I feel the need to give a brief overview of why I’m interested in raw food and where I am with this personally, right at this moment.

Between 2004 and 2006 I had the fortune to experience living life in beautiful Perth, Western Australia and while out there I heard about Jason Vale, www.TheJuicemaster.com – a British guy who is PASSIONATE about juicing and helping people gain better health and vitality through consuming fruit and vegetables by juicing them. So from a forum posting, I promptly got onto Amazon.co.uk (no Amazon in Australia *sob*) and ordered Jason’s books to find out more.

Well as soon as his books arrived I lay in my hammock and didn’t budge for hours while I devoured his words (instead of chocolate) – his story and writing style inspired me and made me laugh out loud and I decided to start juicing.

My friends thought I was slightly nutty especially when…

I started drinking ‘pond water’ hahahhah – delicious green juices but I felt so good I just got on with it and started researching more stuff on health and nutrition.

When I came back to the UK in July 2006 I’d already fallen off my health wagon while I went back to old habits and sought comfort from food due to personal challenges I was experiencing with my marriage… I wasn’t happy and was chatting to my wonderful friend Paul Fuggle who knew about my previous interest in juicing and he asked me to go to a raw food weekend with him in early 2007.

Well, that was my first proper introduction to the variety of foods that can be eaten – in fact I was unable to eat all the food on offer that weekend as I found it so filling. For the first time in years my body was being given EVERYTHING it needed which meant my sugar cravings disappeared and I was satisifed! HOOOOO!!! I’ll tell you more about this experience in another post soon.

So after this I went on a high raw diet for a couple of months. The thing is though, I discovered how much I’d used cooked food/sugar to suppress and dull my feelings/senses. Eating raw gave me HUGE amounts of energy and also meant I was looking at all aspects of my life, no longer able to ignore things. Cleaning my body was also cleaning my mind and my spirit and questions arose for me which meant I couldn’t stop ignoring things and knew I had to make changes.

Phew!

So I started making those changes but also went back to the stuffing emotions by stuffing my face with junk *lol* This past year and half has been challenging but now I am feeling strong again and seeing signs EVERYWHERE that I can’t ignore about moving forward and a big part of that for me is to introduce raw food back into my life.

Why?

Because being raw, for me, gives me clarity. I reconnect with my Self. I feel empowered which, yes, can be scary but I WANT to bust out of my box now. I want to BE everything I think I can be and so much more. Raw food gives me TONS of energy. I lose weight – DAMN I want to be my perfect weight – whatever that is. I want gorgeous skin, shiny eyes and glossy hair (no – not a wet nose hahahah). I want to love shopping again – to wear lots of colour. To feel ALIVE and vibrant.

Eating raw gives me all this.

So this is why I’ve started this blog. I am reading positive stories, researching raw news, looking at delicious raw food photographs. I am rekindling my desire and reminding myself of all the reasons to go raw and surrounding myself with support as yes, many people around me don’t understand this lifestyle and I don’t want to spend my energy explaining or justifying my decision. I want to set myself up for success.

Hmmm ok this post is a bit burbly *grin*

Basically, right now, I am a cooked food junkie, slowly poisoning myself and holding myself back. But the shiny bright person I really am inside is very restless and I can’t ignore it any more.

This blog is a journey for me and I hope will be inspirational and informative for anyone else who is searching for their life purpose. I dunno what is gonna happen but I’m ready for the ride YAY!