~I'm too busy!!!~

I'm soooo sorry, dear readers, for not being more regular lately! (I just need more fiber!!! Kidding! I mean regular with posting, silly!)

Between back-to-(home)school preparations, keeping up with everyone & everything at the RawFu 100 day 100% raw challenge I'm doing, trying to get my house in order (I do my spring cleaning in the fall, too...don't ask!) & all the healing, emotional detox, back pain, & TRYING to keep exercising regularily, (not to mention not getting enough sleep & being on a MAJOR night schedule again...Hannah, too!) as well as the long-weekend-sewing-marathon I've been on, I don't know whether I'm comin' or goin' some days! But I'm still here!!! & still 100% raw!!!

So how am I doing, overall? (I miss wearing overalls! Soon!!!) Well, my weight loss seems to be slowing down a little, & I'm definately feeling the need to move more...but I'm going thru something I've experienced before, as the weight is coming off, it seems to be shifting things in the way I hold/carry myself, & my back is hurting constantly, & pretty intensely...I need to up the amount I'm stretching, & do more things that strengthen it, & my abs! (& I need a massage...

& I have a table...anyone wanna volunteer? We can exchange!)

But I had a wee bit of a shock yesterday...I asked my friend Shannon to find any pics she had of me & send them to me...(I deleted every picture that really showed my weight!) & she sent some from when we first met, over 2 years ago, close to my highest weight, when I first went raw... & when I saw them, I was actually shocked! {I even took my measurements the other day, & with being 56 pounds down now, I'd actually lost 2 inches in my NECK! Bizzarre & sooooooooo suprising!!!

You know how you see yourself in the mirror every day, & think maybe there's a few little changes, but it's hard to see? I thought cuz no-one's commented or noticed (except that I can stand longer & walk more) there's really little difference...

So here's the pics...let me know if you see a difference....

Over 2 years ago, just starting with & learning about raw, through Raw Food Boot Camp!

56 pounds down, taken recently...

Ok, here's the one I'm almost too embarrassed to post...*blush*...same day, 2 years ago, not hiding it as well....(I used to be photogenic, haven't really been for years....which is why I deleted most of the pics I had of me!)

....& again, taken a few nights ago...

*Sigh* here's another one I almost deleted...(please never mind the clutter!)

Someone on RawFu said my smile actually reaches my eyes now! What a wonderful compliment!

Ok, that's all for now...I'm workin' up the courage to take & post full-body pics! & even a video! be patient with me, God ain't finished with me yet! {& neither is RAW!}

Stay Raw, it does a body good!!!