I experienced recovery from morbid obesity through a raw food lifestyle. I have been eating raw for over 5 years now and have lost around 160lbs (approx. 12 stone) in that time. My life has been co...
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Happy Anniversaries :)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Tomorrow – November the 19th – this blog will be 2 years old:) I started writing on Nov 19th 2006, the night before I started my 92-day Juice Feast in Costa Rica. You can che ck out my first ever blog post HERE if you like ;) (To the right is a picture of me having my 'final supper' before feasting...wow, my hair is abt half the len...
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How much JOY can you handle...??? ;)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
OoOoooOoohhhh, I have so many YUMMY things to share with you at the moment that I’m not sure where to start... ;) Ok, I’m going to dive over to Raw Fu first, to tell you about the AMAZING ‘ Holiday Craft Fair ’ that Bunny Berry has put together over there :)))) I LOVE Bunny – I think she is just SUCH a blessing in ...
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Diabetes, Discussions and Yumballs... ;)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
OOoooo, greens at the ready, it’s World Diabetes Day today, Friday the 14th of November :) To mark the occasion, over 700 monuments around the world are being lit up with blue lights, including the Empire State Building in NYC and the London Eye in England. Perhaps you’d like to join in the celebration by pinning blue lights on your...
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Giving Thanks...
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Mmmmmm, seems like Thanksgiving is coming up soon in the US then...I’ve been getting notification of various yummy things in relation to this celebration, which you might en joy...here are a few to contemplate: *Heidi and Justin at RawFoodRightNow have a very popular raw Thanksgiving recipe e-book to share, which they’ve had on the...
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Compulsion
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
MMmMMmMmmm, well, remarkably, the final stages of editing ‘ Raw Emotions ’ for print are underway ;) Printing a book is such a looooooooooong process...I am still armpit-deep in comma-straightening, page re-shuffling and so on at present – it’s going to be SO wonderful when it’s ready to share in the PHYSICAL...in t...
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Frightfully RAW Fun... :)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Mmmmmm, it’s H a l l o w e e n time of course now for many people around the world...parents and raw foodists all over may grimace and fret about all that refined sugar, the crazy mood swings and so on – and YET – help is at hand;) Here are a few yummy raw food resources for a hopefully less ‘frightful’ celebration...
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You want some Dream Bar...??? ;)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Tralallalalaaaa, more super-synching event details to share: Firstly, I am delighted to announce that the Monarch and myself have added another speaking event to our whistle-stop S w e d e n visit :) We’ll now also be speaking at the charming Levande Föda raw food retreat centre in Väddö, on October the 16th from 7pm. Raw f...
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New Delights...
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
I am SOOOOO happy – the RawReform.com main site is back up again :) It got blown to pieces by all the CNN-related traffic and was sadly down for over a week, being lovingly restored, like a raw version of humpty-dumpty;) WELL, now it’s all back together and shinier than ever, thanks to some nice men who have well-developed left-brain...
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INTRODUCING: Rawkathon: A 7 Day,...
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
INTRODUCING: Rawkathon: A 7 Day, FREE Online Living & Raw Food Event OOOooooo, fun new FREE raw food online event to play with :) Do you remember the free Raw Summit programmes from a while back? Well, that cheeky Mr. Gianni's been at it again... Over the last month, he has been busy putting together a spangly new toy for us all to play w...
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Spreadin' the Word... ;)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
OOooOooooo lalalalaaa…well, the epic CNN adventure continues ;) LOL – the RawReform main site is actually still down after being completely deluged with traffic the last few days (BI G thanks out to Kevin Gianni for helping us to get smthg back up online while the site is restored :). According to CNN, their piece on my weight loss...
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CNN Traffic = RawReform Site down - sorry ;)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Hey everyone, CNN just put up an article abt my weight loss story on their main site - see HERE: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/09/26/weightloss.angela.stokes/index.html Unfortunately, the MASSIVE amount of traffic this sent to the RawReform site has temporarily tripped the server out and the site is down - we have someone working o...
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Raw Gratitude...
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
WHeeeeeeeeEEEeEeEEew, the last couple of weeks have been pretty FULL-ON here... ;) LOL...thanks for all your beautiful messages and sorry that not much blo gging has been in process ;) We just got back to the UK yesterday and I promptly fell asleep for 16HOURS – lol ;) Back on form now... The recent lovely news item from CNN News on my we...
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See me on CNN News :)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
EXCITED :)))CNN News just did a 2-minute story on my raw food weight loss - here's the link below - ENJOY :) http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2008/09/23/gupta.fn.raw.food.stokes.cnn It was shown on TV this morning (Tuesday Sept. 23rd), will apparently be repeated this Friday at around 8.30am US eastern time and will also play on TV over t...
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Greens and Salads...
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Quite a few of you have been writing in to ask about E3 Live, after I was drinking so much of it recently ;) Well, simply put, it's an algae collected from Klamath Lake. E3 Live is a freshly frozen product: the algae is collected, bottled, frozen and shipped out to customers with cold packs... Here's what I like about it: it’s nutrient-p...
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Simply Raw Bliss ;)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
WOW – a couple of nights ago we watched the new ‘ Simply Raw ’ DVD, which follows 6 diabetics as they reverse this condition naturally, with raw food, at the Tree of Life centre in Arizona. I was SOOOOOOO happy to finally see this documentary – it has been a long time coming a nd it was definitely worth the wait ;) I fo...
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Gorilla Food for All ;)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Hmmmmm...my recent trip to the totally abundant ‘ Two EEs ’ organic farm here in BC led my thought patterns down some interesting paths...my musings went smthg like this (bear with me ;): My impression is that most people seem to have very strong emotional connections to food (as you’ll know if you’ve read my book &lsqu...
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fuzzy teeth...
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Wow, day 2 of my magical juice feast and all is well. I'm loving it. It's been a very interesting day for me energetically. I woke feeling groggy, with sleep in my eyes, a runny nose, a slight sore throat and fuzzy teeth. Definite detox occuring ;) great stuff...cacao exiting the system :) As I got going with the day, the groggyness etc soon ...
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DAY 1 - yeeeeeeeeee-HAH :)
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
WOW :) I am STILL soooo excited...it's been an amazing first day for me...I am LOVING this juice feasting... I have drunk 4.5 litres of juice today (1 gallon + 1pint) and I feel fantastic... started with a litre (1 quart) of green juice (celery, cucumbers, lettuce, spinach, cilantro etc) then .5 litre (pint) of fresh pineapple juice (with rin...
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The Final Supper...
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
Tomorrow, November 20th, 2006, I am starting a 92 day juice FEAST. I am EXCITED :) This is my last day of eating solid foods for the next 3 months... It is a new moon in Scorpio and a time for great shifts in life, to reveal ever-more the true me. After 4.5 years raw, I have experienced a great deal of detoxing, including losing around 160lbs...
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Exotic explorations...
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Angela S.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Obesity
YUMMY new discovery of today: Guanabana fruit:) Wow…delicious… Kind of similar to a cherimoya (custard apple) in flavour – sweet and creamy juiced – yummy :) like a cross between…hmmmmm…peaches and apples and…kiwi… Here is a slide show of pictures from the beach on the west coast of Costa Rica yesterd...
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