It begins

Welcome to my Year....

I have known about the raw food diet for over 10 years, and as you imagine, I am your typical raw food wanna be. I have been raw 4 times, each time I went raw a little longer than the last time. Four year ago was my last adventure in which I went raw for 8 months. It was amazing, and after a few years I look back and wonder what went wrong. I have been living mostly cooked for 4 years, with a few months in raw (picture above in Maine  1 month raw). 

It's an easy lifestyle to want, but in the modern world, a difficult diet and lifestyle to stay with. It was easy when I lived near NYC, so many raw friends, and a rich community of potlucks and gatherings. Now, in Saratoga Springs NY, upstate, I am on my own. But something has changed in me and I think it's time.  What is different? I don't feel I need a community to support me, or friends who are raw to guide me. I just don't think I need anything at all but the will to feel well, reach my potential as a human being, and the will to heal. So at 200 lb., with a list of complaints a mile long, I have decided to dedicate to 365 days raw. My goal is to reach one year raw and I hope to record my experience daily in hope to have the information to make the right choice in my diet and lifestyle choices after one year. 

Here is my list of difficulties that I know the raw food diet will help with, as they heal I will comment about them and repost the list with new information: I will also post about these issues and what I have tried to help them. Raw seems to be the only thing that has healed all of them. I did however, experiment with other healing remedies and diets, to attempt to avoid going raw. It's a challenging lifestyle when the rest of the world is not raw.

bloating and swelling in my belly  

over weight: 50 lbs.

teeth issues: gum line receding 

upper back/ shoulder pain 

unable to turn my head around due to shoulder pain

carpel tunnel syndrom 

waking up with sleeping hands and feet- poor circulation

poor memory

anemia

energy lose

body odor 

hair grease 

bladder pressure

feet peeling in spots

toe issues pain from feet swelling causing some issues with ingrown nails, mild

Wish me luck !