Mistakes along the way, but it's part of the Journey...

It has been a while since I last posted and let me tell you its been an up and down journey when it came to eating raw foods. There was a period of time when I would go back and forth by the weeks from mostly raw, then the next week to mostly the SAD diet. I could literally feel my body being poisoned when I would fill it with processed cheese, milk chocolate, and chips. What's worse is that I could not stop. The food I was eating came from the groceries my boyfriend bought.  I was on a low budget that week and my job was stressing me out. I found myself in an unbreakable pattern of eating more and more when I felt stressed, and in result I lost my connection from my mind to body. I felt bloated, gassy, unattractive, and emotionally unbalanced. I especially felt groggy, tired, and I had a headache. My organs were do extra work to remove all the toxins from the food I was eating! Aaand I could hardly use the bathroom. Thank God I was going to the Creative Health Institute in Michigan for a weekend for Raw Chef 1 courses to earn a certificate in as a raw food chef! 

That weekend was the most positive energy filled weekend of my entire life. I learned about some of the interns there: one who had rare blood/heart disease who had once heard she had 2.5 years left to live, another had multiple sclerosis, one had almost died of lymph nod cancer, and all had healed themselves by a eating 100% RAW & LIVING FOOD DIET. The healing energy there was amazing. The Living Food helped clear out the toxins in my system from my addiction to the SAD diet (although the food we ate was rich in nuts and all nut based, it was harder to digest than a normal raw diet because we were learning gourmet cooking and needed to taste everything as chefs.) When I got home, I focused on eating mostly raw foods with the exception here and there. 

A most exciting event in the history of my life occured yesterday which will mark a new era of uncooking opportunites for me: I receieved my first 9 tray excalibur food dehydrator in the mail!!! Now I will have the pleasure of satisfying my salty cravings with crispy kale chips and the like... I have my first batch dehydrating right now!!

Since I started eating mostly Raw/Living for the past three weeks, I lost my cravings to stuff my face with chips, chocolate, and cheese. I feel more connected to my body than ever- I have a ton of energy and I feel less bloated and more flexible. I still feel the need to eat when work stresses me out but I have more control over the situation now. I hope to continue on this path and journey to help completely detoxify my system and achieve optimal health!