Ingredients:

2 frozen bananas *

1C peaches,  fresh or frozen *

1C pecan milk *

4 dates

1t Maca *

1 drop nutmeg oil *

sprinkle of nutmeg for the top

Blend all in your high powered blender smoothe and creamy.

The amount of greens may be varied according to your tolerance…

Pour into a frosty glass.

Insert straw.

Take a stroll barefoot…

* I make it a habit to keep bananas in the freezer: Peel them when they’re sweet & ripe enough to  have some brown dots on the peels, place in a gallon size freezer bag, seal and freeze.   They are great for making creamy and frosty smoothies as well as amazing soft serve if you put them through an auger-style juicer with a blank-plate.

* Of course, fresh peaches may certainly be used when in season locally, but frozen peaches are great for ease of preparation.

*Maca is a plant native to the Peruvian highland that started gaining popularity in the US in early 2000s. This herb is best known for its potential in improving energy levels, vitality, and has been reported to act as a mild aphrodisiac.. Maca contains minerals, especially selenium, calcium, magnesium, and iron, and includes fatty acids including linolenic acid, palmitic acid, and oleic acids. For your convenience, I’ve put a link were you may order below if you’d like…

Navitas Naturals Organic Raw Maca Powder Incan Superfood, 16-Ounce Bag

* Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) essential oil by Young Living has a sweet, warm, spicy scent similar to the spice commonly used in cooking. Comforting and soothing, nutmeg helps boost energy. It also supports nervous and endocrine systems and prostaglandin balance.* Nutmeg has an approximate ORAC of 1,581,360 (TE/L). TE/L is expressed as micromole Trolox equivalent per liter.

* Coconut oil is unique and different from most all other fats and possesses many health giving properties.  Coconut oil is of special interest because it possesses healing properties far beyond that of any other dietary oil and is extensively used in traditional medicine among Asian and Pacific populations.
Nutiva Organic Coconut Oil, 29-Ounce Jars (Pack of 2)

Omgosh!  I feel sooooo amazing!  3 days to feeling great.  Not a thing has changed to make this time any less stressful, but I feel so positive!  Isn’t that what it’s about??  It’s not about the actual circumstances, it’s all about how you choose to handle them!  Raw food in my life enables me to get past the pity party and on to the power party!! 

Today I just wanna move it move it move it, lol… It never ceases to amaze me how 3 days high raw can not only change my attitude, but thins out my midsection soooo much!  Yes, visible results after only 3 days.  I wish I had taken pics!  I sleep better and wake up refreshed as well. My priorities are in order, PDL chap read, Essential oils applied, Supplements taken, Food prepped for the day and I’m off to work.

Food for today:

hot black tea/ orange spice with local honey

16oz water

Big Smoothie (40 oz): kale/ cacao/ banana/ cherry/ goji/ slippery elm/ maca/ sea salt

cucumber sliced in 8 oz water

16oz chilled roobios sun tea with stevia

strawberries w/ cashew cream and pumpkin seeds

randomly donated chocolate pieces (thank you?) 

Half salad like yesterdays, add spinach…

3 organic raw Snackaroons (Thank’s to the lovely @Rawbin!!!)

8 oz water

Move it Move it for today:

Bathroom Break workout (ask me, lol)

20 min Hip Hop Abs (probably hilarious to watch, but I’m getting it!)

Moving Moment:

Packed up one more kitchen box.  (Much more to come this weekend)

Figured a prospective timeline just in case I’m guessing correctly at the date/ place we’ll be going.  Lots of variables.

Encouraged my boss JoAnn (xoxo) to begin interviewing peeps for my position (scary step, but don’t wanna leave them hanging!)

Notified my parents that SoCal is out of the question for now.  President Obama cut the funding for that particular position.  Cried a little more. Picked myself up by the nape of the neck, dusted myself off and am writing this post.  While I am torn up about not getting to go ‘home’ as we thought we were going to be able to, I do see the many, many blessings in store if we do get to go where they Army Reserves would like to send us now.  Monroe, LA.

For ONE… Our son is there!  And his beautiful wife who is about to bring our first grandson into the world in the next few weeks!  (That’s a big blessing as we should be there for 3 years approx.)

We have many amazing family and friends there as well. Sisters, cousins, neices and nephews, Aunts and Uncles and friends.  There are great churches… and shopping! 

Disclaimer: We still don’t have orders, so this could change again.  My hunny graduates in one week and HOPEFULLY BY THEN we will have official orders.

Tomorrow is weigh in and measure (inches) day.  Here we go! 

Joanna Rawvelous

P.S. A big big thank you for coming to read this post!  Knowing friends like you are going to read it has helped me snap out of the funky numb place I had gravitated to…  Many times I have turned away from the junk food in the past coupla days just because I didn’t want to have to put it on here!  ;D