I am just finishing up reading The Raw Food Detox Diet by Natalia Rose. I am thinking I will follow her advice (you said the same thing) about beginning slowly. Scouting shopping trips are in order for finding many of the foods and ingredients I usually do not use.

The past few days have been spent trying to decide what appliance to purchase first. It has been between a blender and a juicer. I have a regular blender and think I will just use it and see how long it will last, and will purchase a juicer. I seem to have come down to two--the Omega Model 8006 and the Omega VRT330. Both will juice greens and wheat grass and seem to have an easier clean-up than others. Do you have any recommendations/suggestions?

After a Christmas dinner with family and friends, I had awful stomach and back cramps--a definite message from my body to stop playing around and begin detoxing! Those pains lasted almost 24 hours. I did a lemon juice and water fast for the next 24 hours and felt well again.

Now, just to figure out a juicer! Thank you everyone for your patience (and April, I will email you when I figure out what questions to ask!).

Happy almost New Year!

Kathy

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas

I have made the decision to go with a blender. After finding the www.GreenSmoothiesGirl.com website, I decided to get a Blendtec. She also has a lot of videos on the site, everything from shopping at the local grocery store produce department to making green smoothies and desserts. VitaMix sent me a notice saying they were presenting on QVC this past weekend, and I watched their shows and picked up lots of wonderful ideas.

While waiting for my blender to arrive, I have been through two "chocolate meltdowns" and need nutritional help fast. Hurry blender, hurry!

My Blendtec blender arrived January 13 and I have used it every day since. My morning meal is a green smoothie and for the past ten days, that has also been my evening meal. I am eating (well, drinking) things that I never thought would pass my lips!

Right now I am sipping on a mango, pineapple, banana and greens smoothie.

I am trying to switch over to as much raw/fresh food as possible. I have not been hungry, but have been craving my old food (SAD) terribly. I'm not craving sweets, but things like pizza.

The Arnold's Way website has been really helpful to me too. They make banana whips using a Champion juicer. That might have to be my next purchase. My blender and I have become inseparable.

Kathy