New guy here

[Zac]

Hey all!

22 year old guy from Chattanooga, TN here. Been a vegetarian my whole life (well junk food, very few fruits and vegs) Struggled with weight my whole life..at my peak I weighed somewhere around 350lbs. Then I did a calorie counting diet(which i do not want to do again!) with exercise and got down to 215...now I'm back up to 300lbs after some life events that I didn't handle properly, and that isn't working for me! lol

I've been lurking around here for about 2 weeks, and been researching the raw diet for 3 weeks. I started my 30 day raw journey yesterday. I was just planning on lurking around during my 30 days, but I figured I'd join and hopefully meet some great people and stay inspired.

I'm doing this journey to hopefully find positive physical, mental, and spiritual growth, and to release some weight. I want to break my unhealthy emotional food addiction. I quit caffeine, then smoking, and now its time to quit unhealthy, processed food!

Thanks for reading =)

[michigan roman]

just posted below to another newbie in case helps . youve really been a veggy whole life , wow . that took some smart parents 20 years ago to start you out like that imo :

my usual staples : bananas - avacado - romaine - dandelion grrens - kale - tomato - onion - walnut - almond - sesame seed - brocoli - mushroom - oranges - cold pressed extra virgin olive oil - apple cider vinegar - garlic clove - fresh parsley - green pepper - dry dates - dry figs - hemp seed - pumpkin seed - sun flower seed - make protein rich mylks out of the seeds in blender that then make fruit smoothies with or drink plain . i feel as though the home made nut / seed mylks are a key , along with dark greens in salads , to raw veganism . thats my opinion as 18th year vegan 6th year high raw , its not anybody elses and i might be stupid so be leary ;-)

[Zac]

Thanks! =D That looks like my shopping list I made up yesterday minus a few, that makes me feel good, lol.

Actually my parents had nothing to do with it. My whole family eat a typical american diet. They tried to feed me non vegetarian stuff as a baby/toddler, but my mom says I always refused it. I have no idea whatsoever of what meat tastes like. I consider myself "born vegetarian" lol.

[michigan roman]

wow thats great . i could see a infant being raised vegan never offered meat by parents , but infant being offered meat by parents and not eating it making self vegan sounds very rare