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On my list today are a bag of tangerines, tahini, lemon, garlic, and avocado. I have also kiwi fruits too. I did eat some cereal and soy for breakfast.

My skin is looking really good I have to say and my sleep is great. I have been listening to some holosync meditation music on my ipod and also some beautiful piano/water and whale music before I nod off. It really is very relaxing indeed.

I just wish there were more hours in the day, everyone's problem I think !

Cheers, Franny

PS Nearly two weeks without biting my nails !

 

Today i have had 4 tangerines, sunflower seeds, tahini, 2 bran crumpets, wheat free cereal, soy milk and yoghourt. Oh well...am about to eat two kiwis.  I am really craving something in the savoury Margherita pizza area..but don't know what my raw alternatives are....I really have to focus 'cos I am losing it a bit..
Franny x

Later on I had an apricot bar and home made bread ( 2 slices ) and beans.

I have fewer cravings lately, but often I am craving a savoury, cheese/tomato/garlic/pizza  type taste...other than tomato and garlic, what could you recommend to fullfil this raw desire ?

Thanks heaps, Franny x

Ok so this is not strictly a RAW food topic, but more of a general wellbeing, feeling good about yourself topic.


How about writing down any great self-help books you've read to recommend to others..I am always looking for good books in the library and I take other people's opinions seriously.

If you've found a book that you really don't like and wish to share then please let the readers know your reasons...one man's trash etc etc !!!

My suggestion for today is ' You can do it ' by Paul Hanna. An Australian motivational speaker, whose work is also on audiobook ( great for when you're in the car on the way to work ). His tone is friendly and affable. The title says it all !

Franny x

So the rest of the day panned out alright really. I ate melon and ginger, also some mushrooms, capsicum, onion, but also a bit of cheese and a small bread roll. Tea time we had rice onions tofu and peanuts. Oh I also had some strawberries and apple.I am sure I ate way too much today.

The naturopath said I needed to eat some warming food ( read cooked ) and gave me a list of herbal mix to take. I really liked her, she didn't try to push anything only told me what my irridologist reading and my questionnaire suggested. I will take a fair few of her ideas on board, but my focus is to get to be raw, regardless of her ' warming food ' suggestion.

Oh it's a long row to hoe, but I can do this...

Good night, Franny.

PS I hope I don't dream about eating the psychiatrists couch again tonight !  

I look forward to reading your continued journal. Love your writing, you have lots of entertaining great stuff to say.
Franny x

Oh I did stuff up. My husband took me out for tea and I ate sensibly and partly raw but I had a desert too. I have to say I wanted to do it though, we hardly ever go out, my parents babysat, it was great to be alone for a change and he is going away very soon so I didn't want to be a sook about it. He chose a place with really high quality food, not fried stuff or anything, and I did enjoy  it, every mouthful...so I'll leave it there.

This morning I have had, pepitas, sunflower seeds, sultanas, dates and apricots with a splash of soy milk. Also my warm water and lemon. I feel better mentally, though I am clagged up inside and desperately need a ' clean out'. I shall hunt for the Chinese herb tea my friend told me about that is like a tea-colonic...I think it would help a bit.

Anyway, my nails are looking great, I have no urge to bite them at all.

I also went to the naturopath last night, but I will write more on that later when I have a little more time. I am at work right now and should be working !!!

Oh I did sleep like a log and had the weirdest dreams about being on the psychiatrists couch ! Not sure what was going on there...LOL !

Franny x

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I love the sultana, almond ( love that crunch ), chopped date, chopped banana and walnut combo.

Aaaaaaaaaagh delicious !

Franny :D  

Thankyou thankyou thankyou !!! Though I feel I don't deserve it as we had morning tea at work today and I let myself down. However I only had my fruit for lunch, and I was great at breakfast.

I know I can do this, writing this blog really is the best way to keep me on the stright and narrow. I feel like I have let myself down when I stuff up and then having to write and 'confess' really does make me think twice.

It might not seem like it but I have made great improvements over the last couple of weeks and I do have something positive to aim for. I can do this...please keep reading and I will demonstrate this.

I just love this site. It is so friendly and fun as well as highly informative. Thanks heaps !

Franny  :jumprope:

When I got into bed last night...I had pains in my stomach like period pains. I know what it was, I knew it wasn't period pains, I knew it was because of my downfall that day...I guess I could have predicted it.

Still 'tis Monday morning now and I have had strawberries, kiwi fruit and apples so far. In my lunch bag I have melon, oranges and kiwis.

I began with my lemon and warm water cleansing drink and am back on track. I have often read that people notice changes so early and I am still 'gobsmacked' to have become one of those people. My skin on my face has become as soft as silk and I still haven't bitten my nails after over a week. I am so amazed that for some reason I have no inclination to do it..maybe after 33 years I am finally going to have hands that don't look like an absolute mess.

My jeans feel most comfortable this morning too !
Yes yes yes yes yes !!!
Franny

It's not that I ate chocolate, it's not that I even ate anything too bad for me, but it was cooked. When you have guests and your husband cooks, you simply can't refuse. So I will just leave the rest of the day as fairly blank. Suffice to say I ate too much and not raw !

Back on the wagon,
Franny xx

11.00 am Sunday and I am well. So far I have had 1/2 a honeydew melon, a tangerine and a brown english muffin ( that my daughter refused after I had made it for her ) with tahini. Water and dandelion.

Just going for a shower, before it gets even later.
F

To die for, I can't eat it often enough.

Chickpeas ( soaked and sprouted )
Olive oil ( best quality )
Organic lemons
Garlic
Tahini

Carrot sticks to dip.

I haven't given quantities as you squish and pulverise all in the blender to your taste. This tastes so good !

Franny xx :jumprope:  

I realised after breaking my third tooth on a toffee and walking round like a blocked underground drainage system that I'd been killing myself for too long.

Seeing that I weighed only a few kilograms less than I did just prior to having my baby caused me humiliation and horror.

Puffing and panting to just carry my daughter from one place to the next, feeling like a great lard bottom when I thought I should be in my prime was the penultimate nail in my chubby flubby coffin.

But most of all, seeing one after another of my friends and family, of all ages 5-70, acquire cancer, and some of whom went on to die, finally woke me up. There was something I could do, I didn't have to be a statistic and there was no way my daughter was going to be one either..it was then and only then, that I knew.

RAW was what I needed...I am a believer..raw is my religion,

Praise be to carrots !

Hi Lou,
Great to hear from you. I simply love living in Tasmania. I am an expat English girl, and am I glad we moved out here. We love by the estuary on a small farm and everyday I am thankful for that.

I have heard about a Chinese herbal tea that clears you out. My friend said she would give me some. Until I am able to get to Hobart to the colonic therapist piers mentioned I will use the tea. I am in the north of the stae and haven't found one any nearer than Hobart, so maybe in my work holidays I will take a trip.

Glad to hear your experiences are positive. Cheers,
Franny xx