Hello From Maryland!

[Heather308]

Hi! I'm Heather from Maryland. I will be 48 years old this year and I am SO EXCITED about my new, raw lifestyle (I've been raw since 1 Feb 2011). I was pretty much eating a "Clean" diet before venturing into the raw eating. I LOVE to workout, so I know how important it was to at least eat "Clean". One day, I saw an commercial for some lawyer willing to take cases from people who had issues with Osteoporosis meds (i.e., broken hips). I got curious and started researching these meds and somehow got to numerous websites that were telling that dairly causes Osteoporosis. Osteoporosis runs like wildfire in my family (on both sides). I IMMEDIATELY stopped all dairy - yogurt, milk on cereal, baking/cooking with dairy, etc. And talk about "things happen for a reason"! A girl started working with me who was a Vegan. I already was working with a Vegetarian, but didn't want to "pick" her brain because she still was ingesting dairy products. The Vegan and I got to talking. Found out she does a lot of soy - which I wasn't a fan of. I did more research and found out that a lot of plants contain the protein, calcium, and other essential nutrients I needed so I decided to go FULL-BLOWN raw. VERY HAPPY about my decision! :heart

My husband is extremely supportive and is always curious about what my next recipe is that I will be trying. Unfortunately, he's still a fan of eating meat.

My ONLY problem is (and I guess I lied earlier - I'm 99.99% raw) is that I still have to have my ONE graham cracker before I work out. This is something I've been doing for close to 20 years (5-6 days a week). I'm certain that it will be simple to replace that habit.

Anyway, I've enjoyed reading this Forum and am glad I stumbled upon it. I actually don't remember how I did, I just did. :dance:

Thanks for listening...hope to get to know you.

Heather

[green goddess]

From one Heather to another, welcome aboard!

You sound quite enthusiastic about your new journey! Yay! Seems you're doing very well; keep up the great work! And I like your optimism on replacing your graham with something raw, when you are ready. Cheers to you!

:cheer:

[Heather308]

Thank you for the warm welcome, Green Goddess. I look forward to all of the good information I will be getting with regards to my new, raw lifestyle. :woohoo:

[spicyfull]

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

[laura-jane]

Lol, that graham cracker thing is funny. :)

Sounds like you are on a great track. And that's awesome that your DH supports you. Mine does too, although he is not 100%, but he is a vegan.

If your graham cracker thing is working for you and is your only exception I wouldn't worry about it. And I am a true proponent of being 100%!! So it's kind of odd that I'm saying that, but it seems really regimented and I like that so maybe that's why I think it's okay to let it be, lol.

Wishing you all the best with your raw journey.

[Heather308]

HAPPY UPDATE!!!: I "think" I've succeeded in giving up the graham cracker. I looked at this crazy habit of mine and realized that I could easily substitute a banana or another piece of fruit. So far, so good. :heart

@laura-jane - thank you for your well-wishes. It's so nice to be a part of this forum :woot:

[klomasius]

Hey, well done Heather!

Glad to hear it was easy to get rid of the graham cracker! :throwhearts:

I'm with Laura Jane on that one, it wasn't urgent to get rid of it but you did it anyways, and a piece of fruit pre workout is much better for your energy levels anyway. :)

Welcome to the board!

[Heather308]

Why thank you!!! I feel better about the graham and I'm taking the rest to work (the Costco size box!) - hopefully, they'll disappear there. I decided to make a green smoothie for lunch today and my DH actually took a sip AND went back for seconds! He couldn't believe there was Kale in it! :heart

I can't believe how good I feel changing to this eating lifestyle. I know I'm going to thank all of you for the awesome advice.

Thank you all in advance! :dance: