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Changing taste buds, static scale

I've been kind of bummed that my scale isn't budging. Kicking it across the room doesn't count. I've lost maybe 2 lbs since going high raw (mostly vegan, gluten-free) a month or so ago and I'm not living on avocados. I have a looooong way to go and it's frustrating.



I did notice, however, that my taste buds are changing. This morning I took my 5 yr old to Whole Foods for our week's shopping trip. He wanted to hit the breakfast bar first, then shop, so I obliged. I just wanted… Continue

Added by Jill on November 30, 2009 at 11:29pm — 4 Comments

Love Notes

New blog post: www.infusionoflife.blogspot.com

Added by BarefootArtist Rhonda Lee on November 30, 2009 at 11:07pm — 3 Comments

Day 15 of my "Jodi made me do it Challenge"

Breakfast-Smoothie with spinach,banana,strawberries,greenpowder,hempseed

snack clementine

lunch salad with hemp oil and hemp seeds,mixed lettuces,toms,broccoli slaw with no mayo stuf just the veggies.

snack clementine

dinner the rest of the zucchimi alfredo with mushrooms. Used 2 whole zucchinis!! Stuffed lady here.

probably have a grapefruit

steps 4803 :(

hooping tomorrow will increase that!!

Things about my body I noticed. My legs are much thinner skin… Continue

Added by Jean on November 30, 2009 at 7:05pm — 3 Comments

Today Was a Good Day

Last week I made sure I had a green smoothie each day. I avoided meat the whole week and dairy most days but I ate lots of refined sugar and starch.



Today was a new day and a new week for me. I started with a liter of water, followed by a banana, a ginormous salad with herbs, romaine, spinache, radichio, cabbage, yellow peppers, red peppers, cucumbers, carrots and brocoli with some raisins, dried cranberries, walnuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds.



I admit to eating… Continue

Added by Jillian Navejas on November 30, 2009 at 5:37pm — 3 Comments

Cookbook Giveaway on my Blog

It isn't a raw cookbook but a vegan cookbook- so for those of you who are high raw and need some healthy recipe ideas for when you eat cooked food- this book is it.
http://veganfamilystyle.blogspot.com/2009/11/vegan-lunch-box-around-world-review-and.html

Added by Debra Garner on November 30, 2009 at 5:01pm — 5 Comments

Back home & back to RAW

I spent the last 10 days in Palm Springs, California for my new job. It was such a wonderful learning experience and I really enjoy working with kids (I can add nanny to my resume:), but at times the stress lead to extreme exhaustion and less than perfect food choices. The great thing about where I was in California was that so much was in season and we had lots of citrus fruit trees on the property, the down falls were a chef who didn't quite understand what raw-vegan meant, and traveling with… Continue

Added by Stephany S on November 30, 2009 at 2:46pm — 3 Comments

Psoriasis is ruining my celebration

Yep- I should be celebrating. I am officially closer to weighing 200 lbs than weighing 210. I should be jumping for joy but instead I am miserable. I am having another bad outbreak with my psoriasis. It is happening every other week or so. I was in bed for 2 days and now I am sitting on the couch so I can keep a better eye on the kids. All I really want to be doing is running around, playing with the kids, and having a grand time. I didn't have psoriasis before going vegan. Sometimes I have to… Continue

Added by Debra Garner on November 30, 2009 at 1:55pm — 10 Comments

Let's Talk Raw with Chef Elaina Love

Monday, Nov. 30, 5 p.m. Pacific; 8 p.m. Eastern on Let's Talk Raw!



Elaina Love is a professional Chef and Instructor, Lifestyle Counselor and Owner/Director of the raw food store and Pure Joy Planet. She authored the raw, vegan, living food recipe book Elaina's Pure Joy Kitchen to share her favorite recipe creations, which have also been published internationally. She is the creator of the Amazing Nut Milk Bag.



Elaina has… Continue

Added by Revvell on November 30, 2009 at 10:19am — 21 Comments

Trying to Plan a Raw Trip Home

I must be doing something right because the universe keeps blessing me with beautiful sleep while I'm on call. I wake up smiling and so grateful when I look at the clock and realize that I've slept through the whole night without even a phone call to wake me up. Thank you universe.



Drank water upon waking and had a leisurely morning.



Breakfast: 1 pint kale, celery, apple juice

1 dropperful marine phytoplankton chased with 1 tsp. royal jelly



Went to the… Continue

Added by Dana on November 30, 2009 at 9:17am — 6 Comments

We are strong enough ...

Sometimes it seems the rough times among our days feel like they are never going to end...

And that the fun, easy-going times are fleeting...as the time passes so quickly...



I love the above quote, "What does not kill us, makes us stronger."

The first time I heard this quote was in the movie, Steel Magnolias.

LAUGHTER THROUGH TEARS IS MY FAVORITE EMOTION!

This is my most favorite movie...of…

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Added by Susan : ) on November 30, 2009 at 5:30am — 8 Comments

A Little Bump in the Road

Had a wonderful Thanksgiving, not even the slightest bit of temptation but then Friday I was with a client on a job and had lunch with him and his workers. I drank a wonderful green juice and they ate roasted chicken, beans, tortillas and salsa. I felt fine but it was his comments that seemed to wear me down. He couldn’t understand my food chocies and kept trying to get me to eat what they were having. When I said we had a raw Thanksgiving- he said “that sounds awful!” I said no it was very… Continue

Added by Jodi is Purely Nourished on November 29, 2009 at 11:01pm — 22 Comments

day 3 juice feast and juice party with Dave!

hey everyone. today was another good juice day although now it is night and i am getting a bit peckish for food. i am downing some kombucha as it really cuts my cravings.



today's juices:

2 cups carrot/romaine juice with ginger

2 quarts romaine/celery/spinach/kale/parsley

1 quart apple/cranberry/celery/kale

about 2 ounces wheatgrass/parsley juice

drinking kombucha now

and i still have about 2 cups of carrot/celery juice for right before bed (I HATE going… Continue

Added by bitt on November 29, 2009 at 10:30pm — 5 Comments

Juice Feast - almost made a whole day :)

It just figures. Most days I am not even usually hungry and feel I subsist mostly on juice, but today I woke up hungry. Started the morning out with my all-time favorite cucumber/granny smith/celery juice. After getting home from church made grapefruit juice. About 2 hours later, had a carrot and sweet potatoe juice. Then I caved about 3 hours later. My "juice feast" ended around 5-ish today when I remembered the fudge balls in the freezer that I had made last night. So I probably od'd on… Continue

Added by Tanja on November 29, 2009 at 8:55pm — 6 Comments

Day 14 of my Jodi made me do it Challenge

Breakfast-Romaine smoothie with frozen banana and strawberries add cacoa and couldn't drink it all :(

Lunch-Huge salad with a dressing of blended toms,oil,kalamata olives,onion,garlic VERY GOOD.

2 clementines

Dinner-After watching Rory's Thanksgiving I checked his ebook and made his Alfredo sauce and put it over zucchini pasta. Decided to take some baby bellas and thin sliced onion and tos it with some Tamari sauce and let marinate almost 10 minutes. Drained it and poured the… Continue

Added by Jean on November 29, 2009 at 6:53pm — 3 Comments

day 2 juice feast

juices:

celery/bit of apple/parsley (2 quarts)

carrot and celery (1 quart)

romaine/spinach (1 quart)

other drinks: herbal tea, kombucha



I felt pretty good for the most part although I did have some stomach discomfort in the evening. And some pretty serious food cravings at night too. I decided to fill my mind with all things juice so looked up juicing videos online, etc. It helped.



I had a few energy lulls although for the most part I was pretty… Continue

Added by bitt on November 29, 2009 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Joining the juice feast today.

I am doing a 8 day juice feast. Starting today I will drink goji water and water with lemon.

Here is a menu of what I will be drinking throughout the week.

It is important to be organized while doing a juice fast. I have printed out my menu and I will hang it in the kitchen. When I wake up each day I will juice for the day and store them in glass mason jars. I work a 42 hour week and I go to school 2 nights a week. I am also a wife and mother. Being Organized is the key for me in… Continue

Added by mia on November 29, 2009 at 10:00am — 18 Comments

I'm joining Heerea G and starting Juice feast Today!

I was inspired by Heera's blog post and decided to start juicing today. I was going to wait until Tuesday because my Brother is staying with me tomorrow before heading home to Boston but really why wait? I am so ready to do this! I have been wrestling with feeling bad about totally blowing it on Friday and just allowing myself to throw the whole day away because I started eating cooked in the morning. I don't want to be the person who justifies their behavior or makes excuses anymore. I want to… Continue

Added by Laura on November 29, 2009 at 9:30am — 5 Comments

Be Kind! : )



"The positive effect of kindness on the immune system and on the increased production of serotonin in the brain has been proven in research studies.



Serotonin is a naturally occurring substance in the body that makes us feel more comfortable, peaceful, and even blissful.



In fact, the role of most anti-depressants is to stimulate the production of serotonin chemically, helping to ease depression.



Research has…

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Added by Susan : ) on November 29, 2009 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

DAY 1

Today November 29, 2009 I will be commencing my 33 day Juice Feast~



I have been meaning to do a juice feast for a longgg time now - I did a 5 day juice fast (www.organicavenue.com) at the beginning of the summer and stayed %95 raw all summer until I hit back into Ithaca for my second last semester of architecture school. It has definitely been a challenge being 100% raw without having my comfort zones of juice bars, fruit stands and amazing… Continue

Added by Huyn Ung on November 29, 2009 at 3:30am — 6 Comments

Day 13 of my Jodi made me do it Challenge

Wow day 13 time just flies.
Breakfast-Kale, apple,lemon,banana drank part of it and was almost sick. Don't think kale and apple work for me.
lunch another half avocado guac over salad mostly cukes because I was not gonna have kale again
Dinner-salad again with a few pecans, raisens, and pumpkin seeds.
Water water
green powder and water.
Steps
4468 not great but sat most of the day at sisters and it was cold outside.

Added by Jean on November 28, 2009 at 9:23pm — 3 Comments

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