I sit here tonight with a cup of warm raw cacao, in frigid Maine, with a sense of accomplishment looking back at the last 14 days. It’s been a journey with this raw food challenge through mind, body, and soul. I’m sure it will take a couple months to really come to a good conclusion and decide how this will affect my life. I’ve been interested in living a raw food lifestyle for sometime now, but wasn’t sure how or where to begin. I chose this particular challenge for cleansing purposes, as an elimination diet to check for food sensitivities and also for the goal setting desire to accomplish a difficult task. It does feel quite amazing to complete it without caving in or giving up. I’m not a very competitive person with others, but maybe so with my self. The question is what have I learned from this?
Top Ten things I learned from the 14 Day Raw Food Challenge:
1. I now understand what it is like to be on a “diet”.
2. I appreciate that I do not promote diets and instead (more…)

So rereading my last 5 posts about this Raw Challenge I’ve realized that maybe the content isn’t too exciting to my readers, or that moms or moms to be may not be so interested in my challenges, but more so how I can help you with your’s. So let’s talk a little about what this raw food challenge really means. It’s about cleansing and detoxifying, to rid the body of toxins and chemicals absorbed from food, water, body products and the air you breathe. Cleansing your body is very important for good health. It is also extremely beneficial for someone thinking about becoming pregnant or that has been struggling to conceive. Toxic overload can cause many common ailments. Things like fatigue, headaches, (more…)