Hello there! I have been a 100 % lfrv (955) for almost two weeks now :))...yeah, I know that it doesn't seem like a lot, but for me is such an acomplishment!! And the reason why I am so proud and happy is that I feel there has been some kind of switch in my mind and for the last 12 days eating this way has been just so natural, effortless and fullfilling...I thought I was going to need a lot of willpower to stay on track but nope - everything is running smoothly this time :)
The thing is that I ate a lot of fat during the holidays/felt like crap and now I am having trouble getting more than 1500 calories from fruit every day. I really don't feel like eating any more than that and I am allowing myself some time before increasing my calorie intake. The good thing is that I don't have any cravings whatsoever, so I guess that the low calorie intake is just abody response to this transition and to the holiday's fat saturation, what do you think?
The other day I opened the fridge and I saw the cheese my hubby had bought last week. I had mixed feelings about that and I guess it was because I have been a total cheese addict, and I think I still am. Even since I became vegetarian (almost four years ago) I quit all types of dairy except for the ocassional piece of cheese/sh**t. Now it doesn't even look appealing but, hey, I have been there before -many times- so I am terrified of the fact that someday I could find myself eating that nasty stuff again :(
It's weird but while I was thinking about this today I encountered this beautiful family on my way back from work...they were cuddling and giving affection to each other exactly as we humans do and it made me shiver...is this a nature's sign? :)
This is one of the reasons why I'd like to get more information on how detrimental is cheese for our health and the beautiful cows and here is where I ask you for some help. I've read The China Study and 80/10/10 and I am on my way to read Skinny Bitch, but I think it's a good idea to fill my brain with images, articles, threads on this forum, books, websites or references about cheese that help me overcome my addiction for good...any recommendations?
I have been high raw for a year and I've had various past failed attempts into the 811 diet. I do cardio three days a week (bike) and I do yoga and light bodywheight training for another 3 days. I sleep 8-9 hours a day, I drink 3 liters of water a day and I get a lot of sun :) My goal is to get to 3000 calories/day and increase my activity levels to 1 1/2 hour everyday by the end of February
Thank you!!
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Manzana,
Check out this website:
http://www.notmilk.com/
This explains a lot regarding illnesses that are cause by milk, dairy, and ice cream. many of the individual articles put a lot of emphasis on cheese itself because that has concentrated casein. For example it might take 1-10 gallons of milk to make a serving of cheese. So whatever the bad chemicals in milk are, they are more concentrated in cheese.
Cheese was also one of my weaknesses in the beginning. But then I started making mental connections that a lot of my middle aged illnesses were because of my dairy and grain addictions. I felt a little better after eliminating them from my diet. The last time I ate cheese I was disappointed in the taste, and then had heart palpitations and high blood pressure for four hours afterward. The punishment was just not worth it.
Since starting my low fat raw vegan journey, my mind has expanded onto the topic of animal rights. Partaking of dairy products promotes the suffering of cows even if in theory they are not slaughtered directly for these products. Indirectly, baby boy calves born on dairy farms are slaughtered for their veal meat as there is not much use for them.
http://www.meatrix.com/#
In Peace, PK
Thank you PK. I have been checking the website about the milk, and wow! That is a LOT of info! :)
I've had periods in my life where I ate cheese 4 times a day. Anything tasted good anymore if I didn't add cheese on it...how terrible is that? It's been a hardcore addiction but, hey, I am slowly getting the feeling that I I'm done with it...for good.
By deciding not to eat cheese again, I choose physical and mental health, and I choose to be compassionate with myself and with the suffering animals, I choose not to be controlled by the food industry and their selfish interests...the list goes on and on.
My heart, my brain and my body are yelling all this at me so I'll have to be wise and quietly listen.
@Jared. I saw Earthlings like a year ago but never heard of Eating. I'll check it tomorrow. And, also, thank you for your "raw" words. You have truly stated it as it is and you are such an inspiration.
@solarliving. I have already seen the video, lots of interesting facts. I'll check more material from Dr. Mc Dougall, thank you :)
@Elias, I guess that someday that will happen to me too..it's just that I've fallen into the trap so many times that it seems really far away, but I will persist.
@BigG. "pizza reminds me of vomit" lol! I will think about it next time I see one!
manzana,
Seriously look at it next time and look at vomit nor much difference.
Take Care,
pizza reminds me of vomit.
Cheese I hear has some blood in it from the tools used to extract it.
Best thing I did for my health over 18 years ago was thorw out the cheese.
If you like eating rotten blood glue then you need to get some addiction counselling.
Take Care,
I was seriously addicted to pizza before going raw vegan and although it still smells good to me I lose my appetite as soon as I actually see pizza upclose.
Recently I was at work when they ordered pizza for the employees and I couldn't believe just how greasy the pizzas were. Some of my co-workers were taking big handfuls of napkins and pressing them down on their slices of pizza before eating them so they could soak up some of the excess grease first, and although they finished all the pizza I'm willing to bet that each grease soaked pizza box still had about 500 calories worth of left over grease in them. Sick! If I eat more than 1 avocado at a time I will get light headed and sick to my stomach, so I can only imagine what eating a greasy pizza would do to me now.
Listening to this also helped me.
Dr. McDougall on The Perils of Dairy
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2348910096409126100#
I suggest that you watch the documentaries "Earthlings" and "Eating" if you haven't already seen them.
It was easy for me to go vegetarian after seeing slaughterhouse videos, but it wasn't until I realized what dairy cows go through that I realized that I had to stop drinking milk as well. Think about what dairy cows go through...
They are impregnated against their will every single year.
(Multiple rapes.)
They have their babies taken from them the day they are born.
(All their kids are kidnapped from them.)
Once their bodies wear out and they can no longer produce milk fast enough they are slaughtered.(Murdered)
And who are the ones that are imprisoned, tortured, and given a death sentence over all of this?
The inocent dairy cows!
And who are the ones who are ultimately responsible for this?
People who choose to consume dairy.
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