phrutevegan
06-27-2009, 12:33 AM
Hello everyone...
I'm feeling like I really need some support to do this. I am going to jump into the raw diet ... again.
More than two years ago, I went raw and it lasted a few months... I felt GREAT. Afterward, I stayed mostly vegan, then it went to vegetarian... my partner at the time wasn't very helpful and ended up leaving me (another story)...
....I did fine for a bit... then of course I met someone else.. I've been with my current partner for over two years and I'm SO fed up with who I've become in terms of my health.
I went from being on a 60% raw/vegan diet to eating McDonalds food (which I have NEVER done before), gaining back 35 pounds, drinking coffee and coke and getting a caffeine addiction (ALSO which I've never done before), eating meat for almost every meal... you name it. I became the polar opposite of who I was... and I MISS ME.
I LOVE my partner, but I hate this path. I want to return to where I was and coax her along with me - inch by inch if I have to. She said she's willing for me to take her there.. I just need to take the first few steps.
Originally when I started this a few years ago, I weighed 220 pounds and was doing it to lose weight. I got all the way down to 150, began training for a marathon, and felt great. Now I'm not budging at 185, my clothes barely fit, and I'm faced with fatty fast food, caffeine, and a lack of activity.
(This is TERRIBLE for my husky who needs constant activity to be happy)...
So, with that... I suppose this is my first (corny at best) step toward a healthier me...
I'm feeling like I really need some support to do this. I am going to jump into the raw diet ... again.
More than two years ago, I went raw and it lasted a few months... I felt GREAT. Afterward, I stayed mostly vegan, then it went to vegetarian... my partner at the time wasn't very helpful and ended up leaving me (another story)...
....I did fine for a bit... then of course I met someone else.. I've been with my current partner for over two years and I'm SO fed up with who I've become in terms of my health.
I went from being on a 60% raw/vegan diet to eating McDonalds food (which I have NEVER done before), gaining back 35 pounds, drinking coffee and coke and getting a caffeine addiction (ALSO which I've never done before), eating meat for almost every meal... you name it. I became the polar opposite of who I was... and I MISS ME.
I LOVE my partner, but I hate this path. I want to return to where I was and coax her along with me - inch by inch if I have to. She said she's willing for me to take her there.. I just need to take the first few steps.
Originally when I started this a few years ago, I weighed 220 pounds and was doing it to lose weight. I got all the way down to 150, began training for a marathon, and felt great. Now I'm not budging at 185, my clothes barely fit, and I'm faced with fatty fast food, caffeine, and a lack of activity.
(This is TERRIBLE for my husky who needs constant activity to be happy)...
So, with that... I suppose this is my first (corny at best) step toward a healthier me...