SmartMonkey Ani

thanks so much for your support

enjoy the videos, they were sooo fun to make!

I just got done shooting 10 episodes of my raw vegan uncooking show.

and they'll be available to watch free on my new site:

www.AniPhyo.com

There's 5 episodes up right now, and I'll roll out another each week until early May when my new uncookbook is available:

Ani's Raw Food Kitchen

Check it out and let me know what you all think!

Enjoy it, and feel free to pass along to everyone.

I just completed 10 episodes of my raw vegan uncooking show.

and they'll be available to watch free on my new site:

www.AniPhyo.com

There's 5 episodes up right now, and I'll roll out another each week until early May when my new uncookbook is available:

Ani's Raw Food Kitchen

Check it out and let me know what you all think!

Enjoy it, and feel free to pass along to everyone.

I just got done shooting 10 episodes of my raw vegan uncooking show.

and they'll be available to watch free on my new site:

www.AniPhyo.com

There's 5 episodes up right now, and I'll roll out another each week until early May when my new uncookbook is available:

Ani's Raw Food Kitchen

Check it out and let me know what you all think!

Enjoy it, and feel free to pass along to everyone.

I've just finished shooting 10 episodes of my uncooking show, which will all be available to view on my new website:

www.AniPhyo.com

Recipes are from my upcoming book "Ani's Raw Food Kitchen".

There's 5 episodes available right now, and each week I'll launch another until early May when my book is available everywhere.

You can also pre order online for just $13 and some change too!

Enjoy! and feel free to pass along this info to anyone you think would enjoy this info.[/url]

hi robert

nice photos

i'll have to post up the ones of you and dave in the bathroom when he was wearing latex gloves

sounds so fun

i hope to be there in pdx for beautiful summer time!

the best summers and great rivers with clean melting glacier water

can we go inner tubing one day?

fun stuff

I enjoy my caffine in moderation. and make sure to take maca root powder to offset some of the damage, whether raw or cooked caffine, to my adrenals.

i've gotten completely high off raw cacao. there is indeed a TON of caffine in it. my heart races when i eat a teaspoon of the raw nibs.

a great way to get to spinning class when i'm tired.

i like to blend a teaspoon into my smoothies or nut mylks before a workout or when i need help waking up to an overcast dark day

i'm in SF now, it's so nice to be warmer

SF is awesome

but I miss PDX too

once soaked/sprouted, i like sprinkling spices like cayanne powder, cardamon, chili powder over them and then drying in the sun or in a dehydrator at 104 degrees for a couple hours until dry.

the texture is different once the nut is soaked. it's softer and easier to digest, with more protein and enzymes. and taste great spiced.

enjoy

welcome to the forum!!

hello and welcome to the forum!

i love the uk

hello and welcome to the forum

good to 'meet you'

i'm in portland, or

across the river

welcome, great to see you here!

you'll notice that the more high quality foods you eat, the less you'll have cravings and the less food you'll need to eat because the foods contain more nutrients....highly dense nutrition

that's what raw foods are all about too

whole, fresh nurishment, plus lots of fiber and water

welcome!

it's awesome your hubby is so supportive of your change in lifestyle and diet!

there's so many delicious vegan options that you'll never need to forgo flavor or feel deprived

and a big congrats on your huge weight loss too

so happy to see you here!

i'd think someplace near the equator, especially for my raw food diet

someplace with sun, warmth, lots of organic local fruits and veggies

i'd love to live in thailand or central america

i perfer to blend rather than juice fruits because i need the fiber!

plus it's the fiber that makes sure to time release sugar slowly into our blood stream

it's really hard to eat 4-5 oranges whole because nature is perfect and packages fiber and sugar together

when we juice, it strips away the fiber so we can drink the sugar and juice of 4-5 oranges

this is too much sugar for our bodies at one time

sugar high and crash...ouch

hi matt

remember to give yourself time to see results

it's been 3 years, so it may take you almost this amount of time to get back to where you were

amazingly, muscle has memory, so when we do start exercising again, our muscles snap back quickly

you sound like you were super fit before your injury, so you'll be back in no time, i'm sure

muscle eats up our fat

for me with aging and all the fasts i've done, i noticed my metabolism slowed down

to speed it up again, i've been lifting weights (i don't want bulk, so do 3 sets of about 20 reps each) about 3 times a week, plus i do cardio to burn calories and for my heart about 5 times a week

the more weights you lift, the more lean muscle mass you'll build, the more fat you'll burn.

i'm not sure of your goals, sounds like you were lean before, rather than bulky like a body builder

and of course, nutrition is key

i'm a raw fooder, so i enjoy eating nuts, seeds, fruits and veggies

for lots of protein, i love vega after a hard workout, or hemp protein, or some blue green algae like spirulina, and sea veggies

and pre workout, i enjoy SmartMonkey Bars for healthy fuel as they're naturally sweetened with dates and fruits, full of nuts and seeds for protein

drinking protein smooties made from nuts, hemp, seeds is also a great way to get nutrients

i'd also guess that you are indeed getting smaller because you're loosing fat, which is a good thing

once you get smaller, weights and good nutrition will give your body the right building blocks to regenerate and grow

it's like with cleansing, you first get really small and some look really sickly,...until they let go of all the toxins stored in our fat. after that, building up folks look really great. sort of like starting with a clean slate.

hope this helps

best wishes on your journey back to your natural healthy fit self!

welcome!

i'm not into body building per say either, and probably don't even look like i work out all that much

i just love to feel great and to be strong, to be vibrant and healthy

basically, i love getting the most out of life, without being taken down by illness or things like the flu

by fueling my body with whole, healthy foods, and avoiding the vegan junk foods, i feel better and have great energy

glad you're here!

welcome!

welcome!

it's great to see you here

welcome to the vegan lifestyle too!

i'm a raw/living foods enthusiast

so for me, it's about all the yummy fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds and more i have to explore and enjoy!

this way of eating really opens up the doors for creativity and flavor!

happy 2007 and best wishes on your training and competitions!!

thanks veganpotter, trev, and aaron for your support for my bars

that's super cool of you all!

they'll be avail in the great white north, canada, by spring of 07

a good way to get them is by the case at introductory wholesale pricing through our website's 'buy now' link:

www.smartmonkeyfoods.com

enjoy, and happy new year's eve everyone!!

and...let me know if anyone wants some cleansing tips

it may be best to wait until spring though, when the weather gets warmer

try apple ginger

we've been drinking it here at Robert's all week, yummy

ginger is anti fungal, anti bacterial, anti inflamatory, anti viral, anti lots of things!

it's really good for you, kills any 'bugs' you may have inside, and keeps us clean and healthy

it's great post workout too as anti inflamatory

Dulse and sea veggies are a great source of b12

i have a bag of Dulse right here and a serving has 23% daily value

i find maca helps me pre-workout

and natural sugar from fruits

try this smoothie, i made ones like this for Robert Cheeks and Dave Foster before their workouts

makes 2 serves

1/2 cup nuts (almonds, pecans, ...)

1/2 cup pitted dates

1 Tablespoon Maca

1 Tablespoon Cacao Powder (raw, ideally, like cacao nibs or whole beans or powder. or substitute raw Carob powder instead)

1-2 Tablespoons chlorella or spirulina or some type of algae (optional)

2-3 cups filtered water

Place all ingredients in your blender and blend until smooth. Will keep for a couple days in your fridge too.

The Cacao has antioxidants, and gives a boost from caffine

though all caffine is straining on our adrenals

So feel free to use Carob instead. It's a legume, has much less fat than chocolate, and has no caffine. and tastes YUMMY

the Algaes are great for minerals and give you energy too for your workout

plus provide our bodies with building blocks to regenerate cells from the stress we put our bodies through

i love the color GREEN!

hello and welcome

awesome to hear the Vegan Holiday Fest was inspiring for you!

Yeah to Robert again for putting that together

It was an amazing event

i need a hiking buddy, but i'm a fair weather outdoors person

and when it's freezing and rainy, i don't do so well outside

i go to 24 hour though, in hollywood and pearl

they have good classes you could take to train

i like spinning class

and love lifting weights

glad you're here