OH week 3 in the water!

All I can say is WOW. I can't get over the difference in my life with getting up and getting in the water at 5 am! I never thought that I would crave exercise EVER! Now in the afternoon, even when I have been up since 4 swimming for an hour, I could go back and swim another hour! All I can say is that it's the Raw food. Yup! It gives me the energy and clear headed desire to move my body. Raw eating feeds my mind as well as my body and I have never had such a clear vision of my health before. I am looking forward to joining the 50 mile club and I hope to finish it much sooner than the year they give you. It is 36 laps per mile x 50 so... you do the math how many laps that is hehe. pssst that is 1800 *faints* hehe Ah I know I can do it, I did 15 Laps on one day I should be able to do 20 by the end of this week and I swim 5 days a week :) So easy right? That's only 18 weeks!

A Week of Swimming

Oh What a fabulous week! I started getting up at the crack of early each day (4:30am) to get myself to my local YMCA and put in an hour of swimming before work. I made it Monday-Friday and I am feeling amazingly good! I have kickin energy my whole day and I have been sleeping better and earlier haha. I stretch well when I get in and I was quite amazed at how good I did for spending my winter basically doing nothing. I am already ready to add some heavier cardio so I decided to swim M-Wed-Fr and Tu-Thur on the treadmill. On week 3 I think I will ad some light lifting on the circuit trainers. I am really amazed at how the Raw eating has flowed into the exercise so easily this time. Next week I will be adding more Green Smoothies to the equation as well and work at keeping the hydration and cleansing a high priority. The drive is about 20 minutes and that is a perfect time to focus and visualize what I am doing and it really puts me in a zone for accomplishing what I want to do each day.
I am also getting ready to list what raw food I eat during the day and it is mostly for myself so that I can see what I am eating and how it effects me.
Serenity and Bliss

Ahh The Sun

Oh yesterday was so nice. It was over 80 for the first time and everything just seemed to explode with green and delicate fresh colors. Once again I am back on track with my Raw eating. I have been almost 100% now for 2 weeks and all I can say is WOW what a difference in how I feel. Energy is up and working out has been a joy instead of a pain. How I wish I could spread flowers like this Spring fairy, casting beauty around me. I will try to do that in my mind with good feelings and see if I can effect others that way with a smile. I am so thrilled to be heading back into the summer and the fresh local produce.. Raw is Right :)
Serenity and Blissful

Gentleness of Flavor

As I step back from eating the things I shouldn't and head back to Natural Raw eating, I am once again struck by how the taste of my food changes. I eat less, I chew more and the delicate flavors once again fill a different place in my eating experience. I am still so amazed at how we so easily numb ourselves and our taste buds with food. It is so much over kill that even though we taste, we miss so much and the more complicated the food combinations the worse it is. I was eating a salad made with mixed baby greens and it had fresh dill and cilantro in it and it was so amazing to chew it and allow my body to absorb the wonderful smell and taste. In the past I have poured dressings over my salads and it was a habit to drown them. Now, I put as little on them as possible and trying to keep things as simple as I possibly can. As I cut and prepare my food I also try to take time to smell what I am cutting and really check the colors and enjoy the entire process. I am going to try to take my time and make my preparation of my food as enjoyable as eating it!

Spring and Vivid Swirls of Color

Spring has gently eased it's way here to me. I can say that I am very grateful to feel the warm sun on my face once again. This has been a very long winter both in the season and in my life. Spring shows me that I too can once again regrow and repair and that is what I am doing. I will cherish the breeze that makes the little jonquils dance. I will look for the shimmer of the dew on the new green grass. I will greet the warmth of the day and the cool stars that glimmer in the sky above. I will take Joy in painting Swirls of Vivid colors on the once bare walls. Serenity And Blissful.

Will Winter EVER End?

O.K. UNCLE! I can't remember a time when I was so ready for winter to exit stage left. I'm going to pamper myself today. I think that of all the times I need a hot cup of tea to comfort me it is today. I am going to make sure that I appreciate Spring this year. I am not going to let a soft warm breeze pass over me without a quick sense of gratitude. Winter has many joys and bright spots but not today. If I had a choice I would flip a switch and stand outside and watch the flowers grow. O.K. enough belly achin.
I am gearing back up for my journey back to raw. I am reading, gathering ideas and motivation and that alone has brought me much comfort and encouragement. I will put my best effort into being good to myself.

A Fresh Start back to Raw

Yup I did it! I fell right off the earth itself! Into the black abyss too mind you. Nah not really. But some days it felt like it. Like always, the lowest point can be the fresh start in the right direction and if you are positive and hopeful then it can be like a rocket ship out of the hole.

I know that Raw is Right. I know that eating and thinking and living Raw way is what I want to do.. Staying the course always a challenge but isn't all of life that way? So back in the saddle I jump. I have 4 days off of work and I am taking the time to organize my thoughts and set goals that I can manage.
My main goal is to regain the health (both mental and physical) and energy that I enjoyed on Raw. I am also going to work on how best to avoid dropping off at high stress times and I know that preparing for them to occur is what matters the most.

It has been a great morning going back and re-finding the things I love about the Raw lifestyle. There are old friends and familiar faces still working and living their Path and that is a great comfort to me. I see new people finding Raw an beginning the journey and that too gives me hope and I regain the wonder of finding it for myself the first time. I see some new products and new recipes and Ideas and that also encourages me.

So, Cheers to new beginnings!