No whey?!?

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Hi. How are you? I do apologize…I think I’m going to blog daily and alas, life gets in the way. Things here have been quite great. I honestly have no clue what day of the ACT cleanse we should be on right now…because we have stopped. *GASP! It’s okay, it is a good thing. Timm and I are making the most of the days we’ve got with the summer weather and friends. So, if we find ourselves at a vegan BBQ we will eat. If we find ourselves craving chili dogs at midnight we will refrain, but make the next morning for breakfast (worst idea ever).

With the cleanse officially being over we are still taking serious strides into eating better daily. My morning still consists of a warm water with lemon juice and a green smoothie of goodness. Timm is having some Go Lean cereals with some fresh nut mylk made by yours truly! Yes, say good bye to preservatives in our overly processed breakfast mylks. For lunch we have a salad. And I’m honestly shocked that I’m not sick of eating salads every day. Monday – Friday we have salads. Whether for lunch or for dinner there is a salad consumed. I try to add and subtract different ingredients to make the salads different and have different flavors. WOW the variety pack of salads is honestly never ending. I had a great convo over birthday pizza and beer with a friend. We began naming all the different fruits, nuts, veggies that assist in the awesomeness of a salad. Example: pear & walnut, apple & almond, mango & avocado, adding herbs to the salad really is a wallop of a surprise, adding green onion to my salad is great — Timm would like no onions or celery to step foot in his salad dish. Pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, raisins, dried cherries, craisins, alfalfa sprouts and then there are all the veggies….you see how this combo works. Also, cutting the veggies different is a huge help. I like peeling my zucchini and carrots into noodles so it feels like a big awesome pasta of raw veggies. If we do a stir-fry and have left over quinoa that is a huge added treat to the salad. Marinating mushrooms in Nama Shoyu, oil and rosemary adds a brilliant twist to the salad as well. Not to mention the difference between tomatoes you can add. nom nom nom

Other additions that we have taken on are exercise. This is new to me…and I like what I see so far. I feel better, my skin is looking better, and I’m sleeping like a log. Awesome! Neither one of us is claiming 100% being vegan at this point. I still want ice cream from time to time…but if there is a sorbet option or a rice/soy option I’d rather go that route and save my tummy the pain. I still like the thought of wheat, but my body can’t handle wheat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Maybe one meal…most likely dinner. We aren’t purchasing overly processed foods. We’re making our own items. We also are making some really tasty iced teas now that summer has begun. Give me a few more weeks and then I’ll start making breads! Watch Out! Or maybe just hold off ’till the winter for bread baking hobbies to commence.

Along the way in this ultimate food experience, I am understanding my body’s reactions to certain foods so much quicker and for that I am beyond thankful. I keep reading so many blogs of men and women who have had cancer or diabetes and switched to a vegan and/or raw diet and have found themselves in remission and off medicine. Having come from the midwest and watching many family members get strang scary diseseases I find this news only more than encouraging. I am passing on recipes and ideas to my mom weekly with hopes that she doesn’t become ill…ever.

Do’s and Don’ts from this week:

• Don’t laugh at your friends that stretch before playing dodgeball, they are more experienced than you and most likely didn’t have soreness issues the next morning.
• Do bring ‘athletic clothes’ not jeans to dodgeball activities
• Do eat every package of vegan skittles you come in contact with…well maybe not every package.
• Don’t eat veggie chili dogs for breakfast, even if your significant other tells you it is a good idea and he’ll do all the cooking.
• Do eat veggie chili dogs for breakfast if you have no desire to leave the couch for the day
• Do attend Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show and play pinball and arcade games for solid five hours+.
• Do stretch before playing pinball for more than one hour solid
• Do cheer on gamers that are inducted into the hall of fame. YEAH STEVE WIEBE!!!
• Do try drinking some lemon juice and warm water in the morning before breakfast for a nice warm soothing start to the day
• Do visit goneraw.com for raw recipes
• Do take the images off your camera in a more timly manner to share with the masses
• Do avoid whey in products — it is milk too.
• Do try to make your own nut mylks.
• Do start pondering family activities for when family comes out west for Christmas!!! Millers takeover Seattle this December!

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