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Your Own Organic Garden Without the Work?

lilla — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:42:45 +0000

Have you heard about the new program called “My Organic Acres?” There’s been quite a buzz about it among the raw food communities but I’ve hesitated joining until now because frankly, it just sounds too good to be true and a little suspicious like an MLM, although it’s not…exactly.

Basically, you can get your own garden (or access to buy organic at member prices) in which you chose what you want to grow and it is shipped to you all year-round. There are 150(?) crops you can chose from and they are guaranteed to grow. If for some reason your plot doesn’t yield a certain crop, than they will take some from a back-up crop and send to you. There is even a video camera so you can watch your crops growing!Along with the garden, there is a general store where you have access to purchase organic products at low prices. Depending on what level membership you chose, you pay a start-up fee and/or monthly fee BUT you get credits in the general store that offset the fees and make them downright ridiculously low. The videos on the website explain it all and it SOUNDS like a great plan. The only questions I have are (1) what will the shipping costs be and (2) how on earth can they offer food and products practically for free? I’m thinking the cost may be low temporarily for the “Pioneers” (as they are calling the first people to sign up) and then these special offers will revert back to full membership prices? I just dunno.

Right now until the end of 2009 (I think,) there’s no obligation when you join. So i signed up for the 12-month General Store membership. I won’t have my own garden to play with BUT I’ll pay $3/month and have a $27 monthly credit to shop with in the General Store and access to the online Farmer’s market. So after shipping, I’m guessing it will be like $20 free groceries monthly? Not sure but I figured I would get in now before the “Pioneer” period is over. Noting to lose, I hope! LOL. Here is the link to My Organic Acres webpage. Check it out and decide for yourself if it’s real or a scam(?) I would be curious to hear what you think of it.

A Surprise Christmas Treat

lilla — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:19:52 +0000

Hey everyone! It’s been a looong time since I last wrote but I just HAD to post about the Raw Food World because I am blown away by their service. I placed an order for a whole bunch of goodies on Tuesday December 22nd. They’re having a massive 17.5% off sale until New Year’s Eve so I wanted to stock up to start 2010 right. NEVER did I expect to get my loot by Christmas Eve. But lo and behold 48 hours later, I opened my front door on my way out to some Xmas festivities and was SHOCKED to see that Santa had delivered my package. YAY!! Not only that, but it came with samples of Natural Calm, chlorella “nuts” & hemp powder. WOWEE!

Of all the places I’ve ordered from, the Raw Food World truly does have the best prices and services in my humble opinion and I’m proud to be affiliated with them. They are always having special sales, but this is the best one so far! Just use coupon code – HOLIDAY18 – when checking out (HOLIDAY12 for 12% off of appliances.) Here’s a picture of what I got. Can’t wait to experiment with some yum pots AND the Irish moss to make some “tiramisu consistency” desserts. I’ll keep you posted on my creations.

Raw and Yummy!

In the meantime I’m chillin’ at home on Xmas day, listening to some YT videos that Anthony from Raw Model posted here. REALLY interesting out-of-this-world stuff. Also thinking of going to see Avatar at the IMAX but scared of the Xmas day crowds – LOL. I’ll probably stay local and play around with my new raw “toys” instead. HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!! ;D

Another Fitness Challenge

lilla — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:16:45 +0000

If you missed the deadline for the awesome Real Time Physique Transformation contest, well you’re out of luck. But I just got an e-mail from Precision Nutrition and they are about to start up another Lean Eating Program with $20,000 in prize money – cha ching!!

I think the Precision Nutrition (PN) program is very sound and Dr. John Berardi is tops in his field. He’s the author of The Metabolic Advantage. If you haven’t read it yet, it’s worth a read. If you’re a raw foodist, than PN is not for you. But if your vegetarian, PN can be adapted to your lifestyle to help you lose weight if that’s your goal. It’s probably best for people who currently know they are eating a crappy diet and want to transition and learn more about nutrition and get super fit steadily in a maintainable way for life.

The Lean Program incorporates the PN guidelines but includes 6 months of world class coaching including nutrition AND fitness. It’s kind of a tailor-made personal training program with some of the top professionals in the field AND if you achieve the best body transformation, you’ll win $10K. Wow! Being in awesome shape is motivating enough, but add $10K to sweeten the pot and it’s over the top! (Hmmm…imagining where I could travel with that kind of change.)

A year ago, I would have considered joining in when I had 20+lbs to lose but right now, I don’t think my transformation would be dramatic enough to win, but maybe you’ll want to give it a shot. Registration opens May 26th and because it’s tailormade training, spaces are limited. Here’s my link if you want more info: PN Lean Eating $10K Challenge. Please let me know if you enter. I would LOVE to hear about your experience over the course of the 6 months training.

Speaking of fitness I wish I had bought a TRX before I left Oz. It would have been so sweet to be able to fit in some workouts here in Bali. I do it miss it when I don’t work out regularly. I’m walking everywhere and taking yoga classes, but miss the strength training. I just read a blog post from TRX fitness and they just attached it to tree and go, go, go! Bet that would get some stares outdoors here in Ubud. LOL. But I have a perfect beam in my room that would have worked out great to swing on.

TRX and RTP

lilla — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:24:31 +0000

Cool news! I noticed there’s a TRX Suspension Trainer at my gym so I asked a personal trainer to show me how to use it today. For those that don’t know…

“Suspension Training builds core strength with every exercise by creating an element of instability that calls on your core to provide balance and coordination. Unlike traditional weight training that tends to be linear and follow one plane of movement (sagittal), suspension training encourages multiplanar training (frontal, sagittal, transverse) which integrates all your motions and mimics real life movement. This will bring a muscular balance to your body, increasing performance and preventing injuries.”

Think of gymnastic rings. The TRX is basically straps with handles that force you to really use your muscles not only to push/pull your weight, but also to stabilize the wobbly straps. Ever watch men’s gymnastics when they do the Iron Cross? Can you imagine how much strength and coordination it takes?! (Not that I’ll be doing the Iron Cross anytime soon!) I think gymnasts have the best physiques too – lean, flexible and muscular without being too bulky.

I’m attracted to suspension training because I have preference for bodyweight workouts, like Ashtanga yoga and Crossfit. I showed the trainer at my gym the RTP Transformation System exercise log and he gave me several exercises that I can incorporate and they are tough! It looks easy, but it’s hard trying to control the straps. I loved it, so I will be using a combination of traditional weights and suspension during my RTP System training.

Here’s a trailer of one of the TRX training videos. Tough stuff!

Major Fun Events Coming!

lilla — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:52:38 +0000

Adam Waters of RTP-Blog.com has just announced a GLOBAL transformation contest in partnership with Tom Venuto of Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle. The prize package is AMAZING and everyone in the RTP forum is buzzing with excitement! The energy that this event is creating is really motivating people to raise their game to all-time highs. And it’s soooo infectious! The blogs are going off like crazy and it’s impossible not to give it your all when everyone is going at it with all cylinders.

All the members are really supportive, offering advice and helping each other. And some of the posts are just so darn honest and heartfelt, that I just want EVERYONE to win the contest! LOL. And there are already some incredible results and progress being made in the forum! Very exciting. This will be my second transformation contest and having participated in a Turbulence Training contest (and winning $1000 for best video!) last year, I can vouch for the motivational power that transformation contests bring.

Also big news is Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes wedding on the Summer Solstice this year. Yay! These two kids have been trying to get hitched FOREVER and Angela finally got her fiancee visa a few weeks ago. So now they’re planning a HUGE event and everyone is invited to the Raw Union in Oregon! The wedding ceremony is free to anyone and then they’ve add a festival and retreat with workshops, demos and talks by some of the coolest rawies like David Wolf, the Giannis, Shazzie, the Raw Model, etc. Check out all the details for Raw Union here.

And of course, the big news this year is that Raw Spirit will be held in not one, not two but THREE locations this year – Arizona, Santa Barbara and D.C. How do these people organize these whopper events?! I can barely organize my morning smoothie.

WOW – it’s a big year! Figures I decided to move to Australia when all this cool stuff is going down stateside. Well, if I win the contest, I might make a pitstop and hit them ALL since they will be happening one after the other this summer. YaaaaaaaaY! Thinking BIG!

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