asian raw vegan foods

i went out and explored our local asian market and have found some tasteful RAW foods. korean: sikumchi (soaked spinach and with sesame), oe kimchi (cucumber kimchi), lotus roots, seasoned burdock root, picked radish and dried edamame. day 3 for me and going good so far.

95% raw and sorta veganish

here goes. so, i'm trying a new diet plan to kick myself back into gear. i've had a bad Oct start and this is not what i had anticipated. i'm going to try this out for as long as i can handle it. i am dropping all meats,carbs,sugar and any cooked foods/fluids with the exception of coffee, heavy whipping cream and eggs.

today, alone...from breakfast, lunch and dinner. i'll most likely convert this to a daily grid and keep track of my progress.

2 cabbage / slivered almonds / sesame salad with italian dressing
2 ceasar salads
2 single portions of peanutes from the vending machine

october

sun	mon	tue	wed	thu	fri	sat
			1	2	3 4/403	4 10/393
5 8/385	6	7 4/381	8	9	10 4/377	11
12	13 RAW	14 RAW	15 RAW	16 RAW	17 RAW	18 4/373
19 4/369	20	21 4/365	22 4/361	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

Ramadan Mubarek

I'm documenting my training progress. I am currently training for a 1/2 Marathon for 10/19. It is now Ramadan for the month.

Date	Wakeup	Sahur (Breakfast before Fast)	Miles*	Iftar (Breaking Fast)	1-10 Wellness	Weather
9/1	5:20 am	Avocado / Water	6/508.5	Orange /Peach /Water *Fruit helpful for digestion.	9 - Migraine	80 No Rain
9/2	4:00 am	Avocado / Water / Coffee	3/505.5	Avacado/Orange / Peach /Chicken Soup/Water	1 - Great Day	90 No Rain
9/3	5:00 am	Avocado / 1/2 Tofu Burger/ Salad /Water / Coffee	4/501.5	Orange / Peach /Chicken Soup/Radish/Water	1 - Great Day	92 No Rain
9/4	5:00 am	2 Boiled Eggs / Spinach Cheese Sauce / 1/2 cup Guacamole / Water	off	Orange / 1/2 Peach / 2 bowls of Chicken Soup / Cucumber / 1/4 Red Cabbage Salad / Avacado//Water	3 - Adding avocado back to the plates.	86 No Rain
9/5	4:00 am	2 Boiled Eggs / Avacado / Coffee / Water	3/498.5	2 Chicken Soup / 1/2 Red Cabbage Salad / Starbucks Iced Coffee / Water	1 - Great Day	86 lil'Rain
9/6	5:00 am	Turkish omelet (Menemen) /Avacado / Slice of Brie / Tomato & Cucumbers / Olives / Water	off	2 Chicken Soup / Braod Beans / Cucumber Tomato / Brie / Peach	2 - Great Day	80 lil'Rain
9/7	4:45 am	2 Boiled Eggs / Peach / Coffee / Water	10/488.5	2 Chicken Soup / Beets / Cucumber Tomato / Brie / Feta / Water	2 - Soar Throat	70 lil'Rain
9/8	3:30 am	2 Boiled Eggs / Peach / Coffee / Water	4/484.5	2 Chicken Soup / Cucumber Tomato / 4 small slices of Spinach Puff Pastry (40g carbs) / Water	2 - Soar Throat	82 No Rain
9/9	6:00 am	Did not wake up early enough for breakfast but plan to fast.	off	Chicken Soup / String Beans / Cucumber Tomatos / Brie / 1 slice Spinach Puff Pasty / water	4 - Flu off work	69 Rain
9/10	5:00 am	1 Boiled Egg /1 Spinach Puff Pasty / Peach / Coffee / Water	3/4/477	Chicken Soup / Trout / Broccoli/ Cucumber Tomatos / 1 slice Spinach Puff Pasty / water	3 - Flu back to work	69 No Rain
9/11	4:00 am	1 Boiled Egg / Brie / Peach / Coffee / Water	off	Chicken Soup / Chicken / Cucumber Tomato / Feta / Water	3 - Flu	69 No Rain
9/12	3:30 am	Pieces of Cheese Bread (25 g carbs) help to break the build up in chest / Coffee	4/473	Chicken Soup / Grilled Eggplant/ Cucumber Tomato / 1/2 Wheat Pita / Starbucks Coffee /Water	2 - Flu AM Dr Appt	71 Rain
9/13	5:00 am	Scrambled Eggs / Hummus / Cucumber / 1/2 Wheat Pita	off	Chicken Soup / Okra & String Bean Chips / Korean Barbeque with Kimchi / Water / Diet Coke	2 - Flu	80 Humid
9/14	5:30 am	a Peach	8/465	Salad / Bread / Coffee * No Electric due to storm ate at Bob Evans.	2 - Flu	70 Wind Storm
9/15	5:00 am	Egg Cheese / Pita / Hummus / Coffee* No Electric picked up Tim Hortons	off	Salad / Bread / Coffee * No Electric due to storm ate at Bob Evans.	2 - Flu	64 No Rain
9/16	5:30 am	Wheat Pita * No Electric	3/462	Chicken Soup / String Bean Chips / Pita / Water	2 - Mostly Recovered	59 No Rain
9/17	3:00 am	Mango / Granola Cereal / Water	4/458	Chicken Soup / Okra Chips / Bakla / Pita / Coffee / Water	1 - Feeling Good	52 No Rain
9/18	4:00 am	Peach / Granola Cereal / Water	4/3/451	2 Chicken Soup / Okra Chips / Bakla / 2 Wheat Bread / Water	1 - Feeling Good	49 No Rain
9/19	4:00 am	Peach / Granola Cereal / Coffee / Water	off	Grilled Chicken Salad / 2 Rolls / Diet Coke	1 - Feeling Good	70 No Rain
9/20	6:00 an	Did not wake up early enough for breakfast but plan to fast.	8/443	Beef Veggie Soup / Wheat Bread / Water	1 - Feeling Good	66 No Rain
9/21	4:00 am	Beef Veggie Soup / Wheat Bread / Habanero Cheddar / Coffee / Water	2/441	Beef Veggie Soup / Broccoli / Tomato / Water	1 - Feeling Good	56 No Rain
I'm excused from fasting. Plan to make up the following days here in the near future.
9/22	4:00 am	Mexican omelet / Coffee / Water	4/437	Chicken / Brown Rice / Cauliflower / Water	3 - Cramps	56 No Rain
9/23	5:00 am	Coffee / Cheese Crackers	4/433	String Bean Chips / Brown Rice / Diet Coke	1 - Feeling Good	77 No Rain
9/24	6:00 am	Coffee / Peanuts	4/429	Lunch: Chicken Salad - Dinner: Rice / Potato Tomato Peas	1 - Feeling Good	77 No Rain
9/25	5:00 am	Coffee	4/425	Lunch: Chicken Salad - Dinner: String Bean Chips	1 - Feeling Good	78 No Rain
9/26	6:00 am	Coffee	off	Lunch: Chicken Salad / Chips / Salsa - Dinner: Rice / Chicken	3 - Too much carbs	72 No Rain
9/27	6:00 am	Coffee	10/415	Lunch: Tuna / 3 boiled eggs - Dinner: Chicken Tikka / String Beans / Tomato Salad	1 - Feeling Good	78 No Rain
9/28	6:00 am	Coffee / Chicken Tikka / Cheese omelet	4/411	Dinner: Chicken Salad / Quesadilla	1 - Feeling Good	72 No Rain
9/29	4:30 am	Coffee / 2 pkg Cheese Crackers / Cashews	4/407	Dinner: Soy Chorizo cheese omelet / Diet Coke	1 - Feeling Good	72 No Rain
9/30	6:00 am	Coffee / Cereal	off	Dinner: Coffee / Chicken Salad	3 - Nervous	72 No Rain

Miles (I promised myself I would walk 1000 miles to justify my treadmill expense. )

Interesting News Clips relating to Ramadan

Turks turn to diet patches to ease Ramadan fasting Fri Aug 22, 6:28 AM ET

For some, Ramadan means fasting, cleansing and TV drama

Ultimate Goal 150 lbs / 68.2 kg

	Date	Weight	Kg
	2/6/08	200 lbs	90.9 kg
	3/6/08	195 lbs	88.6 kg
	3/10/08	190 lbs	86.4 kg
	3/19/08	188 lbs	85.5 kg
	4/10/08	184 lbs	83.6 kg
	4/15/08	crash
	5/27/08	180 lbs	81.8 kg
	7/8/08	178 lbs	80.9 kg
	7/14/08	175 lbs	79.5 kg
	7/22/08	172 lbs	78.2 kg
	7/31/08	168 lbs	76.4 kg
	9/3/08	163 lbs	74.1 kg
	9/12/08	157 lbs	71.2 kg

equipment

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