The Comeback

(Nori Rolls at Jill's Cafe)

Wow, so it has been quite awhile since I've last blogged. A lot has taken place since my last post. For one, the thirty days of 100% raw, which was supposed to come to a close in three days, did not go over as well as I had planned. The first few days were excellent. I got to take a few days off from school to go home to New York and experience some great raw food cuisine.

My Mother and I traveled to Jill's Cafe in Brooklyn, walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, drank some Tai coconut water in Chinatown, walked over to Caravan of Dreams for a raw meal, stopped at the thrift shop for a bit, and topped off the day of eating by going to Jubbs Longevity Cafe. Phew, what a day it was. Before we headed home, we stopped at Borders on 34th street and thumbed through some raw food cookbooks to get some ideas on how we could recreate some of those meals at home.

(Raw Lasagna at Jill's)

The two of us walked somewhere between 6 and 8 miles that day. We went from The Long Island Rail Road station on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn to the Long Island Rail Road station on 34th street. We definitely had reason to be exhausted by the end of the day. Almost ended up missing our stop on the way home!

So, point being, I had a really good start...but things went awry. I broke my leg on the 8th, and between hospital food and vicodin influenced binges, I didn't do a very good job staying raw. Now that my leg is broken though, I have a little more motivation to turn to raw foods. No, raw foods can't heal my bone, but I think it can certainly help my recovery along. (It sure can't hurt).

I have to keep in mind though that, even after I get my cast off, there is a lengthy recovery period. I think this period will be shortened and a lot easier with the help of a sound diet. Since I am blessed enough to have my Mom by my side whipping up great raw meals, I have no excuse for not incorporating greens in my diet more. More broken leg and diet posts to come soon.