i love fresh mint! i'm gonna try to plant some very soon.
i initially went vegitarian when i was 12, and somewhere around the age of 21 went full vegan, mainly because i discovered that i was allergic to dairy. it was a super easy transition. but oh boy did i learn fast you can be just as unhealthy on a vegan diet as you can on any other.
a little over four years ago i started suffering from reallyreally bad stomach pains and even worse bowl symtoms - to the point of being laid up for days and crying a lot. i took matters into my own hands and did a lot of research on what i thought it could be... lo' and behold i discovered that i was gluten intollerant.
things started looking up after cutting wheat and gluten out of my diet, but i still didn't quite feel "right" with my body.
my "quest" for better health really truly took off about a year after the discovery of my gluten allergy - and i seemed to develope a seriously strong desire to live a good healthy lifestyle, because i learned when doing this properly the results were SO positive and touched SO many ares of my life. i started to get excited.......
and that's when i discovered "raw food"! this was a little over 1 year ago today.
i'll admit, when i first started eating raw food (last year) i jumped in really quickly, and got in way over my head due to the lack of information. i rebounded to cooked food and gained a bunch of weight, lost a ton of motivation to do anything, and really hated myself towards the end of 2008.
once i started running in the beginning of february (this year) i gained a new perspective, and really started to see the whole concept of raw foods being a possability again. but i knew i had to do it differently than before. so far it's been really rewarding, mainly because i had a lot more information at hand, a steady work-out regimin, and *slowly* omitted starch and carbs from my diet instead of cutting them all out at once.
i don't know if all of this makes total sense (i'm not always the best at explaining things), but i do know that i've looked at my weaknesses when it comes to not being able to commit to a raw food lifestyle, and thus far have found VERY successful solutions that have helped keep me in line.
D asked me the other day: "how long do you plan on eating like this?" and i told him: "forever." he said: "Wow!" and i clarified by telling him that i don't HAVE to eat a 100% raw food diet all of the time, but i have every intention of keeping raw as a majority of my daily food intake. i just can't see why i should end such a wonderful thing! :)
sorry to be so long-winded!!
i don't really have any food/nutrition heros (or at least off the top of my head), i still feel so knew to all of this... but i'd love to hear who yours are!
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i initially went vegitarian when i was 12, and somewhere around the age of 21 went full vegan, mainly because i discovered that i was allergic to dairy. it was a super easy transition. but oh boy did i learn fast you can be just as unhealthy on a vegan diet as you can on any other.
a little over four years ago i started suffering from reallyreally bad stomach pains and even worse bowl symtoms - to the point of being laid up for days and crying a lot. i took matters into my own hands and did a lot of research on what i thought it could be...
lo' and behold i discovered that i was gluten intollerant.
things started looking up after cutting wheat and gluten out of my diet, but i still didn't quite feel "right" with my body.
my "quest" for better health really truly took off about a year after the discovery of my gluten allergy - and i seemed to develope a seriously strong desire to live a good healthy lifestyle, because i learned when doing this properly the results were SO positive and touched SO many ares of my life. i started to get excited.......
and that's when i discovered "raw food"!
this was a little over 1 year ago today.
i'll admit, when i first started eating raw food (last year) i jumped in really quickly, and got in way over my head due to the lack of information. i rebounded to cooked food and gained a bunch of weight, lost a ton of motivation to do anything, and really hated myself towards the end of 2008.
once i started running in the beginning of february (this year) i gained a new perspective, and really started to see the whole concept of raw foods being a possability again. but i knew i had to do it differently than before. so far it's been really rewarding, mainly because i had a lot more information at hand, a steady work-out regimin, and *slowly* omitted starch and carbs from my diet instead of cutting them all out at once.
i don't know if all of this makes total sense (i'm not always the best at explaining things), but i do know that i've looked at my weaknesses when it comes to not being able to commit to a raw food lifestyle, and thus far have found VERY successful solutions that have helped keep me in line.
D asked me the other day: "how long do you plan on eating like this?"
and i told him: "forever."
he said: "Wow!"
and i clarified by telling him that i don't HAVE to eat a 100% raw food diet all of the time, but i have every intention of keeping raw as a majority of my daily food intake.
i just can't see why i should end such a wonderful thing! :)
sorry to be so long-winded!!
i don't really have any food/nutrition heros (or at least off the top of my head), i still feel so knew to all of this... but i'd love to hear who yours are!