It is 3:42AM and I can’t sleep at all. I am deep in thought and feel like something is happening to me. I decided to meditate and focus on why I am doing what I am doing and understand myself a little more.
I am realizing more about myself right now and learning who I am. I know it might be hard for some of you to understand what I talking about so let me explain.
I remember watching the Simply Raw Movie and remembering what one person said about medicine. It was said that “modern medicine is only a bandage”.
That was burned inside my mind and made me think real hard about some things. I am understanding more that the food we eat produces physical changes good and bad.
If you think about it for a second you might agree that food can make you feel bad or good depending what you eat. I have noticed that if I eat a large salad and fruit until I am full I feel satisfied.
But I also noticed that if I was to eat a fried chicken meal with all the works I feel slow, sleepy and sick. This is a true sign that something is wrong.
This blog to me is starting to really educate me of who I am by documenting my journey. I am starting to see patterns and changes by the things I try and fail at.
This time around is a little different because I am feeling something I have never felt before while on a diet.
I am feeling alive and full of hope and raw food is the reason. I am understanding that all the hormones and antibiotics pumped into factory raised animals we eat is killing us slow.
It is kind of like we are all some big food experiment that went wrong and I want out! The result of eating this factory food and toxic waste has made me fat and unhealthy.
I know that if I can beat this food addiction and lose this weight then I might inspire someone else. I am feeling like becoming Mr. Meltdown is starting to really save my life. By not fighting change and allowing God to guide me I am moving in the right direction now.
Fruits and vegetables are what our bodies need to work right. (Do you hear me out there?)
If we only eat processed junk food and fried stuff then of course we will get fat and die young. I am making a choice right now not to be another statistic or case study of adult obesity.
I lost family members because of weight issues. I also lost friends and seen people suffer with preventable health issues. I am feeling more like eduction is key to really making a difference that is why I am taking my own actions. I am not just talking I am doing something now to SAVE MY LIFE.
I know I am not fully educated yet on everything about raw food but I am taking action and that is a start right?
So right now I am trying my best to learn and apply my actions into results. I am trying to fight like hell to save my own life and show everyone that this is not easy but can be done!
I don’t have a coach giving me plays to score the winning goal! But I do have my books and resources to assist and aid me to the victory of good health.
So the way I am felling right now is this is a Battle of Mr. Meltdown VS Food!
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It is a struggle to overcome addiction and I am glad you are striving to do something about your health. That is fantastic. A lot of people do not believe in God or the creation story, but I do with all my heart. We were created to eat only fruits, vegetables and live food before the flood came; but we can return to it. God in all his infinite wisdom knew that those foods would keep us alive and healthy for a long time. We can return to those foods to regain our lost health and vitality. I believe from eating this way our minds are becoming more clear to the dangers of some foods, lifestyles and mental attitudes that kill is prematurely. I am not just saying this Derek, but I long to see you succeed and be vibrant and full of life; I wish the same for myself also. I have been doing well, just like you have been and we can continue this journey together. I live in a society where being obese is somewhat accepted; we are the number 2 country in the WORLD for diabetic amputations; do you believe that; and we are only 166 sq miles. I don’t want to be another statistic out there, I want to be a success to help others that living with obesity is truly death.
I agree with everything you said especially ‘regain our lost health and vitality’. I want to get back what I have lost due to my weight issues. The one thing most people fail to realize is we don’t have to continue living life with obesity. Now we know what we have to do it is just a matter of choice don’t you agree? It is so simple but hard I already know because I am a living specimen of example. But I am making a choice and putting in effort and that is what makes me who I am at the end of the day. Can you dig it?
Wow D this is deep. It only makes sense and it makes me feel like I should start to eat raw. I just feel like I won’t be able to do it. I feel like I won’t have the foods I need or like what I am eating. I read the Jon Gabriel Method and it says how we should eat foods that are alive, I just couldn’t stick to it because I couldn’t seem to find enough foods that would satisfy me. I don’t know if I am not looking in the right places or what. I am so proud of you though D. You are doing this thing even though it is not easy.
Oh that sandwich looks good. That is a dangerous sandwich to look at directly before dinner…..which is right now. I will delete that image from my mind and think green vegetables.
Luvme you can start out slowly, by using salads, fish and the other fruits and veggies you can find and then tapering off to raw. I realized my reflux and stuff has started up today because of some of the fruit I am eating and I may have to do some restructuring and go for maybe 60% instead of 100%. We don’t have a lot of choices of fruit over here that are inexpensive. But no matter what we are doing; it is worth a try; YOU are worth the effort so press on!
Cherylann I think the main thing is we are taking steps toward our goals. We are giving our bodies what it was intending be design to eat. This alone will put our needs in gear and provide us with life that was intended for us to receive. Food is just a resource I am realizing now more than ever. I am starting to feel that it is not always about taste but about living. Don’t your agree? You can do it and I am here for you my friend!! Don’t forget I also need you guys so let’s do it as a team.
Frank that is the spirit man! You think like a champion so there for you are! Press on my friend! I got your back!!!
Thanks Cris! It is not easy but it can be fun and that is how you have to tackle this. If you find yourself challenged by raw food then try out some recipe books. You will find fun and exciting ways to prepare your meals and best of all none of them are boring! Your mind set is wonderful as you are! Lets get healthy and LIVE!
I think the discovery of self is a powerful thing when it comes to food or anything else, for that matter our brains work against us at times especially when it comes to food. We eat when we shouldn’t, problem is food is everywhere all I have to do is walk about so many 100 of yards and there it is food all around me.
I know what you mean but now when I take my walks I gravitate toward LIFE!
Dude, I’m there with you 100%!!! I had some pizza this weekend and as much as I used to love it, I felt horrible afterwards. Previous to that, I hadn’t eaten meat and limited the process foods for about a couple of weeks. I’ve been feeling good until I had the meat lovers pizza. It wasn’t guilt either, ’cause I knew i could have a cheat day, but I felt sluggish and the food just stuck in my gut. I think we’re both graduating from the making an “effort to change” to ” just changing”. It feels more natural not being a slave to cheap unhealthy choices. The third eye is now in focus. Keep it up!!
Yea Mike! I understand what you are talking about when you say you felt “sluggish” dude. I agree with you and support you on the fact we are “graduating”. I guess in life we reach a point if we are lucky, that we start to understand what we are suppose to eat. It comes with age and maturity I guess? I am not getting any younger and if I want to keep the natural process steady and grow old with out preventable illnesses then life comes second to food. I feel food addiction is just like alcohol in a way because before we drive our bodies, WE HAVE TO EAT RESPONSIBLY!