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…)

I’m still here, and haven’t fallen off the band wagon, yet! There wasn’t much to report for days 9 and 10. Still continued to have energy, no issues whatsoever. My desire towards a raw food lifestyle continuing to increase. Then came day 11. The morning started out fine with yet another delicious smoothie. I had leftover raw chili for lunch and another smoothie mid-day. I had 6 massages to give and by the afternoon felt I needed some more fat and protein. I forgot to bring any kind of snack mix, nuts, and my coconut butter too. I felt lost without those. The cravings began! In particular for something sweet. Typically with sugar cravings it is usually a nutrient deficiency.
The 5 most common causes for sugar cravings:
1. Dehydration
2. Protein imbalance
3. Complex carbohydrate imbalance
4. Exhaustion
5. Lack of (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…)

I woke up a new person this morning! I’m excited to say I’m back to feeling like myself. I was hungry when I woke up, but not grumpy or irritable like I’d been the last two days. I made a delicious smoothie that filled me up nicely and gave me a huge boost of energy. I also added some superfoods to give me some more nourishment. I added Blue-Green Algae, Revitaphi and a little hemp protein powder. I had tons of energy afterward and even did my regular exercise. I felt calm and connected. My husband was cooking his delicious homemade spaghetti all day which was mouth watering just with the smell alone. (Oh yeah, he gave in after dinner on Day 4. I can’t blame him, he did lose 15lbs!) But I held strong and truly enjoyed my blended raw soup for dinner. I know that a lot of what I was going through yesterday was detox, physically and emotionally. This is extremely challenging, and I’m learning so much about myself and my inner strength. Though I still won’t commit to 100% Raw, I will certainly be incorporating a lot more meals into my diet. One more full day of blended foods and then I get a full raw meal on Tuesday, Yeah!!!