Today

Sleep & Rest: 7 hours or a little more.
Yoga Practice: Nothing.
Sun & Air: Spent time on a boat cruise with my family for my dad's birthday. Definitely got some fresh air & a little sunshine on the windy sun deck.
Sweat & Fun: Nothing sweaty. :( I missed my workout. Can't wait to exercise tomorrow. :)
Fruity Meals: Papaya / Melon / Tamarind & a few medjool dates / Cucumber noodles with chunky sauce (blended; celery, tomatoes, persian cucumbers, red pepper, lemon juice) on top / Some of the tomato sauce from lunch with chopped avocado on nappa cabbage leaves

I did super good considering I was on an "all you can eat" buffet cruise & did not even have one thing, except water. Then after that, I watched hours of cooking shows with my mother while spending time with her. Temptation was high today, but obviously not tempting enough! My raw food was super satisfying & well worth the wait after the cruise. 

Creative Work: Nope. Spent the whole day hanging out with family.
Give - Share: Shared my tomato sauce on raw cucumber noodles with my mom, and a tinsy bit of my tamarind with a few brave souls.
Incorporeal Bliss: Watching the sun reflect & twinkle on the water during the cruise. Being proud of my nephew & his new job. Feeling inspired by my sister & her work. I really like this little video she made of her jewelry that she posted on her blog. Lots of bliss today. :) I'm grateful.

Day 99 of 108

The strawberries I ate today were from someone's back yard! Yay! ;)
Sleep: About 9 hours (I think the running & the kundalini class yesterday had me beat! I was tired.)
Sunshine: Sunny & hot day today.
Water: 3 liters
Love: I love Pandora. Coolest ever!
Joy: 90 minute kundalini class, 60 minute personal kriya/mediation practice, lots of walking & jumping rope.
Gratitude: So grateful that the laundry mat saved my stuff. I left a quarter of my laundry there & remembered a day later!
Bliss: Feeling someones pride. Someone made something just for me. I could feel how proud they were of their work. The enthusiasm they had in the accomplishment was magnetic & uplifting. :) I felt fulfilled because they felt fulfilled.
Juicy-lusciousness: Fresh OJ / Orange-banana-lamb's quarter green smoothie / Strawberry-basil-banana smoothie / Garden lettuces & chopped cucumbers with strawberry-avocado-orange dressing

Day 24 of 108

Young coco water

Date mylk: blended dates & water

Red grapefruits

Saucy raw 'noodles': cucumber noodles made with a potato peeler, I just peeled till I got to their seedy centers, then I chopped those up along with tomatoes & avocado, & put it all in a bowl. The sauce was made of young coco-meat, red bell pepper, habanero pepper, scallion, lots of lime juice & fresh basil all blended into a cream.

:)

Day 8 of 108

My classic citrus feast; oranges, tangelos & grapefruits
&
My new dinner favorite; big crispy organic iceberg lettuce leaves rolled & filled with chopped avocado, scallions, tomatoes, fresh oregano & lemon juice. -I also have a cucumber on the side to bite -between bites!

Day 4 of 108 ~ Yesterday I ate;

Soak water from my died mangos
Soaked mango blended w/frozen banana (-So good!)
Raw mango-tomato soup
Raw zucchini noodles with sage-tomatillo sauce
Salad: tomato/bell pepper/onion/lettuce
Durian (-Mmmm... yum.)

*Raw Mango-Tomato Soup Recipe* (serves 4 people) You can also use it a a salad dressing!
If I can remember this correctly, here it is; several medium-large tomatoes, a few scallions whole (top & bottom, without roots), lots of soaked dried mango, a little soaked dried papaya, lime juice, lemon juice, 1/2 an avocado, 1/2 a jalapeno pepper (use less if you don't like hot pepper), some fresh cilantro, a whole red bell pepper & 1/2 of a zucchini. Put everything in the blender & blend until smooth. After that, you can add lots of chopped watercress on top & a few red grape tomatoes for color.

Day 1 of 108 ~ Today I ate;

Big salad with lots of veggie-fruits & a super yummy cilantro-avo-basil-jalapeno-tomato dressing 

Today was fabulous. Today is day 1 of my 108 days of fruits & leafy greens (the re-start date). Starting again today. Yesterday I had my last dinner eating together with my sister. I told her that  it's be for me to stay away from salt & things that taste yummy, but bloat me. I totally understand that others may digest gourmet raw or salts really well, but I don't. The next morning my face & hands are totally swollen. I's always tasty & fun while I eat it, but the next day (or days) I suffer for it. So being back to the fruity-leafy salt free plan today feels quite good. Feels like home. :)

Today I ate;

Ugh, it's getting worse. I ate too much today too. -And! I ate nuts. They are not on the 101 day fruity-leafy diet program. This week my sister is here visiting from California (-first trip to hang-out with me for a week in 14 years!). She wanted to try healthy raw friendly restaurants so that I have something I can order (that isn't cooked), she also wanted to try this raw restaurant called Rockin' Raw in Brooklyn for lunch, because it has Peruvian dishes (-we are half Peruvian, our other half is German). Anyway, we went, I ordered food too and bam, ....went off the diet. (-Eeek.) She loved it so much, she wants to go there for dinner before she leaves New York. (-Eeek again, more tempatation, cause the food was yummy!) I will take her back there on Wednesday or Thursday night before she goes.

Black Sapotes
Blended dates & water
Raw hummus & flax chips
Raw spicy sauce on zucchini noodles
Raw nori rolls with veggies inside

I think what I will do is start the challenge again after this week. I really want to go for a least a 100 days and follow it through to feel the progress & the difference. I don't want to mix it up with other raw foods or salt. If I do that, I will never know how good I can feel on just fruits & leafy greens. I really want to see what that would be like. So, after this Friday, (that is when my sister leaves), I will begin again & go 108 days -straight! No flub ups, no special occasions, tryin' it once again. Goin' for the long haul. -XO!

[The pic above is not from the restaurant, but looked similar.]