For those of you who dont know me. Im Katie. Im 29 years old and I live in Philly. Ive never done a blog before, I cant spell, my vocabulary is crap and my geography is the pitts!! But Im doing this for myself to hopefully better inspire and keep myself motivated for the next week as I try to eat raw for one week!
Ive done some research and talked to some people for a few months now on the raw lifestyle. Ive dipped and dabbled into it with green smoothies and trying vegan and I like it all. But...I need to make a serious change in my life, nutrtionally. And I figure, someone in my position needs to go big or go home! So...Im not doing vegetarian and im not doing vegan...im going straight for the raw! For one week Starting Sunday night (cause sunday night is my monday, I work 3rd shift) I will be doing my best at eating a raw diet!
In the past three years I have very seriously changed my eating habits and my lifestyle. Three years ago my diet consisted of PBR and Checkers. Not kidding. I was drinking a lot, smoking a lot of pot and being a complete lazy worthless mess!! Then I snapped out of it. I dont know what it was. It could have been a number of things that woke me up but I did! And within a year I went from 267 lbs to 192!! I cannot believe I just put my weight on here...but there ya go!! There it is!! 267 friggin pounds I was! Yeesh! My reason for trying this raw lifestyle is because everything that got me to where I am now worked great...but the last year and a half all I have done is maintained my weight loss (which is still pretty rewardable in my book). So...I need to step it up to continue to lose weight and continue on my path to a healthier me!
Im not changing my life COMPLETLY! I feel if I make a decision to do this hardcore for a long period of time...Ill fail. What my intentions are is to try to experience as much as I can in eating raw in the week to come out of it with a new experience! A new way of cooking...well..UNcooking a meal. If I come out of this a week later and think..."wow, I really enjoyed eating this, that and the other" and I can add those dishes to my weekly routine, then thats all I can ask for!
I welcome all criticisim, knowledge and opinions in the next week to come! And mostly, I welcome recipes!! desserts, snacks, meals etc... I am strictly working on a food processor. So...no dehydrators or anything fancy-schmancy. I dont Have a vita-mix or anything heavy duty. But, I have a decent blender. Just keep that in mind when suggesting things!!
ALSO! anyone who knows me knows Im a fan of cooking FOR people. So...if you wanna come over and try something Ill totally be down for that!! It will be another factor to keep me motivated throughout the week!!!
Much Love, Bitches!!!11
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hey girlie! I think it is awesome, what youre doing here, and that youre using the blog to keep yourself motivated. who knows, it may work so well that you keep blogging about your changing diet and food experiments!
ReplyDeleteIm super proud of you hon, you look HOT!
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Thanks Love!! It means a lot...For realzies!! :)
ReplyDeleteKate, you've got someone in AZ rooting for ya and fighting the good fight along with ya. I wish ya all the luck, and I look forward to reading your next blog. You've done amazing things with your body over the last few years; you really are looking smokin' hot.
ReplyDeleteCopesetic, Katie! I want you to be happy, healthy, and true to yourself! I will slam down a few raw clams with you, although I am unsure if that's the spirit of your raw foodism! Did you check out Wikpedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_foodism#Varieties_of_raw_foodism? Love, Dad
ReplyDeletethanks everyone so much for the support. It really means a hole lot to me!! New posts are-a-commin! :)
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