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• Thank you swayze!

  in Wow! I can not believe it! Comment by AVL
• My mom made raw brownies 2 days ago and I have only had 2! A month ago I would have eating half of them in one day. Also, almond butter has always been a huge trigger for me to binge on, and I am at my mom's house now and only had 1 tsp, yes that's …

  in Wow! I can not believe it! Comment by AVL
• I had a very similar experience a few days ago, where I ate some bread and almond butter, some cereal, crackers, and other starchy foods. Boy did I feel like crap :( I know the feeling guys. Makes me appreciate my good foods that I normally eat!

  in Wow! I can not believe it! Comment by AVL
• Watermelon or any other types of melons

  in foods that act as a diuretic? Comment by AVL
• OH I SO WANT TO MOVE TO AUSTRALIA!!! I'm so serious about it. I'm a teacher, and live in Canada, and I would love to go teach in Australia. I'm sure that they have amazing fruits and vegetables too :)

  in Best Places To Live? Comment by AVL
• Have you gone to see you doctor? You might need to take some antibiotics. Losing 5lbs in one day is a lot, I hope that you are rehydrating because you could get sick if you are not. My suggestion is to make an appointment with your doctor ASAP.

  in Yesterday I expelled parasites.. eekk.. Comment by AVL
• Don't come to Canada, not much more variety than the states! Since you are American you could go live on an American island, like St. Lucia or St. Thomas. How about Hawaii? I'm sure any tropical places would have a lot of tropical fruits. I've been …

  in I want to leave this country.. Comment by AVL
• Well it's not very easy at times, but other times it's a piece of cake. I live on my own, so I don't have an tempting cooked foods around. But whenever I go visit my mom I get huge cravings and usually give in. So my theory is "out of sight, out of …

  in New To Gone Raw Comment by AVL
• Hi Holly! Welcome to the raw food world! I started the transition about 2.5 months ago and now I'm doing so well now, eating about 90% raw on most days and occasionally I can eat 100% raw, which is sometimes hard to do. I do have the occasional slip…

  in New To Gone Raw Comment by AVL
• azulBlue02034, you can borrow her when she gets on my nerves! swayze, actually I didn't give her a present, I just had her over for dinner. I guess she likes me a lot!!!

  in Best present ever!!! Comment by AVL
• Thanks for clarifying my explanations swayze!

  in I DONT UNDERSAND?? 80/10/10 Comment by AVL
• 80/10/10 is a ratio of the "categories" of food that you should eat if you follow Dr. Graham's diet. Your diet should consist 80% of carbohydrates, mainly in the form of fruits and some greens. 10% of your diet should be protein, which is included i…

  in I DONT UNDERSAND?? 80/10/10 Comment by AVL
• You bet!

  in 80/10/10 vs. Fruitarianism Comment by AVL
• Thanks superfood2! I think that I'm getting the hand of it. I was at my mom's all afternoon today (which is a huge trigger to eat "junk food") and I didn't even eat anything cooked. All the crackers, flatbreads, bagels, cheese, etc. were right there…

  in 80/10/10 vs. Fruitarianism Comment by AVL
• I also would rather eat as much as I want, not binge though, but just eat when I am hungry. Having had a history of eating disorders I am trying to stay away from restriction diets and focus more on how my body feels. I try not to count calories bec…

  in 80/10/10 vs. Fruitarianism Comment by AVL
• Ha Ha, that was funny!

  in Conventional vs. Organic Produce Comment by AVL
• Thanks pixx! You are probably right about that one. I guess I didn't put 2 and 2 together, I guess I'm not very logical! I just need to find good deals on fruits. I'm going to 2 farmers markets today to see what I can find.

  in 80/10/10 menu ideas Comment by AVL
• keewl, I totally agree with the prices! Everytime I put a piece of food in my mouth, I try to think if I am really that hungry because I know how expensive it will be to buy more of it! Well for a night snack I just had zucchini pasta (2 zucchinis) …

  in 80/10/10 menu ideas Comment by AVL
• Thanks for all the support everyone! Knowing that I am not the only one with little slip ups makes me feel so much better. You know it's very difficult when you are surrounded by people who don't eat like you do, when you walk into a grocery store a…

  in What is wrong with me? Comment by AVL
• keewi, I would love to go to Hawaii! I'm sure there are tons of cool fruits there that we don't have in Canada. About bingeing on cooked foods until my stomach is going to explode...been there, done that! It seems to work for a few days and then I "…

  in What is wrong with me? Comment by AVL
• How do I change my view about them and see them as "bad foods"? I know that breads and bagels are cooked and processed and Nutella is filled with tons of sugar, oil and milk. Logically I know that these foods are not good for me, but when I am in th…

  in What is wrong with me? Comment by AVL
• Ya I've been doing that for the past few months, and A LOT is going toward food. It does help though to see how much you spend and where you are spending your money. By the way, I went to a Farmer's Market today and got AMAZING tomatoes and nectarin…

  in Grocery Bills Comment by AVL
• swayze, how do you only spend $288/month? I spend about $700 and I live by myself. I don't even buy all organic, because I can't afford it. Seriously you have got to tell me how you spend so little!

  in Grocery Bills Comment by AVL
• neskalee, I can completly symptahize with you. I live on my own and I can spend $700-$800 a month on food, and I don't buy all organic either. Seriously that's a lot of money! I always look out for good deals and shop at various grocery stores. For …

  in Grocery Bills Comment by AVL
• You know it's weird because I really don't miss it when I'm not around it. Like I'm not going to buiy it for myself, but if it's around me, like at parties, then I want to eat it so much. I feel so bloated and my intestines feel so full (even if I'v…

  in Cheese craving? Comment by AVL
• I find that I can mix melon with berries and that doesn't seem to affect me. But I've tried to mix it with banana and that didn't sit too well. I got very bloated. I had melon for breakfast on the weekend (about 1.5 cantaloupes each day). And let me…

  in melon Comment by AVL
• SA-RAW, I find that eating bananas help with my stomach issues. I guess they kind of bulk up everything. When I went to get colonics, the therapist told me that I wasn't digesting my food properly and that things were coming out the same way they we…

  in Monomeals Comment by AVL
• Ha Ha! It 's so funny to see the look on doctors' faces when you tell them that you are raw vegan! "But where do you get your protein from? And your calcium? You must be deficient in B12?" Turns out, we are probably healthier than they are!

  in Monomeals Comment by AVL
• swayze, my doctor doesn't think that my diet is a very healthy one, that it's kind of restrictive, so she was speechless when everything came back normal! I told her "see, you can get everything you need by only eating fruits and vegetables!"...she …

  in Monomeals Comment by AVL
• Trina Trivico, I was also worried about lacking certain minerals and vitamins in my diet and my doctor was too, so I went for a blood test and it was PERFECT, no deficiencies at all! So I guess your body gets everything it needs by eating mostly fru…

  in Monomeals Comment by AVL