Thank you for letting me being part of your group 

And you are all doing really well. I like your idea of counting down Jen so we all keep on track. (I will just have to keep going a little longer hopefully months longer!!)

Well my first couple of days back on raw have been interesting, I have been tired a lot, couple of headaches but they were quickly gone with lots of water. I am also feeling much more at ease, calmer, peaceful Oh well I don't have to tell you, you know what I mean.
 
Probably the most interesting things have been that I am very very thirsty  and my skin feels very dry since I started raw. I am hoping my body is cleaning up and this is just one of those things. The last time I was completely (over 95% raw) raw for a couple of months I can't remember any of these small things so I thought it would be interesting to write them down.

So what did I have today:
GS with spinach leaves
2 bananas
cup berries
tsp camu camu powder (for some extra vitamin C)
tbsp of raw choc powder
agave syrup

Lunch: big bag of green grapes, maybe another apple in an hour.

Dinner plans:
guacamole made with
1 avacado
2 tomatoes
1 green onion
garlic
heap of basil leaves (fresh obviously)
Himalyan salt
pepper
Lemonjuice
served on cos lettuce leaves mmmm

I would have loved to have some dehydrated crackers with this but still haven't bought myself a machine, one day....

I was wondering if you guys have any goals for the 60 day raw challenge, I mean staying 60 days raw is pretty amazing by itself but do you want to lose weight, become more aware of what you exactly eat etc??

Anyway my goal is to lose some weight, so I need to keep an eye on the fat (ok tonight is not good with a whole avo but that is a ones a week thing), get back on track but also see how eating raw influences my yoga practice...
I practice 4-5 x a week and really think this makes a difference.

So keen to hear everybody's thought!!

Love eve

I tried to post to this thread earlier - but don't know what happed to it?
I would love to participate in this challenge too please - if you have room
on the boat?

Thanks,
S.

Of course! the more the merrier. Just join in. It's so great that we can all support each other this way. The boat is HUGE and cannot sink.

Melb it's interesting you say that. My face in particular had been red on and off for a little while now. And I've been craving some crackers so it looks like you have provided my answer. I've also developed wrinkles! Really quickly. Hopefully they will plump back out again.

Sharon that happened to me as well the other day. I did this whole long post and previewed it and then went to another thread. It wasn't until I was going back to reread the thread that I found it missing!

xoxoxo

Group hugs on a boat! I love it! Thank you Sharon for wanting to join the challenge! We are lucky to have you...

I'd forgotten about that question too...

I just want to be raw for 60 days. Also to enjoy it as much as possible and get past the emotions that I block with cooked food. Anything else is a bonus.

Even though I woke up full of flu type symptoms this AM they are nearly gone now and I am feeling amazing.

xoxoxo

Hehe, I love group hugs tooo!!!!! 

Carrot cake turned out good - more of a carrot slice because I didn't realise the recipe called for a whole 5 CUPS of carrot pulp, wow that would be a lot of juice for just me    But hey.... cake.... slice... it's all just a means of getting the cashew-lemon frosting to your mouth, right? 

Had a sultana-grape spinach banana green smoothie too.   It was too sweet.  I don't think I'll do that one again, sweet little grapes are mighty powerful on the sugar levels!

Why am I doing this goal of 60 days?  Good question.  Science experiment in many ways... I'd like to see what happens to me.

Physically I have some hopes of better skin & hopefully some weight loss since I need a bit more of that to happen.  Skin is currently pretty good (smooth, 3 blemishes only), so it would be interesting to see if it gets even better... I know the soles of my feet are still dry and flakey which is gross.  Will also see if dietary change helps my stamina/endurance with the walking/jogging I am doing too.

I am most interested in seeing what happens with my energy levels, thought processes and patterns.  I'd love to have that feeling of being able to tackle absolutely anything, with happiness and confidence.  I have been finding this year I'm much more settled when I have thought things through and come to awarenesses of problems, or understanding what stage everyone is at.  Continuing that would be nice.

Oh waterberry - please post the recipe for the carrot slice with the cashew-lemon frosting.
I am drooling just thinking about it - yum double yum!!!

oh oh yes that's me... bugger...

I found some ground flax seed from a company called Ceres Organic that has been sitting in my cupboard for a little while but.... how do you eat it? Do you put it in your GS??

Good to see so many people enthausiastic for the challenge I hope we can keep it up over the next mmm 54 days.
Ohhh and I have a confession I forgot I've still been having 1 latte every morning, funny aye how you are soo busy with food I forgot about that.
Anyway I will downsize to green tea from now on, even though that is also not raw I like having 1 hot drink at work in the morning maybe at the half way mark I will cut it out completely.

Good luck everybody, I am off to bed soooo tired