Greener Days Ahead: Good-bye Banana Island

Greener Days Ahead: Good-bye Banana Island

So, now we're on to the "High Raw" leg of our summer journey.  There are still lots of bananas left over from the (aborted) Banana Island trip.  The bananas will serve as the creamy base for our morning Green Smoothies.

This morning we had a Banana-Dino Kale Smoothie (just a couple of very ripe bananas with three or four leaves of elegant Dino Kale, water, whirrrrr, great Green Smoothie!

Yesterday we had one of those everything-but-the-kitchen-sink Green Smoothies: Parsley, Frozen Peaches, Frozen Blueberries, 4 very ripe Bananas, Water.

This afternoon we had a cabbage salad.

I'm feeling bad that I am so fat, but also feel bad that gorgeous Angelina Jolie is getting both of her breasts lopped off in the hope of preventing getting the cancer that killed her mother.  I have so much to be thankful for!

To your living health!

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Day 5 on Banana Island: Voting Myself Off

Lovely Banana-Blueberry "ice cream" (just frozen fruit)

I did extremely well today.. to start.. with my 7-Day Cleanse and Banana Mono Fiesta.

In the morning I made a huge green salad for the weekly potluck at the Church and thought to myself, if I were really tempted, I could just eat some of this.  Then I made a 4-banana smoothie with a couple of ribs of celery and some scraped ginger, all blended up with about 5 glasses of water in the Vitamix until it was smooth and delicious.  I drank a glass-full, felt satisfied, and then poured the rest into a large mason jar to take with me for lunch.

Day 4 on Banana Island: Bananas Revolting

Yummy Raw Carob-Banana Smoothie

For a little novelty today I made a carob-banana smoothie in the morning, and had carob-banana ice cream (with a teeny drop of organic almond extract).

 As with foods, there are some controversies about the safe eating of 'raw carob powder'. Because it is seen as a legume, it has been postulated that there are enzyme inhibitors in raw carob that get in the way of absorption of important nutrients (protein,calcium, iron). Interestingly, raw carob powder is very high in calcium. 

Anyhow, I needed a break from the insistent sweetness of ripe bananas. I enjoy the way I feel when I eat nothing but bananas: calm, energetic, clear-headed, optimistic, but I DO look forward to eating something that is less sweet. I must say that I have NO CRAVINGS for cake and the like. What I do look forward to is brown rice and veggies, beans, that sort of food. (Read more-->)

Day 3 on my Banana Island Trip: Getting Edgy

Elegant, delicious Banana-Celery Smoothie

Day 3 is starting here on Banana Island, and Day 3 of the 7-Day Raw Vegan Cleanse that my husband and I are on.

Had a rather awful night of jerking awake and out of bed with leg cramps (right leg only).  I went down at one point and had some "Calm" Magnesium in a glass of water (with a shot of ACV since I usually use lemons and don't see any around here).  I noticed that a varicose vein in the back of my right new is quite prominent and could be the source of the cramping (poor circulation?).  Today I'm going to jump on the rebounder because that is very good (in my experience: and remember that I am not medically-trained so don't do what I do without talking it over with your trusted health guide).  The rebounder moves the lymph around.  A couple of minutes every hour does wonders.  I'm also going to work in my garden, so not sit so much (sitting is the new smoking).
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Day #2 on "Banana Island"

Wonderful Smooth & Creamy Banana Ice Cream: The Joys of a Vitamix

So, here I am looking forward to another full day of eating nothing but bananas (although I DID eat a few greens yesterday-- I gave myself permission to do so after watching a video about Dr. Doug Graham's 'Banana Island' experience in Washington state showed celery with the bananas on the evening supper table-- purportedly to provide a few more minerals to the diet).

The Facebook page / forum around this particular 7-Day Cleanse is providing a lot of information-- both from Frederic Patenaude who organized the cleanse and from the participants.  You can read more by clicking on read more-->

First Full Day of Bananas on my 7-Day Cleanse

So, today is the first day that I really get into the bananas--(Banana Island) I am aiming for up to 25 (10-10-5) but will not force the issue, if you know what I mean.  I ate my first 5 last night to break my 24-hour fast, and they were, shall we say, adequate?  Bananas are very filling, but amazingly quick to exit the stomach and provide a huge wollop of energy-- I washed all the windows, inside and out, on one side of my house after my 5-Banana supper, and did assorted other little jobs that involved cleaning.  I felt very virtuous along with energized!

So, on with the 7-Day Cleanse!

The Water Fast & Stocking Up for the Banana Days...

Bananas for a few days on Banana-Mono Island...

Today is the kickoff to the Cleanse... a Fast Day (termed "water" fast, but in general it isn't necessary to state the water part since that is a traditional understanding of fast, that you eschew food and just sip on water.

Yesterday we went through the fridge and ate up anything that wasn't banana.  Ed is going to be doing just a regular 7-Day Low Fat Raw Vegan cleanse, while I will be doing the 7-Day Banana Cleanse-- eating nothing but bananas (although I guess I have permission to eat some greens with the bananas at supper time).

Stocking up on Bananas was an interesting experience, and one we will have to repeat every so many days...