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How can I stay 811 on this trip?

Started this discussion. Last reply by PK Feb 7. 21 Replies 0 Likes

Ok, I've read posts about going on trips and stuff, but mine's a bit different, and I can't figure out how I might do it.My a few friends and I are planning a cross-country horseback riding trip. We…Continue

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Mental aversion to exercise...

Started this discussion. Last reply by banana - boy Dec 26, 2012. 13 Replies 1 Like

I started 811 in September, did the 30 day challenge, then kinda fell off the wagon again for money reasons, and am now very close to being back on. When I first did the 30 days, I started walking…Continue

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Best 811 "ice cream" topping?

Started this discussion. Last reply by AnarchoFembot Nov 23, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Going to have banana ice cream for Thanksgiving desert...what would you suggest as a topping/sauce that would impress non-vegans? I have put cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice in the banana ice cream…Continue

Oily hair and baking soda instead of shampoo

Started this discussion. Last reply by vegan witch Ⓥ Jun 3. 20 Replies 0 Likes

I have tried washing my hair with baking soda a few times now...its been a little over a week. The first time I was amazed, 3 days later I washed it again and it was kind of ok, but my hair didn't…Continue

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Kayleigh Maijala replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion Oily hair and baking soda instead of shampoo

"I use a heaping tablespoon of baking soda in a cup of water, I've got coarse oily Hawaiian hair. This seems to help. Also, scrubbing with the pads of my fingers while rinsing will help release the residue. I don't use an ACV rinse,…"

Jun 2

Dr. Flora Mason Van Orden replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion Oily hair and baking soda instead of shampoo

"I agree wholeheartedly. Thank you all for helping me to deprogram myself from things I had learned earlier. I'm off to wash my hair with mango frappe."

Jun 2

Dr. Flora Mason Van Orden replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion Oily hair and baking soda instead of shampoo

"Try using citric acid, which will cut any kind of grease. Dr. Clark mentioned only to use white vinegar because apple cider vinegar has a mold on it (aflatoxin) that isn't as good as we've been led to believe."

Jun 1

Bobbi replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"dried mangoes r the bomb!! they r hard to find especially good soft ones but when u do u will no it! I buy them at whole foods n that's a chain store so im hoping u have one near u. I ordered sum online n they were dry n hard to eat. the…"

Feb 5

MetalCowgirl replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"I kinda distance myself from claiming to be part of any kind of group who gets together and claims there are rules for their lifestyle because they have a label for themselves (be it vegan, political parties, or anything). I use the word vegan…"

Feb 5

MetalCowgirl replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"I'm assuming everyone else is just going to eat at gas stations and bring snacks. "Normal" people can do that LOL. The reason I'm worrying is that right now I feel like crap when I eat anything besides fruit, so I…"

Feb 5

Victoria replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"Regarding teeth, after eating fruit if you floss and then rinse out with baking soda dissolved in water, it neutralises the acid and kills bacteria. I imagine it wouldn't be too hard to take a little tooth floss and baking soda with you so that…"

Feb 2

Victoria replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"Don't worry, she said she wasn't criticising, she probably assumed you were a "health vegan" (ie not a vegan) hiring an unknown horse from a stable somewhere for her own fun. "Horse-riding" automatically invokes images…"

Feb 2

MetalCowgirl replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"I am hoping as I get used to this more (I started in Sept, fell off the wagon, then just recently started 100% again) that I can eat just dates as a meal, but right now it really hurts my teeth....to the point where I get a headache too :( …"

Feb 2

MetalCowgirl replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"Thanks :) I have been pretty much obsessed with horses my whole life, even though I couldn't get one of my own until I was an adult. My previous horse passed away in a freak accident (he broke his leg in two places) and that made me…"

Feb 2

MetalCowgirl replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"We are still trying to just pick a date that all of us are available to meet and plan this LOL, so I don't have any details yet :) My friend wants to go through the Indian reservation that's just north of us, I know that, otherwise,…"

Feb 2

Nick Marine @ RawNewLife.com replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"I would suggest raisins and dates. Both can stay unrefrigerated and both pack concentrated calories. You would need to drink extra water to make up for the lack of fresh fruit. But apart from that, I don't see why you…"

Jan 30

figtato replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"Just an FYI, I lived off of soley d'noors for two weeks once, 400 a day...simple as, just need water! :)"

Jan 30

Chloe replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"Sorry I have no solutions as I'm new to this, but just wanted to say that made my heart melt! What a lucky horse xxx"

Jan 30

MetalCowgirl replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"Its healthier for horses to exercise a lot than to just bum around in their pasture all day...same with humans, that's why 811 requires exercise. Wild horses travel many miles every day and if we don't try to duplicate that, they can…"

Jan 30

Kenichisan replied to MetalCowgirl's discussion How can I stay 811 on this trip?

"Do vegans go on horseback riding trips ? I am not sure if i wouldnt to that, dont want to critisize you just was thinking that this is not that nice for the horse and I am agains keeping animals."

Jan 29

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Our community would be delighted to know you better. Please tell us more about yourself and what brought you to 30BaD. Detailed responses will only be accepted (feel free to reapply with more detail if at first not approved as a member). We suggest you pick a name other than your own if you want to maintain anonymity.: I started my diet change about a year and a half ago for two reasons. One: I had started noticing my body react to certain things I had always eaten more than it used to and I felt like crap, and didn't want to anymore. Two: I was drastically changing spiritually too, and that research also lead me to this type of diet change.
The first thing I narrowed down that was bothering me was red meat, and upon cutting that out and researching why it was bothering me, I started gradually cutting out other things. I became a vegetarian and started eating more organic foods and less processed. Within literally TWO WEEKS my lifelong struggle with chronic depression had disappeared! This motivated me to keep going! To make a long story short, I eventually became vegan and cut out wheat and soy too. I did everything gradually, never pushed myself, because I did not want to compromise my mental health and go back to being depressed. I always let myself cheat, and that helped a lot because I would FEEL the negative consequences of the bad foods and then eventually just not want to cheat anymore. In the middle somewhere, I did a juice fast for about 10 days because my husband wanted to do it. He is very much more overweight than I am, and he was a big reason I did all this...to support his weight loss. I am home most of the day with my daughter and he works, so I do all the research and food prep and he just does what I tell him :)

As of now (Sept. 2012), I have lost about 50 lbs and so has my husband, however, I have gone back to feeling lethargic, unhappy, my joints ache, and I highly suspect I have hypothyroid. Upon researching hypothyroid, I'm pretty sure I've had it all my life. It got better for a while with the diet change, but now its coming back worse. My body seems to be telling me cooked foods are bad now. I had already done research on that, and tried to eat more raw, and I suspect that made my body ask for more. I have started a raw/fruitarian diet now and it is just beginning to help :)

As I said, I live in Wisconsin, USA. I am both nervous and kind of excited to find out what it will be like to be on raw fruit in winter. I know I am going to have to find other options (maybe mail order?) besides grocery stores, as the produce gets pretty bland during winter and even now, there is hardly any variety, I am already getting sick of it on day 5. We have farmer's markets now that are saving me, but there won't be any in winter. We don't have a Whole Foods supermarket or Trader Joe's...really nothing like that here, just the "organic section" at the store which I'm lucky if its two isles. I started a garden this year, but that will be gone in winter too, so this should get interesting!

What is your gender? PLEASE NOTE: To enhance the community experience, profile pics of yourself are *REQUIRED* to gain membership. Membership will be declined otherwise.: womyn

Please tell us about your dietary inclinations:: I really want to be HCRV and just need some guidance

Reading "The 80-10-10 Diet" by Dr Doug Graham is vital for succeeding on this lifestyle. Please acquire this book as soon as possible.: I may read the book at some point in the future

Are you Connected?: yes i am

My favourite books/movies/authors/pastimes are....: Food issues aside, I am a mother of one 4 year old girl. I met my husband 8 years ago at work, and he totally changed my life from being a totally "asleep" (sheeple), listening to country music, watching TV, being like everyone else (although I realize now I never accepted it, I just never realized I was allowed to be different)...to listening to independent/underground metal, becoming spiritual, questioning everything, getting rid of mainstream TV, radio, and all that crap, and learning how to live in the now. I have gone from HATING school and learning to being almost obsessed with learning! I love watching documentaries and reading about "alternative" views, especially ideas that most people would think are bull-crap...some ARE bull-crap, and some end up changing my life, like this fruitarian discovery :)

My biggest passion is horses, has been all my life, and I have one 5 year old appaloosa mare that is my inspiration for everything I do. My goal is to live somewhere where I can see her from my window and be with her every day, grow my own food, and become as self-sufficient as possible. :)

I really don't watch movies much anymore, as I said, I am currently more interested in learning than entertainment. My change in music from country to metal has changed my life so much that I can't even put it into words. Its hard to explain how the heaviest, most brutal and harsh music out there opened my mind and made me HAPPY, but it did :) The stuff I prefer had a more spiritual aspect to it, with lots of classical influence, and very technical and complicated. My absolute favorite is the band Nevermore, and their guitarist, Jeff Loomis, who has two solo albums. He has inspired me so much...although he is metal, absolutely nothing about his music makes me feel angry or negative. In fact, when I was still depressed, it was my depression medication.

Please list your website/blog/facebook/myspace etc: http://metalcowgirl.wordpress.com/

Durianrider & Freelee started this site to bring together high carb, raw vegan lifestylists' across the Globe! 30bad is a high standard and high performance team! We're here to help you make our team! Let us know what HCRV assistance do you need?: Really not sure yet as I'm only on day 5 of being on raw/mostly fruit. I have all the hypothyroid symptoms, so I could use help with that. I have read that I should stay away from broccoli, cabbages, etc. because they can interfere with thyroid. I really cannot go to a doctor in my current situation unless absolutely necessary. No regular doctor here will even consider this kind of thing, I have no insurance, my house has been foreclosed on (aka: stolen out of no fault of our own) and we are very broke from fighting it and trying to find a new place to live. This diet is also helping money-wise, but there is just no way I can go to a doctor right now and pay for it, so I am just doing as much research as I can find on every angle of this, so I cover everything. It seems very daunting right now, especially with the added stress of what's going on in my life, but my body was pretty much forcing me to do this. I will probably get the book you recommend too.

30bad is a HCRV (high carb, raw vegan) internet community which promotes a high carb raw lifestyle free of any animal products. Our forum does not tolerate encouragement of anything contrary to HCRV. Nor do we allow endorsement of non-vegan items or practises which involve the imprisonment, exploitation, abuse or murder of sentient beings. We also require our members to post with proper netiquette. Therefore, please indicate your intention:: I will comply because I like totally agree with all this

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The Healthy Person!

Just want to share some inspiration someone shared with me! :)

http://foodnsport.com/blog/articles/32-Elements-of-Health.php

I invite you to read it slowly and contemplate its truth deeply.

Enjoy the journey!
—Luke Sartor

Health is the most desirable possession of mankind. It is the most precious, yet, to some, the most elusive of all possessions. Without its presence all other gifts are but as the feeble flickering of tapers compared with the power and glory of the midday sun, which it represents. The possession of health makes life a perpetual joy. Nothing daunts the man and woman possessed of health —nothing overawes, nothing discourages, nothing overpowers. It is the constant source of untold pleasures— pleasures incalculable, and yet seldom appreciated until they are gone. Health means vim, vigor, snap and energy. Health means clarity and strength of mind; purity and beauty of soul. The healthy person is unconscious of discomfort; he rises superior to it— is absolutely the monarch of all he surveys. He dominates life instead of allowing it to dominate him. He is unconscious of the parts of his body or the functions they perform. He is a unit—a being—a man, whole, complete, vigorous, perfect, happy—because healthy. To such a man work is a joy; obstacles but opportunities for endeavor; difficulties but a means of enlarged triumph. He knows no weariness, no languor, no lassitude, no exhaustion, except the healthy weariness and exhaustion, easily recuperated, that comes from pleasurably exerted strength and vigor. He is a radiating center of life —physical, mental, spiritual. To grasp his hand is a pleasure, to gaze into his eyes a joy, to hear his voice is to feel a thrill, and to peer into his mind is to be stimulated to higher achievement. Health plus, all things else being equal, is what makes the champion, the expert, the “Captain,” in any and every line. It supplies the courage, the daring, the boldness, the aggressiveness of life. It is what makes initiative possible, bulldog pertinacity effective, and achievement assured.

— Bernarr MacFadden

P.S. Also try to find your local wholesaler in the nearest big city to order produce from. And always have a case of dates on hand! These are the cheapest I've found: http://www.shieldsdategarden.com/p-49-khadrawi-dates-special-promotion.aspx and khadrawi are the sweetest. Learn about datorade here: High calorie fruits

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