Jewell
05-21-2006, 10:09 PM
Hello,
No picture yet.. I'll get to it soon!
Like a lot of people, I am trying to get serious about raw food. I have been researching this lifestyle for quite a few months now, but I am having a REALLY hard time sticking to it. I have company living at my house right now, and with having people around who eat well but don't take my vision seriously... I'm too exhausted to sho them out of my kitchen.. They just keep cooking thinking they are helping! We have now come to an agreement that they need to move out on their own, I need to get back my house and get some normalcy... Then I can focus on what I want to feed myself and my family.
I am 29 years old. I found myself fighting over the whole course of my 20s with my weight. I just didn't feel good 90% of the time. I have had several naturopaths tell me my liver is barely functioning, I have SEVERE Candida, my digestion is the pits, my thyroid is not functioning on the left side... etc.. the list goes on. My husband is confused that I rarely eat anything that is considered "junk" and that I don't eat near as much food as a lot of my friends who are half my size! I don't lose any weight past a set point. My body just will fight it.... I am more active than the average person, plus I run after 2 small kids everyday!
I've read every weight loss book out there, and I have given up on almost everything. I have obsessed about my weight since I was a teenager. I was bulemic in high school, "thinking" I was huge... Now I look back and think I was so dumb! I haven't enjoyed my 20s at all because of my obsession about my weight. I love my family & life EXCEPT my body!
Last November I met a woman on Vancouver Island at a raw Vegan store in Courtenay, called Zen Zero who is a raw Vegan. My first reaction was "Ok thats nice... I'm not eating salads for the rest of my life"... I then had no idea that I could experience the best tasting food of my life! I bought a raw pizza and thought I had died! I couldn't believe the taste!
I left my visit from the island (I'm from the Van island but now I live in Alberta) thinking that I still would never consider a Raw lifestyle. My aunt and uncle was at that time starting their journey on becoming raw. With encouragement through my aunt, I bought a juicer, started growing wheatgrass, and I have read more books these past few months than the past couple of years!
My aunt and uncle have been 100% raw for 5 months or so now... I'm guessing. They have lost a ton of weight... my aunt I think 45lbs, my uncle is somewhere in the 35-40lb range. He didn't have much to lose anyway! But more importantly they are feeling AWESOME. They work out and work around their acreage without getting a sore muscle! I just can't wait until I can feel that way. I just need more support.. so here I am.
I was seeing a "specialist" about my weight. He wanted me to go on the weightloss drug Meridia. I admit I did for a month, even though everything in my body told me not to! I then quit after a month and didn't get my prescription refilled. I told my "specialist" the way I wanted to eat.. and he told me that every drastic change I have attempted I have failed at. I told him that I'm not looking at a raw lifestyle as a diet.. I want to eat this way for life. I'm tired.. of worrying about my weight, looking in the mirror and seeing how I've aged and how my body looks. I'm tired of feeling tired, dragging my body around. He told me to stick with him or I'll be the size of a house in 10 years! He then got upset at me for not continuing on the meridia.
I think that doctors have their place, and they help a lot of people everyday. But this doctor was just not for me. I am convinced of the way I want to live my life... this is different than anything I've done before.
Before I wanted to "lose weight". Now I want to feel good, look good, look younger, not obsess about calories, looks, portion sizes ... etc.. I'm sure a lot of you know what I'm talking about!
I've been buying organic food for a few years now, and my family overall eats very healthy. My kids LOVE salads and fruit! We just haven't gone 100% raw yet.
So thats my story... I'm here to offer support and hoping I can get a support system going to help me on my journey!
Till next time!
No picture yet.. I'll get to it soon!
Like a lot of people, I am trying to get serious about raw food. I have been researching this lifestyle for quite a few months now, but I am having a REALLY hard time sticking to it. I have company living at my house right now, and with having people around who eat well but don't take my vision seriously... I'm too exhausted to sho them out of my kitchen.. They just keep cooking thinking they are helping! We have now come to an agreement that they need to move out on their own, I need to get back my house and get some normalcy... Then I can focus on what I want to feed myself and my family.
I am 29 years old. I found myself fighting over the whole course of my 20s with my weight. I just didn't feel good 90% of the time. I have had several naturopaths tell me my liver is barely functioning, I have SEVERE Candida, my digestion is the pits, my thyroid is not functioning on the left side... etc.. the list goes on. My husband is confused that I rarely eat anything that is considered "junk" and that I don't eat near as much food as a lot of my friends who are half my size! I don't lose any weight past a set point. My body just will fight it.... I am more active than the average person, plus I run after 2 small kids everyday!
I've read every weight loss book out there, and I have given up on almost everything. I have obsessed about my weight since I was a teenager. I was bulemic in high school, "thinking" I was huge... Now I look back and think I was so dumb! I haven't enjoyed my 20s at all because of my obsession about my weight. I love my family & life EXCEPT my body!
Last November I met a woman on Vancouver Island at a raw Vegan store in Courtenay, called Zen Zero who is a raw Vegan. My first reaction was "Ok thats nice... I'm not eating salads for the rest of my life"... I then had no idea that I could experience the best tasting food of my life! I bought a raw pizza and thought I had died! I couldn't believe the taste!
I left my visit from the island (I'm from the Van island but now I live in Alberta) thinking that I still would never consider a Raw lifestyle. My aunt and uncle was at that time starting their journey on becoming raw. With encouragement through my aunt, I bought a juicer, started growing wheatgrass, and I have read more books these past few months than the past couple of years!
My aunt and uncle have been 100% raw for 5 months or so now... I'm guessing. They have lost a ton of weight... my aunt I think 45lbs, my uncle is somewhere in the 35-40lb range. He didn't have much to lose anyway! But more importantly they are feeling AWESOME. They work out and work around their acreage without getting a sore muscle! I just can't wait until I can feel that way. I just need more support.. so here I am.
I was seeing a "specialist" about my weight. He wanted me to go on the weightloss drug Meridia. I admit I did for a month, even though everything in my body told me not to! I then quit after a month and didn't get my prescription refilled. I told my "specialist" the way I wanted to eat.. and he told me that every drastic change I have attempted I have failed at. I told him that I'm not looking at a raw lifestyle as a diet.. I want to eat this way for life. I'm tired.. of worrying about my weight, looking in the mirror and seeing how I've aged and how my body looks. I'm tired of feeling tired, dragging my body around. He told me to stick with him or I'll be the size of a house in 10 years! He then got upset at me for not continuing on the meridia.
I think that doctors have their place, and they help a lot of people everyday. But this doctor was just not for me. I am convinced of the way I want to live my life... this is different than anything I've done before.
Before I wanted to "lose weight". Now I want to feel good, look good, look younger, not obsess about calories, looks, portion sizes ... etc.. I'm sure a lot of you know what I'm talking about!
I've been buying organic food for a few years now, and my family overall eats very healthy. My kids LOVE salads and fruit! We just haven't gone 100% raw yet.
So thats my story... I'm here to offer support and hoping I can get a support system going to help me on my journey!
Till next time!