My journal from Raw Food Talk


After doing the Master Cleanse for 40 days I went totally raw.. this is how it went
(This is not well edited, but it is readable. I cannot deal with the menus right now, but will come back and edit it properly when I get to goal.. meanwhile, it is here as a resource. EH 4/29/06)

Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:33am
Day one of 100% raw is tomorrow. I have just completed a 40 day Master Cleanse Saturday, and I feel great, more than ready to give this first 30 days all I have got.

Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:45am
Day 1 began with overly ripe papaya and a banana. That is all I could handle. My digestion is only getting working again. The clarity and certainy of my decision to do this now is a great feeling. A long nap and another banana. I feel better having rested more. I will go get some nice ripe fruit and veggies now. I had a big glass of Rejuvelac and later I had a big bunch of grapes and a couple dates. About a half hour later, I made and ate a huge salad with tomato, avocado, spinach, mushrooms - with EVOO, orange, ACV and basil and gourmet sea salt were the dressing... I added walnuts at the end- I was finally satisfied and it has been the best tasting and feeling food since I began eating again. My Vitamixer is on it's way, so I am looking forward to green smoothies, among other things. More rejuvelac and some more grapes, then dancing and bed. And I noticed just before I danced that I felt clear, light and happy again - as I did throughout the cleanse. Yay!

Day two began with me smiling when I woke up. I love that. I am trying sprouted, dehydrated sunflower seeds and they are delicious. My order with Shazzie's book, raw coconut oil, sprouted seeds and raw brazil nuts came. I am only waiting on my Vitamix. I began with rejuvelac. My liver and gall bladder are finally kicking in and I am digesting the food. I have had more grapes, papaya, a banana and a couple dates, a big salad with spinach, avocado, tomato, cuke, crimini shrooms with coconut oil and Apple cider vinegar with a touch of agave and dried basil for dressing. I tasted raw coconut oil and it was so yummy yesterday I had three teaspoons worth - by itself. Wow! I like the orange and EVOO better, but I want choices.. I added some sprouted/dehydrated pumpkin seeds for crunch - I must be craving salt, because they rocked. I had to have some more - which I slightly regretted - stomach is not at full steam, and I felt the seeds for a long while after eating. I notice I prefer smooth eating, digestion and elimination best. I had more rejuvelac and water before bed.

Day 3 began more quietly - lots of fiber in what I am eating, so no trouble with my bowels moving multiple times a day, but I feel fatigued and rather sad. I will pick up some oranges on my outing so I can make my EVOO and orange dressing for the wonderful tomatoes and avocados I have now. I ate a big bunch of grapes. Later I made a big salad with the EVOO and orange dressing. Has a bunch of sprouted and dehydrated sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds. And more grapes. I do feel like I am eating all the time, but that might be partly from having done the 40 day MC. shrug The food is all moving on out, too. And I have energy to dance, so... I am going to go do that, after my big glass of Rejuvelac.

Day 4 - The dancing certainly helped my mood. I slept like the angels and had a great dream - an older woman was showing her her gorgeous, huge new home - when we finished with the inside we went out to see the view - which even in my dreams brought me to tears. Big fun! I tried my first green smoothie - it got warm - even with a frozen banana. shrug Weird, kinda like apple mush with bits in it. I used two big fuji apples, a frozen banana, coconut oil and clover sprouts. It is a warm toasty orange color and I could not finish the 30 ounces. I will put the rest in the fridge, perhaps I can drink/eat it in an hour. (nope, could not down it)
I am thinking that I need to cut up and prepare the fruit and greens before I begin blending. It was tasty, but not delicious. I made another tomato, avocado, shroom and spinach salad... very good. And Rejuvelac I see I need a repertoire of meals/dishes. Time to pull out Alissa's book and try a recipe. I have my Cuisinart, my dehydrator and my Vita mix. I CAN do this. I tried the banana raw ice cream - with pecans and it was really good - I ate it all. grin I also got fresh basil, zucchini and garlic to make pesto pasta tomorrow. I am face to face with my old eating habits - I am overeating, but since this food simply will not do what cooked food does, I am beginning to give up, give in and stop when I have had enough. Hmmm I noticed a disturbing thing - I can barely tolerate my soap, shampoo and conditioner. I was in love with them just a week ago on the cleanse, and now they smell fake, and heavy - and the soap made me sneeze. Detox? Or is this a refinement of my senses?

Day 5 -
Four bananas
two medjool dates
some grapes
sliced tomato with pesto (man, oh,man was this GOOD!!)
Raw banana/blueberry ice cream
sprouted/dehydrated sunflower seeds
grapes
Rejuvelac
Oh, delicious food is such a delight

Day 6 - I am neither cheerful nor happy today. shrug Dunno why.
I had some water and some grapes. Then pesto on tomato and cukes. Avocado, tomato, cuke salad. Sunflower seeds. I made date/pecan rolls - fabu!! And then another cuke and plenty of Rejuvelac. Lots of nasty thinking going on, don't want to move. Detox?? I shall see. Mood did not lift until a friend came to visit. We laughed and told stories for a couple hours. Then I danced and hit the sheets.

Day 7 - I feel better today. I slept less and still feel rested.
Papaya and some water.
A couple dates
Alissa's guacamole with sliced cuke and tomato (major delish!!!)
Grapes Alissa's Mock Salmon pate with tomato and cuke slices (Another FANTASTIC dish!!)
Grapes
Rejuvelac
Will be dancing before I hit the sheets, again.

Day 8 - I feel foggy, moody and fatigued today. My tongue is coated.
Pesto with cucumber
Pesto with tomato and salad
Went to bed very early

Day 9 - Feeling better, but tongue is still coated, and I have a small rash on the base of my right middle finger. My face looks great, though. I will take a new picture tomorrow.
Smoothie with soaked almond milk, plum, orange and spinach - tasty!
sliced avocado & tomato with liquid aminos
Green salad, guacamole at a mexican restaurant
Mock salmon pate with cuke and salad
6 dates
Guacamole with tomatoes
Rejuvelac
I boogied up a storm for over 45 minutes before a shower and hitting the sheets.

Day 10 - Woke from a sad nightmare - face is puffy, I feel blue. Rash is gone. I am not sure I will be taking a picture today - the commercial salt got me! Ah, well, live and learn. Perhaps a nice walk will melt the puff away. Nope - feel fatigued, sore and achey - I am going to sleep early.
Guacamole on cucumber
Pesto on cucumber
4 plums
Rejuvelac

Day 11 - Last night I slept a while, got up and danced and then slept again. Shrug Worked, I feel better today. I get to see 'Serenity' today. Yay!! (It was wonderful!!!)
2 bananas
gucamole with cucumber
banana/strawberry smoothie with almonds
Marinara sauce with thinly sliced zucchini and portabella mushrooms
grapes
Rejuvelac

Day 12 - Slept heavily. I feel kinda groggy. I did not dance before bed, might do it now. I really like the idea of going until the New Year - 90 day challenge.
grapes (black)
guacamole with cucumber
pesto with tomato
sweet potato chips (interesting)
pesto stuffed shrooms dehydrated (major yum)
grapes (medium purple)
Rejuvelac
I made sweet potato chips and the pesto stuffed mushrooms and am christening my dehydrator. grin I felt odd when it came on and got the whole little room warm, but I reminded myself that the sun gets warmer than a hundred degrees even in San Francisco - well, sometimes. I also made the broccoli with cheesy sauce - it is in the dehydrator now. It was really cool to have the warm pesto stuffed shrooms - like delectable canapes. I got a stomach ache from the shrooms. I am going to stay with the really fresh foods for a good long while and let my dehydrator sit. Smoothies, juices, salads and lots of fresh fruits... yes, that feels better even thinking about it.

Day 13 - Slept rough again. And I did not even like the broccoli cheesy dish all that much.
Grapes
lots of guacamole, tomatoes
sunflower seeds
macadamia/date balls
banana
cucumber
more guacamole
I am so disappointed. I had the first cravings tonight since I began this adventure some 55 days ago. And I know it is because the dehydrated food did not agree with me/taxed my digestion and body and did not offer the available nutrition that my body needs. Headshake I wanted donuts - for hours. Blech!! So, not worth it. I ate more guacamole and that finally soothed, although I am very full. I know that my health depends on the very best nutrition, so I will adjust. It just really sucks to be craving. I feel it so strongly as a rebuke from my body, like I failed myself. I know I did not - it was an exploration that gave me information, but I feel I did, because I am so uncomfortable. So, juices, fresh raw food and little fancy for now. No false promises to myself, no delusions. Just good nutrition. I have a hunch that my ability to absorb nutrition will improve and I may be able to have dehydrated foods later... I will stay up and dance before bed and be sure to have a big glass of rejuvelac as well. Tomorrow is a new raw day. Grin

Day 14 - Two weeks today!! Yay!! I noticed that my full length reflection in a window I was passing is totally different from how I looked just two short months ago. I am eager to see me in three months, then the 90 day challenge is done. I was also able to wear my new sweater and new tunic - both of which hung nicely over my previously protruding belly.
bananas
guacamole
cucumbers
rejuvelac
grapes
date brazil nut balls
plum
sunflower seeds
more rejuvelac
Danced before bed

Day 15 - Slept hard, nice dreams. Plums guacamole (can a person OD on this delicious stuff??) bananas brazil nuts zucchini fetucini noodles with pesto, portabella mushrooms, tomatoes and sliced red peppers (Wahooie!!) dates brazil nut balls grapes

Day 16 - Sweet sleep, feel really good and very happy big glass of water bananas bosc pear pesto with zucchini pasta & portabella shrooms guacamole date brazil nut balls grapes Danced for 45 minutes

Day 17 - While picking up for a friend I got to stand in front of the deli station - and remembered how each item tasted that I used to eat cooked... honestly, nothing tempted me. Nothing but the mac and cheese even looked mildly attractive. I am going to make the pesto with zucchini again - mega great. And Maybe, just maybe make something other than guacamole with lots of cilantro later... grin I did read elsewhere on this forum that cilantro helps rid the body of mercury - and that is a wonderful thing, so no guilt guac might be on the menu again. I may put some cilantro in the pesto, too. grin I do love the stuff and seemingly cannot get enough. grapes walnut date balls pesto over zucchini noodles three lara bars guacamole grapes rejuvelac Danced for 45 minutes

Day 18 - Woke with a scratchy throat and a headache and not hungry - might be a detox beginning. I had planned to go see Wallace and Grommit, might have to postpone, I will try a saline gargle and see. Meanwhile, I did dance last night for forty minutes. I have been thinking it might be time to up the ante with workouts and lift weights. pineapple 3 Lara bars pesto over zucchini noodles grapes guacamole with tomato and cuke 2 dates, small handful of walnuts rejuvelac tomato, cucumber, basil, green onion salad with ACV and agave dressing It has been an interesting and uncomfortable day - I had the pineapple and was fine, had a big bottle of water at the movie and came out with a headache - then ate the pesto - Headache gone - but suddenly my tongue developed a bunch of those painful bumps on it - center front. Hurt to eat. I am moody, puffy, cranky and I 'vant to be alone'. So, I give up - I hope this is detox and I will feel better after a nice long sleep. No dancing tonight. I tried to go to bed - too much thinking, body uncomfortable - some pressure just below the ribs - thought occurs to me - might be time to do a liver flush - especially in light of all the nuts and oils I have been eating since the Master Cleanse. Perhaps a liver flush is a good idea, but a second idea has bubbled up - I think for me it is lighten up time - more fresh fruit, more lettuces and greens - and less guacamole, nuts and pesto... just a hunch I am going to trust for this next week... see how it feels. I gotta admit, as excited as I get making and eating the pesto and guacamole, I enjoy the fruit (cukes and tomatoes included) more, actually.. I actually pay more attention while I am eating those foods particularly when served simply - so I am aware of more satisfaction, stopping more easily, no cravings for another serving. This is it - this is a refinement step... . And I am beginning to not enjoy the salt or aminos at all. And I am going to dance now. I did - 30 minutes to the Beatles! Fun.

Day 19 - perhaps all of yesterday's sturm und drang was detox - shrug. I dunno. I do know that I slept pretty well and feel pretty good today. I am still going forward with the simple, fresh food. New pics below...grin grapes 30 oz smoothie-2 bosc pears, celery, parsley, honey canteloupe guacamole cucumber a date pesto with zucchini noodles

Day 20 - Nice hike to pick up more Rejuvelac, and get a little sunshine. I got sweaty. So much for straight hair. LOL I will be doing a liver flush tonight. canteloupe guacamole date walnut balls
Liver flush #13 2 T epsom salts in water Two big glasses fresh apple juice half cup EVOO, half cup fresh grapefruit juice

Day 21 - Liver flush #13 progressing, some stones passed. If you want to see them, I took a pic - here: Liver flush stones 1 T epsom salts in water 1 large glass fresh apple juice Big green smoothie -2 bananas, cucumber, 2 stalks celery, agave, baby spinich Light pesto over zucchini macaroni grapes kiwis 32 oz Rejuvelac

Day 22 - I feel much perkier and more centered from the liver flush. I missed the dancing, though. Will make up for it. AND I am a pound lower than the last day of the MC - that is big for me- since I lost some 30 pounds on the cleanse. I realize I need to expand my repertoire of recipes.. so I added shrooms to the pesto today, and got red pepper and yellow squash for tomorrow's pasta. Smoothie - pear, banana, spinach, celery, agave (Wow, Good!) portabella pesto over zucchini (less nuts and oil) date brazil nut balls grapes guacamole with cucumber slices kiwi cucumber Danced for 40 minutes. 32 oz Rejuvelac

Day 23 - I am delighted that I have no cravings, no longings, no desire to binge on SAD food. I woke with a mild headache - it has only gotten worse, I feel ill - and my tongue now has one of those horrible bumpies on it.. And I look terrible - I assume this is more detox for me. Trying to be cheerful. Big double green smoothie - 2 apples, cucumber skins, spinach grapes Red pepper pesto over yellow squash spaghetti walnut fudge

Day 24 - Went to bed very early - for me. Slept hard, had a dream where I began to eat a three bite lasagna-pizza. My sister was scandalized. I only got to take two bites, though. A friend stole the last bite. And I woke thinking I had lost the challenge. The green smoothies are the most satisfying things I have eaten since day one. grapes huge green smoothie - two huge fuji apples, broccolli, baby spinach, agave small green smoothie - pear, banana, baby spinach, agave rejuvelac guacamole (half batch) a few walnut fudge balls small smoothie - fuji apples, green lettuce (okay, but not wow) pesto stuffed shrooms grapes

Day 25 - I feel pretty great today. I noticed something the last couple days - I am not devouring everything in sight. I have half a batch of walnut fudge in the fridge. I am making smaller amounts and feeling very satisfied with them. I like this lighter, effortless way of living. And food is beginning to feel like an friend. papaya smoothie - apple, cucumber, lettuce watermelon guacamole walnut fudge pesto over tomato and some zucchini pasta potato chips (these were an experiment. I soaked a thinly sliced potato in apple cider vinegar, olive oil and some agave and then dehydratd them for five hours. Pretty crunchy - and tasty, IMHO - a nice treat for me)
Danced for 20 minutes

Day 26 - Raw food tastes, feels and does such good things in my body - not a hard thing so far - and I only have some four more days to make it 30 days. I am amazed. I am also amazed at how clearly my body is telling me what works and what does not. Dehydrated pesto stuffed shrooms and my face seriously breaks out the next day. Simple. Raw fruit, even guacamole is pretty fine - but dehydrated or a higher quantity of complex foods and my body stuggles to cope. That energy I am using to cope - that is the energy that makes me smile all day long. When I deplete it with cooked food, complex foods and dehydrated foods - I get blue, fatigued and feeling hopeless. Not right away, perhaps, but within 24 hours- my body lets me know all is not well, and my emotional life changes.. It is becoming so not worth it. Nothing tastes as good as sane, stable and happy feels. grapes date & brazil nut balls rejuvelac watermelon guacamole with tomatoes pesto over tomatoes & cukes grapes

Day 27 - I do feel better today - more cheerful, skin is softer, eyes brighter. Still, I want to eat the world. LOL So, onward... My right knee hurts today - hurts to walk especially the hills here.. so, taking it easy, no dancing. I did manage to carry home two heavy bags of produce, over hill and dale. grin And even with a hurt knee, late today a wonderful feeling of absolute peace and happiness came over me. I love this food, I love how I feel most of the time. Wow. pineapple papaya smoothie - 2 fuji apples, 1/2 cuke, bag of baby spinach, agave watermelon guacamole grapes pesto over tomatoes date brazil nut balls rejuvelac

Day 28 - Four big weeks today! Summer is finally here in the Bay Area - it is hot. And I don't want to eat - a first in my life. I will make a smoothie later. Or maybe some juice. My knee is a little better, I can really feel it on the uphill climbs. water grapes watermelon pesto over tomatoes & cukes date-brazil nut balls guacamole

Day 29 - Watermelon really agrees with me right now. It is foggy again here.. grin Talk about change of seasons. I feel crappy, cranky, moody, negative and rather hopeless - I KNOW this is detox, so I will baby myself. Get more watermelon and rest, watch a movie.. my right knee is even better today. grapes watermelon date-brazil nut balls pesto over tomatoes avocado grapes cuke & tomato salad - ACV, EVOO Agave dressing 2 dates Well, I finally got fed up enough with feeling bad that I boogied for over a half hour - I was careful with the right leg and still managed to work up a great sweat and I feel SO MUCH BETTER!! I remembered how I learned to cope with detox on the MC - move the body, get the blood pumping and I get to feel great again.

Day 30 - I am on the last day. I am and have been 100% raw for all these days.. And now I will continue on for the next 30 days with a slightly adjusted menu. New photos and weigh in tomorrow. 30oz green smoothie - apple, pear, kale, spinach 16 oz carrot juice guacamole with cucumber slices date nut torte - Wahoo, Delicious!! pesto over tomatoes watermelon grapes And I am off to bed - the challenge has been met! grin

I am down four pounds from the last day of my Master Cleanse - which I count as major success as I ate like the proverbial horse this month. I am smaller, too - noticeably in the tummy area. I look better, my skin is clearer and smoother. And now I will take a photo for comparison.

Day 1 of my second 30 days I have a few health concerns that I think need direct, more focused attention this month. So, I will be making fewer recipes, more smoothies, juices and simple food with less fats - for a while - as a healing measure. Not as a lifestyle.
watermelon green grapes 32 oz green smoothie - fuji apple, bosc pear, bunch of chard, spoonful of raw honey sliced tomatoes & cukes with ACV, pinch salt and dried basil canteloupe papaya
I feel a huge difference now - amazing energy already at the end of this day - even from the 30 days before.. lighter is better for me right now.. I will be able to happily return to recipes and heavier foods soon enough.

Day 32 - Man, do I have energy - I bounced out of bed after some complicated dreams - some even involving raw food. I am fine with the food - I miss the dry crunch thing.. so I am making my first batch of flax crackers today. 40 oz smoothie - papaya, fuji apple, celery, spinach watermelon rejuvelac guacamole with red pepper strips celery grapes strawberries Boogied for an hour before bed - It felt great.

Day 33 - I slept so heavily. I had lots of dreams and I felt very foggy when I woke. All signs to me that the food is doing it's healing work. Almost everytime I drink a green smoothie I remember Scotty from Star Trek - "Well... It's green." 32 oz smoothie - strawberries, apple, pear, kale, spinach, agave, flax crackers I made, watermelon, pesto made with avocado instead of olive oil over zucchini angel hair and tomatoes - major yum!! grapes, papaya, I finally realized tonight that I am in major detox - sore throat, headache, achey, big honking zit in the middle of my face, mouth sore, coated tonge with tongue bump and I want to curl up and sleep... so, I am going to take it easy tonight, rest and drink a lot more water.

Day 34 - Feeling a bit better. Mouth sore and tongue bump are both gone. watermelon pesto w/zucchini pasta, tomatoes papaya half batch guacamole pine nuts

Day 35 - Feeling much better, aches and pains all gone, still have a coated tongue. I am in a terrific mood, though. Yay!! canteloupe watermelon pesto over zucchini and tomato date nut torte rejuvelac

Day 36 - aka day 25 of the 90 day challenge Wow, amazing energy. I really felt like I was buzzing - high but without the drugs. And I am needing less sleep. 20 oz juice - apple, kale, spinach, celery rejuvelac watermelon honeydew guacamole over tomatoes rejuvelac Major bathroom adventures - more detox?

Day 37 - aka day 26 of the 90 day challenge Feeling ravenous - could not eat enough food even when full. rejuvelac papaya apple, celery, spinach juice pesto, zucchini, tomatoes guacamole, tomatoes a couple date nut balls pomegranate

Day 38 - Woke up early feeling fine. I like that. Then crashed, feeling not fine at all. More greens. I have been thinking and have decided to do a colon cleanse - I ordered the kit from Blessed Herbs and will be doing more juices and smoothies to prepare until it arrives. I will be doing the cleanse raw. They grow and naturally dry their own herbs and I will do raw juices. AND I have not worked out in a few days - the body and mind both miss it. smoothie - fuji apple, bosc pear, spinach, celery, T coconut oil, rejuvelac (delish) pesto made in the blender over zucchini pasta and tomatoes wheatgrass juice 4 oz carrots juice of 2 fuji apples, wheatgrass, rejuvelac, agave water danced for 45 minutes before bed

Day 39 - Slept beautifully. I feel much better from having danced and rehydrated myself. I ate watermelon galore for almost two weeks and only after I stopped did I not feel well. apple, carrot, wheatgrass juice watermelon grapes pesto w zucchini and tomatoes (and I did not believe it possible, but I have had enough pesto for awhile) wheatgrass, carrot, apple juice tomatoes with EVOO, basil, salt & ACV carrots rejuvelac

Day 40 - While talking with my sister last night I realized that I, a former compulsive overeater of all things sugary have absolutely no cravings for sweets. I don't know when it happened, but it has. I not only am not craving cooked food, I am not craving sweets at all. The idea of baked goods sounds like a joke to me. I have been marvelling about it all night and woke with this thought today. I am free for the first time in my life - it comes from inside of me - the proper nutrition has freed me. Alissa is so right. And I am humbled and grateful. wheatgrass, apple juice watermelon guacamole with tomatoes rejuvelac wheatgrass, apple juice baby carrots 40 minute boogie

Day 41 - I am down another two pounds today - total of 6 so far in 41 days without trying. I am reading Victoria Boutenko's book Green for Life now. wheatgrass, fuji apple juice watermelon indian spinach dip with cuke slices (wahoo!!) tomatoes papaya mango 2 ears corn pesto over zucchini pasta

Day 42 - Feeling irritable and blah at the same time. wheatgrass/apple juice - could not drink it watermelon guacamole & cuke slices spinach dip pesto with zucchini & tomato mango & bananas

Day 43 - Feeling a bit better. But it got worse.. I overate, and was unstressing a lot. apple/wheatgrass juice watermelon tarragon pepper sauce w yellow squash 4 ears corn Indian spinach dip w cuke slices bananas tomatoes with basil, EVOO, salt

Day 44 - woke with a coated tongue and feeling flueish. Felt rotten pretty much all day. Bed early. wheatgrass/apple juice watermelon guacamole w cuke slices tomatoes with basil, EVOO, salt and ACV tomato sauce over yellow squash

Day 45 - Boogied first thing for a half hour. That helps a lot. Tongue still snow white... Slept some more. rejuvelac 16 oz grapefruit grapes pesto yellow squash & tomatoes spinach dip small batch raisin walnut balls (did not taste good to me today) guacamole small batch tomatoes

Day 46 - Oh, I almost got and ate some cooked food - I just kept reminding myself of how I would feel and managed to get out of he supermarket with only raw stuff. But not the second time.. I am glad I got to 45 days. Now I will continue on... and as a bonus I get to feel what the cooked food really does to me. spinach dip tomato watermelon cooked - tuna sandwich grapes tarragon sauce over yellow squash

Day 47 - I did an awful lot of thinking and considering... and talking this out with my sister. I am not blaming myself for choosing to have cooked food, it was a choice. I am impressed that I have gone 45 days and truly expected miracles - tons of weight loss.. LOL What I have gotten is by far more valuable - I KNOW this way of eating is really healthy for me and I KNOW that my particular body is telling me what to do. I can trust that more than I ever really believed possible. I no longer craves sweets and that is huge in itself. I am really curious to see how I am in another couple months. I will be doing this colon cleanse, and see how that goes as well. It is only a week or so at most. grapes fettucini alfredo - Alissa's recipe cucumbers spinach dip first digestive stimulator from Blessed Herbs colon cleanse kit.

Day 48 - Not feeling well, some detoxing going on, and I started the Blessed Herbs cleanse last night with one capsule of the digestive stimulator and woke with a headache that is NOT going away. Slept a lot more - the headache finally left and I feel better. I suspect I really need to cleanse my bowel after the several MCs I have done and of course 45 days of raw. So, I will continue with 2 capsules tonight and see how I feel in the morning. Plus I am taking 2 malic acid caps daily for another liver flush after the bowel cleanse. squash angel hair with red pepper/spinach sauce cooked - tuna sandwich cucumbers grapes rejuvelac red pepper/spinach sauce P&B drink with Apple juice

Day 49 - Feeling perkier today - so the colon cleanse will continue. canteloupe - I love melon so much they used to call me Ellen-Melon when I was little.. still fits. Pad Thai sauce over sprouts and noodles -yummers!! fudge balls w walnuts guacamole w cucumbers pine nuts raisins P&B drink with Apple juice

Day 50 - I feel different, better I think. I am going to continue with the pre cleanse stage of the Blessed Herbs cleanse - I am not up to the starting amount of herbs and I am not ready to let go of eating for five days quite yet. grapefruit - did not taste right some cooked food mangos 4 digestive stimulator caps(the beginning recommended dose) pesto over tomatoes (made with added sunflower sprouts) papaya P&B drink with Apple juice

Day 51 - Groggy today - not sleeping so deeply. Period came - I had some warning this time - I suspect this might be detox - tongue is white still, cranky, moody and achey. papaya cooked food - not going to be much of a temptation now grapes Pad Thai sauce over cuke & zucchini agel hair guacamole tomatoes cashews P&B drink with Apple juice 30 minutes dancing

Day 52 - Oh, boy is this colon cleanse interesting. I am easing into the juice fast part today... P&B drink with Apple juice
tuna sandwich - cooked
watermelon
P&B drink with Apple juice
watermelon
cucumber
cashews

Day 53 - Slept very heavily. P&B drink with apple juice watermelon tuna sandwich P&B drink with apple juice apple P&B drink with apple juice P&B drink with apple juice

day 54 - Wow, such heavy sleep with such sweet dreams. grin cooked food - still not quite ready to do just juice P&B drink with apple juice water P&B drink with apple juice water P&B drink with apple juice apple juice with lemon and orange added I am simply not ready to really do this.. so I am going shopping for some wonderful raw food and will just do the pre-cleanse routine. That felt right.

DAY 55 - I stopped the colon cleanse. I ate a bunch of food, both raw and cooked. And I felt pretty awful.

Day 56 - more cooked food - I can see it has it's hooks in me. I have stocked up on raw food and will not go shopping tomorrow for food. One bite at a time back to freedom and feeling good. My sister tried a green smoothie. That is both inspiring to me and exciting! I have pears and greens to make my own smoothie or juice first thing. All it took was one bite - that first one. And I am grateful for having eaten the cooked after so many days of raw - I much prefer how the raw feels. Simple as that. Nothing tastes as good as raw feels. So, I am munching grapes now.

Day 57 - I feel better already - funny how a decision makes for greater clarity of purpose.
grapes
mangos
smoothie - 2 pears, 3 leaves of chard, 1 cup water - DELISH
Indian spinach dip with cuke slices 2X
pesto over tomatoes
I made it through this first day all raw again - by having plenty of only raw food in my house and not shopping for any more.

Day 58 - Well, I have managed to become a daylight person - rather than the vampire woman who works/plays all night and sleeps during the day. I like the morning light and scents. I am boogieing and then will venture out to see what is ripe and calling to me for food today.
danced for 30 minutes
smoothie - 2 pears, 5 leaves chard, agave, 1 T lemon
cooked food salad
cooked food
rejuvelac & colon cleanse herbs
apple/dinosaur kale smoothie


Day 59 - I feel pretty terrific today. Slept very deeply. apple/dino kale smoothie - really tasty cooked food

Day 60 - Slept very heavily. Lots of dreams. Woke kinda foggy. When I quit smoking in 1996 - I did not stop smoking as much as I became a non-smoker. And after reading Gosia's post of Robert's brilliance http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=72329#post72329 , I finally understand where I have been most vulnerable in this journey going raw. I have been thinking I was quitting/giving up cooked food - and of course that is where my focus eventually lead me - to the cooked food. Whereas if I shift my thinking to this : I am becoming a raw food eater - well, that is a whole different slant and focus. I can discover what that means for me - along with boo-boos and slips and mistakes... I certainly did not have a black or white idea about smoking - I had a few cigarettes in my journey to become a non-smoker. So, I can forgive and allow myself a few cooked meals in my journey to become a raw food eater. And know that the journey is a process.. and remain open to new discoveries. And what came up today for me is the idea of simple simple meals, no recipes, no fuss.. just good, ripe food ready to eat. I am going to see what that is about for myself. apple/dino kale smoothie guacamole with chips cooked food

Day 61 - Not much clarity... But I am working on it. Cooked food makes me groggy, very thirsty and crave more cooked food.
grapes
pear/dino kale smoothie
bananas
cooked food
I got a bee in my bonnet that I was doing raw wrong, and that was why I went off it.. and have been pretty wobbly for two weeks now.. I had a chance to hear my thinking when I shared it with one of my sisters and afterwards when my package with carob and coconut arrived from Alissa, I realized I was full of it... I had been doing it just fine, the recipes and delicious food were key to my success.. not wrong at all.. no matter how much of them I ate and no matter that I (only) lost six pounds eating them... rather than gaining weight as I do on that amount of cooked food. I am stunned to see how hard I have been on myself. Perfection breeds intolerance in this case.. so I am beginning with self forgiveness and a fresh start. I will make a shopping list and make some new food today. Now, this feels much better.

Day 62 - Getting back to the food that makes me feel good all the time.
32 oz green smoothie - pear, stalk celery, half cuke, spinach, 1 T raw coconut oil
3 bananas
cooked food
green salad
oxypowder capsules
I watched 'Super Size Me!' - perfect reminder to keep focused as I come back to raw. Ouch - I used to be a fast food woman. Not no more.

Day 63 - Slept as heavily as the food... Second night of Oxypowder. Weird dreams.
32 oz green smoothie - pear, cuke, dino kale, 1 T coconut oil, sunflower sprouts
a few walnuts
cooked food watermelon oxypowder capsules

Day 64 - Going to mainline raw today - nuffs- nuff!! I do not like how I feel on cooked. So.. 32 oz green smoothie - pear, dino kale, sunflower sprouts, celery, agave - yum! pesto over tomatoes black forest brownies cooked food oxypowder capsules

Day 65 - Starting with watermelon today.. major yum. watermelon 32 oz green smoothie - 2 apples, celery, dino kale, agave, 1t Natures First Food (Alissa has been out of stock on her green food awhile) cooked food oxypowder capsules

Day 66 - Slowly doing more and more raw watermelon grapes cooked food oxypowder capsules

Day 67 I am paying for even this lesser amount of cooked food. I really have a hard time imagining how I managed to keep my enthusiasm for life feeling like this all the time. watermelon cooked food green smoothie - pear, kale, agave, sunflower sprouts guacamole 3 ears of corn oxypowder capsules

Day 68 - I am getting there. I can feel the energy to go all raw building. I started doing squats yesterday - I miss dancing so much. Day 7 of the Oxypowder. smoothie - pear, swiss chard, agave, 1/4 avocado salad - tomato, 3/4 avocado, EVOO, salt, ACV, agave, basil cooked food oxypowder capsules 45 minutes dancing!!!!

Day 69 - Today is the day I am all raw again. Going to go get makings for some of my favorite recipes and try a couple more. smoothie - pear, swiss chard, agave, 1/4 avocado (creamy!) guacamole almond, coconut, sesame, date, raisin, honey balls cucumber slices pesto over tomatoes walnut raisin coconut balls tarragon sauce over cucumber & zucchini I took an HCL capsule twice today.

Day 70 - Well, I have a coated tongue... after one day raw. LOL My body loves raw!! I feel pretty perky, too. I can really feel the difference after only one day. Yay!! I have missed this energy.
grapes Pad Thai over zucchini some of yesterday's candy papaya more grapes ear of corn oxypowder with water tomato 60 minutes dancing

Day 71 - Two days toward health and working on the third. Cranky and perky at the same time... smoothie - pear, 2 leaves red chard, celery, cuke, agave, 1 t Natures First Food almonds pesto over tomatoes watermelon walnut date candy almonds ear of corn began to feel sick - went to bed early - no oxypowder

Day 72 - Woke feeling better than ever! Absolutely detox. Got bizzy and found myself buying and eating cooked food. Hmmm.. Wonder what is going on?? Just weak minded? Maybe all this oxypowder has loosened up some old stuff and as it is leaving it stimulates cravings.. either way.. not where I want to be. Gonna have to consider what to do to help myself stay clear. smoothie - pear, red pepper, cuke, dino kale, avocado cooked food granny smith apple Danced for a half hour

Day 73 - Man, today is a new beginning on so many fronts - A new Month - one of my favorites.. and the resurrection of an old idea in new clothing. I am thinking that doing raw six days a week - (five to six smaller meals a day - like three small smoothies and two raw meals), then having a 'free meal' might be a workable compromise for me for the long term.. allowing myself to really experience the benefits of raw - cause that is what my body and I agree on - but giving myself an escape valve.. of a free day or free meal once a week - if I want it. And I also get that I want to be moving my body more than I am now -I did two BFL challenges and loved how strong and capable I felt, so I will slowly work up to that again. grin I just tried raw chocolate and it tastes wonderful to me!! Dark, bitter and somehow friendly. shrug I am going to make a shake with it next.. with almond milk. Smoothie - pear, kale, cuke, cado, honey dehydrated sunflower seeds raw chocolate nibs a couple raw olives cooked food more sunflower seeds, raw chocolate and olives doing the liver flush tonight

Day 74 - finishing up the liver flush and will have a nice smoothie in about two hours... Feeling frisky and fine. Excited to begin this new eating/working out pattern. Going to get almonds to make almond milk into a chocolate smoothie later.. grin apple juice grapes couple bites of a too ripe mango more raw olives raw chocolate tomato & avocado with EVOO, ACV and basil Free Meal lots of water

Day 75 - I am so glad someone else used this one day/meal off method to transition to all raw all the time... I am encouraged and my intuition is validated. Thanks, Boysenberry!! Meanwhile, back at the ranch... I will begin tomorrow. grin smoothie - mango, rejuvelac, agave, dino kale, 1/2 t Natures' First Food (NFF) and water - wow, different and good! couple fistfuls dried bing cherries fistful of raw chocolate nibs free meal

Day 76 - Timmy C posted in answer to my query on the main board and helped me see that I was approaching it from the back end - with Raw Priestess's post about cooked not fitting anymore bringing me some much needed clarity. raw chocolate mangos cooked food Danced 30 min before bed

Day 77 - Big green smoothie with Natures' First Food added sprouted sunflower seeds almonds cooked food dried cherries almonds Still doing Oxypowder all this time.

Day 78 - smoothie - huge greenie - banana, pear, collards, NFF, raw honey cooked food watermelon

Day 79 - green smoothie - almond milk, raw chocolate powder, collard greens, banana, raw honey, avocado cooked food green smoothie - almond milk, banana, raw chocolate powder, raw honey oranges

Day 80 - Big green chocolate smoothie - almond milk, water, chocolate powder, collards, banana, NFF, raw honey, Heaping t of coconut oil cooked food grapes pesto over tomatoes

Day 81 - smoothie - banana, chocolate powder, collards, NFF, coconut oil, agave, almond butter cooked food smoothie - pear, dino kale, chocolate powder, half avocado, agave, half cuke grapes dried cherries almonds grapefruit

Day 82 - Smoothie - almond milk, chocolate powder, dino kale, avocado, agave, ice cubes watermelon blueberries pineapple orange grapes

Day 83 - Horrible, horrible headache - all day grapes smoothie - banana, dino kale,chocolate powder, agave, avocado, water raw chocolate nibs grapes more smoothie blueberries oranges almonds

Day 84 - Day three back all raw Yesterday's headache sucked eggs on toast... blech! I am so glad it has passed. It forcibly reminded me of what I had been doing to my body, and how happy my body was that I have stopped. smoothie - almond milk, dino kale, sunflower sprouts, raw chocolate powder, banana, agave grapes almonds walnuts dried cherries dehydrated sunflower seeds grapefruit only one Oxypowder capsule before bed - going to finish off the bottle with one cap a day

day 85 Still cranky, but getting better in mood and body . grapes smoothie - banana, collard, dates, chocolate powder, raw honey raw chocolate nibs guacamole on cuke slices almonds tarragon sauce over zucchini pasta (made with a cuke instead of a tomato)

Day 86 blackberries blueberries pesto over tomatoes raw chocolate nibs green smoothie - 3 bananas, dino kale, raw honey, coconut oil, rejuvelac oranges

Day 87 and 88 and 89 and 90 - Been having computer/inernet connection woes... I am sorting them out.. Meanwhile, also figured out raw chocolate is not my food... Other may thrive on it.. not me. So... I figure a new picture and a fresh start is what is needed for me.

Day 91 -almonds pesto over tomatoes sliced cucumber with sea salt banana cherries grapes pineapple 45 minutes dancing

Day 92 - almonds tarragon sauce over zucchini gucamole with cuke 2 alfalfa capsules 4 Oxypowder capsules cooked food

Day 93 - I let myself do my 'worst' and get to experience what that gives me.. makes each choice for raw more natural and less stressful. So much of moving to raw is about letting go of the old headset and pattern of meals and the idea of what eating well meant. Today, in the midst of gathering more food at the grocery store, I could hear one of the wonderful posters here in my head - I buy what is available and eat that - oranges are on special, so I bought a dozen... I had a couple meals of those already - and I FEEL the difference in my body. I like how real raw food feels. I don't like how I feel on cooked food - of course smaller amounts of cooked food is less stressful, but I like feeling great.
some cooked food oranges for a couple meals smoothie made with sesame milk, banana, spinach and agave (delish!) bread 50 oz green smoothie - pears, cuke, NFF, MS

Day 94 - Feeling pretty bad - and having more internet connection challenges. bananas almonds walnuts oranges cooked food

Day 95 - Still under the cooked food weather.. got clear that enough is enough. So got some good veggies and am eating berries...
Talk about a 30 day smoothie challenge has gotten some air under my wings.. grin Going for it! grapes
cooked food

Day 96 - smoothie - almond milk, kale, bananas, agave cooked food


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