I am alive!

Well it's taken me a while to get back to you, but here I am Raw and loving it!

I am by no means a master blogger, so I may ramble, and I may get side tracked, but the story gets told once and then it's just sharing new ideas, recipes and other great stuff.

A lot of friends have asked me to share some of the great recipes, so I have created links to the side, see... just over there to the right! These are some of my favourite/staple recipes. There are so many wonderful websites out there already with brilliant recipes, that I'm best to just share some of my highly recommended not only for taste, but for ease, value for money, and with foods and tastes that the whole family will enjoy. If I had children, I know that it would feel wrong not to introduce some of these things to them, why wouldn't I when it can create the best possible start in life for them health wise? There are a lot of society driven beliefs  around being vegan or eating raw that you need to put to the side, and some others may mock your choices but if you're anything like me, once you 'experience' the difference, you will understand the truth and disregard any negative views. Besides, Raw really is becoming more and more well known to be the cure of the ages; it's no secret.

I've put a Links tab over there to the right too, that'll give you links to the recipe websites as well as links to information on some of the superfoods used and other stuff you're bound to find interesting.

Not wanting this to be about weight loss from the very beginning I still need to track weight. It was still a major factor that I needed to lose considerable weight for my health. For this purpose and to demonstrate the success of the style of eating, I've created a Statistics page. This is where you can track my progress (or lack of some weeks I am sure!).

It all started by eating a raw food sandwich one day for lunch at work. I knew at that moment that this was what I needed to do. I had come through a year or so of self-harm resulting in liver abnormalities, stomach inflammations, inflammatory diseases, hyper then hypo active thyroids with goiters resulting in radiation treatments, huge weight gain and back pain. Whilst some things had started to slowly heal I was crumbling, weak, tired, lethargic. I was becoming old before my time and I was literally in the prime of my life! A senior colleague at work overheard my story and told me that his daughter in law was a Raw Food expert and ran courses and he gave me her contact details. That day I was booked for my first raw food 'cooking' class and the mental preparation began.

With other light activation and energy courses I was scheduled to do, it felt a natural course of progression and the thing that would change the way I felt about myself for good. Not for the life of the 'diet' plan, or for the special occasion weight loss reason, but that inner health, inner smile and that inner vitality and vivaciousness that I knew my heart still held, but my body did not.

I'm just a normal person, like every other 40 year old woman you see around. There is nothing special about me that meant only I could make this change and other women could not. All I needed was determination to not want to let my life slip by in what felt like 'drudgery'. It was my time to shine damn it.

Eating Raw also releases emotions that you have been carrying around for years and years. Be prepared to go through that, be prepared to face those fears, acknowledge them, love them then let them free. Wondrous things start to happen, and happen fast. So prepare for your journey then enjoy the ride!

Some of you will have heard this little story before, but for those of you who have not, here is how I have summed up the experience so far.

I have realised now that when I used to eat processed foods, takeaway foods, dairy or animal products that with each mouthful I sent subliminal messages to my body telling it that I did not care. That I didn't care enough not to harm it, that I didn't care enough not to fuel it with the energy it needed for optimum health and well-being, that I did not love myself. It was self-sabotage and disrespect to this vessel that carries my soul through this life (I just teared up a little then.. jeez I'm pathetic).

Now, from the moment I prepare my raw food to the moment it passes my lips and digests, there is nothing but love. As I see and feel this living energy that I prepare for myself and eat, I send messages of love, kindness, good health, self-respect and self-worth. There is no better way than I can directly send love and healing to myself. All my cells with their own little brains, all look up to my heart and say 'thank you' and I am rewarded by being whole and complete and radiate an energy of health, vitality, and longevity.

I am starting to awaken from the slumber. It took me 40 years, but sometimes the best things take longer to obtain. It's never too late, there is always enough time, it is never too hard to do what is right.

I hope that gives you enough to 'feel' what kind of impact this has had on me so far. I know I still have a long road ahead. Please do ask me any questions you wish and I will answer them and support you in making any small change towards eating Raw that I can.