Day 98 Low-SOS Vegan Plan

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EXERCISE:
# yard work in orchard 120 min
# facial exercise (hands-on)

WATER: (goal: > 77)
(3.5) × (25.4) = 88.9 oz

EATS:
* banana
* homegrown apricots
* chopped SUPER-salad (escarole, endive, radicchio, green & red cabbage, broccoli, carrots, kale, snap peas, white beans, homegrown apricots, quinoa, pomegranate vinegar)
* ice dream (frozen/blended pineapple, mango, banana, splash of homemade brazil nut milk, XL- chocolate syrup) topped w/ fresh strawberries

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods

Day 97 Low-SOS Vegan Plan

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EXERCISE:
# kickbox 60 min
# facial exercise (hands-on)
# intermittent mini trampoline

WATER: (goal: > 77)
(1) × (33.8 oz) + (2) × (25.4) = 84.6 oz

EATS:
* banana
* homegrown apricots
* chopped RAW salad (escarole, endive, radicchio, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, chicory) topped w/ warm…
* veggie pasta sauce (tomato sauce, red & yellow bell pepper, onion, tomatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, chicory) over high fiber noodles

Day 96 Low-SOS Vegan Plan

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EXERCISE:
# kickbox 60 min
# Lift rock bottom

WATER: (goal: > 77)
(2.5) × (33.8 oz) = 84.3 oz

EATS:
* oatmeal w/ fruit & homemade Brazil nut milk (blend 1 part XL-nuts, 4 parts water, add dates to taste)
* banana
* apricots
* chopped salad (escarole, endive, radicchio, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, chicory, few dried cranberries & pumpkin seeds) w/ promegranate vinegar
* veggie pasta sauce (tomato sauce, red & yellow bell pepper, onion, tomatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, chicory) over high fiber noodles, sprinkled w/ nutritional yeast
* oat crust veggie pizza w/ veggie sauce, nacho cheez sauce, XL- avocado, onions, mushrooms, XL-olives
* baked (XL-prefried, frozen) steak fries

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods

Day 95 Low-SOS Vegan Plan

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EXERCISE:
# facial exercise (hands-on)
# mini trampoline 40 min
# Lift lunch sisters

WATER: (goal: > 77)
(4) × (33.8 oz) = 135.2 oz

EATS:
* homegrown apricots
* oatmeal w/ fruit & homemade Brazil nut milk (blend 1 part XL-nuts, 4 parts water, add dates to taste)
* banana
* chopped salad (escarole, endive, radicchio, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, chicory, apricot, cubed baked potato, nacho cheez sauce, pico de gallo, XL-avogreen sauce)

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods

Day 94 Low-SOS Vegan Plan

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EXERCISE:
# facial exercise (hands-on)
# AB-domination
# walked 3 hours

WATER: (goal: > 77)
(2) × (25.4 oz) + 8 oz + 33.8 oz = 92.6 oz

EATS: (on the road)
* homegrown apricots
* gfo smoothie (greens, fruit, oats)
* banana
* romaine lettuce, rice, black bean relish, salsa, grilled veggies w/ XL-oil, refried pinto beans w/ XL-oil, XL-guacamole in XL-fried tortilla shell (ate nearly half shell!)
* fresh blueberries
* baked potato
* nacho cheez sauce (see recipe)

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods

BBQ Pulled Porky-Pods

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INGREDIENTS: (I buy curls on Amazon!)
1/8 package Butler Soy Curls (less than 3/4 C containing approx 4.5 g fat)
Barbecue sauce thinned w/ water

INSTRUCTIONS:
Soak dry Soy Curls
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in water for 10 mins to rehydrate
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Drain
Pulse in blender to shred
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Add BBQ sauce
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Warm & serve
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This recipe made enough steamy Pulled Porky-Pods to ladle over two potatoes & top with my nacho cheez sauce. Soy Curls (available on Amazon) are simply boiled organic soybeans in the pod that have been dehydrated. What a magnificently easy recipe!

From www.butlerfoods.com

How are Soy Curls™ made?

“Our soybeans are grown in the USA on a family farm, certified Non-GMO and grown without chemical pesticides.

We soak the beans in spring water (no chlorine). Then the beans are stirred while being cooked. Soy Curls™ are dried at low temperature thus ensuring the natural goodness of the whole soybean high in fiber and omega-3. Soy Curls™ are one of the most pure, healthful products on the market containing no chemicals, additives, or preservatives.”

Day 93 Low-SOS Vegan Plan

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EXERCISE:
# facial exercise (hands-on)
# Lift rock bottom

WATER: (goal: > 77)
(4) × (25.4 oz) = 101.6 oz

EATS:
* homegrown apricots & plums
* banana
* oatmeal from Mars! (oats, fruit, kale/almond/banana Martian milk )
* BBQ Pulled Porky-Pods (see recipe) rehydrated dried soy bean pods called “Soy Curls” w/ bbq sauce
* baked potato
* bbq beans (onion sauteed in bbq sauce + water, then add cooked white beans)
* Steamed brocolli
* nacho cheez sauce (see recipe)
* sliced tomato

Day 92 Low-SOS Vegan Plan

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EXERCISE:
# lunch sister workout
# facial exercise (hands-on)
# hike/climb 1 hr

WATER: (goal: > 77)
(5) × (16.9 oz) = 84.5 oz

EATS: (on the road)
* bananas
* Pampas Brazilian BBQ Las Vegas: couscous, tomato, watermelon, cucumbers, garbanzo, radishes, palm hearts, some w/ XL-oil & XL-salt
* Pineapple Park Las Vegas: pineapple/mango/strawberry frozen whip w/ sliced strawberries, pineapple, chocolate XL-syrup
* apricots
* XL-peanut butter (1 t)
* frozen steak XL-fries w/ low XL-salt & low XL-sugar ketchup

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods

Vegas Health Healing Happiness Conference

Last week I started my post with photos of plus size fashion models & proclaimed, “These are all exceptional people!”

Well, I’m an equal opportunity blogger and I want to make it clear that in my eyes THESE are also exceptional people!

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Last week we decided to redefine beauty in terms of health, healing, wholeness, empowerment and to pursue this new “beauty” together! Our physical starting point is irrelevant. How many times have you seen gorgeous human beings, gussied up to the hilt, but who turn out to be internally under/overnourished, cardiovascularly challenged, and not at all fit? I’m just musing over the way our culture (magazines, websites, films, television) is embarking upon a valiant attempt to embrace the Endomorph (overnourished body type), but have become quite vocal in its campaign to ‘skinny-bash’ and shame the Ectomorph (undernourished body type). Why the difference?

VEGAS HEALTH CONFERENCE

I’m sitting here in Las Vegas today attending the big annual plant based nutrition conference: Health, Healing & Happiness. Speakers include Youtube personality John Kohler (of “growing your greens” fame);
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SOS-free weightloss coach Chef AJ; lifestyle physicians Michael Klaper,
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John McDougall, Joel Fuhrman, Evan Allen; athletic trainers Robert Cheeke,
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John Pierre, Coach Joshua (Keep It Real Wellness) DJ-ing the event:
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… and many more!

Each day I’ve been dragging my lazy butt downstairs to my hotel gymnasium. Yesterday I noticed many overweight patrons walking in the door (very cool that they’re working toward wellness!)… and one extremely underweight woman came in with her mom (equally very cool!) I believe all of us were consciously pursuing the same (Project Waistline) definition of beauty – health, healing, wholeness, empowerment. The comradery in the common cause invigorated my workout!

SAD NEWS

Then last night on the local news it was announced that a woman was found deceased in her Vegas hotel bed, and her death was attributed to anorexia nervosa! Wow…

It stopped me cold in my tracks. Undernourishing our body will lead to illness and an early death. But honestly, overnourishing (given enough time) will make us just as ill and kill us just as dead. Of course, (and perhaps the reason our culture is less apt to embrace the Ectomorph over the Endomorph) undernourishment kills faster than overnourishment. Youngsters are often the ones who die from undereating, while older folk are usually the ones who die from overnourishment. It just takes longer to manifest the damage from overeating!

Enough.

Love thyself… for where you are today AND for where you’re going tomorrow. Make that future in the direction of total wellness!

BACK TO CONFERENCE

Some well known plant based chefs created & shared some mini-meals with us: Chef BeLive’s raw vegan Caesar salad:
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Raw green smoothie w/ avocado PIT from Chef Shane Stuart, and Chef Stacey Dougan’s coconut flake “bacon”, broccoli, carrots, snap peas, zucchini salad w/ Thai chili lime sauce:
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Whole Foods had a vendor table offering free samples of their Cali Quinoa Salad:
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The head banquet chef at the Vegas Tuscany resort, Chef Lonnie Beals, took me on a personal tour of the buffet spread on both days of the two day conference.

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Here is one day:
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Here is a serving from the other day… yes, that’s Joel Furhman (of PBS programming) “dining with me”:

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Chef told me this was his first ever purely plant based buffet event. He enjoyed the experience so thoroughly that he’s going to go into vegan food prep big time… making delicious meals for his patrons, and extending their lives at the same time! 🙂

I bought Coach Robert Cheeke’s great new fitness book, Shred It… yes, he is curling YAMS in his right hand:
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All speakers were excellent, full of vital information, and I particularly enjoyed the final uplifting presentation by Coach John Pierre. I think he & I were raised by the same mama! 🙂

GOTTA HIT THE SACK

Okay… sleepytime. Checking out tomorrow & heading home, so I’d better get some rest.

Say Nay-Nay-Nay to corporate foods!

Say Aye-Aye-Aye to simple stress free living!

Day 91 Low-SOS Vegan Plan

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EXERCISE
# treadmill/stairmaster 60 min
# facial exercise (hands-on)

WATER: (goal: > 77)
(4) × (16.9 oz) = 67.6 oz

EATS: (on the road)
* cherries
* oats & blueberries w/ water in paper cup
* taste tested tiny amt of XL-coconut flake facon, broccoli, carrots, snap peas, zucchini, basil, mint, Thai chili lime sauce
* taste tested green smoothie w/ avocado PIT!
* Vegas Health, Healing Happiness Conference @ Tuscany Resort (these items all have zero added oil & low XL-salt) cilantro lime salad, pinto beans, rice, corn XL-tortilla (only ate 1), black beans, XL-guacamole (only 1 T), eggless potato salad, XL-avocado chickpea salad (w/ slight amt XL-olive oil)
* banana, blueberries, grapes
* sauerkraut
* oats, water, peach

Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods