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The time has come for me to hang up my boots at this forum. I love eating raw and I find 99% of you amazing, beautiful and inspiring beyond words
I'm sure I'll still pop my head in to check on you from time to time hehe But I dont think I'll be posting again anytime soon ...
I want to be encouraged for my efforts and my high raw (aiming for all raw) lifestyle and, unfortunatly, that has not been the responce I've been getting so I no longer feel this is the place for me.
I've always done my best to help people on here if I could and have done my best to avoid confrontation (because its just not me) but I don't like when i feel im being purscecuited for doing what I feel is my current best.
A special thank you to Peirs, Sheryl, Jennie, Neet, RawNaturopathJen, Pinky, VirtualMeg, BerryBliss, Freedom, MissGiggles, Lou, RawConnection, Joss (incase your still lurking around hehe), OrganicGirl, VegiesMakeMeSmile, Sachman and Dragonfly_emi for being such beautiful, inspirational and warm people. Thank you for the advice and laughs
consistence and honesty - recovering from eating disorders. have been high raw for 7years, am proud of myself for actually eating, and then for eating and not purging afterwards. I cant be much more consistent or honest then that. The fact that my eating '6inches' of wholemeal bread about 3 times in the past few weeks and that ive had cooked pumpkin and pepper has generated such a strong reaction is quite bewildering to me. To think that I am being honest about what I eat and the fact that i am doing my best to maintain a high raw or all raw diet without slipping into old patterns of eating less then a few calories a day, and getting such negative responses is so disheartening. I'd hate to think what would happen if I was eating mac donalds or white bread! its no wonder so few people post on here (considering how many people are actually signed up.) and seem to only be game to post when they have eaten really well.
To be guilted and made to feel like sh*t (when I'm quite capable of doing that myself) for eating the above foods is rediculas, in my opinion.
I came to these boards to look for inspiration. for ordinary people doing their best to make their lives extrordinary. not to be told that the reason why my skin broke out for THREE days is because i had pepper... apparently its not because I've gotten my period for the second time in over 2 years, or the fact that my body was still producing milk (that i didnt even realise until 2 days ago), or the fact that ive been stressed to the nines because my athletic mother has been in hospital waiting for a heart transplant, or the fact that Ive started back at work as an aerobics instructor and have been back working for 11+ hours a week not to mention my own training so I'm sweating out all the toxins which then sit on my skin, or the fact that I'm doing all of this while looking after a 1 year old and a boyfriend. your right.. it is all that 'junk food' and pepper... I am so crazy to think that some friendly advice could have helped me get over that temporary feeling of yuckyness...
so yes, picking up subway on the way home from the hospital may be the reason that I had a few pimples, but to be honest, i doubt it.
So I appologise if my 'strong words' fuelled my hurt, frustration and pms, upset anyone, but to be honest, it made me feel a whole lot better.
hmmm.. have noticed something else that my dr says is unusual...? My candida flares up about 3 days before i get my period then then once ive gotten it its fine and then 'goes away' (or becomes dormant or less active?) for a week or so following ... If anything im eating better befor my period, ok during and ok after.. so theres not much change in diet during the month (same 80% raw 20% cooked.. if that) The only thing i can think of is because i eat reallllllly well before my period maybe i detox a bit harder so its flaring up to rid my body of it.. hmm.. ok that doesnt really make sense come to think of it hahaha ok... well.. i thought i had a lightbulb moment, but maybe not??? seems like there should be a connection there but i cant find it.. any ideas? xox
KittyK - yep, gotta agree with you. Although i personall think raw veganism is the most optiamal diet for me, i dont think that raw food should be seen as a religion lol it may not suit everyone and with raw foodists bickering about the 'true way' to do raw, it gets pretty tiresom and, id assume, could scare away many people who have looked into eating raw. its food.. it makes me feel fabulous, happy, shiney, bubbly and sexy, but it is just food and im not willing to loose family or friends over it. whats the point of having 'perfect health' if your surrounded by none that you love or who love you? sounds very lonely way to want to live life to me.
Thats where boards like this do help because it can give people a common goal to work towards and makes people (especially thoes who are new to raw) to not feel so alone. That being said, i know that ive spent a good 6-7 months away from these boards (as well as many shorter stints) when i was 100% and i tend to come back here when imm dissolusioned, keen for advice or just want a good chin wag. sadly, i often contemplate deleting my account because im just so over the raw-nazi attitude that some posess.. although im sure it works for them, i find it boring and often all too intimidating for thoes who are new to this way of eating. I've been 'raw-ing it' for around 7 years now and have watched myself go from fanaticle, to completely dissolutioned with raw to all raw and content to high raw and struggling to all raw and miserable to high raw and happy and back again. Then i realised its not a religion. there are no set rules. you just have to follow your heart and do your best to listen to your body. not all doctors/naturopaths/homeopaths/surgeons are evil. not all medications are made by evil giant corporations run by people who would sacrifice their mother for another dollor. not everyone who eats bread is 'unenlightened'. everyone just has their own path to follow and just because eating lots of fruit makes me feel good, doesnt mean that someone eating 5kgs of nuts and avocados a day isnt just as happy and could possibly be healthier then me. the thought of eating flesh-foods makes me feel ..well... sick from head to toe. couldnt do it. wont do it. full stop. but its not for me to pass judgment on thoes who do. if someone asks me why im vegan ill tell them and will give as much detail as they ask for, but im over trying to 'convert' people to my way of thinking or living, its not my place and im not egotistical enough to think that my way is better then someone elses, even if i do disagree with it.
*sigh*.. ive deviated from topic again.. haha ok, i guess im trying to say that just because u stop posting here doesnt mean that youre no longer raw (or trying to eat lots of raw food) .. perhaps you just want to be 'cleaner' and stay away from 'nasty, evil computers' (lol), maybe youve moved out bush where theres no electrisity, maybe you dont like the people on here, or maybe your just a busy person... doesnt mean that you dont wake up and salviate over a mango... there is more to life then our lil forum.. tho it can be nice and homely here..
what else am i eating?? bananas mandarines apples oranges plums grapefruit rockmelon blueberries maca mesquite cocoa powder lacuma lettuces spinach 1/4 avocado about every 3-4 days carrot tomatoes (tho not very many kos they giv me an upset stomach nowdays)
um.... thats about it and water oh and lemon and lime
wow thanks guys! great suggestions! Nadia - I'll def look into that book, thank you! Rita - Thanks for such a great post! so much good info there i really appreciate you took the time to write all that out! big help! thanks!
rawconnection - thanks! have some on order just waiting for it to come it.
freelea - i subscribe to positive thinking as much as the next person, but sometimes we need the actions that follow up the thoughts... putting a positive thought into the universe to get your perfect job wont work unless your out there activly applying for jobs you want. but cheers anyway.
This past week Ive started looking TERRIBLE! I dont know how to fix it lol Ive always been a lil heavy but was always one of thoes people who got 'such a pretty face!.. if only she lost weight.." haha but this past week something's happened and my face has fallen apart! Ive got MASSIVE amounts of pimples (which i dont normally get.. maybe one or two on my chin when im PMS'ing lol), my skin looks saggy, im really pink on my chin cheeks, noes and forehead and all the bits of skin in between there are yellow or pastey-white. The dark circles under my eyes are worse then ever and my hair.. my god! again, ive always had really healthy strong hair, and this week its sooooooooooo fly away.. and i mean like hair that is a good couple of inches long are floating all over the place! i dont know whats going on but i feel horrrrrrid!! I dont know whats going on... its prob a combination of things... ive stopped breastfeeding and gotten my period again (hormone changes in my body?!), started eating lowER fat (maybe 1/2 to 1/4 avocado a day, instead of like 4 a day plus other fats lol), started working out a bit harder, and ive changed my skin care routine slightly...
Looking at that list above i can pretty much say that its a bit of everything in there thats causing this, but im not really wanting to change any of it.. so what are my options?!?!?!?!
anyone have any good skin care (pimple-zapping, skinn plumping, glow producing) ideas, sugestions or recipes (skin or edible lol) or hair care ideas?
* has just jumped out of a warm shower and rugged up* I do think theres some good immune building advantages to having a swis shower (hot cold hot cold) but in general, ill have my showers nice n toasty... the main reason why i luv winter (besides the thunder storms and blackouts) is because i get an excuse to exercise harder, have a yummy warm shower, rug up and snuggle.. so i dont think im having any cold showers this winter!! am not that brave and blue just isnt my colour hahahaha
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hmm.. ok that doesnt really make sense come to think of it hahaha
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