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17 years ago
Mona
271. Re: new phase
I fasted on Friday (yesterday) instead of Thursday because I still had too much fruit in the house Thursday and didn’t want it to go bad by Saturday (today). I also prepped myself this time by not eating any fatty foods on Thur such as seeds, nuts or avocados. So I ate only fruit and some mild lettuce. I checked on Fitday.com and I was at 6% fat. This is really low for me. One of my recent
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 17 years ago
Mona
272. Re: new phase
The fast yesterday was much easier than last week. I still got a really bad headache from it. Thursday is still the best fasting day for me. I have too much fruit on Monday in the house to wait until Tuesday to eat it.
At the beginning of the week I had cravings for Mexican food. I made raw tortillas for the first time, burritos with walnuts and other recipes. I don’t normally use recip
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 17 years ago
Mona
Bryan, you have explained exactly what I'm going through. Now I understand why after I have my green smoothy I want to eat handfuls of nuts. I love green smoothies, but would like to be satiated. After eating the nuts, I just feel awful. There might be emotional eating problems going on, too.
I never heard of a green smoothie fast. I wouldn't think it's a real fast because there's food in
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
274. Re: Pictures of you!
I'm going to return to the topic of the pictures. I think they look great. It gives me hope that one day, I might again gain weight. I can't stand photos of me right now. I look like an AIDS patient because I'm so thin. But I came into being raw due to illness. So I have a lot of toxins to get rid of before my body will be clean enough to put on more weight. From what I'm experiencing, this
Forum: Meeting Place 17 years ago
Mona
275. Re: new phase
I fasted yesterday and haven't broke it yet. I feel really weak right now. It was hard to keep from eating yesterday. I wanted to eat all day. I'm thinking of changing my fasting day to Monday or Wednesday. I'm not at home all day and it's easier to fast when I'm not around my fridge.
I lost 4 lbs on this short fast. Wed I weighed 109, this morning I weighed 105. I really hate being th
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 17 years ago
Mona
276. Re: new phase
I had a hard time fasting on Thursday. I wanted to eat. It was like an addiction. I kept thinking, "Oh, I can do this next week. What does it matter anyway? I'm putting myself through this. I don't really have to fast. This was my bright idea. No one's forcing me to fast."
Then I remembered how I'm tired of suffering with itchiness, of old mucus in my sinuses that won't go a
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 17 years ago
Mona
277. Re: new phase
This week I tried a week long mucus cleansing regime as proposed in "Survival in the 21th Century." It said to "expect worms, putrefactive strings, solid particals, stones and/or ropes of mucus unimaginable in size." Well, I didn't get any of that. OK, I got out some mucus, but not as much as I had hoped for. Perhaps it's because I've been raw for 2 1/2 years. It also sai
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 17 years ago
Mona
278. new phase
I have been thinking for quite some time to fast one day a week. I decided to go ahead to speed up my detox. It will take me 10 more years to detox the way I'm going now. That's only because I have so many decades of bad dieting behind me.
My first fast was last week. I chose Thursday to fast because I usually don't have any obligations Thursdays and Fridays so I can rest. I felt very w
Forum: Raw Diary - Your Personal Experience 17 years ago
Mona
Great site. How long have you been a fruitarian? How long did it take to notice developing muscle? Just curious. I would love to gain some muscle because I'm so bony. I don't need huge muscles, just a little. You're really inspiring.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
I plan on visiting Boston is April. Maybe we can get together.
Mona
Forum: Meeting Place 17 years ago
Mona
Great site!
My hubby grew up in Okinawa and we always take our shoes off. We have inside shoes and outside shoes.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
282. Re: I just de-aged!
What is E3Live?
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
283. lettuce
I'm growing lettuce in a box outside and the leaves are curling. The plants don't seem to grow very large either. I live in the tropics and that may have something to do with it. I have no place in my house for plants. It's the rainy season and we get lots of rain and humidity right now. Any suggestions?
Forum: Sprouting and Organic Gardening 17 years ago
Mona
Thank you, dream earth. I appreciate the links. I'm looking forward to the potluck. Hope to see you there!
Forum: Meeting Place 17 years ago
Mona
285. Fourth of July
For those of you in the States celebrating the 4th of July, what are you planning on serving? This comes up because my husband is talking about having a BBQ. Since I don't eat the same as he does I was thinking of some fruit and then a large green salad. I was wondering if anyone might have a special dish or menu that you might willing to share with us.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
I'm going to be in Berkeley for a couple of weeks in Aug. Are there any raw food activities happening during that time? Any good raw restaurants there? I would love to meet other raw foodists, too. Please feel free to email me.
Forum: Meeting Place 17 years ago
Mona
I eat the cashew fruit when they're in season. There are trees down the street from me that I harvested this year. I like the taste of the fruit in my smoothies. They're sweet and have a wonderful unusual flavor that I really don't know how to discribe. I have about 30-40 cashew nuts in shells at my house that I haven't done anything with yet. I'm not sure how to get the nut out of the shell
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
288. Re: Getting in Shape
You are an inspiration. Thank you.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
289. Re: favorite sprouts
Thanks everyone. I appreciate the info and help.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
290. Re: favorite sprouts
Thanks for the great ideas. They all sound really good.
Chickory: I'll look for the book. Thanks for the suggestion. I tried sprouting fenugreek that I bought from the local Indian market, but they got squishy. I think it might have been processed for grinding and cooking. Oh, well. It smelled great.
EmilyS: Sunflower greens? Did you plant them and eat the greens? You mean the sm
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
291. favorite sprouts
I'm just getting into sprouting and was wondering what your favorite sprouts were.
So far I've only tried kamut, quinoa, sunflower seeds, and flax seeds. Out of those I like kamut and sunflower seeds the best. Quinoa doesn't have much of a taste and is more like filler,imo. I like flax sprouts but am still having a hard time sprouting them. I've tried various things, but without much luck
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
Wow! Great thread. Thanks for starting it, Vegangoddess.
I was thinking about getting raw cacao when I was in the States last month, but my gut said no. I'm really sensitive to caffeine and really don't want to eat anything that's not optimal right now. I was also unsure about the health benefits it would offer.
Raw cacao may be great for some especially during the early stages of transit
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
293. Re: work outs
HI Luna,
I practice a mixture of yoga and ballet exercises regularly and go to the gym once a week. What do you do?
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 17 years ago
Mona
I have some seeds that are raw according to the packages. But when I tried to sprout them, it didn't work. One was pumkin seeds from Trader Joes, another was sunflower seeds both from Trader Joes and other brands. Does that make a difference? They go bad after a day and change color. Also, I have seseme seeds that are supposed to be raw that didn't sprout. All these are shelled and ready t
Forum: Sprouting and Organic Gardening 18 years ago
Mona
Here's an interesting article on lactic acid.
www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/health/nutrition/16run.html
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 18 years ago
Mona
Oneris,
Thank you for clearifying that for me. Living Foods for Optimum Health looks like a good book. Will add it to my wish list and check it out.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 18 years ago
Mona
HI GeneticPromise,
Thank you for the terrific answers to my questions. It's great to have you on board.
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 18 years ago
Mona
I would love to hear more of your story. How did you begin your raw journey? How long have you been raw? What do you eat most of? How did your diet change over the years? What changes did your body go through? Did you get really thin at first and then after healing gain? What kept you motivated? I'm sure there's a lot more questions, but I'll start with those for now.
Although I've been r
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 18 years ago
Mona
WimC, I'm glad you brought this up. I've lost what I feel is too much weight. I was told to try eating more sprouts which would build tissue, so I'm now in the process of sprouting. I hope it works.
Oneris, would you mind expanding on combining foods well? I'm just curious to see if there's something I could be combining wrong. It's highly possible. I'm eating way too much fat, I'm sur
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