30 bananas a Day Jingle!

Wrote and recorded this song one morning a bit ago... maybe you've seen it. Just thought it should go on my blog.

Day 100 and Beyond!

Hey there to my three blog followers.... Haven't been posting in a while. Blogging every day totally helped me in the beginning to keep on it, but after I got my routine down, it eventually got to be too much.

Averages lately:

Sleep: average of 9 hours

Water: 1.5 - 2.5 gallons a day

Food: 4000-7000 calories a day. Fruits and greens.
Today:
breakfast: 20 bananas, 3 baskets of strawberries
lunch: 14 mangoes
dinner: 1.5 pounds of dates

Exercise: getting a wide range of exercise: running, gymnastic-type body weight exercises, cycling, dancing, swimming, little bit of weights, yoga.
Today:
Went for a hike/run with a friend, then did pull-ups, handstands, dips, core work. (made me hungry!)


Ain't no stoppin', I'm still poppin'!
Sooooo... I wasn't thinking very far into the future when I titled my blog. I feel too good to stop doing what I'm doing. The benefits outweigh by far the drawbacks (wait what are the drawbacks anyways, other than lack of conformity?). Fresh fruit! So simple and so good. My body loves the way I've been treating it.

Benefits off the top of my head:

Ridiculous recovery from exercise

Soooo much energy

Sooooo much joy

Calm

Steady energy

More in tune with intuition

Better mood

Clearer skin

No need for shampoo

Pleasant BO

I'm extending my challenge to a year. About 1/3 of the way there!

The pictorial results for all you visual people:

Day 8: 1/18/11

Sleep: 8 hrs.

Water: 4L

Food:
AM: pre-work out- blender full of thin datorade smoothie with celery, post-workout - blender 3/4-full of thick datorade.
PM: 16 bananas in smoothie, salad with 2 heads of lettuce, 3/4 avocado, Meyer lemon.
No more persimmons at BB... but got 15# dates in the mail!

Exercise: Aerial conditioning
I want to be doing more push-up-y type work outs. And more endurance stuff... but the Athletic Playground has been good to me, its always fun learning new ways to move your body.

Mood: Feeling good!
Played lotsa guitar at the farmer's market today. Way fun, way sunny, and a little musically crowded... so I shared space and jammed with Dave H and Greg. Great day!

Day 7: 1/17/11

Sleep: 9 hrs.

Water: 4L

Food:
AM- 25 persimmons
PM- 25 bananas in smoothie, 1/2 head celery

Exercise: Handstand class, 25 minute run, Aerial class

The bananas are ripening. Excellent. Might go get (pick) more persimmons at BB tomorrow!

Day 5: 1/15/11

Sleep: 9 hrs. Looks like a little less tonight.. gonna make this post quick!

Water: 4L

Food:
AM- 25 mandarins, 1.5# barhi dates,
PM- 17 navel oranges.

Exercise: 1 hr stretching class, 1/2 hour working on handstands, 45 mins of biking.

Had a busy day at the farmer's market. Felt really alert this morning, but slowly as the day wore on, I could feel my energy lessen. I think I still need more sleep than I'm getting. After work I hung out with my friend Matt... which is really cool. He was the first person I knew who was into raw foods back in 2004. He now lives far away, so I enjoy spending time with him when he's around. Always fun and informative and good vibes hanging with this dude! Good night!

Day 4: 1/14/11

Sleep: 8.5 hrs. Hopefully 9 tonight, I have work early tomorrow (5:30am), so I'm going to sleep around 8pm.

Water: 4L

Food:
AM- 2# barhi dates,
PM- water from 3 coconuts, 2# zahidi dates, 1 big ol' head of lettuce.

Exercise: 1 hr aerial conditioning. bit of biking.

I felt really good today, barely any wiping necessary post-poop, cheerful ... but I could have spent more time outside and less at the computer.
Tomorrow is going to great! Getting enough sleep before working really makes a difference for me. Its supposed to be a sunny day at the farmer's market and I'm going to get: lettuce, celery, kiwis, citrus, and maybe an avocado. The bananas are still on their way. Its going to be awesome once they ripen, I look forward to the abundance of sweet fruit that is not far away!
G'night!

Day 3: 1/13/11

Sleep: 9 hrs. Anything more than 8 is good for me, will shoot for 10 tonight.

Water: 4.5L

Food:
AM- 1# barhi dates,
PM- 10 mini-bananas, 20 Manila mangoes,
tomorrow- remember to eat that beautiful head of lettuce from Full Belly Farm.

Exercise: pretty sore from all of yesterday's activity, biked a bit and stretched.

I could have eaten more today, I'm still waiting on 120# bananas to ripen, maybe I should put those on top of the fridge to get warm / ripen quicker. I ordered a 15# box of dates (khadrawi and honey) which will take a few days to get here. Going to Berkeley Bowl tomorrow morning to see if they have a deal on bruised bananas, and check out the Mexican papayas. Still have a few persimmons.

Day 2: 1/12/11

Sleep: 8 hrs... tonight will be better

Water: 3.5L so far

Food: AM- 15 persimmons, 1 pomegranate, PM- 15 persimmons, the rest of yesterday's soup

Exercise: AM- monkey conditioning class, aerial conditioning class, walked 6 miles, PM- handstand class, breakdance class

Mood: grateful, up!

Waoh! My teeth stopped hurting! Didn't take Advil all day. I had 3 crowns done a couple weeks ago and they've been hurting me almost every day since then... but not today.

Day 1: 1/11/11

Ok so today is the day that I jump into it f'reals. After 3 years of dabblery I hearby begin 100 days of 100% lfrv.

Sleep: about 10 hours

Food: AM- 22 fuyus, PM- 18 manilla mangoes, bok choy tomato parsley lemon soup

Water: not sure I had enough

Exercise: today was a rest day, yesterday I took a handstand class and a monkey conditioning class.

Going to sleep now. Tomorrow morning awaits!