Hi Viola,

the public health system has so done so much damage and has so much to answer for! everyday innocent people hand over their trust and lives to the so called 'proffesionals' only to be continually screwed over! sorry i am very passionate about this! my darling mother has had 6 children (all in hospital) and has had some pretty traumatic expriences because of it.

She was in labour with me for 36hrs! i got stuck coming out and went into foetal distress the doctor wouldnt answer his pager (playing golf!), I died and had to be resussitated, both of us should be dead, its only through the grace of God that we arent. It was so terrible and such proffesional neglect that the following day a nurse came into my mums room and told her that there would be no record of the entire event recorded (my birth certificate says 8 hr labour). My mum was too young, nieve, thankful to be alive and utterly exhausted to have taken the matter further. Disgusting!!

When she had my twin sisters she went full term (very impressive) we had to spent 5 weeks in adelaide though waiting for her to have them! lol....she was forced to have an induced labour (desperately wanted to go into labour naturally, far less painfull) while in hospital they were monitoring the twins heart beats and decided that they could only hear one. they then informed her that they needed to drill a hole into one of the babys heads. Mum tried to refuse but they insisted that it was essential they do it and promised her that the baby wouldnt be able to feel it! well at one stage they accidentally drilled into her instead! the unbelievable excrusiating pain! i have never met someone with a pain thresshold as high as my mums so if she is in pain you know it must hurt! so i could only image the traumatic pain felt by my little sis. Afterwards they realised that there was nothing wrong and that they actually didnt need to screw anything into anyone, both hearts were just beating at the exact same time!
she also had similar experiences with breast feeding as you viola, the nurses insisted that she had to feed them at the same time on each nipple and where so forceful, rude and pushy. when she had one of my brothers one of the nurses told her that she was a horrible mother blah blah blah. my mum by the way is the most beautiful, caring, kind women you will ever meet! i will never understand how someone can get into the health care profession and just have no people skills at all, ITS NOT THAT HARD TO BE CARING AND NICE!!!

sorry about the long post, what i was trying to get at was to let you know that you really are not alone with your pain. i know it is easier said than done but try to focus on what you have now, your darling beautiful children, and not what might of been.

im sure you do, but never forget to make the most of everyday and tell those you love everyday how special they are.

much love and healing power being sent your way.

leif
peace xx

hey RGG, thanks for the lettuce/celery tip! don't think i have been eating any less but by taking the time to rap them in lettuce definitely slows down the process.

Im loving the world tonight for no other reason than im feeling giddy happy and i strongly believe this world of ours needs a little smothering with love sometimes.... so kisses and hugs to everyone!!!!

well i am officially 1 week 100% woohoo! i really cant believe how easy it has been this time round, no cravings not temptations no nothing! just a whole lot of beautiful, life enriching RAW food!!

I went to the market on friday, since i moved much further away from the city at the beginning of this year i just havnt been able to get there nearly as often as i would like. but friday i went and i felt like i was home...its just the most lovely relaxing place and to be surrounded by all that delicious fruit and veg! lovely. Anyway, I was on a mission this time....to find mangoes!!! AND I DID!!!!! admittingly they were $6 each (brought two) and they were the most delicious $12 i have eaten in a long time.
bring on the summer i say!!

leif
peace xx

May- thanks, and hello to you too

today has been another wonderful RAW day, was feeling much better than yesterday enjoyed a delightful walk to the train station, there's a beautiful tree along the way, covered with red flowers, with bright red and green parrots busy having their breakfast of nectar. stood and watched them for a while, would have loved to have climbed the tree and sat in the branches enjoying the morning with them but had 4 hours sitting in a lecture theatre instead oh well, think i might pay them a visit on the week end though 

still going strong raw, had a couple of delicous big juices of pineapple, orange, apple and celery..mmm and a lovely big salad for tea. stoped off and brought some medjool dates on the way home....AARRRGGGHHH they are one of my big weakness!!! i love them sooooooo much!!! cant stop eating them!! (not much fun later)... there are some things i just never learn from 

much raw love

leif
peace

hey travis,

sounds like you are doing a great job! totally know what you mean though about having a little cooked here, then a little there, then before you know it you've eaten the whole freakin candy store!! why do we do it to ourselves? 

i find that 100% overnight worked best for me, that way the lines dont get blurry and if i dont taste it in the first place i dont really want it. Dont beat yourself up over the last few weeks, i have fallen off the wagon more times then i care to count in the past, as all the beautiful people here say, 'just dont forget to get back on'. 

keep enjoying this amazing, magical journey through life and RAW.

leif
peace

this is such a fantastic idea, with so many exciting possibilities!!! im just dissapointed that i am leaving adelaide in 2 months and wont be around to witness its growth, but will definitely drop in whenever im back!

leif
peace

hey envirovegchick,

welcome to the forum, i am only actively new here myself, although had been looking through the forum for a few months, like you it felt the right time and i can guarantee that the people here are beautiful (inside and out) and are so supportive. You sound like you have already overcome many of the obstacles faced with going raw so life can only get better

100% all the way!!

leif xx
peace

Awww thankyou berrybliss, you have no idea how much i really needed that hug!!! it really did just brighten my day 

rawgreengoddess- thanks for coming to my journal, i feel so lucky to have such powerful raw people around me, knowing how much everyone supports each other on this forum has made raw this time round so much more easier and enjoyable being able to share everything.

rawbrilliance- it was my pleasure bringing you back on a trip down memory lane.. i totally agree with what you say about the tourists, my favourite shop is the handorf candle makers, the most beautiful handmade candles with incredible scents and colours, when they burn they separte in the centre and curls and bends creating the most amazing shapes (ok that was a terrible explaination ). for all those candle lovers like myself they have a website which you can customise your own scents and colours (or buy as is) http://www.candleshop.com.au/


was my first day back at uni today (long boring day  ), feeling a little down today, think it was perphaps a bit of detox? feeling like i had a bit of a head cold all day and a shocking headache! (not good sitting in a lecture theatre for 3 hours trying to listen to physics and such) then an hour on train 

BUT.............got home tonight and (drum roll please)........my brand new Vitalmax Oscar 900 had arrived!!!!!!!! YAY  hehe very excited, been wanting one for ages then a couple of weeks ago at 3am in the morning (i couldnt sleep) i thought enough is enough and spent the $500 and just ordered one. I tend to be very compulsive sometimes when i cant sleep 

anyway 3 days 100% raw today, apart from feeling crappy, im feeling great!!..lol
as i said before it feels so much easier and right this time round, im in a much greater headspace and the support im getting from this site is amazing.

thankyou everyone, love you all

"feels like I am being a bit romantic!  with myself!"

haha shells, that made me burst out laughing while sitting in the computer room at uni! oops.
i dont bother with biting of the green bits first just pop the whole thing in my mouth and starting enjoying the beautiful strawberry blissfullness.
get a little extra greenage while im at it also, you can never have too many greens 

hey shells,

just wanted to stop by and spread the raw love, am actually about to start reading your journal from the beginning but like all good books i sometimes like to peak at the last page first  and figured while i was here i might as well say hi

fruit is good, i devoured an entire pineapple today whipped up in the foodprocessor, was all airated and frothy, just like mousse only better cos its RAW!! 

peace

hey zaia,

isnt that just the most exciting future to think of?!!!, where raw is not the exception but the norm!!! amazing things can happen through raw (as you know) so lets wait and see in 10years time, until then i suppose its like you said salad, salad and more salad!! hehe

peace

haha, yes dragonfly_emi, everyone else sat around holding their stomachs for the rest of the afternoon while i took the 4 youngest kids for a delightful walk through handorf enjoying the beautiful sunshine, also went into a cute little toyshop there which also have a fairy cave you can walk through, have ALWAYS wanted to go through it (I have a HUGE love of fairies) so we all went on a magical adventure together! haha i am such a kid at heart! in no way am i your typical 22 year old.

had the best day ever because im alive and am privileged to know the truth about raw when so many people on this glorious planet of ours don't. am finally making strong, affirmative steps in the right direction and am excited and giddy about my future because of it!!!

thanks everyone for leaving me such encouraging messages its so exciting this journey, I am sitting here with a huge grin on my face feeling the support from everyone.

shells- glad im not the only one who goes crazy when they go home to visit parents! its most definitely suppression of emotions.

garfield- so true what you said about the key to success, thanks

BB- i meant what i said, you are a true inspiration, and thankyou for your offer of friendship and experience, will be taking you up on that

Was my nanna's 70th birthday yesterday and the whole family are over in adelaide, went up to handorf in the adelaide hills (one of my favourite little towns) the drive up there was so beautiful through the hills, oh i just love the beautiful trees, rolling hills and GREEN (yes, bad drought back on my parents farm), there just arent words to describe how beautful it is up there. anyway back to my story, there would have been about 30 family members there, it was a buffet style meal so while the rest of the family was 'getting their money's worth' on greasy, disgusting body destroying food, I found the fruit platter and piled my plate full of bananas, apples, strawberries etc etc. Everyone kept commeting about my '$30 fruit platter', i wasnt fussed as i blissfully peeled and devoured my bananas and popped strawberries. 

about to take my little brother and sisters down to the park, shall spend the rest of the afternoon swing on swings, one of my favourite pass times, feels like im flying!!!

love to all

leif
peace

thanks girls for the lovely words of encouragement, i truely do feel the love and happy, welcoming vibes resonating from this site through my computer screen and giving me warm fuzzys   

i have been away from the internet for the past week visiting my family at our farm so havnt been able to get back to this site. but im back now so will be around much more.

had a wonderful time at home, spending time with my beautiful family. was getting up at 6am to go for an hour run each morning which is just the most beautiful way to start my day, our two dogs would run along side me, rodger (our rooster) waking everyone up with his *-a-doodle-dooing  and all the birds in the trees singing their magical morning songs, aahh life is beautiful. yesterday i was running and this huge grey kangaroo jumped out from the bushes and was literally hopping right along side of me as i ran, he had no fear at all, it was so special and his powerful body so graceful and controlled. thats what i want my body to be like (not to look like a kangaroo  ) but to be so finely tuned and powerful and strong.

anyway in regards to my raw venture, i always find it so hard when i go home, its like letting a kid lose in a candy store, im so much more controlled when i am living by myself, it all stems from my VERY bad relationship with food (which is for another post).

but now i am back and determined keep walking forwards in this journey.

kylie
peace 

Hi all,

I think i have introduced myself here months ago but i always seem to keep falling off the wagon and forgetting to get back on again. 
Today though has been somewhat of a revelation and I have finally decided that it is the first day of the rest of my life and i have every intention to squeeze and devour absolutely every morsal i can out of this gift of life i have been given.

I have been reading and researching everything that i can about rawfood for quite a while now and have absolutely no doubt that it is 100% right for me. One of the things i have been struggling with is the lack of support from friends and family (not that they dont care they simply dont understand) so after months of searching through this site thought it was about time to become an active member and take that next step towards 100% commitment to 100% raw.

i will write a longer post later but just wanted to introduce myself.
There ive done it, there's no turning back now......feed me raw and watch me GROW!!!!

peace