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Just Me!! Welcome...I am new to the sight and am also a mother of three boys....my oldest will be 4 in march (also a 2.5 year and a one year old)...I am also on a tight budget so I COMPLETELY Relate...

Thanks Cassy...how tall are you by the way? I am seriously thinking about letting go altogether...throwing out the scale and not logging my food....I think mentally I need that release....

Thanks for all the great responses...I know that I need to let go of counting calories...but like my name Journey To Raw...it is a journey...sometimes easy and sometimes hard (mentally more than...

I am all for a juice fast....is it ok to juice fast when I am working out so hard....I tried a juice fast for a few days and I felt a lot more tired with my workouts....I am the type that has the...

I do feel great about what I am eating....I would just like to lose the rest of the fat...that may simply just take time...I am just new to raw and it is A WHOLE LIFE CHANGE IN MIND BODY AND...

AMOUNTS:

Fruit: 2-5 apples a day
1-3 bananas a day
1-3 cups of strawberries/pineapple

soy milk: not every day but upwards of 8 oz most days

nut butters: 1-2 tablespoons

YES...my MAIN concern is that I am maintaining my weight and it is not coming down...I have heard the cliches..that you have to eat more to lose weight...that when you start a heavy workout routine...

Kate...thanks...I have been thinking about nuts...Nuts FREAK me out because of their high calorie and fat content though...but I feel you are right....

Here it is...

First here are my stats
Female 26 years old (mother of three boys :) )
5'9"
medium build
143 lbs

I began my raw journey on October 1st...started with a 17 day juice...

I began my raw journey October 1st with a 17 day juice fast....I tell you what it has been the most excited and yet challenging thing I have undertaken...it is such a battle sometimes to want to eat...