Tasty Treats

This is the birthday cake from my friends birthday party last week. He got the recipe from an Allisa Cohen book, its a Black Forest Gatoux. It was really tasty, rich and moist like a BFG.




A guy who comes into the health shop I work in bought me in a huge bag of herbs he picked from his garden. There is rosemary, thyme, sage, chives, mint, and a cucumber & tomatoes. I was delighted with this gift, this man is so nice. Last week he gave me a basil plant. Here is a pic of some of the herbs I used in a soup, also in the soup was the meat of half a coconut, carrot juice, ginger, garlic, & tumeric.



And here are some juicing ingredients, I aim to have at least 2 litres of juice everyday.

Raw Food Transformation

I am delighted to be working with and documenting the progress and transformation of my friend Martin O Regan. We began this new chapter on monday 26th sept 2011 and we're going to post weekly weights and measurements until Martin is where he wants to be. At the moment he is about 22 stone and his measurements are:



52'' waist
47'' hips
48'' chest
26'' upper leg
16'' upper arm

Here are the before pictures:


I am diet-coaching & personal-training Martin. His diet will consist of raw, organic, vegan nutrient dense foods, with an emphasis on juices and superfoods. Martin has also taken up exercise, which will be helped by the energy he'll have from his new diet.

''We are what we eat, our cells are made from the food we eat. To be a sweet, juicy and colorful person eat a diet that is sweet & rich in juice & color''

On the first week of Martin's new healthy lifestyle his measurements are as follows:

48'' waist
46'' hips
46.5 chest
25'' upper leg
16'' upper arm

Week 2 seen him shed even more inches:

47'' waist
46'' hip
46'' chest
24.5 upper leg
15'' upper arm

Week 3 and he has dropped 3 stone!!

47'' waist
46.5 chest
45'' hip
24.5 leg
15'' arm

3 down 7 to go!

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!

New Year Juice Feast

I am embarking on a good old juice feast to bring in the New Year. On this one I'll not have any bee-pollen as it starts up my digestive system & its hard to have just a spoon or two. I eat the savory juices from a bowl with a spoon like a soup, which makes it easier.
Today I've had

~ apple, mandarin & ginger juice blended with fresh aloe vera gel, black-seed oil & camu powder
~ juice of 2 cucumber, celery, brocolli, garlic, red onion & ginger
~ apple, cucumber, mandarin & spinach juice blended with camu powder & black-seed oil
Tomorrow I'll get back into exercising after a long break over Christmas.

Spring Clean

I am about to embark on a long juice cleanse. I have done a few 10 day ones already and from those juicy experiences I know how good it feels to give your digestive system a break. The benefits are really amazing. I'm going to go for 30 days on just juices, no superfoods like bee-pollen, spirulina & chlorella as I tend to over on eat them when I'm juicing & not eating any other solid food. Not only does it cost a bomb to live like that but my body isn't getting the rest it needs as the super-stuff is passing thru me & keeping my digestive system ticking over which defeats the purpose. So just juice for 30 days at least, ideally 60 or 90 days but I'll take one day at a time til I get there. I'll write about my adventure here, things like the complementary aids & practices I'll use, my intake, how I feel & sleep, & how my body changes. Starting tomorrow.

I cant wait to get juicy-er for summer.

I made the juice in the pic today, it has celery, cucumber, apple, lemon & sprouted sunflower seeds in it. Its the sunflower seeds that give it its creamy color which make me think that it is good for my skin, let me explain.

Mother nature has a clever way of letting us know what is good for us & what body part it will benefit by giving us visual clues in whats known as the Doctrine of Signitures.

A walnut for example is shaped like a brain, and omega 3 fatty acids in walnuts benefit the brain.

A tomatoe has 4 compartments/chambers inside it like our hearts have, its also about the same size & is the same color as the heart. Beetroot juice looks like blood & is a blood builder. A sliced raw carrot has the shape of an eye on it & everyone knows carrots are good for your eye-sight.

So I definiatly think I'm onto something with my skin-colored-juice :)

Now there's some food for thought ;)