Peaches710
07-11-2010, 09:48 PM
Hello forum! I'm Peaches. This is not my first time embarking on a raw journey but I'm hoping to make it my first permanent one! This time around is going to be a lot harder than last though. I discovered raw when I was 14 and a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 3 years so the transition wasn't horrible. I'm now 16 and started eating meat a few months ago. Apparently I wasn't a very good vegetarian because my health greatly improved, my hormones began to slowly balance (I'm at risk for PCOS), and I even lost a bit of weight. But I feel so bad! I became a vegetarian because I love animals and the environment and I'm sick of going against my beliefs when there are other ways to be healthy. (and lose some weight, I grudgingly admit)
So here I am! I've been raw for 2 days and the transition is already wicked, headaches, irritability, bloating, and a distended belly that is most unattractive :-( However, I've also felt a super energy boost and my body feels so light and airy, I feel if I jump high enough I could fly. I slipped up and ate some fish with romaine lettuce leaves but all part of the journey to rawsomeness I suppose. Soo, if you managed to make it through this novel of an introduction, another happy hello! and any tips for dealing with the transition symptoms I mentioned would be lovely. ^.^
So here I am! I've been raw for 2 days and the transition is already wicked, headaches, irritability, bloating, and a distended belly that is most unattractive :-( However, I've also felt a super energy boost and my body feels so light and airy, I feel if I jump high enough I could fly. I slipped up and ate some fish with romaine lettuce leaves but all part of the journey to rawsomeness I suppose. Soo, if you managed to make it through this novel of an introduction, another happy hello! and any tips for dealing with the transition symptoms I mentioned would be lovely. ^.^