Rebecca Anstett's Raw Food World and Lifestyle » Challenges

Tuesday May 17th: Menu

rebecca — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:11:30 +0000

Eating:

- E3 Live
- 1 Tbsp vegan EFA oil, bee pollen
- Supplements (day): digestive enzyme, iron, folic acid, zinc, MSM joint formula, fiber, probiotic
- Supplements (evening): Magnesium Citramate
- Baby corn, cashews, orange, tofu
- chick peas

Vibe Alive

rebecca — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:42:57 +0000

SO excited to have signed up for Vibe Alive’s 7 day raw food challenge starting April 9th…. if anything puts me back on the wagon, perhaps this will!

My food consumption on the challenge:

Saturday

- few cooked veggies
- lots of salad

Sunday

- snacks all day at health food show (wheatgrass, raw cookies, crackers, chips)

Sunday

- raw chips
- lots of nuts
- copious amount of salad

Monday

- raw chips
- 1/2 bag of ‘weeds’
- nuts
- chocolate bar
- fruit

Tuesday

- raw chips
- 1/2 bag of ‘weeds’
- nuts
- chocolate bar

Wednesday

- lots of salad
- green smoothies
- red peppers

Thursday

- lots of salad
- green smoothies
- red peppers

Friday

- green smoothie
- salad
- caved and went out for Indian food

Tuesday January 18th: Menu

rebecca — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:37:56 +0000

SURGERY DAY

Eating:

- E3 Live, Wheatgrass, Chlorella
- 1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp vegan EFA oil
- 1 Tbsp Floradex iron supplement
- Supplements (day): digestive enzyme, MSM Joint Formula, Fiber, Probiotic
- Bee Pollen (lots)
- Ultrainflammix (medical food) – sadly, out now
- Supplements (evening): Magnesium Citramate
- Can of Zoodles

Blessed Weekend

rebecca — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:35:05 +0000

On this blessed weekend (and past few wonderful days), I have abandoned most of my pure raw eating but have mercifully continued with my supplementation and green smoothies on a daily basis. Thursday night at our church, I managed a near vegan dinner accompanied by a huge salad during our session of “Christianity Explored”. The weekend was a bit precarious, but fruit smoothies and salads dominated for the most part. Friday evening, I enjoyed my favourite Viet-Thai dish of baby corn, onions, cashews, and tofu in a spicy orange sauce. After church today, a lovely couple invited us to Swiss Chalet. I indulged in a Festival Special, but had the chicken replaced with a salad. Overall, my “cheats” are tending to be fairly innocuous

Friday November 12th: Menu

rebecca — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:10:15 +0000

Eating:

- E3 Live, Wheatgrass, Chlorella
- 1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp vegan EFA oil
- 1 Tbsp Floradex iron supplement
- Supplements: digestive enzyme, MSM Joint Formula, Paranil, Fiber, Probiotic
- Bee Pollen
- grapes
- pumpkin loaf
- ice cream!!!!!
- coffee

I am going to sprout tomorrow…

Thursday November 11th: Menu

rebecca — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:05:30 +0000

Eating:

This was not a banner day…

Accountability

rebecca — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:10:13 +0000

Recording makes me accountable. Over the past week, I decided to rebel against my ingrained urges and desist to keep track of everything that I consume. I learned a valuable lesson from this experiment: when I am not holding myself accountable through some tangible means, I fall farther off the wagon than a bungee jumper off a cliff. Many things I fed into myself do fall into the acceptable range (the occasional Viet-Thai dinner of stir fried vegetables, tofu, and rice) but others I am rather appalled about – leftover pizza, some sugary cereal, and copious amounts of Hallowe’en chocolate. I know that human beings are infallible, but I would rather be seen as something of a dietary control freak rather than losing myself in a bag of candy. Therefore, I will begin keeping track of my culinary proclivities again. Whether I publicly share or not remains to be seen; I only know that I need (and will) climb out of this hole!

Food Obsession

rebecca — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:29:14 +0000

In the past week, I have eaten a great number of things I haven’t eaten for months. I can’t say that I enjoyed all of the experiences, but I certainly found pleasure in some of them. My actions were partially prompted by my own knowledge and awareness of being too thin, and the rest was recently inspired by the concerns of my family that were brought to my attention. The fact is that I think I was developing an unhealthy obsession with food healthiness and purity.

Why do I acknowledge/think this:

- Dreading family gatherings at times
- Being depressed by going into a grocery store
- Questioning my current relationship because of his diet
- Classifying that which most people eat as “poison” [*]
- Fear of eating most things

Eating well is one thing; driving myself to obsession is quite another!

[*] – which socially isolated myself, if only in my own mind

Orthorexia

rebecca — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:49:30 +0000

I need to gain weight; the fact is that I am too thin. Out of love, my mother and sister approached me with a frank discussion about Orthorexia. According to the quiz, I am borderline. All I ever wanted to do was to eat a high-raw, healthy, and nutritious mostly vegan diet, but I can see now that perhaps it has turned into a bit of an obsession for me. Life is to be enjoyed; I can appreciate that my constant self-monitoring is a cause of concern for my family. I need to develop a new strategy. The fact is that I am NOT eating enough fats. A plethora of nuts are on my list for next week. I am also going to ensure that every day is begun with a nutrient rich (protein packed) super food smoothie. If I ea something that’s not on my “diet”, OH WELL. I am going to proceed with a high raw lifestyle, BUT I am also going to treat myself with LOVE and FORGIVENESS. This is the key to my healing.

Do you spend more than 3 hours a day thinking about food? (For four hours give yourself two points.) — No
Do you plan tomorrow’s food today? — No
Do you care more about the virtue of what you eat than the pleasure you receive from eating it? — Yes
Have you found that as the quality of your diet has increased, the quality of your life has correspondingly diminished? — No
Do you keep getting stricter with yourself? — Not anymore
Do you sacrifice experiences you once enjoyed to eat the food you believe is right? — Sometimes
Do you feel an increased sense of self-esteem when you are eating healthy food? Do you look down on others who don’t? — Yes and No
Do you feel guilt or self-loathing when you stray from your diet? — Only if it’s something distinctly unhealthy
Does your diet socially isolate you? — No
When eating the way you are supposed to, do you feel a peaceful sense of total control? — Yes

xposted to http://www.iamnotmybody.org/

The Beautiful Bruce

rebecca — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:24:39 +0000

Georgian Bay, ON

After 2 days of vegetarian cooking, I spent the weekend at the cottage with my family. Other than green smoothies for breakfast, the rest of it seemed to go out the window. The dragon was surely disturbed. It’s certainly true that cooked food is one of the cruelest addictions. Here I am, dealing with health concerns – limping with a cane – and yet I allowed myself to be coerced into eating things that I KNOW were not in my best interest over the weekend. Tuesday I head back north – a bag of fruit, vegetables from my CSA share, and a loaf of Ezekiel bread for a ‘treat’. Perhaps some raw cheese.