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So this is my story. Yesterday I came accross an old DVD of mine, which was Alissa Cohens- Living on Live Food. So I watched it and all of a sudden a new energy and a new passion ignited for increasing my raw food intake to as close to as a 100% as I can get it! I felt the excitement again, and of course, I lent it out to a friend, what good is Alissa's awesome DVD hiding in my drawer?

My raw food history goes back to about 4 or 5 years ago! And it all started with Alissa, I was doing ...

The day has only just begun, so I'll edit in later what I had today. (I'm just starting the post off to hold my self accountable for later, you see)

Oh and yes, last night I was sitting up til 1am writing, and I was so hungry so I ate a whole bowl of mung bean sprouts and I must say, I drizzled some sesame oil and it tasted so good. So satisfying. As you can see I'm not strict yet when it comes to flavor, that will come in time! But the mung bean sprouts were amazingly alive and I felt ...

2 C. fresh squeezed orange juice
1/4 C. Brazil nuts
1/4 C. cashews
5 medjool dates
pinch sea salt
1 vanilla bean
zest from 1/2 orange

Whirl everything in a high speed blender until well mixed.

Strain through a fine strainer or cheesecloth.

Return liquid back to the blender and add 1 C. ice. Blend until the ice is well broken down and there are no chunks left.

Drink immediately.

Today I'm full of angst, frustration, anger and impatience. Last night was the same, in fact. I found myself up and taking my frustrations out on the rebounder and exercycle until 11pm. Then I stayed up another hour or so reading on the couch. Never even went to bed, just slept on the couch.

This morning I've spent some more time just reading on the couch. I finished another 200 pgs. of The Sweet Far Thing and now have just over 100 pgs. to go. I'm calling it a mental health ...

Now that I have my new Omega 8006 juicer, which juices everything, I am slowly preparing for my new juice fast- I have to, because on vacations my food was not what I used to.
I love juice fasting not just for the results-I love the proccess. Finally found some good aspects of having extra pounds - I can juice fast more! Cha cha...