Oh a new challenge!!! I am taking the plunge. I am going to be going Raw. If you are unaware this means no cooked foods above 150 degrees. This means no meat. For those of you reading this wondering where I will get my iron, trust me there are plenty of veggies that contain Iron. I am tired of my sugar addiction. I am tired of staying at the same weight for well over a year. 17 months to be exact. I just want to be healthy, have lots of energy, and not get sugar highs and drops that make me look like a crazy person with my emotions. So the more I read on eating this way, the more I have come to the conclusion this is the way I want to eat. I am getting into this slowly over the next month. There are a few key items I need to get and need to use to make this happen
1. A juicer. I don't have one. I need one to juice my veggies. There are some veggies I detest but when juiced with some apples I can pretend I am not actually eating them. One is raw carrots. I can shred them on my salad and eat them. I just can not have big chunks of them. I am pretty sure if I juice them with an apple I can deal with them
2. Dehydrator: I have one. It is a good one to make "cooked foods" so to speak. I also adore dried fruits.
3. coffee grinder: well I honestly can't remember why I need this but I read that I do for something other than coffee.
4. Raw Honey. no, I am not going to go to a beehive and get my own. I will go to the health food store. This is what I will use to sweeten if necessary
5. sprouting: there are things that I will sprout. so I will need sprouting bags or a mason jar.
I also plan to grow some of my own veggies next year. I had a home grown tomato today and I about died from happiness. Best tomato I have ever tasted.
Some people eat grains. I am not for now. I don't expect anybody else in my family to do this I am cooking for them. Being I am not eating it I figure money wise it will balance because I will spend less on making dinner and use that money to feed me. However, I am not buying chips, cookies, or anything that comes in a box for snacks so already that saves $$$$. If they want a cookie than they better look at God's cookies and eat a crunchy apple. (I do have a great recipe for chocolate chip raw cookies that I will hoard because they are that delicious.)
One of my resources is Hallelujah Acres. So my plan is to be 95% Raw by mid August. I mean, give up coffee? I am not sure if I am willing to do that.
I believe you can do it, Tory! I went Vegan for about 3 months and lost a lot! Right after I met Ty, I started eating meats again and he told me when we first met that I needed to gain some weight! So trust me, it works! I think I will do it myself(: Just having another and all(:
ReplyDeleteIts Brittni Williams by the way..don't know if it showed.