Happyist RAW Moment??? [Archive]

Lay-Lay

08-09-2006, 09:28 PM

Whether you have been raw one meal or 20 years worth the meals, share with us your happyist moment raw!

Mine was when I discovered a renewel in my health and had a emotional detox and learned to love myself.

Care to share?

Linda1970

08-09-2006, 10:07 PM

Hi Lay Lay,

This might sound stupid, but it was this morning when I had the best best strawberries I've ever had from the farmer's market. When I was driving home from the market, I kept smiling and saying to myself, "God is so good to us to give us such good food". Usually, I like to eat while on the computer or watching tv. But when I had those strawberries today, for the first time, I didn't want to do anything but concentrate on each bite of the strawberries because they were just too good.

Lay-Lay

08-09-2006, 10:09 PM

that's beautiful Linda and far from stupid. Thank you for sharing!

Coriander74

08-10-2006, 01:05 AM

When I called my psychiatrist and asked if I could go down on my meds, and she said yes, and was as excited as I was.

And finding ME again :D

Ireland

08-10-2006, 01:09 AM

The day I got off high blood pressure meds after 10 years. Oh yeah, and realizing I love blueberries and mangos. I never knew they were so good.

Lay-Lay

08-10-2006, 01:12 AM

Awesome Coriander & Walkin' onWater!

Crazy Healer Lady

08-10-2006, 01:17 AM

Mine so far has been just feeling so good, picking carrots, lettuce, spinach, beets and beet greens, green beans, potatoes, and soybeans from my garden and chopping them into a salad.

Then, weeks later, hiking far far up the mountain, so far that I could see my house as an aero-photo, so far that ravens are nesting right below me on the rock cliff, wind blowing through the evergreens... I break into humming a quiet song that seems to be carried on the wind, by the trees, and I realize that I actually smell like I belong here. Amid the smells of fir trees and dirt and dog and moss, I smell like I am once again a child of Mother Earth!! That was my happiest moment so far. It's always been my goal to get back to Mother Earth, and, in this way, just one giant step closer to Great Mystery.
It was such a shock to smell my boyfriend, who has a meat-based diet. He didn't smell bad, but far different. O_O

Lay-Lay

08-10-2006, 01:20 AM

very inspiring and beautiful crazy healer lady. Thank you for sharing.

rawpriestess

08-10-2006, 02:11 AM

Every RAW moment, is the best!

I'd have to say my happiest is when I was less than 100 pounds away from my goal weight.

Especially since I started with over 160 pounds to lose.

I was so happy to have finally gotten to that place in my health.

Joyful Mary

08-10-2006, 05:58 AM

I've been happy, happy, happy with the delicious food since going raw. I still delight over every meal. God has put such delectable flavors in His foods. But my greatest delight has been the way other people's expectations have taken a back seat to my desire to use my own talents to help others. Seems that with physical detox came emotional and spiritual detox as well. I am free, free, free!

Cinnamon

08-10-2006, 08:57 AM

Graciebeliever

08-10-2006, 10:19 AM

My First Day Raw was my best so far.

I sat at my computer and read stuff from the Raw boot camp and it all came together in one moment. All the years of this and that eating and in one moment it all crystalized into a clear moment.

Along with that, I realized that while living in the prison of eating that I was in, I had just been handed the keys to my cell and all I had to do was unlock it.

RAW is the KEY

So here I am 54 days later and I am out of my cell and walking the path and leaving behind every day some of the old me.

YEEEHAAA :D

berrymarymac

08-10-2006, 10:58 AM

People (my mom, grandmother, family, doctors, etc) telling me I look amazing and so healthy!

Oh and getting rid of my heartburn.

Enjoying every taste of my food, usually I just ate because I was hungry and nothing else. Now I enjoy it and savour being raw! I love it! :D

rawpriestess

08-10-2006, 12:57 PM

I must say someone came up to me last night, and said, "Are you getting younger?"

LOL

I had to ask them how old they thought I was, they said, "oh about my daughter's age, 35", then another person, said, "No, I know she has a grown son, so she must be at least 40 to 44." then another person said, "well, I saw you two weeks ago, and you look about 10 years younger than you did then, and you looked young then."

I am 53.

Joyful Mary

08-10-2006, 01:35 PM

Appreciating the fabulous taste of fruits without my taste buds being numb from old SAD foods I'd been eating for so many years. Mangos or strawberries that just burst with flavor! Nothing added, just fresh sweet yummy fresh foods the way nature intended them to be eaten!
Oil seems to have the same numbing effect on my taste buds. I enjoy foods so much better when eliminating it. And I have more energy, too!

Lay-Lay

08-10-2006, 05:17 PM

awesome everybody!

rawbeliever

08-10-2006, 06:30 PM

this was a great idea for a thread, Lay-Lay! One of my many happy moments was realizing that all the people who attacked me in the beginning of my raw journey, have turned into the people who are most heavily influenced by it, and who have made changes to their own lifestyles. It made me think that if I'm influencing people, then everyone on this board is influencing people, and in no time at all we'll be living in a Raw World, where there will be green smoothie stands instead of Burger Kings. :)

berrymarymac

08-10-2006, 06:34 PM

Umm, today...having a tomato, avocado and onion bread sandwich as my mom ate her tomato and wheat bread sandwich. I was moaning in the kitchen...it was SOOOO GOOD!!!!

JEN

08-11-2006, 09:31 PM

My favorite raw moment so far has been discovering my purpose, why Im here and realizing that there is more to life....oh and how wonderful it feels to be learning so much......oh and how wonderful fruits really taste......and how much my body is changing for the better...and how wonderful this forum is....and how it feels to simply appreciate everything....my goodness the list goes on and on. Great thread!!!

Veganforlife

08-11-2006, 09:51 PM

Funny you should ask. Mine came this evening when I opened a young coconut for the first time! All I could say was, "SWEET!"
I just smiled and smiled. What a cool experience.
But I have to agree with the majority on this thread. Just realizing how fortunate I am, that God has let me discover this way of living and eating. I am so fortunate...so blessed... :rolleyes: thank You up there!

Naiad

08-11-2006, 10:05 PM

Having energy to start going to the gym again. Waking up and feeling rested instead of in a fog.

Seeing my mother's ankle, previously swollen twice the size of her other one, completely normal.

Eating dinner at Pure Food and Wine and thinking it was one of the most blissful dining experiences of my life.

Finding myself craving kale, tomato and macadamia nut oil salads and enjoying them *more* than just about anything I used to love and eat alot of.

My stomach looking like I am sucking it in when I am not :D

berrymarymac

08-11-2006, 10:09 PM

Eating Rawlickins peach cobbler and not feeling guilty!! I had two large bowls of it...mmm. Oh and finding AppleBananas online!!! Yes, I'm very happy about this!

Lay-Lay

08-11-2006, 10:43 PM

todays happy moment was my mom saying that she might consider doing raw for breakfast for 30 days. It's a start and it made my evening.

Conscious Midwife

08-13-2006, 11:38 AM

Just the other day I had a fruit smoothie with water melon and then enjoyed slices of cantaloupe that evening.

the melons upped my libido ;)

that was actually hubbies best raw moment

I'm looking forward to the day when I get mistaken for 28 yrs old. I'm 36 now. People ususally guess my age within 2 years. Before folks always thought I was 24 even when 21 and 32.

Now with five kiddos, a few grey "hightlights" and hips that make you go :eek: ... got my SHAKIRA moves down though

... I guess I really look like a 36 year old frazzled mama

Lay-Lay

08-14-2006, 11:45 AM

This weekends most happyist raw moments were:

1. My hubby buying me a watermelon that I am still indulging in...mmmm!
2. Banana Smoothie galore...need I say more.
3. Peaceful, relaxing raw and healthy weekend.

rawpriestess

08-14-2006, 11:59 AM

Today, i smy happyist RAW moment, as there is nothing before now, and nothing after now, there is only NOW.

Yesterday, the neighbors at one of my rental houses didn't recognize me, they've known me about 10 years, they haven't seen me since December. LOL

lil fairy z girl

08-14-2006, 03:20 PM

when my hubby went raw too. he also recently looked at the book raw food real world and since then he has been into raw, he even spoke of living in a raw community and us getting a dehydrater :)

he has even made me the odd raw meal :)

sal
~*~*~*

Helen Of Tennessee

08-14-2006, 05:19 PM

When I woke up one morning and didn't have a headache and none of my joints or muscles hurt!!!!

(I will get back to this again!!!!!)

Fragola

08-15-2006, 07:32 AM

I think that since i completed my long water fast 2 months ago I have had so many happyist raw moments... every time I eat I would say!! Raw food taste sooooo good, and I am in love with every bite!! I see people not really understanding me for this, how can I be happy with a salad? :D
I am sorry for them, all pasta-slaves!

freespirit

08-15-2006, 09:15 AM

When I was opening a coconut one day and actually found myself drooling...

When my hubby came back from a week long business trip, eating all sad food, walked in, gave me a kiss, and said all he wanted in the world was a huge salad! He told me he had never felt worse in his life.

Adrian

08-15-2006, 08:23 PM

My happiest moments have to be now! Tonight again, i am eating unspaghetti, I fell in love with it last night, after successfully making my first raw entree. Delish was the word and still is the word.

I also happened to be with some associates who decided to have a picnic so to speak with all junk food today, Doritos, M&M's, Cheetos, Soda, donuts, you name it :eek: , but I was able to hold my own and say no thank you. They were surprised, but it really wasn't bad at all. I guess I was used to it all tasting so good, but after last night, and other dishes as well, I know that I know that I know there is real food that taste so much better and is good for you!! :D