Raw

stoves out

Well, this week is a blurr. but as for this week on raw, it was nice. I have not been wanting to eat. But I know I am nursing so I keep up the liquids. We have been out so much. I have had many raw options. We went to the Sox game and we have those box seats. So dinner is included, lovely buffet, I eat all raw creating, they have yummy fruit everything and plenty of veggies. I just forgo the dip. I have this cauliflower raw marinated. I could not believe they offered it to baseball fans. Well, I should say I was happy they offered it to baseball fans. I wish I was conscious enough to pay attention to what was made. I just ate it all up. Never even considering I could try to recreate it. Doing spell check her is hard. Actually it work, lots of times it just does not work.
Ok no stove. The kids are adjusting just well. Menelik is high off cereal, Cheerios. Talha and Nzinga are just living the raw life fine. Olu is great, he can not care less. He raws it up all the time. I did give him a spinach rice dish this evening. He liked it too. No stove and my husband just does not realize it but he is not eating home. He eats raw when I had it to him. But if I am not handing it to him he is not eating it at all. I do well in handing it to him about 4-5 days a week, but other than that no way. He has come a long way though. He is eating much better, he can choose better options on his own. How will he do in Cali?
Imani

EAT GREENS for all the PROTIEN YOU NEED

so I just reach out to folk about my rawsome experience being raw. I met with my first photographer who is returning to Chicago this afternoon. He clearly has some health issues. I did NOT bring up him being raw. I just talked my life as usual and he asked, "How long you been into this raw thing. I said about seven years, and my commitment grows and my life enriches. It is unbelievable. He was so curious, and he listen and he listen. He then of course asked the protein question. I have the greatest answer. Question: Where do you get your protein from? Answer: The same place cows do and Elephants.... eating grass. Love it.

most veggie are high in protein, especially the green leafy ones, but most people do not eat enough, especially non veggie lovers. The government recommends 8 grams per Body weight. BUt bio chemically we NEED 3-4 to maintain proper nitrogen balance. the 8 grams ARE inflated. But that is why we have most of the issue diabetes, gout, heart disease, too much protein.

This must be done for a healthy weight. if some one is my height 5.8 and weighs 140lbs then that is 64 kg then you would 64 kg X .8 =51grams of protein. so 1200 calories o f raw broccoli have 131 grams of protein, 1200 calories of oranges have 24. so if you eat a variety of veggies and fruit you can easily get to your needed rate. It is a no brainer eat greens. That is an exaggerated about of veggies, with an exaggerated amount of protein. A woman my height on needs 51 not 131 grams of protein.

DO NOT AVOID THE GREENS JUST EAT THEM, SMOOTHIE THEM, JUICE THEM EAT THEM.

living raw today

Today I have been inspired as everyday to continue my raw journey. It is an amazing healing process. I love journeys, that allow so much clarity in my life. I have goals, and obtaining a goal is great, but the things you learn on the way is what I absolutely respect and look towards. To day a lovely lady wrote to me and told me she has been following my blog about being raw and she would like to learn more. I have heard this twice this week and it is just Tuesday. I had not been writing down my thoughts so much, they come fast. I am not as consistent as I would like. My addiction to cooked. Every single time I eat cooked, I am thrown into a world wind digestively. Yet I still struggle to not eat cooked food. My body is kind enough to try and digest it. I feel my pancreas trying, my kidney, my liver. Why do I do this. My brother us to tell me, you are only cheating yourself. My best benefits come from raw and hydrated foods. I feel so awesome. Rehabbing myself from old habits. The journey of learning to eat for nutrition and not memory, of nostalgia. It is challenging. I have never done drugs, or been a drinker, not ever even drunk in my 43 years. But, I have all the memories of a high from cooked food. Raw gives me great memories, great feelings, and nourishes my body. It has been seven years. Hey I will be some awesome 75 year old with awesome new memories. I am create a new road of good health, good feelings to now live off.

When I am sensible with my raw, I feel super womanish. I fly, I soar. I am juice feasting. Preparation is my key to not return into this pain. Being a raw foodist, having this great journey I coin new skills, preparation, awareness, consciouses. The light is clear.

Well today I started out juicing. I had some green juice before yoga, and some green juice afterwards. I then had a large salad juiced. I had water, and some fruit juice. Right there I had over done it. I felt I had over done it. I was eating and knowing why and not caring. I just wanted to eat. I wish I had taken time to hear myself. I just chose not to listen to myself. It all was raw but, It was too much food and I was no longer nourishing. I was eating to calm myself, but from what? Today, even though I am juice feasting. I do not want to over feast. I was not hungry.

It went all down hill after this. I can not even remember. All I know is I did not take time to hear myself and what I needed. It certainly was not food. I was fine. In the evening I recovered, by going running. Exercise allows me to take time to hear myself. It is just me running along the lake, unwinding my brain. Sometimes like last night, I just needed to work out some pinned up energy. I felt pinned up. No real thoughts. I just needed to move my body, in order to come to some peace.

So in continuing my journey. I want to eat to sustain myself, Not hide from my thoughts and feelings. I do not need all the food I like to eat. I enjoy the feeling of satisfaction, not feeling to full. I need to be nourished not stuffed. I am fine, and I am not wanting all the food I choose to consume at times. I am fine with resting on the eating. I need to replenish my liquids and get nutrients for my body. Nutrients not excess food. Hydrate myself. I am mostly liquid. I need to hydrate with nutrients.

My goal is to hear my self, rest my mind, food is king, exercise is queen. I need little food when it is highly nourishing, and I need much exercise to work my body to keep it well and able to heal itself. I am looking to release more weight to better be able to move during exercise. Right now I believe my goal weight is 135. I am 172. That is only 37 pounds to go. This is obtainable. The lighter I become, the faster I am able to move. I LOVE IT. I just am flying when I run. Feeling all my capability. Nourishment and working out really feeds my soul.

Imani

HEALING MYSELF

This week I found out I had osteoarthritis in my right hip, moderate severity. None in my left, I am gratefull. Possibly I believed caused due to breaking that leg, having it reset, turning the hip a tiny amount, and then my weight and life food choices. Choices that were not raw. Well, I have refined my eating to 100 percent raw and I am doing much better. It is wonderfully amazing how in a day I could relive myself of pain by tweaking my raw diet. 100 percent vs 99 percent is a world of difference. I am still searching to heal this form of arthritis with 100 percent raw food. I know "for real" FOOD IS KING AND EXERCISE IS QUEEN. This understanding has eliminated all pain from my hip joint. My god this is so interesting. I will continue to document my travels into 100 percent raw with RAW IT IS.