One dream that I have is something that has been bubbling on the surface for the past 3 months (after brewing below the surface for the past 9 years…). It all ties in with my own feelings of Self Love /
Worth.
I want to be fit and healthy and living my life at my ideal weight – whatever that turns out to be.
To do this I’ve been drawn increasingly to ‘eating raw’ as, not only will this stabilise my body weight to its natural state, it will also remove toxins from my body and clear my thoughts which will help me in my desire to work with the Universal Energy to live a life I love (also reiki / spiritual /angelic healing especially interest me and the clearer you are the better channel you can be).
I first started to ‘geddit’ about the difference between ‘going on a diet’ and ‘getting healthy’ when I bought (and followed religiously) the Fit For Life book after I had my daughter, Chloe, in 1994. And with a determination I’ve been striving to find again, I stopped stuffing my face with the wrong foods and got down to my pre-pregnancy weight (with some killer abs from doing Step Reebok video workouts no matter how bored I got), only to then fall pregnant again.
I’ve read with great delight the books by Jason ‘The Juicemaster’ Vale and this has had an impact on me to give juicing a go and I feel the benefits really quickly (when I do it) – loads more energy, clearer skin, sparkly eyes, no uncomfortable bloating, lowered body fat percentage, loss of unwanted fat and a desire to exercise as it suddenly seems like fun (bizarre !!!).
But as soon as people start to notice the changes in me I relax(?) and fall back into old habits. (I secretly wonder if I self sabotage myself as I have a fear that I’ll get pregnant again – even though I’ve been sterilised…)
Anyway, now I’ve acknowledged that fear (and my other biggy that popped out in a conversation with a friend – will my new self confidence end my marriage?), I’m telling myself that I have choices and that if I can love myself enough to treat myself well, what amazing things could I then do to help other people? After all – you can only give what you’ve got.
Inspired by Jason Vale, I read with great interest the posts of The Raw Food Coach, Karen Knowler, on my sister (Nicola Cairncross)’s support group for The Money Gym and Karen’s newsletter Successfully Raw (sign up to get it for free at Karen’s website www.TheRawFoodCoach.com). Karen is inspirational to me. She walks her talk and her enthusiasm for what she does and the energy she exudes makes me feel that ‘I want some of that!’ So when she told the group that she was launching her new ebook – How To Get Started With Raw Foods – I downloaded it immediately.
I’ve just finished reading it today and am amazed at …