raw_mavrick
01-31-2010, 01:04 AM
firstly i'm really happy to be joining this site. I'm hummed and hawed about eating well, and it's about time for me to make a real difference in my life. I want to be healthy enough to go outside and play with my kids by the time I have one.
I don't really know what all i should say, but growing up.. i know i ate horribly. And then I met my current boyfriend who has literally given me something to live for. Encouraging me to eat healthy and showing me a new light to the world around me as far as environmentalism.
I don't know what you guys are ALL about on this site, but for me .. raw food just goes hand in hand with a lot of other things in my life. First and foremost, the cruel way we raise our animals.
I've had a lot of fun reading about raw deserts mainly. I really need to find a copy of the book "sweet gratitude: a new world of raw deserts". It's hard for me right now thou because I am in a very low income household right now, and I normally like to have a nice stock of groceries that I know will last. Raw nuts are SO expensive... or maybe i'm looking in the wrong place.
I also desperately need a food processor. Right now i'm working with a hand-held blender that i think is designed for drinks lol.
my starting weight was 230, but somewhere along the way i lost 15 pounds and even managed to keep it off during Christmas! :eek::D
I find it really hard to eat well when I go to friends houses for dinner, because their diets are horrible. Baked white pasta with cheese, in a non stick pot.... my heart hurts just looking at it.
Well I think that's it.. a little long winded.. but that's me.
i know not everyone who chooses to eat raw food is thinking about long term, but hoping to find some more like minded people.
I don't really know what all i should say, but growing up.. i know i ate horribly. And then I met my current boyfriend who has literally given me something to live for. Encouraging me to eat healthy and showing me a new light to the world around me as far as environmentalism.
I don't know what you guys are ALL about on this site, but for me .. raw food just goes hand in hand with a lot of other things in my life. First and foremost, the cruel way we raise our animals.
I've had a lot of fun reading about raw deserts mainly. I really need to find a copy of the book "sweet gratitude: a new world of raw deserts". It's hard for me right now thou because I am in a very low income household right now, and I normally like to have a nice stock of groceries that I know will last. Raw nuts are SO expensive... or maybe i'm looking in the wrong place.
I also desperately need a food processor. Right now i'm working with a hand-held blender that i think is designed for drinks lol.
my starting weight was 230, but somewhere along the way i lost 15 pounds and even managed to keep it off during Christmas! :eek::D
I find it really hard to eat well when I go to friends houses for dinner, because their diets are horrible. Baked white pasta with cheese, in a non stick pot.... my heart hurts just looking at it.
Well I think that's it.. a little long winded.. but that's me.
i know not everyone who chooses to eat raw food is thinking about long term, but hoping to find some more like minded people.