May 2011 Blog Posts (385)

Hey all! Hope you are all having an amazing day! Today I am doing great! The sun is out for the first time in weeks and it feels great! I haven't been doing "super good" but I've been doing well. I have stopped stressing over all that I do wrong and I'm just enjoying eating more raw and more healthy. I tell you what, it's a HUGE difference. I've been so much happier the last week or so. I'm no longer stressing about my weight and I'm staying active. The hubs and I have agreed to work out…

Here is the latest entry from my personal blog...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I I am now exactly 54 days into my brand new lifestyle. I hardly know where to begin in describing all the changes that have taken place in April and May. As we stand on the edge of entering June, I am kicking it off with a 10 day juice fast, or, as some people call it, a juice FEAST. And why not? You get to drink as much green juice as you need or…

Motivation sky high! I don't know where it came from, but I'm happy it's back.

• Super high raw this weekend, possibly even 100%.
• Started a juice feast today. So far, no prob.
• Hiked 3-4 mi. with an RFR friend this afternoon, then did the first workout of Week 5 of the Couch to 5K program, aiming to run (or at least run part of) a 5K in Boston on June 18 and another one in NYC on June 19. Me? Run a 5K? Stranger things have happened, I suppose!
• Also joined…

Hi all. Always looking for ways to celebrate raw foods (and stay raw) - I started a new blog called Girl Meets Juice (link disabled by Admin - see House Rules)

I'd welcome…

I am so freakin' angry today. It doesn't matter what the reason is. What matters is that it hurts....on a deep dark level there is pain. I needed this video more than I can say today. Maybe you do too....

Namaste' Ya'll

W:-)

One good thing (at least) came from this weekend…I got to spend time with family and checked off a few chores from the ole ‘to-do’ list.

We started out early Saturday to run errands, so I made a green smoothie & a green juice for the trip (I enjoyed the smoothie, but the juice was forgotten throughout the day…sigh).  

The first stop was the hospital (routine checkup for my son) and was quick.  The second was at the farmers’ market.  Despite the spinach guy…

Considering I eat mostly vegetables and at that rate all RAW.  This E.Coli breakout has me a little worried.

People have died.  I wash my vegetables and fruit but anyone got any suggestions how to wash them better to help prevent any problems?

I don't mean to worry anyone just a little worried myself.  Thanks

And they're not just mine! 

This past Saturday was opening day for our local Farmer's Market. It was so nice to see everyone again after our long, long winter!  I spent a little time talking to Gilberte, the woman who runs a small organic farm just a bit up the coast. She told me she's working more with youth this year, in…

To keep your leafy greens fresher longer in the fridge, try this! put a paper towel loosely over the container and lay the cover on top. Do not seal cover. The paper towel will absorb the excess moisture.

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Determination gives you the resolve to keep going

IN SPITE OF the roadblocks that lay before you.

~Denis Waitley

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As I tend to do when I have things I enjoy, I decided to have the same as what I had yesterday. But to mix it up I decided to put all the ingredients of the most delicious juice  I have ever had, into the Vita Mix and make a smoothie of it instead.  It is amazing how it could taste so different. The juice seemed to taste more pure. Anyway, I had to add some Star Fruit to get rid of the bitterness and make it more palatable. Will stick to the juice with that recipe.

I had a really…

Here we are into Week 9!  I'm feeling really good about the fact that I've stuck with this for over 2 months now.  I will take some updated progress picture this week, and take my measurements again.  I feel my clothing getting looser, but the photos and the measurements seem to really drive it home for me.

One of the reasons I haven't been posting is that I haven't been feeling good physically or emotionally this week.  I have fibromyalgia and am fairly certain that I have a great…

I watched a show on tv about a woman who fed her kids some salad- it was triple washed- so she figured it was ok.  I won't go into what happened to one of her daughters but it was not good and it took several years  and hospitalizations to get over it. 

So I just want to encourage everyone to really wash those greens before eating- use enough water to get them really really clean - even if they are already washed or if they are organic or whatever.

That is my…

It's like being on REDBULL all day and I just can't sit still!

I spent just under 2 hours in the gym today and then came home and sat on the patio slurping on a large tropical fruit smoothie and soaking up some sun.  Quiet rare in the UK haha!  I could only sit for 10 minutes until I felt the urge to wash the patio, then sat down, then re-potted plants, cleaned the house from top to bottom and sat down to watch one of my lovely Britsih BBC series and munch on a large…

I just realize that my scale is not really working. I do everuthing on earth possible to get this initiative working and yes the weight doesn't really go down. This morning (after a juiced sunday) I weight more that I should've. So I weight myself like 1 minute fater an I was 2 kilos down, then 1 minute after 3 kilos up....I don't want to buy another one now....the kind of stuff I can buy is limited on the island where I live I'll have to go to a big city for that otherwise I'll get the same…

"We are given one life,

and the decision is ours ...

whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind,

or whether to act, and in acting, to live."

- Omar Nelson Bradley

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