This might make you think twice....:)

Playing with this idea....

Ever give this a thought? Eating locally and seasonaly makes sense, also easier on the budget....but another plus - it automatically rotates your nutrients.....
Go to this website and you can search by your state and season.....PERFECT!
http://www.nrdc.org/health/foodmiles/default.asp

Perfect for the change of the seasons...

AMAZING Raw Soup...Cafe Gratitude "Cook" book!

Darn Knees.....

I

LOVE

Running

(nothing gets the lymph nodes pumpin better for me!)

But alas, I have "funny" knees.....

My cardio is great, I could go for a few miles, but my knees tell me "URCH"!

I 'ran', no pun intended, onto a amazing running technique;

This book has changed, me (and my sweethearts) way of running. Basically it makes gravity work for you and not against you!
I was only running a 1/2 a mile a day due to know pain, and now

2.25 whole miles....YIPPEE!

ALWAYS TIME FOR...Raw Fudge Chocolate Sauce

Demo of how easy it is to be....RAW!

Yoga DVD Channel - Jason Crandell: Morning Sequence

Re "Creation"....AKA Exercise!

Finding Freedom is not so much a "doing" as it is an "undoing"....

And that is what recreation is for me!

Time is crazy for all of us, so I have found what works for me!

Yoga right out of bed....

Yoga after a daily workout (which I will explain later)

Yoga before crawling into bed!

So as you can see Yoga is my anti-stress!

Let's Break it down......

I wake up and do a 10 minute Yoga Podcast with my IPod

(it is a free podcast downloaded from I-Tunes)

http://www.myyogaonline.com/Morning_Hatha_Flow_200_video.html

Then my "main" workout is riding my bike, running, anything cardio. And then I cool down with a audio Yoga

(that was free from I-Tunes)

called

"Yoga for Runners" by Kimberly Fowler

Now before bed I totally need to unwind.....more Yoga!

Another free doownload!!!

http://www.yogajournal.com/video/54

I will continue to post cool things for your Re-Creation!!!!!

Vitamix Demo...thanks Lifegenerator!

Equipment.....

First off you need a

Blender

I am showing you the one I love.....I know I know you are gonna say

$350.00

It is SOOOOOO worth the money and the 7 year warranty!!!

I use mine a minimum of 5 times a day!

And word on the street is that you can blend concrete...HAHA!

Check out this You Tube video next.....

Food = Enzymes....

Breakfast starts with a Smoothie.......

I blend fruit with water/baby coconut and things like Hemp Protien Powder.

Easy recipe (feeds 2...share with someone you love);

1 baby coconut (meat and water) or just 1 c. water

2 bananas

1 mango

2 handfuls of Spinach....trust me here, it's good

1 orange (add a touch of the peel..mmmm)

*Blend away and enjoy!

Lunch can be a GIANT Salad;

Yup, fill your plate or lunch box!

*Salad greens such as spinach, or kale, or romaine are my personal favorites (stay away from a "head of lettuce" at the store, it has NO nutrient value)!
*Sprouts I love red clover sprouts, or alfalfa sprouts!!!

*Celery, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, avacado (its ok to eat a whole one, good healthy fats.

*Sesame Seeds #1 source of calcium that your body can actually use...I know not related to a cow at all...haha!

**Now I have to end my meals sweetly, so I will pack a few dried figs! They don't affect my blood sugar!!!

Dinner for me (the raw thing...) might be SPAGHETTI;

Recipe;

"Noodle" a Zuchinni in spirals (whether you use a hand tool or spirilizer it tastes the same...)

Blend the following for your "Spaghetti Sauce";

15 cherry tomatoes (or a couple full size tomatoes)

4 baby carrots (or two full-size carrots)

1 green onion (finely chopped)

1 tsp. garlic powder

2 T. olive oil

2 T. Tamari soy sauce

oregano

salt & pepper to taste

*Slice a cucumber and lay it on your plate, sprinkle a little salt....Mmmmm

*Or grab some celery and some RAW almond butter and dip and crunch!

Basically I am gonna give you some "links" to some of my favorite places to find quick recipes.....try some and get started!

http://www.living-foods.com/recipes/

or

http://www.fromsadtoraw.com/RawRecipes.htm

I will continue to share the Good-Stuff when it somes to recipes......

What then do you eat.....

That is the question I get asked most.......

"do you get tired of eating carrot and celery sticks?

I am continuing to "gather" recipes, stragedys, and ways to make my Whole Food Living work for me!

Let me give you a example of my day;
Breakfast;
16 oz Young Coconut Water (slept in...late morning)
Lunch;
32 oz. Banana Blueberry Coconut Milk Smoothie...mmmm about 1:30 pm
Bowl of banana & cacao(raw chocolate) pudding
Dinner;
Plate of Scrumptious Pad Thai Salad with Almond/Thai dressing
Mug of Tasty Autumn Soup....tasted like pumpkin pie!

Did that sound boring?

So much flavor galore!

Raw..Vegan...What?

What?

Yup - no typo, RAW Vegan Living!

Why?

Well when I have the choice to control my 'diabetes' (doctors diagnosis, I say just another warning sign that my body is "out-of-whack") by letting food be my medicine, or

letting drugs rule my life....I chose

Letting food be my medicine!!!

So I started by just being vegan

(nothing that comes from an animal)

and then I started RAW-Vegan

(Whole food eating....uncooking I call it. Nothing heated above the temperature 115 degree's, and whole food meaning nothing processed)

When?

About 4 years ago, and raw for a year!

How?

Hopefully this blog will walk you through the steps

and make more sense of my world!