Welcome to the forum everyone, here's a little more about me....
Personally I have been interested in the raw way of life for many years. I started off being high raw in July 06 then went on a holiday to the Greek Islands where slabs of fetta cheese, oil-soaked bread and kebabs were my main diet (although I did manage to eat mountains of beautiful white figs too). I came back feeling so bad...I had acne all over my face & shoulders, candida overpopulation which caused constant fogginess, chronic fatigue, depression, mouth ulcers and chronic digestive problems...something had to change or my health was going down a very scary path.
Almost immediately after my trip I went high raw (eating raw until dinner) then 100% in Jan 07, I was eating a high fat raw diet, inititally i felt great and a lot of my health issues improved but after a while my health gains plateued and started to decline again so I looked for a better way to do raw and found it!
I had a consult with rawfood leader Doug Graham in April 07, he immediately put me on 'banana island' where I had nothing but bananas for almost 2 weeks then slowly incorporated greens then other fruits as well. This may be hard to believe but ALL my health problems cleared up within the first week and i experienced a level of health I once only dreamt about.
I hit an emotionally challenging time in August 07 and I started to question the rawfood diet and ate cooked food for a month, I felt horrible, mouth ulcers returned, I gained 6kgs, felt suicidal & out of control...I was going from restaurant to sushi train to fast food establishment, always sticking to my vegan beliefs and not having meat or dairy but impossibly trying to fill a void with cooked carbs like baked potatoes, rice and noodles. Deep down I new all I really needed to do was to stop, relax and allow the emotions to rise and experience them instead of stuffing heavy numbing foods ontop.
I finally jumped off the cooked food merry-go-round after a month and went straight into 30days of cleansing. I fasted on water for 6days (in total 32days during the year on water) then melon for 2 days, water again for another 2 followed by 3weeks of just melon and mangoes....I felt the best I ever have in my life, words can't express the level of joy i felt... but old habits die hard...I was on a holiday and although I was not tempted by eating cooked food I was still attracted to raw gourmet high fat food (which i believe is like cooked food on digestion), I ended up having a few weeks of high fat/salt eating and paid the consequences similar to the problems I experienced eating cooked food. I knew raw gourmet food had to go but it was almost like saying goodbye to an old friend....I couldn't believe my level of attachment!
This is when I got together with my man Durianrider, he inspired and supported me constantly, he taught me that health is a one way path and if we deviate from this path we will suffer in one way or another. So for the past 9months or so I have been a 100% low fat raw vegan, eating a diet predominantly of fruits, greens and occasionally nuts & seeds although I have now cut nuts and seeds completely from my diet as I feel and function much much better without them. I guess my diet is mostly 90%carbs/5%protein/5%fats and I feel AMAZING!!! My body is still normalising after all the fasting i have done but my internal message is loud and clear now...I want fruits and lots of them!
I have so much energy now that I just completed a bike trip from Adelaide to Queensland (over 2600kms) on my bicycle! 100% raw vegan.
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I wish I didn't live in northern Alberta s I could go LFRV. We don't have a single farmers market or co op etc. it's far to expensive and so hard to even get organic food here =(
Thanks for showing everyone that even for you life is not as easy as it looks, since you had to fight with bad habits for quite a while... The emotional and culture side of eating is always close and makes it sometimes difficult to resist temptations... But I believe the clarity of mind brought by 811rv is so strong that it is really enough to never go back, at the condition that we love our body and our health before loving others. Sounds selfish? I thought it could be, for a while, but not anymore, not at all. I feel indeed that I can give so much more now, and I think people around me realize this as well.
Wow....great peek inside...inspiring...my first couple of hrs on this web site...have been on it since about one am and its now 5am..Thanks for sharing...I am so happy to have such a great support group of individuals seeking health and sharing experiences...
Thank you for sharing. I have also have similar experiences. I feel so well balanced being on 811 or actually 955. For the first time in my life I feel like my mind and body are working together as one unit. I will become one of the healthiest people in the world..not just physically, but mentally and spiritually. Thank you for being an example to me of success. You and durianrider are people I can look to as being what I strive to become. :)
THanks girls!! Very sweet indeed!
Yeh the high fat gourmet gremlin lurked around for a while popping up here & there.....Not anymore for me, Im about feeling the best i possibly can now & disempowering foods don't play a part in that!
Lovefree
I loved reading your story, Freelea. It is so easy to underestimate what effect nutrition has upon our overall well-being. I am so happy that you found the low fat raw vegan way. You are truly a poster girl for health and vitality. :)
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Welcome to this site, hope you have an enjoyable time here... oops, you created this site, didn't you?
Well, welcome to it anyway!
It is good to see that finally you have found your way :) I am very happy for you.
Keep up cos we are counting on you! :)
congrats sista-friend, you are amazing :)
Yeh the high fat gourmet gremlin lurked around for a while popping up here & there.....Not anymore for me, Im about feeling the best i possibly can now & disempowering foods don't play a part in that!
Lovefree
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