WannaBraw
03-12-2007, 08:43 AM
Greetings everyone,
I am Ellyn and I have taken the 30 day raw challenge. This is the beginning of my 7th day 100% raw and I am feeling great.
I have dabbled in raw foods off and on for about 8 years and I would like to live the 100% raw food lifestyle. I have been vegetarian for almost 14 years and vegan for only a few weeks.
I know how much better I feel on raw. My energy level is always the highest when I eat raw.
Eating raw is helping my depression, I actually cleaned my room yesterday:D .
2 days after going raw I went to the doctor and my blood pressure was 117/72 the lowest it has been in years. I was always borderline high bp.
I have seen so much sickness and death in my family, my dad, grandma, grandfather, and great grandmother all died of cancer. My dad was on dyalisys, and my grandpa currently has cancer. My mom is on bp meds and I don't want to go that route.
Though I have been veg for years, my diet wasn't the best. I am overweight. I'm 5'4 and weigh 213lbs. I might not look it to most people but I feel it.
I don't recognize myself in pictures sometimes because the me I see is not the me I want to be.
I want to be raw for life. I know that I am addicted to cooked foods and I have lost control of my eating habits. For me cooked food is poison. I don't like the way it makes my body feel and I don't want to partake of it.
I am tired of being tired, having an aching back, being depressed, feeling lack of self worth because I don't like what I see when I look at myself. I know I can do much better.
I want to thank everyone here on these boards for being supportive of each other in times of transition or difficulty and even in triumph.
Jai (victory)
Ellyn
I am Ellyn and I have taken the 30 day raw challenge. This is the beginning of my 7th day 100% raw and I am feeling great.
I have dabbled in raw foods off and on for about 8 years and I would like to live the 100% raw food lifestyle. I have been vegetarian for almost 14 years and vegan for only a few weeks.
I know how much better I feel on raw. My energy level is always the highest when I eat raw.
Eating raw is helping my depression, I actually cleaned my room yesterday:D .
2 days after going raw I went to the doctor and my blood pressure was 117/72 the lowest it has been in years. I was always borderline high bp.
I have seen so much sickness and death in my family, my dad, grandma, grandfather, and great grandmother all died of cancer. My dad was on dyalisys, and my grandpa currently has cancer. My mom is on bp meds and I don't want to go that route.
Though I have been veg for years, my diet wasn't the best. I am overweight. I'm 5'4 and weigh 213lbs. I might not look it to most people but I feel it.
I don't recognize myself in pictures sometimes because the me I see is not the me I want to be.
I want to be raw for life. I know that I am addicted to cooked foods and I have lost control of my eating habits. For me cooked food is poison. I don't like the way it makes my body feel and I don't want to partake of it.
I am tired of being tired, having an aching back, being depressed, feeling lack of self worth because I don't like what I see when I look at myself. I know I can do much better.
I want to thank everyone here on these boards for being supportive of each other in times of transition or difficulty and even in triumph.
Jai (victory)
Ellyn