hannahbee
07-27-2008, 06:14 PM
Hi all!
I feel weirdly shy about posting to such a board. I think it's because I don't feel "legit" yet.
I started to try to write my story out, and I realize that I need more time and space to get that all sorted in my head, and get it down.
Suffice it to say that my transition began early this spring when I moved with my husband and our 2cats/1dog household to my old hometown. I haven't lived in Albuquerque in at least 15 years, and never really as an "adult." (Yes, I was in my early 20s when I left here, but I am shockingly immature and was a slackerly college student then!) Right before here we were in Vegas for almost 2 years and before that I was in the midwest since 1998. All of that is relevant to my transition this way: It's slower here. I feel like I can breathe. And most importantly, I feel like I'm beginning to be in control of my own life. I've been married for 2 years this August and we're really just beginning our adventure.
I'm a big fat woman. I have emotional/stress/comfort eating issues, and mostly, I just like food! But when we moved here I got serious about some intellectual dishonesty, and stopped eating meat. I declared that I am *not* a vegetarian, because I don't think it's immoral to eat animals. But I do think it is immoral (and even evil) to participate in the suffering caused by the factory/battery farming system we have in this country to feed our appetite for animal flesh. So I decided that unless I know the provenance of an animal, i.e., how it is raised, on what feed, how it is *cared* for, how it lived and, importantly, how it died, I will not eat it. So, in practical terms, this means I am a vegetarian and near vegan. It has been hard for me to give up cheese, so I would have organic goat cheese (I suspect goats are not so poorly treated, but anyone who knows better, feel free to correct me) or very expensive imported cheese made with raw milk.
Hm....I said I was going to sort out my story before, but here I am rambling. Fast forward: after seeing how easy it was to give up the meat, my husband and I gave up most processed foods, including processed grains. Then, we substituted more nourishing dairy (organic yogurt for his beloved sour cream). Those changes weren't really that hard. And I noticed I wasn't having asthmatic episodes I had been having in Vegas. And then I did the Master Cleanse (for 8 days). And then, within one week of the Master Cleanse, we decided to do 30 days raw. Today is day 8.
I need someplace to go where I can complain and brag and ask questions and sort out confusion and get input on this journey. I'm scared because I feel like a huge failure at most everything I've ever tried. But I know that is my gremlin talking and I will not listen. I have a right to be healthy and live my life to its fullest, and it is not too late.
So, with that, greetings! My name is Hannah and I am stepping onto the path of eating whole, living, raw foods. Basically because it's a natural progression for me. Difficult, I think, but correct.
I feel weirdly shy about posting to such a board. I think it's because I don't feel "legit" yet.
I started to try to write my story out, and I realize that I need more time and space to get that all sorted in my head, and get it down.
Suffice it to say that my transition began early this spring when I moved with my husband and our 2cats/1dog household to my old hometown. I haven't lived in Albuquerque in at least 15 years, and never really as an "adult." (Yes, I was in my early 20s when I left here, but I am shockingly immature and was a slackerly college student then!) Right before here we were in Vegas for almost 2 years and before that I was in the midwest since 1998. All of that is relevant to my transition this way: It's slower here. I feel like I can breathe. And most importantly, I feel like I'm beginning to be in control of my own life. I've been married for 2 years this August and we're really just beginning our adventure.
I'm a big fat woman. I have emotional/stress/comfort eating issues, and mostly, I just like food! But when we moved here I got serious about some intellectual dishonesty, and stopped eating meat. I declared that I am *not* a vegetarian, because I don't think it's immoral to eat animals. But I do think it is immoral (and even evil) to participate in the suffering caused by the factory/battery farming system we have in this country to feed our appetite for animal flesh. So I decided that unless I know the provenance of an animal, i.e., how it is raised, on what feed, how it is *cared* for, how it lived and, importantly, how it died, I will not eat it. So, in practical terms, this means I am a vegetarian and near vegan. It has been hard for me to give up cheese, so I would have organic goat cheese (I suspect goats are not so poorly treated, but anyone who knows better, feel free to correct me) or very expensive imported cheese made with raw milk.
Hm....I said I was going to sort out my story before, but here I am rambling. Fast forward: after seeing how easy it was to give up the meat, my husband and I gave up most processed foods, including processed grains. Then, we substituted more nourishing dairy (organic yogurt for his beloved sour cream). Those changes weren't really that hard. And I noticed I wasn't having asthmatic episodes I had been having in Vegas. And then I did the Master Cleanse (for 8 days). And then, within one week of the Master Cleanse, we decided to do 30 days raw. Today is day 8.
I need someplace to go where I can complain and brag and ask questions and sort out confusion and get input on this journey. I'm scared because I feel like a huge failure at most everything I've ever tried. But I know that is my gremlin talking and I will not listen. I have a right to be healthy and live my life to its fullest, and it is not too late.
So, with that, greetings! My name is Hannah and I am stepping onto the path of eating whole, living, raw foods. Basically because it's a natural progression for me. Difficult, I think, but correct.