Do you know what AFA is? 

 AFA is Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, otherwise know as E3Live.    I started taking it a few months ago and have really been enjoying it.  I been so nourished when I am taking it, and I must say, you do get used to the taste.  E3Live is an all-organic wild-harvested aqua-botanical considered by renowned health authorities to be nature’s most beneficial superfood.

Physiologically, E3Live™ helps restore overall body/mind balance in numerous ways. Its field of action simultaneously includes the immune, endocrine, nervous, gastro-intestinal and cardio-vascular systems.

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Speaking at Catch A Healthy Habit Cafe

What
Speaking on my 100 day Juice Feast Journey

When
Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00PM

Where
Catch A Healthy Habit Cafe
487a Campbell Ave inside Look at Me Now Wellness Center
West Haven CT 06516
203 521-7648

Investment in your health: $15 includes a juice from the juice bar.

Click here to sign up.

What:

Brain Gym® is an educational, movement based program which uses simple movements to integrate the whole brain, senses and body, preparing the person with the physical skills they need to learn effectively. Incorporating 26 easy and enjoyable targeted activities, Brain Gym® develops the brain's neural pathways the way nature does – through movement - and can be used to improve a wide range of learning, attention and behavior skills. Educational Kinesiology and Brain Gym® are the result of many years of research into learning and brain function by American educationalist, Dr Paul Dennison PhD. It is now used in over 80 countries and is recognized as a safe, effective and innovative educational and self-development tool which integrates body and mind to bring about rapid and often dramatic improvements in concentration, memory, reading, writing, organizing, listening, physical coordination and more.
 
Who does Brain Gym® help?
Originally created to help children and adults with learning challenges, for example dyslexia, dysphasia and ADHD, Brain Gym® is now used to improve functioning and life quality by people from all walks of life from education to the arts, business, healthcare, sport and personal development. The movements can be safely used by people of almost any age and mobility, from babies upwards.
 
What does it help?
The improvement in whole brain function that can result from use of the Brain Gym® movements has benefits such as:
 
* academic skills – for example, reading, writing, spelling and maths
* memory, concentration and focus
* physical co-ordination and balance
* communication skills and language development
* self-development and personal stress management
* the achievement of goals, both professional and personal
 
Margaret Underwood, the course instructor, is a Brain Gym Instructor and an internationally experienced workshop presenter. She has been teaching Brain Gym around the world for the past 12 years. Margaret is skilled at synthesizing material from many fields into easily understandable information for her students and providing positive learning experiences for everyone who attends her workshops.
 
She is also a qualified secondary teacher, a learning styles trainer and whole brain learning specialist, a Tai Chi Chuan instructor, and a Reiki Master/Teacher. She has received training in Non-Violent Communication, the use of imagery for healing and is a student of Jin Shin Jyutsu.  Margaret has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting.

When:

May 10th, 2008 6pm - Midnight

Where:

Atmananda Yoga Sequence

324 Lafayette St - 7th Fl

New York, NY 10012

212-625-1511

Investment in your Health: $99 

Class is limited to 40 people so reserve your spot today.  This truly is a transformational class and I highly recommend it.  Margaret has worked on me in the past and is an amazing healer.

94 days. Just Juice.

I have not had solid food in over 3 months. 

• No nuts.
• No salads.
• No bananas.
• No avocados.
• Not even a smoothie.

With 6 days left on this juice feast I really don’t know what to expect on my first day of solid foods.  I mean sure, I have seen the YouTube videos of everyone eating prunes on their first day of food, and that looks all find and dandy, but for some reason I just can’t even picture it anymore.  For example, I honestly don’t remember eating almonds.  I remember using them in recipes, chopping them, and even dehydrating them, I just don’t remember eating them. 

I have been to some of the top raw food restaurants in NYC, watched literally hundred of delicious meals and desserts being consumed, and even acted as the chef for our GITMR Poconos raw food retreat, and all I can think about is lettuce!  Not Pure Food’s amazing ice cream, not Quintessence’s impossible to duplicate fofu, not even Gnosis’s gourmet yummy chocolate (you didn’t just read that Vanessa), just beautifully nutritious, highly delicious, high-water-content Boston lettuce.  There is just something about the crunch that I have been missing. 

A part of me feels that I could keep on living on juice forever.  Actually, I know I could.  The fear of not eating solid food has left me.  I have discovered that for me, it’s a choice.  Once you believe that anything is possible, and that we live a limitless life, a whole new world opens up to you. 

We truly are bound by nothing! 

I have tried every type of technique during this 100-day adventure:

Days with just water.
Days with just fruit juice.
Days with just veggie juice.
Days with mainly coconut water.
Periods with no food or water at all.

Nights when I slept 11 hours. 
Nights when I danced until 4am.
Nights when I didn’t sleep at all.

And what are my closing thoughts of this wonderful journey:

…it’s all just so beautiful.

The beauty of watching yourself continue to grow.
The humility of discovering what you are really made of. 
The gratitude for being alive during the most amazing time in the history of the human race.

Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you.

Weight Update

• Day 1 - 260.0 lbs


• Day 10 - 249.4 lbs (10.6 lbs lost)


• Day 17 - 244.4 lbs (5.0 lbs lost)


• Day 24 – 238.6 lbs (5.8 lbs lost)


• Day 31 – 234.6 lbs (4.0 lbs lost)


• Day 38 – 231.5 lbs (3.1 lbs lost)


• Day 45 – 227.6 lbs (3.9 lbs lost)


• Day 52 – 224.2 lbs (3.4 lbs lost)

• Day 60 – 223.2 lbs (1.0 lb lost)
• Day 74 – 217.6 lbs (5.6 lbs lost)
• Day 82 – 213.6 lbs (4.0 lbs lost)
• Day 88 - 209.0 lbs (4.6 lbs lost)
• Day 94 – 207.0 lbs (2.0 lbs lost)

Total Weight Loss while JF: 53.0 lbs




Total Weight Loss since raw: 193.0 lbs
 (2 years)

Grateful,

Philip @ Lovingraw

Ps.  I hope to see you for my Raw Chocolate Rave Party  next week, to celebrate the finish of my 100 days on juice!  This party is hosted by Gnosis Chocolate and Welikeitraw, and it going to be an amazing event!