YEEEHAAAAA!  Awesome MW! You must be feeling soooo good, with all these successful WD's, and your(nearly) 1 month raw. YOU ROCK! 
Talk next week, have a good one,

Carm
xoxo

Oh that's just GREAT mw! Your happy vibe is just radiating off my screen today! Enjoy your fast.
xoxo

lol, sounds a bit like Mike from Monsters Inc...i feel like i have been showered in happy points already today so if I don't win yours I'll still manage to get through the day!

Good luck with your WD tomorrow!

xoxo

Hi MW! I wonder if your red navels are the same as blood oranges we get here. yum for sure.
Glad to hear your last couple of WD's have been positive for you, that's really exciting - 5lbs and 4lbs respectively - be proud!

Ratatouille is one of those kiddies movies i would be happy to watch over and over, but sadly the kids are a bit frightened by it. Lachie was waking up during the night crying that the 'white man' (the nasty chef dude) was trying to get him and he was running away! It's been a few months since they've seen it, so I think it's time to try again.

We have been well. I have not been listening to myself lately and have found I don't feel the greatest, so yesterday set myself a little challenge to help get back on the path to wonderful health again. Will update at a later stage. Take care and have fun!
xoxo

I'm a fan of pumpkin myself, so here's a recipe i hope you can enjoy too.

PUMPKIN SOUP
(courtesy of my local naturopath)

6 cups pumpkin, cubed
1 purple onion
1 clove garlic
1tsp ginger
1/2 cup fresh herbs eg coriander/parsley
1 cup cashew or almond pieces soaked
1tsp salt
1tsp tamari
4tsp vegetable stock powder
water to cover ingredients in blender

Add a bit of coconut milk for a creamy type soup

Obviously omit anything you choose not to eat eg tamari, salt, stock powder.

This is pretty tasty.
Happy eating!
xoxo

Hey MW, nice to hear from you again. So glad to hear you are feeling better (and lighter  )Funny, you can always make me laugh  TMI sure, but you got a giggle out of it so that was great, and I got a giggle out of it too, so it couldn't be all that bad!!
I really like your idea of not eating at all during those times that you would normally binge....I find I am awesome during the day, then dinner time comes and my eating is certainly not ideal. Are your family happy with that arrangement? They don't miss you at meal times? I have been such a grazer over the past couple of weeks that i never sit down to a meal with anyone anymore.
I have just been introduced to an absolutely divine juice - i have one every morning:

1 medium beetroot
handful of basil leaves
1 lime, peeled
1/2 red capsicum
2 pears

wow it just revs me up, really gets me inspired to get things done and be organised during the day. SUPER JUICE YEE-HAA!

Look forward to hearing more of how you are going.
 

Helloooooooo!

Popping all around the place tonight, wanted to send my love to you too oh Goddess of Greenness... hehe!

Be good and have fun!
xoxoxo

OMG YOU FUNNY LADY!   
That is too cute fang
Just popping in, haven't forgotten about you. Wanted to say hi and hope you are well. Judging by your posts you feel well. Good for you! 

Have to fly!
xoxoxo

Oh, and I thank you for this reminder too
xoxo

Meta, I could sit here and quote you all night, but these 2 are ones that particularly stood out to me, especially the first. When I read your posts, it's like I have written them myself. I feel that we are having the same challenges thrown at us. We will come out on top! Reading your journal has given me inspiriation. I have already started a private journal, which I thoroughly enjoy writing in (You mentioned how you thought about that idea). I now have some fresh ideas of goals *and more* to help me on my path.

Thankyou, much love
 
CarmieJ

Hey precious Jen. Caught me lurking in the shadows huh?! lol. I'm doing ok. Alot of 'stuff' going on inside me at the moment. Can't bring myself to post much at all until I pull myself through it. I am very teary at present. Why would things that make our heart happy make us cry? I'm feeling the love on this site, and am crying as I read nearly every post. I could ramble on forever, but won't. It's wonderful to see/feel your renewed energy. I love it. It surprised me that you find it difficult to do Neet's first step - you are amazing!
I must go, take care precious one!

 

LOL 

THAT IS SOOOOO FUNNY!   

I was actually thinking as i wrote that, that I was just following others, and had no actual confirmation of whether it was or wasn't, and how funny it would be if it wasn't your birthday....and there you go...I was right - it IS funny 
But still have a nice day huh precious? *more giggles*

Beautiful Neet, wishing you the happiest of birthdays hon!
I'm hoping that this day is going to be all about you - no work, just Sweet Neet and her loved ones, doing whatever YOU wish to be doing.
Have a special day darling.

 

hi all, hope eveyone has had a lovely day. My day has been nice enough. I have been feeling very very off again today - I am putting it down to the 'not quite raw' cereal and/or the soy milk. The only cooked thing in the cereal would be the rolled quinoa - i assume it's cooked anyway...
Well I am seeing a pattern to my eating - a pattern which I decided a little while ago would help family matters..I eat 99% raw during the day, cooked at dinner time. The reason I chose to do this was to take pressure off myself in the kitchen with all the different meals i seem to be making for everyone. I am finding though that I am not really enjoying it, nor does it seem to be making a difference. Family life is better, but it has nothing to do with what I have/have not been doing in the kitchen.
6 days ago when I had my 'Day 1', my 'new beginning', I decided to go back to all raw, however, I have not stuck with that. I know I have the strength in me, and I remember how great I felt 100%.
I know exactly what I need to do, to allow myself to feel my best, to look my best and to be my best. I just have to put it into action.

It is all good! - I often find myself writing alot more in my journal than I originally intend to. Thoughts and feelings just seem to flow through my fingers into what i type.  Oops doesn't look like tat makes sense... 
So no more declarations of day 1, or day 85 or whatever, just going to go with the flow, practice my wonderful breathing techniques more regularly during the day, to connect to me, to love me and to honour me.
I want to make a positive difference to the lives of everyone I come across - to people I know and love; to people I walk past in the street, or talk to on the phone.


Frang - I LOVE your photo! You are so radiant, you look amazing! I will try your salad dressing recipe for sure -- I just made some onion bread you posted the recipe for in your journal. I think I will love it - i was really off today so tastes and such were all weird. Stef loved it. Another raw winner with the little munchkin!

RGG - nice to hear from you - I've been doing a lot of looking but not much in the way of posting lately. I will take your advice re eating the cereal/heavier things at night. Oh, and I read about your melon belly - I scoffed a melon today as I was sooo hungry, and yes, you guessed it - my poor tummy didn't like it.
My poor sweet body keeps screaming at me - giving me all these signals that i just ignore.... got to start listening...

Love to everyone!