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I've always had alternative "health" in the back of my mind since I was a little girl. My father had always preached about organic living since I could crawl. I can remember him always talking processed foods, and yelling at my mother for taking us to mcdonalds. He knew. He was the "weird" one. I can still remember the night when daddy was throwing pop tarts and cheerios out the window, and my sister and i thinking he didn't want us to eat. On the surface, that's what it would look like to little kids. Funny as it seems, that memory will always be engraved in my heart, that daddy really was trying to save us.
So, I have always grown up with "healthy" living in the back of my mind, and i have associated it with something "weird." I remember going out with my friends as I got older, putting on loads of chemical laden make up and daddy telling me to take my vitamins and "what did you eat today?" Hence, I've always known somewhere in my mind, that there was something wrong with everyday "food," and that there was another side of life. I grew up with my fair share of problems such as a mild case of scoliosis, that did not get serious until later on, but overall, I was a healthy, skinny teenager.
My father told me about RAW FOOD 2 years ago and i remember him watching one of David wolfes video and me just laughing, thinking it was nuts. I did not realize its importance until my life fell apart. Life hit with me depression when i was 15. Personal problems, bulemia, lack of self worth and my pregnancy led me to self destruction. In and out of the hospital, I felt the darkness would never end. I had also developed a mild case of acne. A tidal wave hit my normal, just "not perfect, but okay," life. Everything turned upside down. But somehow, I was just willing to listen to the truth, It was almost like a reflex. I think the universe was trying to save me, and it happened in the scariest, most beautiful way. I can still remember the feeling when I realized, "This makes sense, and I'm sick of living with my eyes closed."
I have had scoliosis since I was 10, and it has always been a somewhat inconvenient problem in my life but it did not take its toll on me so negatively until I was 15. It had led me to have headaches, severe breathing problems, neurological disorders, and numbness in parts of my body. On top of all of my other situations, this was just unbearable.
So, since i was 15, I have been aware of raw food, and the truth about many other things. I read Matt Monarchs book, "Raw Success" and went raw overnight..but then relapsed many times. The lack of support and my addictions and comfort feelings with food led me to go back to my old ways. Afterall, not eating wonderful cooked creations in a European family was a "sin." It was hard for me to detach from the Sunday mornings when my mother would wake me up really early and make pancakes for me, and we would just talk and laugh. The Italian Sunday dinners, my mothers german meatballs, my grandmothers irish soda bread..It was hard. But I have learned that I am not attached to the food, i am just attached to the memories.
Before going fully raw, I was about 80% raw and my cooked food was all organic. My scoliosis, along with chiropractic treatment and daily massage therapy, had greatly decreased and i truly believe my incorporation of raw foods greatly contributed to this. Then, i relapsed again.
Last winter, I went through a period where I gained 30 pounds. Although not considered "obesity," it left me devastated. I ate everything I could get my hands on, junk food included. I remember eating 1 whole pint of ice cream in one sitting. I would say I did develop a mild case of overeating.
Well, something happened and I just told myself, this is your mission. The truth. I fell many times but have been 100% raw since about April. But, I do not count the days anymore because it just leads me to downfall. But i know in my heart, I won't relapse. I somehow have been able to come out of light. My depression has lifted, my back is in less pain, it has decreased greatly, I have lost that 30 pounds as well as a lot of sadness and pain. Everything is more in tune. I feel like life is beautiful and I never want to turn back again. Raw food has saved my life. I've never felt more beautiful, more confident, more happy in my life.
The next step is getting my boyfriend to be raw. He's trying!
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- Favorite Raw Food or Recipe?
- oranges, PEACHES, WATERMELON, hunza raisins, guacamole, lettuce, cashews, pistachios, apples, bananas(although i shouldnt eat them they are hybridized, raw spagetti, coconut meat and milk, raw burritos, raw cacao parfaits, raw coconut balls from empowered foods!!!! YUM
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- singing(at "The Cutting Room"), acting, dancing, playing guitar, doing yoga, pilates, strength training, being with friends, meditating, laughing, loving,
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- Beautiful On Raw, Eating For Beauty, Depression Free For Life
- Favorite Quote:
- "For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others, for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness, and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
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a poem i wrote about my cooked food addiction and emotions that went along with it
My friend since January
Feeling as if i would never get out of it.
There were two of me
The new ugly, hairy, one that everyone secretly looked down upon and the
Old pretty one
And the pretty person was certainly the superior one.
She didn't need healthy food, she was one of the real saints.
She began to live on cooked, hurtful energy
At the beginning I hated her, she had no personality other than strangeness
She made it hard for me to carry conversations
Shed lay in bed with me like a dead body… Continue
have you notcied that smell is so important these days? its always about how you smell, what perfum…
have you notcied that smell is so important these days?
its always about how you smell, what perfume youre wearing, is smell really a way to a guys heart? to me its not fair, how can we all possibly smell amazing if we eat shitty food?! this is my experience..
ah okay this is embarrassing but here goes
so.
i've been on this raw journey for 2 years. I feel great! I have made tons and tons of changes in my lifestyle. I threw out all of my ugly gross chemical laden make up, nail polish, alumin… Continue
Posted on July 4th, 2008 at 1:59pm —
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those darn cravings.....
well
i have been raw for 2 months, i feel so light and uplifted, and so much thinner!
i feel beautiful
but
i still
have cravings. the three things i crave most are steak, pizza and macaroni and cheese. YUCKKKKKKK
now to be honest, last night, i grabbed the box of organic macaroni and cheese(the one that says its organic, and there is hidden msg in it(yeast extract). i grabbed the box and was contemplating whether to make it, playing tugawar in my head again.....YES I WILL EAT IT, NO NO NO YOUVE… Continue
Posted on June 26th, 2008 at 2:28pm —
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Just read your post about spraying ACV in your hair to highlight. Do you have to leave it on and go out in the sunshine for it to work? My problem with the lemon juice is that it makes my hair hard and yucky because you have to leave it on all day. Is Bragg's the same idea?
Girl, i love you and I am so HAPPY for you!!! :)
It is beautiful having an open and loving partner. It is a great gift.
I wish I could have a change of scene too! maybe in a year or two.Am just crazy tired living with my mother though i hardly talk to her and so on. But still,...
I know am expanding and evolving every moment and somehow my outward world is not maintaining that pace with the inward. so a change of place and career would be great. I hope it comes to me soon...
found your love of life...
currently i am single and though i am having a couple of flings, i like it this way. i am so disillusioned. i really dont know whether i can ever live with a guy with whom i can relate to in evolving levels of spirituality, mentality with physical and emotional connections...
anyways but i really dont care. i have lovely friends!
fill me up with your news, love!!!
have a great day
blessings
s
Bless,
~BB
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