I'm back and FINALLY RAW!

[EmeraldGlow]

Hi Everyone!

I haven't been online or posted in a while. :o Partly, because my sister came into town and we have been doing other things. I checked in a few times, skimmed over a few posts but I haven't really been on. I missed you all!
I feel like i've missed out on so much. And I really want to tell you that while I was away and missing my precious raw food family, I finally gave up my MSG chips ( ;) ) (Along with all the rest of the cooked food!) and I am now a raw fooder for life! It's about time, right? Lol. I've been wanting to do this for-ever, so I talked to my sister before she got here and we said we would do this together and here I am! I am in the middle of my forth week right now! I have to tell you though, after 2 straight weeks of 100% raw I gave into my addiction of cooked food... :o and let me tell you, I got sooooooo sick! My chest started tightning and I couldn't breathe! My head got such a bad headache and my stomach was cramping...it wasn't fun. And do you know what I ate? I made some stir fry and rice! I can't imagine what I would have felt like if I had some of my favorite chips with a meat sandwich! Sheesh...and I really never want to find out either. So, the next day I was all swollen but I knew that from that point on I would never eat another cooked thing again in my life!! If I did I would probably end up in the ER!

Also, There are so many new "faces" here! I love it. It's nice seein' y'all here!

You all are wonderful and I hope you all are having a wonderful evening!

Peace! :D :) ;)

[Lay-Lay]

Howdy and nice to meet you. I'm Lay-lay!

[EmeraldGlow]

Hi Lay Lay! Nice to meet you too! :)

[Azianbee]

I slipped today too, I've been raw for about a month, and today i was so craving for this beet ravioli that I had a while back. OMG it was sooooooo good and yummy. I enjoyed every last bit of it and I licked the plate. Needless to day I feel like crap now. I feel clogged and mentally i feel guilty. This just resolve my conviction more to stay raw. I really don't feel that great right now either. It feels like there is poison in my body. I'm gonna go drink tons of water now. :(

[EmeraldGlow]

Aaaaah! Thats a horrible feeling isn't it? I hope you feel better soon! And congratulations for being raw for a whole month!!! Doesn't it feel great? Don't get yourself down about that slip up though. Everyone has those days in the beginning! It's all apart of the journey. :) Make sure you are having fun with it too!

[Lunar*Fey]

YAY welcome back!!! And congrats for going 100%! I am so happy for you, and I missed you!!
It sounds like you are doing great in life as a whole right now :)
I'm glad you're back!! :D

[Coriander74]

Welcome back :D and nice to meet you, I'm Corinne, or Coriander, or whatever LOL.

Great to have you on board.

[EmeraldGlow]

Lunar*Fey ~ Hey! Thanks for the welcome back. It feels good to be back. :) Everything seems so great now that I'm 100% raw. Everything just seems wonderful ya know? Like no matter what happends "every little ting, is gonna be all right"! It's good to see your still here! How have you been?? I missed you too!

Corinne, or Coriander, or whatever ;) lol~ Nice meeting you too! Thanks for the welcome back!

[eachpeachpearplum]

Welcome back I am sure we are all looking forward to your insight!

I too have had one slip up: I bought one of those precooked chickens at Costco for my husband and was in the kitchen putting to gether his dinner when !BAM! that (sorry gross) greasy meaty smell overpowered me. . so I had one bite then another. ..

I am actually gratefull for that because I got to see my food addiction in all it's glory; I stopped after the three bites I shoved in my gob in record time. I felt as though I was an addict who just found a secret stash!

The other good thing is my gut was miserable for over ten days trying to pass the cooked meat - I was in such pain. I will think LONG and hard before I do THAT again!

However saying all this I still feel so increadibly successful in my raw efforts. I always hark back to what RP said. . "It's a journey" and I am enjoying the ride! :p

[EmeraldGlow]

I know what you mean! I am so thankful for my slip up! It really helped me re-figure out why I was doing this whole thing. It felt like someone drugged me after I ate that stuff! I was so weak and I knew I couldn't do this to myself anymore. I knew what I had to do and I want to do it too! I woke up the next morning all swollen but something was different. It was like my mind wanted to eat raw just as much as my body did and that was not something I had felt when I started. It's like something turned on inside of me and now when I see cooked food it doesn't bother me. Sometimes something says "That looks sooo good!" and then when I turn around and see that fruit and young coconut everything inside of me says "But, THAT looks even better!" :)

RP is wonderful isn't she?

I love raw!