TUESDAY AUGUST 25th- KINDERGARTEN SPRAWL

[Bunny Berry]

Today I explain why having your raw food goals written down and looking at them daily can really help get you through times when you would originally go back to old eating habits.

When I was dropping Beckett off at kindergarten today, he threw a major fit, and hurled himself onto the floor, tangling up and taking me down with him. I left him crying and screaming in the room, and immediately wanted to go have a King Size chocolate bar. But I looked over my goals, and there it was... Raw for Breakfast ... so, I came home and rebelliously made a smoothie with no greens! Just a delicious 100% RAW coconut smoothie.

You may want to make a small copy of your goals and keep it with you all the time for moments like this morning's kindergarten sprawl. Just sayin'.

And also, a HUGE THANK YOU to Jane from London who sent me the wonderful blue hat I'm wearing in my new profile picture. I looooooove it!

With Much Love,
Bunny

[rubarb]

Love your story! Ahhh, motherhood. :) They are making better people of us. At least that's what I keep telling myself.
Such a great idea to carry our goals WITH us at all times. You never know what's around the corner, on Drama Drive, to throw ya off your plan.
I've been raw all day today, had 2 juices, a nectarine cobbler (doesn't that sound yummy?) and some sweet potato crackers with avo, tomato and onion. Plan to finish my day with some green juice - it's on the goal list!
Thanks, Bunny.

[Helen Rose]

Thank you for sharing! I'm getting my son ready for Pre-K. He is not good with change and new things, so I know I'm going to have some challenging days ahead of me. Fortunately, it is only age 3 Pre-K and I can always just bring him back home it he is having an off day.

Thanks too for the food goal reminder. This summer has been very difficult -- age 3 is no picnic, sibling jealousy, a teething baby (mom not getting enough sleep), oh and potty training all intersected this summer. Let's just say I've been eating raw chocolate several times a week to get through. Not that raw chocolate is bad, but I don't want to rely on it to get me through the day. Your reminder of fixing a healthy smoothie and making a new connection to feel good food is excellent. I'll remember this the next time there is an incident. ....Oh no I think I hear an incident now. Must run!

[Angie]

Yes, written goals are good to have with you. These may be even better. ;) http://www.sunfood.com/buy/1/102/Caramel-Chocolate-Truffle-Bar-Righ...

[Angie]

Or these... http://www.sunfood.com/buy/1/102/Acai-Cacao-Truffle-Bar-2-oz-66g-Ri...
I stash treats in my purse & backpack whenever I leave the house. :) I can't tell you how much it helps!

[doingraw]

Ha ha! You poor thing. I was actually going to say a few videos back don't be suprised if Becket changes his tune towards kinder. It's quite normal for a child to love kinder the first few times and then when they click onto the fact that they will lose their security during the day (aka mum or dad) they lose it. Most just run to the door and scream their head off for the whole morning. Most of the time mum shouldn't give in a take the child home, but sometimes if they child becomes overly stressed then the teacher might ring to say it might be best to take the child home.

[strong_and_raw]

Thanks for the laughter, Bunny! I needed it!

[Cindy]

Hey, I'm doing the gallbladder flush tonight and getting to bed early. Went to the coffee shop this morning and wrote/brainstormed a bunch of goals and finished up some stuff you'd been talking about a few days ago ... so I'm excited! ;)

[Littlewolf]

Stop the coffe mon fluer if your at all bothered about the flush working..I would stay off the stuff for a week to get the irratants out of your system..THEN do the flush....get some dandelion coffee the roasted kind and grind your own, its as near coffee as your gonna get and its good for the liver and kidneys...your system want fight itslef or be over loaded then and it will work better.

Just a thought.....:)...

Cindy said:

Hey, I'm doing the gallbladder flush tonight and getting to bed early. Went to the coffee shop this morning and wrote/brainstormed a bunch of goals and finished up some stuff you'd been talking about a few days ago ... so I'm excited! ;)

[Littlewolf]

Wonderfu..!!...kids need to be independent...and your doing the best thing in the long run....has to be or you will get an Ernest !! LOL...I have a couple of friends who let theor children tell them what they wanted to do, what they wanted to eat where they wanted to go etc from age zero and now strangely enough both these boys are in their 20s and live in their rooms and dont work..!!..and still live with mummy and daddy !! and simply dont have much of a life.

I was brought up to eat what I was given and wore clothes from a thrift shop, yet I was damn happy, I climbed tress and went on expeditions down the river ways, rode my bike all day etc....it statrs as a tiddler I think as I cant ever remember having a fit and screaming...I never got asked what do you want !!!! I just got given stuff even if I didnt want or like it..LOL...

[Lynn]

Glad to hear you held up strong, and even were able to laugh about the "drama". My youngest had major porblems in early elementary school. We discovered she had an anxiety disorder. I would practicall yhave to force her into the car, then the principal or another teacher would have to carry her into school. It was horrible, and so stressful. I know I wouldn't have even tried to follow any goals if I had set some up at that time. We tried home school, private school. Now she is in high school. She takes 3 different meds and sees a coulselor weekly, but at least she goes to school without the "drama". I'm proud of you to stick to your goals, and loved how you could still get some of the frustration out with the rebellious action of no greens.
Give Becket some time, and I believe he will grow to LOVE school, especially since it has the arts emphesis to it. It will be good for Basil to take him to school occassionally too. It's great he can do that!!!
I'm finalizing (spelling?) my goals to post them later today. I will have to try to post how I am doing frequently or I will certainly slip. My hubby thinks some of my habits are already pretty "far out" so I probably won't share with him what I am doing. He tends to get a bit sarcastic at times, trying to be funny, but also I think he feels insecure with me doing life differently than he does. Then with my youngest having her anxiety and mood disorder, I can get pretty stressed. Thats when I FEEL like things won't turn out well--who cares if I eat a ceratin way because if my youngest is so bad off, it won't matter to me if I do these goals. I know in my head it is best, for both me and my daughter, to take care of myself. But the emotions take over and I FEEL all hope is lost.
So glad to have someone ( or maybe I should say so many) to share this all with, I think it will really help hold me accountable!!!!