Going Raw for 100 Days!!
Posted on Apr 25th, 2008
by 
Brian
Brian
I decided yesterday it was time for me to turn the dial up on my life, starting with my energy, strength and vitality.
I've played around with raw a few times in the past (aside from some seafood on our 5 week trip last year, I've been vegan for about 3 years) but never seriously committed. Until now.
So, quick post to put my commitment out there so there's no turning back. :)
Spent the day with Alexandra and her/our friend Tim Van Orden--check him out at RunningRaw.com--who's gonna be one of my coaches on this little journey. (Just spending a few hours together today already TOTALLY transformed my relationship to nutrition and I'm giddy to rock it with him over the next 100 days.) I'll also be tapping into the wisdom of my buddy Brendan Brazier--the vegan (pretty close to raw) professional Ironman triathlete and author of Thrive.
On the strength/fitness side, I'm gonna be tapping into the wisdom of two friends: Jon Hinds and Shawn Phillips (check out his new book Strength for Life). I prefer to train outside so I'm excited to embrace Jon's "MonkeyBar' training combined with Shawn's Focused Intensity Training and HIIT stuff (more on all of that stuff in blogs to come). Fun.
10+ lbs of lean muscle will be added to my currently (really) lean 6'0+/152 or so frame. :)
Alright. Time for bed. The commitment is out there. No turning back now. :)
-bri
P.S. btw: when I did my 10 day vipassana retreat one of the big reasons I didn't walk out during the hardest first 2-3 days was b/c I had put in my Gaia Brian is "..." thing: "in 10 days of silent meditation." I *had* to do it once I put that out there. hehe.
So, Brian is "going raw and rockin' it for 100 days!!"
There. It's out there. Done.
I've played around with raw a few times in the past (aside from some seafood on our 5 week trip last year, I've been vegan for about 3 years) but never seriously committed. Until now.
So, quick post to put my commitment out there so there's no turning back. :)
Spent the day with Alexandra and her/our friend Tim Van Orden--check him out at RunningRaw.com--who's gonna be one of my coaches on this little journey. (Just spending a few hours together today already TOTALLY transformed my relationship to nutrition and I'm giddy to rock it with him over the next 100 days.) I'll also be tapping into the wisdom of my buddy Brendan Brazier--the vegan (pretty close to raw) professional Ironman triathlete and author of Thrive.
On the strength/fitness side, I'm gonna be tapping into the wisdom of two friends: Jon Hinds and Shawn Phillips (check out his new book Strength for Life). I prefer to train outside so I'm excited to embrace Jon's "MonkeyBar' training combined with Shawn's Focused Intensity Training and HIIT stuff (more on all of that stuff in blogs to come). Fun.
10+ lbs of lean muscle will be added to my currently (really) lean 6'0+/152 or so frame. :)
Alright. Time for bed. The commitment is out there. No turning back now. :)
-bri
P.S. btw: when I did my 10 day vipassana retreat one of the big reasons I didn't walk out during the hardest first 2-3 days was b/c I had put in my Gaia Brian is "..." thing: "in 10 days of silent meditation." I *had* to do it once I put that out there. hehe.
So, Brian is "going raw and rockin' it for 100 days!!"
There. It's out there. Done.
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brendan brazier
June 2008
:)
Can't wait to see what happens…
me, too! :)
you're signed up as the uber-coach as well! fun! :)
you must be as fit as a fiddle in body, mind and spirit.
i'm pretty healthy now, but really excited to fine tune–from the nutrition and training to meditation/reading/etc.! :)
Good luck, Brian. Keep us posted on your journey. I've got Brendan's book and haven't read it, yet. I'm glad you mentioned it in your Blog. I'll have to push it up higher on my reading list.
i am definitely looking forward to reading about this journey… i want/need as much information and inspiration as possible in the nutrition area of my life (i'm a vegetarian but not such a whiz in the kitchen. lol.)
there's a vipassana retreat near where i live and i was considering it… i'm guessing you'd recommend it?
hey fenix: vipassana rocks. definitely recommend it with the stern warning that it's not “fun.” :) but highly transformative. :)
Marc: you'll dig it. And if you send me a note at brian [at] philosophersnotes [dot] com I'll send you my Notes on it.
I'm fasting a bit from the computer this week so deciding how much I'm going to be online to document what I'm learning as I go, but so far so good. wil def post food logs later and will say so far that making sure the first 100 hours went well was a good idea and I finally learned how to use my dehydrator (my lovely lady is out of town and she's been hooking us up with all the cooking/food prep so i'm learning as I go! :) and I LOVE the sprouted buckwheat, brazil nut, dried apricot and raisin granola I made. OMG good.
more soon!!
-bri
Good luck sweetie! I am sure you will learn a lot from it! I love you and send lots of raw hugs.
Hi, Brian…
I'm up for it if you are. I've been contemplating going raw for six months now. Damn whispers in my head shouted: “You're nuts, you'll never do it.”
Then, I click on here today and found that YOU too are going raw - for 100 day. Well, I've already had cereal this morning…. Still, I'M GOING TO DO IT! It never occurred to me to set myself up a time limit. 100 days. That's perfect. Just the inspiration I need. Thank you sweet man.
Please keep us all posted on what bodily changes you experience. I'm most interested in your subtle energy. All changes. LET US KNOW.
thx, jess! 40 1/2 raw hugs, plz! :)
Malena: yayuh!!! :)
I (finally) need to learn how to upload videos to YouTube and get the tour of our fridge up there. :)
Learning a lot and reading a lot. Will share all soon.
If you haven't read ”The China Study” yet, it's a must. and “Lifeforce” rocks as well.
wooo-hooooo!! : ) another rawk star is born!
and YOU Are a HUGE reason for the shift, Jasmine!!! I can't wait to have you and your wonderful man analyze our blood again!!
Day 12 and strong! :)
-bri