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30-Day Raw Food Detox Challenge, Pre-Detox Day 2

September 30, 2009 By 1 Comment

Okay folks….so today is Wednesday, September 30th, but this post is about Tuesday, September 29th. It's taking me more than a minute to figure out the online video thing, but I'm getting there.

Yesterday wasn't too horrible. I made a green smoothie with beet stalks, spinach, carrot, banana, 1 stalk of celery, fresh peaches and agave nectar. There is no rhyme or reason to my smoothies – I just put in what seems good at the moment. My smoothies however are anywhere but "smooth". I bought a cheap replacement blender when our Oster gave out on us. I want a Blendtec but they're pricey so we decided that in the meantime and in-between time we'll get something "cheap". Well cheap it is. When drinking my "smoothies" I'm still chewing on carrots, pieces of fruit and stray bits of veggie leaves. Fun experience let me tell ya.

Anyway, I noticed that while out yesterday I didn't have enough snacks so I ended up snacking on some granola (forgot to mention that in the video!). Not horrible, but because I am out so much with my kids I need to over prepare because I can no longer snack on the granola snacks, pretzels or tortilla chips I usually pack. I always pack fruit and baby carrots, but now I'll need to do more of this plus a little extra.

As promised, I want to share with you the link to my friend Reeshemah Holmes' Facebook site. She is also doing a 30 day raw food challenge (not detox with herbs like me….although eating raw does prompt natural detoxification) and she's doing a great job. Today is day 6 for her and it was from her that I decided to follow her lead and journal my progress via video….ultimate accountability that's for sure.

That's it for now. I feel like I'm getting better with the whole video thing, so hopefully you'll receive today's video TODAY. Take care folks!

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30-Day Raw Food Detox Challenge, Pre-Detox Day 1

September 29, 2009 By 3 Comments

Yesterday (9/28/09 – took me forever to figure this video thing out!) marked day 1 of my pre-detox for the 30-day raw food challenge I am embarking upon. Last year hubby and I completed a 3-week raw food detox using detox kits from Dherbs.com. It was a good detox, but I admit that we were not 100% raw. This time I plan to go one week beyond the required three weeks for the detox and maintain 100% raw status the entire 30 days.

Why am I doing this? Mainly to improve my overall health. I have some concerns that I feel eating healthier foods and cleansing my body of toxins will positively address. I'll share those concerns with you in another video, but for now I'd like to share this first video with you….but BE WARNED…

We are a REAL family and you can tell that we are truly video virgins when it comes to recording and posting on the web. I kept holding products up right in front of my mouth so you couldn't see me; my cameraman/son kept wiggling all over the place so he couldn't keep the camera steady (I even said something to him while recording) and he was laughing and talking here and there; my assistant/daughter was skipping through the kitchen in the background and at one point leapt in front of the camera so all you see is this arm flying and at the very end my goofball husband makes his appearance. By the end of 30+ days we should have our act together, but for now, this is us. Enjoy.

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P.S. I am STILL trying to figure out how to use the VideoPad Editor to make the video a bit more "creative", but I got tired of foolin' with it and have lessons to finish so here's just the plain basics.

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Let’s Try This Again

September 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Okay, talk about an absence. I literally just disappeared and abandoned my blog. I apologize to anyone who was reading and then I got quiet on you. Life happens you know? Between being a wife, mother, teachermom (I homeschool) and trying to find some kind of delicate and meaningful balance between who I am to me, who I am to my family and who I am spiritually – my early midlife "celebration" has been in full swing these past several months. But hey, as Celie said in The Color Purple, "I'm here!"

How've you all been? How has life been treating you? I hope for everyone reading this that you are experiencing abundance in all areas of your life.

As for me, I am blessed. I have days when I feel like I'm losing my mind and I'm ready to hop on a bus with a one-way ticket to "Anywhere but here", but those are just weak moments and we all have them. I love my life and my family and anywhere but here would be nothing without them.

So, here's what's new with me. I am going to try my very best to stay on top of this blog. It's not easy, but I think I need this as much as there might be someone out there who needs to hear what I have to say. So it works both ways.

I am about to embark upon a health-related journey that I plan to document and post via video – whoa, I'm moving up in the world! It is going to be a raw food journey that I take for 30 days and then I'll see where that takes me beyond there. I'll explain more in the videos, but this journey is to improve my overall health. There are many benefits to consuming a high to 100% raw diet so I'm going to take on a 30-day challenge.

Look for my first video entry from me either today or tomorrow – and in advance please excuse the quality of my videos in case they are wiggly or my head gets cut off or something like that….my cameraman is 8 and my assistant (who will likely be in a video here and there because she loves an audience) is 4. 

I'm glad to be reconnecting with everyone and look forward to sharing this journey with you.

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