yesterday a lady at work told me 'you've lost ALOT of weight, your head looks so much smaller. my first thought after she said that was 'HOW BIG WAS MY HEAD?' lol
When I got home I stared at myself in the mirror for a bit, turning my head from side to side trying to picture what my head looked like 6 months ago. MY HEAD!!! I wasn't even looking at my body which is also alot smaller then it used to be but I was fixated on my head and her comment keep going through my mind. After about 15 minutes of that I started to laugh. A huge gut busting laugh, I found it silly that I was over thinking it. My head was big before now it's small... FACT! now move on I told myself.
I have lost alot of weight. I wasn't taking the best care of my body.
I haven't eaten red meat in 8 1/2 years, chicken or fish in 2 years. I haven't drank a soda in 15 years... but I was still eating crap food like potato chips and french fries. about 6 months ago I looked at myself in the mirror and said aloud 'what the hell am I doing to my body' that's when I made a decision to take better care of myself. today I am 75 pounds lighter and much happier.
I've been going back and forth from vegetarian, vegan, and raw. the past month I've been going alot more raw though. been looking up recipes and websites. It is a bit hard sometimes because I'm the only one here at home who eats like that.
I don't know anyone (work, friends, family) here who are vegerarian vegan or raw foodists. I talk to some people online whom I swap stories on what foods to try or what smoothies to try. I would like to have someone here though to share my food with, instead of people passing by stopping and looking at my plate and saying 'ewwwwwwwwwwwww what's that?' -'IT'S GOOD TRY IT!!' I tell them but they just cringe their nose and walk away.
I'm loving my new diet... it's pretty awesome
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Yep, I can relate to that feeling. I used to be the only person I knew who was in to raw foods and veganism. Everyone thought I was so strange and also thought I had an eating problem. But it is such a passion of mine and I loved experimenting with recipes and nourishing my body with live foods so I kept doing it.
ReplyDeleteA year later, I am now surrounded by the most amazing community of like minded, health focused people. I started attending workshops, meetup events and seminars and connecting with people. I joined social networking sites and facebook sites. I met so many new people and I now feel really supported and I have learned so much! Although not many of my close friends understand my eating habits they are finally starting to embrace it as just part of who I am.
Continue on your journey and follow what you love. Soon you will start to attract like minded people who will support you in your journey.
Connie x