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• OMG I hope your mom and sister are ok. My brother had the swine flu this summer and I know how sick you can get from it. He was really really sick. Mmmm, fresh orang juice is the best, I had some the other night and it was declicious! Oh, I know how…

  in How many? Comment by AVL
• I had 8 oranges and 1 pint of strawberries, which was enough. It's hard to tell when you are trying something new because your body is not used to it so you don't know how much you need. I might even be ok with 7 oranges, so I'll keep playing around…

  in How many? Comment by AVL
• Rawliscious & Karine, I'm from Montreal too, but now live in Toronto. My brother still lives in Montreal at St. Urbain & Rachelle in the Mont Royal, across the street from Crudessence (He's raw too). He goes there all the time...lucky him! N…

  in Raw CHef Training: which one Comment by AVL
• Applesauce! joannabanana's recipe is really good! Also try putting 2 apples and about 7 strawberries, a bit of lemon or lime juice and cinnamon in a food processor. So good!

  in Apples, apples and more apples-- recipe ideas? Comment by AVL
• No not other than my brother. People already think that I'm weird because I don't eat meat, they don't know that I'm a raw vegan. Could you image how weird they are going to think I am if I tell then I only fruits and vegetables! I would really like…

  in the rare raw foodist Comment by AVL
• I tend to wash & cut my strawberries the night before for my morning smoothie because I don't have time in the morning. I also cut up my melon for my lunch the night before (Imagine bringing huge melons to work and cutting them up in the staff r…

  in Cutting up foods in advance? Comment by AVL
• Wow! Congratulations :) Keep up the amazing work jtlovesongs!

  in Finished My Second Week! Comment by AVL
• That's awesome! The first time I made raw brownies I gave some to my brother and sister (they are 16 &18) and they LOVED them! If I had told them that they were made with nuts and dates they would have never eaten them, so I waited to see if the…

  in potluck time! Comment by AVL
• I usually use: 3 cups of pecans or walnuts (I prefer it with pecans) 2/3 cup of cacoa/carob powder 15-20 dates 1tsp vanilla essence pinch of salt First I put the pecans and salt in the food processor until it is fine like small pebbles or sand. Then…

  in potluck time! Comment by AVL
• Ha Ha, I agree with layers! I wear so many layers in the winter it takes me forever to get dressed! People always make fun of me because I'm always wearing so much clothes. I drink a lot of herbal teas (I buy organic peppermint tea), and I put hot p…

  in Favorite Cold Weather Foods? Comment by AVL
• I usually run when I wake up first thing in the morning becaue if I don't do it then, I might not have the time or energy to do it later on. Sometimes I might also exercise later on around 5:30pm, so I'm usually pretty warm when I move around but it…

  in Favorite Cold Weather Foods? Comment by AVL
• RawKidChef, I run outside almost everyday, even in the winter when it's -15 degrees celcius outside. I'm usually ok during my run because I'm moving a lot, but I'm cold the rest of the day!

  in Favorite Cold Weather Foods? Comment by AVL
• joannabanana, last night I was SO cold and nothing was warming me up, so I took 2 really hot showers in order to stop shivering! Avocadoes also help a little bit to keep me warm and herbal tea.

  in Favorite Cold Weather Foods? Comment by AVL
• When something bothers me my stomach gets bloated and I'm gassy. But I tend to mix mango in my salads and it doesn't seem to bother me too much. I think that cabbage naturally gives people gas, so if you mix tfruit with it, it would be difficult to …

  in just starting 80 10 10 needing some help. Comment by AVL
• I always find that any green leafy vegetables mix well with fruit for me. Mushrooms don't seem to bother me either.

  in just starting 80 10 10 needing some help. Comment by AVL
• Thanks swayze for remembering! Although I'm trying my best, I go through periods where I do really well, and then I might have a week here and there where I'm a little off track, but for the most part I am doing 80/10/10, spekgirl, it's normal to be…

  in just starting 80 10 10 needing some help. Comment by AVL
• Mmm...your 4th meal sounds really good!

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• Ya I know, people ten to eat a lot, so I'm sure that my entire meal wouldn't have even filled them at all! I guess since eating more raw I need less to fill me up. Today: 14km run Breakfast: 1/2 cantaloupe, 1/2 honeydew, 1/4 watermelon, 1/2 cup berr…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• liger99- I know the feeling of wanting cooked food at night. I also tend to crave it around that time. The good thing is that I live on my own and I don't have anything tempting in my house, so it makes it easier. It's hard when I visit my parents t…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• Today went well and I ate raw until dinner, because it was Thanksgiving & ate some cooked food (ok, I know it's a really bad excuse). I continued to eat my melon until dinner. So I went Friday dinner to Sunday late afternoon only eating melon an…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• I decided to give my digestive system a little break because I haven't been eating well these past few weeks, so I tried to keep my food variety very limited in order for my body to digest it easier. Pre workout: 1.5 cups berries 1 hour cardio Break…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• Thanks Rawaholic! I''ve been running for about 6 years now. I remember when I first started I could run more than a few meters before getting out of breath. The maximum distance I used to run was 10km and I was exhausted, but recently I've been able…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• Well I don't know how I have so much energy either, but since eating raw I have a lot more energy then before. I wake up at 5am, so I work out before work, and sometimes after work too, before dinner. But I'm not married and I don't have kids, so I …

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• Today was better than yesterday. This is what I ate: 15km run Breakfast: Smoothie of 2 bananas, 15 strawberries, spinach, juice of 1/2 lime & 1/2 lemon Snack: Banana, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 red pepper Lunch: Apple sauce (4 large apples, 15 strawberri…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• joannabanana, ya the seaweed salad was really good! Although it was a good dinner, I felt really heavy this morning and my stomach felt a little sick. So I don't know if it was the dressing in the salad, but something didn't feel right this morning.…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• Just got back from my sushi dinner with my friend and this is what I had: -Avocado salad (probably 1 entire avocado sliced on some lettuce) with dressing (not sure if it was raw or not) -Seaweed salad (seaweed with dressing, but not sure if the dres…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• OMG liger99, I feel like sometimes I'm a "cooked food closet" too! It's so not what I want to do. Today I've had: 40 min jumping rope 40 min running Breakfast: Smoothie of 2 bananas, 20 strawberries, juice of 1/2 lime Snack: Apple Lunch: 1/2 cantalo…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• Yay! Today was much better :) 15km run Breakfast: Smoothie with 2 bananas, 1 cup green grapes, 1/2 cup berries Snack: Large apple Lunch: 1/2 cantaloupe, 1/2 honeydew, 1/4 watermelon Snack: 1 apple, 1 banana, 1/2 cup purple grapes, 1 celery branch 1 …

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• Thanks for your input joannabanana! I try to include some fat, but I find it "scary" to eat an entire avocado (if you know what I mean), so I tend to eat 1/2 of one twice or 3 times a week. The thing is that as long as I'm not around all these tempt…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL
• Thanks guys for your support :) I just feel horrible and I feel like I can't even accomplish a task that I SO want to do (eating 100% for 30 days, or more). I wish that there weren't all these temptations around me. I feel so sluggish and I'm having…

  in Join Us! Raw for 31 Days Comment by AVL