robh
03-08-2012, 07:38 AM
I joined the forum a week ago and I've been hanging out in the March 100% raw challenge thread. I figured I should back up and introduce myself.
Hello. I'm Rob. I'm a software developer from PA.
In January, I got interested in eating raw after watching Food Matters. After I gave it a try, I started experiencing bursts of euphoria and mental clarity. While that sounds weird and kind of strange, I strongly believe that this is how being alive is *supposed* to feel (You know, ALIVE!). My dietary background is one of processed food that lacked most everything my body has needed over the years. I think, I have spent 35 years living in a sad, foggy, weak, tired state and never knew it. As soon as my body started getting what it needed from a raw diet, all that went away and I FEEL GREAT!
I am now at the point that I never want to go back to my previous, sad, tired existence. While, I would like to go 100% raw, I find that the temptation is just too strong for me. I "take a meal off" about once a week. When I fall off the wagon, I can feel that old familiar state creeping back in so I jump back on and get back where I'm supposed to be. I am, therefore, high raw (70-90% depending on the weekends).
I'm currently stuck in a rut, eating the same stuff for a long time now. Well, in the week I have been on the forum, I am getting out of that rut. I busted out my dehydrator last night to make some beat flakes, for example. I’m working on getting some flax seeds, raw nuts and other stuff to make some of the stuff I read about on here. You guys are giving me some good ideas.
Anyway, hello and greetings!
-Rob
Hello. I'm Rob. I'm a software developer from PA.
In January, I got interested in eating raw after watching Food Matters. After I gave it a try, I started experiencing bursts of euphoria and mental clarity. While that sounds weird and kind of strange, I strongly believe that this is how being alive is *supposed* to feel (You know, ALIVE!). My dietary background is one of processed food that lacked most everything my body has needed over the years. I think, I have spent 35 years living in a sad, foggy, weak, tired state and never knew it. As soon as my body started getting what it needed from a raw diet, all that went away and I FEEL GREAT!
I am now at the point that I never want to go back to my previous, sad, tired existence. While, I would like to go 100% raw, I find that the temptation is just too strong for me. I "take a meal off" about once a week. When I fall off the wagon, I can feel that old familiar state creeping back in so I jump back on and get back where I'm supposed to be. I am, therefore, high raw (70-90% depending on the weekends).
I'm currently stuck in a rut, eating the same stuff for a long time now. Well, in the week I have been on the forum, I am getting out of that rut. I busted out my dehydrator last night to make some beat flakes, for example. I’m working on getting some flax seeds, raw nuts and other stuff to make some of the stuff I read about on here. You guys are giving me some good ideas.
Anyway, hello and greetings!
-Rob