Two Month Progress Pictures

Ok, so I took my two month progress pictures and I am not posting them. I lost 6 pounds this month, down to 185. I am a little, correction, a lot, disappointed with my numbers and pictures. I don't seem to look any smaller. If anything, I think I look bigger! So a big dissapointment for me. I think I lost all my weight in my head. I have this small head and then a huge body. I need to add in some exercise too. I am so upset about this. I really wanted a nice difference. So I am not posting pictures until I can see a difference. Otherwise it is just too depressing and it makes me feel like I am not making any progress.

Yesterday felt like Christmas here. A friend of mine did raw for a month in the spring and then went back to SAD foods. She had a bunch of raw foods in her house that she was not going to use so she brought them over here. I got a whole bag of almonds that were bought back when raw almonds were still raw almonds. Yippee!! Also I bought her raw cocoa. I am a chocolate lover big time so I was very anxious to make something chocolatey. So I made a chocolate banana smoothie. I followed the directions and added 3 Tbsp to my smoothie which consisted of 3 bananas and a little agave and water. WOW! It sure was chocolatey. The only problem is that after I drank it I got an annoying headache and felt really spacey. I just wanted to crawl in bed. I felt like I had been drugged. I still feel spacey now, the next day. So next time I will cut back on the amount I use, regardless of what they say. I guess I am not in danger of using all my cocoa powder too soon! That would be an expensive habit to start. I really don't like the way I feel, still, after having that. Weird thing is I have had raw cocoa before in dessets and never had a problem. It was probably just to much all at once. Lesson learned! Next time I won't follow the directions! LOL!

That's not Meat and a contaminated Christmas party

Sorry I have not posted in awhile. I keep meaning too and then just get too busy to do it. I have been trying to work on my book too when I have a few moments to myself.

Last night we had a family Christmas party to attend and I just have to write about it. My Memere (grandmother) was making meat pies for everyone (traditionl French meal) and my Aunt had asked that everyone else just bring a dish to share. Originally I had planned on bringing a salad, but opted to bring a veggie platter instead. I made a really yummy dip using cashews, lemon juice, water and a lot of spices. I was so happy about how well it came out! I also brought a SAD ranch dip. Well when we got there I got my platter all arranged and set out the dips. I put the SAD dip in the veggie platter center holder thing because it fit and my yummy raw dip was in a container that was too big to fit in the little hole. So I placed my dip beside the tray. A couple minutes later my daughter tried to dip a SAD cracker into my raw dip! Eeek! Then my son and someone else tried to dip their chip into it!!! Augh!! Contamination! I managed to fend them off and then promptly grabbed up my dip and took it away where it would not be contaminated! I felt bad because I wanted everyone to try it, but not if it meant that all of their SAD crumbs would end up in my raw dip. Next time I will bring two containers and put one out for them to contaminate all they want, and save the other one for me!

Also while we were at the party my family was helping me prepare a plate of food for my daughter. I told them, no meat. She is not all raw but I put my foot down firmly in the meat area. No meat. Period. Well my sister tried giving her some appetizer that had crab meat in it and I said "no she can't have that." My sister says "why not?" "Because it's meat" I say. "No it's not" she says. Then later my father tried to give her some shrimp. I walked upon the scene as he was handing it out for her to take (she's only 3). I said "She can't have that, she doesn't eat meat." My Dad says, "It's not meat, it's shrimp." So I guess that according to my family seafood is not meat. I'm not sure what it is then!

Other than that we had a good time at the party. One of my Aunts brought a fruit tray, so between that and my veggie platter I did not feel hungry, and had plenty to eat I had meant to bring along some date balls but forgot to make them before we left. But it turns out I didn't need them and did just fine.

So I guess that is all for now. I need to get back to my book!

Winter Wonderland

Hello,
This morning I woke up to this:

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! It's cold!!! My husband spent over an hour this morning snow blowing us out! It is so pretty to look at, but not a lot of fun to drive in. When the weather gets like this, I don't drive. I have a hard time driving in the snow.

I didn't end up making the nori rolls again last night. I just had an avocado with some lemon juice and sea salt and dill. Quite yummy. So simple, and so good. I just love raw foods!

Nori Rolls

Here is a picture of my supper from a couple nights ago. Yes it tasted as good as it looks, and yes I ate the whole thing. Every last yummy bite. It occured to me after I ate it all that I should have asked my hubby if he wanted to try it. Ooops!
The nori rolls were made with shredded carrots, shredded spinach and sliced avocadoes. The dipping sauce was made from about 1 Tbsp mac/cashew butter, a couple squirts of Braggs, a splash of water and a pinch of red pepper. I actually put a spoonful of the sauce on top of the nori rolls before eating them. It was so good I think I'll have some more tonight. This time, I'll share!