Mikes
12-28-2012, 01:45 PM
Hello everyone :) glad to be here.
I've chosen to go raw because I know the best fuel for our bodies has to be what mother nature creates instead of some saran wrapped chemical concoction that's squirted into some plastic dish at my local supposed food store. I believe in the name of profits we are being fed poison, a very tasty and addictive poison I might add. My SAD diet consisted of about 7-15 fast food meals a week at least once a day sometimes twice a day. (Edited list of SAD restaurants). You name it and if it was cheap I ate it. I also ate many home cooked (edit: SAD) meals I sure loved the (Edit: SAD). I now have a gut the size of a spare tire and my energy levels are down. I just turned 35 and have been eating this way for around 20 years now. When I was a kid I was extremely active and my bad eating habits didn't show up at first. Once I hit 25 the gut made an appearance and you could see in my face the fat was getting packed on as I wasn't as active anymore but my eating habits didn't change. Everything's been the same since. So here I am concerned for my health and wanting to make a change, I started raw yesterday 12/27/12 I weighed 220 pounds and am 6 foot tall. My waist line measured 44 inches but i wear size 34 pants. Mainly the weight was packed onto my gut, upper legs, and somewhat on the face. I just want to feel good, I know the weight lose will just come with healthy eating.
What am I eating?
Banana's lots of bananas at .57lb, these are going to have to be my staple as they are cheap.
Oranges and mandarins, the cuties are on the shelves and at $.50lb, I grabbed like 30 pounds to start with
I got Medjool dates $5.00 for 12 ounces as a treat they are quite spendy.
Cherry tomatoes I just eat them like candy. small little containers for $1.88
Avocados .89 each, I'll eat one a day to ward off the junk food cravings as my body is screaming for fat.
salads with bell peppers, onions, jalapenos, anything fresh!
ohhh heres a good one, ----> Raw Cacao Nibs<----- if you can't stand the mushiness of banana's anymore sprinkle some of these guys in your mouth first before you take a bite it's chocolatey banana yumminess with a crunch.
and of course water water water
I plan to start juicing but I got to save some funds for a juicer, maybe a thrift store has a used one?
Also plan to grow and eat my own sprouts. (BABY PLANTS GET IN MY BELLY!!!!)
also plan to start walking/biking/stretching everyday to get my muscles moving again
Wish I would have started this years ago, I knew what I was doing was unhealthy, I knew the poisons were in the manufactured foods, I knew meat wasn't good for us, I knew better!
Well thats my intro guys and gals most likely I'm going to need your help and advice along the way
This RAW MONSTER has just started muwaaaa ha ha ha :)
Mike.
I've chosen to go raw because I know the best fuel for our bodies has to be what mother nature creates instead of some saran wrapped chemical concoction that's squirted into some plastic dish at my local supposed food store. I believe in the name of profits we are being fed poison, a very tasty and addictive poison I might add. My SAD diet consisted of about 7-15 fast food meals a week at least once a day sometimes twice a day. (Edited list of SAD restaurants). You name it and if it was cheap I ate it. I also ate many home cooked (edit: SAD) meals I sure loved the (Edit: SAD). I now have a gut the size of a spare tire and my energy levels are down. I just turned 35 and have been eating this way for around 20 years now. When I was a kid I was extremely active and my bad eating habits didn't show up at first. Once I hit 25 the gut made an appearance and you could see in my face the fat was getting packed on as I wasn't as active anymore but my eating habits didn't change. Everything's been the same since. So here I am concerned for my health and wanting to make a change, I started raw yesterday 12/27/12 I weighed 220 pounds and am 6 foot tall. My waist line measured 44 inches but i wear size 34 pants. Mainly the weight was packed onto my gut, upper legs, and somewhat on the face. I just want to feel good, I know the weight lose will just come with healthy eating.
What am I eating?
Banana's lots of bananas at .57lb, these are going to have to be my staple as they are cheap.
Oranges and mandarins, the cuties are on the shelves and at $.50lb, I grabbed like 30 pounds to start with
I got Medjool dates $5.00 for 12 ounces as a treat they are quite spendy.
Cherry tomatoes I just eat them like candy. small little containers for $1.88
Avocados .89 each, I'll eat one a day to ward off the junk food cravings as my body is screaming for fat.
salads with bell peppers, onions, jalapenos, anything fresh!
ohhh heres a good one, ----> Raw Cacao Nibs<----- if you can't stand the mushiness of banana's anymore sprinkle some of these guys in your mouth first before you take a bite it's chocolatey banana yumminess with a crunch.
and of course water water water
I plan to start juicing but I got to save some funds for a juicer, maybe a thrift store has a used one?
Also plan to grow and eat my own sprouts. (BABY PLANTS GET IN MY BELLY!!!!)
also plan to start walking/biking/stretching everyday to get my muscles moving again
Wish I would have started this years ago, I knew what I was doing was unhealthy, I knew the poisons were in the manufactured foods, I knew meat wasn't good for us, I knew better!
Well thats my intro guys and gals most likely I'm going to need your help and advice along the way
This RAW MONSTER has just started muwaaaa ha ha ha :)
Mike.