Ariella's Raw Journey:
January 2010
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I am going to lose the 15 pounds in the next 9 months. I know i can do this. I just need to be dedicated. I also decided i need to make it a priority to practice yoga daily and get back into my meditation practice. I am going to start with 5 minutes a day and build up from there. I do better when i am meditating. Also i am going to go to spinning 2 to 3 times per week. It is a high calorie burn and a good form of cross training. Works different muscles than what i am doing. I want to be able to really go out and bike the town come spring/summer. this shows the benefits of kefir: http://www.kefir.net/benefits.htm. Easily digested, it cleanses the intestines, provides beneficial bacteria and yeast, vitamins and minerals, and complete proteins. Because kefir is such a balanced and nourishing food, it contributes to a healthy immune system and has been used to help patients suffering from AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, herpes, and cancer. Its tranquilizing effect on the nervous system has benefited many who suffer from sleep disorders, depression, and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). The regular use of kefir can help relieve all intestinal disorders, promote bowel movement, reduce flatulence and create a healthier digestive system. In addition, its cleansing effect on the whole body helps to establish a balanced inner ecosystem for optimum health and longevity. Kefir can also help eliminate unhealthy food cravings by making the body more nourished and balanced. Its excellent nutritional content offers healing and health-maintenance benefits to people in every type of condition. So kefir through january (maybe longer depending on my husband and daughter). hemp protein powder again. yoga and meditation daily and spinning 2 to 3 times per week. If i meet all of my goals i intend to reward myself with a half spa day. I dont want it to be food motivated. so 9 months to lose 15 pounds and meet all these other goals as well. Through summer though the spinning challenge will probably change as my intention is to be outside more and this year i would really LIKE to join the womens soccer team. I had wanted to do this last year and awsn't able to due to the car wreck. :( Hopefully this will be the year. When summer comes, i will readjust my goals. As far as long term goals for the year - i would like to learn to communicate better with my hubby sometimes we just dont make the mark and sometimes that is my fault. Hopefully as the year progresses this will get easier. When we were dating it was so easy and then we got married and well it just got more challenging. That is my personal or relationship goal for the year. Another goal i have for the year is healing. really focusing healing into my knee. I am going to try to eat nori at least every other day if not every day. Also drink a green juice daily. I need to be pumping as much greens into me as i can and get that knee healed up. It is time to be done with this! The other thing i hope to do this year, is well figure out WHAT it is exactly i want to do to try to earn some extra money - personal training, medical transcriptionist, raw food preparation for people, genealogy....... where/what do i want to be doing? I just know i need to be earning more income. would prefer to be at home. hopefully i can get direction for that soon...... I will have to wait on pics until sunday. Left my camera up at my friends house in denver yesterday :( boo! couldn't take new years pics or pics of my pie or chocolate or pics of me and my hubby so we can see hte progression. food log: banana reverse osmosis water green smoothie - spinach, strawberries, cranberries, blueberries, orange juice, coconut non dairy kefir, flax seeds, bananas 2 sea weed wraps - blackbeans, guacamole, sprouts, tomatoes, romaine lettuce, black olives slice of raw chocolate pecan pie piece of raw chocolate small piece of gluten free vegan challah sip of sparkling grape juice large plate of salad with guacamole smoothie - orange juice, banana, flax seed exercise: 45 minutes spinning 60 minutes vinyasa yoga: January 2, 2010 food log: gluten free vegan cereal with almond milk veggies with hummus 1/3 cup cholent more veggies with hummus few slices of oranges banana slice of gluten free bread with almond butter exercise: none. January 3, 2010 So working on just doing the best i can with my diet until i can get to the store to go shopping on tuesday! PAY DAY! It really is a bummer to not have any money! this month is going to be really tight for me since i had so many days off and unfortunately i dont get paid for all those classes that i missed even though i would have worked had the club been open. Part of the life of a group ex instructor. Yes it was LOVELY to have the days off. I have enjoyed partaking in other peoples classes, well for the most part, but now to get back to reality. I put up some pics to start really documenting my journey. still dont have a measuring tape. So can't take inches yet. Mind you these pics are post workout this morning so they are not the greatest, plus stress = icky pics. oh well! at least it is something! Dont want to keep them off or i may never get them taken! ha! Went to the most boring spin class EVER this morning! oh my gosh! i thought it was going to last FOREVER! normally i love spinning, but 15 minutes into class and he just kept doing the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over.....well you get the idea. I was thinking. oh my word this is going to be the longest class ever! and it was! it pretty much repeated itself throughout the entire class. And throughout the whole thing i was bored in my gourd. I like to be challenged, pushed to the limit. I like a little excitement coming from the instructor of which he had NONE! wont be going back to that class again! on a final note, wanted to share this article (the link to it anyway) to dr. mercola. This article was really good! even if you are not raw yet, or dont want to go raw and you are reading this. you should read this article about the danger of High fructose corn syrup to the body! It is really profound. What are we as a country doing to ourselves and to our children? please read and contemplate.... food log: 12 oz green smoothie - orange juice, spinach, flax seeds, strawberries, bananas 8 oz apple/pineapple juice seaweed wrap - lettuce, tomatoes, a smidge of guac, cucumbers, olives one bite of leftover raw choc pecan pie 8 oz pineapple/apple juice 1 gluten free vegan pumpkin muffin homemade 8 oz orange juice small handful of raisins and raw almonds fruit smoothie - orange juice, flax seeds, blueberries, strawberries seaweed wrap filled with lettuce and veggies and a little guacamole reverse osmosis water herbal tea made with reverse osmosis water exercise: 50 minutes group power (barbell class) 50 minutes cycling class
weight: 150.0
eliyahu food log: green smoothie, orange/pineapple juice, apple/pineapple juice, orange juice, seaweed wrap, almond butter on gluten free vegan bread, 3 gluten free vegan homemade pumpkin muffins, chocolate almond mylk (homemade), salad, cabbage roll, lots of reverse osmosis water chana food log: green smoothie, orange/pineapple juice, seaweed wrap, almond butter on gluten free vegan bread,3 gluten free vegan homemade pumpkin muffins, chocolate almond mylk (homemade), salad, cabbage roll, lots of reverse osmosis water
January 4, 2010 Going to start practicing yoga everyday well starting today. I didn't do very good yet at that. I did get some practice time in on Friday that was lovely. But nothing the last 2 days. Getting up this a.m. to go and teach was tough. I really do love what i do but i guess the thing i dont like is being bound to a schedule. I like to have freedom to not HAVE to be anywhere if i dont want to be. ha! maybe i need to get into my kitchen more and put together recipes and write a book or something. Maybe someday. I would like to put together a raw course though and do presentations here locally. that is something i have been thinking about for awhile. Raw has changed my life for the better in so many ways. Yes i do still struggle from time to time. But it is how i feel best and what my body needs to function best. I would like to make sunday a juice day each week. think that my body needs a day of down time to not have to process food to heal whatever needs healing or work on whatever. food log: 12 oz fruit smoothie - strawberries, blueberries, bananas, orange juice 12 oz fruit smoothie - same as before banana with 1 TBS almond butter sea weed wrap - mmmm! baby carrots taste of raw honey large plate of salad + veggies + guacamole small salad, same as b4 1/4 cup homemade vegan potpie fruit smoothie - same as before reverse osmosis water herbal tea with reverse osmosis water
exercise: 45 minutes fit bar 45 minutes balls, bands and bars 60 minutes ZUMBA 60 minutes yoga cycle (50 minutes cycling, 10 minutes yoga)
January 5, 2010 Today is usually my slower day. i have to go and sub a class for somebody. This week is going to be rough not only am i back to full work load but i will have subbed a few classes as well. phew. hopefully the body withstands. all i can say. Feeling more happy again. The things that were going on around the 1st are not an issue for the time being. Hopefully they stay that way. My inlaws are coming over for dinner tonight. I am going to make some raw sushi wraps again and maybe a chocolate coconut cake. My MIL really enjoyed that, made it for her birthday. Need to see if i can find the recipe.. So maybe the sushi wrap, the cake and some fresh juice. That is what i am thinking for me and the kids. My husband and the step kids and the inlaws are going to have some kind of baked chicken. Maybe i will make them salad as well and some cooked broccoli. That is what i am thinking anyway. It is always nice to have them over. I invited my parents to come over for dinner next week but they declined. Such is the way of my family. They can only come over if it is a holiday or a birthday or something :( That is something that i wish would change. I was hoping to make a family dinner a more regular thing. oh well. They said they would be here for my stepsons bday party next month. Guess that is something. My muscles are sore from the spin classes. I really pushed a hard class yesterday for cycling. I miss those "highs". Man talk about an adrenaline rush. LOVE it! On the one hand i really dont want to teach any more classes because ittakes time from my children but on the other, well i miss teaching cycling. I miss those sore muscles and the rush you get from doing it and DRIPPING sweat. It just works different muscles than the ZUMBA. dont get me wrong, I LOVE ZUMBA! it is a lot of fun! i just like a lot of variety :) When my kids are older and out of the house, (not that i wish for THAT to happen ANY TIME soon! i will probably teach a lot of classes! and just spend a lot of time at the gym. I dont know it is a thought anyway :) so here are my goals for 2010: Not listed in order of importance but more as to how often.... yoga daily meditation daily sea weed daily green juice daily skin care regiment - skin brushing and moisturize face daily! spinning 2 to 3 times per week juice fasting on sundays more walking less time on computer learn to communicate better with my spouse decide - what do i want to do for extra income? food log: 12 oz fruit smoothie - blueberries, strawberries, oj, banana banana with 1 TBS almond butter 12 oz fresh oj banana raw revolution bar - spirulina and cashew slice of almond cheese 8 oz green juice - spinach, apple, pineapple - not super green but was feeding to all my family and wanted them to enjoy as well ;) gluten free vegan squash muffin nori wrap green smoothie - spinach, oj, strawberries, blueberries, flax seed slice of chocolate pie :) reverse osmosis water herbal tea made with reverse osmosis water
exercise: 120 minutes hatha yoga 50 minutes total body toning
weight: 149.5 (-.5) shopping: frozen blueberries, chicken breasts (for my husband and kids), pineapple, organic bananas, watermelon, clementines, avocadoes, almonds, spinach, 10# apples, 2# carrots, sushi nori sheets, romaine lettuce, flaxseed, hummus, raw honey, 3 raw bars, vit d3 (for my hubby who tested deficient) $102 January 6, 2010 I have been having a lot of pain in my left shoulder and left side of my neck. Think that the whiplash from my car accident has resurfaced. Apparently that is a common thing to happen 6 to 12 months post accident, which is why often time the insurance company pushes you to settle sooner than that. BUMMER! This has been going on for like 3 to 4 weeks now. Anyhoo, my chiro did say i could have a few more massages so hopefully that will clear it up. I hope so. I dont like the constant ache in my body. So aside from that not much else new. Yesterday i did get in yoga and meditation time. i have done my 2 spinning sessions for the week. Drank my green juice yesterday. Off to a good start. need to do my skin brushing. Will do that today. Working on changing into some more positive habits for myself and body :) food log: smoothie - oj, blueberries, strawberries, flax seed, apple slice of raw chocolate pie banana raw revolution bar - spirulina and cashew slice of almond cheese green smoothie - coconut non dairy kefir, spinach, orange juice, strawberries, blueberries, cranberries green juice - apples and spinach
exercise: 60 minutes yoga 60 minutes ZUMBA 30 minutes ZUMBA basics
weight: 148.5 (- 1, -1.5 total) January 7, 2010 Exhausted today, and also feel bloaty. think my cycle is going to come any day now. this is what usually happens. i got 10 hours sleep the night before and 9 1/2 hours last night. of course, this would happen on my long day usually have 5 classes today however it snowed yesterday and the roads are really icy, my 5:45 am class is a good 50 miles away and 30 minutes drive. so called all my students and told them i was canceling this morning. i didn't want to chance driving that far on bad roads. Hubby came to my ZUMBA class last night! i was so proud of him! hopefully he keeps coming. he also is going to start personal training with me sometime this year! yay! i know he can do it. he is not happy with his weight at the moment and is trying to make better food choices. i am really happy for him and proud of him :) Yesterday, did my whole body and facial skin brushing, green juice, green smoothie, yoga and meditation. was a good day :) Today my ex well is being a jerk. I have asked him since the beginning of last week for money he owes me for the kids activities. He just keeps ignoring me and putting me off and not paying me. UGH! i hate having ex husband to deal with. I wish he would fall off the face of the planet. This morning he was supposed to have the kids back to me by 7:30 we have SCHOOL to do and a schedule to keep. didn't bother to show up until 9:30 am. He is fine as long as he is getting his way but the minute you challenge his belief or his actions in the slightest he becomes megajerk. who calls names and stoops pretty dang low. I may end up having to take him back to court, When we settled i let him pay $300 less PER MONTH and he is not paying their health insurance either which he is supposed to. My current husband is paying for it instead. If he doesn't pay me though, i am going to go file. I am tired of having these battles with him. He should start thinking of his children and not just himself. He is really good at that. food log: green smoothie - oj, coconut nondairy kefir, flax seeds, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries nori roll gluten free muffin pineapple, apple and spinach juice green smoothie - same as b4 herbal tea made with reverse osmosis water reverse osmosis water
exercise: 50 minutes total body toning 60 minutes fit bar 60 minutes ZUMBA 60 minutes ZUMBA TONING 30 minutes yoga
weight: 148.5 (0 change/-1.5 total) shopping: tomatoes, lemon, celery, 8 pounds apples, avocados, onions, parsley, sesame seeds, spinach, lettuce, almond cheese, gluten free tortillas, chickpeas, raw honey, baking soda, alfalfa sprouts seeds, cacao nibs, gluten free bread, olives, sea salt, coconut oil, 3 raw bars, kefir - $105.76 spent. all produce was organic. January 8, 2010 Down another 1/2 pound. Woohoo. I thought for sure after yesterday, it would be at least a pound. I mean come one. 4 1/2 hours of exercise, really watched my food, and only 1/2 pound. oh well! glad for that anyway! Motivation to stay good through Shabbat. Shabbat day we spend at other peoples house. The one girl we go to often has a lot of nuts at her house and well honestly that kills my diet. I can do avos and coc oil ok, but nuts i have to do sparingly or i see the pounds start to come back and what seems like quickly. Guess other than that. don't have a lot to say. Have been trying to get more ordered around the house. Seems to kind of be working. Slowly but surely. things have just been too chaotic around here. So everyone is assigned chores on different nights now and not just on one day. I think it has been good. Things seem more tidy. I function better when things are tidy. Plus it is nice to not have to carry the workload by myself so much ya know. It is hard to get everything done with everything else i do. Homeschool, work, have to put stuff together for work and take my kids to activities and well play with my kids too and see my husband. Housework doesn't always seem like the highest priority. Although really it is ;) Anyhoo thankful for a good week as far as that goes. oh last night, on the way home i picked up a raw revolution bar - spirulina and cashew. And also had a slice of almond cheese. I was really hungry after teaching 3 hours straight. so brought my calories for yesterday up to around 1400 instead. ;) did get in yoga and meditation yesterday. also did skin brushing. green juice. yup. yay! will see if we can squeeze them in today or not! food log: green smoothie - coconut non dairy kefir, flax seeds, lots of spinach!, strawberries, 2 small bananas small banana slice of raw chocolate pie :) 2 nori rolls - mmm! green juice - pineapple/apple/spinach *gluten free vegan butternut squash muffin large salad green smoothie slice of gluten free vegan challah sip of grape juice 1 spring roll herbal tea made with reverse osmosis water reverse osmosis water exercise: 45 minutes fit bar 60 minutes ZUMBA (teaching) 20 minutes ZUMBA (practice)
weight: 148.0 (-.5/-2.0 total) January 9, 2010 green juice 3 bananas 2 apples 2 nori rolls bowl of lentil veggie soup (homemade) 2 slices of raw chocolate mint pie slice of orange raw revolution bar - spirulina and cashew ice tea made with reverse osmosis water herbal tea made with reverse osmosis water exercise: 100 minutes walking January 10, 2010 anyhoo! so Sabbath (Shabbat) we spend up at a friends house. We don't live in the community so we drive and spend it with her. She is gracious and opens her home to us every week. I try to bring enough food with me. But yesterday wasn't one of those days i guess. I ate some lentil soup and yes i did have some challah and just a small sip of grape juice. We walk to synagogue and then walk back. Also took a walk later in the day and let the kids play at the park. was good to let them get out. She has a small apartment so i think they go kind of stir crazy in there. Had popped by another friends house yesterday but she wasn't home. She had gone to visit someone else. ahhhh well! maybe in a couple of weeks. So friday and saturday night i was in bed by 8 pm. Ok how sad is that? ha! but it was nice to sleep for 11 hours one night and 10 1/2 the next. Maybe i will go to bed early again tonight!??? That would be fun :) Yes i did get in my green juice the last couple of days, did skin brushing on friday, but did not do yoga the last 2 days. going to class today though. so will get in my practice then. Plan on doing some green juice today as well in addition to others. food log: 8 oz fruit smoothie - banana, fresh oj, coconut non dairy kefir, strawberries, cranberries 12 oz fresh oj herbal tea made with reverse osmosis water reverse osmosis water ____________________________________________ ate about 3 pm because i had been out since 11:30 and didn't have any juice with me:( next week will be better! slice of almond cheese banana with raw honey ____________________________________________ hubby broke his toe was getting ready to make myself some juice and get back on track and then go to spinning but instead off to the ER we go..... handful pistachio nuts 8 oz apple/pineapple/spinach juice nori roll - spinach, hummus, guacamole, spinach, tomatoes chunk of watermelon green smoothie - banana, spinach, oj, blueberries, strawberries exercise: 50minutes yoga January 11, 2010 Hubby broke his toe yesterday. Took him to the ER. Was quite the adventure. Today i am just kind of tired and feeling kinda blah. argh! ah well. it is called first day of my cycle. I have a big decision to make. trying to decide if i should pick up 7 classes that i have been offered or not..... I would have to be gone another 2 nights of the week. 3 classes back to back 2 of the nights. the other would be a friday morning class. Wow. So what to do, i am so conflicted.... on the one hand, I really don't want to pick up any more classes right now. But on the other hand we need the $ and it is a good opportunity. These 2 places are being really flexible and let me put them when they would work into my schedule. Now that doesn't happen really often. Normally it is a class time and you can either take it or not. so WHAT to do! Then i forgot there is another one i could possibly take as well. so that would be 8?????? I need to make a decision soon! Hoping to just get hit over the head with what to do. I have another offer that may happen as well in february that has been mentioned that would be 1 to 2 classes. 25 is my max I taught that as a woman going through a divorce and also a divorcee but it was a lot!........... anyone anyone??? Any advice? I could take them and back off after i am able to order the medical transcription course that i want to do so i can earn some money working from home. don't get me wrong. I LOVE teaching. I LOVE helping people meet their fitness goals, but i also LOVE to be at home with my kids and family. I hate to be gone so much. They are only little once and i don't think that i will get to have anymore and i don't want to miss their childhood......so again....what to dooooooooo???? food log: green smoothie - spinach, oj, flax seeds, strawberries, blueberries slice of raw chocolate pie 8 oz fresh oj nori roll pistachio nuts another slice of raw chocolate pie fruit smoothie - same as b4, no spinach - out :( large salad with guac herbal tea made with reverse osmosis water reverse osmosis water exercise: 45 minutes fit bar 45 minutes balls, bands and bars 120 minutes zUMBA January 12, 2010 Think my hubby also needs lots of greens right now to help knit his broken toe back together. so have been making him juices and green smoothies as well and also lots of salad. so didn't practice yoga yesterday or drink my green juice. was out of greens. :( and was just too busy to do yoga. Got it done along with meditating today. I did do my skin brushing yesterday and moisturizer for my face though. Working on building those good habits. one day at a time. Soon they will become 2nd nature just like eating is. food log: smoothie - flax seed, oj, strawberries, banana, blueberries 1 small gluten free vegan pancake + raw agave nectar rice cake shot of wheat grass juice fruit shake - pineapple, coconut, strawberries, oj large salad + guac another large salad fruit smoothie - same as b4 exercise: 60 minutes hatha yoga 50 minutes total body conditioning January 13, 2010 Last night did a date with my daughter. was fun :) we painted her nails and did her hair. watched dora. had rice cakes and did a sleepover. Such fun. :) Love having just special time with each kid solo. nice to connect with them that way. Next week will be my sons turn :) Tonight i think i am going to go and scrapbook for a little while anyway. Want to get to bed by 9:30 latest since i have to be up at 5 am. 5 classes day tomorrow. Love scrapbooking. nice to have a creative outlet that i can do :) Was going to get up at go spinning this morning. but opted to stay in bed. Was just too tired and didn't want to get up. Just wanted to stay curled up next to my little girl. ahhh well. probably need the rest anyway. really don't want to get sick. will try to do some extra classes next week again. just feeling kind of run down this week. food log: green smoothie- oj, flax seeds, strawberries, blueberries, spinach vit d3 exercise: January 14, 2010 Haven't been wanting to get on the scale since i am on my cycle. will once again get on the scale next week when it is over. ugh, really hate the bloaty feeling though. Things are really tight here financially so until i get paid on the 20th well my diet may not be the greatest. We still have some food for today, maybe tomorrow but after that. well will have to c.... not sure when my husband gets paid. i sure hope it is this week. gaah! food log: exercise: January 15, 2010 I had to get my teeth worked on - a crown done on tuesday. I hate the stuff that they inject into your gums to numb your mouth! it always have negative effects on me! That may be all it is. Had a chiropractic appt today and also a massage therapy. The therapy ack HURT! she really was digging in on my feet and my calves. argh! but my knee is feeling better than it was beforehand and she got my foot to flatten out. I was hoping she would work on my neck as that has been really hurting. But she didn't have time to get to it. sigh! Hope the headache clears up soon. Anyhow. i don't feel so good so that is it for today. will have to be sunday night before i write again. Wont be home until then. food log: 16 oz fruit smoothie - fresh oj, strawberries, bananas, apple exercise: January 16, 2010 food log: exercise: January 17, 2010 food log: exercise: lots and lots of cycling - 4 to 5 hours...... i don't know. it was a TON! and my BUTT HURTS! January 18, 2010 The work training was amazing! LOVED it! it was tough! yes very tough. it was challenging. at the end, i wanted to cry because my butt hurt so badly and we had to still sit on the little bike seats and even with my bike shorts well my butt is no longer calloused like it was when i was doing tons of cycling pre-autoaccident. I was happy my knees held up. My neck and shoulder keep going out though. It is an exhilarating feeling to push your body so far way beyond what you believe your physical limits to be and you still make it. you are still strong. it hurt to sit last night. aside from that though - i am pretty good. have been able to teach this a.m. Thought i would be sorer than all get out. So now i need to learn the rest of the choreo and then i film a video for it and then i get my official pass to teach it. But am going to start co-teaching next week. Am excited. Want to get this baby finished. My goal is to have it done in a month. will see. i have so much other stuff i have to stay on top of it. but that is my goal. I have a 3 month limit though. can't go any further out than that. I am hoping to get a class teaching this. will see....... So haven't been doing good on drinking my green juices. Haven't been home and also still have only a small amount of groceries here in the house. I bought $100 worth on friday but it is about all gone already.... yikes! between the 4 to 6 of us. it doesn't last very long. and lately it doesn't seem to buy very much. can't wait for summer when i can start growing some of my own food! i am out of greens! argh! going to have 2 more days with no greens. sigh! oh well. Have decided i am also going to start juicing carrots again. I had really good luck with weight loss when i drank carrot juice and ate high raw. so will try adding the carrot juice with some kind of green in it and see how that goes. Only plan on doing that though for as long as it takes me to get to my goal weight after that i fully intend to NOT drink carrot juice again. ha! it is not my favorite anymore. food log: exercise: January 19, 2010 Was going to go to a yoga class tonight. But my son and i are having a our once a month date tonight! :) so will be chilling with a movie, hanging with my favorite boy and having some snacks of some sort! I am excited. the kids look forward to date night and having the one on one with me. i love it. it helps give me a stronger bond with my babies. i wish we could do date night more often but finding time is so hard. i have dates with my kids more often then i get dates with my hubby! that RARELY happens! wish i could say that was different, but it isn't. Food log: exercise: weight: January 20, 2010 My mouth was throbbing all last week. I had a crown done or temp put on anyway. My jaw was hurting! yikes! yesterday i went in to have the official crown put on. There was some cement left along my gumline and that is what was causing the pain. Good grief. Massage yesterday was very painful. she worked on my feet and my calf. Apparently there is a ton of fascia or something in there that she broke up and now my feet are starting to flatten out. I still have one hamstring that is not working at all???? what the heck? I have no idea how to get it firing up again. This has been since the car accident. I am just TIRED of stress!!! ack! Will see how much my paycheck is today. hopefully it is enough to make it to the end of the month. this will be another short one due to all the missed classes for december :( Next month will be bigger again. Thank goodness! ok enough complaining. Today has just not been fun for me! tomorrow is bound to be better! later: ok did my classes. got things sorted out with the bank. they thankfully reversed those charges. had to beg and plead though and have the place that billed me early beg and plead as well. good grief. spent my entire paycheck (almost) on groceries and vitamins for the week. but it is worth it. the fridge is stocked. I have raw food in my tummy and i am MUCH happier. I get incredibly cranky when i can't eat the way i am accustomed to. my body doesn't feel as good and mentally i don't feel as good. I get just really down and blah. I also don't drink water when i can't have the reverse osmosis kind. i cant stand the thought of putting the chemical laden water into my body and would rather go without than drink that. Then i get tired and well you get the picture. food log: 1 cup oatmeal (from the whole oats, with cashew mylk (homemade) and raw honey) exercise: groceries: weight: January 21, 2010 yay. got a green juice in, green smoothie, skin brushing, yoga and meditation. tomorrow will go to a cycling class so i can get that in for the week. trying to make these positive life changing habits. one day at a time! food log: exercise: weight: January 22, 2010 Today i have cleaning and laundry to do. Also cooking to prepare for Shabbat. We may stay home this week. I am so tired and frankly need a break. The kids have been sick. Haven't the $ to go and get them sambucol. That usually knocks it out pretty quickly. My husband has been sick now for most of the week. My MIL has been sick for gosh at LEAST a month! There is just some nasty stuff going on around here. Thankfully I HAVE managed to stay healthy. Even though i have been tired. I did decide to take 3 of those classes that i was offered. 2 more maybe.... will see. Waiting to hear back what they want to do. The 3 new classes will start the end of this month. At least they are back to back. That is always good. I passed on doing it 2 of the nights though. I look forward to tuesday nights off and being with my family then. So while yes the extra money is needed and would have been nice. I already feel like i am compromising by choosing to do the one night anyway. Hopefully it will be fun and will meet some nice fun new people. Going to not have any challah tonight except for a small bite. It seems every week after Shabbat, i have to start all over in regards to weight loss. So will see if that is it. I am pretty sure i have a spelt allergy still and i think it bloats me up doing that. So will probably be better just avoiding it. I am also allergic to the rice flour and corn flour! ack! pretty much all the gluten free stuff. Good thing I eat mostly raw. huh? food log: exercise: weight: January 23, 2010 food log: exercise: January 24, 2010 Am going to be working on some choreography today - ZUMBA, ZUMBA TONING, and RPM. Have much to do and seemingly so little time to do it! eek! ah well. It is good. Just will be a busy full day. Dandelion is a common weed that grows widely throughout the northern hemisphere in pastures, meadows and lawns, mostly in temperate climates. The name dandelion means lion’s tooth, and the plant is named for the jagged edges of its leaves that resemble teeth. Though dandelion is considered a weed, its roots and tops are valuable for medicinal purposes. Dandelion root contains an abundance of nutritive salts that make it useful as an herbal remedy for a variety of ailments. The medicinal use of dandelion root dates back to at least tenth century Arabia, where it was used to treat liver conditions. The plant has a bitter, endive-like quality, and it is unusually rich in a variety of nutrients. Dandelion grows wildly in abundance, but it is also cultivated for medicinal use. The leaves can be cooked or used raw in salads, and they are also used to make wine or ground for use as a coffee substitute. Dandelion root contains a bitter, milky juice that is thought to be capable of energizing the body. It also has properties that can detoxify the body and purify the blood. In India, dandelion root is used as a remedy for liver disorders. It is considered an excellent diuretic, largely because of it high potassium content. While pharmaceutical diuretics tend to deplete the system of potassium, the mineral’s abundance in dandelion root ensures that the body will not suffer the side effect of potassium loss from the use of dandelion as a diuretic. In addition to potassium, dandelion root also contains high levels of sodium that help to balance electrolytes in the blood. This quality makes the plant useful in restoring balance after severe vomiting. Dandelion root can also help neutralize acids in the blood, and it is widely used as a mild laxative as well. People with liver ailments, such as jaundice and cirrhosis, can take dandelion root to help induce the flow of bile from the liver, helping to detoxify the body. Dandelion root also aids digestion, and it is an excellent tonic for the endocrine system. In addition, dandelion is used to lower cholesterol and uric acid levels in the body, and its rich iron content makes it useful for treating anemia. The juice in the stem and root of dandelion can be used as an astringent to dry up warts, blisters, corns and acne. Dandelion root is available as a freeze-dried herb, in capsules, in liquid extracts and tinctures, and as a tea. Because of its bitter taste, dandelion is often combined with other herbs, such as licorice, sassafras or ginger to make a tea that has a flavor similar to root beer. Typical dosages of dandelion root are 2 to 8 grams three times per day of dried root, 250 mg three or four times per day in capsule form, and 5 to 10 ml three times per day of tinctures of dandelion root. Though dandelion is generally safe and gentle, some people may have an allergic reaction to the milky latex in the stem and leaves. Dandelion root should not be taken with pharmaceutical diuretics or drugs that have a diuretic action. People who are taking medications for diabetes should use dandelion root with caution, as it may intensify the blood sugar lowering effects of those drugs food log: exercise: January 25, 2010 on the flip side. my arms and shoulders are getting more muscular. I have had even my students noticing. haven't really been doing anything different. but kind of nice. i like toned arms. Still have a little bit to go until i am where i want to be. but i love muscular look. later: tired but not really hungry today. made myself a giant salad and green smoothie, but all i really want is some tea. I think i had too much yesterday. so i am listening to my body. when i am ready for some food i will eat. for now though, liquid it is. food log: exercise: weight: January 26, 2010 food log: exercise: January 27, 2010 yesterday was a nice day. i like tuesdays, only 2 classes. I get the whole afternoon/evening free. ahhhhh so sweet! Fell asleep last night at 7 pm. I was truly very exhausted. slept until almost 7 this morning so 12 hours. woohoo! lovely feel free good today. After going to park with the kids yesterday i started getting wiped OUT! we were just playing and whatever and all of a sudden it hit me. so we walked back to the house. and made some dinner for the family. Yes i did eat a tortilla yesterday after i said i was going to avoid grains. unfortunately grains are less than real food. I am allergic to wheat, rye, rice, corn, oats...... so have to avoid most anyway. i can KIND OF tolerate the spelt. but i am wondering if that is what makes my weight fluctuate over the weekend and that i really am allergic to that too. I had been allergic to it. but have been just kind of testing it to see if i still am. Anyhow - ezekiel bread is out for me and my kids. Used to love that stuff, but can't eat it because i am allergic. I did get in my skin brushing yesterday and yoga and meditation and green juice and smoothie. yay! yesterday was a good day in that realm. Also got the facial masque and shampoo and conditioner from www.beautifulonraw.com . I am really hoping that the hair care will help my hair! it got totally toasted by a lady back in august and it has looked HORRIBLE since then :( Will see though. If it works, i will buy it for life. I am tired of my hair looking like crap. ugh! i so wish that lady had NOT Fried my hair. probably will never get a perm again. this has been 5 months of looking bad :( Today, 2 classes to teach. some choreography to learn. I was going to get up at 5 am and go to a spin class but I opted to sleep in instead. I have been feeling so tired. felt like i should rest so i can get through the tail end of my week. HAd massage therapy yesterday. yes still doing that. she is trying to get the pain out of my knees by working on my feet, ankles and calves. My feet got to where they did not lay flat after that accident. my ankles are very tight! and so are my calves. it was pretty painful. but today my feet are feeling better. my ankles are still really tight. hopefully that will pass....... they feel like they dont have the range of motion that they are supposed to have. they are just kind of stuck.... something in my left quad flared up this last Shabbat. I ended up staying home because it hurt so bad. She started to work on that some too. Hopefully it will stay away until she can really dig in and get to it. food log: exercise: weight: shopping: January 28, 2010 exercise: January 29, 2010 exercise: January 30, 2010 food log: exercise: January 31, 2010 Anyhow - today is better. still have some cough. feel like there is still something trying to get my lungs. going to try to do all liquids today. also going to just try to get some rest and take it easy. maybe do a little bit of yoga, but nothing heavy. need to work on some choreo for ZUMBA and cycling. but maybe i can just watch and mentally do it. I was happy with how i did on Shabbat. At least i didn't go way back up the scale like every other week. i was up on friday morning ugh. but am back down a little this morning. Amazing how much it fluctuates. I was so irritated with it on friday though. i work out 5 hours on thursday didn't really eat that much over the course of the day and i was up! now why the heck is that? i dont know. I am sure in need of a vacation though. I am burnt out. and need a mental break. I have one coming up mid march. A raw retreat. Very excited about that. but that is still another month and half out. sigh. oh well at least it is coming. Friday morning i did a biofeedback session as well. The lady said i am one of the healthiest people she knows. Most people have all kinds of things that need worked on. I guess i only had a few. She is supposed to get me a printout b4 next week. So that will be good. I try. But i know i dont succeed all the time. I will be so so thankful for this friday. PAY DAY! finally! geesh! January has been a financially tough and taxing month. Hopefully february will prove to be better :) Will see. food log: weight: |
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