Simple Raw and Natural

Yesterday, Travis and I did a 100% raw, all fruit day.  Travis is down to 172 lbs, so he has the 160's in sight. Lunch was bananas and cantaloupe. Dinner was Green Smoothies (banana, mango, kale, blackberries); watermelon; avocado; and mung bean sprouts.  It's important to chew your smoothies instead of gulping them.  Digestion begins in the mouth. We have heard some good reports of people that attended Dr. John Fielder's presentations here in Arkansas.  Our friends, Arthur and Nancy, committed to doing six weeks on all raw.  So far Arthur has lost five pounds and Nancy has lost eight.  The weight loss is just a bonus, because the primary reason for doing the all raw is for better health. Joe, from Little Rock, reported that he hated hearing what Dr. Fielder was teaching, but he realized that it was truth.  So he has stopped smoking and stopped eating before noon. My cousins, Sandy and Debbie, came to visit.  We went to the Buckstaf...

I was all raw yesterday.  That makes me feel good about what I am doing!  I never regret eating raw.  I always regret eating cooked....Don't worry, though.  You don't have to be 100% anything.  Everyone has their challenges with being 100% raw.  Even the raw food teachers are not 100%....except for Dr. John Fielder, my mentor and teacher.  He models the lifestyle he teaches as near to perfection as humanly possible. I have fallen in love with Italian Tomato Basil Zucchini Pasta.  I have made it three times since I discovered the recipe.  I purchased the first decent vegetable peeler I have ever owned last Friday at Company's Coming.  The brand name is Rada.  With this peeler it is possible to make fettuccine type slices of zucchini.    I also tried out my spiral vegetable slicer for the first time.  It is wonderful and super easy.  It makes three sizes of spiral spaghetti depending on the blade you se...

This morning I worked outside cleaning all the decks.  Then I took the older Odyssey (which we call the garden truck) to the car wash and vacuumed the inside.  On the way home, I bought $10.00 worth of peaches from a vendor. This is the way the garden looks today. A view of the back of the house from the garden.  We took out the Nandina's along our front drive and replaced them with blueberries this year.  It's paying off.  They are covered with berries. Blueberries For lunch I had 2 peaches, blackberries that I picked yesterday, avocado, watermelon, and goody balls. My cousins, Sandy and Debbie, arrived today and we went to Terrace on the Green for dinner.  I had the traditional salad with 1000 Island Dressing.  It was a lovely evening with good company. In Houston, Dr. Fielder told us that we need to always take the best for ourselves.  Sometimes we think we should leave the best for someone else, but it is the same principal...

My Natural Hygiene teacher and mentor, Dr. John Fielder, included us again on his Worldwide Raw Food Lecture Tour.  He arrived at my house on Monday, May 14.  Tuesday we had a raw foods dinner at the house for a few of the people that helped to organize the events here in Arkansas.   Wednesday, the Hot Springs Village Raw Foods Group met at Gulpha Gorge Picnic Area for a picnic with Dr. Fielder.  Wednesday night he made a presentation here in Hot Springs Village about the Principles of Natural Living.  The following night he spoke at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church in Little Rock.  There was a good crowd at both events.  Dr. John Fielder Here I am introducing Dr. Fielder at the HSV lecture. At the lecture we served some raw food treats for our guests to sample.  One of the items was a chocolate granola bar.  I cut the squares much smaller for this event because of the number of people we had to serve. Chocolate Granola Bars...