Dec 24th - Day 24

[Aleesha Sattva]

Welcome welcome welcome!!!

Welcome to the 30 day challenge.

If you haven't already... please take a moment to read the posting rules/guidelines (http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/announcement.php?a=3) of this section. Thanks!


Welcome to the Monthly Raw Challenge!

We're excited about this new area of the forum that is specifically for those of you who are eager to commit to a month of eating 100% raw foods and seeing miraculous results!

WE (one of the moderators) will start a new challenge thread on the first of every month.

We want the focus of these monthly challenge threads to be on staying raw and accountability. Therefore, if you have eaten all raw and then slip up and have something cooked, we don’t want you to beat yourself up over it or dwell on it, but this is not space to discuss it. You are more than welcome to document it in your journal/blog or ask for help in the discussion area, but it is not necessary (and not allowed) to discuss your slip-up here in the challenge threads, just get right back on track and keep going!

In the event that you feel you are not quite ready to fully commit to the challenge and you find yourself having slip-ups often, then please join us again during the following month. Of course you are still more than welcome to participate on other parts of the forum, but we would really like to keep this section dedicated to those who are committed to doing 30 days 100% raw.

Peace, Blessings and Warmest Regards,

Cherie

[Mindful mama]

Merry Xmas eve!

B- apple, banana, almond butter
s- tastes of recipes for tomorrow--almond flax crackers to see if they were done, oatmeal cookie dough & chocolate tart to see if I liked them. Yes I did! :)
L- gs

D- will be a big salad

I hope you all are enjoying the holiday, your family, friends and food!!

[GreenT]

Hi!!

B-GS: Banana, apple, blueberries, collards, spinach
L- Spicy salad
Green tea
D- Sweet potato hummus w/ romaine and fax crackers
S- Honey N Date bar
Butterscotch shake

[EscapeArtist]

Hi guys! Merry xmas! Raw xmas :) What a challenge!!!
Time for one of my long in depth catch ups.

These last two days have been the hardest of any days. The cravings just suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks, and I've had to eat ALL day to try and compensate... If I am not eating when I get a craving, my anxiety acts up and so that leads me to eat, because I'm anxious that I'll end up eating something cooked. It's really the anxiety, not the cravings, that is taking it's toll.

I think yesterday and the day before, I actually ate like 5000 calories!!! (With no exercise). I actually woke up and had fat on my face where It wasn't two days before. I felt heavier, you know? It is definitely discouraging me because one of my goals is to lose weight, but for me this is a lifestyle I plan to take up forever- not just 30 days- so, I can tell myself "Well, whats 5 pounds or so for a lifetime of health?"

Energy is low, low, low. I don't even 'feel' raw anymore. I am having periods where everything just seems so alien, pointless and dead around me. I am hitting really low points of depression and worthlessness. I am too irritable to spend time with my family, or spend time with my younger sister who is going through rough times.. and feel quite guilty about it, but tell myself that when this is over, I will be able to spend so much time with her with my new found energy.
The amount of gas I have is insane! It is all day, embarrassing. I am having insomnia until 3-4 am, and then sometimes I fall asleep at 4PM. I am having constant heartburn?? I never would expect to have heartburn on raw! Could that be detox? Also one of my pupils is noticeably bigger than the other. One is tiny and the other is quite large, and it has been that way ever since going raw.

So errrm... It's hard to remind myself that this is detox.

As for positives, my sleep is very deep and my dreams are growing longer and more vivid. I dream every night, when I don't have insomnia I fall asleep quicker. My skin is amazingly smooth, it feels like somebody elses, and it feels thicker. The white spots on my nails are going away. Even when I feel depressed, I don't feel hopeless.


well that was indepth.