The Monkeyboy Riff

[monkeyboy]

Hi Everyone,

Let's step back for a minute and let me be blunt, politically incorrect, and shameless.

Raw is Great....enough said.

If you connect with Alissa great, if not ,no big woop!!!!!!!!!!

Let's face it ,most people on this site are not 100% raw ,it's almost impossible. It's OK to be be 50, 60, 70 % raw. You are eating better and feeling better.

There are a lot of wannabes on this site. Thanks for trying but come on, how far will you really go with this. It's cool to say you're raw, but man the WENDY's drive thru is calling. Think about it. Read between the lines. Don't follow, lead your life....decide...react....buy freakin organic......stop faking it. You know late at night you jam a big fat salami sandwich in your mouth.

How many times do I have to say this. Raw is a lifestyle not a freaking diet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sure, you'll lose a few pounds and then head straight for KFC.

The food police aren't going to show up at your door, but who knows?

OH....you're sooooo cool.

WHERE IS TIMMY C.??????????????????????

Read Rawtruth and Rawkinlocs.

Read Morgan Spurlock and Keats.

Man, I care so much about the raw way of life sometimes it just starts to freak me out.

One meal at a time, dude.

SAD is an adddiction that starts when you get your first taste of Emfamil.

Feed your family one raw meal a week.

Start small then watch.



I challenge all on this site to respond to this post and FREAKIN rant. Let's hear how you truly feel about raw.



Peace,

M.B.

[misslinda]

[Smackin on carrot whatchin the show]


boy, superbowl is starting early ;)

[lodestar]

100% raw = joy!

[monkeyboy]

Hi everyone,

No, I'm not on steroids.

Peace.

M.B. Tom

[JennaBoBenna]

I'M ADDICTED TO BREAD AND POTATOES!!! i'm so ashaaamed :o

i feel best when eating raw

i feel crumby when eating cooked

the solution seems so simple but it is sooo hardddd :mad:

"Increase Raw Decrease Cooked"

[misslinda]

Smellydelly, you're still loved !!! :)

MB, watcha bring back from South America that you've been smokin? :p ; btw, welcome and glad you arrived safely.

[monkeyboy]

Hi Everyone,

Central America was cool.

My little kids really got a dose of how good we have it in the USA.

Are we all just BIG FAT AMERICANS.

YES WE ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Peace and Chicken grease,

M.B.

[vegggeeemom]

I agree. I'm not 100% raw at this time..but working my way back up. It's a daily challenge and I'm working hard at it.
I have never given the impression to be something I'm not. At least I hope I haven't!
100% raw is best and I did it for awhile, got away and now am striving to get back there.
But, as others have said on this site, once you wake that sleeping giant, it's hard to get him back to sleep for long periods of time!
And I'm not ashamed to say that I struggle with striving to be 100%....that's why I love this site it keeps me coming back for motivation!

Pam

[JennaBoBenna]

aw, thanks misslinda :D

MB,
blech-chicken grease is such a gross image ! :P

[monkeyboy]

Hi Everyone,

Pam .......you rock the party.


More, More responses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





peace,

M.B.

[Nini]

One meal at a time, dude.

and then it's one day at a time.......one week at a time........one month at a time........
You rock, MB!

[Rawkinlocs]

Eating raw RAWKS

Eating cooked food is sucky

If you don't have SAD cravings, consider yourself lucky

The flesh is weak, but the spirit is willing

Seek out the TRUTH about that void you try filling

If you're 100% raw, please don't get too cocky

For one never knows when your life may get rocky

Your hand ends up down in that big bag of chips

A whole day of suffering for quick pleasure on the lips

But as M.B. stated, this is a lifestyle not a diet

Sure hope M.B.'s post won't cause an uproar or riot!

Sat here long enough, time to go get my smoothie

This raw way of life really IS GROOVY :p


---

okay, so I'm not a poet, but yall get my drift! :cool:

[vegggeeemom]

LOL MB, you had me scared there for a minute! I was almost so afraid to read your response! I was going to have my friend read your reply but her computer was not working right!
Glad that you didn't rip me to pieces! ;)

Pam

[vegggeeemom]

Rawk,

You are too cool! That was a great reply!
See, MB you are getting tons of replies in a very short amount of time!! LOL
Oh, and I'd better let others reply before I have 5 replies in a row!! :)
Pam

[karenisraw]

HI MB!

I'm about 98% raw 5 1/2 weeks) and feel best when raw organic vegan. I feel so much better this way that I simply have no interest in SAD foods except when I forgot my daily coconut oil, and craved some snickers candy at work and snuck a few pieces. I don't know what to say. Like Pavlov's experiment, I learned what happens when I eat SAD, so I don't do it. Do I want it? I can smell cooked foods and think it smells good, but I learned that it's your brain's addiction center that is telling me I want it so no, it never gets to the point that I want it. I just think of that big dry pizza crust moving ever so slowly through my bowels and me spending days thinking about it getting the bleep out of my body, and feeling drugged down etc. So when I see or smell SAD, I feel very unpleasant. No not in the least. I totally enjoyed my collard wraps, finger lickin and all.

No desire whatsoever, no, wait a minute, Sushi, now that brings a smile to my face.
:D

[monkeyboy]

Yo Dellysmelly..ah...smellydelly ..ah crazylazy ah whatever,


That's what were looking for.
You are aware of what's going on. You get it. You are raw.
Stick to it....dude.
The Monkeyboy walks with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Peace,

M.B.

[monkeyboy]

Yes , Yes,

Not to worry.


This is what we need now and then.

Not so hum drum.

Go with your feelings and be true.

Don't worry so much about what everyone else thinks.

Heck, it's a community, but we all are here to move along and stay healthy and strong.

We only do this together and we only do it honestly and openly.

I just love Rawkinlocs.




Peace,

M.B.

[monkeyboy]

Hi Everyone,

Rawkinlocs worries too much.

No riots, just intelligent posts, honest, real, compassinate posts.



Peace,

M.B.

[Rawkinlocs]

Hi Everyone,

Rawkinlocs worries too much...


SHHHHH...don't tell everyone :eek: Gotta keep that on the low-low M.B.!

[monkeyboy]

Raw baby,

Very low.


Peace....wink, wink, nod, nod,


M.B.

[misslinda]

no no no she's a Rawk-aholic......i've seen her moderating at wee hours of the morning....4 amish!!!!!!!!!!!! :) ;)

that's why we love you Rawk! :)

[monkeyboy]

Hi Everyone,

127 views, only 20 responses.

Yep.


Peace,

M.B.

[RawFoodieMom]

Monkeyboy, you been into the raw cacao nibs again?

Rawkinlocs, LOVE the poem!!! :)

Debra

[Rawkinlocs]

Monkeyboy, you been into the raw cacao nibs again?

Rawkinlocs, LOVE the poem!!! :)

Debra

Thanks for the love all! :D

Rawfoodiemom...nahhh, I think it's that RAW WINE! :p

[monkeyboy]

Raw Kin Raw Mom,

You know me too well.


Good Nite and Good luck.


Peace to my Israeli friends,

M.B.

[JennaBoBenna]

Yo Dellysmelly..ah...smellydelly ..ah crazylazy ah whatever,


That's what were looking for.
You are aware of what's going on. You get it. You are raw.
Stick to it....dude.
The Monkeyboy walks with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Peace,

M.B.


:cool:

RAW POWER!

[berrienoire]

* reads monkeyboy's post * :eek:

* thinks * :rolleyes:

* laughs out loud * :D

ah, that was fabulous - thumbs up :)


...I also liked Rawkinlocs' poem!

[sweetgoddess]

monkeyboy, monkeyboy, sitting in the grass.......if he dont like my answer then he can kiss my...........ask.... me.... what I think of raw.....hohumm

wow, i just had an epiphany !! i am serious!!

I was thinking about how I feel about raw when I realized how much time I spend thinking. I have been wanting to free up some time. So I refuse to think from this point on!
I just be man. I be raw.

:p :) :D

monkeyboy you are brilliant!
CHerie has written our forum anthem. Love it! :-)

[misslinda]

monkeyboy you are brilliant!
:-)



see "school paper" thread to support this statement ;)

[newyearspromise]

MB--

Are you sure you didn't accidently let that carrot juice ferment?? You seem a bit off the wall here!! :D

I have been 100% for almost a month--and I still want pizza...but it is an easy fight every day...and gets easier all of the time (except when I think about my b-day!!)

Keep this thread going...MB, thanks for lightening things up for us!!!

;)

[Alissa]

Oh Man, these first two post! HAHA!
I missed you guys!
But what the #%$# is this
If you connect with Alissa great, if not, no big woop!!!!!!!!!!
nice MB, real nice... ;)

Oh yeah, honesty - that’s where the change happens from, for sure!
Oh and fun, yeah, fun... without that there’s no point!

[vegggeeemom]

LOL..I keep coming back to read this post! I had to run to the store for some cartridge ink and came back and saw that Alissa had replied....too funny!
Thanks for a late night laugh! :)

Pam

[rawfigure]

Hi Everyone,

127 views, only 20 responses.

Yep.


Peace,

M.B.

Well M.B. I am thinking they are speechless........... :rolleyes:

Peace out ....to go eat raw breakfast

Oh yeah it is my Lifestyle, and my diet :D

[rawpriestess]

MB said this was a challenge, so my Mars in Aires MUST respond.

RAW is the BEST way to eat, but it isn't the ONLY way to eat.

RAW is like anything else in the beginning, it is exciting, it is new, it is a thrill, it is a challenge.

Many people can not do it, it makes me feel powerful to do something that others can not do.

I like to teach about raw food, I enjoy seeing others when they taste my raw creations for the first time.

I enjoy showing others how to help themselves.

I love my organic gardens.

I enjoy making raw meals, simple or complex that take days to prepare.

RAW is an expression of who I am becomming, going back to the source of all creation, to the Goddess to Gaia to the Earth Mother, back home.

Back to the nurturing womb of all exsistance.

Raw is freedom, raw food eaters are free from all encumberances, they do not have to buy food, or pots and pans, or dishes, or forks or stoves, or refridgerators, or anything like that.

I am remodling my home yet once again, and I have thought about what my kitchen could be, one bid counter, and a sink, that's really all I need, in fact I don't even need a house, I just need a place to sit that is dry.

But, life is a grand adventure, and everything we do to live our lives with passion and joy is the most beautiful expression of the Goddess that we can be.

Namaste'
Rawpriestess

[Rawadventures]

OH GOSH...

What a great post to read first thing in the morning while I can say that so far today I am 100% raw! Monkeyboy... you are awesome. I love, love, love Rawkinlocs poem... really cool!

I am also, as vegggeeemom said, striving to get all the way back to 100% raw. I will get there. I know it! I am taking my challenge ONE day at a time and even ONE MOMENT at a time some days. It helps me so much. I celebrate EACH vicotry. I celebrate each victory even if it was 5 hours long... then get back up and go for the next victory.

AH, this has been one of the best posts I have read in a while... ;) That may mean that its a great post or I do not read enough... just kidding. It's awesome!

[adrienne]

thanks mb
i just woke up to start day 2 of raw and your posts were just perfect
keep em comin'
you rawk the party!!!!!!
love to rawkinlocks too
hi everyone!!!!

[Queen2]

"and feel best when raw organic vegan. I feel so much better this way that I simply have no interest in SAD foods except when I forgot my daily coconut oil..." quote from Karenisraw

Does Coconut oil really help with the cravings? I'm around cooked food at work that is FREE and I am one of those fast-metabolism people with a really strong appetite. I should be the size of a house, but I'm a rail. I'm always looking for ways to fill up. I can get by on fruit and salads at home but at work the old metabo kicks in and I start to nosh on whatever. Then I'll repent and eat a grapefruit (or nothing) for dinner to give my body a chance to clear out. So what's with the coconut oil? I have a jar of the mac daddy of coco oil at home but I don't do much with it.

thx, cheli

[weirdestpersonalive]

Hi Everyone,

Pam .......you rock the party.


More, More responses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





peace,

M.B.

You are SO right M.B.! This girl is Awesome! ...You have NO idea!
Well, this is my fourth day being 100%. I've been feeling like crap mainly cuz i have th flu but many simptoms are the same as detox, so maybe i'm going through both. Who knows... I just hope it's almost over. ;)
God bless,
Laura

[vegggeeemom]

Oh, don't have anything else to add!
Just wanted to give your more replies.
And the speechless post was hilarious!!

Pam

[mommamia]

Okay. How is this:

Raw makes me feel so good, but like Smelly said: It's so hard sometimes. I ate haystacks last nt *thank you, PMS is NOT a myth!* and I am dieing for a PIZZA. But last time I ate pizza I was sick for three days. There is the proof. I want to feel RAW. Badly. I want my baby girl to be healthy. I want energy.

Admission: Sometimes I get so sick of thinking/eating/breathing raw and raw thoughts I want to scream. So I mentally sit in the lotus position and just do it. Don't think about it. Lighten up. That lasts until I have another question. Lifestyle. Lifestyle. Lifestyle. And I hate that I have a few friends who refer to this as "my diet"~~how many times do I have to say this is NOT about weight??

What I am more interested is off topic. MB you and your fam went S. America? I want to hear about this 'cause we want to take dd to same. After we were married my hub and I went to India. HUGE epiphany on my spoiled fat american princess ways....easy to fall back into though...need my spoiled fat american princess daughter to "get out". I would like to hear about it and pick your mind/get ideas.

Now where are my haystacks.....er...carrots.

[misslinda]

RAW is an expression of who I am becomming, going back to the source of all creation, to the Goddess to Gaia to the Earth Mother, back home.

Back to the nurturing womb of all exsistance.



Namaste'
Rawpriestess


I'm one of the speechless ones that cannot express my feelings ::cringes::

I am in love with this statement here.

[vegggeeemom]

Misslinda,

I agree with you. Well, this is how I feel. I don't express myself all that well...so when someone says something great...I just say I totally agree! :) Or copy and paste and say yah what they said! :) LOL

Pam

[karenisraw]

Queen2,

Yes, since I have been taking the coconut oil, I do not crave any SAD foods, or raw for that matter either. I just eat what I feel like eating now but I don't feel cravings like "I've gotta have that now". I see SAD food everywhere and it doesn't phase me. I forgot my coconut oil twice this week and the first day I got REALLY hungry and shakey and scarfed down some chocolate and snickers candy. The second day I forgot my coconut oil, I was tired, very hungry "had to have" the snickers. It gives me tons of energy. Not the jittery buzzy kind of energy, it just feels like I'm WIDE awake and like I just don't need rest or sleep. It feels like a normal wide awake with no side effects. I have had no problems and don't even notice SAD.

k
:D

[vegggeeemom]

Karen,

How do you take the coconut oil then? This is interesting and appealing to me!

Pam

[Rawadventures]

This coconut oil is sounding better and better... and to think I have two jars of it in my kitchen!!!

[monkeyboy]

Hi Everyone,

Just trying to spice up the board a little bit.

Didn't mean to offend.

Sometimes I just get bored reading the same stuff.



Peace and I really mean it,


M.B.

[Rawadventures]

Monkeyboy,

WHY are you apologizing? I love the spice that this thread brought to the message board!!!! :D

[noodle]

KFC + Wendys = bad bum smell

[raeannasun]

KFC + Wendys = bad bum smell
ROFL!!!! When I was in college I was a vegitarian and broke my vegetarian diet with KFC on a camping trip! Whoo hoo hoo! The next day in the cafeteria I accidently let an SBD slip and got my whole table laughing because I just couldn't not say anything and let everyone wonder who it was that passed that awful gas! I owned up to it and vowed never to eat KFC again! (I have had KFC since college but probably only 2 or 3 times that I can remember!!!)

[vegggeeemom]

Hi Everyone,

Just trying to spice up the board a little bit.

Didn't mean to offend.

Sometimes I just get bored reading the same stuff.



Peace and I really mean it,


M.B.

What is this? An apology from MB? Wow! Now I have seen it all! ;) Really, why are you apologizing?! I think your thread was just fine and I did not see anyone take any offense to your post.
In fact, it did add some spice to the board!!

You're just fine!

Pam

[vegggeeemom]

I accidently let an SBD slip

What is this?

Pam

[mommamia]

Pam:

I think she means Silent But Deadly. :D

[RawTruth]

MonkeyBoy just appointed official raw ambassador to the Middle East. Peace is whistling toward them at light speed - they won't know what hit 'em. News at 11.

Coconut oil -- puhleez. Just make some food and take it with you. Keep raw yummy food with you all the time. This is like baby step rule number 1, folks. When your gut is busting full of fudge balls and/or guac-stuffed portabella mushrooms (my lunch today) and/or date nut torte and/or pesto-stuffed mushrooms and/or your green smoothie and/or that hugantic salad with delicioso dressing -- well, baby, if you're STILL craving SAD food and getting sidetracked by thoughts of pizza or candy ... well, I just don't know what to say to you. Except -- just ignore those thoughts and keep cramming the raw stuff in.

Okay, MB. Now you're in the clear (not that you were offensive, no not at all). I'm taking the bullet for you, making myself a clear target, taking one for the Gipper ... oops, nope, he's dead now. On that subject, ya know, very few of us will die of Alzheimer's now that we're raw -- well, now that some of us are raw. Okay, just a few raw?

[Ireland]

And then some of just say...

hmm...uh-huh.

And, oh yeah. I'm raw now.

[exurb]

stop faking it. You know late at night you jam a big fat salami sandwich in your mouth.
My husband's Italian. :D :cool:

Oh yeah, and...

Raw Girls don't have to fake it!!! :D :cool:

[mommamia]

Raw Girls don't have to fake it!!! :D :cool:




The benefits go on and on don't they? :)

[karenisraw]

Vegeeemama & rawadventures,

I just take 1-2 tablespoons on a cracker first thing in the morning. I forgot to take mine yesterday morning so I took it after work when I got home. I was awake until 4 in the morning. (I have learned that, for me anyway, if I take it late after 11:00 or so, it keeps me awake all night.) It gives you energy.

Thank you,

k

:p :p :D

[karenisraw]

Monkeyboy,

....So here's what I did....(to myself)...I went to get my car fixed and had an hour and a half to diddle around. I decided I did not eat enough for lunch and, why, guess whats around the corner from the dealership......A WENDY''s!!!! so I am thinking, that's funny that MB posted that about Wendy's...so I decide to go in and see if I have any "cravings" like you said for us to be honest about......I did! I wanted the chili! But I am thinking it is the tomatoes since I skipped my tomatoes yesterday and today...So I get the chili(for the tomatoes of course) and a ceasar side salad.....The chili goes down fine but the salad dressing was repulsive and my instinct told me "this is so not good for you"...I get done eating, I am so full, I think I am going to pop...I walk out the door and cross the street and I start wanting to puke..I am like trying to find a private place to puke but it is in front of a strip mall and it was embarrasing as I was convulsing in public....(it was like my body was saying "and I think I'll toss that out!".....my eyes are watering and I'm a little dizzy.

When I was in Wendy's I was trying to be honest about my cravings and I was going to just do it and buy a big burger, or some fries, and I just could not do it.....I literally did not want, crave, need, or desire it....So there that's the truth.........


You live and learn....No more Wendy's for me!!! There! (yawn...I have to go take a nap to sleep off that chili).

(4 hours later) I'm pacing back and forth with constipation, in pain, trying 5 or 6 times to go to the bathroom.(somthing I have not had since going raw EXCEPT after the Wendy's chili.)

(8 hours later) Slightly depressed, insecure and whiney. Hmmmm this isn't normal since going raw...EXCEPT...after the Wendy's chili...

k

[JennaBoBenna]

Monkeyboy,

....So here's what I did....(to myself)...I went to get my car fixed and had an hour and a half to diddle around. I decided I did not eat enough for lunch and, why, guess whats around the corner from the dealership......A WENDY''s!!!! so I am thinking, that's funny that MB posted that about Wendy's...so I decide to go in and see if I have any "cravings" like you said for us to be honest about......I did! I wanted the chili! But I am thinking it is the tomatoes since I skipped my tomatoes yesterday and today...So I get the chili(for the tomatoes of course) and a ceasar side salad.....The chili goes down fine but the salad dressing was repulsive and my instinct told me "this is so not good for you"...I get done eating, I am so full, I think I am going to pop...I walk out the door and cross the street and I start wanting to puke..I am like trying to find a private place to puke but it is in front of a strip mall and it was embarrasing as I was convulsing in public....(it was like my body was saying "and I think I'll toss that out!".....my eyes are watering and I'm a little dizzy.

When I was in Wendy's I was trying to be honest about my cravings and I was going to just do it and buy a big burger, or some fries, and I just could not do it.....I literally did not want, crave, need, or desire it....So there that's the truth.........


You live and learn....No more Wendy's for me!!! There!

k

Karenisraw, in my hometown(San Jose) there was this big thing where this woman found a finger in her chili. Turned out she put it there herself to scam them yadda yadda...but I still always think about that when someone mentions wendy's chili :p
I was in a wendy's recently(my bf wanted a bite to eat, we were on the road) and i was fasting so I didn't have anything. and I was looking around and watching people eating and it was just so grosss blech! chowing on fries and stuffing burgers in their mouths and wiping the grease off with their napkins and hands...glechhh! i'm so glad i dont eat fast food anymore !

[sport]

Monkey Boy.
I am wondering if you have a hangover today because I did get the impression that there was more than raw food talking through you last night. Did you open that bottle of raw wine that you had been saving for my visit. Naughty Boy.

[vegggeeemom]

Sport,

LOL, hmmm, I wondered the same thing.

Today MB seems a little different then last night in this thread!

You defiintely got some responses here MB!

Pam

[misslinda]

KFC + Wendys = bad bum smell




I'm a analytical freak myself so mathematical equations speak to me!


so if k+w= bbs (bad bum smell) then

bbs-(kfc+wendys) =Better Bowel Smell
Raw Food Diet


Reciprocate

RFD=BBS (raw food diet equals better bowel smell)

;)

[monkeyboy]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks Rawtruth.

I just booked a room on the beach in Tel Aviv.

Will start to brush up on Oslo Accords notes.


Peace,

M.B.

[monkeyboy]

Hi Everyone,

Kareisraw...what kind of car do you drive?

Sport...no,not hungover, just ranting...sometimes I get so frustrated.

Though tonight it's wine from Portugal. Only a glass or two......I'm a bit of a lightweight when it comes to booze.


Peace,

M.B.

[misslinda]

yeah, me staring at you

"Man, SKipper, you're acting weird!" "You involved in espionage or somethin?" ::while cracking open a young cocnut::

SOS: Gilligan


Gilligan theme song playing............


Raw adventures!

[karenisraw]

smellyDelly,

I noticed that too....it looked like robots infusing themselves with poisonous substances.............I can't believe the government allows companies to produce most of the products on the market. My roomate says she had a friend that worked at Taco Bell and he said he saw a box that said "GRADE E Meat. Suitable for human consumption"...*

It's to think about... :eek:

[vegggeeemom]

Pam:

I think she means Silent But Deadly. :D

Ugh, that explains it better. Oh, I think I've met my posting quota for today.
I'm just not getting some of the posts and am mistyping in other posts!!! :)

Pam

[karenisraw]

MonkeyBoy,

I drive a forest green saturn. Why do you ask? By the way my butt still hurts. :(

[mbf]

quote from RP's response "Many people can not do it, it makes me feel powerful to do something that others can not do."

Thank You RP ! That is so true ! and I think I finally found what keeps me 100% raw...

oh, and %#*@ NO to KFC & Wendys !!

still doing it one meal at time

MBF

[RawFoodieMom]

My roomate says she had a friend that worked at Taco Bell and he said he saw a box that said "GRADE E Meat. Suitable for human consumption"...*

Are you serious? Is this really true, does anyone know? Grade E ????

That's really alarming... OMG....

Edited to add: Okay, just did a quick internet search, appears this Grade D/Grade E, Taco Bell meat thing is a legend that's been circling for quite some time. Just a legend, see this link if interested: http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/badmeat.asp

Thank goodness. I didn't really go to Taco Bell much but have eaten it on occasion... It's gross anyway, but the thought that I've consumed low grade meat in the past was too much to bear... LOL.

[karenisraw]

That's EXACTLY what she said. :eek:

GRADE E!!!!!!!!

I used to work in advertising and marketing and I'm telling you that whatever it takes to increase the profit margin is what they are going to do. I don't recall ever hearing, "are you sure this is good for the consumer?" :o

[RawFoodieMom]

I used to work in advertising and marketing and I'm telling you that whatever it takes to increase the profit margin is what they are going to do. I don't recall ever hearing, "are you sure this is good for the consumer?" :o

I know, it's all disgusting anyway, all they care about is profits, they use the cheapest ingredients they can legally get their hands on and serve...

Aren't you glad we don't eat that garbage anymore??

Ick. :eek:

Debra

[RawFoodieMom]

BTW, Karenisraw, congrats on losing 10 lbs... :)

[karenisraw]

RawFoodieMom,

Thank you! I seem to have slowed down, but I am still losing. Yes, I am glad we are eating good food. I can tell a difference between organic and non organic foods too. I went for two weeks on regular produce and didn't feel quite as "high" or euphoric. That alone makes me think pesticides should be outlawed. :cool:

[kitchenfairy]

Didn't want to just be a lurker.

I'm eating 85% raw with some even better days than that in between.

Some earlier posts rang bells with me. Even at this % I now feel that SAD meal take 1 1/2 days to leave my body. Like a burdomsome houseguest that I let come in and regret the moment they put down their suitcase. All I can think is when will it/they leave.

My weakness is salty/crunchy/fried, but now if I lapse with this out of the box stuff it equals the smelly poop much more obvious. Gosh, did my nose just not work before?

Also, I see very unhealthy people all the time now. Grey aura (or whatever) and out of sync bodies. When I sit and feel my own spare tire. Its like the stuff I've got to clean out of the basement. I know it's there and what caused it and just there like a heavy lump.

The very positives are that I really do feel great when I eat raw.

I'm off to make a green smoothie and will exercise. IAfter I know I will feel better. Doing this for me.

I don't need a title or label of RAW. I also do't need a gold trimmed escalade or expensive purse. I'd rather have a new dehydrator and vita mix. Ah, awareness.

[misslinda]

I don't need a title or label of RAW. I also do't need a gold trimmed escalade or expensive purse. I'd rather have a new dehydrator and vita mix. Ah, awareness.



Welcome Kitchenfairy and well said! :)

p.s. ugh, i can't part with my Vertigo suit!!!

[Queen2]

Queen2,

Yes, since I have been taking the coconut oil, I do not crave any SAD foods, or raw for that matter either. I just eat what I feel like eating now but I don't feel cravings like "I've gotta have that now". I see SAD food everywhere and it doesn't phase me. I forgot my coconut oil twice this week and the first day I got REALLY hungry and shakey and scarfed down some chocolate and snickers candy. The second day I forgot my coconut oil, I was tired, very hungry "had to have" the snickers. It gives me tons of energy. Not the jittery buzzy kind of energy, it just feels like I'm WIDE awake and like I just don't need rest or sleep. It feels like a normal wide awake with no side effects. I have had no problems and don't even notice SAD.

k
:D

K - thanks! This is great to hear. That coconut oil TASTES good, too. Most oils don't taste so great, but that stuff is candy.

Q2

[mommamia]

Some earlier posts rang bells with me. Even at this % I now feel that SAD meal take 1 1/2 days to leave my body. Like a burdomsome houseguest that I let come in and regret the moment they put down their suitcase. All I can think is when will it/they leave.

My weakness is salty/crunchy/fried,

Also, I see very unhealthy people all the time now. Grey aura (or whatever) and out of sync bodies.
The very positives are that I really do feel great when I eat raw.

I don't need a title or label of RAW. I also do't need a gold trimmed escalade or expensive purse. I'd rather have a new dehydrator and vita mix. Ah, awareness.

Hi kitchenfairy~
just wanted to respond briefly and say "uh-huh" to all you said. Ate a bit of cooked the other day and felt so gross...I was w a i t i n g for that to get out of me.
Per salty weakness what about pistachios? They do it for me. Altho I'm thinking licking the shell isn't all that healthy.
I was just telling my husband how grossed out I get going to the grocery store. And when I see all the crap people put in their cart. EWWWW! I am sad when I think how good people could feel....I try not to feel superior though. I'm just mad that the food industry is so upside down (see grade e meat)
Per labels. I agree. Although if I someone asks me why I feel so bad today and I say 'Oh, I ate cooked last night!" I do get odd looks. Offend some...so then I have to say "well, I eat mostly raw and when....blah blah..." Our society MUST have labels. Then we know where to "put" everyone in connection with ourselves. Craziness.
And altho I am new here, welcome!

[RawTruth]

Y'all didn't ask, but I'm never one to hesitate with unsolicited advice (never noticed, huh?), so, you can try:

Dulse (shreds of it) - salty - by itself or on salads or ...

Crunchy marinated onions - crunchy (and tasty!) - thinly slice onions tossed with some Nama Shoyu, then spread out (whichever way - don't worry about neatly or anything) on dehydrator trays. Tastes like onions rings but waaay better because they're really crunchy like chips.

[RawTruth]

They're not really rings -- as in they're not separate. Some of it is a solid sheet -- really thin and crispy.

[RawTruth]

MB - What's the word for this week? Needing some smiles around here!

[monkeyboy]

Hi everyone,

Hey Rawtruth,

Just here watching the blizzard outside.

Just doing what New Englanders do during a snowstorm.



What do we do?..........................hmm hmm hmm.



We check oil in our snowblowers
We look out the window a lot
We think about how to get to Alissa's classes this Spring
We go to the liquor store
We sneek upstairs with our spouse while the kids watch a movie downstairs
We stare out the window some more



Any suggestions?


Peace,

M.B.

[misslinda]

stare at each other? :confused:

[monkeyboy]

Hi Everyone,

Yep ,I went outside to shovel and blow snow.

I took care of the neighbors walks and driveways.

Those big batches of cookies should be arriving soon.



Say hi to your neighbor tomorrow,


M.B.

[maraw]

Response to monkeyboy's original post on this thread:

When I eat 100% raw I feel a bit like I am "dieting." I'm not complaining mind you - it's creative, colorful, satifying, etc. But my long-term, life-long goal is to be in great health and in control of my eating habits, not them in control of me. I wish to be free from temptations. I realize that is unrealistic, but there it is. Raw and living food, gives me the power to eat well, feel good and remove me from food evils. If I continue as 100% as a goal, then when I "slip" and have something less than raw, I just blend it in as something I wanted, something I chose - not a craving or temptation out of control.

It is a good thing for one to lose an addiction, even something as simple as food. It is a powerful loss when one fails that triumph. It defeats you, and you feel like you've failed - not before the eyes of others necessarily, but the eyes in the mirror. This, for some, begins the slow decent to complete wash-out, step, by slow and depressing step. I believe we should all set our goals as individuals and not fall in with that works for someone else. Having said that, you guys are my control group - helping me keep the framework and learn as I go/grow.

Great post monkeyboy - thanks!

Anna

[monkeyboy]

Hi Everyone,


Maraw, right back at you.

Nice post......very nice.





Peace,

M.B.

[kitchenfairy]

Rawtruth, I've never liked onions before until now.
You've changed my world!

[RawTruth]

I DID think of y'all as I drove up the coast with the windows down mid-day today -- it was 81 degrees when I switched the newstation over to jazz -- commiserating via mobile with a new Maine resident about being snowed in. Hey -- I would like to see that winterwonderland again, though. It's been too long. When I'm finished dancing on the beach, maybe I'll go buy some down or long underwear for when I visit, 'k?

I like that sneaking upstairs thing, MB, especially when it's a 3-hour movie.

Onion. Garlic. Yum. (Truthfully, though, I just left a raw ice cream party, so onion doesn't sound real good at the moment. Eek!)

[mommamia]

It has finally stopped snowing in ME.

I have to say I wanted chocolate chip cookies today.Snowstorm comfort food.

Sneaking upstairs is hard w/an only child.

While watching the snow come down is really pretty, I"m done. Hope it's gone tomorrow. I want to be w/RT on the beach!!

Here's to spring!

[karenisraw]

monkeyboy,

soooooo....whatcha do with those cookies there raw boy?????? :D :D :D

[Autumn]

Sorry I missed this thread when it was started.

I miss the snow and I envy you Monkeyboy. I was on the phone Sat. night and Sun. morning and she described it to me. She got 16 inches. I'd be thrilled with 3 or 4!

[yumyum]

I DON'T CARE THAT I'M LATE FOR THIS THREAD... I need a rantriffthing.


I'm happy when people do great on raw food.

I'm happy when people made it to 100 % and experience joy.

But 100 % does not change who or what people are. I like people just as much or little, even if they are not 100 %. And I find advice just as good from those who are working hard on their life and learning lots.

This forum is for people learning to be raw and I'm greatful to Alissa that it exists.

I beat myself up when I eat something that I'm not sure is raw. I feel that I have given in to self sabotage and then I worry how much I destroyed, how much I set myself back. I want to change so badly that... "I can taste it". lol.

I hate looking into the mirror and seeing a sad face with dark circles under my eyes and I hate feeling blubber on my body, I hate that I'm not the real me. And I worry sometimes that I'll never get there.

I do love that I may one day be the real me, and be able to smile without sadness in my eyes and without physical problems.

In my daydreams about my future, I am all raw, and loving my life.