Raw Delight

This morning, May 10th 2012 -- 134.0 lbs.
...that means I lost 4.4 lbs. in the 1st day of my fast.  

Now, I don't plan on weighing myself every single day ----but it IS really rewarding to see that number fall.  I haven't been 134 lbs. in quite a long time.  I know that was mostly water release, but that's fine - I don't need to carry that extra water around all the time!  Makes me tired!  4.4 lbs. is heavy all day long! :)

So, I'm feelin pretty good this morning.  It's 10:30. I'm starting to get a little hungry.  I've just had a little water and tiny tastes of the raw 'baking' batters I've been working on this morning (nothing that amounts to even a whole bite combined, just dabs of the flavor).  I'll have some juice as soon as I finish this text.

Something I realize about ME... if it's creative, I like it.

During this juicing process, I really wanted to be efficient and try to use as much of the produce item as I can - so I'm trying to use the pulp from the juicing process in other recipes.  I have all the great kitchen gadgets to do this with.  My food dehydrator came out the other day to make some fruit leather (roll-ups) .... but it's not stopping there.  I am using a lot of apples and strawberries in these juices (because strawberries are SO cheap at the farmers market right now, and apples just go great in juice recipes).  So, this morning I decided to experiment and make a few new 'gourmet' raw food dessert items.

What's great about this, is it gives me the ability to be creative in the kitchen.  It also gives me the ability to be efficient and not waste half my money in the juicing process.  It allows me to cook and have a relationship with HEALTHY food, even though I'm not preparing actual meals to eat right now - but these treats are dehydrated, so I'll be able to enjoy them later!  These are raw foods, which I believe greatly in.  I have no guilt about eating raw foods.  They make me happy.  It makes me happy to share these things with my children, vs. store bought junk food cookies or cookies baked with white flour and sugar.  ALSO ~ this is really propelling me in the business mind.  I can sell these things.  I CAN.  If I come up with a good plan and market them, I CAN!  I can sell them near and far too, because they're dried and don't go bad.  I can SHARE HEALTH.  I can SHARE LOVE.  I can bring in some money to support my family (which brings the love right back).  AND it makes me happy to FEEL the health in it, and can keep me around my goal of living WELL.

I'm feeling inspired today.  I'll post a photo of at least one of these treats later today <3
Now... time for juice. xoxo