Gelis
08-27-2006, 11:28 PM
As I am contemplating the recent posts that others and I myself have made that has caused quite a stir on this board. I feel that first of all I owe everyone an appology. I in no way meant to cause any problems by stating I like fish.
I get the impression most people here have gone raw by choice, either to cure some medical problem or weight or moral or whatever.
A few days back I listed my reasons for going raw mainly a friend who bet me. While that was true that is not the complete truth.
The main reason is desperation. I am 38 years old and either will not be around to see my 40's or will be on feeding tubes. I have had a condition all my life that causes me to throw up about 70% of everything I eat that is cooked in anyway or eaten with cooked food. Even though I get sick I still managed to put on a lot of extra weight. Especially since almost all excercise has gone out the window as the years go by and the condition gets worse. It doesn't matter what it is, how it is cooked, I eat and get violently ill. There is no cure, my throat and stomach or tore up from this along with probably a lot more of my body that I don't even realize.
7 years ago when I bought my first vitamix I started getting relief, I could drink a smoothie and bigger part would stay down. At that time I was still using protein powders and such which seems to give me problems too.
In March of this year I found raw food through an friend. I figured what did I have to lose. So I tried it, it took almost a month before I stopped getting violently ill.
The most amazing things happened you all know them. Allergies, asthma, arthritis, headaches etc go away. Well, for me I had to try food, and for the first time that I can remember I ate cooked food and did not get sick. Of course this only lasted till my second cooked meal then illness returned.
Until 2 weeks or so ago I have been tettering on and off the fence so to speak. I really wanted to be normal. Then my friend offered me this bet and I thought, maybe since raw is the in thing to try right now if I gave it shot being healthy and weird wouldn't be so bad. No one would have to know I cannot eat cooked food they will just think its a fad or whatever.
I joined this board because, I thought that if I surrounded myself by people who were raw and vegan and I tried the recipes and all I would learn to fit in and maybe like the choices I need to make.
However, the only thing I have managed to do is piss everyone off. While, I will not leave this board unless asked. I will refrain from posting so as to prevent future blunders and again I am very sorry.
I get the impression most people here have gone raw by choice, either to cure some medical problem or weight or moral or whatever.
A few days back I listed my reasons for going raw mainly a friend who bet me. While that was true that is not the complete truth.
The main reason is desperation. I am 38 years old and either will not be around to see my 40's or will be on feeding tubes. I have had a condition all my life that causes me to throw up about 70% of everything I eat that is cooked in anyway or eaten with cooked food. Even though I get sick I still managed to put on a lot of extra weight. Especially since almost all excercise has gone out the window as the years go by and the condition gets worse. It doesn't matter what it is, how it is cooked, I eat and get violently ill. There is no cure, my throat and stomach or tore up from this along with probably a lot more of my body that I don't even realize.
7 years ago when I bought my first vitamix I started getting relief, I could drink a smoothie and bigger part would stay down. At that time I was still using protein powders and such which seems to give me problems too.
In March of this year I found raw food through an friend. I figured what did I have to lose. So I tried it, it took almost a month before I stopped getting violently ill.
The most amazing things happened you all know them. Allergies, asthma, arthritis, headaches etc go away. Well, for me I had to try food, and for the first time that I can remember I ate cooked food and did not get sick. Of course this only lasted till my second cooked meal then illness returned.
Until 2 weeks or so ago I have been tettering on and off the fence so to speak. I really wanted to be normal. Then my friend offered me this bet and I thought, maybe since raw is the in thing to try right now if I gave it shot being healthy and weird wouldn't be so bad. No one would have to know I cannot eat cooked food they will just think its a fad or whatever.
I joined this board because, I thought that if I surrounded myself by people who were raw and vegan and I tried the recipes and all I would learn to fit in and maybe like the choices I need to make.
However, the only thing I have managed to do is piss everyone off. While, I will not leave this board unless asked. I will refrain from posting so as to prevent future blunders and again I am very sorry.