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• Great topic and such wonderful thoughts and experiences from you all. Like you, MOTH, I also sometimes long for a raw partner (either now or one day in the future, as I am getting out of a long 9 year relationship). He was my first and only relation…

  in I want to date a raw vegan. Comment by mellie-bellie
• Oh do I know all about having candida! I’ve actually come to the raw lifestyle as a means to rid myself of it. My candida manifests mostly as skin issues. Do a websearch and look for anti-candida foods, ones that won’t promote it’s growth. Coconut a…

  in Candida!? Confused, please help! Comment by mellie-bellie
• Oh dear, must be somethin’ in the air. I’m doin some massive emotional detoxing lately too and I’m on my 5th week of being raw. Your workload seems so much, I feel ya. Congrats on your weightloss and journey, you’re an inspiration to me for sure…I’v…

  in Emotional Detox Comment by mellie-bellie
• As someone who gets eczema from time to time, I’d say that a lot of emotional factors can bring it on, which ultimately is related to an internal organ. For me, it’s liver toxins which I’ve been told. Back in March, I had a crazy blow-out with my ro…

  in eczema and falling hair Comment by mellie-bellie
• oh i was wonderin’ when someone would start a thread about jason mraz and his awesomeness!! he’s been raw for a few months and when i found that out i became an insta-mega-fan! he’s so talented and sings the most meaningful songs. check out this awe…

  in Jason Mraz Comment by mellie-bellie
• well my friend, i’m experiencing the same thing. been raw for a month and i know some raw people eat sooooo much and here i am barely eating or hungry it seems. so very odd for me cuz i’m a reforming emotional eater. some days my diet will consist o…

  in Why am I not hungry? Comment by mellie-bellie
• oh sweetie, that is horrible!! a very similar thing happened to me 3 weeks ago and i still have a swollen ankle and am in pain. it’s all very un-fun! ((big healing hugs))

  in Need some TLC!!! Comment by mellie-bellie
• not a midwife (but have done some doula work), though have much admiration for them and aspire to be one some day. i’m a homebirth veteran who used CPM’s with my first 2 homebirths, and my 3rd born was unassisted. such an amazing field to be a part …

  in Midwifery Comment by mellie-bellie
• hey, i just got done dehydrating both of these things and they turned out yum! for both i just cut them very very thin and seasoned the zucchini chips this way: olive oil, nutritional yeast, ground sesame seeds, sea salt (brags would work too), curr…

  in Zucchini Chips??? Comment by mellie-bellie
• i used to be a conventional cologne wearer until i became vegan 9 years ago. it was hard to not have some kind of scent. i’ve learned to love my own “musky” smell. anyways, i was shopping at whole foods the other day and was in the health and body s…

  in Natural Perfume Comment by mellie-bellie
• so, i’ve been thinking about this all day, and i came up with a sample smoothie formula which most likely will taste yummy, and be chocked full o’ goodness and fat and calories. start with a young coconut, add fruit (mango always goes well, so does …

  in Smoothie Challenge - help my skinny arse! Comment by mellie-bellie
• Hey Rawgene, nice to see a Philly area person on here! I’m in South Jersey though decently driveable to the city. If you ever want to be a part of some kinda potluck or something, let me know. I’m still trying to find some local groups that are potl…

  in hello raw people Comment by mellie-bellie
• ME ME ME!!! no, seriously, i live in south jersey and have a small scale vegan catering business called “manic organic”, though my site is down right now.

  in Know of a Vegan Chef in S. NJ/Philly? Comment by mellie-bellie
• Hi Karine! I can totally understand and relate to how you say you either eat way perfect or not at all I am a food extremist and it’s something I’ve dealt with most of my life. It’s really hard to break the emotional ties that bind me to food. The g…

  in need to be encourage! Comment by mellie-bellie
• Okay so I started my period 3 days ago and coincidental or not, this, by far, is the “gushiest” I’ve been in a long time. My flow is relentless, I’m having a low level of constant cramping (which I typically never get) and I am emotionally OFF THE W…

  in menses on raw Comment by mellie-bellie
• yay this sounds awesome. my period is due next week and ya know what, even though i’ve been vegan for 9 years, i still had a 5-6 day period. i’d LOVE it if it was a little shorter. granted, i’ve only been raw for 2.5 weeks, but i haven’t had cooked …

  in menses on raw Comment by mellie-bellie
• Hmm, I’m not sure what to think. As one who has candida that I’m trying to get under control, I’ve had a great experience on each of my 3 MC’s. My candida symptoms drastically changed while on the cleans and coming off of it. From what I’ve read, yo…

  in MASTER CLEANSE WITHOUT AGAVE/MAPLE SYRUP Comment by mellie-bellie
• I’ve seen them hacked plenty and to me it’s odd to do it that way. Know what I do? I lay it sideways and starting sawing with a good long bread knife and it only takes literally a minute or less to get into it. Considering I buy them in cases and ha…

  in Young cocconuts question... Comment by mellie-bellie
• oh man the worst thing in life is when you’re jonesin’ for a coconut smoothie and you cut into it and it’s pink and yucky. and then you cut into a 2nd and 3rd, and they’re yucky too. this happened to me once, 3 coconuts in a row from the same case a…

  in Young cocconuts question... Comment by mellie-bellie
• hey there babydollsea! umm, it really depends on how fresh they are. i’ve had some that have lasted upwards to a month, though it’s a rare thing for those things not to get consumed zealously when i have them in the fridge. i don’t believe there’s a…

  in Young cocconuts question... Comment by mellie-bellie
• haven’t came across any in my searches, thecavsman, so i think we should just make one and try to get other folks to come. you game? i am dying to potluck with some raw peeps, i am so lonely here eating my rawlicious cuisine by myself.

  in New Raw Potluck - Philadelphia, PA Suburbs Comment by mellie-bellie
• I would love to join you if you put something together. I’m in Southern NJ but Philly burbs are pretty accessible to me via going over the bridge and jumping on the blue route (or other freeway). Anyways, I’m dying for some raw community to be a par…

  in New Raw Potluck - Philadelphia, PA Suburbs Comment by mellie-bellie
• oh my gosh, i just bought a case of young coconuts and it was 26 bucks…it used to cost 15 or so and now i guess with the fuel price increasing, it’s hittin’ food prices hard. but i’ll tell ya what, 2 1/2 bucks a day to partake in a young coconut is …

  in coconut question... Comment by mellie-bellie
• Hey Slosh-uh, I can relate to everything you said about what happens when weight gain happens cuz of food issues. I think I could write a book for those who need quick weight gain cuz once i was on this candida cleanse and lost 30lbs and felt great,…

  in A Short Sojourn... Comment by mellie-bellie
• lzhpt—thanks for sharing your experience. I’ve very welcoming of my detoxing symptoms as I know this time around, it’s not because I atE crappy and am having an outbreak, but that it comes from a place of true detoxing. It just sucks though when you…

  in Detox'ish qualities of a raw diet? Comment by mellie-bellie
• Thanks so much, ladies! I’ll surely check out Matt’s blog—’tis nice to have so many raw experts in the world. Sarabeth—you’re the cutest little vegan straightedge grrl ever..well, besides me, hehe! Curvy is good, fo’ sho’!!

  in Detox'ish qualities of a raw diet? Comment by mellie-bellie
• i’m dealing with all of this as we speak. at least for me, though, it’s partially breaking my ties to emotional eating so i have all this stuff that’s not being repressed via binge eating on vegan junk foods. so now, when my emotions arise, they kin…

  in Emotional Detoxing? Comment by mellie-bellie
• Thanks for the replies and kind words! My transition to raw has been rather “easy”, as I am a vegan chef so I’m applying those skills on the raw side of life, and I’ve been dabbling in raw foods for years. It wasn’t until recently that I’ve really f…

  in Observations on being newly raw Comment by mellie-bellie
• Karmyn, you’re in an egroup I’m a part of, New Jersey Vegan Families…I’ve been a part of it since the beginning, though it’s been hard to keep up with the emails. Nice to run into you here. And since I’m newly raw I’m excited that you’re on the grou…

  in I WANT MY BODY BACK!!! Comment by mellie-bellie
• quite frankly i wish goneraw.com was similar to craigslist, in that you could vote discussions into the “best of” category because this is the best title for a post, HANDS DOWN! in all seriousness, though, rashes suck and i am very rash-prone when d…

  in The rash on my ass Comment by mellie-bellie