This is a safe place for those who really, really, REALLY want to succeed in a LFRV lifestyle but the journey is just a little harder for us. We want to get there…we need to get there…and we WILL get there! Through support and encouragement and empathy, we can come here and share our struggles, scrutinize why we sometimes fall, get what we need to pick ourselves back up again, and have a cheerleading section who has our back every step of the way.
No one here is giving up! We know and understand and believe on every level that this is the path we need to be on to get the results we're after. But personal demons challenge us and we can't always see past the illusion. If we end up making poor choices, this is where we come to confess, analyze and get the motivation through the help of others to dust ourselves off and commit again, a little stronger each time.
Some of us are here with valid overeater/binge demons. Others of us have other types of mental/emotional disadvantages. For anyone here, there is a struggle involved.
What's amazing about the folks in this group is that we really believe in this path and are determined to get there. We haven't given up, we're not quitting! We just really need this support group and each other.
Because this is a safe haven for "struggling with the struggle," we want group members to feel safe. Please keep comments inspirational and kind. The LFRV community really needs the voice of those who made it despite the odds!
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Started by Jamie werneburg. Last reply by Jamie werneburg May 26. 24 Replies 1 Like
Im new here...This is my second time going raw. My husband nor my kids are raw, so i still have to cook, buy, and watch them eat all my favorite foods. Its so hard but i really want this for myself.…Continue
Started by mckohtz. Last reply by Cheryl T Apr 18. 6 Replies 0 Likes
I'm finding hard to eat 80/10/10 especially with a family that doesn't, but also with some of the symptoms I have with it. I can do it for breakfast but if I do pure 80/10/10 for a day or two, I get…Continue
Started by Desiree Nichole. Last reply by Desiree Nichole Mar 30. 2 Replies 0 Likes
hello hello.. i am new to this site. i am so glad i came across it.. My Name is Desiree. or Dez.. I am almost 32, mom of 2 kids ages 10 and 7!! i am slowly making my way into vegetarian, then wanna…Continue
Started by Rawfully Yours Mar 24. 0 Replies 0 Likes
I cant seem to keep my fat at 10%. I mean I know what to do...or not to do...but cant seem to do it consistantly. I attribute this to chocolate addiction and occasional non grain bread...that has to…Continue
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Comment by Cheryl T on March 25, 2013 at 1:48pm Hi Sephtan, I hear ya, my suggestion for learning to deal with vs suppressing feelings... Maybe just take 1 layer of the onion at a time and meditate... bring up a simpler issue and just sit and feel it-- no judgements- it is what it is- but once you've faced it- and sat with it- maybe it won't be so scary. I'm listening to Pema Chodran a Budhist nun I think- have her ''Getting Unstuck'' audiobook. She's good... best wishes, Cheryl :o)
Comment by Sephtan on March 23, 2013 at 11:15pm Namaste
Glad I found this group. A little harder. Yes. And I really really want to succeed. While the course is pretty solid now, it is still a bit of a struggle because of my Crohn's & PTSD. I can't quit smoking and while it's a good thing raw vegan opens you more emotionally, in context of a PTSD this can be way too much - cravings aren't just cravings for me, but together with smoking my last barrier against being overwhelmed It is still just too much to face it all at once and if I don't suppress at least parts of it I can't even function enough to go for a walk, and when it stacks cigarettes alone just aren't enough. Mostly I can cope with cooked food, but meat is so much more effective ... well I described it in a thread here already, which I should have opened in this group (which I didn't know of at the time). I'll maybe ask an admin to move it to this group.
Comment by mckohtz on February 3, 2013 at 12:19pm I'm finding hard to eat 80/10/10 especially with a family that doesn't, but also with some of the symptoms I have with it. I can do it for Breakfast but if I do prue 80/10/10 for a few days I get leg cramps and my blood pressure plummets b/c I am not eating enough salt for me. I think this runs in my family b/c my younger sister eats salt straight and she still has low blood pressure like me. Any suggestions?
Comment by Kayte on January 21, 2013 at 5:57am Eating heavy cooked junk makes me hate myself--and I feel so different eating raw and fruit...so alive and happy. I came on here --as kind of last resort. I would welcome friends and doing even a 3-day raw challenge~
Comment by Kayte on January 21, 2013 at 5:55am I am so glad I found this group. I am physically ill from eating --cooked foods--yesterday--I had potato salad--a tempeh bacon,lettuce and tomato sandwich on ciabatta bread w/mayo--and apple pie. I have chocolate almond milk with cane juice. I keep sayin gthis is not SO bad but my heart contracts when I squeeze mayo--I KNOW It's horrible --so I would be at Step 1--powerless
8/30/2012, Day 14,
On 8/16 I weighed 200 lbs.
8/23 195
8/30 193
I am feeling better mentally, physically, and spiritually. My depression and arthritis are better and my weight loss indicates corresponding reductions in my cholesterol, blood glucose, A1C, paraprotienemias, B/P, pulse, acidity, and health in general. I'm also optimistic that I'm arresting my obesity-related, chronic, degenerative diseases, including cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
Step Five is about admitting MY CHARACTER DEFECTS; it's not about saying what I think others want to hear. It's about finding MY TRUTH; it's not about being codependent with people who worship SAD. It's about liberating MYSELF; it's not about gaining social acceptance or winning a popularity contest.
My Step Five is about developing the courage to do and say and think what I believe is true FOR ME. My Step Five is a step along the path in MY SEARCH FOR TRUTH.
Accordingly, AA is no longer my support group, because they apparently believe that they can eat and drink and smoke the very things that cause cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease(s)--as long as they don't drink alcohol. They apparently believe that they can eat SAD, as long as they don't drink alcohol.
OA is no longer my support group. As I see it, these people are on a diet, but they won't admit it to themselves, or anyone else. They couch their activity in the language of AA, but they are really talking about moderating, managing and controlling SAD. They do the same experiment year after year without admitting that they always get the same result. What these people call recovery is not what I want. I have seen OA winners die from cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease(s)--in fact, I am on the brink of such a fate, myself. I have seen OA winners lose 100 lbs and gain it back. I have seen OA winners become control frieks. They develop a type of "spirituality" that is based upon moderating, managing and controlling food, and everything else in their lives. And that is not what I want for my recovery.
Alanon is no longer my recovery program. Alanon winners pride themselves in being able to continue dysfunctional relationships with sick alcoholics. I prefer to detach from and renounce such sick people.
To each his own. It's a free country, thank God!
Col. IV: What should I have done instead?
Calmly accept the truth that I have learned from 69 yrs of experience: diets don't work--for me; OA doesn't work--for me; I can't moderate, manage or control SAD by exerting my selfwill--even if I weigh and measure--and the attempt to do so has left me fighting food 24/7.
Calmly accept the fact that I can't educate, manipulate or control people, places, institutions that promote SAD--if I tried I would be arguing, fighting, 24/7.
I didn't cause it; I can't control it; I can't change it.
...I must let it be...I must accept what is...let go...let them die...liberate myself and let others liberate themselves.
Accept the fact that I can only change myself. The only thing that works for me is a complete and permanent lifestyle change.
I must forget moderation. Three moderate drinks a day will not make me sober. Three moderate meals of SAD will not solve my food problems--it will not arrest my obesity-related, chronic, degenerative diseases.
I must forget moderation, half measures, fighting for control...and give up. I must admit complete defeat before I will ever be free of alcohol--or SAD. Let others die. Detach from them; renounce them; save myself.
I should achieve liberation through complete and permanent renunciation and go on with my own recovery.
Step Four
Col III: Affects my...
Survival, security, relationships, esteem, health, wellness, sanity, serenity, longevity. Causes obesity-related, chronic, degenerative diseases. Causes me mental, physical, spiritual, financial, emotional suffering and death.
Step Four
Col II: The Cause,
They put poison in my food; toxins, chemicals, antibiotics, animal products, fats, oils; processed, GMO, irradiated food on my grocery shelves--FOR MONEY!
They lie, cheat and misinform--FOR MONEY!
They make me sick, then kill me--a slow, horrible death--FOR MONEY!
ednshell replied to Vediz's discussion Addicted to commercial dog food? in the group Vegan Pets -Not just dogs and cats
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