RAW Living and Learning

32 oz of water 2 oz of fresh wheat grass juice Mug of organic coffee with 1 tsp organic coconut sugar 32 oz of water w/ lime juice Today we prayed the 5th O Antiphon and blessed the tree. Today the ornaments go on the tree and then we wait in anticipation! 16 oz of water Today's Work out began with arms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF0niVnmMY0 Next up a butt and thigh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYtyBgKuS8M Total Body Cardio was next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnM9chgA8wQ I skipped the cool down and did more cardio: Did it 3 times over; I still had more songs on the Nano that I wanted to hear :) Today I made the children a Strawberry Mylk Shake: water 2 T organic flax seeds bananas raw cauliflower Bag of organic frozen strawberries 1/2 of a small Haas avocado +JMJ+ Today I am grateful for our beautiful Christmas tree. 

18 oz of lemon water 2 oz of fresh wheat grass juice Mug of organic coffee with 1 tsp of organic coconut sugar 16 oz of water Today we pray the third O Antiphon. 16 oz of plain water Today I combined my arms workout with cardio in this Fitness Blender Routine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGtWy3_9qVo&feature=endscreen&NR=1 Then I did a Lower Body with some cardio/active rest between sets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11JXbBBgfWg 32 oz of plain water Tonight's Blended Soup: A mixture of frozen strawberry, pineapple, grapes, mango and peach. Bananas and Dino kale, loads of kale!! Look at that color! It was so good. After we decorated the porches I had some steamed organic white rice and some organic green peas. No salt, no oil just a sprinkle of onion powder!! Yum. 16 oz water  +JMJ+ Today I am grateful for 4 helpers that helped me decorate the porches and the yard tonight. It was a beautiful night and as our ...

I really don't know how long my shred will go on; I am just playing it by ear I guess.  It actually resembles a cleanse or a raw detox but I never liked those titles. Raw Shred popped into my head one day because my focus was on the physical activity as raw foods was already part of my normal lifestyle.  I do know that I will not back down on the exercising, I really like how my new schedule is going. I also will of course never abandon my raw foods. It has been over 4 years since I adopted this lifestyle. I will always make it my goal to eat the highest percentage as possible, that is just how it will always be. I am determined to keep improving and learning each day. I of course won't keep documenting each and every workout and each and every thing I eat throughout the day but instead will revert back to my usual posts, sharing recipes and special things about our life.  But this has been fun for me and it really made me conscious of what I was doing and what I was ea...

18 oz lemon water 2 oz fresh wheat grass juice Mug of organic coffee with 1 tsp of organic coconut sugar Today we set up the Nativity, blessed it and then had our prayer circle time around it. We blessed the stable and manger. Then the animals We then blessed the Angels and shepherds.   The star and the Magi And finally Mary, Joseph, and the Christ Child. We then safely tucked the Christ Child away until Christmas Eve. We begin each school day with our prayer circle time. I sit with the children on the floor and we pray the rosary, say our regular morning prayers and offer prayer intentions for whomever is on our prayer list that day. Then we read some poetry or a particular folk tale, learn a new song or read story of interest. But during the various celebrations of each Liturgical year we get to focus on particular devotions and traditions making for an very varied and exciting year for the children. This is the active component of their Catechis...

16 oz of plain water Mug of hot water with fresh ginger and lemon (still suffering from the naughtiness) 2 oz fresh wheatgrass juice Mug of organic coffee with 1 tsp coconut sugar Today I worked out in the early afternoon, my time of choice. For the next 6 days I am going to do arms every single day. My posts are each a day behind, so I am writing this post on Monday but it won't be posted until Tuesday. (note to myself so I will remember my exact dates of this shred and our Advent celebrations/rituals)  Today I began with an easy arm warm up from Fitappy.com: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ZWMy4nwDk&feature=related Then I did this arm routine XHIT Daily: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAGfBjvIRFI&feature=related This was a great cardio to get me warmed up and panting very quickly--feel the burn!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQrQfN-RhI&feature=related To finish it off I did an intense 7 minute cardio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZWZ4...

16 oz lemon water 2 oz fresh wheatgrass juice Mug of organic coffee with 1 tsp cocnut sugar Blueberry Soup: Wild frozen blueberries Baby spinach Bananas ++++++++++++++++ 16 oz water 2 Mugs of green tea ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Salad with spiralized carrots, daikon, cucumber and sprouts. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mug of peppermint herbal tea. Not feeling well, digestiveley speaking, from that evil wheat crust!! I'm not eating much today, need to get things a rollin again if yah know what I mean. Worked out late today, right before bed actually. I know that is the worst time to, but our schedule today was a bit out of sequence. Better to do it than not, right? Warm up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0mMyV5OtcM Then I did the Burn workout from last week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HJcmTCKGqY Hit repeat and did it a second time!!! To cool down and work the arms at the same time I did this Tracy Anderson routine; beautiful, so...

16 oz lemon water 2 oz fresh wheatgrass juice Mug of organic coffee with 1 tsp coconut sugar 16 oz of water with the juice of a Meyer lemon Today's Workout: Cardio Warm up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0mMyV5OtcM Next up a 30 minute Brutal Butt and Thigh workout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11JXbBBgfWg Skipped the cool down because I went right on to Arms: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tone+it+up+arms&mid=EA497ABC31255680ABB0EA497ABC31255680ABB0&view=detail&FORM=VIRE4#view=detail&mid=EA497ABC31255680ABB0EA497ABC31255680ABB0 Ended with a Cardio Bootcamp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNe1p2uPt_g&feature=relmfu Loads of water throughout the day. Today's Blended Soup: Blended together organic mixed berry blend, 4 bananas, water, baby bok choy, organic kale  and Organic India fiber. I am bummed to say that my sprouting experiment did not work....I guess only sprouting seeds work. I have enough of those...

16 oz lemon water 2 oz fresh wheat grass juice Mug of organic coffee with 1 tsp coconut sugar Today was my much needed REST day!! No workout schedule today except for some heavy housework and more Advent decorating. I am one of those people who actually works up a sweat using the vacuum. First meal of the day: I blended a simple fruit soup of bananas, frozen mango and sunflower greens. Looks Like Green Slime but Tastes Divine!! Had a mug of warm lemon water and several glasses of plain water throughout the day.  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We are still in the second week of Advent, Sunday will start week 3. Around here we slowly bring out our decorations and keep building the anticipation as we await for Christmas season to begin. Once we reach Christmas Eve our decorations will be complete and we light everything up and begin our celebration. As I mentioned in a previous posts, hubby wanted to get a live tree this y...

16 oz of lemon infused water 2 oz fresh wheat grass juice Mug of organic coffee with 1 tsp coconut nectar This morning I decided to use up some older garden seeds I had and do a sprouting experiment.   I put these seeds into one of my sprouting jars, filled it with water and allowed them to soak over night.  Then I rinsed and drained them and put them on the sprouting rack. I will let you know if this mixture even sprouts. 2 mugs of warm lemon water First Meal of the Day I Blended up: frozen raspberries 4 bananas 1 T fresh Flax seeds dill weed Power to the Greens Ate in my favorite bamboo bowl. Workout today: I just jumped right into the Quickstart Cardio--no warm up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1TuhAn6C-g&feature=relmfu Jillian's Burn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Bi8hMdwa4 10 minute Arms and Thighs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jKQdyCSqBs&list=PL06F7D4D05FE22F9F Finished w...