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hello Scart, I certainly don't want to preach to you, but please be careful with

that anorexic/binging thing. If you are into a youthful image, there is nothing

worst than looking underweight. It only makes a person look sick and older.

Healthy eating is the key to looking well at any age. Just my opinion for what

ever its worth.---Joyce

scart wrote:Hi new friends,

 

I am new to this group. Having struggled with my weight as well as

an eating disorder for about 15 years, I need help.

 

To give you a little background, I have been anorexic for the last 15

years, as well as a binging food addict. This has been hard for me,

and up until last week I was destined to roam the earth completing

the same cycle of starving and binging forever....or atleast I

thought. I have lost over 100 pounds 3 times since 1995. Its a

vicous cycle. I am a cosmotologist, and for me, image is

everything. I am also getting older....now 27 and always thinking

about how to stay young.

 

Last week while working (I have 2 jobs) I was bored and happened over

to the college library, and picked up a book just by chance called

fit for life. It was an introduction to eating raw foods only and

the art of natural hygiene. I never thought a book could hold my

attention such as it did, but I read that book from front to back by

the end of the day. Mostly it talked about having a 70 percent high

water content food diet.

 

Everything about this way of life makes sense. Even tho It

challenges everything I have ever known and grew up with. But even

since reading this book and knowing all of these rules and good

things, I am having extremely hard problems going all raw.

 

First of all, I hate food, secondly I love food. If anyone can make

sense of that, please let me know.

 

I started by buying all kinds of fruits so that I wouldnt get bored.

However, I started out ok, ending up by making big mistakes like

going back to my old habits. I got a raging headache, which made me

sick for 3 days where I just " gave up " . Can someone tell me if there

is a way to gradually get into this way of life without feeling

guilty???

 

I made a vegetable soup which was fabulous and it did have meat

included. But I never eat the meat (its only for my family) Anyway

was it ok to eat this, even tho I know the foods arent supposed to be

cooked?

 

Please can someone help me with this because I really dont want to go

on forever the way things have been the last 15 years. And honestly,

I am sick of physicians trying to shove depression meds down my

throat. I want to do this the right way.

 

Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me

sincerely

sue cartwright

scart