February Raw Challenge 2009 Archives

[bowie]

welcome to the raw food challenge for February!

[missberry]

I'm in for February! In January I tried to transition more to raw foods and have been successful overall with a few slip-ups eating cooked foods. I'm "off" agave and nutritional yeast and liquid aminos and I'm ready to rawk this month!

My goals are just to eat healthy, whole foods and to experience vibrant health. It would be nice to shed a few pounds of excess weight, but that isn't priority with me. I have a bad addiction to sugars - even dried fruits and dates are bad news for me - so another goal is to heal that addiction.

Looking forward to reading everyone else's progress posts and joining this awesome support system!:)

[Reesh]

I started at the very end of January, so I guess count me in for this February!

I love love love how fresh my food is. For now I've been keeping it simple. I don't have a food processor and my blender is a good standard sucker, but not a Vita-Mix or anything. With the variety of fruits and vegetables out there though, I think I'll be fine for a while!

[Veganspirit]

Count me in for February! I am well aware of the benefits of raw and am thrilled to be doing this for myself again. I think what I am looking forward to the most is the mental clarity that raw always delivers. Good luck to everyone, may it be a wonderful experience for us all.

JR

[Deenasmiles]

Good morning guys! I'm also in the February challenge!
My last post was in Feb. '07, so it's been a while since I've been on the board. LOL
I started the raw cleanse on Friday night, so I'm already feeling light and energized.
Also, I bought a food processor and dehydrator from Walmart and began making some treats last night. Thanks for the support. It's a great help to do this with people.

[MiahTay]

I'm in for the month of February! Looking forward to it!

Blessings,
Heather

[rawlight]

I believe I'm ready to go all the way-lol I actually started yesterday.

I have been gradually going higher and higher raw for several years now, with periods that are higher :) and some lower So my goal in this challenge is to really begin to come to terms with myself as a raw foodie. Not a sometimes raw when it's convenient, but to learn how to cope and deal with the struggle with cooked. That will be a big step up for me.

Yesterday was 100%, although I am still dealing with caffeine and had about 1/2 a cup. But even that I count as a victory.

Good luck to all the February Challengers...Blessings for a great month!!

My food for the day:

GS: water, banana, kale, blueberries, ground flax, coconut oil, spirulina, cacao, cinnamon.

brazil nuts, raisins, pistachio nuts

salad: microgreens, kale, tomatoes, parsley, celery, falafel, kalamata olives, carrot

spinach/apple/avo soup and plate of celery, apple, falafel, crackers

date

Yikes...lots o' food!

[contessa20]

Day 35 for me and continuing on through February!

This morning I felt a bit heavy from the raw corn chips I had later last night. I usually try not to eat heavy foods in the evening but I was making them for today's Super Bowl dinner and I just couldn't resist giving them a try.

So far today I've had 3 raw pancakes with agave, a bowl of blueberries, blackberries and raspberries and a big Mexican salad. Tonight I'm having the loaded raw nachos. Yummm!

Have a great day everyone!

[mamabird1953]

Hi there, my manbear and I are joining in. We were 100% for months and just one little slipup (Starbucks!) messed up our dreams of a perfectly healthy lifestyle. I gained 10 lbs and arthrits pain back, he gained 30 back and Woodys diabetes is in full swing again. His military doctor supports this lifestyle and she advised him to get back to raw. We are ready.

[janetc]

I'm in too! We went to Natural Grocers, bought $1 bags of spring mix, red winter wheat, barley (cheap cheap!) parsley (I love eating parsley - don't know why) and other munchies.

My strongest incentives are my parents - very poor health and I don't want to end up like them.

[mamabird1953]

Im starting my day out with a bowl of raw muesli mixed with some apple and banana, coverd with almond sunflower seed milk. I have to work today so I'll snack on fruit samples we always have out.

[tvillemom]

Hi all! I'm going to do my absolute best to post my food everyday!

Today's foods so far:
water
herbal tea
tossed salad from restaurant for lunch

Tonight at the superbowl:
guacamole....no chips...oops, I have flax crackers so I will probably take them (going to a friend's house for superbowl.)

Have a great night ya'll!

[MelissaO]

I am in too! Here is what I have had so far today:


Juice lady's Popeye's power (beet, spinach, carrot, celery, apple)

1 banana mashed with spirulina and chia seeds

My morning snack was blueberries
Afternoon snack carrots



I have kale chips going in the D for later. Dinner will most likely be a salad of some kind as I have a fridge full of greens.


Hope everyone is having a great day!

[green jeanie]

I'm in!

I like everyone posting their foods. So today so far I have only had cranberry and lemon juice

think I am going to start with a one day fast.......

so excited!!! good luck everyone!

[Kalimelle]

i'm on a personal "100 days" challenge that i started on day one of our new president's term. i felt like with all the energy in my city around change and renewal (i'm in washington DC) this was the perfect time to stage my personal health revolution as well.

i've been very high raw since then, which is my goal. i'm not trying to go 100% and I don't plan to, as i think that spices, teas, and even the occasional cooked veggie meal will always be a part of my life. on a day-to-day basis though my default mode is raw all the way, as i really need the energy and healing in order to accomplish my very ambitious goals over the next 6 months or so.

so far today i've had

a banana, an orange and a pear (breakfast)
2 handfuls of raw pistascios (sp!)
a huge romaine salad with sliced grape tomatoes and homemade raw dressing made of 1 avo, 3 limes, cumin, 2 cloves garlic, water, and sea salt
a few bites of nutella fudge made with soaked raw hazelnuts, raw cacao nibs (ground in vitamix) and maple syrup ( i know, not raw, but something i'm still including in my diet as it tastes better/contains more minerals than agave...which i don't believe is usually raw anyway.)

tonight we're heading to a friend's house where i don't want my eating to become an issue. i'm going to bring either the nutella fudge or some mango ice cream whipped up in my vitamix to share, and do my best to avoid any comments over me not eating whatever cooked stuff is around (probably cheese and crakers, salsa and chips.....maybe she'll have some grapes....)

my big challenge this month is to make everything about LOVE-----love for myself first of all!