kimbalaya
08-14-2008, 10:05 PM
Hello,
My name is Kimberly and I have been a vegetarian for most of my life. I'm one of those junk-food vegetarians though, and my weight and health reflect it, unfortunately.
I've been on a dozen diets or so in the past 20 years, including Jenny Craig, South Beach, PRISM, the Cabbage Soup diet and probably more. My most recent was the PRISM diet, during which I lost about 80 pounds in a 10 month period and was feeling pretty good. However, about a year ago, I lost my momentum, motivation and whatever else was keeping me going, and have gained nearly all of the 80 pounds back. Talk about a yo-yo, and a discouraging one at that.
Currently, I would like to lose about 115 pounds, and get to a healthy life while doing it. I joined Curves and have been going faithfully, 3 to 4 times per week, for 3 1/2 months now, with no weight loss because I'm not taking care of my diet at the same time. I have lost a little in inches, but not much.
I've been thinking more and more about going raw but have held back because I'm nervous. Can I keep up with it? Will it take a lot of time to prepare, when I'm already swamped with work (medical billing at home), 2 children (3 and 5 years), a dozen or more responsibilities at church, planning to homeschool in the next year or two, keeping my house (pretty unsuccessfully right now) and more? I have no doubt I'll like the foods - I love fruits and veggies already. Can a raw diet be followed without adding a lot of supplements? I'm fine with adding good oils (flax, avocado, olive, etc) but not so sure about the powdered barley, protein or other supplements I've heard about. Will it be easy to plan meals? Can I stick to it? What do I feed my family?
As you can see, I have a lot of questions, and I probably have more that I haven't thought of while quickly typing this up before I chicken out...
Hope to get to know some of you, and find my nerve to go for it, soon!
Kimberly
My name is Kimberly and I have been a vegetarian for most of my life. I'm one of those junk-food vegetarians though, and my weight and health reflect it, unfortunately.
I've been on a dozen diets or so in the past 20 years, including Jenny Craig, South Beach, PRISM, the Cabbage Soup diet and probably more. My most recent was the PRISM diet, during which I lost about 80 pounds in a 10 month period and was feeling pretty good. However, about a year ago, I lost my momentum, motivation and whatever else was keeping me going, and have gained nearly all of the 80 pounds back. Talk about a yo-yo, and a discouraging one at that.
Currently, I would like to lose about 115 pounds, and get to a healthy life while doing it. I joined Curves and have been going faithfully, 3 to 4 times per week, for 3 1/2 months now, with no weight loss because I'm not taking care of my diet at the same time. I have lost a little in inches, but not much.
I've been thinking more and more about going raw but have held back because I'm nervous. Can I keep up with it? Will it take a lot of time to prepare, when I'm already swamped with work (medical billing at home), 2 children (3 and 5 years), a dozen or more responsibilities at church, planning to homeschool in the next year or two, keeping my house (pretty unsuccessfully right now) and more? I have no doubt I'll like the foods - I love fruits and veggies already. Can a raw diet be followed without adding a lot of supplements? I'm fine with adding good oils (flax, avocado, olive, etc) but not so sure about the powdered barley, protein or other supplements I've heard about. Will it be easy to plan meals? Can I stick to it? What do I feed my family?
As you can see, I have a lot of questions, and I probably have more that I haven't thought of while quickly typing this up before I chicken out...
Hope to get to know some of you, and find my nerve to go for it, soon!
Kimberly