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A group to help unite all of us Raw-Foodies that are spread out across Canada, Eh!!
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"Hi ElleC, welcome aboard! :)You can check out the Banana Welcome Wagon at: http://www.30bananasaday.com/profiles/blogs/30bad-banana-wagon-tour To get started. Enjoy!"
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Our community would be delighted to know you better. Please tell us more about yourself and what brought you to 30BaD. Detailed responses will only be accepted (feel free to reapply with more detail if at first not approved as a member). We suggest you pick a name other than your own if you want to maintain anonymity.
I have struggled with disordered eating since age 12. I've mainly had bulimia with restrictive tendencies. I'm on my way to ending this battle - things have been much better in the last year or so. In examining my heart, I've discovered that my real desire is not to be 'thin' per se.

I'm sick of the fight within myself and I want to adopt a lifestyle where I don't have to obsess about calories and weight. I have had times where I've not worried so much about food and exercise, and those are the only times that I have actually lost any weight and felt 'normal'!

I'm already practicing a vegan lifestyle (to the best of my knowledge) and I want to take it a step further. I've always felt so much more alive and clean when I eat mainly fruit and greens. I feel so much happier and stress-free. I want that feeling all the time! Coupled with the knowledge that I am truly nourishing my body in the best way possible.

I do come from a Christian background. I'm not very 'traditional' in this now though; I wouldn't say I hold the stereotypical 'right wing' beliefs that most people would associated with Christianity. I believe in a Creator; I have no idea how he created. I know there are ways that the world is designed to function. I do believe that in the initial created world, humans were ideally designed to eat plants and fruit.
(Genesis 2: 29) "Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. "
I don't think that the creation account in Genesis is historically accurate, necessarily, but it is a way of explaining origins, and I do believe that what is in the Bible is there for a reason, to illuminate our understanding of ourselves and creation.

Anyways! I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are foundations for my desire to eat this way.

I found 30BaD while browsing youtube videos about vegan diet, looking for some meal inspiration. I found one of Freelee's videos and knew I had to check out the webpage! Her story seemed similar to my own with respect to the disordered eating. It was so inspiring to see that I could not have to worry about food so much anymore and just eat in a manner that feels so right to me.
Now about myself a little more. I'm in my early 20s, married for just over a year, and I'm a registered nurse. I live in British Columbia in a very rainy small town. I love to hike, kayak, and generally enjoy the outdoors. I grew up in a very sunny and hot small town in BC with an abundance of fruit! I miss that so much! Incredible farmer's market. I have a dog, Oakley, a terrier-mix we rescued from a shelter this summer. Life is good!
What is your gender? PLEASE NOTE: To enhance the community experience, profile pics of yourself are *REQUIRED* to gain membership. Membership will be declined otherwise.
female
Please tell us about your dietary inclinations:
I really want to be LFRV and just need some guidance
Reading "The 80-10-10 Diet" by Dr Doug Graham is vital for succeeding on this lifestyle. Please acquire this book as soon as possible.
I will read the book
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yes married
Durianrider & Freelee started this site to bring together high carb, raw vegan lifestylists' across the Globe! 30bad is a high standard and high performance team! We're here to help you make our team! Let us know what HCRV assistance do you need?
I need to read the 80-10-10 Diet before I really know what kind of questions to ask. I suppose for me, with my 'history' I'll need to be sure I'm not restricting my calories or over-exercising. I do want to lose a bit of weight, but I'm not even in the 'overweight' category for BMI. I want the weight loss to be a product of eating in a way that I feel corresponds to my beliefs and heart.
30bad is a HCRV (high carb, raw vegan) internet community which promotes a high carb raw lifestyle free of any animal products. Our forum does not tolerate encouragement of anything contrary to HCRV. Nor do we allow endorsement of non-vegan items or practises which involve the imprisonment, exploitation, abuse or murder of sentient beings. We also require our members to post with proper netiquette. Therefore, please indicate your intention:
I will comply because I like totally agree with all this

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At 3:19am on October 26, 2011, Chris P. said…

Hi ElleC,

welcome aboard! :)
You can check out the Banana Welcome Wagon at:

http://www.30bananasaday.com/profiles/blogs/30bad-banana-wagon-tour

To get started. Enjoy!

 
 
 

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