Am I feeling at ease today?

Today's Food:
Breakfast:
2 black plums
32 ounces lemon water

Lunch:
Salad with romaine, aduki and lentil sprouts, carrot and daikon with dulse, nutritional yeast, olive oil and sea salt
herbed olives

28 ounces lemon water

Snacks/Dinner:
Some beautiful Summer cherries
2 Balls of Laughing Giraffe Organics Vanilla Almond Gluten Free Snakaroons (Raw)

Today's Exercise:
5 mile run at the beach

Janine posted a great question on facebook in response to my blog, so I am sharing it with you:
"Great answers...I enjoyed reading. Do you EVER have a bad stomach day now that you eat Raw or has that put an end (for the most part) to indigestion for good?"

That's an excellent question. The only times I might have indigestion are if I have done poor food combining, eaten too much or eaten too late at night.... Each of those taxes our digestive system.

Are you feeling too stressed and run by the time clock of daily tasks?
I recommend starting your day with a glass of lemon water. When you hold this glass in your hand, allow it to be a guide for the smoothness of your ensuing day. Meditate on the water as you drink it, and it cleans out your liver.
Now think about this: How can I take each moment in my day, no matter what I am focusing on, and bring in that same release and relaxation? Let me try.
Food is merely a metaphor for our lives; try and digest each moment in this way.
Today I noticed how much my daily focuses created a constant underlying tightness in my body and a need to accomplish.
So, I took "opposite action." When I needed to finish something and felt that sense of urgency, I purposely got up and took a break to shift my energy with it. When I had to take notes, I purposely stopped taking notes and had some lunch. Later, I had much more energy and fluidity in my note taking. When I needed to wash dishes, I left them in the sink. Suddenly, my body was completely energized to wash the dishes.
I reminded myself that each and every moment of my day is my choosing in how I live it. Only I can shift that energy. I "played" with this concept all day, and at some point, I realized what was important; it wasn't what I thought. I suddenly understood that I could let go of this "push" and allow for my natural flow. From this place in my body, more got completed and it was a soulful unfolding of productivity from my higher self.
Trust; try it and see what happens.

Are You Eating Late at Night?

Today's Yummy Food:

No Breakfast

Lunch:
Bowl of Seaweed Chowder (see previous T.H.E. blogs for recipe)
A new creation: 1 mushed banana with 1 heaping tablespoon of raw, crunchy almond butter, shredded coconut and sprinkled with cinnamon; all mushed together (confession: I had two of these, just because it was so outrageous, but I recommend having one for proper calories and fat)

Snack:
RawRevolution chocolate hazelnut bar

24 ounces water

Dinner:
Salad with romaine, cabbage, daikon, carrot, cuke, sprouts with nutritional yeast, dulse, olive oil and sea salt
a few herbed olives

12 ounces of water

No more late nighttime desserts for me! Did you know that we are supposed to finish eating at least 3 hours before we go to bed? Why? Because nighttime and sleep time are the hours where our bodies complete the digestion process and move into the detoxification process. If we keep eating, we are going to bed with undigested food that simply stagnates and ferments in our bodies, not ending up where it is supposed to. Not only that, we don't allow our body to rest and detoxify; we are forcing them to work extra hard, like keeping our car running overnight even when we are not driving it. This stresses the body.
I would add to the 3 hour rule not to eat after 7:30, unless you are out for a special evening with friends. Of late, through the Winter months of hibernating, I would often get a surge of energy to complete things at around 9:00 PM; then I would be at my computer for a couple of hours, and I would eat my raw desserts during this time. The results? Fatigue, weight gain and gas.
So, I am back to my original lifestyle; no late-night grazing; no eating after 7:30 unless out with friends. If you don't get home from work until then, eat your larger meal during the day and some snacks that are easy to access (a raw bar or a handful of raw nuts) in the late afternoon. If you must must eat when you get home, just have a green smoothie or a fresh Thai coconut with coconut water and meat.
Come join me on cleaning out our bodies and giving them some rest...
and in the morning, please start your day with a large glass of lemon water to detoxify your liver.