Sarain
04-08-2008, 06:07 PM
Hello, my name is Sarain and I'm a 27 year old single mom living in Vancouver B.C. I'm currently on day three of my first veggie juice fast and feeling..different..After the 10th day of this fast I plan on trying the raw foods diet and seeing how it affects me?
I was a vegan as a teenager but didn't do it right as I cut out ALL fats ( no healthy oils, avocato, nuts, or nut butters..) I ended up losing too much weight and my hair became dull and brittle. At 18 I fell in "love" with a man who cooked me pot roast one night, and it was all down hill from there as I blooned up to 240lbs. I'm down to 204lbs now, but my goal is 155 lbs.
One of my main reasons for doing this juice fast and then eating a raw diet is because I have a conditon called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrom ( PCOS) that is not 'cureable' however, I resently read a story on an other site about a woman with PCOS who had nothing but organic veggie juice for three weeks, and when she went back to the Dr. for an ultra sound/ blood work and there was NO trace of PCOS!!!.. The symptoms of PCOS are excess body and facial hair, acne, depression, balding on the head, diabetes, and infertility ( I some how concived my son naturally!) and a number of other symptoms.
So here I am compleatly changing my life around..I'm just out of an abusive relationship, living in a new apartment with my two year old son Gabriel, going back to finish my high school and then go on to get my degree in Midwifery or Nursing...And of course taking charge of my health!
I'm looking foward to meeting people here and giving and getting support and ideas!
Sarain
I was a vegan as a teenager but didn't do it right as I cut out ALL fats ( no healthy oils, avocato, nuts, or nut butters..) I ended up losing too much weight and my hair became dull and brittle. At 18 I fell in "love" with a man who cooked me pot roast one night, and it was all down hill from there as I blooned up to 240lbs. I'm down to 204lbs now, but my goal is 155 lbs.
One of my main reasons for doing this juice fast and then eating a raw diet is because I have a conditon called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrom ( PCOS) that is not 'cureable' however, I resently read a story on an other site about a woman with PCOS who had nothing but organic veggie juice for three weeks, and when she went back to the Dr. for an ultra sound/ blood work and there was NO trace of PCOS!!!.. The symptoms of PCOS are excess body and facial hair, acne, depression, balding on the head, diabetes, and infertility ( I some how concived my son naturally!) and a number of other symptoms.
So here I am compleatly changing my life around..I'm just out of an abusive relationship, living in a new apartment with my two year old son Gabriel, going back to finish my high school and then go on to get my degree in Midwifery or Nursing...And of course taking charge of my health!
I'm looking foward to meeting people here and giving and getting support and ideas!
Sarain