Hey from Sweden

[Fischer]

Hey everybody!

I´ve been sneaking around this forum for a month or so, and thought today would be a good day to introduce myself.

I´m a 26, soon 27 year old girl from the middle of Sweden. That means a long dark winter and a short but bright summer! The days are very long now and it´s beautiful.

Well, how did I end up here?

I´ve always been interested in health and tried out numerous diets in the past. I think it was in march I´ve stumbled across the documentary by Storm Talifero on internet, "Breakthrough". And then I began searching the net for this new Raw thing :)

As the time went by I was more and more interested in this way of eating and living. Came across youtube and watched Tim van Ordens progress and Tonya Kay and Brendan Braziers adventures! Amazing ...I thought. I also want to be so alive and vibrant as these people.

For about 8 years I´ve been struggeling with kind of an eating disorder, I eat normally but on weekends or certain days when bad emotions arise I just let all my sense fall and start to overeat and binge-eat. I started to incorporate more raw foods in my diet this spring and have also tried some days 100% raw. From the beginning I had a lot of problems with bloating and did´nt feel really well. Now I bought a juicer and started to make green juice and I like it. I love raw vegetables and fruit, but when life don´t behave accordingly to what I like, I end up messing things up with eating sugars sugars sugars. I hate it, because the day after I get right on track again, but my whole body feels like sick and my mood is terrible just because what I eat the day before.

I eat fish on occasion, but very rarely. Most of the time I consume vegetables and fruits, and sometime nuts - but I don´t feel good on them.

So...Now I´m about 75% raw everyday, but now and then I eat really bad foods. I´m 173 cm and weigh about 73 kilos, sorry but I don´t know what that means in your measuring system. I´d like to loose 10 kilos and feel better and stop this idiot-overeating!!

Some tips?

Best regards

// Fischer

[spicyfull]

I wish you everything you need to Stay RAW............Welcome to MY World.

[Frugal Raw]

Welcome! I wish you the best of rawesome health!

If you are curious, here are the metric conversions:

one kilo = 2.2 pounds - so you weigh about 160 pounds and are looking to lose 22 pounds:D.
one cm = 0.393700787 in - so you are 68.5 inces tall or 5 feet 8.5 inches tall.:)

As for overeating, there really is no such thing in regard to whole raw foods. Binge on fresh fruits and vegetables, juices, and smoothies - and your body will love you for it!

[Veganforlife]

Welcome! You've come to the right place, that's for sure!

[dakinimind]

Hey Fischer!

Jag borde i Goteborg for tre ar, 16 ar sen. Forlat, men min data har ingen Svensk bokstavning :). Valkomen till Raw Talk! Nu bor jag i Phoenix, Arizona, men min son bor fortfarende i Kalmar. Jag kan tanka mig at det blir lite svort med gronsaker i Sverige. Lycka till!

Hope my Swedish made sense :p . If you need things, you can paypal me and I'd be more than happy to mail them to you. I'm always sending things to my son.

I had a hard time adjusting to the dark winters when I lived there and did a lot of binge eating as well. It's a tough thing to over come! Maybe you could benefit from some hemp protein in your diet and juicing. Do you find the emotions are worse in the winter...stupid question, probably. I did tanning beds to help with the physical depression...that helped significantly.

Great to have you here and maybe I can practice my Swedish with you from time to time!

[Fischer]

Hey Fischer!

Jag borde i Goteborg for tre ar, 16 ar sen. Forlat, men min data har ingen Svensk bokstavning :). Valkomen till Raw Talk! Nu bor jag i Phoenix, Arizona, men min son bor fortfarende i Kalmar. Jag kan tanka mig at det blir lite svort med gronsaker i Sverige. Lycka till!

Hope my Swedish made sense If you need things, you can paypal me and I'd be more than happy to mail them to you. I'm always sending things to my son.

I had a hard time adjusting to the dark winters when I lived there and did a lot of binge eating as well. It's a tough thing to over come! Maybe you could benefit from some hemp protein in your diet and juicing. Do you find the emotions are worse in the winter...stupid question, probably. I did tanning beds to help with the physical depression...that helped significantly.

Great to have you here and maybe I can practice my Swedish with you from time to time!

Hej!!

Vad roligt att kunna skriva lite svenska här! :D Du får gärna öva din svenska med mig! Kul! I´ve got some relatives who lives in Texas, Dallas and Austin. My family and I went there during the 90´s and I really liked Austin. Have been to the states 5 times all together and been to a lot of places all around the country. Also have a relative up in Madison, close to Chicago. And San Francisco is another lovely town as well. I think I liked hawaii the most. Soooooo wonderful. Really want to go back there. To eat fresh coconut and learn how to surf.

I think bingeeating is kind of a bad habit that sticks...If u don´t make some radical changes. It´s very hard when it´s cold! Because when it´s warm...about 3 months per year...it´s ok to eat mostly vegetables and fruit...but when you´ve been out in the day in - 20 degrees, you won´t wanna have a salad. Maybe I have to move to U.S? :) I´m so jealous of u guys, having your Coop´s and the progress of raw foods and restaurants and so on.

I´m about to buy some hemp and see what it can do !

Frugal Raw: Thank you very much! :) 22 pounds sounds a lot...!

Thanks guys!

// Fischer