Oh my gosh..that's great Taylor! Yeah for Taylor and her new pretty MEDIUM size sundress!!

I love Hawthorne area..it has this really cool Essential Oil shop called Escential and that's where I bought my roll on perfume of Dragons' Blood and China Rain..loved it.

It also gave me the idea of doing an online shop of essential oils, custom roll ons, and my handmade soaps.

Love,
Prism

thanks gals.i love the hawthorne area too Prism.there was bands on the streets playing music and everyone was out cause it was a warm eveing.so wonderful.the hubby and i put in raised beds today and i got a big huge box of free bulbs from the sidewalk out in front of someones house.they ahd cleaned out the bed.so i came home and worked with hubby in the yard.he got the raised beds in.we are getting ready for spring planting. i also planted lettuce.i need to get onion sets too.i walked with the lttle boys and chased them all over the park and we had a nice day.i had kiwis for dinner.they were wonderful.i got the best book.it is rawsome recipes.-it has mangoes and papyas and banana's all sliced in the bottom of a pie pan-for the crust.then a nut/date filling to pour over the sliced fruit crust.then put pecan halfs over the top.i think if i wanted some-i would just chop up nuts instead of putting a ton of nut halfs on top.to cut calories.there is some really pretty good desserts.so gotta not go into those too much.have a happy evening everyone.hugs taylor

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Hey girl that sounds good...the pie thingy...you are doing so great...keep up the good work!!! very happy for you!!
love sachelle
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hey just stopping by to say hello and check up on you...hope all is well in your neck of the woods...take care
love sachelle
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Where's my lovley skinny minny Taylor hehe

xoxo,
Starfruit

starfruit-how very funny.my grandma use to call me skinny minny(back in the days when i was skinny).well-finally i am home.whew.well-good news. sears was having quite the sale and i got a pr of size 16 jeans and "THEY FIT"/i could not believe it.i have not been in th size 18's long.i also got 15/16's for the next step..they were so cheap.i got some shirts too.well-i walked alot today and i did the 3 mile walking dvd.i probably walked 6 miles today.so fun. i ate slimfast/juice for breakfast and lunch was a raw lasagna-it was so good that i ate half the pan.then i had a few apples for dinner and thru out the afternoon.and my water.hugs everyone. i have been missing u all. taylor

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hey there...i thought you fell off the earth haha...just playin but i have msised you too...i wondered where you have been!! congrats on the jeans....and congrats on the walking today...hmm i used to love slim fast..i had to be on it when i was little like 4 and drank it through a baby bottle it was my treat for having to be on it...getting it through the baby bottle aww how weird..but anyways..don't have long just wanted to say hi to everyone and check up on my girls
love ya
sachelle
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Glad you are sooing so well my dear. Missed you too.

xoxo,
Starfruit

Hey hun...haha sorry i stopped texting i ran and put my phone in the car and left it to charge and forgot i was in the middle of texting lol...i got worried about the dead battery sign haha...
well take care today
love sachelle
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Oh that's so great Taylor..you are in my size now..we need to get to size 12..my goal.

I feel bad though..too much stress on me lately..have been eating junk..even chocolate candy..this is bad.

The neighbors are too much for me..I'm giving up..giving in..I want to move..

Oh Sachelle..my son on spring break..lost his phone..in a bar of course. So, had to call and cancel that phone..get new phone ordered. Good thing we had insurance on it..but still that's $50.00 for new phone.

I'd move..but I'm broke..if I don't get in childcare I'm going to go CRAZY!

See..too much streSS.

Love,
Prism

hi love hope all is well today...take care...sorry this is short my eyes are half open LITERALLY they are soooo tired...
love ya lots
me
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prism i know aren't phone's outrageous for things haha i think they are only there to scam us when something is genuienly wrong ...oh well what do you do?

i hear ya Prism.my son lost his cell phone overboard in the water.he is an alaskan fisherman.he had to repalce it but we were upset cause we finally had a steady phone number to call him at.well,he ended up getting the same number.so all was well.well-i walked and walked yesterday. so today...back at it. i can not trust hubby to be with me to walk or to even do the exercise dvd.he said he would and then comes home so tired. last nite i fixed him mashed potatoes with cheese in them and oatmeal patties with a garbanzo gravy and a salad.i had some of my raw bread and dipped it in a hummus.then i had a plate of raw veggies.today i hope i can be home and no one come s over. i am tired.my girl came over yesterday and the little boys were so horrid.i don't know what gets into them.anyway-i don't think they are so naughty when i have them here.then poor hubby comes home and here the grown kids and grandkids come again.i was fixing dinner for hubby and he was like"oh no! they are here again".we love them all very much but we need a tiny bit of time to do the things we have to do.we watched casino royale-it was the only james bond movie i ever liked.borat was something else.well-hugs to everyone.taylor

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hey girl awesome job today!!! you are doing great.....keep it up...hey i have a few questions for ya...i was wondering how the slim fast thing was working and how it works???? i know it is not raw and you have been having it once or twice a day cuz you know the cals and stuff....so you are like 50 and 75 percent raw now how aro u feeling??? you seem to be doing really well still like you are still feeling good and energetic and what not......so i was wondering how you feel with it and if you plan on staying with it...or if you are going to go back to 100% raw when you are at your goal weight or what??? i am just really interested cuz my nutrionist wants me to get some more kcals in and i want to stay 100% really don't want to go down to 50 or 75% by eating it once or twice you know...only because of my diabetes...i am doing really well with the insulin and everything with 100% now....and it is steady and controlled....but i am really interested in hearing how you are doing and what the plan is so i can copy it haha....you are doing so amazing and so well i guess i just wanted to pick your brain on this whole thing for a little more insight!!!
thanks hun.....love ya
sachelle
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Sounds like you are right on track..and when you get into size 12 I'm going to be jealous..that's where I got to on raw foods, then gained back 30 lbs..yuck!

What does hubby think of your new body and attitude? I hope he will comea 'round to your way. Have you fixed him a green smoothie ever?

I really like them. I had a couple now that have spincach, alfalfa sprouts, banana, frozen blueberries, and some juice. I drink about 20 oz at a time. I like them so much I'm going to have them in morn and eve. really helps out with the energy level.

Love,
Prism

Hey there just checking in...hope you are having a wonderful day and have a wonderful evening..i am sure you are hanging with your hubby!!
love ya
sachelle
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hi gals.well! i plan on being raw...once i loose.i don't really like it.i like being raw better.oh-i don't do the slimfast but once a day.usually in the morning.then i have a salad for lunch...or some apples.then for dinner-i had my bread one nite and some hummus i had made.i am mixed up cause i want to loose weight and want to center on that.then on the other hand-the deep greens like kale which i love-i too strong for my system.i need to juice them i think.i don't agree with the sweeteners the raw foodist use.i could agree with blue agvae.but i think blackstrap molasses is so good for u.like in a couple of tsp.or maybe tblsp.is 345 mg. of calcium.i also like raw honey.some books use that and some no.i don't like all the high fats of this diet.i tend to eat one of my raw cookies for nuts and the fats in it.just one or 2.all the recipes have so much nuts.the soups and the breads and the desserts and the cauliflower made to be like mashed potaotes.today i had my slimfast.then for lunch i am having the cauliflower(mashed with no nuts)i just don't believe all the nuts are good for me and weight loss.so i think i need to motivate self to do green smoothies and not eat harsh greens that stick in my gutts and don't digest easily.i do eat banana's and tahnini for breakfast alot. i love that.i think for the first time in my life-i am growing strong fingernails.think it is the calcium in the tahini.i seem to be stuck right now at this weight. i don't like cooked foods at all now.i am trying to keep my calories at 1000 a day,even though i am warned not to for too long.i don't know why not?u can eat alot with the amount of cals.i want to do low fat raw and it is sort of hard to do. i don't know why. but the slimfast is quick for the morning.i hope sachelle that u can get situated too. i love raw and the idea of it.i think i jumped into raw too fast-not knowing how hard it is.to eat out and to go somewhere and to shop and to just prepare stuff.then all the hard stuff for my system.so yeah-astute of u to ask and to realize .i am having a trouble with motivtion now and i think if i had a more clear line of knowing i was doing a certain prescribed weight loss,i would feel better.like say the cabbage soup diet.hugs and let me know how u are.i am heading to your journal right now to see.hugs and prsim.gal,don't be jealous.lets do it.sisters in sweat-exercising and loosing.hugs taylor

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Hey girl....i know where you are coming from...my scale hasn't budged al week i am soo depressed...i just feel so frustrated....i have been thinking of going 75% raw like you...you seem to be doing great and i am sure the weight will start coming off....yeah going out and stuff is difficult i do have problems every once in a while where i want something else but i just have a salad....or i don't go out...alcohol is a bigger one too...i am used to going out with friends to the club and bar and having a drink or two but now i am sober sally (what i used to call others in a loving jokingly way haha) so i understand where you are coming from in this situation......it is tough... i don't know what i am going to do haha...i am sticking to 100% raw since that is what i have done from the beginning but i am wondering if i need to be less raw and more of something vegan so that i can get in my kcals...and then i know from my relapse hour a few weeks back even vegan makes me sick so i was thinking maybe the liquid cooked won't you know??? hmm i will have to think about this...thank you so much for all the info and you are doing amazing...you have come so far...i am so proud of you!
love sachelle
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well-i have been trying to figure a routine.i need to look up the cals in beet juice,carrot and apple juice compared to slimfast.alot of days i run out of here and i do not have time to juice.i grab slimfast and drink it going down the road.then at my daughters all day-i eat fruit she has there or i throw apples in my bag to take.then home and have a salad or soup...sometimes popcorn(air-popped).today i exercised-3 miles of walking and then the kickboxing dvd.boy-it is some kind of work-out.PRISM-WE WON'T BE JEALOUS-WE WILL BE SISTERS IN SWEAT.WORKING TOWARD OUR GOAL.YEAH~right!! hugs everyone.i know i do not feel good the days i don't get exercise.i love raw.totally love it.i get messed up cause i don't know enough and there is so much to know.like the slimfast has b-12 and all the vitamins.i worry i don't know enough to be raw.the flax seed and the omega's and the different ideas on raw and then some say eat fish oil supplements and hemp and this and that.then the high calories of figs and dates and all that is major in this diet. but i do not feel good eating creepy stuff.so i just have to sit and look thru my books and do it.thank u sach for making me think about what the problem is.hugs taylor

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Oh girl you are amazing...i think you are sooo sweet and so special!!! you are such an inspiration i think you are doing fantastic!!!!
i just can't say it enough....you are truly an amazing person!!!!
hmmm yeah it is interesting with all the vitamins and stuff they say to worry about but then they say don't worry that you ar getting everything you need if you are eating raw so i never know....so i am trying to just listen to my body eat what it wants and then that is it haha....lately i have been eating so much kale...lots and lots...i love it..remember when you went through that phase at the beginning???
anyways girl keep it up and take care
love sachelle
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i love kale...i love all the greens like mustard greens but cooked. the other way sticks in my body forever.i don't know why.anyway-oh today we have a free day. it is a surprise.i had my raw bread with tahini on it and some molasses.and roma.one little bun.probably 300 cals. that is enough.then today i am messing about in my kitchen.making some patties for the man and me.then we are going shopping.should be fun.hugs and thanks sachelle.taylor

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Hi there darlin...well as long as you know how your body acts and what to do ...sounds like you have had a good day so far...have fun with your hubby and shopping get a new shirt or something for your shrinking body ....hmm what kind of patties arey ou make with what?? i am sure they will be great...take care and talk with you soon!
love sachelle
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Well you are doing just fine Taylor and don't worry we all transition in our own ways..learning as we go. Also our bodies change on the raw foods, and what worked the first 6 months, quits working and that's when you have to readjust which can make us falter sometimes.

It's all a learning curve..with raw foods, learning to work my camcorder, how to date all over again, even pumping gas..sheesh..all this technology..can make one nuts! Raw nuts that is.

Ok..sisters in size 12 jeans..that's us!

Love,
Prism

hey gals...you two are sooo cute sisters in size 12 haha...keep up the amazing work....have a wonderful rest of the day..
love sachelle
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hi gals.ok prism...we are sisters in sweat...heading to a size 12. i started the cabbage soup diet today.ok-i do eat some cooked soup.today is all the fruit u want.i will eat raw. and here and there some soup.then day 2 is the soup and all the veggies u want. i will do the grated raw rice cauliflower and use the raw wraps and such.mix the things i have learned from the raw food community.Prism...u are right..it is a learning curve.thank u so for those words!! very wise.hubby will eat vegan and vegetarian as it is how he was raised.even though-wow!! like his breakfasts are wild.he put pancakes on the plate with tons of butter and gooey eggs and chops it all up together and pour syrup all over it and slurps it up.man!! make s me so sick.if we go out to eat...oh man!! i can not watch.the day 3 of cabbage soup diet is the cabbage soup and then any fruits and veggies all day.day 4 is bananas-up to 6 and fat free milk. i could do rice milk or for that matter "banana milk"-kill 2 birds with one sotne.and the soup.day 5 gets tricky-i don't know what to do on that day-it is all the soup but it is meat. so i will maybe do sprouts all day or some beans?? i don't know.then day 6 is more meat.beef and maters but i can do the zucchini noodles and my own raw tomatoe sauce to keep with the program . i think dieting-i need some kind of structure.does that make sense?i love the greens smoothies.i got a pr. of 36$ jeans for 10$ and a cute shirt.for 3.60$ from kohls.sort of a good sale-80% off of clothes.got to get hubby off to work and exercise. hugs to you all...have a great day.taylor

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Hi taylor....you are doing so good on raw only why are you adding other diets in the mix hun??? i am not trying to be mean but i am concerned...i am a little scared for you...they say that some people develop an obsession with weight loss from raw and you are doing so good and losing you are almost to your goal weight like what 10 pounds...an dnow you are going on the cabbage soup diet??? i have done this before...it was invented for heart patients to lose fast and a lot of weight for a surgery...but the weight comes back if you odn't stick to the cabbage soup...even if you eat healthy....i have the diet here at my house haha i did it before my brother did it for wrestling...but you are soo close and doing so good....and now you are throwing in fad trendy diets to the mix i hope you know how wonderful you are already doing an dhow fabulous we all think you are!!! don't take this personal i am just worried about you in a loving way i am asking if everything is okay....i am worried (like i was your daughter ) have you read the raw food detox diet by natalie rose...it is a good book...also the live food factor...they will give you some insight to the raw diets and what you can do to alter the raw a little and stick with it whlie losing....well girl i hope all is well with you!!! i love ya and worry that is all...
love sachelle
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That's too funny..'can't watch hubby eating out'! Oh poor guy..he'll come around..when he sees you in those size 12 jeans..he's going to starting thinking he better do something or some young hot guy is going to come steal you away!

Personally..I'd love to have some young hot guy come steal me! Even a hot old guy "Hot" being the operative word.

I might go buy something for spring to wear. I'm feeling pretty good drinking my green smoothies..I'm thinking I might lose some weight because of them. It does crowd out some of the unwanted foods I've been eating.

I know what you mean about structure or routine in your eating patterns..and it does sometimes get harder as you get cleaner and thinner. I think your soup is ok..it's probably a stabilizing item that makes you feel grounded. Often times when I was high raw I'd feel so out there..not foggy or dipsy..but just so light and free..and high..high on raw I guess you could say. Having energy all day is usually a good thing..but sometimes you just want to relax and rest and eating something grounding helps with that.

Love,
Prism

Hey girlie...how was your day??? hope all is well how was your first day on the soup diet?? i know you are doing fantastic!!!!
keep it up
love ya
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hi dearest gals!! well-i love the feeling of raw for sure.the first day of the cabbage diet went very good. i made a healthy soup-i did not have cabbage but lots of kale and i put in broccoli and maters and onions and carrots and cumin and garlic and it was so good and i ate like 3 bowls.it was a fruit day-so i ate fruit(raw)all day.it was in the 30's last nite.so it felt so good to have the soup.then i weighed today and lost one pound.so i am back again at 169 and hopefully heading to get the 160's out of the way.tomorrow is i can eat all the fruits and veggies i want. i think the thing i worry about with raw is the nuts that is so not get.when i do eat a small amount-i maintain my weight instead of loosing.i exercise alot -5 miles a day on most days.that is brisk walk.i was full all day yesterday and no hard clumps of undiegested raw foods in my gutts.i think the green smoothies are wonderful.i am going to lean toward those as soon as i get done with this 7 day cabbage diet.then i will go to green smoothies.i worry alot about not getting certain nutrients.i am working on being completely raw/or almost.the day i am suppose to eat beef/tomatoes on the diet...i have my parsnip patties i made from the raw cookbook by juliano.i will use those instead of beef.prism-i can not stand runny eggs.when hubby does things like put runny eggs on top of pancakes and chops it all up and the runny eggs and the sryup are all mixed up and dripping-i can not look. it is not my hubby-it is the runny creepy eggs.oh man!! makes me ishy just to write about it.he loves his cooking.man!now i usually cook it all for him but on th weekends cause i usually have the little boys-he cooks. i ususally get up at 2-3a.m. every day to get him breakfast and lunch and get him off to work.but weekends-he gets in the kitchen and about burns down the house.if i was making his breakfast-nothing would be so burned-it wud be browned cause he likes it but not like he does-sheer black.lordy!i told him YOu are a crazy man!! he said"got to keep it interesting"...ok!! he does that.oh yeah-he does tha runny egg-pancake thing when we eat out too.agh..i have never liked eggs.my mom use to cook them and they would be all runny and she would dab her toast in the center.oh man!! got to stop writing about eggs.have a great day everyone.taylor

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haha you are too cute....hmm runny eggs...yeah most of my family eats them.....but i am not too interested either.....well i am glad you are doing well with your cabbage soup i was worried about you trying out all these fad diets cuz i love you so muhc...but as long as you are doing well then more power to you!!!
have a great day
love sachelle
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hi sach.well-doing good on my csd.i feel better. i am eating more simple raw.today is banana day.wheee!! also i hav elost 5 pounds in 3 days...with hardly any exercising. i walked at the mall yesterday and walked alot with the little boys but not my normal walks where i go for miles and miles and i have lost but been so full.i watch some show on vh1-of the willamina model agency...it has me captured.well-this one sort of ballsy gal works there and ws being forceful to this new young model and he decided to go back home and they had to all go to her state and suck up to her to get her back.she did not know they were all coming to her house.so here is the young gal-so skinny.she comes in from the store with tons fo candy and chips.she told them she will not quit eating her "foods" and she has lost 3 pounds eating that crap.thats why i have a problem with what my body is like. eat air and water and do not loose. hubby is eating 1000 cals a meal and maintaining and he just sits at a desk all day. i walk miles and barely loose. so this csd is being really helpful. i am nourishing myself but loosing to beat the band.yay!!my sz. 16 jeans should be really loose by my b.d.hugs taylor

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