March 2009 Raw Challenge Archives

[bowie]

welcome to the March raw challenge!

this is day one

[sherahtaylor]

I'm in! I've been counting down the days until I can join in on this challenge. I've been trying over & over & over for the past 5 MONTHS to go 100% raw and have not been able to do it more than 6 days. Granted, being 5 1/2 months pregnant obviously has something to do with it, the cravings are fierce this time around. It's all or nothing for me, I can't do 95% and stay good. It's always 100% junk or 100% raw.

But now, I'm so determined. Today I went and stocked up on all my favorite things (Except watermelon..........ooooh how I crave thee!!!) and today have been doing the junk food thing in preparation for tomorrow.

Can't wait to get 30 days under my belt and be 100% RAW for the rest of my pregnancy until the delivery in July! The most I've ever gone is 3 months of 100% raw so I know I can do it! I've even gone 45 days 100% raw during my last pregnancy so I also know I can do it while pregnant too.

[rawlight]

I am in for March. This will be challenging because I am going on two trips this month. But I will do my best to stay raw!

[Anastazia]

Lookin' forward to the daily accountability,
& I'm ready to dive back in head first, & my 13 year old daughter is even joinin' me!

I haven't done one of these 30 days for awhile now, but it's definately time!
I, too, am an all-or-nothing kinda gal, I need to be 100%!

One day at a time,
sweet Jesus!
~Anastazia~

[RawVeggie]

hi folks, i'm in for march i've been waiting for this day for the past two days, ever since i found this forum and signed up. i'm still so schocked of having seen the pictures my parents had taken when i visited them in arizona in december, that i think my motivation should at least last for the rest of my life!!!

and just in time for the great beginning my new food processor arrived (yesterday), so basically with all the stuff i have at home now, i should be ready. i'm really eager to start

[wishihadascreenname]

Count me in!
Red grapes and salad for work the hardest time for me is when i finish work, gone a week before without finding it too difficult, just gotta watch out for those stressed/tired moments!
Challenge accepted! :)

[contessa20]

I'm in! Today's day 63 for me. I still like being a part of the monthly raw challenges though; it's both good motivation and accountability.

Today we're supposed to get the beginning of a snow storm (YAY) so after church we need to run to the farmer's market and pick up this week's stock. It'll have to be a quickie trip. I've got a lot leftover from last week though so I really don't need much.

[deberaw]

I'm in!!
-Starting day huge GS: kale, 3 bananas, apple, water, chia powder, bit of coco. oil

After Church: will go for a run

Making Rawritos....have lots of avos, greens, veggies......so salads and smoothies and fruit.......

Glad to be on this journey with all of you, Let's make it a great month

warmly, Deb

[iheartrawfoods]

Hi! This is my first 30 Day Challenge, and I'm really fired up for it! I weighed myself this morning using my Wii Fit, and am going to take photographs in a bit. I want to document my pre-Challenge look, feel, etc. in my blog, so when we end I can see the stark comparison!

This morning, I'm going to have a pineapple-banana-orange smoothie, with some of my favorite spirulina/chlorella powder thrown in. I'm not sure what the rest of the day will bring, but I'm thinking about making some kind of peach raw dessert. My fiancee is not joining me on this challenge, but generally if I make yummy raw things, his raw increases too!

I hope everyone has a fantastic challenge day 1, full of yummy food, reflection, and joy

[selina_k]

I'm not sure how many days I have been 100 percent, but not more than a couple of weeks. I'll consider this day one so I have a definite marker.

Very excited about the coming month.

[Nutmeg]

I've been waiting for this day too to join! As others have said, I need to be all raw or I'm all junk. Have never made it beyond seven days so this will definitely be a challenge. My goal is to do at least 3 of the challenges in a row to hopefully feel so much better and drop a size or 2 by June 1st - summer!

Lunch time at work and Friday and Saturday nights are my weakest times. I plan to load up on green smoothies to help with the cravings. Off to have my first green smoothie!

[janetc]

Me too! I need this - I want to be healthy again!

[calyndula]

I'm here too! I've been preparing for my 30 day raw challenge for a couple of weeks now, with meal plans, ordering supplies, mental preparation. I've been reading about and dabbling in raw foods for 4 years now, always organic and vegetarian before that. I've never gone 100% until now. I'm sooooo ready!

For day one, I started off with a pint of vegetable juice. A couple of hours later I had a big green smoothie with banana, mango, purslane, juice of 3 oranges and a spoon of coconut butter.

Lunch was an asian salad, with mixed greens, sprouted mung beans, cilantro, basil and an amazing dressing.

snack was raw apple crisp.

Dinner was a big bowl of pumpkin soup (made with raw sweet potato, not actual pumpkin)

I'm also reading "A New Earth" and listening to lots of uplifting audio. I have an exercise plan as well. Today was a 2 hour walk along a beautiful river...fresh air and sunshine free of charge, hehe!

So far so good...looking forward to tomorrow already! :)

[rawlight]

Ugh, I woke up with a migraine and I have so much to do today. I guess the Universe has other plans for me Ok, so I will go with the flow today.....but I am in the middle of Spring cleaning and there's stuff all over the place and I need to clean and....ew, 'nuf whining-lol I *am* feeling so much better, but I should get off the computer for now.

I wish everyone a great day!

[contessa20]

Day 63!

After church this morning I stocked up at the farmer's market and then got my hair cut. Dh wanted to go to a Chinese buffet for lunch which was great. I had a plate of dry salad and two plates of fruit (mixed melon, orange wedges & grapes). Yummm! I'm thinking I'll make fajita wraps for dinner.

DH ordered Girl Scout Cookies back at the beginning of the year when I first went raw. They were delivered today. He sat the boxes down and said, "well, I guess you can put these in Quentin's lunch. I bought the caramel ones for you but I guess you can't eat them now." I asked him why he did that since I had already started raw then and after a little hemming and hawing said, "well, uhhh I didn't think you'd last as long as you have." Showed him!