July 1st - Day one

[bowie]

Welcome to day one!!:)

[fitbydefinition]

I am starting 30days of raw vegan tomorrow. follow my progress and see how much change is possible in 30days. I will post before and after photos on my profile. I'll try to post daily updates.

Here's my snapshot:

I'm 23y/o female, 5'5", 120lbs. On a day to day basis i eat about 60-70% raw and mostly vegan. I feel alright living like this but i know there is something better, and this is my 30day quest to see if raw food and daily exercise will lead me to it.

My roadblocks:

I have a tendency to overeat (not stopoping when i am no longer hungry)

I love sweet stuff, honey, frozen bananas (before becoming vegan: ice cream]

My toolbox:

I like to workout running and lifting weights

I have a very active job as a Certified Nurse's Assistant (CNA) always on my feet answering call bells and helping patients.

I buy whole foods and frown on packaged and canned goods

All right here I go!!!

[dread head vegan]

i am ready for the 30 day challenge!! i am going to start tomarrow

[gabriele]

count me in also....

[Nani]

I'm in for the challenge.

As of now, I am all over the place...one day I am high raw and the next I find myself falling back on cooked staples like pbj for lunch and pasta for dinner. Hmph. However I am a vegetarian, have been for nearly 13 years now, and on good days I am 100% vegan. Notice I say good days, lol

I am fully aware of how a raw diet is the most natural and healthiest way of eating. But living in a house with a s.a.d. husband, whom is a chocoholic, makes things a real challenge. He is fully understanding and is very supportive, but I find myself making quick food choices, which is often cooked, be it vegan....it is still cooked.

I hope to be able to come to this board for the support I need...I often feel so alone in this. I look forward to chatting with everyone else doing the challenge.....I keep telling myself to just take it one day at a time....one meal at a time. And to remember why I am doing this.....I am not depriving myself...I am liberating myself.

I wish everyone a happy and healthy 30 day challenge!

[cindyskylar]

And count me in, too!

I have been vegetarian since high school but am addicted to bread and cheese pizza. I was able to get away with this--controlled starch veggie scheme because I am also a runner but I gained almost 20 pounds since I got married. My husband is overweight and I am easily influenced. He is supportive of me but it isnt easy when hes cooking food and making food and Im on my own. I feel very much alone so hope I will not numb out and instead come back here.

My goal is to eat fruit in the ams, veggies in the afternoons and a vegan dinner. This is my goal for the next 30 days. This means no more white bread or beer!

The hardest thing for me will be evenings when I always want to overeat!

I am 5; 4".

My highest weight is where Im at now 130/. Which I cannot believe.
My goal weight is 115-120.

Glad to be here!

[rebbylite]

I'll take on the challenge as well. I am so incredibly fortunate to have a partner who participates and lives life on a VERY similar path as myself. I am soooo lucky. She's my mate through everything. We can do it babe!!! Whole foods only. No can's, no bag, boxes, and so on. I love veggie, smoothies, superfoods and feeling light and clean. Bring it on for July on so on. Thank you for your help fitbydefinition aka my love.

[bohemiangrl]

Count me in as well folks! :)

STATS:
Age:22
Height: 5'5.5"
Current Weight:151-152 lbs.
Goal Weight: 130-125 lbs.

I'm looking forward to this challenge. Over the course of this year, i've put on a whopping 25lbs. (eeekkk!) due to thyroid issues. I try to work out daily, primarily spinning, and also i'm getting ready to start up my runs again.

Nani, I completely understand what you are saying about being all over the place with your diet, as I have the same problem.

Cindyskylar, the evenings will be the hardest part of this challenge for me too.

Good luck to everyone.

[Seedy]

I'm in for the month. I've been raw on and off for 10 years, but only on an experimental basis. I'd like to find a more permanent 90 - 100% raw diet that I can stay with indefinitely. Oh, and lose (or as Revvell says release) 25 pounds!

Stats:
53 years old
HW: 305 lbs
LW: 145 lbs
CW 165 lbs
GW 140 lbs

B: Fruit salad, walnuts, herbal tea with raw honey
L: Gazpacho, apple, prunes
D: large salad, avocado, carrot/flax crackers

Exercise: 30 min. aerobics, 2 mile walk if its not raining again (sigh).

Seedy

[rawfigure]

I am joining in ! I have been off the board for awhile, 2 yrs. I have been slowly going from about 85% raw for a few years to a gradual slip back to healthy but cooked. I need support as I have no raw friends. I prefer to stay 100% but being realistic, about 85% raw at the least, longterm. This month I am going back to 100% raw.

[Gooberdog69]

B - peach and green smoothie with spring greens, coconut oil, strawberries and banana
S - avo and herbamere (can't seem to let go of the salt just yet)
L - green smoothie
S - raw bar
S - green smoothie
D - Salad with cuc, pine nuts, s/dried toms, olives and olive and lemon dressing
S - sultanas, brazil nuts, 1/2 raw bar. another 1/2 avo

Feel I have eaten a lot today but am really pleased that I have not wavered because the house is upside down at the moment and there is an excuse to eat cooked everywhere I look! The human mind is looking for an excuse anywhere and everywhere...it's scary. I made a sandwich for my husband earlier and it is in the fridge now and it's calling me... my mind keeps saying "don't let food go to waste"! Eek! What's worse is it's cheese and cuc on white bread!

As if the universe was trying to help me, my husband came in and said he was going to eat 'the dreaded sandwich'! LOL! Well now I don't have to worry about it going to waste! In fact, now I'm worrying that my husband is putting that crap in his body!x

[gabriele]

It's July 1st!!!

i'm sitting here drinking my first ever watemelon smoothie, including the rind, i added 2 dates, it's very delicious and "cleansing" feeling.

plan to have a big salad for lunch.

[fitbydefinition]

day 1: 118 today not looking at the scale until next week since my main goals are to lower my BF to 14% (according to my scale i'm at 23%) and to get in great physical shape (I have my first triathlon coming up!) gotta work on the swimming piece Maine lakes are still a bit chilly, but i'm doing it 2xweek currently

green smoothie for breakfast

hitting the farmer's market for greens huge fresh salad for lunch.

Good luck to everyone!

[accordingtowhom]

Hello everyone. I am a 21 year old, 6 foot tall, 135 pound male. I have been off and on as a vegan for the past three years. I have already begun this 30 day challenge with a nice bowl of Bing cherries and 40 oz of water. I am not really looking to lose weight, however, I would like to be leaner by the end of the month. I work out and have definitely researched the diet, so my goal shouldn't be that hard to attain.

Good luck to you all.

[tvillemom]

Good morning all! I'm in this month. I have been raw for 3 years, but sometimes 100%, sometimes 30%. (sometimes 0). Anyway, I'm really working on this year being the most 100% year I've ever had. So far I've done pretty good, but I've slipped alittle lately due to travelling. NOW, I'm ready to make the change at least for the next 30 days...100%,

Due to thyroid issues, I put on 30lbs. the last year....very depressing for a 5"1 woman. I've never been thin, and this just made it so much worse Anyway, I love, LOVE, LOVE the way that eating raw makes me feel. My moods are more stable....now if I could just get my body to release these extra pounds!!

Today's food plan:
herbal tea
chia pudding (chia, berry tea, stevia, raisins)
GS (bananas, spinach, pineapple, stevia)
Dinner...I'm going to try to make tahini in my VM..ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO GET IT RIGHT?? If I get the tahini right I'm going to make zuchini hummus and have red and orange peppers to dip in it!! YUMMY!!!

Peace to all!!

PS. Besides the 100% raw, I'm going to work out on the wii fit and 4 mile fitness walk....making sure I get exercise everyday!!