Guest Post: Athletic Therapy

Yesterday, on Day Ten of the Raw Food Challenge, I ate: - 1 apple and about 1/2 glass water - Green tea and assorted sashimi on a bed of shredded carrots, beets, and daikon at a sushi restaurant (the sashimi was three pieces salmon, two pieces red snapper, two pieces…

Day Ten of the Raw Food Challenge

Yesterday, on Day Nine of the Raw Food Challenge, I ate: - 1 glass lemon water, 1 apple, and a few corn chips (I made them in the dehydrator the night before and had to taste them when they were ready the next morning :)). - 1 banana with cashew…

Day Nine of the Raw Food Challenge

Yesterday, on Day Eight of the Raw Food Challenge, I ate: - 1 apple, 1 granola bar (same recipe as yesterday) smeared with some cashew butter, and 1 glass lemon water with 1/2 scoop calcium/magnesium powder - 2 cups green tea and 1 apple with cinnamon - Spicy juice pulp…

Day Seven of the Raw Food Challenge

Yesterday, on Day Six of the Raw Food Challenge, I ate: - 1/2 apple and a smoothie made with 1 frozen banana, 1 kale leaf, 1/2 scoop calcium/magnesium powder, the contents of 1 Probiotic capsule, lemon water, orange juice pulp, and frozen blueberries - 1 apple with cashew butter and…

Transitioning to a Raw Food Diet

Yesterday, on Day Five of the Raw Food Challenge, I ate: - 1 glass lemon water with 1/2 scoop calcium/magnesium powder and leftover banana pancakes smeared with sesame seed butter and topped with frozen blueberries - 1/2 apple with chocolate spread and a few sweet potato chips - 1 apple…

Day Five of the Raw Food Challenge

Yesterday, on Day Four of the Raw Food Challenge, I ate: - Banana pancakes (I used this recipe but made them a smaller pancake-size rather than crepe-size) spread with sunflower seed butter and topped with blueberries, plus a glass of homemade juice made with a small handful green grapes, 1/2…

Exceptions to the Raw Food Challenge

Yesterday, on Day Three of the Raw Food Challenge, I ate: - A small handful cashews/sunflower seeds and a smoothie made with 1 frozen banana, 1 leaf kale, 1/2 scoop calcium/magnesium powder, 3/4 cup water, 1/2 tsp cacao powder, 1/8 cup orange juice pulp, and 1 tbsp wheat germ -…

Day Three of the Raw Food Challenge

Yesterday, on Day Two of the Challenge, I ate: - A few sweet potato chips dusted with cumin/black pepper/sea salt made in my dehydrator (I'd made them the night before and absolutely had to give them a taste!); freshly squeezed juice from my juicer: 2 kale leaves (without stem), a…

Day Two of the Raw Food Challenge

Yesterday, on Day One of the Raw Food Challenge, I ate: - Smoothie with 1/2 frozen banana, 3/4 cup water, 1/8 cup each orange pulp and kale pulp (both leftover from my juicer), 1/4 cup frozen blueberries, 1 tbsp each wheat germ and ground flaxseed, and 1/2 scoop calcium/magnesium powder…