Heya! Just a short note. Ive been so busy about the last weeks. My holidays were so nice but then I prepared for my exams and was learning quiet a lot of stuff esp. physiology, hydrotherapy & massage. Today I had written exams – and Im quiet exhausted now. Not only because of that. The last days I ate cooked food. I thought I needed some and as long as its vegan it might be an option. Esp. because I really craved for it. But now I have to take care that it doesnt becomes a habit. Its a very thin line. And not only do I feel exhaused, I feel tired, I feel sad without a real reason, I lack focus.
So Ill give myself some time now to get down to raw food. And maybe a juicefast will do the trick. Im not sure when Im starting. Or even if. Dont know if Im strong enough because I feel a little bit down these days.
I used Christmas time to make delicious raw food recipes. Photos will come along the way…! My family supports me and that touched me so much. Instead of chocolate and sweets they made me a delicious plate with dried fruits & nuts. How sweet is that? This meant so much to me, more worth than presents or anything like that. But besides, Ive got a spiral slicer now and some other great kitchen stuff.
Ok, thats it for now & today. Pictures will come along the way this week!
Oh my! I havent written for ages it seems! Ok, here we go:
I cannot really believe myself but I started to exercise. With Pilates. I like Pilates and theres not much to tell about it because those efforts are well known. I dont have a plan about exercising I just feel the need to do it now and then. Who knows for how long!
My food is more vegan than raw vegan these days. I added some cereals and soymilk. And my moms deliciuos bread. Oh, its so delish… but I feel my body responsing to it immediately. The bread makes me stinky somehow. And the cereals dont keep me satisfied, just full. Strange to explain. I have no words either for that.
This is her bread.
So Christmas is around the corner, do you have your christmas gifts already? I have *yikes*, watch this:
This are Sarmas (Sarma Melngailis, Matthew Kenney: Raw Food Real World) Macaroons and love to make them, the whole house turns into a christmas bakery and the smell… uuuuhhhmm, already when preparing:
ENJOY!
SWEET
DREAMS are made of these…
I also love to have a smoothie in the morning. Mostly Banango or banana + orange and as a special treat blueberry-banana-smoothie (because blueberries are not so much in season now and expensive as well, so I try not to take one so often.) The same goes with raspberries. I cant resist when I see some and to blend them with a banana is sooooo delicious! Ive called this pink sunshine because its exactly what came into my mind when I enjoyed it:
Sometimes I make salads. But Im still not that much into it.
These are the last ones.
So Christmas is coming soon and I hope you enjoy this time as I do. The Christmas market is right infront of my doorstep, and you guess it – its the reason why Im not all raw these days. But these days will go by and its fine. And I plan to do a detox after christmas. Maybe a 3-day-detox, a juice fast or water fast? Hm, well see. And afterwards I want to eat less raw gourmet and less nuts. Although Im not eating much of them now. I think its good to eat just fruits, greens and vegetables just as they are for a few days. The days between christmas and new year are perfect for that. Ill keep you posted.
Actually Im reading books about shamans and esp. Totems/Power Animals (dont find a exact translation). When I started to read a book about that I cried nearly every few pages. Usually Im not crying often but this really touched me. It was like coming home, like missing something (which I didnt knew) and suddenly coming back, knowing it all has been here before (and always will). Listening to shaman drums makes something with me and I cannot express what it is.
I wish everyone of you a very special christmas time! Enjoy 4th of Advent and Ill write again before christmas!
Haven´t written recently. Oooops. And this wont change the next days, maybe not until Christmas has passed. Im having my exams 11th december, so Im learning quiet much for it. After that Ill work in a parfum store 10 days in a row until the 24th of December. And every day on the road for two hours then. So Christmas wont become such a thing this year. I think I will be too tired to get to my parents on christmas eve, so it will be the next day, I suppose.
One thing I tried some days ago was my first raw chocolate pudding:
Here I put some oat flakes together with peanut squish and some agave syrup, on top some carob powder, cacao and coconut.
My newest thing is making flax crackers. I love them. If I want them spicily I add tomatoes, herbs and some salt to the soaked flax. If I want something for my sweet tooth, I use peanuts, cinnamon & agave syrup. I have some with me everywere I go. Because you never know… esp. in christmas market times…
Im only having a pic like this from the flax crackers. These are becoming the sweet ones.
This is one of my cookies I already posted about below.
Coocakenies?
The view from my balcony looking to the right:
And looking to the front:
And finally looking back to the summer sunrise:
Oh and finally I nearly forgot to tell you what I had today, 1. of Advent: I made some hazelnut ground, put on some bananas and a chocolate topping made of avocado, banana, agave syrup & carobpowder. And some ginger tea with it enjoying the view from my windowboard. Today shops are opened so people start to grab their christmas gifts.
Have a nice evening everyone!
Edit: Didnt posted sth. about the chocolate pudding like I thought. So now I do. I made it from 1 avocado, 1 banana, some agave syrup and some carob pwder. Blend together and enjoy 2-3 servings.
Another thing I experimented with are kale chips. Didnt thought that they were so delicious!!! I added some olive oil and sea salt and thats it.
Now Im having flax crackers in the oven. The spicy ones with red bell pepper, herbs and sea salt. And the chocolate choc ones (cacao powder slipped out of my hand) with oranges and cacao. Smells very chocolike! Im curious how it will taste tommorrow.
These days Im not as raw like the last weeks. I could have nearly climbed walls on Sunday, so much I was craving for bread. And because its not that worse, I finally ate some. Since then Im eating bread nearly every evening. I suppose its because of the cold and nasty season. When Im at home I need some comfort food. But instead I could make some raw cookies. Or allow myself to eat nuts, even if its a lot. I love nuts. No wonder, right? They ARE delicious! I dont want to eat worse stuff. So indeed, nuts are okay.
Ill make some cookies tommorrow. I have so much pears given by a friend. Ill try something new with pears, apple, banana, cinnamon, carob powder,… who knows… (photos are coming this weekend).
There are so much things happen right now. But I dont want to tell until its really clear. And it all has to do with raw food. But I will finally keep my mouth shut now.
Im back again. I did this beauty-promotion. I still feel not well about it. Wont do it again. It was like returning into the “old” world with stupid problems and silly stuff, a not-real world. Dead somehow. And it was physically exhausting. But the good thing was that I met some so nice people. Only few but they made my day!
And then the first snow came. The first snow is always so special and no matter what and how I feel – it makes everything so beautiful. And it doesnt matter if its covering or slushing… its magic! And I was blessed to spend this time in a beautiful old town. Though I had to work in the drugstore, the snow outside made me happy and in my lunchbreak I enjoyed it with every sense. Stunning!
Friday I was back home, spend the day reading on my windowboard and did some homework. Lazy day.
Yesterday Ive been on a seminar, learning animal communication! Yes, it was great. Although there wasnt much very new, it was sonice to chat with the other ones about the animals, sharing pictures of our beloved ones.
And today again lazy day, housekeeping and so on. Tommorrow Im back at school. And eeew, its just a month and then are the exams. Horrifying! But Im glad to be home again, keeping up my daily routine.
I havent any food pictures from last week. I ate just simple & pure stuff: grapes (yummy!), apples, bananas and nuts when being on the road.
I blended apples with coconut and added some cacao and cinnamon, mhmm… a delicious treat for Sundays! I dont have a dehydrator yet, so I put into the oven at around 40 degrees. And it takes really longtime, around 6 hours or so.
And now this stuff is in the oven, maybe Ill get some kind of muffins out tonight:
Same mixture like above.
But I have had coffee again today, 2 times. Hmpf. And my skin looks not so nice anymore. A big spot is making its way on my chin. Wow. This is really what Ive been waiting for when starting beauty promotion tommorrow. So Ill get some pineapple and cucumber again because this Beauty Smmoothie really does it:
I also experimented with cranberries. With the result that I dont like them so very much. But combined with banana and pineapple its okay:
This is my nephew. Hes not raw. But he liked the smoothie (even more than I did). Hes been here with me for two days and we had great fun. Like this:
My cat was not so pleased. I think he was jealous because of the foot reflexology massage Hes next.
This is my little nephew. We were in the garden of my sister and her husband and grabbing some delicious stuff. Oh, how I loved that…
So, what else to say? Today I did some administrational stuff. Im happy that I did it finally. And Im reading David Wolfes Superfoods actually. I think I will pick up some of his recommendations, f. ex. goji berries and Marine Phytoplankton. But Im not finised with the book so there might be some more to come.But still I think that every plant is a Superfood but his suggestions are inspiring.
Im feeling ok so far. Could be better because I feel somekind of heavy and lazy and ate too many nuts the last days and less fresh fruits, vegetables & greens. So tommorrow Ill buy some cucumber and pineapple and more delicious fruits like grapes or so. And tomatoes. And Ill start again a green smoothie challenge because I feel a need for greens.And my lips have become bleakly since a week or so. Detoxing?
Have a lovely sunday!
P.S. Yes, Im still trying to get off from coffee. No wonder that my face looks like it does. Ill replace it with tea, hopefully it works.
And finally: Im really happy to eat nearly completely raw, no exeptions anymore. No processed stuff, no cakes and sweets, no breadies. And it is so easy now! It makes me wonder everyday but I love it! Suddenly its so easy. So by now I think that the waterfast has been really successfully because it works since that time.
Since my 1-day-waterfast Im nearly completely raw! Yes, and I cant believe myself that it is like this. I just wanted to tell this shortly because I havent blogged for some days now. Ive been busy and then had my nephew here. And now Im preparing for a beauty promotion that Im doing next week. Im sourrounded by so much beauty stuff and now I know all the ranges this company offers in skin care. And I wish these products were organic! But they arent. I do not use them because Ive heard they are tested on animals.
So its now my turn to explain. Because I love love love animals (& am so exited to take part in an animal communication course next saturday!). Sooooo?
Yes, I love beauty products, Ive always been like this. But while getting into vegan and raw stuff my mind changed and I also detoxed my bathroom, one step following another. And before my internship Ive been self-employed with promotion and service jobs which I loved. And Ive always tried to get into that beauty jobs which wasnt that easy. Therefor I went to London for 3 month, doing beauty promotion in the House of Fraser. Shortly after returning the internship started. And I knew Id like to do beauty promotion again and I miss it so much. Although my apprenticeship is pretty cool. And to get a foot into the door I choosed to accept this beauty promotion now. Its offered by an agency whos also doing beauty promotion with organic stuff. The agency is focused on beauty and I hope to work together with them some more times. And this one is to get to know each other, to prove trustworthyness and so on.
This afternoon I tried out some of the products on my hands and arms. Im not going to use it on my skin because of rosacea and Im on coconut oil now which works perfectly. The coconut oil and the skin smoothie ( pineapple & cucumber) did a great job!
Next time Ill show you what I had to eat and some more stuff. I hope you all are in perfect health!
P.S.: 0,01% is tea and coffee so far. Ill stop coffee now because its causing red blemished skin.
I did not make it. Exept for one day. I think I took it too easy and not serious enough, just like “Oh I did fastings before, so what…” But its not like that. Every fast is different. And I suggest there are too many things in my mind which I cant let go. And instead of relaxing holidays I have a busy time in front of me. And I want that.
But although the water fast didnt went as I wanted to Im ok. Im very glad indeed. Because I think that Im now finally at the point where my body does not crave for anything alse than raw food. My mind is already set on raw food since weeks/month but there were still some sidekicks. But this single water fasting day made it clear to me/my body that there are so many fruits, greens, vegetables,… – and that makes me happy. Of course I wish I could have done it much longer than just for a day. And finally I think I planned it too much ahead. Because its only possible in my holiday week and so on and I put some pressure on me that I had to do it now… and so on. But Im ok.
This afternoon Im with my sister and in the evening I spend with my youngest nephew. Im looking forward to this. Tommorrow Im going to Berlin (getting a car for a beauty-promotion-job next week) and Thursday to Friday my other nephew will be here with me. Thats really great because he loves massages and treatments and I love to have kids for massage.
Next time I will post some pictures because Ive made my first raw cookies! Yes, the ones I dreamt of while fasting!
Well well, this is Day 1 of my Water fast. And Im not sure alredy now if I can make it for a whole week. But right now Im ok. And I know the first days (up to Day 3) are the hardest. But this day is nearly over and I must say that Im very glad about that. This was my day:
I woke up early and did an enema with warm water. Then I took an acid-base balanced bath and a face mask with chalkstone and avocado oil . It was nice with candles but in silence, no music or podcast around. After that I felt quiet good and drank some warm water. I relaxed while reading and going online. I watched a Desperate Housewive Episode. Then I went to bed. I was tired and felt the need to be in bed and to keep warm. When I woke up I felt hunger. I feel it nearly all the time which is quiet unusual because I did an enema. Thats why its really hard today to keep on. Hunger all the time. Dont know this from my last fastings. I sat on the window board an read. Books might become my best friends for the next days. After that I felt a need to move a little and I danced slowly, moving every part of my body. I dont want to think so much and Im trying to avoid it. Thats why Im online now and will watch a movie later before finally going to bed.
But here are some pictures of my food I had yesterday. It was all raw to enlighten my digestive system (havent been completely raw the day before).
Three banana-”hot dogs” with apple-sauce
I dont know what this fruit is called, I ate it for the first time. So delicious! The other half I spiced up with some coconut crisps.
This was my evening meal: just tomatoes with some parsley.
Later the evening I also had an apple. This food above looks very few for one day but I binged the day before so I wasnt very hungry at all. Or should I add the picture from the tomato soup twice because I ate two bowlsof it?
But now the kitchen is closed. But Im thinking of food all the time. Esp. because I ate that wonderful fruit yesterday (above) which was so delicious. It now seems so easy to me to be and stay raw. Theres such a great variety of food! I hope I get it after my fast. And Im thinking about getting an dehydrator. For making some snacks which I can always take with me and which might prevent me from eating processed stuff. I could make some cookies fromnutmilk pulp and mix it with fruit. Or apple&coconut.
Ok, I should do something different now. But stay away from raw stuff for today and tommorrow. Hm. Thats it. Although it might become hard because Im getting a book delivery tommorrow and it contains of course raw books as well.
Im Judith, a 29year old vegan girl from Germany who is going raw - now! Here I write about my experiences with eating raw food and using it for beauty.
Enjoy! :)
Last week I tried my first raw cookies! 
I dont know what this fruit is called, I ate it for the first time. So delicious! The other half I spiced up with some coconut crisps.
This was my evening meal: just tomatoes with some parsley.