Evike
01-07-2008, 06:42 AM
Hello everyone.I am very new to raw foods and found Alissa's website by searching for a new and better than all the other crappy diets that are out there right now way to lose weight.A picture of a lady who has lost over 100 lbs in like 6 months caught my eye and I just kept on reading and from then on I was hooked.I've been researching the raw food diet since November of last year.I told myself that I couldn't commit to it until after the holidays because there was no way I was going to give up my Thanksgiving feast.And even though everything I made was really great and everyone loved it,that turkey didn't taste as good to me anymore.I wished I was already eating raw.Then Christmas came and I overdid it like usual,especially with chocolate and other sweets and I really hated myself.Again I wished I could just eat raw and get healthy already.So I bought Alissa's book and DVD.I've read it twice and love it.The recipes are wonderful and I know I'll be able to make them.Then I started buying all kinds of raw nuts and seeds,then a dehydrator, a food processor and a Saladacco.I already have a blender and a juicer although they are old and not as good as a Vitamix which I can't afford right now.I do have a Magic Bullet which is pretty good.I've been using that to make some moothies and sauces although until now I used Splenda in my smoothies and cheese and melted butter in my sauces.That will all stop. Today I dumped all the white flour and white sugar in the garbage from my cabinets.I was reading the label on a bottle of marinara sauce that I used to love and the first ingredient was tomato sauce,then high fructose corn syrup.So I stopped right there and threw that one out too.Tomorrow I am going to go through the whole kitchen and dump everything that's not going to be a part of my raw food diet.I will box up the pots and pans and give them to a coworker who is moving to a new apartment.I will not be cooking anymore.I am divorced with no children and I live alone so I don't have to worry about cooking for anyone else.
I have to do this.I must do this.I have so many health problems because I'm so fat.I have type 2 diabetes,high blood pressure,chest pains,frequent dizziness,high cholesterol,bad knees,herniated disc in my lower back,skin rashes,headaches,depression,frequent and severe colds,acid reflux and a whole bunch of other ailments.I am nauseated every day when I get up and I also have no energy whatsoever.I huff and puff every time I have to take down the garbage.I live in an apartment on the second floor.
I am all puffy and bloated,I look like my grandmother and I'm only 46.I want to be healthy and trim and I want that glow everyone is talking about!
So I am going to do it.Tomorrow I will set aside at least 1-2 hours to plan my menu for the next week and then in the next couple of days I will go to the Whole Foods Market and buy the ingredients needed.Starting Monday, January 14 I will go 100% raw.God help me I will do it!
Wish me luck.
Evike in Edmonds,WA
I have to do this.I must do this.I have so many health problems because I'm so fat.I have type 2 diabetes,high blood pressure,chest pains,frequent dizziness,high cholesterol,bad knees,herniated disc in my lower back,skin rashes,headaches,depression,frequent and severe colds,acid reflux and a whole bunch of other ailments.I am nauseated every day when I get up and I also have no energy whatsoever.I huff and puff every time I have to take down the garbage.I live in an apartment on the second floor.
I am all puffy and bloated,I look like my grandmother and I'm only 46.I want to be healthy and trim and I want that glow everyone is talking about!
So I am going to do it.Tomorrow I will set aside at least 1-2 hours to plan my menu for the next week and then in the next couple of days I will go to the Whole Foods Market and buy the ingredients needed.Starting Monday, January 14 I will go 100% raw.God help me I will do it!
Wish me luck.
Evike in Edmonds,WA