COME WITH ME!

COME WITH ME!

I like to ride my bike for the exercise, I have lost so much weight doing this, so come with me!

CAN'T A GIRL JUST SLAP SOME MAKEUP ON?

CAN'T A GIRL JUST SLAP SOME MAKEUP ON?

   

CAN'T A GIRL JUST SLAP SOME MAKEUP ON - I did a very basic make up look  as I was in a hurry!

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY

This is the day after I went shopping for shipping, it my friends birthday and we had too much of a good time.........

SHOPPING FOR SHIPPING

I am in London for the weekend as I am packing a box to ship to Jamaica as I will be out there for 3 months and will be going soon; here is my shopping day........

WATCH ME MAKE RAW BASIL AND SPINACH PESTO

I posted a picture of my pesto on social media and I got such a good response that I decided to do a video!

ITS MY BIRTHDAY

ITS MY BIRTHDAY

In case you were wondering, I am now 52!  I don't feel it but sometimes I look it lol!  This video is about the week I spent in London but would you believe it Ilost some of the footage so here is what I got of my birthday week!

WHAT I ATE IN A DAY

WHAT I ATE IN A DAY

One of those random days where I thought I would share what I ate that day!

DID I JUST GET JUICER?

 

 

I got a new juicer so I thought I would share what I thought of it!

what would you do if....

 

 

I have a situation with a friend, what would you do?

TWENTY SEVEN

DAY TWENTY SEVEN

Tesco shopping haul

Tea – lemon

Juice – cucumber, celery, carrot, beetroot, lime, apples and ginger

Nori rolls –home grown alfalfa sprouts, yellow pepper, plum tomatoes, cucumber, cos lettuce, spring onion, guacamole, red pepper hummus

Pistachio nuts

Smoothie - cos lettuce, banana, frozen mango papaya and pineapple.

Pear, nectarine, 2 oranges

EXERISE: Exercise bike, 30 minutes burned 150 calories

Today was a strange day I didn’t do very much beside watch YouTube videos. I slept a lot better as I was not coughing as much it looks like this cough is on its way out. I got some Tesco shopping in and I was excited for the nori sheets as I could get creative and I must admit I pigged out on them as I enjoyed them so much I ended up have 3 in total one lot with the guacamole and the other 2 with the hummus and it really filled me up. I was talking to my sister and I was telling her what I was going to eat and she said it sounded delicious.

I am making a point of doing some kind of exercise every day so I got on my bike even though I didn’t feel like it but I am glad that I did. I feel like I am losing weight every day but to be sure I will weigh myself at the gym tomorrow.

Changing the subject and this is something I have not mentioned before but I am currently having the first period in about 2 years! I was looking at my face this morning and noticed the spots I used to get when I was coming on and my tummy was feeling a bit wield I thought it was the brazil nuts but it wasn’t I have just come on, I will record how long it lasts as they used to be one week at a time regular as clock work, today is 12^th July. It’s like my body is repairing itself so I am not sure what the cough is about then? No wonder I didn’t feel like exercising, tomorrow is going to be fun in the gym lol.

DAY TWENTY SIX

DAY TWENTY SIX

Organic boxes

Juice – home grown wheatgrass, fresh parsley, carrots, cucumber, apples, lemon, ginger

Smoothie – cos lettuce, banana, blue berries and chia seed

Large salad – cos lettuce, yellow peppers, plum tomatoes, avocado, spring onion, orange, black and green olives, red pepper hummus

Half of mango, 2 apples

2 bananas

Some Brazil nuts and dates

Camomile tea

EXERCISE – gym machines and weights, aqua aerobics

  

I harvested my wheatgrass and put it in my juice this morning and I was secretly chuffed as that stuff is really expensive and I grew some in my kitchen for £1.95! If you go Holland and Barrett that starting price of a small bag is £10?

According to Hippocrates Health Institute, It is a powerful concentrated liquid nutrient. Two ounces of wheatgrass juice has the nutritional equivalent of five pounds of the best raw organic vegetables. For example, wheatgrass has twice the amount of Vitamin A as carrots and is higher in Vitamin C than oranges! It contains the full spectrum of B vitamins, as well as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and potassium in a balanced ratio. Wheatgrass is a complete source of protein, supplying all of the essential amino acids, and more. It has about 20% of total calories coming from protein. This protein is in the form of poly peptides, simpler and shorter chains of amino acids that the body uses more efficiently in the blood stream and tissues. In addition to flooding the body with therapeutic dosages of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes, and phytonutrients, wheatgrass is also a powerful detoxifier, especially of the liver and blood.

It helps neutralize toxins and environmental pollutants in the body. This is because Wheatgrass contains beneficial enzymes that help protect us from carcinogens, including Superoxide Disumates (SOD), that lessens the effects of radiation and digest toxins in the body. It cleanses the body from head to toe of any heavy metals, pollutants and other toxins that may be stored in the body’s tissues and organs. There is more information but I thought it was too much to put in my journal but saved the page for future use http://hippocratesinst.org/benefits-of-wheatgrass-2

Got my organic boxes this morning and I was very disappointed, I got on the phone and cancelled but investigated alternative boxes because I do live in the Kent the garden of England. Turns out there is a community garden around the corner and it dirt cheap so will be doing that instead only this is it’s not delivered I have to go pick up but for the price it’s worth it and it an excuse for more exercise lol.

I really enjoyed the gym today and I had loads of energy, but I also sweat a Hugh amount too far more than I used to I guess that is a good thing. On my way out the gym my friend Gary called have not spoken to him in a good while and he was threatening to come down I told him I was vegan now and he laughed, he is meant to be coming to see me next weekend and to go to the sauna so we shall see.

Is it me or are my meals getting simpler and or smaller or am I getting bored and not sure what to eat? I think I got into a routine juice and or smoothie then salad and if I get hungry then fruit or dip with crackers and or veg, I think I was more adventurous in the beginning and it was actually fun will have to go back to that I think, getting some shopping form tesco and included in that is nori sheets I feel nori rolls coming on lol.

DAY TWENTY FIVE

TWENTY FIVE

Half of melon

Smoothie – spinach, bananas and frozen pineapple, mango and papaya.

Whole pineapple cut up

Smoothie - Almond milk, frozen bananas and dash of agave nectar

Some brazil nuts and dates

Tea – green tea with lemon and ginger tea bag

EXERCISE – exercise bike, half hour, burned 150 calories.

I woke up in a good mood very alert but still with this cough so I thought going to a spa hoping it would help specifically a steam room. Luckily, my membership to the gym let’s me use all the council gyms in Kent so I went to Ramsgate and really enjoyed it, I even washed and deep conditioned my hair an it was only £2 but for that price; I can only go o Sunday between 7 and 9pm any other time it would cost 13.50.

I thought I would be really hungry when I got back I wasn't so I thought I better have something so a made the almond milk smoothie from left over in the fridge.

I started reading 80/10/10 and it’s an interesting read siting that fruit should be our primary source with 10% protein and 10% fat. I have already started cutting down on fat anyway but it is hard to do especially when it comes to salad dressings, will have to find recipes that are oil and fat free.

I am also finding that I don’t need that much sleep anymore and I still wake up alert and ready for whatever, wondering if this is a temporary thing even with the sauna which I thought would knock me out didn’t I was up until 2.30 and still woke up at 7pm.

Ride with Me!

 

 

I have taken up the sport of bike riding and really enjoying it so I thought that I would take you on a morning ride!

Random happenings in Margate!

 

Random happening in Margate for the month of August!

 

 

DAY TWENTY FOUR

DAY TWENTY FOUR

Tea – fresh lemon and honey

Smoothie – lemon grass, mango, kale, bananas and spinach

Tub of strawberries

1 mango

Large salad – pre packed, pea shoots, chard and spinach, black and green olives, plum tomatoes, cucumber, strawberry, orange and spring union with guacamole

EXERCISE – 30 minutes on stationary bike, burned 150 calories

I could not sleep last night because of the coughing; I ended up at 2 in the morning taking a tablet which I didn’t want to do.  I still don’t know if it is part of detoxing, if something is not agreeing with me or whether I really do have a bad cold.  I have even lost my voice from all the coughing.  After the concern from son I relented and took a trip down to boots to get something for the cough and I was wondering after all that good work with the raw food, am I setting myself back with the medicine?  The cough is no joke so I had to do something.

I phoned Ramsgate gym as they have a sauna and steam room and they are doing a great deal, if I go between 7 and 9 in the evening then I can get in with my membership for £2!  It normally cost 13.50 with membership, not sure if this is a weekly occurrence but if it is I will be doing it every Sunday lol

It’s a really hot muggy day and for some reason I didn’t feel like eating very much and I am also trying to make a conscious effort to cut back on the fat but instead bulk up with fruit instead will have to start making some dressing that don’t require fats like olive oil and nuts.  If I do use fat it will be for reserved for dressings and buying the chocolate was not a good idea as I got all sorts of recipes going around in my head but because its raw chocolate its even more addictive that normal chocolate.

I got my exercise bike out today as although I have this cough I still have loads of energy so got on the bike for half hour sweated buckets and burned off 150 calories which is great. 

The fire alarm went off about 10.30 in the evening so had to go down 8 floors to the safety zone and I impressed myself as I got down the stairs so fast compared to the last false alarm, I struggled with my knee but this time I hardly noticed my knee.

DAY TWENTY THREE

DAY TWENTY THREE

Smoothie – spinach, 2 bananas, frozen blue berries, made 2 large cups

Cucumber spaghetti with basil pesto topped with plum tomatoes and mixed bean sprouts

Dehydrated Crackers with rest of pesto from cucumber spaghetti

Chocolate ice cream – 1 avocado, 2 table spoon raw chocolate powder (cacao), dash of agave nectar and dash of vanilla favouring (optional), blend it and put it in the fridge or if you want it to set harder then put in freezer but it is so thick and creamy already as my avocado was cold to begin with I downed half of it without thinking!

      

             

Chocolate smoothie – Almond Milk, bananas, dash of agave nectar, raw chocolate

          

                          

2 apples

EXERCISE – gym machines and weights, aqua aerobics

I went a little chocolate crazy today as I got my raw chocolate delivery from www.funkyraw.com, also got some crackers and a small bar of raw coconut choc bar which I am saving for my next trip.  I still have a cough that is not going away but funny enough it did not affect me in the gym or when I went aqua aerobics but it was only when I got home and sat down that it started.  I relented and took some headache tablets to see if helped and it did for a while will have to take some before I go to bed or I will have a bad night again?

Talking of sleep last night was lousy because of the coughing, last time I looked at the clock it was 2am so I got up and binged on the last of my cashews after watching a you tube channel about what not to eat when raw, cashews was included on that list, along with not eating under ripe fruit, condiments like, agave nectar, soya sauce, tamari and having too much raw chocolate as it is highly addictive.  So will not be getting anymore cashews but not sure what to do about some of the condiments as they make a good sauce or salad dressing, is it possible to be 100% raw, I guess it is if you do mono eating and stick to just ingredients that are raw.  I will have to wean myself of very slowly and not replace them when they run out I guess?

I spoke to my sister today and she wants to do some sort of trip for her birthday, a couple of days away so this will be another test for me, I did ok the last time as I found a supermarket but what happens when you stay in a hotel either in the uk or abroad, I guess in some respects it can be easier as I can bring a mini blender and portable chopping board and knife in my luggage and go from there

I am finding that my energy levels are high and I can run on not getting a lot of sleep and still be bouncing around, I found walking to the gym I was a lot more energetic and am now able to walk greater distances without pain in my knee and back and am actually enjoying myself challenging myself in the gym.  I think I will have to tire myself out on my exercise bike that is gathering dust in the bedroom!  I just had a thought it could be the fact that I am now making bigger smoothies and that seems to have filled a gap and in turn giving me more energy?

Not sure how long I am going to keep up with this journal but I think it would be a good idea to start cataloguing some of the recipes as it might be useful in the future.

DAY TWENTY TWO

DAY TWENTY TWO

Tea – fresh lemon juice and fresh ginger

Large smoothie – spinach, 2 bananas and frozen, pineapple, papaya and mango, chia seeds

Tub of grapes

Salad – pre packed salad of baby kale, baby spinach, Pak choi and red chard, one orange sliced, hand full of grapes, red union, cucumber, plum tomatoes, avocado with a homemade guacamole dressing

Dehydrated crackers and cucumber with hummus

Half of melon blended

EXERCISE - walking

        

           

Today I woke up still with that cough but it is not at bad as yesterday.  I thought about the fact that I might not be eating as much as I should so I made a hugh smoothie first off and it made 2 large cups and I drank one after the other!  I believe it worked out to be over a litre in one sitting.

 I got to thinking about how I could make a difference to my body also and I thought about the fact that my skin is the biggest organ of the body and what I am using to clean my skin and oil my skin with on a daily basis could be seeping into my skin so decided to start doing something about it.  I did my mixology thing, I mixed sheabutter, coconut oil, olive oil and vitamin E by melting it first, mixing together, putting in freezer for half hour and then blending so that it looked almost whipped cream!  Although it seems greasy when first putting it on your skin it quickly seeps in and its not oily at all in fact it feels really good and I can use it on my hair too!

      

I don’t want to get bored eating my salads so I thought I would try something different with my salad and that was adding fruit and to my surprise it was yummy and I really didn’t need a dressing but it was even better with the guacamole.

The one thing that I have not done is take pictures of my full body it is always of my face so I decided that 3 weeks into my life style change I will suck it up and take pictures and I am truly disgusted with myself, that I let myself get this bad but the next set of pictures I hope will show an improvement!                                 

 I am really excited about my sprouts I started them 4 days ago and look at them now!  My alfalfa is nearly ready and the wheatgrass is beginning to shot out, cant wait to blend some wheatgrass lol. 

Last but not least I went out for  walk since I didn’t go to the gym today and it was lovely will be doing a late night walk more often because the sunset was fantastic.

                      

DAY TWENTY ONE

DAY TWENTY ONE

Green tea with lemon and honey

Large smoothie – kale, parsley, bananas, frozen black cherries and chia seeds

Smoothie – almond milk left over from yesterday, banana and agave nectar

Tub of flat peaches

Half of dew melon

5 crackers with red pepper hummus

Large salad – organic romaine lettuce, alfalfa sprouts and mix bean sprouts, plum tomatoes, chopped cucumber, spring union

Sampled the dehydrated aubergine

EXERCISE – gym machines, weights

I made it to day 21!  Wow it has gone by so fast.  Today though the cough has got worse and my throat is really sore, in the middle of summer I am guessing this is not a summer cold, never had one in my life, I think its detox.  Oh well, what can I do but plod on lol.

I woke up really hungry and I am getting the feeling I am not eating enough so I am going to make larger smoothies and bulk up on more fruit so that  means another shopping haul.

Went to the gym and although tired when I got to working out I found the energy, I think it was down to the smoothies and fruit I had this morning, no water work out today but I really pushed myself in the gym.

After the gym I went to Aldi’s and only intended to buy a few things but I found some great stuff as wonderful prices and I could not resist.  I spent £30 but I got so much it will last me until I get my organic boxes on Monday!

 Side note I was minding my own business in Aldi looking at tomatoes and this elderly lady came up to me from nowhere and says “you have a very petty face”!  Now I used to get that all the time but I have not heard someone say that to me in about 5 years.  I guess looking at myself every day I don’t see much of a difference besides the swelling and weight loss but my skin must be improving and I must be losing the double chin lol that cheered me up no end.  It makes up for all the coughing and sneezing and blowing of the nose I am experiencing this week.

             

Aldi have also started doing frozen fruit and smoothie mixes and they look fantastic and a fraction of the cost of Tesco frozen fruit where I usually buy it!

         

DAY TWENTY

DAY TWENTY

Tea – lemon in hot water left to cool

Juice – carrots, apples, cucumber and ginger

Smoothie = kale, banana, frozen strawberries and chia seeds

Four organic plums, 1 flat peach

Salad – organic mixed salad leaves, alfalfa sprouts, flat leaf parsley, tomato, black and green olives, avocado, homemade salad dressing from yesterday.

Smoothie – almond milk, frozen bananas and agave nectar

Green tea with lemon and honey

2 bananas

Dehydrated tray 1, flax cracker mixed with veg pulp, tray 2, almond crackers, tray 3, almond cookies, tray 4 marinated mushrooms, tray 5, marinated aubergine

               

EXERCISE – walked down to town center and back

This morning I woke up even more congested, runny nose and now I have developed a cough which is not good.  I bummed around all morning and did some research on raw food and watched YouTube videos.  I have run out of flax seed and wanted some coconut for my almond pulp cookies and dates as I almost rang out so I walked it down to the town center I have not done in a long time as it was too hard for me!  I am improving even though I now have a cough.  I am wondering if it has something to do with adding more organic food and the sprouts as they have more nutrients and the sprouts are live food which means I am getting more live food which is cleansing me, and taking the detox to the next level?

 I have done some serious dehydrating today as I have run out of everything and I think what I will do is dehydrate once a week for savory and crackers and once a week for sweet and snacks as I plan on making some energy bars for the road.  I am trying to cut down on the nuts and seeds as really all that protein is not necessary, in fact according to research, 80% fruit and veg, 10% fats and 10% nuts and seeds(protein), so I am guessing in a normal day, handful of nuts, an avocado, or hand full of olives for fats and the rest should be fruit and veg?  Will have to look into that more as just once cracker could be a day’s allowance of nuts?  I am a big girl at the moment so am thinking that I should keep doing what I am doing until I get a specific weight and see if my body will guide me!

DAY NINETEEN

DAY NINETEEN

Organic shopping haul from Able and Cole and easy sprouter from Amazon

       

                                            

Smoothie – kale, banana and blackberries

Smoothie – almond milk, banana and dates

Mixed salad – organic salad leaves, tomato, avocado, alfalfa sprouts and grated carrots

Home made salad dressing, tamari, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, balsamic, garlic, lemon and fresh chilli pepper

                          

Dehydrated crackers with pesto made before weekend away

Home made lemonade – 1 fresh lemon, small piece of ginger, blended then add small amount of agave nectar

EXERCISE- gym machines, weights and aqua aerobics

Today I woke up with a runny nose and I was really stuffed up and didn’t feel that good.  But I got on with my day anyway. I am thinking it’s the next level of detoxing, who knows but I have not had a cold or flu in about 2 years. I did however give up smoking not too long ago and after doing some research it could be my body clearing that tar from my lungs as from what I can understand it lingers.

I got my organic delivery and immediacy I tried some fruit and you can taste the difference it tastes sweeter and juicier than inorganic if that makes sense.  I couldn’t wait to make my salad as most of it would be organic, the leafs and the sprouts were fantastic and I can’t wait to see what I get in the next box.  I also bought a sprouter from amazon and started straight away by sprouting alfalfa.  I also went to the gym today and had a good old session on the gym machines and the weights and then did aqua aerobics and it felt great.  When I got home I had my salad and after that the sniffing started up again and I didn’t feel all there so I went and laid down for a while feel asleep around 10am and woke up about 5am in the morning.