Choosing Your Food With Love...

It's late and I will be getting up at 5:00 AM tomorrow, but I want to write to you and share my day.

Today's Raw:
Breakfast:
1 banana with 2 tablespoons raw crunchy almond butter with shredded coconut and cinnamon

Lunch:
bowl of Seaweed Chowder (you will see this two times today, as I had to finish off this batch and make a new one for a dinner this eve)

Snacks:
12 small Himalayan raw figs
Raw Revolution chocolate hazelnut bar (this was good, but I was really content after the figs)

20 ounces Red Clover herbal infusion in water (nourishing herb; used to clean the whole body)

Dinner with Friends: potluck
Seaweed chowder (me)
guacamole with carrots (Lizzie)
raw cauliflower couscous with raisins (Joy)
lentil-chickpea burgers with cooked lentils, chickpeas, peas and fabulous seasonings with a spicy peanut sauce with curry and cumin (Lyn)

Dessert:
Raw brownies with banana ice cream (Lizzie); the ice cream is just frozen bananas put through the Omega juicer; great for children, too

20 ounces water

Yes, I had 5 small raw brownies, like little cups; they were so beyond the beyond! A very cool thing I did for the first time is this: Lyn made a new recipe from 'The Healthy Hedonist' cookbook; the minute I saw the title, I said, "Yes, that's me!" So, the lentils, chickpeas and peas had been cooked, and I saw how beautiful these patties were. Lyn spent a long time creating them just for us women. As she was about to do the final step of sauteeing them, I asked her if I could taste one pre-stove; it was just fabulous; like the filling for an Indian Samosa. So, we left one out non-sauteed, and that was my share; cooked but not cooked, get it?
What could I have let go of today??? The raw bar for sure; since it was a non-running day, my body did not require that much fuel/calories. Too much fat; since I knew what was coming later, I might have started today with a green juice rather than banana and almond butter. And of course, I could have had two raw brownies...but oh, they were so good.
All this is merely observation and learning for future choices; no regrets; no guilt; only joy and self-love.

Here's my question to you:
What foods could you have let go of today?
What foods could you have increased today?
Which foods gave you the most energy?
Which left you tired?
Are you loving your choices and rejoicing in your body?
What would it take to have an intimate relationship with your food and your body?

Tomorrow night I may not be at my computer or any computer, but I will be at a fabulous vegan (not raw) restaurant in NYC; Blossom. It's a women's night.....so I'll catch up with ya'll on Sunday night.
Choose the foods that you love and that love you.
Peace to you,
Hope