Krilly
12-14-2010, 05:22 PM
Hey everyone, I'm here to properly re-introduce myself! Let me tell you how I got here.
The first time I tried raw I was 16. At first it was a tasty experiment, but as I started to lose weight and was surrounded by people seeing me as more valuable just because of my food choices, I freaked out and went a little over the edge. Eventually I was fainting all over the place on account of not eating enough even though I had lots of lapses that I tortured myself over. No one said anything to me about my failing health, because, gosh, I was skinny! Eventually my father was laid off from his job, so the whole family went back to SAD
The second time I tried raw I was 19. My family still didn't have a lot of money because my dad couldn't find work, but I decided to go raw because I had no health insurance and wanted to keep my PCOS at bay. Working on a budget brought a lot more planning and variety into this attempt. Being out of high school and being more self confident made the short month on raw a real pleasure. Unfortunately, my dad died suddenly (even though he wasn't a healthy man it was a devastating shock) on March 9th 2010. Completely despondent, I abandoned all forms of self improvement and drifted aimlessly for months.
Now I'm 20 and on more stable ground. After being involved in fat acceptance and health at every size circles, I'm ready to eat well because I love my body and want it to function optimally and not out of any pressure from other people or self loathing (I really think this will be the key to my success). Also, it doesn't hurt that I live in beautiful Lake Tahoe now; a place very conductive to living the healthy lifestyle I want!
Well that was wordy! I look forward to exploring this new chapter of my life with y'all :)
The first time I tried raw I was 16. At first it was a tasty experiment, but as I started to lose weight and was surrounded by people seeing me as more valuable just because of my food choices, I freaked out and went a little over the edge. Eventually I was fainting all over the place on account of not eating enough even though I had lots of lapses that I tortured myself over. No one said anything to me about my failing health, because, gosh, I was skinny! Eventually my father was laid off from his job, so the whole family went back to SAD
The second time I tried raw I was 19. My family still didn't have a lot of money because my dad couldn't find work, but I decided to go raw because I had no health insurance and wanted to keep my PCOS at bay. Working on a budget brought a lot more planning and variety into this attempt. Being out of high school and being more self confident made the short month on raw a real pleasure. Unfortunately, my dad died suddenly (even though he wasn't a healthy man it was a devastating shock) on March 9th 2010. Completely despondent, I abandoned all forms of self improvement and drifted aimlessly for months.
Now I'm 20 and on more stable ground. After being involved in fat acceptance and health at every size circles, I'm ready to eat well because I love my body and want it to function optimally and not out of any pressure from other people or self loathing (I really think this will be the key to my success). Also, it doesn't hurt that I live in beautiful Lake Tahoe now; a place very conductive to living the healthy lifestyle I want!
Well that was wordy! I look forward to exploring this new chapter of my life with y'all :)