Somedays all you need is a bit of perspective and a face mask!  Honestly!!!!!  Its all it takes to turn a negative into a positive and take life by the horns and throw it around some!

Raw is going well, life is going well, work is going well.... 

Don't have much to say, but just wanted to have a bit of ramble!

But effectively thats still using shampoo and conditioner, I sneeze every time I wash my hair and for about 30 minutes after so I don't want to use any at all!

Last night I made a gorgeous face mask (thanks wookie, it was your papaya and honey one but i added some coconut oil to the mixture) and I had stacks left over so I rubbed that through my hair.  After no poo for a week my hair had been really disgusting and sticking together.  Anyway, after the treatment last night it is now lovely and soft, though a bit greasy from the oil.  Still very very shiney and it smells a dream! Now I just need to work out a method for removing the oil....  I'm sure the universe will let me know!

I am inspired!  I am postive!  I am happy!  All wonderful things, thanks for asking!

Thats sounds really scary RGG, I'm glad you managed to get them to release and that you got some sleep...  Your training this morning sounds inspired though

Much love for you girl!

Hey there Christian....  Do you have a second to literally do what you want, stop, press pause and regather!  Having a 15 minute time out to meditate or do some gentle exercise can put everything back on track!

Sending wonderful happy vibes your way, I'm sure that you are super strong and happy but some days we all just need a boost from elsewhere!

Hugs

J

You are one sexy goddess!!!!!!

Awwwwww, RGG, your coming to Qld, thats so super exciting.

Windosr is just north of the city, and the park is right near the Royal Brisbane hospital....

I'm sure everyone would so love to meet you, so I'm sure I could rearrange the day if you wanted to come my lovely??

Ok, well I've been humming and haarrring about having a raw get together to meet some of the awesome people that I read on this site and I've finally decided to bite the bullet and just organise it and see who turns up.

SO....

When: Sunday 11 January 2009
Where: Downey Park, Windsor.  Its right near the organic markets there on a Sunday morning.  I will head down over my holidays and determine and more accurate location and post back here again!
Time:  10am til whenever everyone leaves!
Please bring: something raw to eat/drink and share.  Picnic gear, chairs maybe...  I'll bring some camping tables and cutlery etc.....

Looking forward to meeting everyone and to a wonderfully raw new years celebration!

J

Hey RGG, you are so right and thank you!  Funnily enough I've had so much support from my family about raw, I think they saw from day 1 that I was happier, healthier and more sparkly.  The things that they berate me for have been more about me not moving to where they live, me taking a while to make decisions about careers.  But I realised that the more I imagine them berating me the more I work myself up, and then when I talk to them as soon as they say anything I get offended.  So who created the situation, me or them....  Well me of course.  Because if I hadn't worried about what they think and was just concentrating on feeling good then I wouldn't have been upset and generally the experience would have gone better!  Sometimes its hard to distinguish the difference between the chicken and the egg, but ultimately only I have control over how I feel, only I can feel better!

Hey Rawconnection, I too have PCOS and I think sometimes its hard for others to imagine how embarrassing it can be.  I know that I have gotten to the point where the lip and chin have to be done weekly.

I did the light therapy from that hairfree place on my upper lip, I found that it did work but I never finished my course of treatments as its a bit spency...  But on reflection it probably would have been cheaper long term.  It is hormonal but seems to work. 

As yet I haven't seen any improvement on raw but then I'm still having a few slip ups so cannot say for certain. 

Keep me posted with your results on raw!

This sounds awesome!  I'm going today to buy some papaya and honey and oil...  though I was thinking coconut oil.

Interestingly, this morning I rubbed my face with lemon pulp because it was feeling oily and I had just finished with the lemon on my hair, and today I have a lovely fresh shiney face!

Thanks for the tip wookie!

Ok, so we have clarified 100%...  Perhaps I should not have used herbal tea as an example.  I'd still like to know if we consider 90% as 90% of calories come from raw or 90% of total food mass comes from raw...  I'm still transitiioning and I still eat some cooked, for a variety of reasons, yes to addiction, laziness (preparing vs eating out), socialisation, peer pressure etc.  So how do I work out what % I am eating??? 

Thanks RGG, I do read your journal, it was more just a general question and didn't think it needed to be so detailled, but I can understand where Rudi is coming from, without specific goals you cannot define what kind of results you will be getting... 

thanks guys

I have a question about 100%...  And this is more from a perspective from a business idea that I have. 

How is 100% defined.  For example, if I only eat 100% raw foods and veges but I drink herbal tea, does that make me not 100% raw.  Is it based on calories?  In which the above example I would be raw, or based on total mass of raw things verses cooked things?  In which case I would not be raw.  If a person was eating all fruit and veges for a week and then had some steamed veges for 1 meal then if it is based on total meals/snacks in a week then this person is now 97% raw.... 

To be 100% raw do you have to use all raw skin products/toothpaste or are these details not included???  How does one define what it is???

So, a new step on the raw food ladder of what I believe to be perfection....  I've started the "no-poo" approach to my hair and not using any body wash or deodorant.  Just found that every morning in my shower I was sneezing despite using all organic natural sulphate free stuff, so I figured it was time to give it away and just go eu-natural...  So I haven't washed my hair since thursday, and I must admit that it doesn't feel all the spectacular just yet, though I have mastered this little top-knot of hair which somewhat hides the grease...  I'm hoping that the worst will come while I'm on christmas holidays and by the time I get back to work I'll be all shiney and gorgeous!
I'm just using a crystal underarm thing that I've had for years and never used, and I am not smelling at all, so thats a blessing

My raw journey is otherwise going along well, though I have been struggling with many feelings of guilt regarding my Christmas decision, I know logically its the right thing to do, but I am no longer feeling good about it.  No actually, correction to that, I feel good about it, but all that keeps on going around in my head is how I am going to deal with the nasty things that my family will say about me and to me down the track.  So effectively I'm having them in my head 3-4 hours a day berate me.  Which clearly isn't ideal.  Anyway, I know its just me needing to get to a good place, and I will do...  The point of this is to stop seperating my energy, but I can feel at the moment that it is more split than ever. 

On a side note, I'm thinking of organising a raw picnic to welcome in the new years...  Which is keeping my mind occupied today!