DAY 42 - HIGH CARB, LOW FAT RAW ORGANIC VEGAN - 80/10/10 CRON-O-METER

Had a very nice day today. Spent time with my friends Kris & Steve.  As always we talked about raw food! Yum.  I'm going to teach Kris how to make the Fettuccine-Alfredo before they go back to their Florida winter home.  For Christmas I'm knitting them an afghan for her beloved Lanai room in their Florida home.  She couldn't be happier!  I need to get started on this right now to give it to her before their departure in October.  As always I will miss them. 

I've made the decision to put in the effort and do an organic garden next year.  I've weighed the pros and cons and took a sober look at the projected expenses and learning curve the first 3 years - the most expensive! I feel it is our responsibility to do what we can to take care of ourselves and share our bounty with others freely.  My actions reflect my ideals for sure.  I started a seed bank from my organic produce.  I'm labeling and dating each batch.  My friend, Trish, has offered the use of her vacuum sealer for seed preservation.  That was kind.  Kris and Steve are starting a garden also when they return to Florida. October is their planting season.  I'm sharing my seeds with my friends and she is grateful. 

I'm getting a lot of joy out of sprouting.  I have sprouts daily and share my bounty with my friends and they in turn feel the joy.  It also is a great way to entice others to eat healthier, but certainly not to manipulate anyone.  Everyone needs to make their own decisions in their own time for how they want to eat and treat their body.  We often need to have a health or personal crisis before we do something substantial to change.  Change takes commitment and consistency.  You have to have motivation to get the other two. 

A note about sprouting broccoli seeds: they stink!!!! Yep, those little stinkers not only smell to high heavens, but they are costly buggers! I stopped sprouting them because of these issues. I don't like eating raw broccoli-too spicy!, so I wanted to eat the sprouts. I read up on different ways to grow them and came across the soil method. I started sprouting them again yesterday and will plant them in soil today. I'll keep you posted.

Yesterday I increased my water consumption to 80 ozs because we are having 100 degree heat.  This will continue for the next couple of weeks.  This summer is the first one ever I am managing fine in this heat.  Every other year I normally would be sick by now - not fun!  This is very refreshing! 

I had 80 ozs of water, watermelon 6 cups of banana-kiwi-mango smoothie, 10 dates, Fettuccine-Alfredo with baby spinach, asparagus, tomatoes, alfalfa sprouts, Nan's Sweet Pepper-Tani Dressing with romaine, corn off the cob, tomatoe and alfalfa sprouts. 

Cron-o-Meter stats: 2747 calories; 84.4% carbs, 9% fat, 6.6% protein.  Water: 5908.8grms, Fiber: 80.3%, Sodium:258.5 mgs. 

Happy to say that produce is cheaper right now.  I got tons yesterday and it didn't break the bank! Yahoo!!  The co-op reduced the price of their organic bananas down to the same as Natural Grocers so I bought 23 pounds (my weekly use) their instead.  A woman questioned me about it and asked how many in my family, LOL  I told her just me and I eat that many in a week.  Then the normal response about sugar and glucose management!  I gave her some education of course.   She mentioned her doctor said: blah, blah, blah and that she had type 2 diabetes.  LOL  So I told her it was the fat, not the fruit. (Of course she was over weight)  Then I asked her how much fat content was in what she was purchasing.  She was quick to tell me the processed phood was for her DH and said not much fat.  I told her all her produce in her basket had fat in it.  Of course closed minds and defensiveness are not good tools for learning.   People certainly don't like changing their opinions about fruit, do they? That's ok, I'm an avid educator!

Eat your fruit!  Cut your fat!  Use Cron-o-meter to track.  Up your calories to 2500 for moderate activity and more if you exercise avidly.  Don't be starve-conscious!