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I've invited my daughter Christina Makly to write some articles for us. She and my granddaughter have recently become vegetarians. She found some things on the PETA web site about cruelty to animals that concerned her, so they stopped eating meat. I know several vegetarians and vegans who won't even wear leather shoes or buy leather purses and that is based on the consciences. So we all make different choices for different reasons. I'm eating more vegetables and less cooked things to get healthy. So we are exploring many options on this site and I plan to talk about more of them soon. So far I have lost 6 pounds 11 ounces in 3 weeks and I plan to post more of what I've been eating soon. I do that so that I can admit where I've gone off the path, and to open up your minds to other options. And to show that even though I'm eating a lot of the right fats, I'm still losing weight. I've been a normal American carnivore/omnivore all my life and am still eating some meat but finding it less appealing. I'm not going to try and push tofu on anybody. I've had it 100 different ways, don't like it and won't try anymore. There are too many other ways for me to get protein.

Chocolate Mint Cookies

11/2 cups raw almonds
1 cup dates or chopped dates
3 tbs. raw chocolate powder – set 1 tbs. aside
5 springs of mint leaves stems removed
3 tbs. Ionized water
Process until it sticks together and rolls into a big a big ball in the food processor. Takes about 2-3 minutes.
Pinch off small pieces and roll into small balls, roll in reserved raw chocolate powder, press flat. Eat or refrigerate. Makes 26 cookies
By Nedalee Ruiz
Nedalee is the author of The Desperate Parents Handbook http://www.desperateparent.com/
Nedalee recommends http://HealingWaterMachines.blogspot.com for more articles on health and healing.
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Monday Gladness

1.21.07
Weigh in: 159.1 down from 160.9 last week. When I subtract the two I’m shocked to see that I lost a pound and a half! I expected it to be more like a few ounces. Whew…as she wipes the sweat from her forehead from the dreaded weigh in. Actually, I cheated quite a bit last week, so I am surprised. I found One Day at a Time's Valerie Bertinelli blog online. Bertinelli's online journal chronicles her quest to lose forty pounds, Jenny-Craig-style. Readers will appreciate Bertinelli's candid approach and can-do attitude in facing a problem with which many Americans struggle, all though I’m not sharing this in support of the Jenny Craig diet, I think you may find some of her insights interesting.
http://www.jennycraig.com/valerie/

food journal

1.16.08
Rebounder 15 minutes

I woke up with more energy again today and feel that it was from the living salad last night.

Breakfast---Blueberry smoothie. My smoothie wasn’t smooth today. I tried to modify to make they recipe for one day instead of three and I got it too thick and was gaging on it. Had to put it back in the blender and add water and ice.

Lunch---Salad

Dinner Neat balls and Black pepper cheeze. The Raw Food Gourmet: Going Raw for Total Well-Being spread with Black Pepper cheese page 161 of Ani's Raw Food Kitchen: Easy, Delectable Living Foods Recipes. And some home made lavender berry sorbet that I will publish the recipe soon.

1.18.08
Breakfast –Protein bar because I forgot to eat. Watch out for these many brands are very high in sugar.

Lunch—Enchilada with a little rice, cheese, sour cream and some beans.

Dinner—I ate such a late lunch that I wasn’t hungry for dinner eat. This is not good for dieting because you will not lose fat that way.

4 16 oz. Glasses of Ionized water.

1.19.08
Breakfast—2 neat balls with sun dried tomato cream cheese and two tiny sweet corn tamales.

Lunch--- 2 Taco supremes from taco bell and a lavender soda. The sugar in the soda seriously zapped my energy f or several hours.

Dinner—2 Taco supermes and one cheesy beefy burrito from taco bell, plus some Doritos chips

1.20.08

I woke up feeling like I had a bladder infection today. So rather than most of my meals, I added about 2 oz of pure unsweetened cranberry juice to my ionized water and drank several glasses of that through out the day.

Breakfast---1/2 protein bar

Lunch---Salad and ½ roast beef sandwich from Claim Jumper.

Dinner ---none.