tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60314840229095029552009-11-08T10:08:42.094-08:00Rawkin'Goodbye Beer, Hello Broccoli. The finely-tuned art of feeling great from eating raw. My journey into raw and living foods.Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.comBlogger220125blogspot/QWjKhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-31098309275234988642009-10-27T10:22:00.003-07:002009-10-27T10:25:50.767-07:002009-10-27T10:25:50.767-07:00An EXCELLENT way to start every dayRawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com0http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/10/excellent-way-to-start-every-day_5433.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-7630460731482684632009-10-27T10:22:00.002-07:002009-10-27T10:25:20.256-07:002009-10-27T10:25:20.256-07:00An EXCELLENT way to start every dayRawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com0http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/10/excellent-way-to-start-every-day_6584.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-28275390502890972052009-10-27T10:22:00.001-07:002009-10-27T10:24:29.194-07:002009-10-27T10:24:29.194-07:00An EXCELLENT way to start every dayRawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com0http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/10/excellent-way-to-start-every-day_27.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-77680874829809247442009-10-27T10:22:00.000-07:002009-10-27T10:23:45.488-07:002009-10-27T10:23:45.488-07:00An EXCELLENT way to start every dayRawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com0http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/10/excellent-way-to-start-every-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-7586835632046548592009-09-10T09:07:00.000-07:002009-09-10T10:12:55.968-07:002009-09-10T10:12:55.968-07:00On the Road Again...Hi My Raw Food Friends!I'm on the road with a box of my brand new cds, a 160 lb Mastiff, a cooler of produce, and a new i-phone.Oh, and my boyfriend. Sorry, Dear. Love ya, mean it. lolWe're sleeping in truckstops when we've driven so long we can't face putting up the tent, on couches when people inSIST that the dog is ok inside, but mostly, we are cuddled up together to stave off the cold in Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com8http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/09/on-road-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-60142728131879999432009-08-05T16:01:00.000-07:002009-08-05T16:04:56.989-07:002009-08-05T16:04:56.989-07:00Well Howdy!Things have turned around for me since the last (latest) time I've admitted to being off the ol' wagon.Maybe it was putting it in print, or the fact that I have a month to go before I embark on an 8 week tour. Whatever it was, I straightened up and I'm tryin' to fly right.What am I talking about??I'm eating better :)In fact, I'm about 90% raw these days, about 5 days now. Yay!! FeelingRawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com12http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/08/well-howdy-things-have-turned-around.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-36064137923083838272009-07-31T09:50:00.000-07:002009-07-31T09:57:28.203-07:002009-07-31T09:57:28.203-07:00What Kind of F*ckery is This?Ok what?? So now there are reports flying that organic is not better. How is it not better NOT to eat pesticides?What a dim-witted and dangerous report.Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com8http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-kind-of-fckery-is-this.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-84161802652734970172009-07-29T22:04:00.000-07:002009-07-29T22:13:40.656-07:002009-07-29T22:13:40.656-07:00Bub-Eye CoffeeWell now... quit coffee again yesterday, and got a full-on headache. I had quit for 8 months, then with the start of this new cd project, this bad habit crept back in. But I've really felt quite awful in comparison to when I didn't drink it, so it was time to bid it adieu once again.The ways in which it makes me feel awful: drum roll into tmi...my boobs get lumpy and sore, for one.Another is how Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com10http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/bub-eye-coffee.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-67641820183934157102009-07-27T10:10:00.001-07:002009-07-27T10:22:44.826-07:002009-07-27T10:22:44.826-07:00Fallible, Musical, MeI'm so not on my game but I'm so on my other game!! I've been recording our second CD, which is nearing completion. I've re-built our music website, I'm gigging all over the place, I'm booking a 7 week tour, I'm designing the cd cover & booklet... and... you guessed it, I'm eating like crapola! I've even taken up coffee again.I've been thinking about raw...does that count? I've had so many false Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com6http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/fallible-musical-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-35655928494882234712009-07-14T22:49:00.001-07:002009-07-14T23:16:07.120-07:002009-07-14T23:16:07.120-07:00Rawkin' Roll with the Punches...Things are rawkin' in rawkville...sorry, that's (raw) cheezy. :pSome days I'm 100%, some days, I'm raw until dinner...but all days, I'm in the right head-space for it. So I'd say it's going wonderfully.That mindset. That corner you turn. It finally happened again. This time, as I've been saying, I'm traveling lighter down that path...not gorging myself on raw food info, leaving little time for Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com2http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/rawkin-roll-with-punches.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-50224005370017723622009-07-11T20:55:00.000-07:002009-07-11T21:15:15.145-07:002009-07-11T21:15:15.145-07:00Doing Well...It's going great! :)For the most part, I'm drinking smoothies a couple times a day, and using coconut water as the base instead of water, and is it ever good! I throw some of the meat in there, too. I read that you shouldn't drink the water or eat the meat from, a coconut that is even slightly pink...well, good thing they are cheap ($1.49 each at the Chinese market) because out of 4, only 2 were Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com5http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-going-great-for-most-part-im.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-65804380366394923892009-07-09T11:56:00.001-07:002009-07-09T12:10:18.169-07:002009-07-09T12:10:18.169-07:00Thoughts from 4 days in...This is Day 4 of eating raw. I had to count back to Monday, because it's not that I'm actually counting. I'm just doing it. Cause really, once I'm eating raw, I have decided I don't want to think about it, I just want to do it. Trade one way of eating for another, rather than get all up in my own face about it.That's an aspect of my resistance that I've discovered...that it's so all-consumingRawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com8http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/thoughts-from-4-days-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-49812518753544979132009-07-07T09:28:00.001-07:002009-07-07T09:51:11.252-07:002009-07-07T09:51:11.252-07:00here we go...There's a restaurant in town that we go to when we're eating S.A.D. and a restaurant we go when we're eating raw. About a month ago, our waitress at the S.A.D. place said, "Geez, haven't seen you guys in so long!" And I explained to her that whenever she doesn't see us, it means we're eating healthy, and whenever she does, it means we're off the wagon..." (Sad but true...)Fast forward to Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com2http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/here-we-go.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-12648405412061437972009-07-06T15:03:00.000-07:002009-07-06T15:09:58.168-07:002009-07-06T15:09:58.168-07:00Tough Love, Tough Shit.I'm not waiting for motivation, not for another minute. It's not coming. So I've decided to leave without it. If it wants to follow, fine. But it's obvious that it's not intending to lead. So off I go on my own. F*it. Clearly, I need to lift myself out of this S.A.D. fog by myself, even if I have to drag my own arse kickin' and screaming, peeling my fingers off doorjambs while I pull my Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com6http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/tough-love-tough-shit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-9049763770310530302009-07-03T23:02:00.000-07:002009-07-03T23:12:19.362-07:002009-07-03T23:12:19.362-07:00Emily Shaules in VancouverWell the talk with Emily Shaules was inspiring. I really enjoyed it.She spoke of her life prior to going raw, how riddled with pain and illness she was, and how she was ready to give up. After discovering raw, she began to feel better after only a week, and continues her raw journey now, following her dreams to be a motivational raw speaker, currently on tour.It was good to catch her live; good Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com0http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/emily-shaules-in-vancouver.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-12541513646053622392009-07-01T16:12:00.000-07:002009-07-01T16:15:33.640-07:002009-07-01T16:15:33.640-07:00Friday Night Inspiration...I booked off my usual Friday night Open Mic hosting duties (it's in good hands) in favor of attending what I hope will be just what I need in the way of motivation & inspiration. When I got the newsletter from Raw BC, I read about this and knew I had to go. I feel like 'Last Chance Texaco' with myself. So here's hopin'...If nothin' else, I'll hook up with my lovely, vibrant, raw friends again,Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com0http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-night-inspiration.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-28074891855166204682009-06-18T11:35:00.000-07:002009-06-18T12:06:04.364-07:002009-06-18T12:06:04.364-07:00Announcing the Raw Music TourOk ya know what? I'm on fire, Baby. What a difference a day makes.A couple months ago, when I was deep into my raw self, I mentioned in passing to my friend Steph that during my music tour from Vancouver to Ontario, I was intending to video tape a 'raw roadtrip' documentary at the same time.You know, stuff like preparing a raw meal roadside from an Saskatchewan corn field, finding organic produceRawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com2http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/06/announcing-raw-music-tour.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-2736906760442394692009-06-16T22:41:00.001-07:002009-06-16T23:04:21.266-07:002009-06-16T23:04:21.266-07:00Update from the HeartSo where IS this freakin' Rawkin'?? Honestly!!Well here I am. Not very raw, but still rockin'!! Stay with me as I work out all the bugs in this raw eating thing, would ya??I've turned my focus on music these days, and am in the studio recording our second album. Album. Do people say that anymore? CD.I'm bookin' our act and giggin' all over the place, which is nothin' but fun!! Eating pub food is Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com5http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/06/update-from-heart.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-39532310529017298322009-05-21T10:10:00.000-07:002009-05-21T11:17:22.957-07:002009-05-21T11:17:22.957-07:00Russell James' Nutfree BreadSo I finally done-did it! Made the Nutfree Bread I've been threatening to make for a while now.Sprout buckwheat ahead of time. Do this by putting 2-1/2 cups dry buckwheat in a big jar, add three times more water, cover it and leave it for a few hours (3-8/overnight.) Some say don't soak buckwheat very long, hence the 3 hours, because they say it gets waterlogged. I did mine overnight, no problem.Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com6http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/05/russell-james-nutfree-bread.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-63591014665290550712009-05-19T14:09:00.000-07:002009-05-19T15:18:31.724-07:002009-05-19T15:18:31.724-07:00Update on meWell for heaven's sakes, look at the time!! How did this weekend go by in 5 minutes?I'll tell ya how... I was pissing away the time setting up a Myspace page. Good gawd, they wrap that thing up like cheese, like they don't want you to open it. I didn't find it user-friendly at all. Been workin' and re-workin' and that's where my time went.Here it is, though. We are starting recording on our 2nd Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com4http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/05/update-on-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-45360508743034973232009-05-14T23:15:00.001-07:002009-05-15T12:01:22.145-07:002009-05-15T12:01:22.145-07:00A Walk in the ParkLast night, I was thinking that I'd like to start walking in the mornings. I want to combine my body's daily need for exercise, with its need for fresh air and sunlight.I used to power-walk with a friend on a daily basis years ago, and enjoyed its many benefits. It toned my body, cleared my mind, helped digestion and sleep, to name but a few. But I wasn't doing it for any of that back then. I Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com4http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/05/walk-in-park.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-91341575426017102092009-05-14T08:49:00.000-07:002009-05-14T14:04:16.499-07:002009-05-14T14:04:16.499-07:00Mmmm Donuts *poof* I mean SprouuuutsNowTHATis rewarding!You nurture them, you love 'em...then one day, it's time to let them go... sniff...they grow up so fast!:) These are my sprout success story!! (I didn't take any photos of the moldy no-goods that I tossed. Yep...those little tiny broccoli sprouts turned blechy and stinky! And the seeds were too small for this model of sprouter, because they got stuck in the little ridges of Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com4http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/05/mmmm-donuts-poof-i-mean-sprouuuuts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-34698916969539669622009-05-13T08:44:00.000-07:002009-05-13T22:42:32.735-07:002009-05-13T22:42:32.735-07:00The Lil' Dehydrator that Could...I'm preparing a raw meal that I am going to enjoy with a good friend of mine this evening :)Our dinner menu is:Kale saladEnchiladas wrapped in tortillasRawritosAppleflax cookiesI've been at it since last night... that is one busy dehydrator. I need more shelves! 9 isn't enough this time!I'm making a double batch of Rawritos because they are that good. (Well, and because I'm sharing! And sharing Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com8http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/05/lil-dehydrator-that-could.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-6024684017328738242009-05-12T13:57:00.000-07:002009-05-12T15:14:35.876-07:002009-05-12T15:14:35.876-07:00Raw Calm, Baby!After my week of no fat, I find myself leaning toward light eating. Leaning, get it? I just ate a giant mixing bowl of salad, and this morning I enjoyed a green smoothie.Off I went to the gym, where I noticed something different. There I was on the treadmill, loud, thumping music coming from the loft, with an aerobics teacher yelling HO! every now and again to get the group moving. (HO?) Hm.Same Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com0http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/05/raw-calm-baby.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031484022909502955.post-34921045414318162012009-05-11T01:40:00.000-07:002009-05-11T10:09:11.564-07:002009-05-11T10:09:11.564-07:00Day Seven Fat Free Update - Final Day Eating right out of 'nature's fruit cup': spooning out some passion fruitDay 7 Fat Free Journal Sunday, May 10, 200910 am 2 glasses smoothie containing mixed baby greens, banana, blueberries, blackberries, apple12:30 pm 2 passion fruits, ½ pineapple4:30 large salad with mixed baby greens, cucumber, red pepper, and dressing made of papaya, celery, and spinach8:15 pm green smoothie containing Rawkin'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12704060260842267778imrawkin@gmail.com6http://imsorawkin.blogspot.com/2009/05/day-seven-fat-free-update-final-day.html