Inspiration

Well, it's just over a week since I finished the challenge and I've just come down from my sugar high!

Just kidding. I've been pretty good.

I think.

I won't lie, I did have the poached eggs I was craving and I also had a piping hot pizza with delicious melted cheese all over it. And you know what... It wasn't that exciting. It felt heavy and over-salted and a little like a big dead weight in my stomach.
I certainly didn't feel like I was eating the most wonderful thing in the world. And trust me, when I started this challenge, I thought that if you removed pizza from my life entirely I might just die.

What I have noticed is one thing that is AMAZING. When I eat cooked food, it tastes dead. I know, that's a very harsh term, but it's the only way I can describe it. When I was only eating raw, I didn't notice that the food felt particularly alive, but once I mixed it up, cooked food tasted somewhat bland, dead and simply not full of goodness.

That's super exciting for me, because if I can remember that taste and those feelings, it's incentive to keep feeding my body with healthy, alive food.

Raw food just bursts with goodness when you eat it. And, the more you tip the balance in that direction, the better it tastes and the worse processed food tastes. It really does. You'll have to trust me.

I also have not had any coffee - yay, can you see my halo from where you are sitting? You should be able to.

I don't know how that has happened, but the minute I woke up after the challenge I did not run downstairs and brew the biggest pot of coffee I could. I just haven't bothered. I've stuck to my green and peppermint tea - peppermint is my favourite, yum.

But, all that aside. The real reason for this post today, is because I want to thank everyone for all their support.
All you guys around the world who have left comments, or asked questions, or left me messages on other message boards and blogs (yup, I've had a hard time finding some of those, but I think I've got them all)....

Your words and your kind congratulations have encouraged me to stick with this. Many of you have said I've inspired you (wow, humbled) and I want you to know that you are inspiring me.

You really are.

So let's keep doing that. Inspiring each other.
And the world will turn a whole lot smoother. Actually I'm not sure how it will affect the whole world, but it will make my world turn smoother.

I am listening to your questions and your concerns and this is what I'm going to do. I'll actually address them. Yikes, I know.

Well, I'll answer them if I can. Or I'll just make something up.

But I'll tell you if I'm making it up.

Over the next while, I will go through what I'm trying to eat daily (I still can't give you recipes from the book because of copyright and all that you understand), but what I'm going to try and do is continue to experiment with recipes that are freely available.

If I find recipes I like, I'll post them.

Now remember, I'm not promoting anyone, or being sponsored by anyone, so anything I post is just because my taste buds liked it. Yours may not. But, on Pink Passion Flower, my taste buds rule. That's how it's going to work.

So, if you have questions, ask away. Trust me, I'm learning along with you.