one month all raw!! (with pictures)

[Lunar*Fey]

One Month all raw!!! Except having to eat cooked split peas once or twice. Plus I don't know if my raisins are raw, I'm beginning to think they aren't as every time I eat them I end up truly not being able to stop and that doesn't happen with other raw foods. Plus, lately I look at them and usually don't desire them at all. I don't know why, they are quite yummy. Anyway I wanted to show you some pictures.

This is quite some time before I went raw, maybe the beginning of last winter? wow I still have braces here...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/400770766/1448897786074527663jnvKlz
This is a recent picture, not quite one month raw as I took it a day or two ago, but basicly a month raw...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/400770766/2366087830074527663KgvlMX#

I love being raw and feel so good :) I wish my mom would try to understand...I have to stop saying that though it must get very annoying.

ah well, *sings* raw raw rawwwww lol

[blessed]

:D How lovely you are.
Go forth and spread your sweet spirit to all you come in contact with and they will be blessed.

Ann

[Lunar*Fey]

aww thank you Blessed. :) I will :)

[rawhomeschoolmom]

Lunar Fey,

You are so beautiful!! And so lucky to have found the raw lifestyle so early in your life. I just know there are so many wonderful things waiting to happen for you! :)

[EmeraldGlow]

Hey! Congrats on 1 month!!! THats really cool! Your skin looks sooooo clear! And your eyes shine! Plus, you just looks so much more happier in that recent picture, like something seriously has changed! And something did!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited for ya! Keep on keepin' on! ;)

P.S. Did I ever email you back? Lol.. I can't remember! :p

[BerryGirl]

You have such beautiful eyes! And I agree-- you look much happier and more at peace in the second picture. Congratulations!

[Lunar*Fey]

rawhomeschoolmom,
aw thank you! I hope you are right, wonderful things probably are waiting to happen and have begun to, I just need to get motivated, get moving and allow them to happen

EmeraldGlow,
I think I know what you mean, In the recent one I look genuinely happy but in the one before it's like I'm just smiling.
thank you for the feed back on the differences :) My skin recently broke out in a bunch of acne, hoping its detox or something, I've been HORRIBLY congested and a bit sick as well the past two days. Although I feel much better today. No I don't think you ever emailed me back, lol.

[karenbeel]

Lunar*Fey that is so fantastic congrats on 1 month raw, you look absolutely beautiful and the pic of you on raw really shines through :D, you can certainly see the change. Keep up the good work and I'm so happy you found the raw lifestyle and at such an early stage in your life that is great. I just hope that my daughter picks up up the raw lifestyle from me and follows in your footsteps too, I will have to show her your post & pictures too might give her a little more insentive. Take care.
Blessings
Karen

[Dimond]

You're very beautiful. :) Think about how great it is to become healthy when you're young. It gives you quite an advantage & will allow you to live a great life.

[Lunar*Fey]

Berrygirl, we must have been posting at the same time before! lol. Thank you for the compliment about my eyes...my camera is poor quality and usually makes them look green or gray when they are actually a bright blue.

Karenbeel,
thank you so much! I hope that I can help inspire your daughter to raw, it is so wonderful. I had horrible depression...now it only comes once in a great while and when it does I can mostly fight it. (it's only come about maybe twice so far since being raw :)) And I just feel wonderful :).

Gilmoregirl,
thank you! That's so kind of you, I've never really thought of myself as pretty. Especially not recently when all my mom and family ever says to me are what they calll bad things about me. For example I was recently telling my mom how my brother was acting different lately. And how he said that his legs were so fat. She got all mad and said yeah well if he's comparing to your legs of course he would think his are fat. Any normal leg compared to yours would look fat. Theres no need for your legs to be skinny like that. and she went on. I asked her to please stop putting me down. And she got all hysterical and said yeah well thats the truth and if you can't accept it too damn bad or something like that. She used to be skinnier than me when she was my age, now that she had my little step sister she has gained weight and it really bothers her. Maybe that's why she says these things to me...but she blames it on my eating etc which makes things hard. She says if I just ate whatever she wanted me to than I would be healthy by now and have gained even more weight. sorry to go on and on...I didn't really realize I would type that much.

[Zena]

Wow! Congratulations, truly! 1 month is such a struggle in itself for most people, and you've made it even with your situation with your mom! That is amazing, i'm really happy for you, I never really commented on your threads but I knew you'd be strong :D

Also, you're goooorgeous~

[Lunar*Fey]

Zena,
thank you! I wish we lived near eachother, it would be awesome to do something sometime! Out of curiousity are you in 8th grade or a freshman, or? my brother is in 8th grade and well I suppose you could call him the opposite of raw lol. I'm a freshman, although this school year is almost over.
Is that you in your avatar? You are very pretty yourself! looks like you have beautiful skin!

[heabrook]

Lunar*fey,

You look great! You are so beautiful :) I am so glad that you feel great eating all raw. Congratulations!!

[Zena]

Lunar*fey, it would be soooo great if we lived closer! Someday there has to be a rawfoodtalk CONVENTION somewhere, with tons of food where everyone can meet everyone.... lovely dream, hmm? Technically i'm not in any grade since i'm unschooled, but I THINK I would be about to leave 8th and enter 9th after summer? The avatar IS me, thank you so much! :o

Congratulations again! Here's to another month... or a lifetime. :D

[Gosia]

Wow! When I looked at your first photo, I thought, how can you improve on this? You look so cute and lovely in that one. But then I looked at the after photo, and dang! You look so vibrant and so beautiful. The difference is dramatic! Thanks for sharing.

Gosia.

[Spectatrix]

Cute pictures... but to be frank, I wouldn't have been able to tell which was your "raw" pic and which was your "before raw" pic if you hadn't labeled them...

[Zena]

Really, Spectatrix? I can tell the difference, in the raw pic her face looks slimmer(Well... she's trying not to be so skinny, I know, but it just looks better, more regular) and her skin has the pretty glow goin' on. :)

[KindnessToAllCreatures]

You truly do look happier in the second picture. Growing up, I had the good fortune to have two exceptional parents. One of the most important things I will always carry with me from them is knowing their desire for me to be happy above all else. I hope, in time, your Mother will see that you truly are happy, and be content in this.
Not only are you a very beautiful human being, you also seem wise for someone so young. May you continue to have much happiness!

[Spectatrix]

Really, Spectatrix? I can tell the difference, in the raw pic her face looks slimmer(Well... she's trying not to be so skinny, I know, but it just looks better, more regular) and her skin has the pretty glow goin' on. :)
I did notice that her face looks a tad slimmer in the second pic, but I wouldn't view that as a positive change given her goals. It's hard for me to discern any difference in her skin tone because of differences in lighting between the two pics. No biggie though... even if I can't *see* a difference, I can tell from her posts that she *feels* the difference, and that's what really matters. :)

[Lunar*Fey]

aw thank you so much everyone! You are all so nice. Maybe I just look better in pictures though, because in person I often look terrible, lol honestly. I don't think one guy has ever actually liked me lol. Not that I really care, the one guy I really care about lives at a private school in another state now...ehh sorry to get so off topic, as usual! Anyway you are all SO nice...I have to say I've never been very self confident at all, hearing all of your kind words is so nice. Thank you :)
love, Lunar*Fey <3

[Gosia]

Well, I made a little experiment. I combined the two images in one jpg file, making sure that their width and height match. Now, it is easier to compare. Regardless of the difference in hairstyle, light and in the quality of the images, I still have a very strong impression that the person on the right looks healthier and happier. Check this out (Lunar*Fey, I hope that you don't mind me doing this. Let me know if you do, and I will remove the image from that page ASAP):

http://www.rawgosia.com/lunar.jpg

Gosia.

[rawfigure]

Thanks Goasia for the side by side. As so many have said, you are so very pretty, sweet !! I see so much difference between the two picture. I think it is in the eyes, smile. You look sincerely happy, peaceful in the after Raw Picture. More comfortable with yourself too, right ?

Lovely.

[Nenyath]

Wow! Congratiolations Lunar Fey! There's quite a difference between the before and after raw, you look more free now..

All the best!

Fly forever free..

[Lunar*Fey]

thanks Gosia, I'm glad you did that. I would have done something like that as well but for some reason when I tried the pictures came out so tiny you could barely see them.

Rawfigure, thats exactly how I feel as well. I definately do feel more comfortable with myself as well. I have more confidence in myself and my decisions and such now... although self confidence has always been an issue for me, I'm working on it.

Nenyath, thank you so much...I feel much more free now and not held back by the things going on in my head.

[Lunar*Fey]

I also just wanted to show something...
here's a more recent picture of my mom.. (she's the one on the far left)
http://community.webshots.com/photo/549000357/2245145830074527663PJjeFo
and
this is my mom and I when I was little.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Nightshade16/c16b3337.jpg

[rawfigure]

thanks Gosia, I'm glad you did that. I would have done something like that as well but for some reason when I tried the pictures came out so tiny you could barely see them.

Rawfigure, thats exactly how I feel as well. I definately do feel more comfortable with myself as well. I have more confidence in myself and my decisions and such now... although self confidence has always been an issue for me, I'm working on it.

Nenyath, thank you so much...I feel much more free now and not held back by the things going on in my head.

LunarFey

Being comfortable with yourself is really the important key to so many aspects of life. When I get down on myself (which I do from time to time as I have a gaining weight phobia, body image thingy) my husband says to me "others (he means himself here) will not think more of me than I do of myself". While I do not really care what others think of me I do care how it affects a relationship, especially with my dear heart.

And self esteem is a major key in how others treat you in a relationship. So I am glad you are more comfy in your skin. It will help with your relationship with your Mom.

Wow, a beautiful picture of your Mom and the child (is that you? ) and I do see a change from then to now. She looks so different !

You are doing great ! Keep it going !

[robertandenith]

You look wonderful Lunar*Fey, like others say, you seem happier in the last picture. I am VERY happy for you :)

[chp2160]

How sweet!! You love your Mom very much. Adorable. :)
By the way, you do look great!!!

[Lunar*Fey]

Rawfigure,
I agree with what you have said. The way you feel about yourself definately affects your relationships. Because I do not have much self confidence it makes it hard to talk to other people or if I do talk I get really quiet and they can barely hear me and then I end up trailing off and sounding even more stupid. But this is changing. I see a lot of change (for the better) in myself. thank you :). And yes, that child with my mom is me lol. that was probably like 12 years ago. I have seen such a huge huge difference in my mom and I sense that she is extremely unhappy with herself. It's a bit hard, even though I know that's her thing...

RobertandEnith,
thank you so much, that's so nice of you :)

chp2160,
lol thank you :)

[rawpriestess]

YOU are doing so well,


and WOW, what a difference in your mom.

RAW is deffinitely working for YOU.


YOU RAWK!!!

[English Tracy]

Hi Lunar*Fey,

The difference I see when the photos are side by side are that in the post-raw picture you look much more confident. I sense a little 'hesitancy' in the before picture. The confidence is there I expect because you know you have found the right path and are feeling very positive about it.

You are doing so well in following your heart in this - well done!

Tracy

Mother of a body-building 19 yr old son who keeps the meat (protein) industry going all by himself - yuk!! :D

[English Tracy]

I forgot to say that Zena is also looking very healthy and glowing! It is so encouraging that young people are discovering the benefits of eating raw.

It's also impressive that they can post photos!! I am a technical dunce and one day will successfully post an avatar - it keeps saying my pixels are too large!! Whoops....... :confused:

[Lunar*Fey]

Rawpriestess,
thank you so much! I don't really know why I showed the picture of my mom except that I am worried about her. And it hurts me to watch her hurt so much. She is always in pain (her back) and she has wrinkles and big bags under her eyes and she is never genuinely happy anymore. Although she is and always will be beautiful. It just makes me so sad because I love her so much.

English Tracy,
Thank you very much! I definately agree with what you said about the difference between my pictures, as I feel the difference as well. thank you, and yes Zena looks wonderful too! :)
so your son has no interest in going raw? lol

[janicejourney]

You look so healthy and lovely.. good to see that you are taking such great care of yourself!

[English Tracy]

Lunar*Fey,

My son would rather cut off his leg than go raw!! This will make you laugh - he is entering his first competition next week and has to have all his body hair waxed off, put on loads of fake tan and then cover himself with oil to make himself shine!!! I'm sure all that meat has affected his brain!!

Of course, if he wins, I will never hear the end of it. :o

Pity he can't follow your example.

Tracy

[Sharon in Colorado]

Lunar that is an amazing change I see in you. Even with the fuzziness of the picture and different lighting I see a positive difference.

Your mother is beautiful and in the before picture she reminds me of Marie Osmond who you may not know.

I just saw her on a show talking about her own eating disorder.

[rawpriestess]

yeah, Marie Osmond had an eating disorder as she was in the spotlight and the only girl, with all of those famous brothers, and here she was so cute and plump at an early age, no wonder.


Karen Carpenter had the same challenge only, she died because of it.

It is so sad that we women develop eating disorders usually to please our moms, and then we never do. how strange is that?

[Light of an Angel]

Lunar*Fey what strikes me the most about your second picture is that healthy glow coming from your eyes and smile. I wanted to say congratulations to you on one month raw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know how you feel about your mom, you would like her to be raw, healthy and pain free. Don't worry though, even though you can't change people you can give them example, which you are doing. Maybe one day she will be ready to make a change into raw. We all progress, learn and move on when we are ready. All in the devine time.

Love and hugs to you!

[Lunar*Fey]

JaniceJourney, Thank you so much! :)

English Tracy,
LOL! that definately did make me laugh lol

SharoninColorado,
thank you! :). I've never heard of Mary Osmond but now that I see her I can sort of see the resemblance. :)

Rawpriestess,
I know what you mean, It's like we do it partially to please our moms and yet our moms end up becoming far less pleased. And then it feels like no matter what you do you will never be good enough for them.

Light of an Angel,
Thank you! :) Maybe someday she too will be ready to try raw. Although, she did tell me that she would NEVER ever do it and she thinks its unhealthy. I just want her to be healthy and happy again, its really hard especially since it seems like I am mostly what made her so stressed, unhappy, and all that.
thank you, *returns love and hugs* :)