Gab
11-03-2009, 03:05 PM
:) Let me start by saying I am so glad I found this site!!!
I'm a 57 yr old woman, living with my beloved husband, 2 boxers and one cat. In my younger days I never had a weight problem, ate what I wanted when I wanted, and topped it off with drinking and smoking. In my early 30's I started having some minor problems like general fatigue, aches in my knees (which I figured was from all the high impact aerobics I did), just general "blah". So around 1982 I went macrobiotic and was strict macro for about 4 years. Went through the healing crisis thing and long story short, ended up feeling fantastic! No pains. Energy.
Then for some reason I still don't understand I went back to my old ways (even though I ended up throwing up on that first hamburger...) and sure enough over the years started 'falling apart'. Beginnings of arthritis, migraines, gaining 80lbs... I think you get the ugly picture. I now have a problem (doctors are still trying to figure out what the actual problem is) and can barely walk, even with a cane. The pain in my hip/leg is so bad I have my moments where all I can do is cry.
About 3 months ago I decided to go back macrobiotic 'cause I remembered how wonderful I felt. BUT... this time, it's just not taking me where I want to be. :confused:
Don't get me wrong, I do feel better, have a bit more energy but the pain is not being relieved.
I had heard about the raw food diet (don't recall where) and have been doing a lot of reading on the net for hours on end each day. I decided to include more raw in my diet and do feel better after only 2-3 weeks.
I'm surprised at how easily natural it is to 'slide' into this way of eating. The energy is different... the macrobiotic energy is more mellow than the raw food 'wow I feel great' energy. I like the raw food energy more.
I will admit though I am having some problems getting my head around some of the ways of eating because they so conflict with the macrobiotic way. For example - eat raw versus cook it until it's very soft so your digestive system isn't stressed; eat bananas versus no bananas because of my genetic history (people from the north eat apples, pears etc., while people from the tropics eat bananas and citrus because that's how we've evolved genetically).
I'm hoping to be able to go 100% and am thinking of doing the month challenge starting December.
I'm glad I found you all because from what I've read so far in some of the forums there's support galore.
See you around, sorry the post is long... now you know why they call me 'Gab'.
:D
I'm a 57 yr old woman, living with my beloved husband, 2 boxers and one cat. In my younger days I never had a weight problem, ate what I wanted when I wanted, and topped it off with drinking and smoking. In my early 30's I started having some minor problems like general fatigue, aches in my knees (which I figured was from all the high impact aerobics I did), just general "blah". So around 1982 I went macrobiotic and was strict macro for about 4 years. Went through the healing crisis thing and long story short, ended up feeling fantastic! No pains. Energy.
Then for some reason I still don't understand I went back to my old ways (even though I ended up throwing up on that first hamburger...) and sure enough over the years started 'falling apart'. Beginnings of arthritis, migraines, gaining 80lbs... I think you get the ugly picture. I now have a problem (doctors are still trying to figure out what the actual problem is) and can barely walk, even with a cane. The pain in my hip/leg is so bad I have my moments where all I can do is cry.
About 3 months ago I decided to go back macrobiotic 'cause I remembered how wonderful I felt. BUT... this time, it's just not taking me where I want to be. :confused:
Don't get me wrong, I do feel better, have a bit more energy but the pain is not being relieved.
I had heard about the raw food diet (don't recall where) and have been doing a lot of reading on the net for hours on end each day. I decided to include more raw in my diet and do feel better after only 2-3 weeks.
I'm surprised at how easily natural it is to 'slide' into this way of eating. The energy is different... the macrobiotic energy is more mellow than the raw food 'wow I feel great' energy. I like the raw food energy more.
I will admit though I am having some problems getting my head around some of the ways of eating because they so conflict with the macrobiotic way. For example - eat raw versus cook it until it's very soft so your digestive system isn't stressed; eat bananas versus no bananas because of my genetic history (people from the north eat apples, pears etc., while people from the tropics eat bananas and citrus because that's how we've evolved genetically).
I'm hoping to be able to go 100% and am thinking of doing the month challenge starting December.
I'm glad I found you all because from what I've read so far in some of the forums there's support galore.
See you around, sorry the post is long... now you know why they call me 'Gab'.
:D