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I realized it is important for me to recognize all the little successes that will one day lead up to a bigger success.  But every time I fail, I tend to only look at the failure.  Wasn't I succeeding until I failed?  Why didn't I recognize that before?

And the more you acknowledge successes, the easier it is to stay motivated and keep yourself going.  I decided to play a game with myself.  Habits are formed by repetition, until it becomes second nature.  For every meal that I…

I've been lingering around her the last few months, not really able to fully apply 8-1-1, but I have noticed that it has influenced my food choices to a degree.  I'll generally pick high carb, low fat foods, but not always the best ones.  

I guess I'm drawn back here because there are things that I want to fix that haven't been going away on their own and I do still view this as the ideal diet.  Maybe I can give it a more honest try again and handle some issues I've had attention…

Okay, I've survived 2 days.  Yesterday I was extremely bloated in the morning (before the banana-eating commenced).  I couldn't eat anything until around 3:00pm.  Then, as I went to the kitchen to make my first banana smoothie, I caught a whiff of pizza and quiche.  Oh man, I almost lost it.  I had the quickest inner-dialogue of about 100 times of this cycle:

"Should I?"

"I shouldn't

"But I want to"

"No I don't"

(repeat) 

I picked up a piece of pizza…

Hi guys!

It's been so long since I've posted on here!!  Like a year it seems.

I really wanted to keep up a blog here for my 30 day challenge on banana island, starting tomorrow.  I have fake nails on so it is really hard to type... so I will keep it short today.  

Truthfully, I really started the challenge on September 1st, lasted 4 days, and then succumbed (temporarily) to temptations in and around my home.  My family is neither vegan nor raw, although I've been…