PeachyMama
12-20-2006, 06:04 AM
Hi everyone, I've been hanging around here for a while reading. This forum is so wonderfully supportive!
I'm 44 years old, and have two children. This past summer, I broke my ankle, and the difficulty of my recovery was a huge wake up call. I had let myself get horribly out of shape, had gained a ridiculous amount of weight, and was exhausted and cranky. It killed me to think how hard this all was on my children.
I've been raw for a week now, and I'm doing this going straight from SAD. I know in my head that this is the way to eat for me, I feel fantastic, have more energy already, and the mental clarity I'm already feeling is something I thought was lost forever to fibromyalgia fog!
I'll probably never bee 100% - I can't imagine ever not using tamari, or giving up my hot cup of tea. My plan is to approach this in a balanced way so that it can truly become a healthy lifestyle for me.
I'm used to doing without ... I was diagnosed with celiac disease 8 years ago. I am telling myself that, just as gluten could kill me, so could eating the way I used to. I'm hoping that concentrating on health rather than weight will be the key to long-term success for me. Can you tell that I've tried a bunch of different things before :o ?
Last night, I had a wonderful raw revelation! I had a craving for cooked meat (sorry to the vegans here!) and made myself a green smoothie instead. I was amazed when the craving was gone!!!! Any other time in my life that I have craved something, eating something else would not satisfy it. As a classic overeater, I have had the experience of not being able to stop eating something I was enjoying, even though I was uncomfortably full. I have had some yummy things this past week, and have amazed myself by enjoying them, and being able to know when I was full, stop, and feeling satisfied without being stuffed. This is all new territory for me, and the hope of finally overcoming my addiction to food has me feeling especially grateful for stumbling across this site.
Sorry for the novel! I promise I'm not always so long-winded :o
I'm 44 years old, and have two children. This past summer, I broke my ankle, and the difficulty of my recovery was a huge wake up call. I had let myself get horribly out of shape, had gained a ridiculous amount of weight, and was exhausted and cranky. It killed me to think how hard this all was on my children.
I've been raw for a week now, and I'm doing this going straight from SAD. I know in my head that this is the way to eat for me, I feel fantastic, have more energy already, and the mental clarity I'm already feeling is something I thought was lost forever to fibromyalgia fog!
I'll probably never bee 100% - I can't imagine ever not using tamari, or giving up my hot cup of tea. My plan is to approach this in a balanced way so that it can truly become a healthy lifestyle for me.
I'm used to doing without ... I was diagnosed with celiac disease 8 years ago. I am telling myself that, just as gluten could kill me, so could eating the way I used to. I'm hoping that concentrating on health rather than weight will be the key to long-term success for me. Can you tell that I've tried a bunch of different things before :o ?
Last night, I had a wonderful raw revelation! I had a craving for cooked meat (sorry to the vegans here!) and made myself a green smoothie instead. I was amazed when the craving was gone!!!! Any other time in my life that I have craved something, eating something else would not satisfy it. As a classic overeater, I have had the experience of not being able to stop eating something I was enjoying, even though I was uncomfortably full. I have had some yummy things this past week, and have amazed myself by enjoying them, and being able to know when I was full, stop, and feeling satisfied without being stuffed. This is all new territory for me, and the hope of finally overcoming my addiction to food has me feeling especially grateful for stumbling across this site.
Sorry for the novel! I promise I'm not always so long-winded :o