These posts chronicle my journey from 320 pounds to my goal of 140 pounds (I’m 5 foot 2). A little bit more than half. It’s not a straight shot, and it’s filled with emotional twists and hormonal turns. The main reason why I started that blog was because many people think I can easily live 100% because my kitchen is so well organized. Making the raw-food lifestyle work requires a lot more than recipes. But for the people that I serve, going and staying raw takes alignment of the emotions.
The first round of weight loss is probably water. But since it came out of my left leg and foot, it’s the best 2 pounds I’ve ever lost. One day on a water fast has resulted in much swelling going down. I started the water fast to aid my prayers for my sister-friend Pauline. I’ll […]
So it’s Monday evening. I didn’t weigh in this morning because my day started off fast and furious. But I didn’t forget that it’s time for my reckoning. I don’t want to particularly face the scale for fear that the number will tell the truth that I’m not ready to see. But I owe it […]
So I’m fasting today. Not as a penance for wicked misbehavior while abroad, or my failure to rein it in as soon as I returned home on Saturday morning. No. I’m fasting for the right reason. For clarity as a pray for a beloved sister-friend who is a medical crisis. I believe that I will […]
So I’m working my way back to all raw. Today, I’ll only have one meal in the afternoon and juice if I think I’m hungry this evening. I’m doing this in the desperate hope that when I step on the scale tomorrow, I won’t weigh more than I did last Monday when I raised by […]
So I went on my work-trip to Los Angeles and I carried raw food with me in the form of dried black botija olives and goji berries (intending to eat salads to supplement). And then I ate cooked food, the first that was offered to me. My client’s husband offered Korean food and I caved. […]
They’re made to be broken, right? So the rules I made for myself yesterday, just didn’t go over well today. So why have any particular rules, as long as I stay raw. I guess this is my way of not feeling bad about having a few sun-dried black botija olives and a banana after 7:00 […]
So I lost 4+ pounds since going all-raw yesterday. Most of it was probably water weight, but I’ll take it as a huge victory. I came up with a few rules for myself on the first day: 1) take a picture of the food before I eat it; 2) don’t eat after 7:00 pm and […]
I’m likening going back all raw to an addict giving up their fix. Usually a person has to hit bottom before they are ready to make change. Knowing your bottom is important. Recognizing when you’ve reached it usually involves some kind of pain or catastrophe. I decided that my swollen discolored left leg and foot […]
I’m going raw again. My lower left leg and left foot are swollen. The skin on my leg is darkening, thickening and becoming scaly. I’ve seen this in older men who have diabetes. Do I want to go to a doctor and have them tell me that I’m diabetic? NO!!! I don’t want pharmaceuticals to […]
I’ve just completed the beginning of my Transformational Series. July’s newsletter is done. While I was working on it, inviting people to join me in the transformational series, I mentioned that I was on the journey too. I wanted to lose the 60 lbs I’ve put on since my hysterectomy in 2010. My first thought […]