New Year's Resolutions

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I always make New Year's Resolutions. Even if I don't keep them for the entire

year, at least I took some time to visualize what I want and ways to achieve it.

I usually try to make one goal is each of several areas of my life. My

nutrition goal is very similar to yours, Patricia. I also plan to eat much more

raw food.

 

I've been reading Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman and I am planning to at least

give his program the six weeks he asks for so I can see how I do on the plan. I

am still in the process of reading the book, but I have already started adding a

ton of fresh fruit and vegetables to my diet, and I am amazed at how full I am.

 

I never ate salads as a meal because I didn't think they would be filling

enough, but with the addition of a bit of avocado and some pumpkin seeds or

chickpeas I'm not hungry again for hours. I also avoided them because I didn't

want all of the fat & calories from the salad dressing even the " low fat "

dressings are high in calories and I loathed fat free dressings. But, now I've

found one that I like. It's Newman's Own Low-fat Sesame Ginger Dressing and it

so delicious and has only 35 calories and 1.5 g. of fat in 2 tablespoons (which

is plenty of dressing!).

 

My fitness goals include daily exercise (aiming for 7200 minutes this year) and

a yoga class. The rest of my goals are not nutrition or fitness related.

 

Have a great New Year everyone!

 

Kristin

 

Patricia Sant <drpatsant wrote: Good

idea, Marie. Yes, I have made some

resolutions pertaining to health this year.

 

First off, I've decided to eat more and more raw

foods. I've always disliked leafy salads

(although chopped up vegetables that sometimes go

into salads, dressed as a salad, I've always

enjoyed). This last year I started to add more

and more uncooked leafy greens (and more cooked

ones too) into my meals, with the result that I

really miss it if I don't get them. I love my

salads now, the more variety of leaves in them

(along with other things) the better. NOW, for

2008 I plan to eat more raw foods in general. I

already eat a lot of fruit (not other kinds of

dessert except once in a long while), but it's

the veggies. And of course, I'd like to start

sprouting grains etc. and see what I can make

with those.

 

Also, a small thing, I tried my first 'green'

smoothie this morning. I just threw some lovely

romaine in with the fruit and water instead of

soymilk, gave it a whirl and there it was,

beautifully fresh and clean and delightfully

tasting of a summer garden. There are lots of

recipes kicking around these groups, so I'm going

to make a collection of them and start trying

them. Sooooooo healthy and so refreshing!

 

My other resolutions don't pertain to eating,

health or weightloss. Oh but wait, one of them

does. I have promised myself to spend more time

on my yoga - it does me so much good that I think

why not devote more time to what makes me feel

fit, relaxed and happy!

 

Okay, over to you guys. Any resolutions? You know

I used to say I wouldn't make them because as

soon as they're made they're broken. But Marie's

right - keep them modest and attainable - then I

think they have a hope of lasting the month out

at least If not, then I'll make them again

just before the Chinese New Year!!!

 

Love and hugs, Pat

 

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I need to get exercising again. New Years is as good a time as any.

I seem to find it easier this time of year, once Christmas is past and

I am ready to get my life back in gear again.

 

Last year I managed to keep up a good exercise routine from January to

June before dropping off. So I lost weight the first half of the

year, and then maintained (lost a couple of pounds, but not much) the

second half of the year. That's pretty good!

 

Since early November, we have been on a gluten-free, casein-free,

corn-free (as much as possible) diet. It has been interesting! And

despite having spent pretty much all my spare time in December baking

for all of the various events so that DS would have " safe " food to

eat, I have maintained my weight pretty well. The scale has crept up

a bit this week, but it is a week before my period, so as long as I

can get some exercise in this week, it should be back down again in

about ten days.

 

Since I don't want to spend all of my time cooking, and yet most of

our diet has to be from scratch, I have invested in a few tools to

make things easier. I bought a Kitchen Aid mixer to speed up

breadmaking, and it has improved the final product quite a bit as

well. Then yesterday, with a combination of sales, coupons, and a

gift card, I bought a combination rice cooker/steamer, a food

processor/blender/smoothie maker (with a cool little tap on the side),

and some small tools (manual chopper, flour sifter, apple corer). The

rice cooker and blender came with some good recipes to try out, so I'm

going to work my way through those. The recipes that came with the

Kitchen Aid were all no good, with the gluten-free, casein-free thing,

but I have lots of recipes available already.

 

The last thing I need to get is a freezer, so that I can double and

triple recipes and save meals and single servings for convenience, so

that I don't have to be cooking and baking every night.

 

As far as the rest of my resolutions, I haven't decided yet. In past

years I have used " Your Best Year Yet " to help me to plan, but I think

most of my resolutions are going to be by " default " this year, with my

work goals already set, a new diet to work out, and losing a bit more

weight. Any others will have to be smaller goals.

 

Pam

 

On Jan 1, 2008 10:10 AM, kristin.noelle

<kristin.noelle wrote:

>

> I always make New Year's Resolutions. Even if I don't keep them for the

> entire year, at least I took some time to visualize what I want and ways to

> achieve it. I usually try to make one goal is each of several areas of my

> life. My nutrition goal is very similar to yours, Patricia. I also plan to

> eat much more raw food.

>

> I've been reading Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman and I am planning to at

> least give his program the six weeks he asks for so I can see how I do on

> the plan. I am still in the process of reading the book, but I have already

> started adding a ton of fresh fruit and vegetables to my diet, and I am

> amazed at how full I am.

>

> I never ate salads as a meal because I didn't think they would be filling

> enough, but with the addition of a bit of avocado and some pumpkin seeds or

> chickpeas I'm not hungry again for hours. I also avoided them because I

> didn't want all of the fat & calories from the salad dressing even the " low

> fat " dressings are high in calories and I loathed fat free dressings. But,

> now I've found one that I like. It's Newman's Own Low-fat Sesame Ginger

> Dressing and it so delicious and has only 35 calories and 1.5 g. of fat in 2

> tablespoons (which is plenty of dressing!).

>

> My fitness goals include daily exercise (aiming for 7200 minutes this year)

> and a yoga class. The rest of my goals are not nutrition or fitness related.

>

> Have a great New Year everyone!

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rawfood , " JR Ellis " < wrote:

> comrades,

>

> so whats your new years resolution?

> mine is to be all raw again.

> for a long time

 

I have a couple or three:

*Up there is to further my raw food education by taking some more

trainings in the first month or two of the New Year (this is tricky

because of finances -- I also have to pay for my CSA deliveries for

the spring/summer/fall season in the first few months-- but... where

there is a will, there is a way... I will get it done)

 

*I also want to do a Master Cleanse to bring in the New Year.

 

*I want to pay more attention to natural hygiene in my recipes and

menu combinations.

 

*I want to be more patient.

 

*I hope to connect with more people who have similar interests.

Margaret

 

 

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> and find similar company

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> jrellis

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> ps - don't even read below the dotted line

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