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Old 12-20-2008, 10:07 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Xanafax, don't try to do it or even plan to do it - the harder you try to give something up the more it works against you. Remember Yoda? "Do or do not, there is no try"

instead surround yourself with articles and websites and people who can give you reasons/testimonials/horror stories about meat and one day you'll find yourself casually bypassing the chicken.

make sure you have at least 2 friends (physically) that are openly vegetarian or raw and go for lunch with them and hang out with them a lot.

I've been slowly and unintentionally weaned off the meat diet over 2 years just by doing that.

I'm applying the same principal to make other shifts in my life too (surround yourself with it and you will become it - look at ashley/mary kate, they spend their time at fashion shows surrounded by supermodels, and are stick thin themselves.) trying to resist your surroundings is one of the hardest things, I've found.

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Old 12-20-2008, 10:22 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Thanks Dice, that's good advice, cute and smart...damn!
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Old 12-26-2008, 08:13 AM   #33 (permalink)
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wow. Your skins is PERFECT. please post a before picture of how your skin used to be. it may really motivate me. ugh i need to get motivated. i can't stop eating meat and junk food
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Old 12-26-2008, 12:39 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Exclamation Before Pics!

I dug these out of the old vault. From mid August '08



That was post-water fasting. The water fast didn't help much as you can see

Hopefully this will motivate you guys!

Remember that skin cells turn over every 30 days, so have patience.
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Old 12-29-2008, 12:07 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Dice!
I have a question;
You said that you are using Cataphil.
I've read and heard from many people about this cleanser.
Specially from Fran , the author of huge acne web site HignOnHealth.
So-I went to Wallgreens to check it out.
The ingredients look... scary.................
Ingredients: Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Stearyl Alcohol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben.

Do you feel it is gentle for your face?
Do You think it helped you as well?

Your skin looks amazing!
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Old 12-29-2008, 04:46 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Dice!
I have a question;
You said that you are using Cataphil.
I've read and heard from many people about this cleanser.
Specially from Fran , the author of huge acne web site HignOnHealth.
So-I went to Wallgreens to check it out.
The ingredients look... scary.................
Ingredients: Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Stearyl Alcohol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben.

Do you feel it is gentle for your face?
Do You think it helped you as well?

Your skin looks amazing!
I have a few cleansers floating around the house (Cetaphil, Biotherm, St. Ives, Mario Badescu)

Mario Badescu is the safest and most natural.
Cetaphil is very gentle, does very little for my face sans clean it.
St. Ives face wash is AWESOME for little acne spots.
Biotherm is pricy, but good.


The toners make the biggest difference for me. DDF Glycolic is life changing, its done incredible things to my skin (it's $40 and worth it). Rosewater Witchhazel is also very gentle and cleans up whatever Cetaphil didnt.

Check out makeupalley.com for reviews. They're very accurate.
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Old 12-29-2008, 08:56 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Cool dice Congratulations.
You have certainly got me thinking about it.
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Old 12-30-2008, 12:22 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Really beautiful. Congratulations.

How much fat do you eat? I've had financial problems and have eaten a poor diet without much fat, my skin has become dry, red and patchy.
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Old 12-30-2008, 07:56 AM   #39 (permalink)
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I usually get 3-5g fat from milks, 3-6g from soybeans, and another 10-14g from olive oil, another 10g from raw nuts. So fat intake would be about......20-40g a day. Never much less than 10g daily.

Wow. Is that a lot? I've never thought much about it until now.
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Old 12-30-2008, 12:12 PM   #40 (permalink)
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How old are you dice?

The pictures look great!
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Old 12-31-2008, 05:31 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Here's some more amazing transformations...
Shazzie.com > The raw food diet > Raw Transformation

Does anyone know as well should you take supplements when on a raw diet?
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Old 12-31-2008, 06:11 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Shazzie.com > The raw food diet > Raw Transformation

Does anyone know as well should you take supplements when on a raw diet?



great site marty I was impressed
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Old 01-01-2009, 01:33 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Thanks for posting this Dice, it is really interesting. Could I use your experience in a blog post? I wrote this some time ago

Can your diet cure acne? | Colin's Beauty Pages

but it really needs an update and your example is a very interesting one.
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Dice!
I have a question;
You said that you are using Cataphil.
I've read and heard from many people about this cleanser.
Specially from Fran , the author of huge acne web site HignOnHealth.
So-I went to Wallgreens to check it out.
The ingredients look... scary.................
Ingredients: Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Stearyl Alcohol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben.

Do you feel it is gentle for your face?
Do You think it helped you as well?

Your skin looks amazing!
I think Cetapil is one of those products that might adversely affect the skin in the long run, but it shouldn't cause pimples.
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Thanks for posting this Dice, it is really interesting. Could I use your experience in a blog post? I wrote this some time ago

Can your diet cure acne? | Colin's Beauty Pages

but it really needs an update and your example is a very interesting one.

Go for it

Your sites very interesting by the way!
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Old 01-03-2009, 09:20 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Thank You, Dice !
I am currently reading a lot about chemical peels.
Lactic, Tca etc.
Amazing stuff.

p.s. I remember the day when I put all unnatural stuff away or asked around who wants it. Well, from time to time I need something powerful and quick.
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Old 01-05-2009, 12:23 AM   #47 (permalink)
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I usually get 3-5g fat from milks, 3-6g from soybeans, and another 10-14g from olive oil, another 10g from raw nuts. So fat intake would be about......20-40g a day. Never much less than 10g daily.

Wow. Is that a lot? I've never thought much about it until now.
Nope that is great. Fat should account for at 20% of your daily calories.
I eat around 60 g of fat every day. Helps keep my ezchema away and my skin "good2. (I am a guy so I don't care so much about it )
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Old 01-11-2009, 10:54 AM   #48 (permalink)
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I have a few cleansers floating around the house (Cetaphil, Biotherm, St. Ives, Mario Badescu)

Mario Badescu is the safest and most natural.
Cetaphil is very gentle, does very little for my face sans clean it.
St. Ives face wash is AWESOME for little acne spots.
Biotherm is pricy, but good.

The toners make the biggest difference for me. DDF Glycolic is life changing, its done incredible things to my skin (it's $40 and worth it). Rosewater Witchhazel is also very gentle and cleans up whatever Cetaphil didnt.

Check out makeupalley.com for reviews. They're very accurate.
What about the good ole days, when all people had was WATER plus a few basic food-staples.
Yet, their skin was every bit as Beautiful & Healthy as yours
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Old 03-16-2010, 03:25 PM   #49 (permalink)
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Oh my, i am despairing over this!

After living through an unusually stressful transition year in Toronto, downtown, skin has gone to the gallows. I would post a After-the-after picture but the camera refuses to look at my face.

Thought I would bump it up for more inspiration, yours and mine.

Jesus Cheesewhiz. Henceforth to spinach! Lets see if we can all get back to the happy place in the next month or so.
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I've been on the Raw food diet for 5 weeks now and check out the results!


Before: I was tired all the time. My skin was dry and scaly, I couldn't stop telling horrible puns.


After: Need I say more?
What have you posted a pic of me for?
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What have you posted a pic of me for?
Yeah, we already knew he liked old dusty antique books.

What gives?
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That's great and all. I had similar results with the face with raw food, but you neglected to mention the side effect. How do you deal with THIS?:

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Some nice transformations in this thread =P

Maybe James you could convince your little friend that it's time he lived on his own. If that fails you can always get yourself a nice new shiny machete. You can chop coconuts with it after this ordeal, or mutilate innocent African villagers for your political aims.
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Funny dice, it looks like you have my identical eye color. That's unusual.
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how are things going dice?
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I had had had to show you guys.



I hadn't changed what I put on my face or anything else, I just started eating raw about 86% and tada!

for the record,
cleanser: cetaphil
toner:witch hazel
moisturizer:jojoba and aloe
sometimes honey or clay masks

but my skin hasnt been this smooth or clear since i was 2 years old!
You are so beautiful!! Your skin is amazing, but you look so healthy and radiant. Your hair is very healthy looking, too.
So, you've convinced me...raw it is!! I've been thinking about it for a while now, but I haven't made the change because I'm not sure what all it entails.
Do you have any good online resources for this diet that you would recommend? I have a hard time finding books and things in the lovely little pineywoods area here.

Thanks in advance!
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I have a question;
You said that you are using Cataphil.
I've read and heard from many people about this cleanser.
Specially from Fran , the author of huge acne web site HignOnHealth.
So-I went to Wallgreens to check it out.
The ingredients look... scary.................
Ingredients: Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Stearyl Alcohol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben.

Do you feel it is gentle for your face?
Do You think it helped you as well?

Your skin looks amazing!
Just to add...I use Cetaphil on my baby with eczema. It's the only cleanser besides Dove soap that I've found that is gentle enough for her skin. You can also buy the Cetaphil lotion which is very light but a fair moisturizer. Honestly, I buy the generic brand of both because it's about 1/3 of the price and works just as well.
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Raw food resources?

Hi folks,
Anyone have any good ebooks/products/websites about raw
food that they found useful? Please share because I want to
go raw, but dont know what to eat.
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Ok, fine. I'm doing a cleanse. health benefits, whatevs. Appeal to my vanity? There's some motivation. ROFL!
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very nice! how old are you? congratulations!
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