I have some bad news…I broke my Vitamix.  Operator error, of course.  It will all be ok, but I am without a Vitamix until next week!  I have another blender, but it is in NY and I am in CO until Saturday so I am going to have to take a few days off from blending.  I don’t think they have anything written about breaking your blender in the green smoothie detox/challenge support emails.  I am on my own. Oh well, good thing I am moving to the city where fresh smoothies and juices are at my fingertips.  I can’t imagine that a day or two off will kill me, but I definitely plan to eat my greens.  Traveling is a hard time to eat healthy, but I will do the best I can.  When your body is in good health, it cannot be sabotaged by a few days of travel and less than ideal meal choices.  Isn’t that sad that most of the world eats so poorly that when an uber-healthy person travels they have to settle for less than second best?  Unfortunately, it is reality.

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No one knows you better than you. So why are there so many raw food experts telling you how much fruit you should eat, how many nuts are too many nuts, when you should eat, how much raw you should eat…I thought raw food was about freedom!

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9 + days of drinking a quart size  green smoothie.  I am unstoppable!  I feel great, I look great (shiny hair, clear skin, a smile on my face), and I am great because I am taking care of myself by drinking a variety of blended greens and fruit each day.   I have been wondering why didn’t I do this before.  Drinking your greens is like unlocking the secrets of youth and vitality.  Have you signed up yet?  21 days is a lot.  You can get your feet wet with the Raw Diva’s 3 day challenge.  These are great ventures to explore as we wrap up the the year.  A new year, a new you!  Let me now if you are thinking about signing up.  I would be happy to answer any questions or address hesitations!

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I was browsing through the book, Green for Life (Boutenko), today before I give it back to a friend. I own so many raw food books that I can’t possibly buy another so I borrowed a copy thinking it pertinent while drinking so many green smoothies. As with any book, take what you like and leave what you don’t. There is some really great information about greens in the book, but I also read something I felt I really identified with that I want to share ~ The first chapter of the book is titled, “Dare to Observe”. So many times in life we follow the direction or advice of “someone who knows better”. Making our way through life in this way only stunts our personal growth. Instead, we should dare to “see for ourselves”. How many opportunities have you missed because you gave up on your belief when someone else told you it doesn’t work that way? We do love to try and protect others from failing because we think we know it all once we have learned from our own experience. But oftentimes, another’s knowledge from experience is not what we need. When we see for ourselves, we may fail from time to time, but it will offer us so many successes and positive experiences that we might have missed. Don’t let others’ judgements of you make you change your mind. What do you need?

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For me, raw food is an essential part in staying eating disorder free. There was honestly a time when I knew the eating disorder I was struggling with was dangerous. Not only did it have physical consequence, but also it kept me from maturing emotionally. I would be stuck in the same place until I pushed myself to heal. Being thin was much more important that my physical and emotional health. I could read articles about how dangerous anorexia and bulimia are, but the importance of my health wasn’t enough to bring me to my senses. So what’s the point in spending a lot of money and time with a counselor or psychiatrist so they can tell you that you are damaging your body when you already know that, but aren’t ready to do anything about it? I spent years unraveling my past with several different counselors, but in the end, I still obsessed over what I ate. Maybe it wasn’t only my past that was giving me issues with food.

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