The holidays are over, your resolutions are already falling by the wayside, and you’re starting to settle back into the same rut you were in last year. Sigh…

Why? No, it’s not because you don’t have any willpower.

There are two reasons: homeostasis and toxicity.

Homeostasis is the body’s natural tendency to want to continue to do what it’s been doing. The body doesn’t know that something is unhealthy – all it knows is that it’s surviving with the current chemical balance. Thus, it’s tissue’s nature to resist change. This is a natural survival mechanism of your body.

Toxicity is the cause of all dis-ease. When we put toxins into the body faster than they can be processed out, the body stores the toxins in fat cells, to protect us. Accumulate enough toxins in your fat cells and you’ll begin developing health challenges.

Toxicity is why I was unable to lose weight before I went on Dr. Ann’s program. My body was highly toxic,  and was storing the toxins in my fat cells to protect me. My vegetarian diet was still non-organic, processed foods, so my body never got a chance to heal itself.

Once I went on a regime of raw, living, organic, uncooked foods my body was able to process those toxins and eliminate them. I not only lost 30 lbs. in 30 days, my arthritus disappeared, my mental processes became sharper, I had more energy and I was happier – all of the time. [Legal: see the "typical benefits" statement]

Dr. Flora van Orden III has a PhD in nutrition, was Dr. Ann Wigmore’s personal assistant for 22+ years, traveled the world with Dr. Ann, and has been a Wigmore Practitioner for 40 years.

Flora has graciously agreed to run a 21-day Wigmore-based Detoxification and Rejuvenation program for us. This program is designed to get us back on track to a healthy, non-toxic lifestyle.

The program starts on Monday, March 1st, and will be internet-based. That is, we’ll email you the plans, goals and recipes for each day, and coaching and interaction will be done though comments on RawLife.org.

This program is free! Sign up here: http://rawlife.org/detox/an-invitation.htm

Flora and I will endeavor to answer all of your questions in a timely manner.

Please, come join us! I promise we’ll make it fun!

Rawsomely Yours,

Jim Carey

Sign up here, for free!: http://rawlife.org/detox/an-invitation.htm

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED… AND THE WINNERS ARE…

I’ve never run a contest where people campaigned to win. Others emailed me that campaigning was “cheating.”

Some people emailed me that I – or Beth – or Susan – should pick the winners; they were disappointed this had become a “popularity contest.”

Others emailed me that the only fair way to run a contest was by lottery. That I should let God/the gods/the fates/chance decide the outcome.

A member of the Board of Trustees called…

Hundreds of emails…

I saw validity in all of this advice, and have modified the contest a bit…

I’m awarding FIVE Grand Prizes of a Platinum Membership to Dr. Ann Wigmore’s Raw Living Foods Lifestyle Online Home Study Program RawLife.org, and the winners have been picked using ALL of the above methods:

#24 – Jodi Brock (766 votes, 31%)
#45 – Jerry Strongheart Crowley
#103 – Cora
#155 – Rose Kreger (809 votes, 33%)
#171 – Wendy (434 votes, 18%)

Congratulations, one and all! I’ll be in touch with the winners via email. No, I’m not going to say any more about why these people won. Otherwise, I’ll get another 300 letters and comments.

I will say that Beth, Susan, the Trustees and I are partial to those who use the Home Study Program to teach others, to those wanting to raise a raw family, to those who put extra effort into their entries, and to those who care enough to campaign for it. In particular we were looking for people who would actually implement this into their lives. I find it… frustrating… when I give away a book or video, then, months later, I visit and find it unopened on a shelf, as if one could learn by osmosis.

To ALL who submitted an entry, Thank You. My heart and prayers are with you! Gosh, I wish I could give a free membership to everyone.

Keep an eye on chiDiet.com/blog because I’m going to have another giveaway, soon!

- Jim Carey
7 December 2009

See the entries and the voting results at
http://rawlife.org/contest/get-the-raw-foods-home-study-course-online-free.htm

You know the old saying, it feels better to give than to receive…

Well that saying never rang truer than right now!

After receiving over 100 “why you should win” contest entries on the blog and a whopping 3,211 emails about this contest, I have never been more certain of the RAW Food Lifestyle’s ability to changes lives.

What a humbling and emotionally charged experience this has been.

The winners were chosen for three reasons:

1. Stood Out: They took massive ACTION to stand out!
2. Needs: Truly Needed the Help and Would Use It!
3. Activism: Would help spread the RAW Word and Knowledge!

The contest winners will receive:

1. A FREE copy of the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program Version 4.0
2. A One-Hour Consultation with Me
3. All of the bonus materials you see at chiDiet.com

Okay, the moment you’ve been waiting for…

Drum roll, please…

GRAND PRIZE WINNER #1: Lorelei (March 3rd)

GRAND PRIZE WINNER #2: Carol (March 11th)

I’d hoped to announce the winners over a week ago, but it’s taken this long for the judges to reach agreement on the final two! There were so many good, worthy entries that it was nearly impossible to choose only two.

Here’s a direct link to the entries: http://chidiet.com/blog/free-stuff/free-course.htm#comments

Thank you, everyone, for you entries!

Jim

PS: This has been so popular, I’m re-opening the contest. If you’ve already entered then you’re already in for the next free Home Study Program. If you haven’t entered yet, please do! You could be the next winner of a $700 Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program!

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From Carol:

I just received the home study course and I am thrilled with the content.  Your contest in itself is a positive mission of getting many people to stop and reflect on their priorities and their health.  Being able to read other entries is also an inspiration. My background is focused on cognitive education:  thinking and problem solving for young children.   I’ve always thought that one day I’d run across something that would  have the cognitive power to help me “follow through” in a cognitive way for my own health.  This is it!  Consistent – food choices/ exercise/ rest/ sugar/ water/ topical poisons…  I’ve  explored and studied these for 40 years.  But as an extremely “right brain” creative, high energy individual marching to my own drum and life “missions” for others—along with a serious study of brain development in babies, I still haven’t been able to pull it off for myself—until now. This is exactly the information I needed.. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!  I will add this to;  (1) our  PARENT LIBRARY  (2) our (lemonade) HAPPY HOUR for PARENTS, &  (3)   our BABY COLLEGE resource materials at the MARTHA O’BRYAN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER  in Nashville. Tennessee.

In the past weeks I’ve been hearing the words “thank you” quite a lot and I wanted to do something very special for you, but first… I personally wanted to thank *YOU*!

Honestly, if it wasn’t for great people like yourself, I would not be where I’m at today. I would not be able to share the message of Dr. Ann Wigmore and her teachings about the raw food lifestyle, nor would I have ever been able to help people change their lives and get healthy. It truly is a blessing and I owe it all to people like you.

I know you would do the same if you were in my shoes.

So I decided to do something very special as a way of saying “Thank You.” I’ve decided to give away two complete courses of my new (Ver 4.0) Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program – with all the bonuses.

The Two Grand Prize Winners Will Get:

1. A FREE Complete Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Course Ver. 4.0, with all of the bonus items.
2. A one hour personal consultation with me, Jim Carey!

Ok… So here are the rules:

CONTEST TIPS: Feel free to create a video using YouTube.com. Videos are always better! If you use a video, please post a link to your video in your blog comment.

That’s it! I look forward to your comments and responses!

A very thankful,

Jim

P.S. I have another special announcement coming later this month that I think you’ll enjoy (just another way to give back to you.)

P.P.S. You may or may not know it, but this entire community has grown because of, simply, “people telling people.” Again, it would have never be where it is today if it wasn’t for people like you. So I encourage you to pass along this email to your friends, family members, and whomever you think can benefit from this message or the messages of Ann Wigmore and chiDiet.com

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