katieboop
04-06-2011, 02:07 AM
Hello, everyone! After 21 years of following the SAD, I've decided to go raw!
My health has never really been that great. Growing up, it was easy to tell if something was going around because I was always the first one to get sick. Basically, I was the canary in the coal mine. I've always had a lot of trouble losing weight, and my only successful attempt at weight loss took the form of a three-week-long water fast, after which I gained most of the weight back anyway. When I turned twenty, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had to have the offending gland removed, leaving a nasty scar on my neck. Then I discovered that although I didn't test positive for celiac disease, I was very sensitive to gluten. Recently I've been having various skin problems (acanthosis nigricans, etc.), and that compounded with my weight has me really scared that I might have diabetes. Everything seems to creak when I move, and not a day goes by that something doesn't ache, whether it's my head or my bones.
So.
This is an effort to lose weight, kick my carb addictions and be healthy. I don't know what it feels like to just be healthy, and that in itself is a sad, sad thing. I want to know what it's like to wake up and not feel like a 21-year-old trapped in a 91-year-old body. I want to stop worrying and feeling like I'm going to die young. Maybe this way of life will finally have me feeling like the person I really am: a young woman who wants to teach and live to a ripe old age and die surrounded by people I love.
I know this was long, but now you have my mission statement. I know it's going to be a long, hard road filled with temptation, but I'm feel like I'm headed in the right direction. :)
My health has never really been that great. Growing up, it was easy to tell if something was going around because I was always the first one to get sick. Basically, I was the canary in the coal mine. I've always had a lot of trouble losing weight, and my only successful attempt at weight loss took the form of a three-week-long water fast, after which I gained most of the weight back anyway. When I turned twenty, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had to have the offending gland removed, leaving a nasty scar on my neck. Then I discovered that although I didn't test positive for celiac disease, I was very sensitive to gluten. Recently I've been having various skin problems (acanthosis nigricans, etc.), and that compounded with my weight has me really scared that I might have diabetes. Everything seems to creak when I move, and not a day goes by that something doesn't ache, whether it's my head or my bones.
So.
This is an effort to lose weight, kick my carb addictions and be healthy. I don't know what it feels like to just be healthy, and that in itself is a sad, sad thing. I want to know what it's like to wake up and not feel like a 21-year-old trapped in a 91-year-old body. I want to stop worrying and feeling like I'm going to die young. Maybe this way of life will finally have me feeling like the person I really am: a young woman who wants to teach and live to a ripe old age and die surrounded by people I love.
I know this was long, but now you have my mission statement. I know it's going to be a long, hard road filled with temptation, but I'm feel like I'm headed in the right direction. :)