RawFu Challenge - Day 38

Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Today was a busy day, and far from perfection with regards to balance. I had a green smoothie of kale and pear for breakfast. Then, around noon, I ate sun gold cherry tomatoes and raspberries while I was sorting the produce from our co-op. If that wasn’t a bad enough combination, while putting away the month’s delivery from our other natural foods co-op, I ate four or five handfuls of cashews, almonds, raisins, a few dried apricots and figs while trying to sort them into containers before Zofia got into everything. After that, I was too full to eat a salad, so I ate a few handfuls of lettuce while making a salad for Darren and the kids. I topped off that completely unbalanced meal with a cup of tea with almond milk and one dark chocolate truffle ball from Natural Zing. Eww… I feel like I ate a brick.

But, on a positive note, my mom stopped by briefly in the afternoon, and Darren and I got a chance to take a walk alone for an hour. He rode his bike, so I could keep a good pace walking beside him. It was nice to have a chance to talk. He works at home, but sometimes I feel like we hardly see each other!

Later on, we actually went to the gym for the second day in a row! I rode the bike for about 20 minutes, walked on the treadmill for 20 minutes, and did some crunches. It wasn’t a superbly intense workout, but it felt good to be moving and doing something a little different.

I rounded out the day with a quick trip to the bookstore to pick up Dan Brown’s new novel. Now if I can just sequester myself in a corner for a few hours here and there, I’ll be able to enjoy reading it!

So, not a bad day, but I’m really craving veggies. I’ve got to get more organized and prepare some things a day in advance, so I have healthy stuff on hand when I’m actually hungry. I got cherry tomatoes, butternut squash, pears, watermelon, crimini mushrooms and raspberries in today’s produce delivery. I think I’ll go surf around for some interesting recipes.

Bon nuit!