Who's in for the August 30 day challenge?

[Aleesha Sattva]

So... who's in? :wuv

[speltrong]

I'm in.. this will be the 5th month for myself and the hubby. :-)

[MysticTree]

I'm in ... this will be month 4 :)

[seagle]

I'm in....this will be my first month

[November Blue]

I'm in! I did really well last month and I'm excited to start month 2

[rawdanig]

Excited to embark on the next 30 days trying out a raw way that might work best for me! This has truly been a journey and i can't wait to continue on!

[Leone]

I'm in!

We have been slowly easing into the raw food lifestyle. One or two days a week we have eaten something cooked. It is amazing how heavy and bloated we feel after eating cooked food!

We are going on vacation in two weeks, so I need to plan ahead for some nice, simple raw food things. It will be an adventure!

Anyone have some suggestions?

[November Blue]

About vacationing - I'm headed out of town in a couple of weeks too. I've started planning ahead by researching farmer's markets in the area that I'll be visiting, as well as natural food stores. I plan to travel (driving) with just enough snack stuff to last for the drive, then I'll load up on fresh produce when I get there. I'm taking my small blender (similar to a magic bullet) because it will pack easily in my suitcase. You might get lucky and find there is a raw restaurant where you'll be travelling to.

I just noticed you're in Tennessee. What part? I'm in Nashville. :)

[Leone]

I just noticed you're in Tennessee. What part? I'm in Nashville.

We are south of Jackson. Close to the Mississippi boarder.

Great idea to check for farmer's markets! I just found one in the town we are going to! Thanks!
It's only a 5 hour trip by car and then we will be in a nice place with a kitchen for a few days. I'm thinking of taking our blender and food processor.

Today I am making some crackers in the dehydrator. Yum!

[Nad]

I've loved the July challenge but will have to start August late - I'm going on vacation to Thailand for 2 weeks and really not sure how easy it will be to stay raw - although I will try my very best! August also coincides with the holy month of Ramadan this year which I fast during (won't be fasting while travelling though), so will be nice to get some support once I'm back from my travels :)

Any tips on staying raw/vegan in south east asia?

[Otherwise224]

I'm new, but I'd like to join.

[speltrong]

I think raw/vegan in southeast asia might be difficult. We are planning a trip next year to the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, and a few other places, and I really don't know if it will be feasible to stay raw while there. There should be lots of roadside stands selling fruit and mangos and things like that, but then you have to decide if you really want to eat those. My feeling is, if I don't think it's grown with clean water, or if I'm worried it will contain bacteria that my American stomach can't handle, then just don't even chance it. All of the other times I have traveled to Asia and India, I wasn't yet raw. So I figure when we go this next time, I will take a suitcase full of raw food bars, and maybe order salads from our hotel (i've never had trouble eating raw veggies in hotels). But if you figure anything else out, please let me know!

[soloact]

i'm so in, this will be my first monthly raw challenge and i'm so excited and very grateful to have so much support and members to help me stay motivated:dance:

[DearWanderlust]

I'm in! I learned a lot about raw food and my body in July's challenge and hope to do even better in August.

[TheBoopies]

Im in!!! 21 days is the most I've ever completed, so Im ready to roll. By the way, I'm a newbie. I've lurked for a while but never posted. So I thought I would break myself in with a monthly challenge. ;)

[MysticTree]

Hi There!

Glad you started posting ... join the August thread proper over here ...

http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?65857-August-2011-30-Day-Challenge-Join-anytime-of-the-month!

[opinionatedintrovert]

I'm in! I'm still a raw novice. I'll be keeping it super simple.

[Rainie]

I'm in...
Looking forward to it!!
:throwhearts:

[TheBoopies]

Thanks, MysticTree. About to right now.

[Steven]

I've loved the July challenge but will have to start August late - I'm going on vacation to Thailand for 2 weeks and really not sure how easy it will be to stay raw - although I will try my very best! August also coincides with the holy month of Ramadan this year which I fast during (won't be fasting while travelling though), so will be nice to get some support once I'm back from my travels :)

Any tips on staying raw/vegan in south east asia?
here is a video by a raw foodist that travels to Thailand yearly just for the high quality fruit: http://www.youtube.com/user/durianriders#p/u/1/9R7l_JPH4wo

[MaryPoppins]

HI! I am joining your family more so than the challenge. I need some life changing things to happen. Feel like I am caught up in between taking care of my kids, husband, job, parents. I feel literally exhausted. I wanted to join yoga on my days off but my baby got sick. If anything I can do at home for myself to lose weight and gain energy - it is change my diet. I am going shopping this weekend and coming back with lots of avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, fruits. The worst part is - I love fruits and veggies and don't really care for pasta and pizza and here I am trapped with extra 30 lb of weight! How do these things happen? Anyway, there should be the way out of this and I thing this forum and raw diet will get me out! I will probably crave sweets like crazy and will need help.

[EscapeArtist]

Well well well. I have been off and on and off and on and today, off. I know for sure that my problem is emotional eating, as I am very tired and unhappy with my job and life but now that I have a job to go out into, there is nowhere to hide, food is my last hiding spot.


I think what I have to do is a juice fast. I have bought a green-star juicer, and i've been just drinking juice for breakfast and lunch, and then eating dinner with usually fruit+juice. Today was a little different, I ate watermelon for dinner and then drank a very green-potent juice on top of it and felt immediately ill. I ended up comfort eating on things like peanut butter which somehow make me feel less nauseous ;/ I did feel really good today after 3 days of juicing + some fruit though, so I know juicing is on track.

Today I am 100% sick of the taste of all juice, and fruit, and raw food in general but mainly juice. Just thinking about it makes me feel ill... I hope this goes away tomorrow because I plan to start a 30-60 day juice fast tomorrow, as I have 3 days off of work in a row. It's the right time. I want to come out of hiding from emotions

[MaryPoppins]

I am not a pro but seems like fasting even if juice fasting is harder than eating at least something. I will try fasting maybe later down the road