Dec 2012 - 30 day raw challenge... join any time of the month!

[Aleesha Sattva]

Welcome welcome welcome!!!

Welcome to the 30 day challenge and welcome to our new monthly format.

This is our monthly challenge thread. We are choosing to do one (or perhaps split into two) continual threads so we can create a community of support within this challenge. You can join this thread at any time during the month. Don't be shy... we love new posters!!! So if you want to join us... please do!

I welcome people who are already 100% raw to join in the conversation - supporting our challengers in their quest!

This thread is specifically for those of you who are eager to commit to 30 consecutive days of eating 100% raw foods and seeing miraculous results!

I will start a new challenge thread on the first of every month. If I forget... send me a quick email and remind me... I'll get the challenge thread online for you quickly.

The focus of the monthly challenge is on staying raw and accountability. Therefore, if you have eaten all raw and then slip up and have something cooked, don't beat yourself up over it or dwell on it - but this is not space to discuss it. You are more than welcome to document it in your journal/blog or ask for help in the discussion area, but it is not necessary (and not allowed) to discuss your slip-up here in the challenge threads, just get right back on track and keep going! This thread is about celebrating what you are eating that IS raw!

I welcome you all to share pics of your dishes, ask questions, share what you are consuming (as long as it's raw). We are here to listen to your emotional and physical challenges. So share share share!!!

OH and the best part of this (not only the support but...) you can subscribe to this thread and get notified every time someone posts to it. This way you will be connected!

So let's get this party started!!!

[Aleesha Sattva]

Please do not post in this thread until the first.

[SUSA]

AM INNNNN

[MysticTree]

Happy month everyone :) Let's make it a good one :)

[Aleesha Sattva]

starting mine with oranges... as many as I can eat.

[appifanie]

Breakfast - smoothie! 3 leaves dino kale, 1/2 a big orange, 1 1/2 bananas. Tummy feeling blech already - probably because of crap I ate last night.

[MysticTree]

We went out for breakfast this morning. There is a place that does fresh orange. They do squeeze a jugful at a time but they are always busy so it gets squeezed quite often. I looked at the juice and it looked like weak squash so I asked when it was juiced . . wait for it, wait for it . . . LAST NIGHT! I declined so I grabbed some fruit about lunch time and am only now finally having an actually meal. What a day!

[Aleesha Sattva]

although... chances are it was squeezed using a citrus juicer and juice made that way does have a pretty long shelf life (2-3 days)... but fresh is always best!

[MysticTree]

yes. They have one of those machines that takes in whole oranges and slices and juices them, discarding the skins and putting the juice in a jug. It was probably 12 hours old, stored in an open topped jug (probably in the frig). It looked wrong which is why I turned it down. The works Christmas do is 2 weeks away. I have arranged to take my own food even though there is a cooked, vegan option. I bought new underwear today and some killer black satin and gold shoes. I will probably kick them off under the table. I need a lace insert for the plunging black dress a friend is lending me. I wonder if I can get thermal lace! Anyway, I love raw. I wouldn't be wearing such outrageous clothes without it :)

[appifanie]

Old orange juice! Boo. Actually, I could go for a ton of oranges and orange juice right now.

I had 1/2 of a not very flavorful slightly mushy Gala apple (I love Macs and Ginger Golds and Jazzes) and a citrus kombucha and some almonds and raisins. More food any minute now and more water. I got a migraine today but we went to the mall and it was warm and crowded so no big surprise there. Also, there are huge chunks of pollen flying through the air, so definitely no surprise.

[ReneeH]

On in for this month (in case anyone didn't know...). But I'll be posting mostly in the thread I just set up for nutless recipes.

I made Thai Coconut Soup for lunch hours ago and I'm still satisfied from it!!! I can STILL taste the Cumin & Pineapple, which is cool!!!

Photo posted over there...

[appifanie]

oh and I have lentils sprouting and i'm soaking some sunflower seeds for a pate, and I have romaine and collards and kale and avocadoes so I can have wraps and kale salad and all sorts of yummy things.

also, we went to whole foods today (it's an hour away from me) and my husband told me i could go crazy and get whatever I wanted (I usually try to restrain myself b/c there's so much awesome at WF). I was standing in front of yummy vegan non-raw things and I walked over and got some EVOO and some coconut and raisins and a kombucha.

[appifanie]

renee, i'm going over there!

[appifanie]

finished making the sunflower seed pate and had some with celery sticks. also made some date nut torte and had a tiny bit but will have lots of bites later

[SekhemNefer]

I made 3 raw dishes to store in Tupperware, especially something to take to work. All should last me about 3 to 4 days.