tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26735315984949945222024-10-06T22:36:09.961-07:00The Juicy Journey of Conscious Eating, Breathing, and LivingAwesomely Alive!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05942584388018776594noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673531598494994522.post-15901389536080142032009-08-20T11:21:00.000-07:002009-08-20T12:04:58.358-07:00

The raw food journey has been going great. I've not been 100% raw, but no matter - when I want something cooked I've been eating baked fish (salmon and tuna) and steamed veggies. I also had some vegan, gluten-free Amy's soups; I love her soups!What I've realized is that in my attempt to eat as much raw as possible, I have inadvertently cut all dairy and wheat out of my diet, without even thinking

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I've been super productive in the last day or so, whipping up delicious raw food creations - and eating them. :) I've created a raw peachy cherry cobbler, spicy mock pimento cheese spread, and an avacado, mango, and red onion salad. I just went with what I have already on hand, so the 'recipes' are pretty loose. Today was another 100% raw day.Raw Peachy Cherry CobblerThis is all that is left.

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It's been almost a year since my last entry. My parents came to visit last October, I ate poorly, and I continued to eat poorly, drink, smoke cigarettes and gain weight. Everything in me has wanted to start a 'new' blog - to wipe that past failure clean and begin anew. Yet, this time I would like to begin where I am. I always want to start over (hence the moving around so much), forget the past,

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I'm taking the easy way out, I know.My parents are in town (at this very moment!) and I'm still at work, but I've decided to eat regular food and forgo the raw while they are here. They arrived an hour or so ago and will leave on Saturday - Halloween.I haven't seen them in a year and this is the first time they've visited me since I was 23 - thirteen years ago! I really don't want their visit to

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I thought because I have read so many books, have so much information, and have so much excitement for the raw food diet that I would simply dump cooked food without a thought. I mean, I've been studying it for years and I know the benefits, so why not?What I did not take into account were my habits, my addictions, my desires, my emotions, my moods, my body cravings, etc. etc.So, as you know,

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What an amazing week this has been. Just last Sunday, I could not breathe and ended up in Urgent Care. Today I walked for an hour, up steeeeeep hills and didn't have to use my inhaler. Yay! I am so proud.My friend 'A' has found a really beautiful walk around the suburbs of West Asheville. Yesterday was our first go at it. I didn't want to take my inhaler and resisted, but my chest became super

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I love these two youtube videos of Dorit, the founder of the Green Lifestyle Film Festival, talking about health, love, personal power and our planet. Dorit is a raw food chef.

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A great friend of mine who would like to see me succeed has passed along some information.At first I was resistant, because I want to be an 'all natural' girl who gets all her radiant health from the whole, organic foods she eats. Unfortunately, I am seeing that I have A LOT more information to take in about nutrition and a path to follow before I know how to give myself all the vitamins and

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Well, that didn't last long. I am definitely not going to 'beat myself up' over it, just keep walking the forward path...Yesterday was a hard day. I haven't been getting much sleep and this week has been so intense. I quit smoking. I quit caffeine. I quit cooked foods. I started two prescription medicines....it was all a bit much. I was high, high, high....and then I was irritable, grouchy,

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So as you all know, this journey of mine is about breathing - hence the name Raw RESPIRE. I thought I'd take this morning to give a little background on my breathing and my health in general.I was born with asthma. When I was born I was put into an oxygen incubator. It was there right from the start. When I was a baby, my parents found out that I was allergic to eggs and dairy. Dad fed me a

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This morning I woke up craving salt - big time. I must be taking in too much sugar with the fruits and cacao. I love the fact that I'm listening to my body now, instead of just waking up like a zombie and heading straight to the coffee maker - then craving bread and dense food because of the whole blood-sugar coffee-drop thing. It's nice to hear the messages.This morning- the message was loud and

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Today was a good day...My first Uncooked Rawcipe of the day was my morning smoothie: kale, collard, banana, water and cherry; the last of the cherries, they were delicious! Unfortunately, on my way out the door I forgot the glass. Doh! I had already drank a small glass and 'some' of the second glass. So I just missed a bit. It's my fault for having a purse, a laptop bag and lunch in tow, with a

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I made it through day one! There were so many blogs going through my head today, but alas, I am so, so tired now; I wish I would have taken the time to write when I was inspired. Lesson learned! I also have a mild headache. I think it is due to not drinking coffee- I feel the same way when I'm eating a SAD diet (Standard American Diet) and I cut out coffee. I normally drink A LOT of coffee.Today

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I realize that I didn't say something like, 'I am going to be raw for the next 30 days!' or 'I will eat only raw food for the next seven days'. I just said that I felt eating this way could help my BREATHING, could help my health, and could get me off my meds.I don't want to put on the pressure or fail just because I was being radical. If there is one thing I resist, it's dogma of any type. So by

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This blog is being created with one intent: To document the journey of healing asthma and allergies with a vegan, raw food diet.Why raw food? Because the only thing that makes sense to me for vibrant, radiant health is eating real food, the way it grows. Because eating processed foods, dairy, wheat and other things make me sick. Because I've been watching the raw foods movement long enough to

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