I knew I had been gaining weight. I kept buying new clothes when the old ones got so unbearably tight that I couldn’t breathe. I knew that I had gained at least 50lbs since I met my husband almost 5 years ago. Right after I started the raw diet Andrew, my wonderfully supportive husband, bought me a scale. I got on it and almost fainted. 200lbs!! You are kidding me. OK, so I had gained 70lbs since I met my husband. I felt horrible. When I met him I felt like I was overweight. Though all these years, he called me beautiful and sexy. For some reason, the number 200 made me feel like a total failure in myself and for him. I wanted to feel sexy. I hadn’t felt that way in a long time. I became obsessed with my new scale. Every time you get on it, it shows you how much you’ve gained or lost. Every morning I would wake up, go to the bathroom and get on the scale to weigh myself. I really didn’t think that I would have seen the results that I did. The first couple of days I lost 10lbs. I’m not surprised about that. I was getting rid of all the bread in my system lol. After that, I lost on average a half pound a day. Some days I gained half a pound and sometimes I lost a whole pound. I checked my ph levels… They were all good. If my ph was alkaline, I knew the weight would just drop right off. It was. How do you change your ph? Fruits and veggies baby!! What changes your ph to acidic? Junk food!! I was so acid at first, no wonder I was just gaining. I could eat a salad and gain weight. That’s another story for a different day though… Don’t get me started on salads lol.
I found that on days I would do strenuous work for long periods of time that I wouldn’t lose any weight. I would gain it. I felt that I was gaining muscle as I felt a lot stronger than I had used to.
I went to a friend’s birthday party one night and drank organic wine. I didn’t lose weight for the whole week. I have found having some wine or beer is detrimental to the weight loss. It’s summer now, so I have some beer or wine sometimes. It’s putting my weight loss on a slowdown sometimes, but I know it’ll come back again after the summer is over.
The most important part is that I feel good about myself again. I wear pant and shirt sizes that I haven’t worn in a long time. I’m more flexible (I can touch my toes for the first time in my life). My stamina is awesome. Andrew and I used to go dancing and after a few songs I would be winded. Now, I can dance all night and not even feel it. My hair is soft and my skin is great.
Those arthritis pills the doctor had me on are gone. I haven’t taken one since I started this. If I overdo it on work, I feel it for sure but it’s nothing that a hot bath and maybe a short massage from Andrew can’t fix.
I still can’t believe what being on a raw vegan diet does for your health. I knew there would be improvement. However, I didn’t think it would be this dramatic or this fast.
So, I would like to thank my friends, fruit and veggies, for giving me my life back. :)
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