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• I live in Northwest Indiana. I mostly shop at Meijer. They do have some organic, but not all produce there has an organic offering. I get everything organic that they offer. I am doing 80/10/10… so I’m not buying any nuts, seeds, oils, etc. No suppl…

  in The Cost of the Raw Food Lifestyle Comment by xeno
• Sunnied> “At the risk of sounding cultish, I only want to be around 811ers!” I understand. Sometimes I feel the same way. I feel like once you read the book, you just “get it” or something. I feel weird talking to other raw foodies who are so cra…

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• Thank you all so much for both your humor and your support. I think the emotional and mental aspect of diet change are so overlooked in general. We hear so much about this “obesity epidemic” and yet there are new diets that come out on store shelves…

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• Thanks for the insight. I also thought about doing at least some dinners raw, some cooked. I think what I will do is have the majority of my dinner raw. For instance, have a salad and fruit, and then after that have a bit of cooked if I feel the nee…

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• Sorry I’ve been missing guys, but I’m really really struggling. I feel like there are two parts to why I’m struggling. The minor reason is: Greens I can handle the first two courses at dinner usually just fine. It’s the salads that get me. First… I …

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• LuckyPenne> The Naked Juice is pretty simple- just fruit purees, although they do add vitamins such as ascorbic acid (vitamin C). I don’t know if that’s a natural thing or not. I do know now, however, that they do flash pastuerize their juices. A…

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• The soup was good. You just blend 3/4th cucumber, and 1 mango. Then, you slice the cucumber that is leftover into thin slices and drop them on top of the soup. Nice balance between soft and crunchy. :)

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• So I went grocery shopping last night and picked up about 4 days worth of food. I bought all the organic I could last night. I wish Meijer had more. Has anyone else had issues with organic peaches? I got a bunch of them from Meijer last night. Some …

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• That’s so funny you mention it, Dave. I swear, since going raw, and especially since increasing my fruit… I SWEAR my teeth are getting whiter. It’s the craziest thing. And here I kept doing stupid whitening kits, when all I needed was some fruit! Ye…

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• Greg> Hahah… I wish M&M’s were fruit! Well, like other’s have already said, been having trouble with the site lately. They must really have bandwith issues or something. I actually did well on the 4th at my fiance’s family party. I brought 2 …

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• Well, I fell into the comfort food trap yesterday and ate some S.A.D. food, but at least I did well until dinner- so it wasn’t a complete failure. The real challenge is going to be today at my in-law’s family gathering. Most of them don’t know I’m r…

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• Here’s my stats for the day. My fat was a bit higher than I would have liked. How do you guys manage your greens. I just can’t eat a bunch of greens without some kind of dressing or flavoring. How do you all handle this? http://rawgirlcookedworld.bl…

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• El-bo> Yeah, I haven’t given much thought to food combining, at least not yet. Does the book talk more about it? I’m hoping I can catch up on my reading this weekend.

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• I’d love to try this. I decided to go raw back in May. I definitely feel like I started gravitating toward a high-fat raw diet. So I bought the 80/10/10 book even before I saw this thread. So far, I’ve read 3 chapters. I also decided to start a blog…

  in the 'brand spanking' new july 31-day 80/10/10 experience Comment by xeno
• I do feel very lucky! I bought mine in April 2007, and I love it. I think they are just the greatest little cars. Thanks for your help, Winona. I def. have a lot to think about with the CSA.

  in CSA's... please tell me more Comment by xeno
• Thanks for your speedy reply. I never even knew you could eat brussels sprouts raw! I need some help figuring out if this makes sense to do. Although I love the idea of supporting local, and having better tasting cleaner food- I’m also trying to thi…

  in CSA's... please tell me more Comment by xeno
• I think it’s important, too, to decide for yourself what works best. Are you a meal planner, crazy recipe-lover? Or do you like simple, spontaneous and easy? Do you like shopping at the grocery store, visiting farmer’s markets, and natural foods sto…

  in Struggling to go Raw Comment by xeno
• Yeah, if you have any questions about P90X, let me know. I’m obsessed with it! Hahah! It’s such a great workout system. So far things have been going well. I like how light and energetic I feel after eating, instead of weighted down and drowsy! Day …

  in Raw from NW Indiana! Comment by xeno
• Yeah, I should def. see about requesting materials at the library if they don’t have them! I buy way more books than I can even read! Thanks for the info, Winona. I feel like I’m learning a bit more every day.

  in Interested newbie! Where/What/How?!! Comment by xeno
• Man… so many book suggestions! I need to thumb through this thread and write them all down! So I tried another recipe from the Detox book tonight… a Coconut-Butternut squash soup… yuck. I also did not like her gazpacho recipe… it tasted nothing like…

  in Interested newbie! Where/What/How?!! Comment by xeno
• Speaking of bread and stuff, do sprouted grain breads count as raw? Somebody earlier asked what I was looking for in Whole Foods. I was only in there for about 5 min so I didn’t look to hard, but just glanced around for raw almond nut butter but did…

  in Interested newbie! Where/What/How?!! Comment by xeno
• Hahah.. yeah, I definitely don’t want my produce to get icky or limp! All of the stuff was actually intended to only last till Wednesday, but I have a feeling it will all end up making more than I expected. Live and learn, right! Day 1 officially st…

  in Interested newbie! Where/What/How?!! Comment by xeno
• Hahah, I thought you guys would enjoy this: My Kitchen Counter My Fridge I don’t know where my fiance’s going to keep his stuff!

  in Interested newbie! Where/What/How?!! Comment by xeno
• Okay, so I just got back from grocery shopping. Just made my first green lemonade, and sitting here sipping it while I type! :) Yummy! I am definitely wondering if everything I got will actually end up taking me past Wednesday (the day I had everyth…

  in Interested newbie! Where/What/How?!! Comment by xeno
• Thanks for all the suggestions! I am on the third book now, out of the four I got from the library. The Raw Primer was mostly just recipes. The Raw Detox Diet was great. Now I’m working my way through Raw Power. It’s interesting the different takes …

  in Interested newbie! Where/What/How?!! Comment by xeno
• First off, thanks for all the help so far! I’m so glad that there is a lot of support on the web for eating raw! Okay, so I went to the library tonight after work and got four books. I just finished reading “The Raw Food Detox Diet” by Natalie Rose.…

  in Interested newbie! Where/What/How?!! Comment by xeno