All Blog Entries

:) Welcome do blog of day 25

I am sooooooo tired well its 11.20 pm... and I worked hard today...
I had my yummi spaghetti ice-cream and I let my sister taste a few spoons... she was amazed and aksed me for the reciepe
for dinner I met up with my two sisters(one with family) and my mum. I brough my salad and decorated it nicely and EVERYONE wanted of it (There was nothing special magical dehydrated... anything... JUST VEGGIES with avo dressing
...

Before I started raw, I didn't realize just how much food affects me mentally and emotionally. When I was on a 100% SAD in my early 20's I had uncontrollable mood swings, rages, outbursts, etc. I'm sure most doctors would have put me on antidepressants.

As I eliminated certain foods over the years to treat my PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and insulin resistance: processed foods, excessive processed sugar, fast food, MSG, HFCS, non organic meat and dairy. Then eventually dairy, ...

So I've been back and forth - doing raw twice a day at the most, and then back to cooked food all day. And I can totally feel the difference! I thought it was hype at first, that is until I had my first two headaches + fatigue episodes, which had disappeared when I was eating raw twice a day.

I'm going back to raw - the only thing is I feel like its a little limiting in that I like certain veggies that I can't see eating raw...lentils (dhal) for example or sweet potato - and I think ...

I woke up this morning and my first thought was...no time like the present! Today is the day I commit to raw. Sort of ironic that it's "Cinco de Mayo" meaning...in the past I would have been one of those many folks chowing down on taquitos and drinking margaritas. There's a reason I ballooned up to 218 lbs at my highest weight Jan 1, 2006. At 5'6" this is just not a good weight for me at all. I lived at 160-165 lbs most of my adult life and was always one of those people who needed ...

May 5th, 2007 - Down another pound! Woot! This morning I weight 178.5. Down from 185.5 just three days ago. That's 7 pounds! I'm excited! Also, my skin is definitely starting to look better and I don't want to be premature saying this...is it really possible that the athlete's foot on my left foot is clearing up? It has literally been YEARS with trying stinky topical applications and minimal results. This morning the skin is soft and rosy and appears far less dry and cracked. I am astonished! Though, ...