Hello! I’m new to raw foods and I’m slowly trying to incorporate more and more raw foods into my diet, eliminate my cravings and kick cooked food to the curb.
How did I get here? Well, in August 2006, I got up one day and realized I just didn’t feel vibrant, clean or healthy. I was overweight and tired, my digestion was poor, I had no motivation and had the beginnings of depression. I just did not feel well or at all like myself. In an attempt to get my body under control, I went vegetarian, ovo-lacto specifically. This made me feel a bit better, but I just wasn’t digging the fake meats and cheeses. Add to that the fact that my hubby kept bringing junk food in the house and I ended up crashing and burning after a few months.
Fast forward to January 2008. I find I’m feeling the exact same way I felt in 2006 and again, I try to find a natural way to rectify what I felt was some sort of imbalance in my body. A chatroom friend suggested I read Skinny Bitch because it changed her life and she thought it would change mine too. She was so right! When I closed that book, I immediately became a vegan. When I did, I started to feel so much more energetic and, I know it sounds weird, but I started to feel my soul more, the energy or life force within started to strengthen and I liked that feeling, so I kept at it. Oh and I lost 15lbs, so I knew I was healthier, but I still felt the need for more. I knew I was on the right path, but I just wasn’t all the way there yet.
Amped by all the positive results and the need to learn more about my new lifestyle, I scoured the web and read anything I could (yeah, I’m a geeky read-aholic) and I came across stuff about the raw food movement and how you can heal your body by eating as God intended us to eat. It was all so simple and the truth of it spoke to me. Something just clicked and I knew it was the next step for me. I would go raw.
It hasn’t been easy, by any stretch of the imagination. I realize my body is like a junkie, totally addicted to the smell, flavor and heaviness of cooked food. I’ve had days where I ate 100% raw, but more days where I started out fine and by the afternoon, crashed and burned horribly, but I’ve never been one to give up, so I soldier on.
I hope to meet more like-minded people here and learn to make more delectable raw foods so that the pull to cooked food becomes less and less. Thanks for reading!!
