Day One

They say don't blog while intoxicated.

I'm off to a good start. Ha!

It hit me right between the eyes tonite that “this is the day”- I received a package at my doorstep of raw food items from Sunfood.com that I ordered several days back- and it simply struck me as “the” moment... to officially begin my 30 days raw. Why 30 days? I have NO idea.

I excitedly went through my package of packing peanuts, revealing my goods;

Raw nori sheets (

you know, seaweed sheets for sus

hi rolls; typically they're toasted),

Nama Shoyu (unpasteurized soy sauce),

raw chocolate Cacao powder- reportedly sky high in antioxidants;

Unpasteurized honey,

a raw chocolate bar (5 bucks, ouch!)

and some body lotion.

OH! And cereal- I about did a happy dance in my kitchen when I sampled from the bag- I'm STOKED that they are making it a thousand times better than in the past, it's SO good and I'm happy to have this stuff. Breakfast is my biggest concern, because the boys at Pier 46 sometimes make a big 'ol breakfast for everyone.. so now I don't have to worry.

So, I put my stuff away and realized I gotta eat a raw dinner. Luckilly I'm not too picky, so I made a familiar smoothie of:

Almond milk (I recently have begun making this myself almost daily)

Cacao Powder

Handful of spinach leaves from Farmers Market

One banana.

Please feel free to completely overlook the ingredients when I blog; I want to include what I make for several reasons, but I know some of you couldn't give a rat's ass what I actually eat; but I would imagine there's some people who might be watching for all sorts of reasons; to see if I'll fail (maybe, so what? You probably would too) or curiosity of how raw foods makes someone feel – good? Crappy? Bad health? Better health?

I went raw for a year quite some time ago. Here, I'll bore you with my health history; pass this paragraph by if you don't wanna hear it.

I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus oh, about... ten years ago. I felt awful in my joints- I went through emotional turmoil but it's not worth discussing here. After getting my head on straight, I was on meds which made me feel 80% better, but that nagging last 20% was really irritating me. My joints still hurt, I needed help opening jars (can you say “I've fallen and I can't get up!”) and I was just.. not myself. I knew I could find something more than just meds to make me feel better. Something just told me so... and so, I went looking for something more natural, a “fixing” rather than a band-aid like drugs... Eating healthy and primarily raw seemed to make perfect sense to me.

Past the health history part now, I happened to be looking for a part time job, as my kids were in school til the afternoon and I was bored with making sure my pictures were hanging straight. I found a want-ad for a woman needing help in the kitchen, right up my alley, and long story short- she was a raw foodie and I ended up being her raw food chef for a year. I learned a ton and my health improved. Then we moved, sold our company shares, moved again, and that's no fun for someone in my shoes. Now I'm in the early second year of Pier 46 seafood and it's long hours, stress, lots of fun tho, and I love it- but I have no time for myself and the stress is starting to wear on my body and I can feel the old familiar feelings coming back.

I'm on meds and am instructed to do so for the rest of my life.

I want to see if raw foods can reduce my ANA levels and make me feel better.. if I can even pull this 30days thing off, with life as it is for me... HECTIC!

Hey, wine is raw.

Thank GOD.

J.