hey Carmie,i never wear deodrant,only needed it when my ulcerative colitis was really imflammed!!but now my body has healed so beautifully in the last 8 months..almost to perfect health again  now...yayy no deodrant needed wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Good morning all.
It's been an interesting few days for me. There have been a few ups and downs, the downs not so great, but i feel i have learned alot from them.
Funny I was all excited about joining that bananas and greens island week, but when i woke up the next day it just didn't feel like it was for me, so instead i went about my usual daily eatings - starting off with my raw granola mix and then having green juice and apples.
Wednesday night saw me consciously eating chicken, bacon and beg kebabs which i had made for the family. I was interested to see how my body reacted to cooked food, what feelings it stirred up and just how i would 'feel' at the time. I have been i'd say 99.9% raw since i started raw at the end of July. I have only ever dipped my finger in and tasted things I have whipped up for the kids (i do alot of ad hoc? cooking for them). Never more than that.
So, the feeling..it was strange - it felt like, by eating cooked, i have now allowed myself to let go of cooked food. I have always said that if i ever felt like eating cooked food i would - i will always allow myself to do things - not create 'rules', that see me trapped into doing things that were right for me at the time i made the choice, but change down the track. Life is full of change. What works well for you at one time in your life may not work well at another time.
it felt quite surreal eating it - like i had drastically altered something natural, and, while it did taste pretty good, i knew that it couldn't beat eating fresh, raw produce. I felt no attachment to it while eating it.
My body's reaction - well my mouth became very 'ulcerous', i felt physically sick-not very sick, but slightly nauseous. I also felt a bit bloated. It also had changed textures and smells from down below 
So, although now i feel a bit disappointed that i ate cooked, i can see beyond that, and see the positive side, that now i know (even though i knew before?) i am perfectly happy with raw.

I have been flitting through life sice my teen years, floating on the belief that 'whatever happens, happens', i have simply been 'going with the flow', and accepting everything and everyone around me. Although I am happy with the acceptance part, I am now coming into more of an understanding that, by having this mindset, i have been giving my power away, and  allowing external factors to control my life. I'm glad i see this now.
This next few days will all be about goals for me. Determining what my goals in life actually are, and what it is I need to do to acheive them.  Through long term to very short term. I actually feel great power in doing this - I do feel like i am taking control for the first time in a very long time. I think know that maybe definitely in the past i have avoided doing this so if something doesn't turn out well, or happen like i want it to, i don't have any guilt as it was 'what was meant to be'. I haven't had to take ownership of the outcome of anything.

Well that is going to change now. I feel a big shift about to happen. Yeehaaaa!  I shudder to think at how this change will affect not only yelf, but my family also, and wonder, with my new shifted focus, how quickly i/we will be able to acheive the things we have wanted for our family for so long. hmmm...
Better toddle of to get the family organised for what is a very cold, wet and windy spring morning here at Lennox.

  to all

xoxo

often when transitioning you will be drawn to lots of raw fats,as it gives the heavy familiar feeling,that you get after eating a cooked meal,that can often be equated to feeling 'full'....this generally isnt the feeling you will get eating raw food, with med to low raw fat..

when first going to raw,and removing all or some of the cooked food aspects of your life,emotions will arise,emotions you may not be use to feeling...that are usually supressed by the cooked food...and you may find yourself reaching for the raw fats to dull them down a bit,to cope....thats okay...because thats what transitioning for most/some is all about....

some find it easier to go cold turkey from raw...(me personally this has worked well..and prevents further to's and fro's of temptation)...others go high raw and stay with this,til comfortable then naturally go to the next level,without stress or strain....

I had it for the first time this week and loved it! I grated it with cabbage and apple and tossed it in a maple syrup/olive oil/apple cider vinegar dressing...it was YUM!!

Ladies - it is also awesome julienned or grated with a simple red capsicum juice poured over it. 

Must get celeriac at the markets tomozz! Thx ladieeeeez!

xoxoxo

hey Carmie..how did you find that smoothie digested for you?

bought celeriac from Clintons yesterday(Frangi...on st bernards rd Magill...its called organically grown!