Oprah
Did anyone else watch Dr.Oz on Oprah? I loove Dr. Oz- today he was talking about aging (something I don’t have to worry about…yet!). He has an anti aging checklist that I think everyone should follow! I’m definably going to try and get my 4 glasses of green tea in- it is such an easy healthy thing to do!
I really felt like peanut butter so I had PB on toast for lunch. Nothing special… I also had an apple along with it and a glass of unsweetened almond milk. It hit the spot! I missed out on veggies though!
For snack I had some Ezekiel cereal with a drizzle of maple syrup and hemp milk. I was really hungry and forgot to take a picture! I will get better- I promise! lol
Are you a vegetarian?
Hi, I don’t know if you saw my post the other night, but do you have any salad dressings that you recommend? Thanks!
I watched Dr. Oz!! Love him. The husband makes fun of me because I try to beat him to his advice before he says it
Are you going to take all those vitamins? I take a multi, but I’m not sure about all the others. And I certainly don’t have the drive to get a knife and cut open my vitamin each morning!
I love Dr. Oz - he promotes green smoothies!! :0D
between the apple, nut-butter, hempmilk, and the almond-milk, you and I certainly have similar tastes!! love it!! :0)
Never commented before but have been following the blog since the beginning! i saw a few days ago when you mentioned that you had eaten some peanut butter and cookies and that it felt liberating to write about it. I absolutely don’t know why……but after my boyfriend left i finished the whole pan of cornbread from dinner! is binging every once in awhile like this normal? i don’t restrict myself, and i rarely ever do something like this! also…..i’m not really going to see a difference on the scale after one day, am i?
Jenna- I’m not currently a vegetarian. I was for a about a year but that came to an end after a burger encounter (I started going out more, alcohol got involved… but have thought about trying vegetarianism again)! I’m not really a huge meat fan and often I will have days without any at all… especially if we don’t cook dinner. I read you also have dabbled in vegetarianism.. what made you go back to meat? I really like to experiment with vegetarian/vegan dishes and products. I have yet to really try making raw food- but I want to! Of course I loovve lara bars.
Lisa- Sorry I did read your comment! I totally meant to answer it. I really like Annie’s Natural brand (http://www.consorzio.com/)- yesterday I had the Cesar. They are all natural and organic- I used to buy Kraft but I realized I can’t pronounce all the ingredients so that kind of put me off! Of course regular old olive oil and vinegar is great too!
Kath- Another Dr. Oz lover! I too already take a muli-vitamin but I probably wont be cutting it in half! I used to take more expensive ones that you need to take 3 times a day but due to finances I’m just taking a one a day! I also already take cod liver oil daily because taking DHA makes your breastmilk even better (and of course its good for me as well!). I may look into a vit. D supplement because I am inside all the time in winter… and I have a calcium supplement but I never take it (after I watched the show I did)! I wish I could take more supplements but they can get so pricey!
Veg- I’d looove to see one of your daily menu’s. Would you post one? I think it is so great your vegan- it certainly takes a lot of dedication! I defiantly love my hemp milk, almond milk and nut butters… you have great taste =)
Brit- You certainly wont see a difference in the scale (if you do it is probably just bloating). It takes 3500 calories (in addition to the calories you need to live) to make a pound of fat so I think your fine! It is pretty normal to go over board sometimes. Don’t beat yourself up- just eat like you normally do the next day and you’ll be golden. I’m glad my post helped you to talk about it. it feels kind of good doesn’t it?
**Brianne:
I’d be happy to email you a daily meal-plan of mine :0) I follow a high-raw vegan diet, eating 75%-80% raw; oh and I see above that you love Larabars??? I eat one everyday!! my goodness we like a lot of the same foods, haha :0D
You are so funny…my vegetarianism officially ended the night my boyfriend and I were at an engagement party and, after one too many glasses of wine, I gave into the chicken nugget temptation!!! For about a month after that I felt so guilty and didn’t tell ANYONE! But then..I went to France and ate a ham sandwich, so all was lost.
I know how you feel..wanting to try again. I never really eat meat on my own and much prefer how I feel after not eating it! I love the idea of being a vegetarian and I hate what they do to animals…it’s just so hard! I hate to sound like I’m not a vegetarian for convenience purposes—but Ryan isn’t one and none of our friends are one..and when I go home and we go out its just really difficult. Plus, in the future when Ryan and I live together how will I cook the meals if I am one and he isn’t. I go through these battles everyday! I don’t know what to do…
Veg- That would be great! I’d love to see what a hight raw-vegan diet looks like. You can find my email in the right hand corner next to “home”. I love how lara bars are basically just dates and nuts- simple can be fabulous!
Jenna- I felt so guilty too! I didn’t tell anyone about my meat eating episode either… I wasn’t ready to lose that part of my identity! I hate to admit it too- but the main reason I eat meat is for convenience purposes as well! No one I know is a vegetarian nor do they understand why I would not want to eat meat. I feel terrible for the animals- I HATE conventional farming so I try and buy only organic. Unfortunately organic meat is REALLY expensive so I can’t afford to buy it all the time but we do buy organic dairy and eggs. I know what you mean about the daily battles with yourself- I really wish it was easier to live a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle. As of right now I am trying to eat less animal products especially when I’m at home. I’ve almost completely cut out drinking milk but I still love my plain yogurt! I’m interested to hear what Veggiegirl thinks about organic dairy? I can do without drinking milk no problem but cheese and yogurt are a lot harder to go with out. I feel like I am kind of rambling but I feel the same way you do, Jenna!
I watched Dr Oz on Oprah too!
I love him!
I am going to try to start cutting my multi in half…I might do a bunch at a time and then I won’t have to remember each day.
I also went out and bought 1000IU’s of vit D supplements- it really IS a small vitamin! just tiny. I never see the sun (it feels!) in winter so I definitely think I was/am lacking in this vitamin. I also dont drink milk.
I also take calcium with magnesium supplements (about 1- 300mg a day). And 1 vitamin C a day.
Also, Does anyone know what you should use to ground flax?