VibinOnLife!
11-28-2006, 09:49 AM
Hi everyone!
I have actually been a member of this board for a few weeks now. I've just been lurking around absorbing all of this great information! I'm so glad that I found this site. I've been learning about raw food living for the past year, and have tried but never managed to get past 11 days. One of my biggest problems is that I get this enormous craving for Doritos! This is a food that I used to eat like it was going out of style. This was years ago though. But for some reason, I have to fight this craving every day that I am raw. I am hoping that this board will give me the information and support that I need to stop sabotaging myself, as I have a serious reason to be on this path.
As for why I decided to become raw, of course it was a health problem...as unfortunately it usually is. I applaude all of you who have chosen this path simply because you love yourself and want what is best for your body, and did not have to be convinced because you were sick. It's a beautiful thing when people just understand these things and gravitate toward them without coersion or as a last resort. I mean, we're happy and thankful to be here for any reason! But you know what I'm saying, I guess I just didn't think like that when I was younger. I was young, skinny, tall and could eat footlong steak and cheese every other day without gaining an ounce! Why contemplate my diet and health? I was just fine right? :o The funny thing is that I was raised vegetarian. And I think that I processed that as restriction, so when I became an adult, I literally lived off of fast food and snack foods for years. I mean this literally, like donuts and soda for breakfast, burgers for lunch, large chips and candy bar for snack, and pizza with a 3 scoop chocolate sundae for dessert. I have even eaten a pint of ice cream for breakfast! LOL! :eek: Now that I'm in my late 30s I can appreciate what my parents were trying to do for me with all of the fasting, herbal teas, morning aloe vera shots, etc!
So anyway, about 3 years ago I swallowed and it hurt! I mean, literally just like that. As the days went by my throat continued to hurt and felt as if it were swelling up at various times of the day. Then I got a lump on the side of my tongue! It didn't hurt, but after a while began to burn...especially after I ate certain things. Anyway, it went on from there and the syndromes continued to get worse as the years passed. I have been to 5 doctors, been tested for everything known to man, including biopsied, leukemia tested, lymphoma tested, CAT scanned, had a camera stuck down my throat and ended up getting my tonsils taken out and analyzed. None of it made a difference. Once I realized how truly incompetent the doctors were, I just said forget it and started searching for info online. This is when I came across raw and living foods info. As I said, I haven't made it far in this raw life, but I did notice that whenever my diet is raw my throat begins to heal. I just haven't stayed raw long enough to get a complete healing from whatever it is. One thing I will say is that it's all on the side where I had a broken amalgam filling for about 10 years. Sad to say, but my filling fell out in the early 90s from my being a daily gum chewer and I never got it fixed because I didn't have health insurance. So the place on my tongue is literally laying against the tooth with the broken filling. The tonsil on that side was the swollen one and that is the side of my throat that hurts. Although I figured this might be the culprit and fixed my tooth soon in 2004, it has not gone. So I don't know if I just haven't fasted out the mercury or what. I can say though that it only bothers me when I eat sweets...like too much dried fruit or store bought apple juice...yeah I know. Or if I use too much honey in my tea...raw honey, but still.
Whew! That's alot! I'm sorry folks. It's just that everyone here seems to be so supportive and open, and I really wanted to take the time to share myself and what brought me here. I think it's important to give yourself, especially to those who give to you. And I have been privledged to such personal and sensitive stories on this site, trusted merely because of the fact that I signed up to be here, and I truly appreciate being a part of this.
So anyway, that's my story, and thank you all again for listening! I'm beyond diagnosing whatever imbalance is going on in my body. I just want to handle it the raw way and be done with it. So I guess I'm just looking for people to share raw experiences with as opposed to any educated guesses about what could have been the problem. I have pretty much determined that I have created a high toxic environment within my body and that I need to change it in order to become and remain healthy.
I'm going to start a juice fast tomorrow and juice through Sunday. This will be my first straight juice fast! The most that I've done is juicing and raw foods together for 11 days. So this is completely new to me! Maybe I'll figure out how to do my diary and will keep everyone posted of my experience.
Much luv 2 U!
V
I have actually been a member of this board for a few weeks now. I've just been lurking around absorbing all of this great information! I'm so glad that I found this site. I've been learning about raw food living for the past year, and have tried but never managed to get past 11 days. One of my biggest problems is that I get this enormous craving for Doritos! This is a food that I used to eat like it was going out of style. This was years ago though. But for some reason, I have to fight this craving every day that I am raw. I am hoping that this board will give me the information and support that I need to stop sabotaging myself, as I have a serious reason to be on this path.
As for why I decided to become raw, of course it was a health problem...as unfortunately it usually is. I applaude all of you who have chosen this path simply because you love yourself and want what is best for your body, and did not have to be convinced because you were sick. It's a beautiful thing when people just understand these things and gravitate toward them without coersion or as a last resort. I mean, we're happy and thankful to be here for any reason! But you know what I'm saying, I guess I just didn't think like that when I was younger. I was young, skinny, tall and could eat footlong steak and cheese every other day without gaining an ounce! Why contemplate my diet and health? I was just fine right? :o The funny thing is that I was raised vegetarian. And I think that I processed that as restriction, so when I became an adult, I literally lived off of fast food and snack foods for years. I mean this literally, like donuts and soda for breakfast, burgers for lunch, large chips and candy bar for snack, and pizza with a 3 scoop chocolate sundae for dessert. I have even eaten a pint of ice cream for breakfast! LOL! :eek: Now that I'm in my late 30s I can appreciate what my parents were trying to do for me with all of the fasting, herbal teas, morning aloe vera shots, etc!
So anyway, about 3 years ago I swallowed and it hurt! I mean, literally just like that. As the days went by my throat continued to hurt and felt as if it were swelling up at various times of the day. Then I got a lump on the side of my tongue! It didn't hurt, but after a while began to burn...especially after I ate certain things. Anyway, it went on from there and the syndromes continued to get worse as the years passed. I have been to 5 doctors, been tested for everything known to man, including biopsied, leukemia tested, lymphoma tested, CAT scanned, had a camera stuck down my throat and ended up getting my tonsils taken out and analyzed. None of it made a difference. Once I realized how truly incompetent the doctors were, I just said forget it and started searching for info online. This is when I came across raw and living foods info. As I said, I haven't made it far in this raw life, but I did notice that whenever my diet is raw my throat begins to heal. I just haven't stayed raw long enough to get a complete healing from whatever it is. One thing I will say is that it's all on the side where I had a broken amalgam filling for about 10 years. Sad to say, but my filling fell out in the early 90s from my being a daily gum chewer and I never got it fixed because I didn't have health insurance. So the place on my tongue is literally laying against the tooth with the broken filling. The tonsil on that side was the swollen one and that is the side of my throat that hurts. Although I figured this might be the culprit and fixed my tooth soon in 2004, it has not gone. So I don't know if I just haven't fasted out the mercury or what. I can say though that it only bothers me when I eat sweets...like too much dried fruit or store bought apple juice...yeah I know. Or if I use too much honey in my tea...raw honey, but still.
Whew! That's alot! I'm sorry folks. It's just that everyone here seems to be so supportive and open, and I really wanted to take the time to share myself and what brought me here. I think it's important to give yourself, especially to those who give to you. And I have been privledged to such personal and sensitive stories on this site, trusted merely because of the fact that I signed up to be here, and I truly appreciate being a part of this.
So anyway, that's my story, and thank you all again for listening! I'm beyond diagnosing whatever imbalance is going on in my body. I just want to handle it the raw way and be done with it. So I guess I'm just looking for people to share raw experiences with as opposed to any educated guesses about what could have been the problem. I have pretty much determined that I have created a high toxic environment within my body and that I need to change it in order to become and remain healthy.
I'm going to start a juice fast tomorrow and juice through Sunday. This will be my first straight juice fast! The most that I've done is juicing and raw foods together for 11 days. So this is completely new to me! Maybe I'll figure out how to do my diary and will keep everyone posted of my experience.
Much luv 2 U!
V