Hey, I'm new to the raw food diet

[People_Change]

Hello!

My names Alexx and I am a new comer to the raw food diet. I am 19 years old and lets just say I don't live the healthiest life I can, I have always been over weight and have tried every diet that out there to try and lose the weight.

I am 19 and want nothing more then to be able to live a normal teenage/young adult life. It sounds weird writing that because I am not someone with a life threatening illness but when you have lived your whole life as 'the fat friend' the you realize that it might not be life threading but it feels pretty damn near close.

I dont feel comfortable putting my starting weight on here yet because I am embarrassed about my weight but I am hoping to get to 150 because I would be so happy to be able to say I am at 150.

I am going off to collage in California next fall and I hope that by then I can feel better about my self and be close to my goal weight.

thanks for reading.

Alexx

[Green_Woman]

Alexx - Welcome to RFT!!! My name is Greenie and I hope you stick around here and use our peer support/encouragement to get you RAW and TRIM and HEALTHY and GLOWING!!! :D Raw can and WILL do all those things for you, btw. ;)


Have you had a chance to get Alissa Cohen's book LIVING ON LIVE FOOD and read through the stories she posts there? Also, since you're a young person (like me - I'm a college kid, too!) you might really find Sergei Boutenko's YOUTUBE videos encouraging. He was overweight and had diabetes when he went RAW as a child and if you look at him now, you'd never know it! :D

We're here for you!!!

[People_Change]

Green_Woman I really wanna thank you for your encouragement, it means so much to me.

[michigan roman]

theres a bunch of nice people here , plus a lot of people that went raw to mainly lose weight . so i bet youll find rft very helpfull

welcome to site

[misslinda]

Welcome Alexx and you need not feel embarrassed about you current weight....do what feels right and move forward :)

First of all, I do like that ID name "People Change" So true!!! The beauty of who we are now will not be the same moment by moment....we are always on that journey to our greater self.

What's absolutely AMAZING about this site, is the journey,struggle,peace,love and desire to seek HEALTH and the weightloss comes naturally.

Your inspiration to share your deepest desire, is appreciated but know that you are in complete control of you...we are only accessories in your journey :p hee hee, i'll be the fly on the wall.

I'm curious, how did you get here?

[misslinda]

theres a bunch of nice people here , plus a lot of people that went raw to mainly lose weight . so i bet youll find rft very helpfull

welcome to site


Nice and Crazy!!! We fit in the crazy category MR :p

[michigan roman]

Nice and Crazy!!! We fit in the crazy category MR :p

and you know what i think caused it : the photo of paths ' liquid salads '

BLECH

ive never been the same since :cool:

[misslinda]

and you know what i think caused it : the photo of paths ' liquid salads '

BLECH

ive never been the same since :cool:



"Food For the Gods" Awwwwwwwww. Yuck...Pucka. 'member the greek roman colums he had next to it???

See Alexx, some of us are little off.....actually the food for the gods will change you forever ;)

[michigan roman]

"Food For the Gods" Awwwwwwwww. Yuck...Pucka. 'member the greek roman colums he had next to it???

See Alexx, some of us are little off.....actually the food for the gods will change you forever ;)

those collums were hilarious

[People_Change]

misslinda and Michigan Roman, you don't even know how much it means to me that you have taken the time out to write such words of encouragement to me. I have never really had much encouragement in my life (not from my family or anything like that. Mainly in school) so knowing that there are people to take to about this...I am so grateful for.

Misslinde i actually found out about the raw food diet from a waitress at a 24hour dinner my friends and I are always at (and I mean always, like 6 our of 7 days lol). My friends and I had gotten to talking about diet and I had made a comment about how i really needed a good diet that would work and our waitress heard me and began to tell me about this diet and how she did it to lose some weight a while back and i became very interested in it, so I looked up all the stuff I needed to know about it and I am starting it tomorrow after my mom and I go shopping for it.

My parents both think I'm crazy for wanting to go raw food because we are a meat family and I'm not saying I'm not going to miss a nice fatty burger but I want to do this for me...I need to do this, I don't wanna be one of those people whose life ends way to early because they did want to live a healthy life.

Okay I am now done writing my way to long replay lol.

Alexx.

P.S dont worry about the crazy, it wont scare me away. Lets just say my group of friends are the kind of people that would a temp to play hide-n'-seek and/or tag during the school day back in high school or in the mall still to this day. I know crazy lol. and thanks again

[spicyfull]

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