“I have the amazing ability to clearly communicate my wisdom to others.”  
– Kris Carr’s affirmation for day 13

Day 13 Weigh In: 76.5kg’s 

I’M SO EXCITED ALL THE TIME!

Looks like the weight is falling off again.  It’s not the main point of this adventure but I am certainly not complaining. Went to gym today for a 30 minute weight session and 20 minute run. I hit the sauna for 15 minutes afterward and I feel amazing.

Tomorrow is a new day as well, imagine that? Blessed.

Have you been meditating?

Meditation is a great practice to develop. What could be the harm in quieting your mind, to feel what it’s like to be gently inside your body. If you don’t notice effects straight away, please don’t be discouraged – keep at it, and slowly you will become a master of knowing your true self. If you find it too hard to quiet your mind, some people find it easy to start off with concentrating solely on music . In the end, the silence becomes your music, and every sound that is born into existence around you sends shivers of pleasure up your spine, because you realise it's pure energy forming out of nowhere. I’m not exaggerating. Try starting off with some binaural  beats, or isotones (get some for free at this website), most people will notice a strange sensation wash over their body when listening to these sounds – never be alarmed, just let it happen.

If you want to get started on meditating I recommended isotones. I currently use those to kick-start my meditation sessions. Binaural beats are proven to be more effective, however, you must listen to these with headphones as their success lies in dispersing a different frequency out of right and left speakers to emulate a certain brain frequency.

BENEFITS OF BINAURAL BEAT MEDITATION?

Have said t increase: IQ

Aid weight-loss

Calm nerves and anxiety

Aid in reversing depression

Awaken inner awareness and motivation

Open your heart to love!

But hey, I’m not  a scientist, I just participate because it feels amazing and I notice benefits, give it a go for yourself!

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SELECTED MEAL PREPARATION

prunes, miso, tamari, lime, olive oil, sesame oil, ginger

RAW NOODLES 

For the sauce:

Prunes

Gluten-free noodles (vegan friendly is best ;)

Sesame Oil

Olive Oil

Stable cooking oil

Miso

Tamari (salt-reduced soy)

For the contents:

Capsicum

Onion

Carrot

Zucchini

Carrot

Shiitake

Cucumber

Bean sprouts (some crunchy ones!)

1. After adding all the ingredients for the sauce into a large bowl, blend until smooth and creamy (this sauce is freaking amazing by the way, I was stunned)

2. Fry up some veggies but remember the less cooked the better! 

3. Fry up some veggies but remember the less cooked the better!

 

4.Add your sauce and you are good to go. (Yum!)

EATING OUT

The vegan feast I shared with my mother and sister this week + veggie juice

 

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“I love how wonderful I feel and I am so incredibly proud of myself, right now, today.”  

–Kris Carr’s affirmation for day 11

Mushrooms, spinach, homus, peppers, nuttelex, vegan mayo, lettuce,
gluten free tortilla wraps, cucumbers, apples, organic honey, purple carrots,
Rice Bran oil (Good cooking oil)  

Snow peas, olive oil, prunes, cous cous, lettuce, bean sprouts, shiitake mushrooms,
Brussels sprouts, pears, miso soup, vegan noodles, mung beans, cucumber

Day 11 Weigh In: 78.0 kg’s 

So I seem to have hit a bit of a weight loss stump – my weight has gone up in the past 3 days, but I certainly feel lighter, and look lighter. Ugh, does anyone else hate this cold weather? Keeping my bedroom window shut makes me sneeze! Apart from that, I haveexperienced a great improvement in my sinuses.

Mood: Bright as

Motivation: Through the roof

 Over the detox blues? Perhaps. I am so excited all the time I can barely keep it inside – but when I do keep it inside it’s just as lovely to feel all the positive emotions swirling around in there. It feels like my heart is getting bigger and bigger, I can love stronger and harder, and I am not afraid of the consequences that may bring either. There can be no downside to an open heart. My writing is coming much easier, especially where related to assignments. My mind is much more focused on the topic, as well as enthusiastic about it, enthusiasm creates that spark in my writing, making it flow better.

Benefits I am feeling?

• Less day dreaming: Face it, this can be nice before you go to bed, but an escapist like myself can spend way too much time in the head, therefore missing all the beauty of the moment or automatically rendering it insufficient for my happiness

• Laughter: I positively seem to enjoy everyone’s humor without any walls getting in the way – humor that is relevant to my level of understanding that is.
• Love: I have way too much love to give today

• Peace of mind: Every activity I engage in, I focus on fully, slowly, and with compassion, the days just keep getting better

 I’m not missing sugar or animal product at all, and my energy levels feel amazing! I may not have to add some eggs back into the diet after all which I am so happy for. If you try this diet and find that no animal product is wearing you out by this stage, add minimal back in to see how you go, not all bodies are made for simply green living. I am going tell my body how grateful I am for its capacity to keep me so alive on a cruelty free diet.

My house-mate bought a new yoga dvd. Since I have mastered the other one I am looking forward to doing the same with the new one. It’s much harder, I am going to be one balanced cookie by the end of it. The previous Yoga dvd that started off my journey was called "Yoga with Amy". Take a look at her website. Amy is gentle, and has a soothing voice, you can simply feel her inner-awareness radiating out, I highly recommend her. 

Now I am out to master "Michelle Merrifield's Yoga + Pilates"while this DVD involves more advanced balance training - which I am looking forward to, Michelle brings more of a "Pilates" instructor vibe to the DVD, talks loud, fast, and high pitched which easily distracts me from my meditative zone. Give her a go though if you are looking to get started!

MEAL PREPARATION

Olive Wraps + Tofu Eggless Salad

OLIVE WRAPS

Chives

Olives

Caramelized Onion

Baked red capsicum

Kalamata olives

 Vegan Cheese (Although I cheated and used mozzarella) 

1. Bake small diced capsicum (bake with a good cooking oil and place over and herbs and spices or slat and pepper you desire. 

2. Cook your onion in classic nuttelex and good cooking oil till they are soft and golden

3. Have your gluten free wraps ready (but be careful because they break easily), lather on the avocado and add the rest of the ingredients 

4. Bake the crap out of them then munch them all up

TOFU EGGLESS SALAD

Dijon Mustard

Snow Pea Sprouts

Carrot

Tofu

Vegan Mayonnaise

Salt + Pepper

Onion

1. This is really simple, chuck all the ingredients in a bowl then enjoy them. This salad tasted absolutely divine, go on and try it. 

PATTY SALAD SALAD

See previous post for the patties

Patties

Avocado

purple carrot

Sprouts

Spinach

 

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“I am calm and light. I am peaceful and easygoing. I find beauty in simplicity” 
– Kris Carr’s affirmation for day 7

Day 7 Weigh In: 77.7 kg’s 

Mood: Dull

Hair Skin Nails: Skin is now completely blemish free, my eyes are whiter and greener, my hair seems to be fully of life

Perhaps I am hitting the detox blues around this point in time. I am feeling more tired than usual (especially my muscles), I find it harder to wake up in the morning, some days I have stayed in bed all together.With my university and work commitments, I have found it hard to muster up energy or drive to even write a post.I will see how I go in the next few days, but I will add back in some eggs to the diet if I continue to feel a lack of energy. I am finding no motivation for the gym in the last few days, but I keep up with my Yoga every day. Once again I will urge everyone to try and take up Yoga and incorporate it into their lives somehow.

Tomorrow is a juice fast day – Wish me luck.

Selected meal + Juice preparation photos

This juice includes apples, spinach, lemon, cucumber, ginger, lettuce, celery, fennel

My juice chilling out in the morning sun, doesn't it look magical?

Prep for a bean patty: olive oil, cumin, tamari, beans, onion, sweet potatoes, Polenta

 

Remember to stick to your goals as much as possible when you eat out.
I enjoyed a beautiful vegetarian burrito on its own in a bowl with my
sister last week, was a wonderful evening and I didn't feel guilty for
eating poorly afterwards ;)

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This beautiful salad includes mostly raw food as advised for this diet. Mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, snow pea + Brussels sprouts, avocado, onion, and glucose-free rice noodles! On top, is a little bit of hummus mmm yum <3

“I am so frickin’ cool and delicious and pretty and witty and sharp! I love every inch of me! Who wouldn’t?" 
– Kris Carr’s Affirmation for day 3

I managed to stay strong and keep to the path so far,  apart from eating an easter-egg on day one, I have stayed completely toxin free. 

I have enjoyed the diet so far – Day 3 was supposed to be the first hump day. Detox signs can include pimples, upset stomach, and pimples, these however are all good signs as it is a symptom of  toxins leaving your body. I seem to be skipping them for now though.

Whereas time slipped away from me yesterday in regards to a blog post, I also decided to swap my exercise time for study. Today, I usually would have gone down to the gym for some weight training and running, but I was in the mood for Yoga, which is becoming the normal for me. I  plan to do some relaxing meditation and breathe work before I go to sleep tonight.

I have certainly lost weight in the past couple of days, but the one thing I notice the most is my bloating-free tummy, it’s becoming much flatter with the thorough chewing of my\ food, good hydration, and mostly due to my happy sunlight filled diet. 

I feel my motivation is a little lower than it was on day one. I was found it a little hard to concentrate at university today, but that may be due to some overdue play time with friends.

Staying toxin free means trying to remove as many chemicals from your life as possible, including your skin-care and makeup.I have been using coconut oil as my main body moisturizer now for months and my skin is glowing. Nothing else is needed! I find that the coconut oil (good to buy one you could include in your cooking too), is all my skin, and hair needs to stay shiny and smooth. I have recently switched up my skin-care  from Clinique to Kora. Kora is very expensive and I was lucky that my mother decided to buy me something useful instead of fattening for easter as a present. If Kora is out of your price range there is no need to fear there are plenty of cheaper alternatives available. However all organic skin-care is going to chip into your finances a little, so what? Do you want beautiful skin or not? When it comes to my makeup, I am yet to save funds to do a swap, but I will update you as soon as I do.

By the way, my skin is almost completely blemished free after a week of using Kora. It always has a dewy appearance, and, no make-up is needed for cover-up! I hope you all find joy using organic skin-care products just as much as I do!

Day 2 weigh in: 79.6 kg’s

Day 3 weigh in: 79.0 kg’s

 

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