This picture is how I am feeling right now.
I am rising into the sun, melting off the excess, and becoming anew.
This all started because of pain. My Mom and I went to England last spring and had we had a transformative experience. My body started to move and work again. I received a huge healing. By December the pain was starting to surround me. It hurt to move, breathe, and the thought of walking from one side of the house to another was exhausting.
I made the plunge into a total plant based diet January 11 2015. That makes today day 56 unlike my old diets I had to go and count the days for this post. Other then a weigh in once a week I am not tracking anything.
For the first 8 days I was totally raw. My plan was to do Raw completely. However, in practice it was a lot more difficult than I had thought. It may be a goal in the future but for right now I am happy where I am.
I have a super large raw green smoothie every morning split between breakfast and a early afternoon snack. After that most of the rest of my food is cooked. No bread, occasional gluten free pasta, and for right now nothing packaged vegan or otherwise. I am still using coconut oil but in moderation. Eventually my goal is to be oil free but for right now I love roasted veggies.
When I started in January I weighed 328 lbs. 300 lbs was my weigh in on Sunday February 28 2015. I can' tell you how astonishing this number is to me. For someone who has literally tried every diet under the sun with little or no movement on the scale this is earth shattering. I also lost a inch around my whole body and went down a whole jean size.
More than the pounds or measurements is the way I feel. The clarity of mind can't be understated. I didn't even realize what a fog I was living in. I can think clearly, what a gift to be given. My blood sugar ( I was on metformin) went from 130's to 95. My blood pressure is 121/81 January 5th it was 149/99 at the doctors office.
I am also doing Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar honey and water drink once a day. I would highly recommend this if you haven't tried it.
I don't want to give the impression that this experience has been all peaches and roses. The detox symptoms have been interesting. First get ready to enjoy your bathroom because you will be there a lot. Second buy stock in kleenex, my nose has still not stopped running. There are weird muscle pains, lethargy, and other times you can't sit still. Headaches, and lack of concentration. My sleep is changed, I am wide awake and usually starving at 2am then exhausted at 7am when it's time to get up. My mood has been swinging rapidly. My tolerance for other people has been short recently.
Then of course there is the people in your life's response to this "radical" new life style. People get uncomfortable with change. The response has been everything to supportive to dubious. Oh... and suddenly everyone is very concerned with my protein intake. This was never a concern before but you know how it goes.
Also grocery shopping. Be prepared to buy huge quantities of food. Seriously I had to be helped to my car because I ended up with two carts for two weeks of groceries. A real positive I am cooking all the time. I really enjoy it and now with all of my added energy and time it is easy.
The truth is all of this is worth it. The truth is for the very first time in my life I feel in control of food instead of food controlling me. I am eating three times the amount I used to and loving every minute of it. I don't know what is my future, but for right now I am coasting on plant based love.
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