what did you eat today?

[Guest guest]

Hi I am new to this group and also new to raw foods. I have not made

the step to 100% raw yet but I am vegan and eat mostly raw right

now. I'm having a really hard time getting enough food. And I don't

mean that I am hungry, I mean I don't have enough ideas to eat raw

all day without eating the same thing everyday which bores me and

then I can't keep with it.

 

I was wondering if people would be intersted in posting what they

have eaten from the moment they woke up until they went to bed on a

typical day. Hopefully this will help give me as well as other

newbies some more ideas )

 

btw, just a quick introduction...My name is Abbey and I am 23 years

old. I have suffered my whole life being underweight, fatiqued, and

dizzy spells due to not eating enough. I found out at 22 that I can

not process preservatives and so my body had instinctively not

wanted me to eat -- it found a balance between getting enough food

and eating as little " poison " as possible. I got really really sick

and dropped to about 85lbs (I'm 5'4 " ) and ended up in the hospital

with extreme abdomen pain.

 

After many tests I finally found a doctor who recognized my

symptoms, unfortunately she was not very knowledgeable about the

problem. Following her advice I was eating more and still very sick.

I did research and discovered foods only have to be labelled at

10ppm or higher and many other things so I decided to go onto a 100%

home cooked diet and completely elimated every preservative,

additive, chemical, hormone, etc.

 

After a couple months I felt so better but the food preparation time

was killing me and I was having a really hard time finding recipes

that didn't include soy-based meat substitutes (it amazes me how

much vegetarians rely on soy products!). On my search for recipes

that used base ingredients instead of " soy mayo, soy cheese, tofu,

etc etc, " I found http://www.thegardendiet.com and became very

intriqued with the diet. I was so close to raw anyway (eating only

muffins, granola bars, milk - which I didn't like but didn't want to

drink the substitutes, and soup) that it didn't seem like it would

be a hard transition. Unfortunately as I mentioned above I am

struggling and would love any help I can get!

 

Here is the photo of me so far:

http://www.the-space-lab.com/abbey/pictures.jpg

 

As you can see I look way healthier once I eliminated the

preservatives, etc, and I feel much better but if I am going to

spend all this time being healthy I figure I might as well go the

whole way and be raw )

 

okay that wasn't such a quick introduction...lol

 

Thanks!

 

-Abbey =)