Help me start! please.....

Hi again,

I was successful and loved this lifestyle for 2 weeks before my friends wedding. I ate religiously 2500 cal, felt great and started to notice my body getting smaller. But of course my logic said "it's a wedding, you can have 1 day break, nice restaurant food, alcohol etc" and then guess what...... I haven't been able to get myself back on the wagon again...... ok I started for 3 days again then lost it...... WHY !

What's wrong with me...... I know this is the best way to eat, but do you think I can get started again?! No.... and I'm frustrated with myself......

I want to feel great and look great like so many of you do. How do I stop hurting my body by eating absolute rubbish? And it only makes it worse when i know its bad for me......

ARGHHHHH.... can you feel my frustration ?

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Permalink Reply by LauraSee on April 25, 2012 at 11:46pm

Maybe that's part of the problem - I don't believe in myself.

But when the wedding day/night happened I just wanted to take advantage of the "nice" restaurant meal and alcohol, which makes me relax more and "let my hair down".... I guess 2 weeks wasn't enough of a start to keep me locked on.....

I still see eating as such a fun, social thing to do and I'm scared of losing that fun/good times feel if I eat differently to everyone else. And it's such an effort (or it feels like it now) to say to the restaurant "can you make me a salad" or "can you whip me up something special that's raw".... I guess part of me just wants to be like everyone else - it DOES take effort to be different, and when you're feeling tired/frumpy/lethargic the last thing you want to do is stand up for something you believe in...... eventho I know that's exactly what I need......

I guess I mainly feel like I'll lose the "good times" with family and friends if I'm different and eating my own thing. I guess I'm scared to not fit in ???????

btw cravings were not a problem for me at all during my 2 weeks, the hardest part was eating eating eating to make it to 2500 cal

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Permalink Reply by LauraSee on April 26, 2012 at 12:16am

Well, you really are one COOL chick! Thank you so much for your thoughts. It just goes to show how much your (my) attitude plays a huge part in your life. While I worry about being different, you're happy to be different.

Different is great, that's what I have to remind myself. Different is fine.

You see, I'm so different as it is - I'm a mother who homeschools her 10yo son, in a world that doesn't greatly accept homeschool. And then, I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses, in a world that often thinks Jehovah's Witnesses are a bit "out there"..... so adding Raw Vegan to the mix just makes me even more "different"..... and I have a mum who doesn't accept either homeschool or Jehovah's Witnesses (although she doesn't mind the whole raw diet idea)..... I think she has scared me - I mean who doesn't want to be accepted by their mums :-)

But I love your attitude and your freedom to be who you want to be, in this crazy mixed up world of ours! Cherish who you are. I admire you