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I had off today...one of the last Fridays left in the summer...and it was such a great day so far!!! I woke up early and went to Bikram at 9:30, Then I walked across the street to the Union Square Farmers Market and walked around and bought so many amazing greens. I just love the farmers market. Then I came home and did laundry and made a huge green smoothie and now here I am! It just warms me up to know that my fridge is filled with delicious assorted and random greens...Mmmm.

Hey all. I'm doing fine. Still raw. Kinda getting discouraged in some ways. I feel like I'm not eating nearly enough calories. I just can't seem to eat enough. And I'm being more active...I started doing Bikram, and I've never done anything that physically demanding, I don't think. Well the next two days I may not do Bikram or even go to the gym because of previous commitments so at least I'll be burning less calories. I never thought I'd say that...but I really want to do this the healthy way a… Continue

I made a chocolate chip cookie! I found the recipe on goneraw.com. Unfortunately it is made with nearly all flax seeds so I have a feeling that's a no-no on the 80/10/10 diet....so I just ate a little...it's good, though. Then, for tomorrow night, I picked up some stuff to make zucchini pasta with marinara sauce. Yikes. Wish me luck. I have no idea how I'm supposed to do any of this buuuut I guess we'll see what happens!

I am having stomach problems tonight for the first time...think it's from… Continue

Well, that's a complete exaggeration on my part. However. Man! I just feel really really really dissatisfied. I'm not hungry, but I am...wanting, for lack of a better way to put it. I really want to eat!!! And now I'm trying not to devour quite as many nuts...and trust me, I've had quite a few nuts already today, including a (delicious) Larabar. I'm reading about 80/10/10 and I want to try it but...this is ALREADY getting so difficult!! I just don't know if I can cut out even more foods. Even as… Continue

Wow, I just watched Part 2 of Karen Knowler's interviews and I'm so glad I did. I watched these months ago but they mean something different to me now that I'm doing the completely raw diet. And the way she described feeling...that is exactly how I felt today. I didn't really understand it and it wasn't SO strong or anything but then again, I just started a few days ago. I've talked in a couple of posts about the food issues I've had so I assumed it had to do with that...I guess it is kind of co… Continue