September 2007 Challenge Archives

[Alissa]

Inviting you all to join this month's challenge!

[Rawkinlocs]

Okay all of you who are pumped to try eating all raw for the month of September, "sign in" here and let's get this party started! :D

[shine72]

I'm in! Excited to see how this'll be, since it's new and improved!:D

[ChaiLife]

Thanks for the invitation, Alissa. I accept. :D

Let's get this party started! You bring the onion dip and I'll bring the crackers.:cool:

[raw50]

WOO HOO!!! We're gonna have some fun!!!!!:)

[Riiiya]

I'm SO SO SO In :D

[codajess]

I AM HERE. :o

[SoulSistaRaw]

Inviting you all to join this month's challenge!

This sounds like fun!!!!!! I wanna play! What do I need to do?:)

[cinnamon panda]

i'm in.

*takes deep breath*

[StarFire]

Let's rawk the house! I'm in!

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/sun.gif

ps... hey Chai... cool avatar!

[ChaiLife]

Let's rawk the house! I'm in!

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/sun.gif

ps... hey Chai... cool avatar!

Woohoo. Glad to have ya here.
Cool leghorn huh? I've got a thing for chicks. That didn't sound right!:o I gotta thing for chickens! Live ones. Not on my plate.:p

[Oh Sae]

In, in, in, in and in! :D

[Raspberry4]

You convinced me sister!

[noodle-o]

Count me in.

[PammieTaj]

I'm in for this. (c:

[Authenticme]

Count me in!

[hawaiigal]

Count me In!!

[rawfigure]

In for another month...100% !! :p

[Rawnanda]

I'm in, I'm in! tralala...

[beppa66]

Well for a girl who didn't think she'd last a week...I'm in for #3! WOOT! Let's get this party started! WOOT!

[queenb]

OK Darlings- I'm in too!

[RowanC]

What are the rules?

[Raw Jewelrylady]

Sounds great- Count me in as well. :)

RJL

[shine72]

What are the rules?

Alissa explains it in the first post. You're just 100% raw, and no talking about the slip ups. We are here to encourage each other to make it through the 30 days at 100% raw vegan yumminess!:D

[britaniefaith]

I'M IN!!!!:D ;) :p

[Morn]

September is a special month as it will be my one year raw anniversary month - so count me in!

[GlimR]

Me too!!!:D

[raw50]

I've dabbled in eating a raw diet off and on for the past couple of years. In the past I tended to eat alot of nuts and dehydrated foods.

This time I'm taking a different approach. I've been doing alot of reading about the benefits of green smoothies. My plan is to have at least 2 green smoothies a day along with fruits and vegetables.

I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone. We can do this!

[tanishamarshall]

Count me in...

[Coriander74]

I'm so very totally completely and rawliciously IN!!!! :D

[JennaBoBenna]

*Raises hand*

*waves it around*

:)

[RawkStar]

Sign me up!

[Conscious Midwife]

:D COUNT ME IN TOO:D
http://www.healingwithnutrition.com/graphic/body.jpg
FEELING THE RAW
ENERGY ALREADY

[samariah]

I'm in and im doing my mini challenge (no dehydrated foods, nuts, cacao, agave, grains ) too. :)

[tvillemom]

September is a special month as it will be my one year raw anniversary month - so count me in!


WOOOHOOOO!!!!! MORN!!!

I can't wait to share it with you....I'm just starting out...again...but maybe this time NEXT year, I can celebrate my 1 year RAW anniversary too!!! You are such an inspiration to me!!!


Oh yeah.....I'M IN FOR THE CHALLENGE!!!

Wendi:D :D :D :D

[Vegan Princess]

Morn: I'm so excited and proud of you!! :D

I'm in - as soon as I get back from my visit down to San Diego on for the long weekend. I plan on staying raw down there, but I won't be near a computer.

I have a feeling this is going to be a great month and I'm excited to see what the energy will be like in here..I have a feel it's going to be amazing.

Cindy

[Evie]

I.m in with all of you. :D This time I will succeed!

[summer12]

Let's go. I'm in. :)

[raina]

count me in too

[ChaiLife]

W-O-W! Looks like there's a great group for the challenge with lots of enthusiasm. Gonna have a great time. I'm ready to try some new raw recipes too.

[OneBite@aTime]

Me too, me too!
Count me in!

[lisanatoli]

I'm in! I can't believe it. But I'm in. :eek: I just decided to take the leap, just now. I came here out of curiosity, to be a fly on the wall, but all your beautiful photos and all this enthusiasm has made me decide TO DO IT. I can't believe it. Kind of a miracle, on this day. HA!! Love, lisa

[Aasyah]

Count me in :)

I fumbled on the August challenge, so September will be my new start:D

[Tinuviel318]

I'm in - this will be my first attempt at going 100% raw. We'll see how I do

[Carol *]

I've been lurking WAY too long !!! I'm so very in !!! I wanna be where Morn is now 11 months from now :-) You all are very inspiring... I'm dusting off Alissa's book and getting down to business. Can't wait to get to know all of you wonderful people !!!

[Shawna]

Although I have no idea what Im doing! LOL.
Im gonna stick to this thread, get ideas and start Raw(today)!:)

[paradiselove]

:p Let's get it started, yah, Let's get it started in here!Can you tell I'm ready to go?:D
I've Got Positive Energy All Around Me & I'm REEEEEDDDDDDDDYYYYYYY To Run!;)

[Carol *]

This is gonna be fun !!!!!!!

[RowanC]

Alissa explains it in the first post. You're just 100% raw, and no talking about the slip ups. We are here to encourage each other to make it through the 30 days at 100% raw vegan yumminess!:D

Hmmm.. all I see is this:
Inviting you all to join this month's challenge!
__________________

Am I missing something?
Do we list what we eat every day? Or just encourage each other?

[Morn]

Rowan - Look in August's 30 day Raw Challenge toward the end of the month. She talks about the rules there. http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=30184&page=63

[Vegan Princess]

There is a sticky above this thread explaining the rules.

[EmJo]

I can't help but continue eating all raw. I don't want my 2-hour afternoon slumps to come back! ;)

[tvillemom]

I am going camping this weekend...in our POP-UP and already ok-ed it with DH that I will only be having smoothies.....so I'm taking my blender, and some dehydrated almonds...and stuff to make my smoothies with.....and some barleymax powder....I have no choice. I've already told DH and one of my friends that it's a 100% raw weekend for me!!!:D

I won't be able to post this weekend so realize myRAW BUDDIES I'm here...I'm jumping up and down...cheering you guys on!!!
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I know my picture may not look like it, bu they are supposed to be jumping walnuts...how funny is that!!!
Till Monday:

LOTSA RAW LOVE TO YOU ALL!!!

Wendi

[ladypeace82]

PRESENT!!!!!!!

[tinystrawberry]

I am in - really in.
last month and the month after that... have not been 100% raw at aLL!:mad:
but i'm reallllllllly ready right now:D :D

[tiggerbounce]

party over here -- woo woo! party over there -- woo woo!!!

What an AWESOME group!

*Chai -- do you mean that you are excited to taste new JUICE FASTING recipes?????? lol

[ChaiLife]

party over here -- woo woo! party over there -- woo woo!!!

What an AWESOME group!

*Chai -- do you mean that you are excited to taste new JUICE FASTING recipes?????? lol


Hey tigger...are you gonna bounce over here and make me some because I ain't got no juicer (bad grammar on purpose). Financial advisor (DH) has not given the all clear to buy one yet. :( No juicy juice just yet.

[justinesmith]

MEE TOOOOO! MEEEE TOOOOO!!! I know I started mid - August but Sept. 12 is supposed to be my 30 days so let's make it ALL of September!! WOOT WOOT WOOT Jumping up and down..... jumping all around...... landing on my head..... but that's o.k. cuz I'm raw and we heal quicker..... :D

[goodbeets]

I have been waiting for this. After an excrutiatingly long transition period into a new home and family situation I am ready to get back on track. And 20 days into it is my birthday and my DH is getting me a juicer. I am ready to support all of you!! Wahoo!!

Hey, Justine, it's good to see you!!!
(Jenny from the Dec. class)

[lodestar]

IN...OK...HERE...YES...PRESENT...COMMITTED...it's a done deal!

[broccolilips]

Wouldn't miss it for the world.!

[diali36]

I'm in and ready to go!!

[JoannaG]

I'm in too! I have been very inconsistent, some days raw 100% others 50%, others all COOKED. So I will start the 100% journey here!

[slmcarte]

Count me in! :D

[RaWonderWoman5]

I'm new to raw and have introduced raw foods slowly. I'm ready to go 100%.

[raw50]

-stock the fridge with fruits/vegetables....CHECK!
-plan out my first raw day......CHECK!
-dust off my juicer and vitamixer....CHECK!
-Say hi to all my new raw friends....CHECK!!!

Let the fun begin.......:D

[the_unknown_martian]

i'm definitely in! finally a good reason for no more "cheating days" for a month :D

[Allie]

count me in as well, 3 more hours to go!

[LadyGilliam]

Nervous....:confused: but...I've seen so many wonderful benefits from 75% raw this last month (including 15 pounds lost) that 100% raw is the only way to go!!!!

I am in!:D

[patty411]

I am new to raw and am in!!

Patty411

[moonstar]

...yes -- I am....

[Doe]

How have I missed this? Here I am, raw Sptember. :)

[Bonnie33]

I've been reading the board since July '06, been at least 80% raw since July '06 and I'm really ready!!

[hmmm]

:) I'm most definitely in! Cheers to September!

[Lady Green Jeans]

I am in, too. Looks like it's going to be a great September. Hi all and Good luck!

[Rawstagirl]

I believe in all of us, we can do it Team RAW!:D

[dread head vegan]

i'm in!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :D :D

[raw_danceruk]

At last..been waiting for this :D Count me in!!

[lisanatoli]

I started yesterday and did great, but since today is September first I am guessing today is Day 1? I feel goooooooood. :D I just ate fruit and fruit smoothies and some baby carrots. Last night someone knocked on my door at 9pm, and I opened it and it was my neighbor asking me if I wanted a blender/juicer/food processor! It's brand new. She just bought a new one, and she kept thinking to put the "old" one (which is brand new!) on ebay, but she said she kept getting a Voice in her head, loud and clear, that kept saying "give it to Lisa". Ha. Then she kept thinking, no, I'm gonna put it on ebay, but the voice kept getting stronger "give it to Lisa!" hahahahahaha. So, Awesome. Day One and I have a brand new juicer/blender/food processor, shipped down from Heaven. :D

[bowie]

I changed this title of your thread to Sept. challenge let’s begin!

Since the other one was so long and I figured this could be the official stating thread. I think that’s what you were doing anyway?
Hope that’s ok!

[tanishamarshall]

I won't be near a computer later today so I thought I'd post what I'm eating.

Breakfast: 2 Onion bread / smoothie w blueberrys, apple and kale and spirulina

Lunch: Salad, romaine, celery,green peppers, carrots and seasons

Dinner: Some type of plain salad from a restaurant or we might go to a raw restaurant while in Chicago.

Snack: I will probably end up picking up some other Organic fruit from the farmers market today.

[ReneeH]

YEA!!!!!!! Thanks Alissa!!!! I'm committed to 100% RAW with no slip ups this month!!!!!!! Can't WAIT to see the changes!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! (((((((HUGS))))))))

[Lady Green Jeans]

Hooray for day 1! I'm just enjoying a Thai coconut for breakfast. Will be putting the soft coconut in my green smoothie a little later in the morning after my dog gets dropped at the groomers. Will help me with energy to get my Saturday housework done. Feeling good and feeling postive.

[tiggerbounce]

My Sept challenge is about juicing. Sooooo......I am starting my day with my typical oj/gf juice. Here we go! Bottoms up!:D

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[Carol *]

Hooray Lisa !! That is soooo awesome !!! A gift from Heaven, how very, very true :-)
Lady Green Jeans... sounds like you are off to a wonderful start !!

This is my only day til Tuesday that i'll have computer access as we'll be going to our "mini farm" for the weekend with no phone or DSL as of yet. I'll be stopping by Kroger's organic section before we head out to stock up. My blender is in the car already. Anyway, I hope everyone has a joyfilled, raw day !! It looks like we have a HUGE group this month. How cool is that??? and, to Morn: congratulations on entering month 12!!! what an accomplishment !! can't wait to celebrate with y'all !!!

Have a great day !!! :D

[JoannaG]

I am drinking my pineapple, romaine, and kale smoothie now for breakfast--yum! Everyone have a great day!

[JulesRules]

I have this irrational fear that if I commit in public, I will sabbotage myself...But in reality, I've been waiting to start a monthh challenge....So, Here I am...

Been sedentary, but will exercise more regularly...first commitment this month.

Thanks everybody for posting your experiences...helps big time...

Jules

[ChaiLife]

WOW!!! What a great group for September. We are going to feel and look so terrific by the end of this month. Let's stick with it and hang in there no matter what. OK?

I am so excited about this.
Wanting to wish you a very good morning filled with sunshine, positive energy and LOTS of raw veggies and fruits and maybe a few nuts.

GOOD RAW MORNING TO Y'ALL!:D

I'll report my food intake at the end of the day because I really have no idea what all I am going to eat right now. I am about to try a RAWE-O SMOOTHIE. YUM! I'll let you know how it tastes.:p

[lisanatoli]

I think it's awesome! I wasn't sure how this was going to work. I think it would be great to start a new thread every day, so we know what day we are on, and so we don't have to keep scrolling down the longer threads! :D

[ChaiLife]

Oh Tigger that squirrel is so cute!!!!!! LOL Cheers to you hon.:D

[Cinnamon]

Count me in too! September 1st is HERE!!

I really enjoyed reading the "rules" for the challenge this month, I think it will help me a LOT to stick with 100%!

[ladypeace82]

YAY DAY 1!!!!

I'm enjoying a ginormous GS with frozen bananas, a peach, blueberries, an orange, little bit of honey, some coconut oil, and two big ol' hand fulls of baby spinach. :p

[RawkStar]

Hi everyone! :D

My day 1 is off to a mild start. Only a pink-lady apple for me. I don't have much of an appetite in the morning...but I need to start drinking some green smoothies regardless! I like coconuts in mine, though, so I need to stop by the store and stock up for the week!

[shine72]

Good morning all!

I started out my day with a banana-mango-strawberry smoothie that my son made for us!:D

Today is the raw potluck at my house (see events part of forum), so I'll be eating lots of YUMMY stuffs today!:D

[Cinnamon]

Today is the raw potluck at my house (see events part of forum), so I'll be eating lots of YUMMY stuffs today!:D

Oh how fun! Please let us know how it goes and what wonderful food everyone brings!

I just made a batch of Raw Deviled Egg-less "Egg" Spread and stuffed button mushrooms with it, yum!

I'm off to exercise now and will post later on today what I eat. Have a great RAW day everyone!

[EZ rider]

I'm in. :)
September Goals:
+) continue 100% raw
+) Minimum of 20 min exercise everyday
+) have the most greens of any month of my life
+) Listen to my body's signals (especially waiting on slight hunger)

[Rawstagirl]

So, I am starting my day off with sprouted grain bread and raw almond butter with sliced strawberries on top. Lets make it a great day crew.

[ChaiLife]

Just curious: are we supposed to post on this thread or the other Sept challenge thread? LOL We have a lot of excited people this month, huh?

BTW, the RAWE-O smoothie was really good and the kids inhaled it but it didn't exactly taste like an oreo or cookies and cream. But it was good!
Here's the recipe if ya want to try it:

1 Juice of 1 young cocnut
2 tablespoons soaked almonds
1 tablespoon raw cocoa nibs or cocoa powder
1 tablespoon sweetner, honey/agave nectar/soaked dates
½ soft vanilla bean, snip into little peices with scissors
Preparation
Blend.

[Rawkinlocs]

Just curious: are we supposed to post on this thread or the other Sept challenge thread?

Well, it was a bit confusing at first, I know, but I changed the title of the other one to "September Challenge 'Sign-Up Sheet' so just post in this one for your day's events.

But a reminder to all, please allow us mods to start the challenge threads so we don't end up with multiple threads where people are posting to both. Send any suggestions of starting up new threads to us via email. Remember, we're trying something new so we'll work all the "kinks" out eventually, but for now, bear with us and the new rules! I know a couple of you asked about a new thread each day to keep things organized, etc. and I did email Alissa to ask her thoughts on doing something like that, so I'm waiting to hear back. In the meantime, just post in this one. Thanks!

[ChaiLife]

I know a couple of you asked about a new thread each day to keep things organized, etc. and I did email Alissa to ask her thoughts on doing something like that, so I'm waiting to hear back. In the meantime, just post in this one. Thanks!

That IS a good idea. Wouldn't have 50 pages of entries either. And then they could just be deleted for the next month's challenge.

Thanks rawkinlocs.:D

[the_unknown_martian]

so far so good for me:D
my cravings for cooked food usually start at like 3pm...
gotta resist temptation this time! lol

[tinystrawberry]

a new thread everyday?? that sounds unnecessary to me ~ i like re-reading all of the pages
but it could be a good change!

[Rawkinlocs]

The pages would be left up to read throughout the month...probably just locked at the end of the day or the beginning of the next day or something to that effect. Who knows, it could work.

Okay, my day has began and I haven't eaten yet but plan on having either a green drink or some raw cereal, haven't decided yet.

I plan to make onion bread, pizza crackers, cookies and a few other items for the week.

[Raspberry4]

Great to be starting September off on the right foot with raw. I made juices today for my son who has a bad cold; I want to see if it will help him heal any faster. With his asthma his colds are really bad (coughing is hard and hoarse). Anyway...he actually looked forward to it and wanted 2 glasses. Praise the Lord - I am always happy when the boys eat my raw food and enjoy it as much as I do. My oldest makes the best chocolate pudding (raw). I get the biggest kick out of it when my oldest (14) trys something I have made raw and says "oh my God...that is so good". I don't get that type of reaction much with the SAD food, ya know? Anyway...off to try to exercise. I have Fibromyalgia and my muscles ache all the time - but I plan, this month, to work through it as much as possible while maintaining rawness (is that a word?). Good luck to everyone.

PS - I have to say I feel a kind of dumb - I do not know how to make a picture by my name, or blog, or anything. You who do are very creative.

[The Forager]

Gonna try.

[RaWonderWoman5]

I started graduate school this week, so I've had no time to go to shopping. I had a lemon in my fridge, so I'm had some lemon water this morning, though. I'm heading to the store shortly.

Feeling good about day 1! :D

[The Forager]

Doing well so far. Had 2 'nanas for breakfast and an ounce of cashews so far for lunch. No idea what to eat after but I have some grapes and watermelon in the fridge.. mmmm

I was scared of doing the challenge this month because my birthday is the 19th. I know I'm going to be tempted with cake or something of the like and my Lord I do NOT want to make my own b-day cake. Now if someone else made a raw one for me.........

I decided to do the challenge cause I thought it'd be a good gift to give myself. You know, start year 23 with my best health ever...

[Raspberry4]

I will be quick with this - my fantastic son got the avatar up. Now I don't feel so dumb. :D

[RowanC]

I started my day with a piece of carrot cake and some fresh mango.
Lunch will be a salad of avocado, asparagus, tomato, and cucumber with lime and Bragg's dressing.
Dinner: I'm still working on those Nachos from 2 days ago. This is the last day for those.

I walked 2 miles day before yesterday.
I worked with weights for about 20 minutes yesterday (out of shape)
Today I will walk 2 miles in the arboretum.

YAY! I'm on my way!

[GlimR]

I went out to breakfast w/ Dh this morning...I got a nice, ripe banana there and brought an orange and an apple with me....made a beautiful fruit plate for myself.
This is day #8 for me at 100% and I feel that raw high......it feels like falling in love, it really does~:)
Off to make some almond milk.....bbl...hope everyone is having agreat day~

[lori ann]

Good day everyone!

Day one so far so good for me. I have had a apple-carrott juice and made a smoothie with celery-tomato-broc I am going to try now. I really want to do this diet the want and know why is there it is just staying away from temptations, but it is helpful to have this raw talk fourm and support. And for Lisa yea for you. I had a situation that happened to me kinda like that, but I got a nice threadmill from it. I am a runner and it will be helpful this winter.

[StarFire]

Aloha ~ http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/dancing-6.gif Happy September challenge Rawbies!!!

Looks like we're starting off with some miracles already! Rawkon!!

Princess Lisa... kitchen appliances shipped from heaven ~ and you didn't even have to pay the shipping...!! WhOooo Girl!! How awesome is that!!!??? Ummmm... Lord... Princess needs a dehydrator too!!! (amen)...

Sweet Tigger.... OMG .... how many takes did you have to do b4 you got that lil squirrel to actually drink that green smoothie yesterday? LOL!!! OmG!! THAT IS SOOO CUTE! AND THEN HE CHEWS.... must still be some chunks floatin around in that smoothie ...!!! :eek:

Raspberry4... tell your son he's rawkin awesome!!! Cyber kids ... where would we be without em?!

Everyone have an amazing day... and remember to LAUGH... PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD AND....

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/naked.jpg RAWK ON !!!

[ChaiLife]

Breakfast: Chocolate banana Milkshake with fo-ti

Lunch: Collard wrap with Almost Tuna, carrots and red bell peppers
1 donut hole

Feeling tired today. I am expecting some major detox within the next couple of days. Where did the raw high go? Oh, raw high, where are youuuuu?;)

Sounds like everyone is having a great DAY 1! Don't catch yourself unprepared at the end of the day when the munchies tend to hit. Decide what you're having for dinner now. I want WATERMELON! I have having a love affair with watermelon and honeydew this summer. :p

Good to see everybody here.

[rawfigure]

I started the day with Banana's, then Apple and a few Almonds (directly from the Raw Grower in CA) and Spicy Pumpkin seeds that I made last week.

We are having Company for the next few days so I have the challenge of fixing to food groups, SAD and Raw.

I have planned Sushi for me, and veggies of course !! I am going to try the Almond Ginger Sushi I spyed here in a thread and the Ginger Mushroom Recipe from Sarma's book.

[Cinnamon]

Just put a batch of oatmeal cookies in the dehydrator, the house will be smelling great before long!

I just threw this recipe together in case anyone would like to try it, I vary it all the time by adding mashed bananas, cocoa powder, other dried fruits, so many options!

Oatmeal Cookies
oats-Alissa's raw oat flakes
water to soak a bit, not too much
honey or agave
coconut (dried)
raisins
almond butter

You can roll these in balls or I just spoon them out on the sheets. And then just dehydrate a few hours.

[ChaiLife]

I started the day with Banana's, then Apple and a few Almonds (directly from the Raw Grower in CA) and Spicy Pumpkin seeds that I made last week.

We are having Company for the next few days so I have the challenge of fixing to food groups, SAD and Raw.

I have planned Sushi for me, and veggies of course !! I am going to try the Almond Ginger Sushi I spyed here in a thread and the Ginger Mushroom Recipe from Sarma's book.

What raw grower did you get your almonds from? I have a stash right now but will need to replenish in the future. :D

[Shell]

Well, day one is off to a great start....raw goodness abounds! I'm expecting some detox.....actually am already experiencing a headache:( . And I'm having some intense cravings already, but will not give in.....too much is at stake, namely my health and well being! Soooo.....had a tasty fruit salad of pineapple, orange and banana for breakfast, and a huge salad of romaine, mache, heirloom tomato, cuke, celery, pea shoots, carrot and avocado with Alissa's dressing. Mmmmm, it fit into a nice big bowl and was delicious! I'm so looking forward to this month.....also trying to cut out nuts and dehydrated fruit for the month to see if that makes any difference in how I feel, and also, in the results that I'd like to see. Here's to a great month everyone!

[oceanee]

This is great ! I just started 100 % a week ago and will love this set up. I have a journal at home yet seeing how others make it daily will be so helpful!
Yeah for us !
Southwest Florida one

[oceanee]

Consider me signed in and psyched!I'll get the hang of posting and will put some info up on myself when I can !
Southwest Florida one

[SeaSprite]

I'm so in!! After last month's challenge, it doesn't feel like much of a challenge any more though.. for those of you who feel like it's going to be hard, I hope that's encouraging! ;)

[SeaSprite]

this IS great! Sorry about your headache Shelley.

I think I've successfully changed all my habits that involved eating cooked food.. but yesterday we had heavy rain and thunderstorms, and all I wanted was hot chocolate! Traffic coing into Tahoe was ridiculous so wasn't worth it to go somewhere, which really is the only reason I didn't get some hot chocolate. BUT, I figured out something so much better!! I made hemp milk, it's a lot creamier than almond milk, then blended that in the vitamix with cacao powder, agave nectar, nutmeg and cinnamon until the vitamix got warm, OMG it was so good, I can't wait for it to rain again! Frothy and warm and chocolaty and creamy.. I can't think of anything else I'll crave that I can't have on raw, yay!!

I'm excited.. Raw September really isn't as fun to say as Rawgust tho...

[SoulSistaRaw]

Let the games begin!
My day started out with a green smoothie. I went to the gym and did about 40 min of cardio on the elliptical For lunch I had another green smoothie and for dinner I plan to have a nice green leafy salad. :)

[Lady Green Jeans]

tigerbounce, too funny. Had me chuckling all day. What a cute video--thanks for sharing.

GlimR, So true about the raw feeling--absolutely floating on a cloud today. Had several people approach me at the hfs today with such nice compliments. Way to start right!

Check back tomorrow. Off to make something different for dinner. Carrot ginger or maybe something spicy.

[diali36]

Happy day everyone. All of you sound like you're getting off to a great Sept.Everyone is so inventive with the food you are making. Thanks for putting in the recipies.
It is a wonderful sunny blue sky day here and I sat out in the yard with the dogs all morning just enjoying.
Breakfast was 1 nectarine
Lunch 1 apple
I'm off to the co-op to see what they have made in the raw food deli there for dinner as I am being totally lazy today and just enjoying myself. No work, no play, no to do list, just peace and glorious sunshine.
Diane

[Rawzula]

I'm in:D.

Will stick to raw for the month of September.

[tiggerbounce]

Star: it took 23 takes for that video!:eek: After I added pears, apples and a couple o acorns from the front yard tho....PRESTO! lol

Looks like we are all off to a great start...woohoo!!!!!!

I am browsing A. Wigmore's Recipes for Longer Life and am planning on trying a lot of the juices/smoothies from that this month. I am Jones'ing for a fajita though!!!:cool: (is it october yet????:rolleyes: )

[Doe]

Hello everyone! Today I had (all raw vegan) a chocolate milkshake, potato chips, 2 tacos, and water. Have some cucumber spears left on my plate and no room in my stomach. Will probably snack on them later. Yay Raw!!! And others to do it with!! :D

Teri

7:50pm *did eat cucumber spears and now sipping strawberry milkshake

hmmm ... the time's off on my computer, bad thunderstorm earlier

[Coriander74]

I'll post tonight what I had for food intake today, but I just wanted to pop in and say RAWK ON to everyone!!! This is going to be a FANTASTIC month!!! :D

[tammay]

I was looking for this thread in the main forum! Thanks Lisa for posting the link.

I am definitely happy about starting this challenge. I've been back on raw on and off for the last month but had a lot of stress (I'm going to try to keep a raw blog so you can view the whole story there). I really need some support to stick with raw for 30 days. I know if I can do it for 30 days then I can get over the issues I have with food.

I'm doing it real simple this time since I started school and don't have time to prepare a lot of stuff. Here's today's menu:

Necturine (this was mushy so tried a peach but this was mushy too - the season's way out here in TX - so took a plum)
Grapes (green and red)
Spinach, green onion, and avocado salad with curry cumin vinigrette
Raisins
Apple
Pineapple
Raw soup
Gogi berries or dried cherries
Raw fudge

The raw fudge I have to post, especially for those of us just starting out:

2 tbsp raw almond butter
1 large date soaked
1 tbsp carob powder
1/2 tsp honey (optional - only if you like your fudge very sweet :D)

Mash date with a fork. Mix in remaining ingredients and kneed into a dough. Shape into balls and refrigerate.

This is great to kill the chocolate craving and it's a single serving so if you're like me, who can't have a multi-portion dessert hanging around because you'll eat more than one, it's perfect. Also takes a few minutes to make.

Good luck, everyone!

Tam

[GlimR]

LadyGreenJeans~
:D I just keep realizing I'm smiling..........funny how sometimes you are just in the right place and you really feel like you are in perfect line with the universe.

food today~

fruit plate for breakfast

2 pieces super candy

guacomole tomato
red onion
onion bread

was out a lot today....

Had an awesome 100% raw day!!! yeah September!!

[Frugal Raw]

I'm IN!! Month 2 of Rawsomeness!!! I've had green smoothies all day, and am about to go a-foragin' in the kitchen to see what I can come up with for my supper:)

[Shell]

I'm going to do it this time!

[The Forager]

I did it! 100% raw today! Brek was 2 bananas, lunch was a larabar and cashews, snack was another banana and dinner was a raw pizza I bought from the farmer's market and a raw chocolate brownie. Mmmmmmm

[Cinnamon]

dinner was a raw pizza I bought from the farmer's market

Wow, I sure wish I had a local place to get prepared raw foods! How wonderful you can get things like this, do they make and sell other raw goodies too?

[The Forager]

Yess they do! http://www.glaserorganicfarms.com/
They have cooking classes too. GREAT farmer's market. Their essene bread is wonderful! You can even buy some of the stuff online.

[sfdreams]

Of course, I'll join the current 30-day challenge!! I am loving the RAW life!

This morning I had two cashew,banana,raw cocoa, agave smoothies (about 20 -24 oz?), Followed up a few hours later with a green smoothie of banana, agave, little bit cashew and lots of dark green lettuce. (I was out of spinach! Wahhh!:( )

For lunch, went to a veg restaurant and had a fabu gigantic salad of cukes, spring greens, spinach, tomatoes, guacamole, onion, red peppers, with a tiny bit of basil/olive oil dressing. I also ordered their fruit salad, which was a large bowl of assorted fruit: strawberries, watermelon, canteloupe, apple, nectarine, grapes, blueberries, kiwi and cherries. I did share this with my friend, Dennis, and my partner, Melanie, as I was just too full from the salad!!

About 3 hrs after lunch, I had about 2 TBS of leftover date nut torte (Alissa's recipe) that was leftover, so we could wash the plate!

Two hours later, I am still not hungry, but if I do get hungry, I will fix a smoothie: either with the almond milk I just made and cocoa and banana (YUM) or a green smoothie with the above and spinach (I picked up more when I was out!)

[Stina]

I did it! 100% raw today! Brek was 2 bananas, lunch was a larabar and cashews, snack was another banana and dinner was a raw pizza I bought from the farmer's market and a raw chocolate brownie. Mmmmmmm

Raw pizza available from the farmer's market? I'm envious!

[KissyKate]

I'm off to a good start this month! However, we are going out to dinner tonight with my inlaws, hope they have something raw that I can eat!!

To to make sure I am not too tempted, I am going to eat a little snack before I go, maybe a green smoothie or something.

What I've eaten today:
Green Smoothie
6 Celery Sticks with almond butter,honey and raisins
1 avacado
fresh salsa scooped up with red bells

My workout goals this month:

Stroller hike at least once per day
Lift my 12 pound weights in and intense workout every two days
Swim laps at least once a week

Good luck everyone this month!!

[The Forager]

Raw pizza available from the farmer's market? I'm envious!

Not just pizza! They make nori rolls, raw ice cream, collard wraps and other stuff on-site, plus all the packaged stuff, like the brownies. They are amazing.

http://www.glaserorganicfarms.com/ gotta love miami

[rawnpawgirl]

Hi everyone! You may or may not remember me from the past. I attempted to go raw starting a little more than a year and a half ago, but never made the plunge of 100%. I continued to cling to old addictions and fears, emotional blockages, and then last October I fully ditched raw and have eaten SAD since. Very SAD. Well, I have been experiencing a plethora of health problems- honestly, I have not felt this bad physically EVER!! I have had joint pain, no energy/extreme fatigue (I used to be incredibly active!), female issues, a sore throat for three months straight, systemic candida issues...and just a general "ill flu-like" feeling for 3 months.

I went 100% raw 2 days ago and the next day I had a full blown flu- fever of102 degree, terrible sore throat, and I have felt sick since but fever is down to 99ish. But I am blowing my nose constantly- SOOO much mucous. Yuck!

I truly believe that a big contributor to me feeling this way in addition to bad eating is because I have 3 toxic root canals in my mouth plus 3 metal crowns. I am getting a total dental revision very soon. Bad dentistry is a HUGE factor in health.

So anyway, here I am! I am very committed to feeling better. I must feel better. I feel like my life force energy is draining!

I have determined I am very mycotoxic, according to Gabriel Cousens Rainbow Green Live Food cuisine, so really want to do Phase 1 of his program for the next several months. Has anyone ever done that before?

One of my biggest questions is What should I eat for breakfast when I can't have any fruit or grains? I just am grossed out thinking about eating greens, veggies for breakfast.

Does anyone have any ideas on that?

I wish everyone amazing raw blessing during the month of September!! I look forward to getting to know everyone!

Oh, and so far today, i have had:

2 Tb flax oil
green juice
carrot, beet juice (not allowed on phase 1 but just trying to clear out the fridge of non-phase 1 items)
broccoli
and soon some coconut water, coconut meat with some chia seeds

Much love to you all! Have a fab rest of the day!

[Raw Jewelrylady]

Ok-I'm on Day 8 of 100% Raw ~feeling great.

Food today was Watermelon then...
1/2 green smoothie-usually drink 2 ,but my stomach was acting up & that happened a month ago from watermelon. Gotta watch my food combing.

Lunch-Cauli-taters & a huge salad-very filling.

Snack-carrot/apple juice

snack-cacao shake with almond butter, cacao,& maca -etc...YUM

Dinner..not sure as I'm not hungry, but I made a batch of watermelon soup so I may have a cup of it.

RJL

[Stina]

My goals for this month

* to stay 100% Raw of course. I don't want to lose sight of that and get too sure of myself!

* wait 'til I'm hungry to eat

* juice greens six days a week

* at least just one day of simple water fasting

Those are pretty obtainable goals for my second month into this. Oh, how about

* try one new recipe a week. I do anyway!

Love, Stina

Come on you guys! You can be Raw. Go 100% and the rewards are 1000%.

[OneBite@aTime]

It's me, checking in! Crazy,busy, away from home all day today-100% RAW!

[tiggerbounce]

onebite:
I love your sig


"You are not a human being, you are a human becoming" -Og Mandio

[sagebabies]

This is my first month and I'm soooooo excited and soooooo nervous!

[ChaiLife]

End of Day 1

So it looks like we are all doing great. This is going to be easy. We're already 3% finished with the challenge!!! YEAH!

Breakfast: chocolate banana milkshake
glass of watermelon juice

Lunch: collard wrap with Almost Tuna, carrots and red bell pepper
1 donut hole

Snacks: LOTS of watermelon juice and watermelon lemonade
handful of sweet potato chips
some kale chips

Dinner: Collard taco with nut meat, guac, carrots and bell peppers


Mood: cheerful though I am tired and have slight headache.

Now on to the exercise part. I put it off long enough. :o
So tonight I am going to do T-Tapp.

Great job y'all. Looking forward to tomorrow. :D

[sagebabies]

I am joining the challenge and I'm nervous but excited. I've been looking all day for the link on the other forum so I'm glad a link was posted to here. I made some "salmon" pate from Alissa's book this afternoon and it was YUMMY!

I'm looking forward to being a part of this group and I hope to be a support to all of you, because goodness knows I'm going to need some support myself! I'll check in with ya'll tomorrow!

Lisa

[Riiiya]

wow day 1 pretty much done :D had a gorgeous salad, lots of fruit.... one huge papaya :D ahhhhh this feels GOOD! even my family (all the way in Ukraine!) took my challenge!!!!!!! actually i challenged them for a week for now (i'm sure they'll feel better and will want to continue)

wooho!:cool:

[diali36]

Hit the co-op for dinner. Marinatied kale salad with ginger, carrots, beets, and cherry tomatos. Oh man it was soooo good I ate way too much. I feel like I ate thankgiving dinner. Nothing more today to eat or I will bust!
Bought some yummy looking mangos there so that will be breakfast. I love perfectly ripe mangos 1st thing in the morning. They smell so heavenly, and have such a wonderful color, and drip juicy goodness into my bowl. Is it morning yet??:)
Diane

[EZ rider]

+) continue 100% raw (32nd day today)
+) Min of 20 min exercise everyday
+) lots of greens everyday
+) Listen to my body's signals (especially waiting on slight hunger)

[Cinnamon]

Yess they do! http://www.glaserorganicfarms.com/
They have cooking classes too. GREAT farmer's market. Their essene bread is wonderful! You can even buy some of the stuff online.

Thank you so much for the website, I've been checking it out and all I can say is WOW I am so impressed. I'm so glad you have direct access to them, I just may have to place an online order!

[CANIBRAW?]

Count me in.

[Coriander74]

Happy September!
Today is my 16th day 100% raw (again).

1/2 Honeydew Melon
2 raw fajitas with guacamole
2 peaches
apple/carrot juice (3 apples, 4 carrots)

I was very lazy today... it was 105 and humid today so I didn't do a whole lot of physical activity. Caught up on some homework and took a couple of naps. The power went out a few times today too which is always fun! :rolleyes:

Ready to head into Sept. 2nd! :) It sounds like everyone is SO excited and motivated. It's great to see :)

[EZ rider]

Its interesting how accepting the challenge and setting some goals to do for the challenge really works. For example after setting the goals in my post above I did my exercise for the day (to meet my goal) and then put an E (for exercise) on the calendar for sept 1st. Goals work and so does raw food. Now I am going to go make a green juice. yeeee-haaaa

[codajess]

Today:

mango
apple w/almond butter
my lazy-man sushi (cucumber, avocado, nori all cut up in a bowl, with a bunch of wasabi powder sprinkled over it all and some nama shoyu to mix it all with.)
a date with almond butter
some mixed nuts that I had dehydrated with the last of my maple syrup from my last master cleanse.

And I did 1 hour and 35 minutes of laps in the pool at the gym.

[casperlynn]

Count me in! Fridge is stocked and I am ready to rawk! :)

[casperlynn]

Getting in under the wire for day 1...

Today's eats:

Watermelon - nice & cold
Green smoothie: Banana, strawberries, coconut oil, coconut flakes, spinach
2 peaches
Handful of raw almonds
Big ol' Salad and a couple flax crackers

[EZ rider]

September is a special month as it will be my one year raw anniversary month - so count me in!You have so inspired me that I am going to try to have my own success story by next June and call it a birthday present to myself. Congratulations Morn and keep on RAWkin. :)

[hawaiigal]

I am on day 5 today of 100% raw after falling off the August Challenge :(

I am eating pretty simply lots of bananas and salads.

This month I will attempt to up my intake of water too...

I have taken a heap of before photos so hope to one day compare them to the new me! I have been on this board since January 2005 and have been off an on raw during the whole time...still find myself at the original horrible weight level...so I am determined to stick to it now. I have compared all my photos over the last couple of years and you can definately tell when I am in the raw mode. It shows in my face especially as I have been going up and down 20 - 30 lbs depending on whether I am raw or SAD.

Time to bite the bullet!

[PammieTaj]

Yesterday's eats:

Fruit and greens smoothie

3 peaches

3 applies

1 lemon Lara bar

1 gigantic bowl o' salad - greens, cucumber, tomato, onion ... yummy delish!

My starting weight is 242.6, I'm only updating that weekly.

blessings and peace, Pam

[goodbeets]

guten morgan, alles!! I am here on day 2. I just had a yummy shake- 3 bananas + 2 cups romaine + 1 cup water= yummyumm delish!! Even my 83 year old grandmother had some and loved it. We are having perfect weather in Maine, life is good.

[Raspberry4]

Wondering if we are continuing with day number 2 on this thread? Or, do we start another thread?


September Goals:
100% Raw
Stay OFF the scale until October 1st!

[emilita maria]

going vegan:

-100% raw
-5 hours of cardio/wk
-2 hours strength training/wk
-1 hour of yoga/wk

can't wait to see results!

[lodestar]

great to see so much enthusiasm for this sept. challenge. I blogged food intake for yesterday as well as five benefits i notice from eating raw each day.

the momentum is here and the support is amazing. xox

[shine72]

I ate SO much more than I normally do yesterday!

I had that yummy smoothie my son made for breakfast. Then I nibbled as I was making things for the potluck. Then I had four different kinds of pizza (I think I ended up having four or five slices total). They weren't big slices, but boy were they filling! Plus eggless egg salad on onion bread. Plus eggplant parmesan. Plus some salad. Then about half an hour after everyone left. I had a choc. shake! I was so stuffed!

I'm about to have a choc. shake here in a minute. I'll post anything else later!:D

[lavendarJ]

Help me out everyone...I've been so busy I haven't had time to catch my breath lately, so anyway....I'm confused...Are there two september challenge threads? I was just wondering because I was just about to post on the other one when I saw this one....

Anyway...raisins are all I've got to post so far

[Lady Green Jeans]

Morning all!
Up early and started the day again with a young coconut. Ate two white nectarines and am now enjoying a small cocoa, banana and cashew smoothie before I head out for church. Hope you all have a rawlicious day!

Kathy

[Raspberry4]

Shine72 - I am so glad to see your post about the food intake because I am concerned about some of the posts of people only eating 1 piece of fruit for breakfast, or lunch, etc. That is not enough food /energy for a meal. Please understand I am not trying to be critical - I am just very concerned. I know when I started raw several times I was not eating enough and got bored and quit. Also I got run down from not enough food/energy. Anyway...I'll get off my soap box - just being a concerned person.

Yesterday eats:
Smoothie with spirulina and banana
fruit (snack)
soup - tomatoe based with herbs and veges
green salad with o.o. and lemon; falafel; blueberry salsa
dessert - cashew butter and a piece of raw "chocolate"
exercise: 30 minutes treadmill

Today exercise:
40 minutes treadmill

Have a deliciously raw day everyone :)

[the_unknown_martian]

i'm soo glad Day 1 is done and over with :p
the hardest day for me is always the first day.. if i keep my promise that day, then 99% of the time i keep it till the end :)
for breakfast i had 3/4 of a pineapple (shared the 1/4 of it with my mom lol), 2 kiwis, a banana, and some blackberries from my garden...
i feel so good! i've never lasted more than day on 100% raw food, and i know that things are looking good for me thanks to this september challenge:D

anyways, i was wondering what you guys do for Vitamin B12... do u worry about it at all? cuz i read this article http://rawfooddietsecrets.com/blog/12/no-such-thing-as-a-b12-deficiency/ and they say that the body produces its own vitamin B12 when it gets enough of the other stuff from raw fruits and vegetables.. does anyone agree with this??

[RawkStar]

I was actually proud of myself for having an apple for breakfast. Usually I skip breakfast altogether. :o

Dreading the desert heat today. I can't wait for summer to leave!

It's night even 9am here. Foods so far:

Apple
Matt Amsden's Shake Your Money Maker breakfast drink, which I'm having trouble drinking. It tastes like chocolate cake batter! A wee bit too sweet for me, but I'm drinking it because it's full of good stuff.

[the_unknown_martian]

an even more convincing article regarding Vitamin B12...
http://naturalhygienesociety.org/articles/vetrano1.html

[diali36]

Good morning all.
Lavendar,
This is the place to post the other thread you see was just to sign up for this months challenge. So you are in the right place with us girl!
Breakfast
1 Nectarine
I was going to have a mango but not perfectly ripe yet so I'll have to wait.
Lunch will be 1 apple and maybe a green salad and dinner is going to be a salad for sure.
Have a great day everyone.
Diane

[Raspberry4]

Rawk - good for you for following it up with something with more consistency to it. You are not JUST eating 1 apple until lunch. You have nothing to worry about.

[diali36]

I'm finding when I eat raw I'm just not very hungry. Also all my craving for sweet stuff have gone away.
One piece of fruit is all I can eat for breakfast and I feel stuffed. I'm usually not hungry again till sometime in the afternoon and then I have an apple because that is easy to bring to work. If I get hungry during the day I'll also have a salad. Night time is salad for sure and that's about it. I like simple. I feel so clean and light eating this way. I'm sure at some point I will feel like eating something denser and when I do I will. I'm lucky enough to have a food co-op in town that has a raw deli so when I want something different I just go there and get what ever goodies they have that day.
Diane

[Rawkinlocs]

Okay, I'm going to lock this one up because I don't want people who are just now coming aboard who may have missed my post to think we have two challenge threads going. This was the initial challenge thread as started by Alissa (remember all, WE (mods) will start up the threads in this section until further notice. But someone started up another one because this one had gotten started like 2 days before the first and it was mostly people saying they were in and going to participate. So, I changed the title and made it more of a "sign up sheet". But now that Sept has began, people are still welcome to join in, but instead of posting it here, just start writing in the other thread.

I also took the liberty (hope you don't mind Alissa) to do a thread each day per the suggestion of a couple of our members here, and see how that goes for this month. If all goes well and Alissa says it's okay to keep it going, then we'll try to implement this monthly...if not, then it's back to the way it was with one (extremely) long thread per month.

Those new to the challenge for this month, if you haven't already, please refer to the rules in the sticky posted up by the Admin. Thanks!

[queenb]

OK Friends-
I did really great yesterday. Raw all day and no real cravings.
Yesterday I ate:
1.5 quarts of lemon water
cacao-coconut-banana shake
2 delicious nectarines
1.5 quarts lemon water
lettuce and almond pate wraps
and a whole bunch of honey-almond chia seed pudding!!!!! Really yummy!

Happy to be here and greatful for all of you raw darlings!
Happy Sunday!:p

[Rawkinlocs]

Day Two:

I didn't report yesterday as I was soooo tired at the end of the day from being in the kitchen slaving over a warm dehydrator making all kinds of stuff for me and the family and I'm STILL not done!

So, I ate mainly taste-test/sample nibbles of stuff I was making that included:

- onion bread
- Italian crackers (some with pizza sauce and cheeze dehydrated on top)
- grawnola
- sweet potatoes
- cookies
- cinnamon rolls
- ice cream

and I also ate:
- green smoothie (well, drank that)
- pineapple
- grapes (lots of grapes)
- marinated greens
- trail mix

So far for today I've only had a few grapes as I not too long ago got up. I'll try and report in later what the days events brought about...

[tammay]

Glad to see I'm not the only one confused about what's going on with the challenge. But it makes sense to start a new thread for each day, since so many of us are undertaking the challenge.

Did great yesterday and have some wonderful news. The past year has been so crummy that I gained about 15 pounds and went from a size 6 to a size 10. I had to buy all new jeans because the old ones weren't fitting :mad: . So when I went back to try and do raw in Aug I periodically tried on the size 6 jeans to see how my weight was progressing. Despite my stress eating in between all raw days, the jeans were increasingly fitting, though tight in areas where I wouldn't be able to walk with them (crotch, etc.).

So this morning I decided to try them on again just to see where I'm at. They all fit great! I was really surprised that despite eating poorly on Friday, the whole week that I was raw seemed to do some good. That's really motivated me to keep at it (that and the general clear-headed, energetic feeling I'm having which I desperately need right now!)

Will post today's menu in my raw blog. But so far some watermelon and probably some strawberries later.

Forgot to post my Sept raw goals:
- To stay 100% raw (or as close as I can) for 30 days
- To exercise every day at least for 30 minutes
- To do yoga at home at least 3 days a week
- To keep up with my counseling appointments to work on some issues
- To stay positive even when things are going badly!

Tam

[GlimR]

Day #2~
Great day so far....went grocery shopping and got all sorts of beautiful produce. Day #9 100% for me and feeling great.

So far I've had almond milk shake w/ cacao, maca, fo-ti and frozen bananas..deelicious!!

Guacomole w/ onion, tomato, garlic and cilantro.

will have~

one square super candy
glass of almond milk

dinner salad w/ asst. veggies

Today I made grawnola, which is ready to come out of the dehydrator...the house smells so good! and am making garlic bread crisps and rawitos in a sec. So many yummy raw foods to chose from.

[Rawkinlocs]

Hey, I'm a bit confused! The Sept challenge thread I posed to yesterday seems to be closed. Is there just going to be a daily thread for the challenge then?...

Yeah, we're gonna try that out and see how it works out

[Morn]

Got my exercise out of the way earlier today. So that makes me happy. Now I am hungry and need some energy. I made Alissa's marinara sauce yesterday and think I will put it over some mixed bell peppers for lunch. I also froze a batch because I had so many tomatoes. I think I will grab that right now to eat as I am hungry!

[Cinnamon]

- onion bread
- Italian crackers (some with pizza sauce and cheeze dehydrated on top)
- grawnola
- sweet potatoes
- cookies
- cinnamon rolls
- ice cream

and I also ate:
- green smoothie (well, drank that)
- pineapple
- grapes (lots of grapes)
- marinated greens
- trail mix


Okay Rawkinlocs, now you know I am gonna have to come visit you with all this wonderful uncooking going on at your house!! :D YUM!!

So far for me today...
smoothie-banana, mango, pineapple, coconut oil and almond butter (I am going to experiment with a little fat in my morning smoothies to see if I don't get so hungry later on), and spinach

Have a great RAW day everyone and I'll check in later on!

[sagebabies]

I just made Alissa's banana ice cream in my food processor which I embellished with 1T coconut butter, 1T honey, 2T almond butter, and 1t cinnamon. It is YUMMY! I needed something sweet this afternoon and I got it!

[Frugal Raw]

I've been having green smoothies for "brunch," then at night something chewable;) Last night it was a chunky tropical salsa, and tonight it'll be a spinach & avocado salad I posted on my blog yesterday:) Lovin' this raw life!!!

[raw_danceruk]

:D Surprise..today I had a nice Gaila Melon

was superb

Now just glugging 2litres peppermint tea/water :o

[Doe]

So far today I've had a strawberry milkshake. :) Used the last handfull of my cashew pieces. :( Gonna have to start using almonds. I really really prefer sesame seeds though. Need to make a trip to a city w raw food bins.

My daughter came over and cooked her food here in the house with me last night, me smelling the whole thing, and I stayed raw! :D

Teri

[The Forager]

So far today:

2 bananas for breakfast, leftover raw brownie
lunch was 1 larabar, some grapes and some leftover raw pizza
still 100% so far

[SeaSprite]

mm pizza, brownies? I have some things to learn! I wish this thread was over where it used to be, I forgot about it way over here...
still 100% raw :D

[SoulSistaRaw]

I had a green smoothie for breakfast and lunch. I went to the gym for 1 hr and 20 minutes and did some cardio. Also for dinner I had a spinach salad and a couple of plums. Its tough BUT I am trying.:D

[queenb]

So far for me today...
smoothie-banana, mango, pineapple, coconut oil and almond butter (I am going to experiment with a little fat in my morning smoothies to see if I don't get so hungry later on), and spinach

Hi Cinnamon-
The fat-in-the-smoothie technique works great for me! I don't get any sugar high or low if I do it like that... I also try to eat a little bit of fat if I drink any kind of juice. Works great too.

Raw blessings...:)

[RowanC]

carrot cake for breakfast
Then a walk to the river with the grandkids

Fell off the wagon at lunch with a PBJ -- forgot to take food.

Back on tonight with salad and cashew blueberry cheesecake.

[StarFire]

queenB.... my goodness girl -- how I have missed your beautiful smile http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/grin.gif !!! How are you doing my rawmacious Goddess?!!! So glad yu're joining in on the September challenge!! RAWK ON !!

Aloha Rawbies... I'm at work today (blahh on a Sunday... :( ) ... drinking MC today, may go home and puree a banana and slurp on that later!!!

everyone have a RAWMACIOUS DAY!!

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[sagebabies]

I had a GREAT day today! 100% raw and feeling fine. I LOVED the mock salmon pate and ate it for lunch and dinner. One day at a time. That is my mantra. That, and, IT'S ONLY FOOD! If I'm tempted I just tell myself it's only food, and if I really want it I can eat it next month. It's all a mind game. I'm a runner and it's like running a marathon. Just one big mind game. Hopefully the longer I do this the more my body will just want to do it and thrive on it and then the mind will just be synchronized and at peace w/ my body. Make sense?

Have a great night everyone. See ya tomorrow for day #3!!!!!

[PammieTaj]

So here's today's food:

I had a fruit and greens smoothie for breakfast.

3 peaches

I made some recipes from Ani Phyo's book: portabella steaks, brazil brocoli mash and mushroom gravy (all pretty rich food if you ask me, but tastey).

3 oranges

Lots of water.

I am decaffeinating big time and do I have a whopper of a headache! I'm planning to get to bed early and get some quality rest.

[casperlynn]

Sounds like everyone's off to a great start! Here's my food for day 2:

Breakfast: Green smoothie -- 2 bananas, 6 strawberries, kale, half avocado, almond mylk, coconut oil. Yummers!

Snack: handful of raw macademia nuts

Lunch: Salad -- Spinach, romaine lettuce, tomato, basil, drizzle EVOO.

Dinner: Half of a nice, cold watermelon. That's what I was craving after working in the yard all afternoon, so I just went with it. LOL.

See you back here tomorrow....Have a wonderful evening!

[Raspberry4]

Surprisingly I was very hungry today.

1cup of oats (soaked) blended with 1 banana and almond butter with cinnamon on top (Gold Mine sells oats labeled as 'raw')
Alissa's Broccoli soup (added dash Braggs and ginger to it) + 1 falafel
1 nectarine (unfortunately it was terrible - what a disappointment)
small salad of greens, green olvies, oo + lemon and sea salt
2 falafel + 1 yellow tomatoe
Contemplating a small dessert - need something with chocolate - not sure yet

Have a good night everyone!

[Raw Jewelrylady]

I had a great Raw day. :) Actually Day 8 here for me

Breakfast-Pinapple/raspberrie smoothie

usually I have 2 green smoothies, but I was soooo craving a salad that I had a salad early in the day with Alissa's jalepena olives & vinegar & evoo & tomatoes & hemp seeds. Must have missed the greens from my usual green smoothie.

had 1 orange/goji berrie truffle

Lunch-made eggless egg salad with diced red peppers/celery & scallions & put it on a bed of greens. Also a few carrot sticks & some strawberries.

Dinner was a blowl of avo/cuke/kale soup with lemon, cayenne, curry, dill, sea salt & pepper.

Also walked first thing this morning for 45 minutes. I'll report that in the fitness thread~unless I already have..I dont' know anymore as the days are starting to run together...LOL;)

RJL

[Doe]

Total today so far:

(all raw vegan)

2 strawberry milkshakes
grape tomatoes and potato chips together
zucchini pasta w tomato sauce, fresh oregano, basil, green onion, and flaxburgerThey were all soooo good, :D
Teri

[VeroP]

Raw is tops as we head into September!

We went to the farmer's market yesterday and got our fill of tasty tomatos.

Our weekends are laid back with lots of fruit lying around the house. It is so nice and tasty to pick up ripe fruit and suck and drip juice. Avocados have rippened around the house today as well - they go exceptionally well with those ripe tomatos.

Tomorrow we go out of town to visit my mom. It is so easy to pack for being out of the house now - throw some fruit in the car and we are off.

Rawk on!

Vero

[shine72]

Okay, I already said I had a choc. shake this morning. Then this afternoon I had a salad at lunch time!

Well..... I made the "Super Candy" that's posted in the recipe section. It's GOOD! I am going to tweak it some to make it a bit more to my liking the next time I make it. It does some funny stuff though! Made my eyes feel really weird, but in a good way.

I had a little bit of mango when we got home from the movies tonight. Can I just tell ya'll, the smell of movie theater popcorn is REALLY gross! I don't remember it being that gross!:D So that was cool!;)

I'm in the mood for another salad, but I don't really feel like making one right now, so I may or may not have one of those.

[GlimR]

100% raw day....day #9 for me. Today was the first day I felt tired and not high. I grazed alot this afternoon, no meals just picking at raw stuff in the dehydrator, fruit, etc...My stepson asked me what I was doing and it was the first time I really shared about raw at length to anyone...felt good~*s*
I am only going to weigh myself once a month...but am feeling the difference already in my upper abdomen especially....can't wait to glow~:D

[diali36]

Hi All,
I've been saying how when eating raw I'm not very hungry and can have just a piece of fruit for breakfast and lunch. Well today I could not fill up!
food today
Breakfast 1 nectarine
Lunch brocoli salad with red onion, taheni and cashews
6 dates stuffed with almond butter
Dinner lg marinated kale salad with grape tomatos
6 more dates stuffed with almond butter
and I might have something else yet it seems like I have a little more room for a bite of something if I can figure out what it is I want.
Maybe more dates and almond butter mmmm....
Have a good night everyone.
Diane

[Shell]

Still plugging along...

[Rawkinlocs]

Today is almost over for me and it was a great raw day! I did some more food prep making: the "deviled" eggless spread, strawberry ice cream, Alissa's tortillas, and kale chips.

So, today I've eaten:

Grapes
onion bread
onion bread topped with eggless spread
cinnamon roll
Green smoothie
Strawberry-banana ice cream
A couple of dates stuffed with cashews
A bowl of grawnola in nut milk

I didn't mention, my little brother (14) moved here with us last week. This is a kid who claims to dislike ALL fruit except bananas (and since he's been here, I have yet to see him peel and eat a banana). At first, I was somewhat catering to his "cooked food needs" but then realized it was only starting to sabotage the progress I was making with my family in terms of being raw. Soooo...I decided that the kid lives here, he's now a part of my family and therefore he will eat raw. So, I've been in that kitchen more than I've EVER been since being raw making all kinds of stuff and thankfully, he's been trying it out and finding things he actually likes! So, I'm starting there and HOPEFULLY he will begin to desire fruit and veggies as his body gets cleaner from no longer eating cooked food.

So far he has liked: onion bread, Italian crackers, vanilla ice cream, peanut butter cookies (yes, I used organic peanut butter that isn't raw, but the cookies themselves are unbaked/"raw"), kale chips (he LOVES those) and smoothies as long as they're semi-frozen. So, we're coming along. He has some weight to lose and he has asthma so I'm looking forward to the improvements he will experience!

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OH...and just a quick reminder, please remember that in accordance with the new challenge guidelines we won't be mentioning our "slip-ups" with cooked food here in the challenge threads. Just keep on going and sticking with raw from then on out! Thanks guys!

[RawkStar]

Another great day for me! I hope everyone is doing well and staying out of this heat!

OK--foods eaten today (in no particular order):

2 Jazz apples (the varieties of apples these days! Who knew?)
Marinated kale, mushrooms, avocados, heirloom tomatoes
Shake Your Money Maker Breakfast Smoothie
3-ish GO RAW Flax Attacks Flax crackers
1 (so far) Coconut Carob Haystacks
1 TB CO (coconut oil)
1 glass ACV + raw honey + filtered water
Lemon water through out the day.

[ChaiLife]

Breakfast: Raw Oatmeal

Lunch: Big glass of pina colada (made with coconut, pineapple, banana and almond milk and ice) This was sinfully good!

Another Lunch: Eggless deviled Egg Spread in celery Chuck could not get over how good this stuff is! It is so wonderful Do try the recipe if you haven't yet.

Went to Huntsville State Park and took the kids swimming at the lake. We all went swimming and had a great time. Before we went home, we had a picnic with apples, grapes, eggless egg spread with celery and mushroom caps. Was a very good day. We were all exhausted when we got home but it was so worth it! And no spideys on this trip!

Hey, does the swimming count as part of my exercise today?!!! Huh huh huh??

I have to tell you that earlier I was feeling weak with cravings but I thought about y'all and was strong. I didn't want to have to report that I had been bad and eaten some old SAD food. Thanks for being there to keep me accountable.

[hawaiigal]

Rawkinlincs - Good luck with your little brother...thats so great that he is enjoying your food. It hard to get everyone on the same page thats for sure..my youngest daughter who is 10 is rebelling big time - I have been buying her turkey breast and chips etc...you got me thinking that maybe if I spent more time making raw dishes that I may be able to bring her around some more! I will check out the raw kids section for tips.

Today I have had:
fruit salad for breakfast - Papaya - banana - apple mixed with coconut oil
lunch was a lara bar and a banana
dinner - huge salad with lots of veggies
Lots of water in between

[codajess]

Today I had:

Green smoothie:
spinach
pineapple
raspberries
rice protein powder
maca
msm
goji berries
agave
zinc (it's a chewable tablet so i just throw it in the blender)

organic yellow baby carrots

mushrooms, onions, peppers with olive oil, bragg's, mexican seasoning in the dehydrator

maple-dehydrated pecans

[Rawkinlocs]

Day Three!

[VeroP]

Today will be easy to pack for a day at my mom's. Some fruit in the car and I am ready to go!

A smoothie for breakfast will help with the day as well.

My mom, my sister and I are all virgos so September is a time of celebrating - this year is special as I will be at 5 months raw for my b-day. Life seems brighter and I know for my next birthday in 2008 I will be completely transformed.

What a great time to rawk!

VeroP

[rawfigure]

Today will be a Party Day on the Lake with to celebrate the summer and mourn its passing. We will boat, thats easy, water !! and I am hoping they have salad and fruit at the Party, we are not to bring anything.

Have a good day everyone ! :D

I made Ani Phyo's Sushi last night and it was really good. :p

[ReneeH]

Mornin' RAWbies!!!

I just got in from working a flight to Los Angeles...happy to say, still RAW BABY!!! I did great on my trip!!! I am more committed than EVER to stick to RAW!!! I did not eat ANY of the dead animal flesh on board! YEA!!! I nibbled on Grapes, Onion Bread, Flax Crackers, Oranges and Celery Sticks!!! Everyone kept asking me why I bring food with me... :) Of course, I was more than happy to tell them about the RAW diet!!!

A really gross thing happened this morning...one of the other flight attendants let loose a seriously fowl smelling "bomb" in the galley!!! YUK!!! PEE-UUUU!!!! STINKY, STINKY!!!! I told her..."You know, when you eat RAW, your gas doesn't smell like that!!!" ...needless to say, she wasn't real happy with me after that, but oh well!!! It's totally true!!!

[VegFam]

I was a little behind I am joining the Septemeber challenge today. Getting ready to make my green smoothie. Hope everyone has a great day. :o

[PammieTaj]

Wow! I just had to share - the screaming 'where's my coffee' headache is gone. So are seven pounds! Since Saturday morning! Wowie!

I've had my fruit and greens smoothie today and I'm getting ready to head to work for a couple of hours. I'm packing up some fruit to take with me.

Have a great day everyone!

[sagebabies]

PammieTaj - way to go on the 7 lbs! I'm down 2 so far.

Have a great day on raw today everyone. I've been invited to a friend's for lunch but I think I'll decline since I don't feel ready to be invited to a SAD lunch party quite yet.

I'm starting the day with a gs made of kale, mango, almond milk, flax, and hemp protein. My 6yo enjoyed a glass with me. We also both ate a banana. My 7 month old twins are about to eat some mashed banana w/ some blueberries. We are all raw this morning! My husband is off for a bike ride and I'll head out the door for a run in a while.

happy raw everyone.

[Raspberry4]

Day 3 - yipeeee! It is a beautiful day this morning. We were invited to a cook out but are declining. My children are gluten free and with me being raw it would just be too much. Plus my dad passed this June and I wanted to make sure my mom is not alone so she can be with us. My husband has been perfecting his BBQ's EVERY weekend. Last night was tough - but I did not succumb at all! Even though I was unusually hungry yesterday. I am looking forward to another raw day. And, for a treat I wanted to make Alissa's Enchilada (or attempt it) today. I bought the organic frozen corn and am ready to go! First, it's time to move this 'ol body. Have a rawlicious day. Happy Labor Day!

[Green Life]

Still all 100 percent raw.

Had some onion bread with legless spread and it was SO good!:D Thanks renee for posting that idea!

Had some peach tea with stevia on ice with the bread. YUMMIE!!

Actually, this is my second month 100 percent raw. I started the challenge back in August...am I allowed to go twice in a row in a challenge, or are you only allowed one month of challenge?:rolleyes:

[queenb]

Helloooo Rawbieeeeeesssss!
I am on a serious raw high! Wooo-Hoooo!

Starfire- Thanks so much for the beautiful greeting! I have been reading your blog almost daily and I totally look forward to it! You are such a gorgeous little darling! Rawk on!:p

Renee- You are hysterical! Telling the stewardess to go raw so she won't "bomb" people out anymore... What a trip you are!:D

So yesterday I was hungry all day and it seems like others were, too. Maybe it was the stars...

Yesterday I ate: (all raw)
1 qt. lemon lime water
honey almond chia seed pudding
"Queen of Green" superfood smoothie
1/2 qt. lemon water
romaine and almond pate' wraps, 2-3
salad and fruit salad from the grocery store salad bar
more chia pudding
1 qt. lemon water
1/2 avocado, kimchee, kiwi
romaine w/ almond butter and honey, weird but good...:o

Have a rockin raw day you all!:D

[GlimR]

GreenLife~
Month after month after month I think!! Good for you!!!:)
So great to see everyone up and feeling good. I am doing great this morning. I've been 100% for 10 days, weighed this morning and am down 7 lbs. I feel so good. Had the chance to share raw with my stepson last night and he thought it was pretty cool.........my ultimate goal is to glow!!!:D

Super food smoothie for b'fast w/ raw cacao, fo-ti, almond milk and frozen banana.........love this stuff!! Going out to breakfast w/ DH and will get a banana at the restaurant and bring an apple and an orange...and some amazing cinnamon "toast" I made yesterday!! Will post the pic and recipe later~ Hope everyone has a strong and beautifully light raw day!!!

[Green Life]

AHHHH!! Thank you SO muuucchhh, Glimr!

That is SO very sweet of you, LOL!:D

Good for you, too. And for everyone, for that matter!!

[shine72]

I'm here! The whole family had green smoothies in one form or another this morning! (For my one ds I had to sneak spinach into his choc. shake). Worked like a charm!

I'll probably be nibbling on fruit for the earlier part of the afternoon (I have 8 pineapples and 9 mangoes to get chopped up and put up). I love where I live. Yes, it takes me a little more than a bit of a drive to get our food, but it's SO worth it!:D

I hope everyone has a GREAT RAW Labor Day!:D I'll post the rest of what I have later!

Oh yeah! Last night I did end up throwing something together to eat while I watched my movie. I had a huge cucumber sliced, two tomatoes, an avocado, w/Alissa's HM dressing and hemp seeds! It really hit the spot!:D

[shine72]

Today is weigh day, so...........

Here it goes:

Starting weight: 12/27/06 - 238.9
1/15 - 228.2
1/22 - 225.9
1/29 - 222.4
2/5 - was out of town
2/12 - 218.1
2/19 - 216.7
2/26 - 215.2
3/5 - 214.9
3/12 - 212.4
4/9 - 207.2
4/16 - 204.8
4/23 - 203.7
4/30 - 203.4
5/7 - 201.9
5/21 - 198.2
5/28 - 196.1
6/4 - 194.3
6/11 - 193.5
6/18 - 191.1
6/25 - 187.1
7/9 - 185.6
7/16 - 182.7
7/23 - 182.0
7/30 - 178.4
8/6 - 178.7
8/13 - 177.6
8/20 - 174.9
8/27 - 175.1
Today - 9/3 - 174.9

Hey all! I'm surprised that with all I ate this weekend, it didn't go WAY up!;) Hopefully this means that the exercise is paying off!:D

[Raindeer]

Hello -
I'm new. Just starting my 30 day challenge today, I'm afraid. I train horses for a living but also want to do 30 mins. cardio and 30 mins. weight training on my Bowflex every other day. Do you guys do your workouts on an empty stomach? I've heard both ways: eat/don't eat before workouts. What's the concensus?
Also - I'm trying to limit my cravings so I'm eating lots of nuts (cashews) to start out. A) Shouldn't they be soaked first? and B) Is it bad to eat lots of nuts? I've seen other posts where people are trying to go completely nut-less and dried fruit-less. I'll probably put away 2 cups of cashews a day until I'm "over it". Will that slow down my weight loss? The rest of my day is big salads and fresh fruit (not together), flax seed crackers, dehydrated potato chips, guacamole, salsa.
Are olives bad? I guess marinated artichoke hearts are cooked, right? What's up with me, that I'm craving those things? Is is the olive oil I want?
Can someone tell me their experiences with taking enzyme capsules after eating heavy/cooked meals? Does it help? I bought a bottle from GNC yesterday and had a couple after a SAD dinner. Got gas real bad. :o
Thanks in advance for your support; sorry for all the questions!
Raindeer
Starting now: 185
Goal: 160

[SoulSistaRaw]

I had a green smoothie with spinach, strawberries, blueberries, mint and bananas for breakfast. I did cardio for 99 minutes-I LOVE the elliptical machine. Lunch will probably be a salad. I don't have any picnic plans today so I will probably go to Whole Foods today and pickup a a raw pizza for dinner. Have a rawtastic day everyone!!!!!:)

[shine72]

I had a green smoothie with spinach, strawberries, blueberries, mint and bananas for breakfast. I did cardio for 99 minutes-I LOVE the elliptical machine. Lunch will probably be a salad. I don't have any picnic plans today so I will probably go to Whole Foods today and pickup a a raw pizza for dinner. Have a rawtastic day everyone!!!!!:)

Your Whole Foods has raw pizza?! Oh, you are SSSSSSSOOOOOOO lucky!:D

[Shell]

Hello -
I'm new. Just starting my 30 day challenge today, I'm afraid. I train horses for a living but also want to do 30 mins. cardio and 30 mins. weight training on my Bowflex every other day. Do you guys do your workouts on an empty stomach? I've heard both ways: eat/don't eat before workouts. What's the concensus?
Also - I'm trying to limit my cravings so I'm eating lots of nuts (cashews) to start out. A) Shouldn't they be soaked first? and B) Is it bad to eat lots of nuts? I've seen other posts where people are trying to go completely nut-less and dried fruit-less. I'll probably put away 2 cups of cashews a day until I'm "over it". Will that slow down my weight loss? The rest of my day is big salads and fresh fruit (not together), flax seed crackers, dehydrated potato chips, guacamole, salsa.
Are olives bad? I guess marinated artichoke hearts are cooked, right? What's up with me, that I'm craving those things? Is is the olive oil I want?
Can someone tell me their experiences with taking enzyme capsules after eating heavy/cooked meals? Does it help? I bought a bottle from GNC yesterday and had a couple after a SAD dinner. Got gas real bad. :o
Thanks in advance for your support; sorry for all the questions!
Raindeer
Starting now: 185
Goal: 160

Hi Raindeer! Ok, I'll try to help you out, although, everyone has their own opinions about things, so this is only mine! As far as eating before a workout....I usually have a piece of fruit about 30min. before....but that's just me...and then have a smoothie with protein powder afterwards to help with recovery. I'm one of those who are cutting out nuts for the month (or trying!)....when I first started, I overate them, and ended up gaining weight...but that's not true of everyone....depending on how much you have to lose, and what your diet was like before, eating more fat may HELP you lose weight.....it's a process....just eat what you want, as long as it's raw,and if you find you're gaining weight, then tweak your diet. As far as soaking, it just helps activate the enzymes in the nuts, and also, some find that soaking them first helps in digestion. You can get raw olives....the ones in the grocery store are not raw. Generally, the thought is that if it doesn't say raw on the package, assume it isn't. Artichoke hearts are cooked:( I love them too, and am very sad about that! I myself take 3 enzyme capsules a day....one before each meal.....I haven't had any problems with them thus far. Hope this helps!

[lodestar]

ok...day three is here and i'm totally excited and up for it.

Rawkin...you are either up late or up early to get this thread going?

i'm eating simple, yummy and juicy. peaches here are amazing this time of year. just put a watermellon in the fridge.

sleep was stupid...woke up at 3:30 and struggled to get more rest.
small headache that will subside by the end of the week.

i am really enjoying the support from the blog. thank you all and let's keep this going.

[Lady Green Jeans]

A fresh new day and feeling great. Started the day with a yound coconut (need to find a use for all the insides, now). This seems to have very easily replaced my former morning decaf.

Polished off the eggless spread last night. Very tasty stuff. Am craving a mixed green salad today and want some avocados in something--one of my favorite things.

Happy and rawlicious Labor Day to everyone.

[The Forager]

Lost 1 more pound, up to a 10lb loss in oh, a bit less than a month. quite nice. Got a new shirt to celebrate. Still hanging on pretty well! Breakfast today was 2 bananas and one of those containers of raspberries.

[Riiiya]

hello! i'm enjoying the third raw day! except for my cold, my nose doesn't feel all that great- what to do!? i don't want to take any pills :S

uh other than that, i had a great "broccoli & bacon" salad (with sunflower seeds and raisins mmm

[Doe]

Hello everyone, this morning I just drank water, don't really want anything else. The little dog took me for a good long walk.

GlimR, you and I must have both started back 100% Friday before last. You are doing great and that 7 lb down is a good bonus huh?

Had bloating and gas all night from the flaxburger in the pasta sauce I made for dinner last night. It sure did taste good at the time though. I took a picture that really didn't do it justice. It was beautiful, substantial, and full of flavor. I’ll have to look into a burger mix without flax.

I'm going in a few minutes to get some lemons so I can make some more potato chips. The last ones were so good. The lemon, olive oil, salt, potato flavor all mixed together reminded me of buttered baked potato in a chip. I definitely want to have a large baggie of these on hand for when cravings hit.


Also I really need to get to one of the larger cities to get a variety of raw nuts and seeds to make ahead some other recipes as craving satisfiers. I'm down to a few almonds and that's it.

Teri :)

[SoulSistaRaw]

Your Whole Foods has raw pizza?! Oh, you are SSSSSSSOOOOOOO lucky!:D

Yes it does! I CAN'T WAIT !!!!!!!!!!!

[tinystrawberry]

my Whole Foods has raw pizza too. but it's $5 a slice! it's worth it sometimes tho :)

[ChaiLife]

Just checking in. Happy Labor Day to all! :D I did "aerobics" and T-Tapp and house cleaning for exercise.

Breakfast was watermelon lemonade. I'll report back later about the rest of the day.

I feel awesome today!!!! Woohoo!!!!!

[Raindeer]

Shelly -
Thanks for your advice and support. I will muddle through without nuts for now, since I am in hurry to lose weight. :)
Raindeer

[Rawkinlocs]

Hello everyone! Today is going well. I discovered that I simply LOVE Alissa's Tortillas made into tortilla chips! I spread it (the "batter") thin on the teflex and then after they were flipped and cut, I dried them until crunchy. I seasoned them with some chili powder, onion powder, garlic powder, etc. and they are da BOMB! My kids and my dh are lovin' 'em. My youngest daughter was eating the plain ones with salsa (not raw, it was a jar I bought when my lil' brother first came here) and she said it's just like eating the "regular" tortilla chips.

So we're happy campers 'cause chips are a major downfall for ALL of us in this household and now we are satisfied in that department!

Aside from munching on tortilla chips, I also had so far today:

a bowl of grawnola with sliced bananas in nut-seed milk
half a banana
cup of green smoothie that also had some maca and cacao in it
a strawberry
a bite of my son's strawberry-banana ice cream

Thank you for the well-wishes with my brother, Hawaiigal!

[Yeshia]

Hello all :)

I started mid way in last month

17 days raw and 15.5 lbs lost!

So I will extend from 30 day challenge to 43 days lol.


I am so excited to have this much support
:)
Yeshia

xoxoxooxox

[Shell]

Hello all! Well, today is day one for me......so far so good! I actually worked out today for the first time in a verrrrry long time....it felt good afterwards, but during I thought I was going to die! As far as food goes, being Labour Day and all, I woke up late, so had lunch for breakfast.....Alissa's kale salad....and after my work out, I had a smoothie with banana, papaya, spirulina, hemp powder, maca and flax. Not sure what I'm going to have for dinner...I made lasagna yesterday, but I'm not sure if I even want it.....I haven't really been all that hungry. Anyway, I'll figure it out! Have a great day everyone!

[codajess]

Day 3!

I had a green smoothie with:

10 oz spinach
pineapple
2 bananas
rice protein powder
maca
goji berries
msm
coconut oil

I don't know what I'll eat when I get home from work tonight. Maybe a salad or a mango.

[Raw Jewelrylady]

Ok..today is Day 10 for me~all raw. Great food & it took a lot of planning as I was very busy with work.

Breakfast-green smoothie with spinach,cacao, maca, bananas, & strawberries.

snack-strawberries

Lunch was small salad with tomatoes, olives, lettuce evoo & vinegar

truffle

dinner-salad greens topped with eggless egg salad.

Large truffle:D

Probably will still eat more tonight -not sure.

RJL

[Raindeer]

Wow, Yeshia! Congratulations!
I also recently lost 10 lbs. in as many days, going raw (but with lots of cheater food). Is it customary for people to lose that much that fast?
Raindeer

[raw_danceruk]

All I want is melons..so I ate 1 huge melon for tea, lovely :D

had a little strawberry puree around lunch..otherwise happy and satisfied..raw-k on:o

[goodbeets]

Good day to you lovelies.
Today went very well. I have noticed my mood improving and energy up. My skin is already clearing up. My body is so happy with me.

The other day I was talking to my daughter about going back on raw and she told me that that was great and she thinks I will just have to do raw for the rest of my life. Well, out of the mouths of babes. Also, my dh took my older 2 kids camping and evidently, as they spied various animals, they were remarking on how raw each animal ate. After dh told me this, the kids and I were talking about it around the dinner table. They were amazed when I informed them that actually, humans are the ONLY animals that cook their food. So sweet!

Today's diet:
3 bananas and romaine smoothie
sliced tomato with eggplant "bacon" roll-ups
olives and tomato
kombucha drink
strawberries dipped in chocolate pudding
milkshake made with choco-pudding blended with ice
napa cabbage/carrot/tomato salad

ohhh, yeah. Life is so good!!

[Doe]

lodestar, I love the quote in your sig line.

Riiiya, your salad sounds good. I just saw the recipe for that a few days ago. Hmmm ... may be making that soon.

Rawkie, I'd often thought of using Alissa's enchilada wrap for chips. I'll have to look up her tortilla recipe. A bag of SAD was staring me in the face earlier next to the produce. Boy, they're putting those displays in strange places now. Don't remember them being in produce before. So I walked straight to the bin of corn and got some. Got distracted after getting home filling the dehydrator with potato chips. Think I'll get up and go start some kind of spicy triangular corn chip.

Been drinking water all day. Had several mild catastrophes in the family today. Ya know the kind that make one want to grab something and stuff the feelings down. Did eat a few of the thinnest chips that were mostly dry. Stifled the urge to drive to the local this or that. Drank some water. Breathed.

So that's all I've eaten today.
Teri

[RowanC]

Today I'm depressed and weepy and feeling sorry for myself.

I had a smoothie for breakfast
No lunch yet
Dinner will be Lime-Cilantro soup and a salad

[GlimR]

((((Rowan))))*hugs* to you hon...those days just come sometimes and you just have to go thru and out the other side I think.

[tammay]

Wow, it amazes me how full this thread already is by the time I get to it - guess I should try and post earlier :D.

I'll start posting my menus here since this is where everyone does it and I get so many inspirations.

Yesterday's menu:
Watermelon
Pum
Grapes
Cabbage, red pepper and green onion with asian tahina dressing (basically tahina with a touch of honey and asian spices)
Dried apricots
apple
tomatoes, celery and broccoli with apple cider vinegar and braggs and spices (I've been trying to eat raw veggies in the evening without adding fat, which is tough, since I've always had the mentality that raw veggies = salad = oil-based dressing. I've tried using just lemon juice but that's too unexciting for me. I love vinegar and the ACV/braggs combo is great. I know braggs isn't technically raw, but I use only a dash of it for flavor)
Mango (this has been one of the great benefits of going raw - I used to ration my intake of mango, probably fed by the idea that it has a lot of sugar - now I eat the whole mango!)
Dried cherries

Today's menu:
Watermelon
Banana
Strawberries
Romaine, celery, and green onion with guacamole dressing
Pineapple
Mushrooms, green pepper, and carrots with ACV/Braggs and spices
Dried mango
raw fudge

Forgot to add that I'm getting exercise in. Yesterday I did some pilates and resistance band exercises, as well as walked to the univ and back (30 minutes each way). Also got some yoga in. Today I got the walk in but I had a late start and plenty of homework to finish so I don't think I'll get to yoga today.

Sounds as if everyone is doing great!

Tam

[Bingo24]

Been raw - last 12 days, so I've been doing the challenge.

Planning on continuing thru Sept.

[queenb]

Hi SoulSistaRaw-
I am in CT too! Right by the Cainos... Is the Hartford CT Whole Foods the one that has the raw pizza? Do they have a whole raw section or deli or something? I usually go to the Providence RI Whole Foods because the traffic is less but I will drive to Hartford if they have raw stuff! That would be great. Do you know if there are any rawpotlucks around in the CT area? I would love to meet some more raw people.
Thanks for the info!:)

[codajess]

Wow, Yeshia! Congratulations!
I also recently lost 10 lbs. in as many days, going raw (but with lots of cheater food). Is it customary for people to lose that much that fast?
Raindeer

It seems pretty common. It really depends on the individual and what kind of diet they're coming from, methinks.

I don't lose weight when I'm raw & I have a bit to lose.