbat. I am READY! :)
food log:
banana
super immunity smoothie - raspberries, mango, fresh oj, c, echinacea, zinc
couple handfuls of grapes
2 servings Amys lentil vegetable soup
reverse osmosis water
PURE wild blueberry raw bar
2 TBS raw honey
3 cups dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
another 3 cups dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
salad + 1 tsp ranch
1 very small slice gluten free vegan challah
sip of grape juice
exercise:
45 minutes FIT BAR
60 minutes ZUMBA
February 6, 2010
ummm.... will try to remember what i had. we were not home all day so this is best as i remember.
chunk of watermelon
3 cups dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
1/4 cup raisins
5 rice crackers
handful of grapes
1/2 cup black beans
spaghetti squash
2 large plates of salad : cabbage and other stuff in it.
handful of raw trail mix (seeds and raisins)
1/2 cup applesauce
1 spoonful almond butter
lots of filtered water
6 black figs
exercise:
60 to 70 minutes walking?
February 7, 2010
back to the work week tomorrow. I am happy to be well but wish i could just stay home. I really need to get going with my medical transcription stuff. Maybe i need to ask my hubby if i can start it now? I want to work from home! set my own hours.
food log:
1/2 cup smoothie - banana, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, hemp protein, fresh oj
1/2 cup fresh oj
1/2 cup granola (oats, raisins, coconut, almonds) with 1/4 cup soy milk
small bowl of mixed fruit
slice of almond cheese
small bowl of salad - red leaf lettuce, fresh sprouts (i grew them!), tomatoes, cucumbers and 1/2 tsp ranch
3 cups dandelion root tea + homemade almond mylk
1 cup smoothie - same as before
small bowl of salad - same as before
1 small slice of gluten free pizza
6 cups dandelion root tea + homemade almond mylk
exercise:
none.
February 8, 2010
will write more tomorrow! promise!
food log:
fruit smoothie- blueberries, banana, apple, fresh oj
banana
2 potato chips (yes 2, it had been 6 hours since eating we were getting our taxes done and this was the ONLY kosher item available from the machine :( )
larabar - pecan pie
grapes
handful of rice cakes
small salad + 1 tsp ranch
fruit smoothie - same as b4 plus hemp powder
2 servings Amys lentil vegetable soup
slice of gluten free vegan bread with almond butter
exercise:
120 minutes ZUMBA
50 minutes balls, bands and bar
45 minutes FIT BAR
weight:
unknown.....will have to see if scale is fixed yet. needs a new battery!
February 9, 2010
back at it! my voice still doesn't seem to know if it wants to stay or go. keeps going in and then out. good to see all my students again. sometimes i am so torn. i love what i do and care about my students and seem to want to just grow and expand and then keep stretching out the tent stakes to do more and challenge myself. but then i miss the time with my kids and family. perhaps when they are older i can do more. i just need to remember that. there will be a season for it. i am starting a new cycling class next week and i am very excited about it. but i start while leaving behind another class. so there is some sadness. i didn't feel like i could pass up this opportunity though. i really wanted to start teaching cycling classes again and the doors have been closed. this one opened up but it conflicted wit ha class i am already teaching. i gave the gym a months notice though that i would no longer be able to teach that class. i am hoping to get one more cycling class. that way i could have my 2 per week that i was hoping for. I think that leaves me with enough toning classes, although i still would like to teach body pump again. i would do that in a heart beat if the opportunity came up. I think i have enough ZUMBA classes :) Zumba Toning i would like to do one more per week and then yoga well i would love to have more yoga classes too. see there is just not enough hours in the day for all this ! ha! i need to really focus on what i really want. when i was home sick last week i was thinking i should really jump on the medical transcriptionist course and get started learning so i can get a job doing that. honestly i need to talk with my hubby and see if we can afford me doing it right now or if i need to keep waiting until/when i get better and settle with insurance company regarding my car accident.
this last sunday, me and hubby went to breakfast. was very fun. after dropping kids off at religious school. then went out and did some shopping. we had a good time and definitely have been needing that connection time with each other. it was good to have some time for just he and i. that doesn't happen much. but everyone seems to be in better spirits since then. Afternoon took the kiddos to swim lessons and came back. mostly just chilled.
scale needs a battery. hopefully hubby will put one in soon so i can start weighing again!
yesterday, we went and did our taxes, we do get some money back! yay. not as much as i had hoped. but at least it is something. with my half am going to pay for a work training i am going to do in march, buy a few ZUMBA clothes and then send some money to the rabbi for the kids summer camp! i wish that wasn't so expensive! trying to pay as much as i can on it b4 hand. This year the kids are also having to put 80% of their chore money towards going to camp. they need to earn it and work for it if they want to go. of course, i WANT them to go! they get to learn so much and interact with lots of other Jewish kids. but i need to them to see the value in working for something you want too. and know that not everything can just be given to you. But they have complied and have been saving since last august. still saving now. their savings paid the down payment on camp! yay :) so they have their spot reserved:) hopefully grandparents will help out again so they can go for the full 4 weeks. will have to see though.....
food log:
3 apples with 2 TBS almond butter
3 cups dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
slice almond cheese
2 handfuls grapes
3 cups dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
some figs
2 servings amys lentil vegetable soup
fruit shake - blueberries, strawberries, cranberries, oj, banana, coconut non dairy kefir, hemp protein powder
reverse osmosis water
exercise:
60 minutes vinyasa yoga
50 minutes total body toning
February 10, 2010
it is late. will have to write more tomorrow.
food log:
fruit smoothie - non dairy coconut kefir, banana, strawberries, blueberries, cranberries, oj
slice almond cheese
PURE raw blueberry bar
another fruit smoothie - mango, banana, raspberries, vit c, echinacea, zinc
chocolate raw crackers
slice of gluten free bread with almond butter
5 california figs
2 bites of mixed fruit
exercise:
60 minutes ZUMBA
60 minutes hatha yoga
February 11, 2010
nauseous tummy today! ugh! what the heck?? Cycle should be starting today or tomorrow. maybe it will go away after that.
food log:
bite of mixed berries
fruit smoothie - cranberries, apple juice, strawberries, blueberries, hemp protein powder, non dairy coconut kefir
slice of vegan org gluten free blueberry pie (homemade)
3 cups dandelion root tea + homemade almond mylk
raw hummus and raw falafel wrap (in a collard leaf with tomatoes and cucumbers)
raw coconut cream pie with chocolate sauce
3 cups dandelion root tea + homemade almond mylk
exercise:
60 minutes vinyasa yoga
60 minutes FIT BAR
60 minutes zUMBA
60 minutes zUMBA TONING
120 minutes rollerskating
February 15, 2010
hmmmm will try to remember what i had today. write more tomorrow.
food log:
fruit smoothie - banana, fresh oj, pineapple, coconut
banana
pure wild blueberry raw bar
another banana
blueberry gluten free vegan muffin (after teaching 3 classes and getting haircut and not eating much i was truly starving and about ready to pass out from lack of fuel so ate this needed a quick pick me up....)
3 cups dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
fruit smoothie - hemp powder, blueberries, strawberries, fresh oj, banana
3 cups dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
fruit smoothie - same as b4
1/2 veggie sandwich - slice gluten free bread, sprouts, lettuce, tomatoes, almond cheese, olive oil
exercise:
45 minute fit bar
45 minutes CYCLING! :)
120 minutes ZUMBA
weight: unknown - hubby has still not fixed the scale
February 16, 2010
Step sons 12th bday party today. was fun. spent most of the day running around. was gone until 2 pm! agh! i am getting to the point i hate running around. will be so glad when my days are not filled with appointments from car accident. Also hoping this summer i can cut back some.....
here is what i ate as best as i remember:
food log:
fruit smoothie
handful of grapes
2 slices almond cheese
dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
salad
fruit salad
another fruit smoothie
1/4 cup mashes potatoes
very small slice of gluten free vegan cake
exercise:
60 minutes vinyasa yoga
50 minutes total body toning
February 17, 2010
Today was not my rawest day. just have been lacking motivation this week for some reason! think i am very much in need of a VACATION! loved having my morning at home. was nice to NOT have to go anywhere this a.m. and to be able to sleep inuntil 8 am. AHHHH sweet bliss!
food log:
fruit smoothie- nondairy coconut kefir, hemp protein powder, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, oj, banana, coconut
small slice gluten free vegan cake
bite of gluten free veggie sandwich
fruit smoothie - pineapple, mango, coconut, strawberries, banana
couple of bites of raw honey
gluten free tortilla with grilled veggies (red peppers, green peppers, onions, spices, portobello mushrooms) little bit homemade sauce with almonds and spices :)
exercise:
60 minutes hatha yoga
60 minutes zUMBA
25 minutes fast walking (took kids out they rode their bikes! FINALLY we got outsidE!)
February 18, 2010
food log:
handful of green grapes
bowl of sliced strawberries and a sliced banana
2 spoonfuls raw honey
fruit smoothie - hemp protein powder, fresh squeezed oj, shredded coconut, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, org mango
large salad
6 cups dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
another large salad
piece of gluten free vegan cake (the last of it!)
another large salad
3 cups dandelion root tea with homemade almond mylk
some filtered water
exercise:
60 minutes vinyasa yoga
50 minutes total body conditioning
60 minutes FIT BAR
60 minutes ZUMBA
February 19, 2010
food log:
1 1/2 org bananas
handful of org raisins
org apple plus 1 TBS almond butter
fruit smoothie - hemp powder, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, oj, banana
org celery with almond butter
dandelion root tea with homemade cashew mylk
slice of almond cheese
large salad
small slice of challah
sip of grape juice
exercise:
45 minutes FIT BAR
60 minutes ZUMBA GOLD (zumba for seniors and beginner exercisers)
February 21, 2010
hmmm weekend is kind of a blur. was mostly raw.... salads, smoothies, fruit, had some rice crackers yesterday. pretty much my norm. dandelion root tea.
didn't really do any exercise over the weekend. had a long exhausting sunday. was emotionally taxing. but things will be on the upswing now :)
February 22, 2010
ahhh am feeling more rested. excited about my upcoming vacation 3 short weeks away! but in some ways cant come FAST enough! ayyy! I am so ready! My body and mind need a break. have had so much stress and stuff going on. will be good to have that mental break :) and PHYSICAL break. honestly my body gets tired doing so much sometime. a week off and i always come back fresh and recharged :)
food log:
banana
orange
1 serving amys lentil vegetable soup
fruit smoothie - org raspberries, org banana, fresh oj/grapefruit juice, strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, org flax seed( fresh ground!)
6 figs
handful of red grapes
fruit smoothie - same as befor
gluten free tortilla with almond cheese
dandelion root tea with homemade cashew mylk
exercise:
45 minutes FIT BAR
45 minutes spinning
120 minutes ZUMBA
sledding! climbing up the hill :) fun!! :)
February 23, 2010
food log:
fruit smoothie - strawberries, mango, fresh oj, coconut, banana, fresh ground flax seed
handul of grapes
raw revolution bar - spirulina and cashew
2 servings amys lentil vegetable soup
fruit smoothie - strawberries, cranberries, blueberries, oj, coconut, banana, hemp protein powder
slice of almond cheese
1/2 kiwi
exercise:
50 minutes total body toning
sledding (running up and down the hill for about an hour)
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