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I did well during the last 21DHL, losing 6kg or 7kg from eating mostly raw with very little exercise. So I'm back to do it again

Glenn Thomas - Sydney, Australia
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Hey Glenn, good to see you on this challenge again. Your posts during the last 21DHL were very inspiring, specially the smoothies and their pics.
Hope to see more of that this year. Losing even 4kg would be great

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Hi Glenn, just wanted to wish you good luck in achieving your goals... hope its as much of a success as it was last year for you! (and I would also love to see these smoothie photos Ish mentioned!)

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Hi, Glenn. Glad to see you joined this year too. I'm sure you have mentioned this multiple times but I how long have you been a vegetarian? When did you give up meat and how easy was it for you?

Ish and Fireflyz56, you guy should check out Glenn's $3 a day vegan meals experiment. It had a lot of really interesting recipes. Well photographed too. I definitely want to try a few recipes over the next few weeks.

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Hi Glenn, Matt just introduced me your blog with full of good recipes! I remember last year when I did this challenge, I learned a lot about raw food from you. Thanks so much for being thoughtful and sharing the recipes with all of us! Keep up the good work!

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(01-01-2012 09:31 PM)Ish Wrote:  Hey Glenn, good to see you on this challenge again. Your posts during the last 21DHL were very inspiring, specially the smoothies and their pics.
Hope to see more of that this year. Losing even 4kg would be great

Thanks Ish! I'll post a few more this year, starting now.

(01-02-2012 01:22 AM)fireflyz56 Wrote:  Hi Glenn, just wanted to wish you good luck in achieving your goals... hope its as much of a success as it was last year for you! (and I would also love to see these smoothie photos Ish mentioned!)

Thanks Kimberly! I might be a bit slow posting this time around, but will be sure to grab photos whenever I can.

(01-02-2012 05:03 PM)Matt Wrote:  Hi, Glenn. Glad to see you joined this year too. I'm sure you have mentioned this multiple times but I how long have you been a vegetarian? When did you give up meat and how easy was it for you?

Hi Matt, good to see you here too! Vegetarian since 2001. It's funny, I came across the facebook page of the girl who'd introduced me to vegetarian food back then who was vegetarian herself. I'd gone out with her for a short time and figured becoming vegetarian myself would make things easier. And I'd always wanted to do it anyway. But on her facebook page I noticed she had photos of fish, chicken, meat pies and so on. Not sure what happened there.

But yes, I found it easy enough. When transitioning, it's good to find a few recipes that are tasty and easy to make. Fake meat options too. In the US when I went to Hawaii and NY, I'd buy those Bocca burgers. They're really nice. But here at home, I would visit the asian grocery stores where they have vegetarian chicken, beef etc. It's usually gluten based, and I'd use that in stir fries.

And I've been vegan since the end of 2002, although I remember eating a couple of birthday cakes when first first making the switch. One of my main reasons to go vegan was this article I read in a magazine called Nexus by a Doctor about why people should not become vegetarian, and should never ever become vegan. It just sounded like he was spreading fear, so I decided to switch to vegan anyway.

(01-02-2012 05:03 PM)Matt Wrote:  Ish and Fireflyz56, you guy should check out Glenn's $3 a day vegan meals experiment. It had a lot of really interesting recipes. Well photographed too. I definitely want to try a few recipes over the next few weeks.

Yes, I'm still writing my summary post for that! Christmas, the holiday period and some work have kept me distracted..

(01-03-2012 03:48 AM)xina Wrote:  Hi Glenn, Matt just introduced me your blog with full of good recipes! I remember last year when I did this challenge, I learned a lot about raw food from you. Thanks so much for being thoughtful and sharing the recipes with all of us! Keep up the good work!

Hey Xina! Great to see you back here I'll be sure to keep an eye on your journal for your photos too.

Day 0

My intentions for this challenge. Basically just getting my weight back to around 75kg. I'll admit, I've eaten a bit too much of the wrong food since before Christmas Anyway, I'll achieve this by just eating two meals a day, as I did for most of the time last year. But with a bit more exercise this time around.

Oh, and I'll post photos of what I'm eating again to keep myself accountable

Day 1

I'm quite certain I've been getting enough water

This is what I ate today.


Rockmelon for brunch


Dinner was some grilled veggies (pumpkin, carrot & capsicum), 2 grilled gluten free vegan sausages, some home made hommus and salad.

Day 2

No calorie lists for me I believe food needs to be enjoyable, so I don't worry about calorie counting. But I may question any details I see on a product.


This was the smoothie I had for brunch. 2 bananas, the juice of 2 oranges, half a punnet of strawberries and a tiny bit of water.


This was the first paw paw (papaya) to grow on our paw paw tree! I looked out the window yesterday and couldn't see it on the tree. It had been growing for almost a year. So I went out and saw it on the ground. I'd noticed it had gone yellow last week, but was hoping it would grow bigger. Anyway, it was slightly shrivelled up on the ground, with black spots on one side. Below in the bottom right is how it used to look.



But I still had to eat it. I cut off the skin, and the fruit was perfect inside. To be honest, it was by far the best paw paw or papaya I have ever tasted! Really sweet. You wouldn't even think it was paw paw compared to the ones they sell in the shops. Even better than the papayas in Indonesia. The parts that were closer to where the black spots on the skin outside were even sweeter! Surprisingly, it had no seeds inside. I'm guessing that might be due to it being a Red Taiwanese Bisexual. Well, that's the label says it is

After that went to a cafe. I had a pot of chai tea with soy milk and a side dish of 3 falafels. Then I ate some dried papaya on the way home, and that was it for food yesterday.

Day 3

Sorry Celes, this one would be a bit too much for me! My energy expenditure would vary each day.

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That second photo looks fantastic. You always seem to create fantastic recipes and you know how to photograph them beautifully.

I signed up for Frederic Patenaude newsletter. After a few days he sent me a link to another person's raw vegan recipe product. It was an ebook and DVD series on creating lots of vegan recipes. It looked like it probably did have some good information in it but while looking through the sales page I remember thinking, "I bet Glenn could probably make something like this."

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I agree that the second photograph looks absolutely delicious. You make being vegan look easy. (I just love cheese so much! Funny that the idea of giving up meat doesn't really phase me at all...)

I should really check out your blog as well.

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Thanks guys! Yeah, that meal was nice. I've been neglecting the photos lately, but will post an update soon.

Matt, yes, Frederic's been trying trying to sell a lot lately to his mailing list. Their savoury DVD recipes especially, and I know the other one you mean. I haven't seen that though. But he posts some great articles on the blog from time to time.

Moira, yes, the vegan part is easy

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Your food looks so good! I love your photos

I'm curious as to what country you live in since I've not really seen papaya grown in too many places aside from Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries...

Anywho, I wish you success with the challenge and I look forward to reading future posts

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I'm impressed by how much weight you lost when you last a 21DHL. Like the food pics. It's great that you are able to grow papayas - the plants looks very healthy. Here's to positive changes.

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Apologies for the lack of updates here. It seems I'm never as motivated doing these challenges a second time.

I have a few more photos to post, although to be honest, I haven't been making too much of an effort this month

(01-08-2012 03:16 PM)kfenato Wrote:  Your food looks so good! I love your photos

I'm curious as to what country you live in since I've not really seen papaya grown in too many places aside from Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries...

Anywho, I wish you success with the challenge and I look forward to reading future posts

Thanks Kristen! I'm in Sydney Australia. Far from being a tropical climate, although summer here can be warm and paw paw & papaya trees do grow here. I bought our tree after seeing one ground outside some apartments up the street from here with fruit on it.

(01-09-2012 05:09 AM)genevere Wrote:  I'm impressed by how much weight you lost when you last a 21DHL. Like the food pics. It's great that you are able to grow papayas - the plants looks very healthy. Here's to positive changes.

Hi Genevere, thanks for the reply! Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to manage that this time around, unless I do a juice or water fast for the rest of the week. Which I might consider actually. Maybe four days.

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(01-16-2012 04:19 AM)Glenn Wrote:  Apologies for the lack of updates here. It seems I'm never as motivated doing these challenges a second time.

I have a few more photos to post, although to be honest, I haven't been making too much of an effort this month

Wow! Yummy food pics! I'm going to try your grilled veggies dinner!! Do post more photos! Maybe you should try something new this time to keep you motivated!
Cheers!

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It's never too late to get back up on the horse, Glenn. If you want to make a change, you can do it now! You know that we'll be rooting for you.

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(01-16-2012 03:55 PM)nimiprem Wrote:  Wow! Yummy food pics! I'm going to try your grilled veggies dinner!! Do post more photos! Maybe you should try something new this time to keep you motivated!

Thanks Nimisha, I've just posted a few more below

(01-17-2012 12:12 AM)Moirawr Wrote:  It's never too late to get back up on the horse, Glenn. If you want to make a change, you can do it now! You know that we'll be rooting for you.

Hi Moira, a bit late now, but I haven't done too bad during this challenge. A lack of updates here would be my biggest failure

Below are a few more photos.


Banana and spinach smoothie.


Frozen Banana, strawberry (x6) and carob (powder, roughly 1 tbsp) ice cream with mint leaves on top. Combine ingredients in food processor.


The second paw paw from our tree. The 3rd is in the fridge now. Waiting until Sunday before cutting it open, as my mother in law wants to try it.


And here's what the actual fruit looked like once I chopped it up. Still really sweet!


Another ice cream


A yellow Thai curry I made with brown rice. For vegetables I used potatoes, carrots, baby corn, cabbage, capsicum, onion etc. The husky stuff on top is mushroom, and there's little pieces of garlic too.


One last photo for now. This smoothie was nice! Juice of 2 oranges, 2 bananas and 3 plums blended.


One last one I just uploaded.. The 3rd paw paw from our tree that I mentioned above.

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Wow Glenn you have such amazing smoothies! The thai curry looks delicious. May your paw paw prosper.

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Goodness Glenn! Your ice cream looks amazing! And your yellow Thai curry too. You're really a great chef! Now if only I can hire someone to cook/prepare vegan meals for me...

You know there's this vegan delivery service in LA? It looks really cool. I wish they have it in Singapore - I would totally use it if they do: http://veginout.com/

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I absolutely loved all those pics of all those yummy food!!
I really wish I checked out your journal sooner...
Wish you the very best!!

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(01-21-2012 05:16 AM)genevere Wrote:  Wow Glenn you have such amazing smoothies! The thai curry looks delicious. May your paw paw prosper.

Thanks Genevere The smoothies are usually the result of whatever fruit is here. Although I always like having some kind of soft fruit in there. Mostly either banana or mango. I've only just starting using the orange juice in the smoothies instead of water and really like the difference it has made. Tomorrow I'm going to try a banana mint smoothie which usually has two bananas, a bunch of mint and one cup of water, but replace that water with orange juice.

The Thai curry paste was from a jar actually Cheap too, from Aldi. Just cooked with half a can of coconut cream (for 2 people). But still quite nice! Eventually I would like to start making my own paste.

And the paw paw tree is going really well. The next few will be even bigger. I'm planning on buying more trees too, as they're narrow and don't use up much space.

(01-21-2012 10:11 AM)Celes Wrote:  Goodness Glenn! Your ice cream looks amazing! And your yellow Thai curry too. You're really a great chef! Now if only I can hire someone to cook/prepare vegan meals for me...

Thanks Celes That one's really simple. I made it today for Lydia's family and they really liked it. Her cousin who think does catering, enjoyed it so much she took a photo I think she was surprised how simple it was, but how nice it tasted.

(01-21-2012 10:11 AM)Celes Wrote:  You know there's this vegan delivery service in LA? It looks really cool. I wish they have it in Singapore - I would totally use it if they do: http://veginout.com/

Looks good.. But more fun if you get into the habit of making your own meals!

(01-22-2012 01:17 PM)Scorpionsage Wrote:  I absolutely loved all those pics of all those yummy food!!
I really wish I checked out your journal sooner...
Wish you the very best!!

No worries Sejal. Thanks for taking the time to have a look All the best to you too!

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