Amazing Grace

For the last week, I have been reading one of the most amazing, mystifying,  and incredible books that I have read for some time.  I won't review it, because Heidi & JS of Raw Food, Right Now! already did a great job.  Go here to read the review that peaked my interest enough to send me to the bookstore for a copy.  This book is all about becoming the best you ever. Here are a few quotes that really got my attention: Discipline weighs ounces; Regret weighs tons.  Any and every physiological symptom from a toothache to a terminal cancer has its roots in thoughts, words, and actions.  And the best quote ever: Until further notice, celebrate everything.  There are many stories in this book that are incredibly inspiring and some that frankly boggle the mind.  One story that did both for me was titled The Backster Effect.  In 1966 a man named Cleve Backster, who was retired from the CIA and working in NY training policeman to administer polygraphs, was in his office watering his rubber tree when he was struck by a thought that perhaps he might be able to record the increase in the water content of the leaves with the lie detector.  He placed electrodes on either side of a leaf and watered the plant.  No change.  He decided to try the technique that he called "threat to well being" and  dipped the leaf in his hot coffee.  No change.  Next, he decided to get a match and burn the leaf.  The instant that he had this thought, there was a huge change on the graph paper.  The authors, David Wolfe and Nick Good, quote Backster.   "I had not moved, or touched the plant, so the timing of the PGR pen activity suggested to me that the tracing might have been triggered by the mere thought of the harm I intended to inflict on the plant."  

If our thoughts can affect plants in this way, imagine what we are doing to each other and the cosmos each second of our lives.  The authors call this book "the guidebook to becoming a superhero" and so it is.  There is no time like now to leave behind all of the old patterns that haven't served us well.  There is no time like now to recreate ourselves into the super hero we were all born to be.  

Today, April 23, I ate:

8oz water

12 ozs grapefruit/orange juice

1 large cameo apple

8oz water

18oz green juice, spinach, celery, cucumber, carrot

1 raw brownie bite with buttery vanilla frosting made by Mariel

2 sprouted essene crackers

18oz Mango/orange juice/ vanilla/hemp protein smoothie

1 raw brownie bite thingee (Oh, those were good!)

16oz water

For the recipe for the raw brownie bites and other delectable raw desserts click here.

Have an amazing day.  Oh, wait.  Have an amazing life!

Love,

Diane

What's for dinner?

21 April, 2009


People so often ask me what I eat.   It varies from season to season and this fall I undertook a 60 day green juice feast with mixed results.  Now that the weather is warmer and fresh produce is becoming abundant again, I am going to start listing everything that I eat each day.  This serves two purposes.  I generally tend to under-eat or skip meals and this is not what I would recommend to people.  By listing the foods where everyone can see them, I will be more likely to remember to eat:)  Also, I can refer clients to my blog to see what I'm currently doing and save thousands of answers to the same question.  By listing these foods here, I am not in anyway suggesting that this is what anyone else should eat.  This is just for information because people ask.   Whew, now that the disclaimer is out of the way, here is what I ate today:

April 21, 2009

9:00 AM    16 ozs of water

9:30 AM    18 ozs of fresh green juice consisting of kale, carrots, celery, lemon, and a bit of ginger

10:30 AM   1 LaraBar  Cashew Cookie (I don't usually eat these because I don't like them, but I was out and hungry and my daughter had one with her.)

12:00 PM    16 ozs of raw spicy avocado soup, large handful of sweet cherries

2:00 PM      1 tablespoon of raw almond butter

3:00 PM      16 ozs of water

5:00 PM       Mango, orange juice, vanilla bean smoothie with 2 tbsps of Nutiva Hemp protein powder.  Yummy!!!!

7:00 PM        8 ozs water

Wow!  I did SO much better today.  Yesterday was just grapefruit juice!  Thanks, guys!

The mango-orange juice smoothies reminds me of when I was young and would have an Orange  Julius.  For those that don't know what they are, they are like liquid dreamsicles, those creamy vanilla popsicles covered in orange sherbet, and were one of the first smoothies that I ever had back in the 70's.  Anyway, here is my answer to the Orange Julius lover who wants to have it raw:

1-2 cups of frozen mango chunks

juice of 2 oranges

1/2 of a vanilla bean

Blend in a high speed blender and enjoy!

For added nutrients, I use Nutiva's Raw Hemp Powder.  

It is yummy and does up the protein a bit for those "where do you get your protein" worriers:)

Love,

Diane