Day 37

Yes I am continueing my raw journey! There has been two meals within the last 37 days that I ate that were vegan and cooked. I still feel very positive about my progess and am working on becoming 90%-100% raw. I am amazed that I have been eating vegan, so for me this has been the biggest life change. Although I have not noticed any huge differences, people have commented that my face looks thinner, which is great. My face is still breaking out and my stomach has been upset a lot. I started working out last week and have lost another pound. I am just taking things slow and enjoying the process of becoming raw. When I first started eating raw/vegan I was eating a can of garbonzo beans daily. I would add them to my salad or make hummas and they were making my stomach uncomfortable. They were the only canned food item I was eating in the begining and now I have cut them out as part of my transition. I have noticed a slight difference in my bloating.

4 weeks

I feel horrible but I made it 4 weeks! wooh wooh

holy cow 25 days

I thought that the other day was my last day of detoxing however, I underestimated how much junk I have in me. Today the detox process is going strong and hitting hard. Last night I did not sleep well because I had to wake up several times to use the restroom. At this point I know the most important thing is to push the liquids. I weighed myself the other day and have lost 2lbs. I am happy with the rate of things and I have a feeling everything will start to speed up soon. I feel that my body needs to get over the shock of the dramatic changes and will kick into high gears once it realizes this is not a threat to my body. I am eating significantly less and 100% healthier than I ever have. I mean…I went from consuming pizza, ice cream, Mexican food daily and eating out to eating Vegan and 90% raw! My body is just as shocked as I am and I trust my body to handel the change the best way it can. Although the detox process has not been a pleasant one it is just more proof how unhealthy I was eating before.

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Day 22

I was very shocked at how much happened to me over only four days. I experienced a variety of detox symptons that had me wondering why I am even eating raw. The process of becoming raw changes you mentally and physically. I think part of the reason many people give up on eating raw is because you feel HORRIBLE before you feel great. The other day I felt depressed and was grossed out by my own appearance. My face broke out more than it ever has and my neck oddly enough broke out as well. My face also had dry patches, mostly on my chin and lotin was not helping. My stomach was bloated and made me feel very uncomfortable. Even though I have been eating healthy and raw I feel that I have gained weight. Because I have been bloated and drinking tons of water I now have released plently of toxins and feel that there are more to come. My thighs look as if I have had cottage cheese injected into them. I have never really had bad cellute but it is there now and I hope not to stay. I can tell my body is bringing everything up to the surface to get rid of it once and for all. Luckily I have my sister to keep me motivated!

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day 18

All that I have to say is: I am surrounded by all this cooked food and I do not want it.

it is though…slightly tempting.

12 days

I am thrilled that it has been 12 days and I am still waking up in the morning wanting my green smoothie. Yesterday I went to the grocery store for a few items and found myself wanting raw green beans. I suddenly had this great idea for grean been salad! For anyone who knows me they know I am not a fan of most raw vegetables. However, there I was stuffing my plastic bag with hand fulls of green beans. Once I got home I made a very delicious green bean salad with chica peas and avacado with olive oil. One of the greatest things about eating raw is that you can really make whatever you want.  I have really enjoyed walking through the produce and picking the freshest and vibrant fruits and vegetables. I can only image the day when I crave raw broccoli but that might been awhile haha.

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I did it 7 Days!

Although I have only been eating 90% raw for the last week I FEEL AWESOME! As I have been transitioning into becoming raw I have noiticed a few details. First, I have to get excited about going to the store for food. What I have been doing is getting pumped up before hand. I dance around and organize my shopping list. Once I get to the store I listen to my i pod and daydream. This has helped me to stay excited about raw food. I also have fun putting my food away and I love having tons of fresh fruit and vegetables in my kitchen. I have learned to treat my kitchen like a safe heavon and always keep it clean. It makes the energy in the kitchen more peaceful. So allowing my kitchen to be welcoming has helped me to love spending time in it to prepare my food.

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I can feel the encouragement!

Last night I was making quinoa and almond milk before my boyfriend came over. I have been eating raw since Monday and have had a hard time not shouting  to the world, “I’M DOING IT!”. I have been feeling awesome and change feel a difference in just these four days. I think my face gives it away the most. I am smiling, happy and have more oomph. Though it has only been four days I am dying to tell my boyfriend. Raw food makes me excited and I am always eager to talk about the topic. Long story short, my boyfriend came over as I was preparing some food for the weekend and I told him everything. I desperately need his support and was suprised at his reaction. He is very interesting in raw food and even tried quinoa but wants to work towards almond milk (HAHA).  After our conversation I was filled with more joy and determination to become a raw foodist. What excites me the most is that I am so close to completing my life goals: Health, Happiness, Peace of Mind and RAW FOOD. My focus is to make it though the weekend eating only raw! I can do it!

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The Start of my raw journey!

Hello Everyone! I am very excited to finally become 100% raw. I have been trying and failing to be raw since I was in High School. My sister has always motivated me to be healthy and become raw. Without her help and support I would not keep trying. I am 20 years old and find it difficult with all my friends to be raw, even my boyfriend interfers! However, I have decided that I must do this! I feel deep inside of me that this is what my body longs for and I will achieve becoming raw.

A Word on ADHD

If you observe a wild cub, or even a domesticated puppy, they run free like the wind, jumping, chasing, racing and stopping only intermittently to observe something with great intent. This is the way children are designed to be: spontaneous, excited, impulsive, curious and free. I am sitting here reading my guide to review for the pharmacy boards and I came across the chapter on ADHD. The first sentence says it is a behavioral disorder characterized by inattentiveness and impulsive or hyperactive behavior. I read a lot of things, but every once and a while I read something that just sparks me and inspires me to write about it. As soon as I scanned this sentence, a tiny jolt of anger shot through my heart. This is so ridiculous. We are taking the normal, fun loving state of children and diagnosing them with a disease because they don’t want to sit properly behind a desk for 6-8 hours a day. Somewhere along the evolutionary line we decided that today’s society should be a certain way, and rather than let nature and freedom run their course while using teachers to facilitate the ability to master our hearts and our lives, we have decided that children should act a certain way, starting, in my opinion, far before they are ready and that they should be confined to 12+ years of school to study what the government deems important. When kindergarteners would rather roll in sandboxes or put frogs on their best friends or focus on topics that they excel in, we decide they have a disease. How should we fix this? Logic would say to determine a child’s strengths and work with them to use these to their advantage but instead we give them no choice on what to learn and then when they go nuts reading about famous artists and photosynthesis we decide they need a drug to change them so they will fit better into our societal mold. In my book I came across a sentence that says Canada has suspended marketing of Adderall XR after reports of sudden death and strokes in patients taking the drug. When people ask me if there are controlled trials on the raw food diet I just about fall on the floor. Not because it is a silly question, but because thousands of parents run to the pediatrician begging for some fix for their child who wants to play instead of read history books and the last thing that enters their mind is to ask what controlled trials show about these drugs. (Keep in mind that the root of absolutely irrational behavior stems back from generations of poor eating, stress, genetic mutations, etc and that is a whole other topic of discussion.) I do know that some children’s’ behavior is so out of line with the physiological norm that they are limited in their ability to function in today’s’ society, and for parents who deal with these children I do not set out to belittle the situation. This is just a reality check because I see parents come in to my pharmacy with prescriptions for Ritalin or Adderall for all three of their children. All three of the children needing to be medicated tells me there is something that needs to be worked on environment-wise (diet, relationships, emotional conflicts, etc) or parentally speaking. This is not corrected by Adderall. Never has and never will be.