Hello, my name is Deborah & I'm new here. I'm looking forward to all the positive effects I experienced when I was raw vegan once before. Now I'm totally committed to be raw vegan for life. I'm looking for a little support/raw friends. I garden, collect vintage greeting cards, make stained glass, paint roses, make polymer clay roses, & do other types of art. Right now I'm collecting baby shoes, rattles & teething rings for an anti-abortion art display I'm going to do. My weight today is 266.5 & I plan on posting my weight loss once a month as I proceed on my journey to not just good health, but great health!. RAWLION, I am learning from you & other's & I appreciate everyone's posts. Blessings to all.

Welcome, Deborah. I hope you find the community that you are searching for here. There are some wonderful people on this forum. I'm looking forward to reading about your experiences on your new raw food journey. Please keep us posted.

Mona
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I never imagined that the greatest achievement of my life would be peace of mind.

Thanks Mona, I'm enjoying reading the different topics. Just like some of the others, I'm learning as I go along. Will keep you posted.

So I've been slipping up & eating some pretty bad cooked food. I'm not worried though, I'll just switch to having steamed vegetables when I want some hot food. Sometimes just a cup of hot herb tea works. So I'll stick to the fruits, veggies, juices (mostly green), smoothies & other raw foods until my diet is all raw or almost raw. For me, it's not so much a race to the finish line, but that I get there & in a reasonable & healthy way/time.

Well, I've actually been craving okra, brussel sprouts & green beans. Keeping the green juices flowing. Starting exercise today. I'll start with 30 minutes & gradually increase the duration & style of exercise as I go along. I'm trying to make exercise a 5 day a week habit.

Hello! Welcome!!!! How are things going?!?! I wanted to tell you that there are many reports and studies from individuals who feel doing 100% for 1 full week gets rod of all cravings and wants! I'm not sure if this is true or not, but it is said that it is harder to transition to 100% from mostly raw and still se cooked then it is to jump in full force!! The same thing I've heard from many who go raw, do really well for a while and then when they fall off, it's harder to go raw again!
I hope you are still doing well and loving your new life! Let us know how you are!

Much peace and love!!!
EarthAngel
Xoxo

I've heard that, too, EarthAngel. Haven't tried it for myself though.

I struggled through cravings, too, Raw Artist. It's all in my diary if you want to read about my experience. I think we each handle them a bit differently. My was was to delay, delay, delay until the next meal which I knew was raw. Eventually, the cravings left. Let us know how you handle your cravings. We can learn from it.

All my best,

Mona
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In daily practice, reflect on the benefits of love, compassion and kindness, then reflect on the disadvantages of anger. Such continuous contemplation, the growing appreciation of love, has the effect of reducing our inclination towards hatred and increasing our respect for love. By this means even anger can be diminished.--The Dalai Lama

Thanks for your advice earthangel. I'm still juicing & eating raw & still losing weight. My energy level is good, & I'm still using my treadmill daily. Mixing up my forms of exercise because I do get bored easily. I like to pop in a movie dvd while exercising. I've been doing some yard work lately, but the pollen here in Ga is pretty difficult to stand. Wishing you all the best. Peace

Thanks Mona. I looked at your diary and I appreciate your honesty & you sharing your helpful tips & experiences with us. I'll have to check back in more often. Your diary has so much to read!! Things are good with me right now, though I am incredibly busy. Also, I am thinking of trying to do a little volunteer work . Maybe just 1 day at a food pantry or something. It would be nice to help out. Take care & blessings to you.

Hi Raw artist,
I read that your from Georgia. I'm in Augusta, Ga. Good to have someone near that is interested in raw food. I saw you said you are busy and I hope you are doing well.

It's interesting to see that there are more people interested in healthy eating than there used to be. When I first started studying about raw foods and health about 15 years ago it was not mainstream at all, at least not here in Ga., but now there are several people at work that are into green smoothies and eating more fruits and veggies.

This Dr. Oz seems to be making an impact, though I don't know much about him.

I saw some raw okra at the grocery store that looked so delish that I had to get it. I marinated it over night and it was so crispy and good the next day.

Hope I see you around. Take care.

Hi lvi rose. It's nice to hear from you. I went to Augusta one time to buy a sulpher crested cockatoo. The area I was in was pretty rural & quiet. Nice place. All is going well here. I think that maybe 1 reason more people are interested in raw food/health, is because the "baby boomers" are feeling the results of the SAD diet. Just my thought on it. How did you marinate your okra? I would like to try that. Do you have space to plant a garden? Okra is very easy to grow. I'm going to the chiropractor this friday. It's been years since I've made an app't, but this guy seems to know what he is doing. He's also into corrective care, not the quick fix that so many other chiro's are doing. See you later. Take care.

Hi Deb, how did your chiro visit go? I hope you are doing well. No, I don't have any place to garden. Do you?
I put olive oil, lemon, garlic, cayenne pepper flakes, and some sea salt on the okra and refrigerated overnight. I agree, the baby boomers are feeling the effects of the SAD diet.
Wishing you the very best in your health quest.

Deborah, I was just rereading your diary from the beginning and I saw that you are a stained glass artist. One of my hearts desire is to learn staining glass.I don't want to take up too much of your diary space, but I would like to talk about this some more with you.
Much blessing to you.

Hi lvi rose, Oh my gosh! To describe my chiro experienc in one word I would have to say painful! That's just the way it is for right now though. As things progress & the muscles get retrained ,it will be less painful. Thanks for the raw okra recipie. Sounds tasty. I'll have to make some. As far as the stained glass, I haven't taken any classes or anything. I just learned from books & youtube. Recently, I've been painting roses (trying to get better) & we are preparing to have a yard sale. Blessings to you & yours. Bye for now.

right on ! You are doing great! the key to success is accepting that you have never failed, as this is an ongoing experience. I ate cooked food on and off when I felt weak during my first year a little bit. I just picked myself up, dusted myself off and kept going. The only way I could of failed was if I told myself I failed. I have made it to the place where I don't ever want cooked food again!! Why would I ever want to feel horrible and lethargic again?!

smoothies and juice! good job!

Hi, everyone. I'm still mostly raw and I 'm finding it easier to have all raw days now. Yeah!! I just don't seem to crave the steamed vegetables any more. I'm down to eating a meal of that once a week now. Today is the day I have decided to go all raw. This is a big deal to me, as I really didn't feel comfortable when trying 100% raw before. My taste buds have been telling me that all of the cooked food sucks. I've been ejoying lots of melons and cherries lately and saturday I will buy some figs from a neighbor down the road. My husband saw their little sign while he was out. I'm still longing to get on a piece of property and grow our own foods. Wish the housing market was better for sellers. Oh yea, the weight is still comming off easily & what a delicious way to go about it! Wishing a humongously beautiful day to you all!

Hi everyone, I'm just popping in for a moment to say the raw foods diet & my exercise is still going well. Also, I have really been feeling a hunger to draw closer to God recently. I've been a christian since I was 11 yrs old but this strong hunger/need/desire to feel the fire of God on me is of such an intensity that I don't really know how to say it. I haven't felt like this before. I'm just sharing because I 'm an honest person. If anyone would like to comment on this, I am open to all & I'll respect your thoughts/beliefs even if they differ from mine. We all have to start some place. Thanks for reading. Peace

Raw Artist,

What a personal thing to admit about your spiritual walk and I'm surprised more people haven't commented. I wish I felt that strong yearning you described in September because the times I have felt it, it's a powerful and humbling feeling. I hope you are continuing your walk with God and drawing closer and closer to His warmth and love

Ray

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