August 2012 30 Day Raw Challenge

[ReneeH]

Yea, that's the one! :-). Thanks Georgina!!!!

Awaiting your return, Happylife!!!!!

[MysticTree]

and tomatoes - red, yellow and orange ones; yum.

[Crystal2870]

Hiya everyone, sorry I havent posted for a while I had a friend to stay for a week and have gone off the rails ! BUT I did have a huge salad today I was craving salad, need to get my raw motivation and mojo back again ! xx have to say I m struggling big time at the moment x

[robh]

happylife, sorry to hear. I hope you come back soon.

ReneeH, wow, thanks for that list. Saturday didn't go like I planned with keeping the baby raw, but I am chipping away!

Redcedar, we played tennis Thursday, I think. It is an awesome work out (and fun). Good luck on the appartment hunting.

MysticTree, getting back on this thing is hard.


Has anyone noticed that we, as a group, seem to go through ups and downs? Remember the start of July? I remember a group of folks that was 100% raw for about three weeks.

Is it possble that we are inspired to be strong when we see others being strong? Is success contagious like yawning?

I don't know about you all, but that is inspiring! When I resist temptation, I am not just helping myself, but I am helping you guys too. To be honest, that makes me want to do better!

Who is with me?

[ReneeH]

Yea Rob...I agree! But, I also know that there are MANY, MANY lurkers who just peep at what we're doing and are raw without posting. I wish they would post though...I LOVE to see what others are eating too. It inspires me.

Just fruit this morning and a Salad for lunch. Making Land and Sea today...come what may!!!!! :)

[robh]

Where are my pom poms and my cheer leading outfit? :)

I am doing good today. I ate a couple of hours ago. I a couple of bananas, a couple of oranges, a honey and sunbutter sandwich and a coconut/banana/pineapple macaroon.

[ReneeH]

Rob, trust me....eat something else.......now. :)

[RedCedar]

Banana+blueberry+cinnamon ice cream for breaky. Yummmm.

Sat in my son's play area and shared it with him. Mental note; don't put a new shirt on before sharing blueberry anything with an infant.

As mentioned, got a few new shirts (new to me anyway) yesterday. I tried on pants, but no luck. Wah.

for robh:

[ReneeH]

Even though my kids are teens now, that's still great advise RedCedar!!!

Well, my attempt at Land and Sea wasn't pretty! . It all completely fell apart.... I'm gonna have to try that one again another day...I really wasn't happy with it. I remember it being SO good... Oh well...back to the boat sailing on Land towards the Sea...... :-). (which is HARD to do let me tell ya!!!!)

[Divine Soul]

Day i don't even know

Today my grandma took me and bro to health food store and to grocery store and got some things (TON of fruit) I accidentally bought non raw sunflower seed nut butter ..I thought the "new" said raw lol I'm not very observant :P I'm still gonna eat it though because I don't wanna drive back to health food store. Also got some chipolata raw cheesy kale chips.. they were sooooooo good!

Had tummy pains this morning again ...maybe because I need more greens or water still not sure.

All in all probably 90% raw today I ended up having a glass of almond milk ..don't think its that bad. Hard to stay raw when you are a teen and you don't have your own home ;)

Hope everyone is doing good! (gosh i need a kale chip recipe that isn't complicated)

[LexieW]

robh, that's very loving and good of you to be motivated and motivating for other people. I hadn't thought of it that way - most of the time, I just think "well, if THEY can go 3 days/weeks/years raw than why can't I?"

I've discovered that for me, it's all about finding a specific trigger to motivate myself. Going vegan was easier than going raw, but it can't be THAT much easier - Vegans have a hard time of it!

Anyhoo, I have good news! My sampler pack of sprout seeds arrived, and I decided to start with the alfalfa and other leafy sprouts first. Soaked them for 8 hours yesterday, then a rise before bed, another rinse this morning. When I got home from work it was time for another rinse, and WOW! they already have little white tails! So encouraging - can't wait to eat them!

Breakfast - 2 bananas
Snack - soaked almonds
lunch - large salad of cagg

[robh]

LexieW, sprouting is a lot of fun.

Renee, sorry to hear that you thing didn't work. I've no clue. What that even is. Still need to get that book.


I finished the evening strong. A 100% day for me in the books. I am out of raw cheesecake *gasp* I will just have to make more.

Good night all.

[robh]

Good morning all.

I already feel much better. The day after going raw my clothes fit better and my belly feels smaller. I suspect cooked food causes me to swell and hold water. I always drop a couple pounds (the pounds I quickly gained, mind you). That's probably the water getting flushed out.

I am looking forward to another raw day. I have bananas to eat, oranges, chia seeds to soak for pudding, one of last raw macaroon and the last piece of raw bread. I always bring raw agave and raw honey and sunbutter to work with me. Dinner will be a salad and I'll probably snack on nuts and the last of my dates after dinner.

I had some cravings last night, but I was able to avoid them. I stayed away from the dinner table when the cooked fooders were eating. After dinner, I really really wanted something bad, but I was strong. I grabbed half a water melon and ate it on the couch while we all watched TV. After, that I finished off the cheesecake, had some nuts and a couple of dates.


Avoiding dinner time with the cooked foodies really helped last night. I need to learn more tricks to avoid temptation.

I think I will remove myself from any situation where people are eating cooked food. They go out to eat. I stay home. They order delivery. I go for a walk. They eat dinner. I make myself busy.

edit: I placed an order for more raw cashews, sesame seeds and raw treats. I'm pretty excited for that.

[LexieW]

I had a good day yesterday, folks! So tempted in the afternoon/evening - I've had a few powerful emotional upset in the last few days, and that brought out the comfort food cravings. But I stayed strong and finished the day well.

This morning, I brought extra food to work, so there's no excuse. I have 3 ripe and juicy peaches, 3 bananas, some almonds, a huge dark leafy green salad with cucumber and red pepper, and dates for any sweet cravings.

Sprouting fun continues! I need to get some fine mesh this weekend from Home Depot - cheesecloth isn't cutting it. The alfalfa sprouts are doing well, and now I'm trying peas!

[MysticTree]

You'll love peas :) and I know what you mean about cheese cloth. I use nylon netting of the sort net skirts are made of.