Summer Days of Fruitrition 2/7 – Healing Journey Day 62

Journal:
I did not wake up when I wanted to today. In fact, I had a huge amount of plans for today and somehow still slept in. I shouldn’t say “somehow” because obviously it wasn’t hard to sleep in. It felt really good to not get up for work today. I was happy to have the day off.

Upon rising, I right away started on my day. I started with typing up my devotional, did my fertility tracking on all four apps that I have, did both brain training sessions I have on my two apps, and began preparing foods for the rest of the day (put dates in a bowl to soak and figs in another bowl to soak). Now, because I had nothing ready to eat in the morning, this did lead me to eat something not raw for breakfast, so that part did not work out the greatest… However, I was set up for the rest of the day!

I did quite a bit of work on the computer while watching some documentaries at the same time. The three I managed to watch today were the following:

Excellent documentaries that I highly recommend watching! There is a lot of good information out there, we just have to look for it!

At 2:00 pm, I had an oil change, so before I went to the dealership, I quickly blended up a Datorade with 15 Deglet Noor dates. Unfortunately, I was really looking forward to it, but I put in too much water. It completed diluted the flavour.

After I returned from my oil change, I went ahead and made a snack from Medjool dates and Romaine lettuce. I always thought Deglet Noor dates were my favourite, but this batch of Medjool dates that I got far surpass my love for Deglet Noor dates. This snack is one of the best and comes highly recommended!

The next thing I tried to eat, following a webinar that I listened to, was some mangoes. The guide suggested 6 mangoes as a mono-meal. However, I only ended up eating 2, one of which burned my lips a little from being unripe. I’m not having good luck with these expensive mangoes…

I got the most exciting package this evening. I ordered it almost two weeks ago, and it just showed up. How excited and thankful I was!

There is going to be a long friendship with this machine. I’m absolutely beside myself that I finally own a Vitamix! Yes, I had an old Vitamix, but it was such a pain to clean and use. This is brand-new, beautiful, and mine. I can’t wait to make amazing recipes with this thing!

So to end the night, I rinsed it out and made the fig pudding using soaked, dehydrated figs, dates, and raw carob powder. It was ok, though I think I could have blended it a little longer. The carob powder was nice.

And that summarized my night. I did a lot of stretching and mobility exercises for my hip flexor pain again. I think it’s doing way better, but I just don’t want it to turn into a serious injury. So taking it slow and steady is the way I am going.

Review of Symptoms:
-Acne is bad.
-Energy is good.
-Hair is so-so.
-Mental focus is good.
-Digestion is ok.
-Productive.
-Feeling hydrated after consuming more water today.
-Hip flexor pain has improved today.

Weight at the end of the day = 169 lbs (same as the past two days)

Total Calories = 2380 (80% carbs, 9% fat, 11% protein… macros are almost spot-on!)

The New “Classroom Facebook”

This is for all of my fellow-educators! I have been introduced to the greatest program in the world. It’s free and all of your students will love it. It’s called: EDMODO.

Edmodo is designed like a Facebook. The difference being that the teacher is the creator of the group, and there are no private messages that can be sent between students. All messages are placed on the wall so that the teacher and all students can see it. Another difference is that it is totally safe! Nobody can join your group unless they have your specific group code, which I gave out to my students and their parents. This allows parents to be involved, and be alert of what is going on.

Using Edmodo, the teacher is able to do so many things! First of all, you can post assignments. How great is that! No child can say they didn’t know about an assignment anymore because it will be online! You can also post a quiz on there. Pop-quiz at home! How cool is that? You can also fill in a calendar so that your students will have an online reminder of all the events and important dates that are coming up. Of course since parents have access as well (if you give them the code), it serves as a great reminder for parents too! You can post polls, you can post alerts for important things, you can set up educational apps for your students to be able to select from and use to further their learning, and you can even post pictures of field trips. No more trying to send e-mails to the parents. Everyone can get them at once 🙂

Now one of my most favourite things I have noticed, is that students who do not understand their homework are now able to get in contact with me online. And if I’m not “on” at the time, any other student that may be on and does understand that part of homework can jump in and help. For parents who can’t help, now they can connect with people who can. This has served extremely well!

I don’t know if you can tell by now, but I am thoroughly excited about this program. I’ve only been using it in my class for a week, but it has already been so helpful with my students. And the best part is, it’s almost a guarantee that students will be logged on when they get home because, well, it’s just like a Facebook! They may just be too curious about what their classmates are posting to be able to avoid it 🙂

If you are a teacher, or could use this site for any other reason, I strongly recommend it. Go to: http://www.edmodo.com and watch the demo video. It is so good and shows you what Edmodo can do. I hope you begin using it and fall in love with it like I did!