Hi HCLF Raw Veganers!

I want to re-start my vegan journey. Unexpected familial and academic circumstances that caused stress and emotional eating and a lack of strategy to keep vegan foods in the house (without a car and a stable income source) lead me astray. But now that I have a steady source of income and less stress (even though that should not be an excuse and something I'm learning) I want to return. I am hungry for some ..no no not just some... TONS of FRUIT :)

So, I'm off to the store after writing this for tons of bananas and a baggie of dates. I'm so excited because I know how it made me FEEL the first time and how my skin immediately cleared and was glowing. I know the weight will take longer but i am going to enjoy the journey :)

Here's my vegan story...

I came across some of Freelee's YT videos back in mid-August 2013, and from the moment i stumbled across her 'how to transition to vegan lifestyle' video I was immediately hooked. I felt like I hit the jackpot of health information. It all made sense FINALLY. From that moment onward not only was I hungry for bananas and rice (and boy was I excited that I could eat unlimited portions of both and unlimited portions of all of Earth's food), but I was hungry for the TRUTH about nutrition and fitness. I satiated my cravings by expanding my knowledge base on nutrition and uncovering the methods that this capitalistic society has left people in the dark about and turned them into the idle-minded sheeple they wanted. I am exhilarated to be a part of the health revolution. It's our time to thrive.

It's hard to tell for me how long it really took to notice a difference in my weight from eating differently because just a week prior to me finding out about the HCLF Raw Vegan lifestyle I had finished a summer session at my community college. I had taken 4 P.E. classes all at once because I was desperate for change in my physicality. i was exercising upwards of 4 hours a day 4 days a week for 6 weeks and my body changed in no time. BUT I didn't realize that obviously this method would not work because I could not be consistent. After those classes were done they were done, and it was up to me to continue working out at that level. 

I had lost a total 12 pounds within 2 months and we all know that that just does not work long-term. I was feeling great though and looking better than i had in awhile. I started eating HCLF Vegan a couple weeks later so I don't know if I lost more weight because of transitioning to the diet because i wasn't consistent on the scale BUT I do know one thing: I was able to keep it off longer than I would have if I hadn't found the lifestyle. 

Even though the weight aspect was blurry because i just subjected myself to intense exercise training and when my schooling started again I wasn't able to be as consistent because of a different factor of excuses. THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY. Remember this. I had awesome health lifestyle changes though. I stopped wanting to drink and go out every weekend. I FELT the best that I had in awhile. I wanted to go out and exercise all the time. 

By the end of Spring i was eating cheese again and junk food. i haven't eaten meat since August (except for shrimp 3 or 4 times) and junk food was always something that I turned to when I was studying for a calculus exam or what-not. Cookies, chips etc. Something I don't like about school food and school in general haha. 

I will be entering my last year at community college next year. It will be my hardest year yet with calculus 2 right around the corner and 2 of my hardest geology classes and 2 chemistry classes (which I'm hoping I will do well in because I did well in high school in chem) coming up. I am going to do my best, and I really want to stick to veganism this time around. 

SO STARTING TODAY...I'm gettin 20-30 bananas in my tummy. 

I want to start a daily journal and I'll add to it every day. I'm going for 7 days on banana island and I want to use cronometer to see what works the best. 

DAY 1~

- 1 and a half liters of water down the guzzle and off to the produce store! :)