90 Days RAW! 43 lbs LOST forever!!!

[rawpriestess]

Well, I did it, I made it 90 days raw (so far) and I feel great,

THANK YOU ALISSA --- YOU HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE -- I LOVE YOU AND YOUR BOOK AND DVD

WE ALL RAWK!!!
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and I posted this in response to a question posted to me a few days ago:

YES!!! this is the longest I have ever been 100% raw. WOW


humm, there are so many differences, and yet trying to remember them all, guess the ole' memory hasn't been improved yet. LOL

okay, let's see
well the main thing is I don't sleep all day and up all night, I used to have to take a 2 to 4 hour nap during the day, then I'd be up all night, back and forth going pee a gazillion times,
I also have no frequent or urgent urination,

I can sleep all night, get up make a pot of tea, then go pee, no worries.

also, no sinus or sniffles
nose is clear
eyes don't run
ears don't itch
no aches or pains in joints
I walk without tiring
I get up and down stairs and not be winded
I can stand as long as I need to without tiring
I work in the garden all day bent over, no aches or pains
I have no cravings for cooked food, this is especially nice
RAW just FEELS right
my body feels like it's part of me, instead of some alien creature connected to my bones (if that makes any sense)
I don't think about food all the time, I can enjoy many other pleasures
hightened sex drive (as if that was even possible) LOL
better eyesight, (I am now wearing a 10 year old prescription for my glasses)
lost 43 pounds (so far)
hair is getting thicker and longer (YES!!!)
no body odor or bad breath
no bad breath upon arising (NICE)
no diarehha or constipation
blood preasure dropped to 174 over 84 (almost normal) was 274/174 which was death!! YIKES!!!
no headaches
no jaw aches
no blemishes or white heads
no cracked split nails
no rough skin
no rashes or chaffing where my clothes fit
no gas or burping
no crankiness or mood swings
no tiredness during the day
feet don't hurt
legs don't hurt
hips don't hurt
no backaches
no neck aches
no wrist pain
no hand pain
no pain YES!!!
food is not my number one item to think about, to read about, to worry about, to buy, to make to prepare to eat, it is just something I do each day, now
cooked food doesn't even look like food anymore to me
a hightened love for fruits and veggies in their natural state
not wanting or needing as much gourmet foods (although they are nice on occasion)but being happy with a fresh raw ripe mango or pineapple is great

no worries, I suppose this sounds simple, but I used to worry alot about things, now I have this inner calm, that everything is alright exactly as it is

I suppose the biggest difference is my focus is on other things than food and my eating it or not eating it, and that I feel calm in my body, so it is mental stuff for me, although all the physical stuff is good too.
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[Lay-Lay]

CONGRATS RP, WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can feel your excitment and I am soooo excited for you. Today I am at 50 Days, so I am pretty hyped too!.

[rawpriestess]

OH WOW, congratulations


50 days, that is wonderful

cooooollllllllll

WE RAWK!!!!!

[rawlee]

RP...that is so wonderful and empowering!! i'm just behind you at 63 days. Yay for all of us!!

[Pincracker]

congrats RP, 90 days sounds like alot to someone 7 days in like myself. 7 days and I feel drained. I hope it goes away soon. My energy level is 0. :confused:
Congrats to Rawlee and Iloverawfoods too. 50 and 63 days are some pretty good numbers too. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Rawkinlocs]

YAAAAYY and congrats to each of you (you too Pincracker! :) )

You are ALL doing it and very inspirational to all of us!

[Shan]

RP that's FAAAAAAANTASTIC! I'm so happy for you! I'm only on Day 33 but hope to be where you are soon.

[PATH301]

way to go!, RP - I know it feels great!!!!!! :D

[rawpriestess]

No matter where we are in our quest for health,




WE ALL RAWK!!!!!

[RawFoodieMom]

RP, that is wonderful, I'm so happy for you, I had no idea that you'd lost 43 lbs! WOO-HOO!!!! That's awesome, it's obvious that you're feeling so great on raw!! :)

[exurb]

WOO HOO RP!!! RAWESOME!!!!!

[rawpriestess]

Exurb, no thank you, I think that comment is very rude,

I ALREADY KNOW HOW HEAVY THAT IS.

I've been gaining and losing that same 43 pounds for years.

I'd like to never see it again.

[Cinnamon]

Congratulations our dear Rawpriestess! You are doing awesome and are an inspiration to all of us. Yippee!

Lay-Lay, how awesome for you too! Yeah!

[rawfigure]

Yeah for you RP ! Wahooooooo !!!!!!!!!! :D

[exurb]

OMG RP I'm blown away that you would think that I was trying to be rude?!?!? :eek: I only meant to delight in your success.

I too have lost a large amount of weight and have kept it off for many years, that silly little exercise was something that was recommended to me, and it reaffirmed my feeling of achievement, and I was awestruck at how heavy that was, it helped enhance my sense of victory over something that had previously been a challenge and I had found my way through, and has strengthened my resolve for the future.

I only meant to highlight the magnitude of your transformation and was trying to send you positive and kind and affirming comments. Maybe it's a dumb thing (I was sharing something that was helpful, fun and meaningful to me), If you had an objection to the silly exercise, perhaps it would have been kinder to not assume the worst of people and tell them their comments are very rude. I was hurt by that remark and do not understand your rush to such a negative and harsh judgement.

[rawpriestess]

it was not a rush to a negative judgement, it was brought to my attention by another member, who thought it was rude, then I read it, felt the same way, and then I asked two other friends, who also thought it was rude.


So, after reading your post, I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, and I'm sorry I took it wrong.

but I didn't rush into it, I was quite taken aback at having someone tell me to go to the super market and get a bunch of butter, it was a misunderstanding I'm sure.

Let's both just forget about it,

I appeciate your support.

[dreamrawalwz]

congratulations! Do you happen to have before and after (or during) pictures? I'd really like to see your transformation as I'm sure others would as well.

[heabrook]

That is absolutely WONDERFUL!

I am so happy for you!! YAY!! :) :)

[exurb]

Thanks RP!

I tried to PM to you to make this suggestion but for some reason it's saying I don't have permission or can't access PMs, do you want to just remove my posts here and your posts that respond, so there's no side issues polluting this joyous and jubilant thread.

[rawpriestess]

Exurb, all taken care of, thanks for your support.

the PM option is no longer available on this website, it's been a few months now.

[janicejourney]

Grats Girl!!!!

[Raw Jewelrylady]

Way to go RP...Megga congrats....I had to start over-but I have that same gusto for Raw like you describe. I'm at only Day 6 -but I feel different-the cravings are gone. Can't wait to hit 90 days...You inspire me.... :)

Lana

[lissomllama]

Wow, how wonderful you must feel! Congrats!!

[sosiesmom]

Congrats! That's great news!

[Helen Of Tennessee]

Hi RP,

Wow, what a long list of wonderful things that have happened to you in the past 90 days!!!! Way to go!!!! Pain free! This is such a big thing, for those that have ever suffered pain, knows!!!!

It won't be long until your BP is all the way down to normal. I'm just so excited for you and for those who posted and are seeing results like you are!

[swingbolder]

Wow, RP! That is fantastic!!!!! And so inspirational!


my body feels like it's part of me, instead of some alien creature connected to my bones (if that makes any sense)

I know EXACTLY what you mean by this, LOL!!!

[shakti17]

congrats RP!!!! they say that 90 is the magic number for addictions!

i am very proud of you, especially that you made it through that challenging weekend!

i am grateful for your presence here and i have learned a lot from your posts.

shakti

[ljannise]

*booty shake dance for RP*

[Linda1970]

RP, Congratulations! I'm so happy for you! What a list of changes! THanks for sharing with us; it's sooooo inspiring! You RWAK! :)

[Nenyath]

You are such an inspiration RP and I am really happy for you! What a list, what a bunch of positive changes! I really do understand the whole part of getting closer to your body. I used to see my body as a jail, the I shifted to seeing it as just being there and never being perfect, now finally I appreciate it as the wonderful gift it is, a window into this world. Also I used to have no clue at all why my digestion was as it was, my stomach was a place I could stuff everything into and then it would be gone. Now I feel the digestion! But you rawk RP! Keep it up ;)

Fly forever free..

[Faithfullyfit]

RP,
RAW!!!!!! RAW!!!!!! RAW!!!!!!
Congratulations- you are so inspiring :)

Faithfully FIT

[Dragggon]

Ok here are a few pictures of Rawpriestess before and after her 90 days raw

[Lay-Lay]

wow, I can really see a difference. You have lost some weight girl and you look younger

[rawpriestess]

Oh, thank you so much, I feel soooooooo much better, I just can't tell you how much this has changed my life.


RAW RAWKS!!!!!

[Oceana]

WOW.
RP you DO really look younger! AND thinner..
GREAT JOB!

I read a post that you said you were in your 50'S?
You look about 20 years younger now!!!

[Nenyath]

I see the physical change RP but mostly there is a change in your energy pattern, that is the best way I can describe it. You seem closer to what and who you really are after raw than before, your vibrations just seem higher.. What a transformation and you are not even done yet!

Fly forever free..

[ljannise]

Are you SURE it was only 43?? You look like at LEAST 60 pounds lighter!!!


*botty shake dance for RP AGAIN*

[Rawmommie]

You look wonderful, I'm just so happy for you!!! :)

[rawfigure]

I will chime in too, you look younger and yes I can see the difference.

On a side note , all of the benefits you gained are as great as what you lost !! :D

Nice view of the Lake. What a great place to live. :)

[chilove]

That is so awesome! That is amazing!!! Congratulations!!! :-)

[sunshinesioux]

Absolutely amazing!! Even eyesight has changed! wow! 90 days is a huge chunk of time to be proud of!! Congratulations!!

[rawstrawberry]

You look absolutely fabulous!

Keep up the rawsome lifestyle you wear it well

Raw Strawberry

[rawpriestess]

Thank you all so much,

yep I'm 53 (so far) and was 288, now 245

going down as far as I can go, I have never weighed less that 137 as an adult (okay in my early 20's)but MOST of my life, I have been between 180 and 220, ever since 1978 I have only gone below 1980 once, when I was dieting and dancing very hard, I got down to 159 that was in 1983, when I was dancing in Japan 4 to 6 hours a day 124 degree heat. YIKES

then right back up to 180 when got back home, with a couple of years was up to 220 then never went down in all this time. 21 years, I have weighed over 200 pounds, so you can bet I will get below that soon.

And a super deal the black and white dress I am wearing, Dragggon bought for me as a gift 4 years ago, it was always way way too tight, now it is loose, and I love it, so I have a bunch of NEW old clothes that I can wear, was HOPING they would fit by the time I went to take Alissa's class, but I got a surprise this morning when Dragggon asked me to try them on, and they fit,

having friends over tonight to celebrate. YIPEE!!!

[Green Life]

Congratulations!

The transformation is incredible, thanks for the pics. That is very encouraging to see/hear.

Keep up the great work!!!!!!!


Green life

[Im2Fruity]

Wow Rawpriestess!! Congratulations and you look fantastic!!! and even better, you feel fantastic!!
Thank you for being such a wonderful example for all of us.

[Pailani]

Wow, those pictures say it all! You look so much healthier and younger!!

[RawFoodieMom]

Wow, RP, you look so radiant, and beautiful, and happy. You are just glowing! I'm so happy for you! :)

[Raw Jewelrylady]

RP-You look so great. Wow-43 pounds is just amazing. Your list of changes is just another example of the powers of Raw. Thanks for sharing.... :)

Lana

[Oceana]

rawpriestess,

Can you share what you have been eating? I mean just a topical day or two?
I am very interested.
Was it a struggle the first few days?

[threedogs]

Very cool! You are an inspiration to me!

:p :p :p

[Dawn39]

Christine!!!!!
You have the great look that can only be described as The RAW GLOW!!!

I am so happy for you, I've read your struggles so your my inspration that I'll get to th 100% permanently!!

You have not only lost #'s you've set back that clock!!!!!!!

You're my hero !!!! I wish you the best!
Love
Dawn

[English Tracy]

RP - I love the photos. You are a great example to follow.

I had a question - I know you and Dragggon prepare lots of raw goodies inc sweet stuff, but have you cut out things like that during the last 90 days?

What were you eating for example in your first week when you lost 20 lbs? I'd like to follow suit.

Thanks.

Tracy

[rawpriestess]

Hi, you bet, I'll share.

a typical day for me is:

Breakfast:
Herbal tea

(my BF goes out each morning and picks camomile, or some other cool weed for me to drink, raspberry leaf, blackberry leaf, etc. or he buys me herbal teas, I've been drinking alot of ginseng, with some pepper mint leaf in it, we grow our own herbs, and 3 kinds of mint, peppermint, kentucky mint, and chocolate mint)

Lunch:
Fruit (as much as I want, for a couple of months it would be a couple cups of fresh pineapple, now I've gone over to mango, sometimes, kiwi or orange, or peach or plum, the last couple of days it has been a mixture of all of them)

snack:
black olives(kalamata, sometimes walnuts, or pinenuts, usually about 1/2 cup to a cup, depending how hungry I am)

dinner:
burger, or pizza or tostada, (I make up burger patties and onion bread and pop into the freezer--each night my bf puts two onion bread and one burger patty in the dehydrator to make my dinner, then it is defrosted and warmed within about 20 to 30 minutes and that gives me time to decide what I want, If I want a burger, I just add a big chunk of lettuce a slice of tomatoe and white onion, and some mayo and mustard, and a pickle, if I want a pizza, I top it with marinara sauce, the burger crumbled up, some sliced mushrooms, fresh basil, chunks of pinapple and maybe a black olive or two, if I want tostada, I add lettuce leaves, white onion choppes, tomato chopped and hot salsa, we make the condiments up and keep them in the fridge so we always have them)

snack:
either orange juice and black olives (I love this combination, not sure why, it's pungent) or I eat a couple of brownies, or chocolate mouse ice cream or sometimes I just have some more mango or pineapple

and almost every day I have an almond milk, shake, I use 1 cup of almond milk, 3 medjool dates, and 1 cup ice and some fresh vanilla bean, and some spices, mmmmmmmmm my favorite, I've had chocolate once or twice, but the cinnabon milkshake is my favorite, tastes just like the cinnamon rolls I love,
OH, yes, and during this time, I ate about 1 of Rawkinlocs cinnamon rolls every other day, I wasn't limiting myself, I just would eat one, then the next day want something more pungent, then sweet then pungent

I also drink water during the day, maybe 3 or 4 16 ounce glasses or so.

[Oceana]

Hi,



THANKS!
You are a INSPERATION!

[swingbolder]

Wow! What a difference in those two pictures. You look GREAT.

[rachelmh]

So you don't eat a lot of greens -- you are more veggie based?

[rachelmh]

So you don't eat a lot of greens -- you are more veggie based?

I meant to say: more non-green veggies, nuts, olives and sprouted grains and of course, fruit.

It is so interesting to me to see the variations on this way of eating.

[Sharon in Colorado]

How awesome for you RP. I'd like to send your testimony to a friend I am coaching along the way who shares some simlar symptoms.

[Dragggon]

You all aint the only ones who have noticed the change

Just yesterday the clerk at the video store I go to "told her she looked great" and now want to try her food and recipies
:D LOL they were drooling to hear brownies can be good for you lol :p

She is a walking recruting poster for RAW now

[SparklePlenty]

Christine what an amazing transformation you have made! You look fabulous...and SO sassy! :) and your list of changes is awesome. I love hearing what raw can do! And you sure didn't deprive yourself either!

Thank you for inspiring me!
hugs
Jan

[rawpriestess]

I meant to say: more non-green veggies, nuts, olives and sprouted grains and of course, fruit.

It is so interesting to me to see the variations on this way of eating.
I was eating alot of salads for a while, but I couldn't find a raw dressing that I liked, so I was eating bottled and that just wasn't working for me, because they aren't raw, I kept trying to eat salads as I've heard over and over that greens are so good for you. Rawkinlocs makes a great Raw-nch dressing, but I've never made it (YET)

I really don't care for smoothies, I like to eat my food, otherwise it doesn't feel like I ate anything, it feels like I'm on an old diet from the 60's or 70's, so I always like to chew my food.You know those old Metrocal days. YIKES!!!

so, I don't eat much greens at all, lots of fruit, I'd say I'm almost a fruitarian, as that is my mainstay, then next would be nuts, almonds mostly in almond milk and then next would be tomatoes, we make our own sundried tomatoes, and I use them in most everything.

You can go to my journal and it is 35 pages long (so far) and see what I've been eating specifically, it doesn't give quantities though.

[rawpriestess]

How awesome for you RP. I'd like to send your testimony to a friend I am coaching along the way who shares some simlar symptoms.
absolutely Sharon, you can sure send it along, thanks for thinking of me.

[Oceana]

Rawpriestess;
I guess I am having a DUH moment; but where is your journal?

You are my INSPERATION!
Great job!

[Oceana]

Sorry! Found it!

[rawpriestess]

Christine what an amazing transformation you have made! You look fabulous...and SO sassy! :) and your list of changes is awesome. I love hearing what raw can do! And you sure didn't deprive yourself either!

Thank you for inspiring me!
hugs
Jan
Hi Jan, nope, no deprivation at all. I just did what Alissa's book said, just eat raw.

and that's what I did, in another thread here, I talk about how discouraged I got at times, as my weight came off in big chunks, then for a couple of months NOTHING lost on the scale, but I jsut kept eating raw. Because ,although I've said this before, I really am NOT eating this way to lose weight, (it is a wonderful benefit to it though), but I am eating this way because of how great I feel.

So, it's not a sacrafice of NOT eating my favorite foods at all, sure I miss some textures and some foods, but all I do is think of how terrible I felt before raw, and I don't want that food at all.

Because I have done this several times, and I have second guessed it several times, and each time I eat anything cooked, it gets me, either in my gallbladder with massive pain, and trust me on this, if you go through that -- even once -- you won't want to do it again, because doctors and surgery is NOT an option for me. neither is pain pills, so I would do ANYTHING to stop that pain, and when I eat raw,then no pain --- eat cooked, then massive pain

and I would feel terrible for a couple of days, so I quit trying to second quess this lifestyle, I mean how easy is it? there is nothing to remember, just eat raw food, I mean there is nothing to count, nothing to measure, no special packages to try to buy from a special store, nothing to do except go to the store, buy raw food, and eat it. LOL

I do make some gourmet stuff, but it's not a must, when we were traveling ta couple of weeks ago, it was soooooooo easy to find food, we just ran into any store and there it was all ready in it's little fruit wrapper, and waiting to be eating, smiling up at us, all glowing and beautifully fresh.

I love raw foods, and it loves me, and we are soulmates. LOL

[greenfeline]

Awesome job and an inspiration for everyone! You do look much thinner and younger :D

[Tombi]

Oh my goodness your Rawness you look absolutely rawvolous!! Keep up the great work!!

[Svadhyaya]

Just buy raw food and eat it....

RP - You just gave me my new mantra.
:)

[namamono]

You are truly inspiring....congratulations! I wanted to ask you did you exercise during the 90 days and if so what did you do?

[rawpriestess]

NOPE, no exercising of any kind, I am busy each day with the gardens and all, but no more or less than any other time in my life.

[Dragggon]

lol i was working on RawPriestess west wing deck ( lol ) when I heard a loud scream I yell to see if she was ok she yelled and said she had lost it??????:confused:

power tools blocking out the sound
I was lost :eek: I crawled from under deck to find our beloved RawPriestess bouncing happy and full of Joy yelling she had lost 50 lbs lol
I laffed and laffed thinking at first some thing bad had happened.

CONGRAT Christine/Rawpriestess

[rawpriestess]

Thank you my beloved Dragggon

YES, I have lost 50 pounds in 100 days, YES!!!



I RAWK!!!!

[Dragggon]

Her new deck out side her painting studio lol the one I was under.:p

[Helen Of Tennessee]

Hey Dragggon - I loved your story! How funny. BTW the deck looks nice!

RP - Congratulations on hitting 50 pounds lost!!!! Way to go! You look GREAT.

[Ireland]

RP, congratulations on your 50 pound weight loss, that's amazing girl! You look wonderful, thank you so much for sharing with us.

:)

[Dragggon]

Thanks love to work with my hands and make things and Rawpriestess keeps me bizzy

[Lay-Lay]

oh yeah for RP......50 pounds .......wow......nice deck too! hehe!

[Dawn39]

Check out the Deck.
I Love the Lamp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Where's Your Dragon? Besides the one tha built the deck of course. ;)
Now you have an excuse to shop and find another for your deck.


Soooooooooooooooooooooo happy for your 50# weight loss!!!!!!!

[denisedeland]

That is just wonderful.. Congrats...

Denise

[swingbolder]

You two make a nice couple.

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[Rastadawta]

Thank you so much RP about your testimony... I am now seven whole days raw and I am craving some sweets..Just reading your story and how you made 100 days raw makes me not so worried about the stress of eating or not eating.. :p
you go gurl[U RAWK