Happy New Year! ;) UPDATE

I just completed 10 days of my silent retreat. It wasn't exactly silent. I did have a few calls from close friends & family that I chose to answer. Other than that, it was me, at home, in my bed on most days. I did do some very lite exercise & I did read plenty. I also worked on a few creative projects, because ideas kept popping in my head. I think my mind was clearer & it allowed ideas to flow. Another thing I did was fast. I drank only clean plain water, no food or drinks since December 22nd. This was much easier than I thought it would be. The plan was to be on my silent retreat & fast until January 1st. But it went by so fast, I want to extend it. I think what I will do is, do a modified silent retreat (some emailing & talking, but much less than usual) & fast. I will continue with water only until I feel like it's time to stop (there are also two signals that I will look for; pink tongue or hunger felt in the throat). Or, if it gets close to 21 days, that will be enough for me. I definitely won't go longer that that. No matter what's going on. I'll probably go to 14 days, and play each day by ear after that. 
So,.... I won't have any food to report until the 12th of January probably. (Which is my Birthday. -Yay!) But, if you want to see what I am up to until then, I'll be posting exercise (very lite exercise) on my 30Bananas-a-day thread. I will also be tweeting daily on Twitter. I won't start it until January 2nd. So check in then, and from that point forward, it will be a daily thing. There is also my weekly blog Sunday Is For Lovers. You can get the latest scoop on my week there. 
I'm looking forward to filling you in on the latest eats in 2010. I really enjoyed blogging all of my meals this year. It felt great & it reminded me of how much I love to eat fruits & veggies (mostly fruit though). This was my best year for many reasons, and I look forward to making 2010 even better! -Cheers!


*♥ *Wishing all of you an amazing, fun, healthy, creative, loving & blissful New Year. Lots of love & big hugs.*♥ *  XO! 

See You in 2010! Xo!

Hi Everybody! I'll be on my own silent meditation retreat for 2-3 weeks. Celebrating the new year in silence. Ahhhh... I can't wait. After that. I'm back to daily posting & lots of fruit! See you soon... -Xo!

Yesterday & the day before;

I had one full day of blended bananas & spinach. Nothing else. The day before that I had grapefruits, oranges & blended bananas. My energy was really good on both days. I always feel my best on simple fruits.

Today I ate;

Ahhhh.. it was a great food day. :) Persimmons, Tangerines & lots of Blended Bananas. That's it.

Today & Yesterday I ate;

Friday~
Grapefruit-orange (pulpy) juice
Canistels
Persimmons
Bananas
Plain tomato

Saturday~
Canistels
Persimmons
Bananas
Blended veggies with baby spinach
:) 

Yesterday I ate;

Grapefruit-orange (pulpy) juice
Canistels 
Black sapotes
Blended veggies with spinach (Mmm...spinach was yummy!)

I must say, blended baby spinach is really good & sweet. Today I had it with corn, cabbage & carrots. Blended into a creamy-like soup. You can also blend spouted lentils or garbanzos with veggies. Squash is another good one for blended soups. Scallions & fresh herbs can also give it a great flavor.

The canistels & black sapotes have been the highlights of my day! I find them really tasty & fun. Some don't fancy them that much, but I love them. They are rich & creamy dense fruits with lots of flavor, color & texture. If you want to have some shipped to you, call Taylor Snipes 772-532-0227 at Taylor's Tropicals. That is where mine are from. My friend ordered them from Taylor & was very happy with the service.

01/06/10 Update:
I'm getting ready to order some fruit from Taylor's Tropicals. He as a newsletter that he sends out. You can email him at TaylorSnipes@PathOfHealth.org to get on the email list. He also has a website, TaylorsTropicals.org, that will be up & running shortly. You will be able to order tropical fruits directly from there! I'll keep all of you posted on my order & list the fruits on the blog. I can't wait!

Today & Yesterday I ate;

Tuesday~
Grapefruits & oranges juiced (with lots of pulp)

Fuyu Persimmons
Mixed Veggies blended

Monday~

Grapefruits & oranges juiced (with lots of pulp)

Black sapotes-Fuyu Persimmons pureed

Mixed Veggies blended

Day seven of the mono meal week (that wasn't so mono) was yesterday. Today starts the liquid week that might not be all liquid. I think I will do squishy or juicy fruit eaten whole. I do like blended bananas, blended black sapotes, blended veggies, even blended citrus, but persimmons I like to eat as is I think. So this week might have some whole persimmons, maybe canistels too, but the rest of the week should be pretty liquid over all. Good news is; I'm seeing progress on all levels. Even though I'm not following my own program fully. ;) I've had more energy, better sleep, clearer skin & better fitting clothes. So, ..so far so good. 

Today I ate;

Day 6
3 grapefruits
3 small oranges
4 small Granny Smith apples blended
18-20 small bananas blended

Well, tomorrow is day 7 of the mono week plan. I'm supposed to start the next phase, liquid meals for 1 week on Tuesday. I think I want to do orange wedges (sort of like juicing), blended bananas, and persimmons pureed, for the bulk of the week. I'll buy fruits tomorrow & see what I find at the stores. 
A super awesome friend of mine gave me some Black Sapotes & Canistels today. (What an Angel!)  I can't wait to try them. I'm not sure how long they will take to get ripe, so we will see if they will be on the menu next week. Maybe, maybe. If not, I'll have them after the New Year. 

Today & Yesterday I ate;

On Friday I had blended bananas for brunch & blended veggies for dinner. Saturday (today) I had grapefruits all day & left over blended veggies for dinner. 


I know this is supposed to be a mono week, but for some reason I let the cold get to me. Plus, I haven't been good about buying fruits & keeping the kitchen stocked. There were only cold bananas in the refrigerator on Friday. (I keep them there if they are on the verge of getting too ripe.) It was so chilly yesterday I was in no mood to eat chilly blended bananas all day. Instead I went to the corner store bought a bunch of different veggies and wizzed them up in the blender for a soupy meal. A a quick warm-like solution to the chilly hungry me problem. Silly thinking on my part. It would have been nicer & felt better to have had a selection of yummy juicy fruits, sweet & non sweet, to munch on instead. If I needed a sort of warm feeling, I should have had some cozy herbal tea.


I really want to try a week of mono meals. If I do it though, I need to be prepared. Buying veggies or grapefruits as I need them, little buy little, & at the last minute, is a sure ay to get off track. It's best to be prepared. Especially when one is trying to change old habits. If you don't make it easy for yourself, you will look for the ease of going back to your old ways. Tomorrow I must go fruit shopping.

Today I ate;

Day 3

5 Cuties
5 Persimmons
1 cup of blended Grapefruit (pulp only)
5 cups of blended Oranges (pulp only)
1 cup of Kale juice
2 cups of blended Carrots

:)

Today I ate;

Day two.
9 Persimmons
8 Blended bananas
4 Medjool dates
:)

Today I ate;

Day one of my mono meal week..

9 Persimmons

8 Blended bananas

I feel a tiny bit hungry at the moment (or it might just be a tiny bit rebellious, not hungry). So I might eat another persimmon or two. But to be honest I feel fine & I should be done for the day.

Day one complete!

New Plan ....to bring in 2010 :)

I'm going to try a few things. I want to start the new year off with a BANG! A clean slate, a healthy body & tons of energy! Starting tomorrow I will do one week of mono meals. No mixing, no fancy meals, just whole food totally plain, one food type at a time, (maybe for the whole day too, like a banana only day, or orange wedges only day). Then after that, I will try a week of liquids, (like blended banana, simple raw soups & green juices). After that I am going 'underground' from December 21st to January 1st. (No internet, no talking, no working & no hanging-out. I want to spend 10 days mediating, being silent & clearing my mind, ..and reading books too! I want to have some fun.). -That is the plan! Wish me luck! Xo..

Yesterday & Today

On Saturday I had lots of blended banana & a few persimmons. Later that day I was visiting a friend & got a little hungry around 4-5pm. The only healthy or raw food they had to eat was cabbage, avocado & salsa (-they had potatoes too, but not much I could do with that). So I shredded the cabbage & made a little salad for myself out of the three ingredients. It tasted pretty good. But didn't sit well in my stomach. For Sunday my plan is to eat lots of ripe juicy persimmons, blended banana, orange wedges & herbal tea. -I might make or buy some fresh green veggie juice too.

Today I ate;

Blended bananas

Purple kale-orange juice

Tomatoes with scallions

Today I ate;

Lots of blended bananas, a few cherry tomatoes & Fuyu persimmons! Yum. :)

Today I ate;

Blended bananas

Whole bananas

Cuties (clementines)

Raw carrots, tomatoes & corn, just plain

Today & Yesterday I ate;

Oranges wedges (both days)
Persimmons (both days)
Blended bananas (both days)
Plain tomato (today)
Blended carrot-squash w/ tomato, fresh corn & mixed herbs/lettuces (yesterday)
Medjool dates (yesterday)