I have never had weight issues but my relation with food has always been difficult...and since I can remember food has always controlled a big part of my life. When I was 24 years old I started having compulsive eating episodes and I ended up suffering bulimia....for 7 years. Bulimia almost destroyed me physically, mentally and emotionally and I have suffered and cried more than you could ever imagine. In the meantime I became a vegan but that didn't seem to help much...or it did?
One day, a miracle happened: I recovered overnight, without thinking too much about it. I still don't understand how it happened, but it did (our minds work in mysterious ways...) ...and from that moment I have been a phoenix rising in the sky. Although I have ups and lows, I can say that I am recovered but I still seem unable to control some of my food addictions...I guess that it's just because it's been a looong way down in hell...
I've been a vegan for 3 years now and started my raw journey in Jan 2010. I tried to find my way on this diet going from 70% to 100% raw back and forth and bingeing on a lot of fats (nuts, seeds, etc..) and dates...until I found Michael Arnstein, Frelee, and Doug Graham on Youtube. You guys have changed my life.
I was a fruitarian for two months and I have never (and I mean NEVER) felt so good in my body in my entire life...I was literally shining, my head was not foggy anymore, I could feel the LOVE. After two months I fell of the wagon and went back to cooked foods :(
Now I am desperately longing for inspiration, motivation and courage to adopt this lifestyle for good. I really want to. I have moved to the countryside and I am surrounded by the bounty of nature...this is the moment. I know that I have to take baby steps, and that I need to be patient...it will happen sooner or later. In sunny Spain where I live, the raw movement is not very accepted...let alone fruitarianism and 811! People really look at you as if you were totally out of your mind...and that is why it is so important for me to find such a strong support here from you all! My heart is full of gratitude...
Thank you for taking the time to read this
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This line made me smile: "In sunny Spain where I live, the raw movement is not very accepted...let alone fruitarianism and 811! People really look at you as if you were totally out of your mind."
It is like this EVERYWHERE! Maybe less so in Cali, i am not sure even about that. I think we just have to get used to that. I already did, and i even feel kinda good about being officially out of my mind just by being healthy.
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