Hello Everyone!  My name is Jen (aka Kashmir3).  I've been mostly raw for 3
months now.  (I've been a vegetarian for 15 years)  I have 3 daughters, two
of whom are nursing.....6, 3 and 10 months.  I've been posting occasionally
at living-foods.com and I love the site, but I am feeling like there is a
lack of balance.  I walk 4-6 miles a day and do Taebo every day.  On 100%
raw I was feeling "spacy" and shaky.  I also had constant gas/diarrhea, even
though I am very careful about food combining.  I have in the past month or
so eased onto the Fit For Life style, I have fruit in the morning, a raw
almond/banana/date or berry shake for lunch....dip and veggies for snack and
a huge main dish salad with grains, beans, cooked veggies, etc.  I lost
about 25 lbs on the raw and for that I am grateful.  I guess what is hard
now is that I'm so afraid of gaining it back now that I'm eating cooked.  I
realize that this is irrational!  Before I went raw, I was eating fruit in
the morning, then binging all day on moderately healthy food (except for the
cheese!) and then after a HUGE dinner I would send my husband to the store
for a POUND of chocolate and I would eat it all!  Now really, eating about
25% cooked whole grains, veggies and legumes is NOT going to make me gain
weight with all of the exercise I do, also nursing two kids!  :)  Help! I
need reassurance!!!  I have been mildly anorexcic/bulimic in the past and I
feel like I'm falling back into that mindset with all raw.  I went to Tom
Billing's site (BeyondVeg) last night and was almost in tears because
finally I found some validity in what he was saying!  I love eating mostly
raw but I have a hard time personally believing that grains and cooked
veggies are "poison".   I hope this was ok to post, I don't want to step on
any toes!  Peace!  Jen aka Kashmir3
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Brandt <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: hi


>Roberta:
>>I have enjoyed this list tremendously.  I have decided to stop my
subscription
>>someone in the next month, in the near future, for a while.  I have the
good
>>fortune of becoming so busy with work that I'm turning down all new work
until
>>June, so everything is going to be put on hold until I'm less busy.  I can
>>barely respond to my emails.
>
>Roberta, we will miss your gentle wisdom.  When your schedule eases up a
little, make sure to pay us a visit. :)
>
>Best, Peter
>
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