What I ate Wednesday

What I eat on a daily or weekly basis is a question I get all the time. 

It's hard for me to photograph everything I eat because I tend to be random. Here is a day of food I was able to capture in photos. :)

I don't claim to be a nutritionist.  I am not telling anyone to do what I do. I have been vegetarian for almost 20 years. Since I have been a devoted yoga practitioners, I have been very in tune with how I feel. I am very aware of how my energy level is and how my mental clarity is. I do what makes me feel great. If I can breathe deeply during my practice, if my heart is open, and light; my mind is clear and positive and my energy through the roof, then I know I am eating well.

I am always changing my diet up. No 2 days look alike. Seasonally I change my diet quite a bit as well. Right now I am doing 80 10 10 diet, mostly raw. I always come back to it. Even if I go higher fat when I travel eventually I get back to 80 10 10. Have been doing it for almost 10 years. It's especially healing for certain conditions.

OK onto my grubs :)

Breakfast: I was indulgent - freshly roasted coffee (I buy single origin honey processed green beans  and roast them myself-very bohemian haha), silky oolong tea.(both not 80 10 10 approved, but I am a rebel haha)  I keep rebrewing it all day. I learned that at my herbal school during a tea ceremony in Ben Lomond, California. The more I re-bew it when it's a high quality tea, the more calming the effect is. Silk Oolong also known as "milk oolong" named for it's milky flavor achieved through a special process of fermentation. It's a delicious energizing drink reminiscent of milk and toffee with a silky texture. 

I had some cacao butter, honey (not vegan obviously), herbs (slippery elm, rose hip powder, etc) cacao power  herbal mix to go with the tea. I am constantly working on healing herbal concoctions, super herbs, superfood mixes, etc. So this was a jar I had from some herbal healing recipe I was working on previously. 

I hardly ever eat breakfast. Since childhood. Around noon as I was working on a class I  had a handful of dates with my tea. :P

These are dry black abada dates. 

A few hours later another handful or two of dates. 

An hour later a couple of ripe bananas. 

Water and tea through the day.
I didn't workout that day. So generally this makes for  a lighter food day. 
I got hungry in the late afternoon so I had frozen sapote, bananas, cherymoyas and peaches with almond milk, mesquite power (adds sweet caramel, vanilla flavor), a huge scoop of cacao power, stevia and chipotle. All mixed up. Tastes like a decadent chocolate fruit caramel ice cream. I had a big bowl of that heaven. This photo is before the cacao powder. I add a cup of almond or coconut milk and chop it all up. 

Then I took Sofie for a 2 mile walk. 

And after that had dinner. 

A huge serving of raw veggies - romaine lettuce, fennel. I had some more than what's in the photo. And a dip made out of raw carrots, frozen peas, cilantro, tomatoes, almond milk, chipotle, white pepper, onion, garlic, masala, orange juice, balsamic vinegar  etc. 

In the evening I had some ginger candies.  

I had around 1300 calories that day which is somewhat low for 80 10 10 but I didn't workout that day and the following day my energy was very strong so it was perfectly enough food for this gal :)

NAMASTE