thanks princessbee!  thanks for the support... yeah i'm just riding it out and loving the fact that the stuff is coming *out* of my face rather than staying *in*.    i also think i'm going to try drinking some kombucha tea to help my tummy... i just realized i also stopped drinking that around the time my tummy problems flared up... live and learn, right?  hehe i feel like some kind of a science experiment!!

eleaire

hehe i thought it was a straw broom too 

eleaire

i love the idea of karma here in a technological manifestation -- wonderful!!

sending good (spiritual) karma to all,
eleaire

hi all--

i've also had relatively mild detox, also probably attributable to a raw-ish vegetarian diet to begin with -- but mouth sores were definitely something i experienced!!  they are gone now (although my face is positively covered in red bumps now -- eww!) so i hope they will vanish for you as well.  i found it hard to eat acidic fruits and veggies (tomatoes, citrus, pineapple) while they were in my mouth, so perhaps avoiding them will help.  if biting the sores becomes a big problem (and we do have to do a lot of chewing, don't we??) then perhaps non-acidic smoothies would be a good choice.

hang in there!!

eleaire

hi emi,

thanks for the hello!!  yeah i'm not giving up yet -- just hanging in there.  in a way i guess i'm sort of excited (although i wish my tummy would calm down, lol) ... i haven't had a whole lot of 'detox' yet but i know i've got a lot of toxins to unload!  i'll stay strong!

eleaire

p.s. i love dragonflies -- great name!!

hi jjelf and lesbc!  thanks for the warm welcome!!!  jjelf, i love your hair -- i was just reading about your hair experiences in the other thread, and you look truly lovely.  i wish i had the face to pull that look off, but i think my head is not the right shape (and my ears -- well let's just say that i've been called an elf myself because they are rather pointy!)  lesbc, hehe no i am not a southie... i'm from new york originally, i just go to school in boston.  i can do the accent pretty well by now though, after four years here!  are you from boston?

smiles,
eleaire

hi hikergirl!

i live in boston (well cambridge to be exact) but i'll be living in DC in the coming fall.  i go to school in cambridge and will be graduating in a few weeks.  glad to meet a fellow new englander!  whereabout are you located?

eleaire

hi everyone!

just wanted to poke my head in to say hello and how are you...  i absolutely love the vibe on these boards and it makes me wish i were an aussie too!  sadly i'm american, stranded up here in boston, finishing my degree, and beginning the raw journey!  i've been popping in and out for a while now and just wanted to be less of a lurker.  i've posted a few questions in the "Raw FAQ" section of the site, and i do hope to post more on here!!  i'm just starting out (it's day 22 high-raw for me) so i have heaps to learn and would love to learn from you!!

hugs from up north,
eleaire

Hi everybody!

I've been lurking on these boards for a little while now, and decided to step out of the woodwork and introduce myself, as well as asking a few questions.  I'm 22, about to graduate from college, and will begin studying for my PhD next year.  I've been high-raw for a little over three weeks now (since I'm at uni it's often hard to eat all-raw in the dining halls) and recently one or two issues have cropped up for me.

Eating raw has been mostly great -- I feel good, sleep well, have toned up a bit (not much weight to lose but I definitely feel more streamlined), and previous digestive issues were much better when I was eating raw food.  Yet in the past couple of days I've had a sudden flare-up of digestive problems (tummy ache, bloating, etc.) and my face has absolutely ERUPTED in little red spots -- and I almost never get acne!!

I'm not really sure what can be causing these sudden issues (around day 20 or so of high-raw), since I haven't changed much in the past few days and if anything am eating higher raw and better "combined" than before!  The only thing I can really think of is that I introduced green smoothies a few days ago, and LOVED them, but think I may have overdone the 'greens' portion a bit.  Is this just detox?  From what I've read that would explain the spots, but I can't understand the sudden tummy problems.  I've cut out nuts, did a short fast to give my system a rest, and have been more vigilant about food combining than ever before... what else could be going on?

Thanks so much in advance for your help -- the positive personalities and great community on here are just amazing, and I'm so excited to be able to 'join' this raw community, even if I (miles away in foggy Boston) am literally on the other side of the globe!!

Big raw hugs,
Eleaire