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Welcome!
Welcome to the raw world! Eating raw for me has been like many sprints all put together with all speeds in between to make up a marathon. The key is to keep on picking yourself up from panting on the side of the road and get back in as soon as you catch your breath and eventually keep on going. I'm finally at that keep on going stage after 20 years of finding myself over and over in the ditch. It's my opinion that going raw is one of the most socially, physically, mentally and emotionally intense undertakings there is, but also one of (if not "the") most rewarding.
Please don't hassle yourself about your weight. Our society is so skewed in it's view of weight - especially when it comes to women. We are slaves to an ideal that is so superficial and poverty stricken that it makes me so very sad to hear you get discouraged about raw food because your body is resting at a certain weight. Don't buy into it. Make yourself healthy and happy and let your body be what it is. Love your body now and it will take care of itself and you. If you keep on saying you're not good enough to yourself your body will agree. Make new priorities for yourself. Every day tell yourself what you like/love about yourself. Get out and do fun activities that your body likes. Judge your progress by other criteria than weight - please. Live foods will eventually bring you to the weight that is perfect for you - not the weight that necessarily society would consider perfect. Many times while raw I was told that I was too skinny. When on cooked food I was told I was too fat. You can't please them - you can only please yourself. Raw foods is a big enough undertaking without that baggage.
You have accomplished a tremendous thing going raw. You have proven that you have a strong will, a cooperative body, that you care for yourself and that you make your own decisions. Now, that's beauty.
greenbunny
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