Love My Body Challenge

I'm on Day 3 of FullyRawKristina's Love My Body Challenge!  The challenge is to encourage participants to love their body and eat at least 1 fully raw meal a day.

I usually do eat at least 1 fully raw meal a day but my goal is to eat at least 2 or all 3.  I didn't eat a raw dinner last night but today is a new day!

I've had body image issues most of my life but I have to say since going mostly vegan they've been better.  I'm not really sure why that is maybe I just feel better about myself it's not necessarily because of the weight issue per say.  Perhaps I'm just growing up and caring less (what others think), too!  Regardless I'm enjoying this challenge so far and it runs thru June 21st but I can see doing this challenge over and over.

Below is a 1 minute video of one of my quick meals last Friday.  I try and have fresh fruit around during the day, dried or freeze dried fruit, nut & seed crackers, and lately I have had Kale Chips and/or Nori (snack) Wraps/Sticks as filler incase I get hungry or didn't bring enough to eat that day.  I also do smoothies and will be getting into fresh juicing again real soon because my SlowStar Juicer came in recently!  YAY!

Blissful Journey ~ Adventures in Art Journaling, Self Esteem, and Avocado Hummus!

I've struggled with Self Esteem issues and Body Image Issues most of my life.  As I get older I am more accepting of myself for the most part on most days.  I think some of that came along with dropping dairy from my diet, too.  I know that sounds like a superficial item on the list of reasons but it's just something I have noticed the last few months.  I think because I feel better overall it has made me feel better about myself.  Not in a vanity type way but more accepting of who I am, I guess.  I guess it's just hard to explain. 

Over the past week or so I have been adding more and more layers to a few Art Journaling Pages and last night completed this one.  I had the layers down and even the two digi stamps but last night I decided to go with the "JUST BE" theme and text.  It seemed to work here and as I added more and more of the "BE..." elements it 'felt right'.

I saw this little 'meme' on Instagram the other day and LOVED that is was Pirates of the Caribbean and Johnny Depp and Captain Jack Sparrow and it all seemed to come together.

I realize we all have our faults but I also think we are all 'perfect' in our own way!  Yes...that's contradicting but pretty deep if you give it some thought!

Yesterday, I forgot to mention, while at the Festival over the weekend we ended up meeting some 'new friends'.  That's one of my favorite parts about being a vendor at these things!  Meeting people but also fellow vendors that you 'click with'.  My mom, dad, sister, and I always come with 'goodies' and invite other vendors over to 'take a break' with us.  Ever since my sister had some store-bought 'Avocado' Hummus a few months ago she's been wanting to try some others.  I finally decided to make it last week.  It made a HUGE batch and I brought it with me to the event and shared with about a dozen or more people!  EVERYONE absolutely LOVED it!  Even people who are NOT focused on their diet or food intake or 'health' foods commented.  One person even said he didn't like hummus - as a rule of thumb - but LOVED my Avocado Hummus!  This totally made my day!  Woot!  Here is what I used...

1 1/2 C Chickpeas
2 Avocadoes
3 T Lemon Juice
2 T Tahini
2 Cloves Garlic
Water (or Grapeseed Oil), Pepper to taste/consistency