Hello Everyone,
I am new here. I am a 47 year old wife and mother of 2. I am about 40-50lbs overweight, have very mild MS, am totally addicted to sugar, and am so sick of feeling like crap. I would like to try going raw, as it all sounds so good to me. I am on an extremely limited income, and have a family to feed. My husband has no interest in a diet such as this. He loves his "meat" and thinks mayonaise and french fries are food groups (LOL). I have to be able to allow him to eat as he chooses, but still take care of myself. My daughter (12) has become a "vegetarian", but eats mostly carbs and peanut butter. I think she may like to try much of what I see here. My son is more like his dad, but he is 9 and does like most raw food, so I think I can do a 1/2 and1/2 with him. I
I'm torn because I have very little support, so I come here looking to all of you. Here are my questions:
1. Do any of you have spouses that are not interested in the raw lifestyle? How do you cope?
2. Do you find it hard to afford a raw lifestyle?
3. Were any of you very overweight when you started?
***PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE... No salespeople!!!!!!! I just need some good friendly direction and support. Thanks so much in advance for any good advice. K
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HI there I am a mother of a very picky four year old and the wife of a "meat and potato" man. We are on a tight budget which I got alot of good advice here for that. I went raw for health issues and although my husband is not interested he has seen the good in my decision and has become very supportive. He and my daughter have benefited just by adding more fruit and veggies into their diet. So don't be discouraged by family if it is something you know is good for you. They will notice and hopefully will support you in time. Also as far as budget I am a om a tight one and have been a sprouting machine these days and it doesn't cost alot. Summer is great for saving if you can grow a garden, community, potted, square foot, so many possibilties there I could lose track. Only a couple months into this and I have lost 11 pounds although that is not my reason for going raw. It is nice to be more mobile with your kids and the better you feel the more fun you can have with them! Oh yeah, my daughter will not eat any kind of leafy green so I throw them in a smoothie for her with some berries, banana, and OJ and she has a full salad without even noticing. Hope this little rant helps
Freshman year of high school last year I was 240 pounds (i know its more, i used to lie to myself), and I wore size 42 pants. I'm fluctuate between 145 - 150 at times, and i wear size 30 pants.
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Food is like religion. People have what they believe in (or eat) and trying to persuade them to change usually backfires and leads to arguments. If you make the food available (sit down next to your husband or kids with a nice bowl of snacks and offer them some) then they have the option without the nagging. My fiance was not about to go raw since she love to cook and try new things. As I learned (and she became curious) more from books and movies (Breakthrough and Supercharge Me!) she became interested and we started playing with it more. The first month I lost 12 lbs (and I have PCOS so 1lb is a feat). Just make your food (and perhaps tell your husband and kids you won't be making non raw food for them) and extra little treats to share (Ani Phyo has an amazing raw apple pie). Good luck!
Hi
I am new to this concept of raw but it looks great. I am actually overweight by at least 75lbs. To start the process I decided to do a cleanse of just juices that are fresh, vegetable and fruit. At first I was juicing myself, but found it so messy. I stumbled on juice at your locat grocery store in the section that sells all organic food products. I have been on the juice cleanse for only 6 days and have dropped 13lbs. I am so excited! I live in a house with my husband and 3 grown boys who still love to eat everything. But the juice was the easiest way for me to start with going raw. I also have a wonderful support system from my sister in law who is vegan and she has been helping me with great receipes to start my first week of raw. I used to think of people that ate raw were wierd but now realize that I am 46 years old, own my own business and have more energy than I have ever had. As well I had my gallbladder removed a couple of years ago which resulted in giving me an irritable bowel. Which I am happy to say that by doing the juice cleanse first it really has helped settle that down. I hope this helps with the losing of the weight, Good Luck to ever reads this!!!