Essential Oils

To Valued Readers,

                               How are you? I hope all is well.

I've been feeling better physically since I've been mostly avoiding meat, dairy etc, but having it occasionally. I've been taking Magnesium and Iron supplements as well as chlorophyll and a Multivitamin. Mentally things have gotten worse as I've changed my medication to an injection form, which is suppose to be "more stable". I'm usually fine during the day, but at night I suffer from a lot of hallucinations. It makes it difficult to sleep, but once I am asleep I tend to sleep right through or at least for a couple hours at a time.

Just recently I went to an Essential Oils group to learn more about Essential Oils and how they may benefit me and others in the group. I purchased some essential oils. The one I am most looking forward to receiving is the Frankinsense Essential Oil. I'm also looking forward to the new form of support in my life - getting to know people who are so passionate about what they do and why - and learning from them - and perhaps sharing a little of what I know as well. 

I really feel that the essential oils are going to help a lot, as some of them are safe to ingest and others are safer taken topically. I'm looking forward to greater health and vitality, balancing my system and finally healing. I've heard that essential oils can save lives and I'm not surprised by that at all because I know how directly they can impact upon us through various membranes.

Thank you if you've read this far and I hope that you've enjoyed this post. Feel free to comment below if you have any questions or queries or something to say. Have a great day and an awesome life and may God Bless You Always! :D

What I've Eaten Today

To Valued Readers,

                               How are you? I hope you're going well. Please leave a comment in the comment section below on how you're going.

What I've eaten Today:

Today I have not strictly been vegans, nor vegetarian for that matter, but I have avoided meat for some meals.

Breakfast:

Oats with milk.

A snack: Chicken Wrap (it had chicken, eggs, cheese in it)

Another snack: Banana smoothie with blueberries, strawberries and coconut water, with extra berries on the side

Another snack: a big massive juicy MANGO.

I'm not sure what I'll have for dinner, but perhaps I'll eat out and have fried rice, or make some at home with brown rice and broccoli.

I don't have any meat, dairy or eggs in the house, which is a good start.

I'm still working on minimising meat.

Thank you for reading this far.

Have an awesome day and a great life.

:)

Re-strategising the Experiment

To Valued Readers,

                               Hi. How are you? I hope you are well.

I've decided that I definitely still want to be vegan. It's going to be really challenging, as I now know from experience. However, it's going to be WORTH IT. I've decided that I will not go ahead with the experiment as previously planned, but go back to the drawing board, re-work it and strategise it more.

I'm thinking along the lines of increasing my intake of all vegan foods, while decreasing my intake of meats, dairy etc, over a longer period of time. I'm thinking this could take years, rather than months, weeks or simply dropping meat immediately as many vegans have done.

I feel that I need to be really careful about this process because of my various medical problems, both physical and mental health-related. I need to find a Doctor who supports my decision, who can be a valuable source of information and support for me to continue the process (safely).

Furthermore, I am looking at meeting more vegans (as I currently don't know any at all, except through Facebook). Perhaps I will try MeetUp.com. or go to meet ups in my area organised through Facebook. We'll see.

Thank you for continuing to read my blog.

Have a great day and an awesome life and may God Bless You Always! :)

I'm A Hypocrite

To Valued Readers,

                               Hi. How are you? I hope you are going great.

I created this blog for the purpose of sharing my journey from meat eater to fully raw vegan, with good intentions behind it. However, I cannot at this stage deliver on this. I have been feeling very lethargic (possibly due to Iron deficiency or some other deficiency - I won't know until my Dr comes back on the 21st of January. 

To prevent any further decline, have strength, vitality and some energy (I hope) I am back eating meat again, with absolutely no regrets, inso far as my health is concerned. I have been feeling better physically since I have been eating red meat again.

I feel that I have tortured my body, not by avoiding meat so much, as by not knowing what I am doing eating piscapalean-vegetarian. I find that I have not found it easy to keep up with alternating between kale, broccoli and spinach smoothies. In fact, I have often neglected to make the smoothies, which is possibly why I may lacking certain necessary nutritious components.

At this stage my plan is to continue eating meat up until I see my Dr, then plan with her how I am going to do this (properly). If she doesn't help me plan it, I will try seeing another Dr and yet another until I find someone willing to work with me. This is a lifestyle choice that I am making so that I am no longer contributing to the unnecessary suffering of animals, and in some ways to be healthier.

I do still very strongly believe in the fully raw vegan diet and want to give it my best shot. Perhaps I will end up preferring to be raw till four or vegetarian instead. I could settle for vegetarian - for the sake of my palate, but not for the sake of my health... because I know there are people who are vegetarian out there who are overweight (which can lead to heart problems) and there are those who are vegan... never seen an overweight vegan, unless they were overwight to begin with.

I myself am overweight. I am approximately 100kg. I was 105kg about a month ago and 102kg last I checked. I estimate I am 100kg now due to eating healthier. I'm one of those people who on first glance, doesn't look overweight, but if you're really looking for it you can see it. I don't like how being overweight feels in my body. It hurts. It is hard to move the way I would normally move, for example during exercise.

I really want to get on top of my health, including my weight - for the sake of my health. This goes beyond the realms of diet (not dieting, diet: what we eat that is healthy versus fad/crash dieting). It goes into the realms of being physically active and exercising on top of that. So, controlling what I eat (by making better choices daily), staying active and exercising in addition to incidental activity is my goal. 

So this blog is evolving into something I didn't really want it to be about. However, I hope you'll join me on the journey of discovering what it takes to be healthy... and I hope that at a later stage I will be able to get on with the experiment. For now the focus is on health, rather than experimentation, and that's perfectly ok. I think it's a better way to go about it for now.

I do care about the animals, though no, I haven't seen Cowspiracy - nor do I want to see it. I think it would be gut wrenchingly horrible to watch. I cry when I see what happens to animals... but there is still this big disconnect between the emotions and my actions. I know. I am doing what is right for my body first and foremost, then when I'm sorted I can go about avoiding causing pain and suffering to other sentient beings. I realise this makes me a Hypocrite. So be it for now. When I do get on the bandwagon, it will be so worthwhile.

Thank you for reading so far.

Have a great day and an awesome life. May God Bless You Always! :D

Not So Meatless Over Christmas

To Valued Reader(s),

                                 Hi. How are you? I hope you're well.


An update:


I feel that I need to alter my plans and change the process of what this whole blog is about (going from meat eater to fully raw vegan in 6 months). What I would like to do is wait until after chrismas, because this is a very stressful time of the year and there is a lot of meat shoved under my nose - and I am still someone who very much likes the taste and smell of most meaty foods still.


I have mostly stuck to the diet plan that I had... which is just to eat everything except meat, with the exception of fish, although I caved on two occasions. One was at a christmas party. I justified eating some chicken to myself (it was horrible, and I felt sick after - I felt like a little piece of my soul died).  And today I had a hotdog, which did not have the same soul-crushing affects of chicken, because it simply didn't look like the original product.

At this stage, I am considering just doing my research up until perhaps February 1, then starting with the fish phase. However, in the meantime I will try my best to eat vegetarian and only have meat if I am truly craving it, if I'm needing sustenance or for any other reason I deem fit, provided it's a good one.


I'm still having my kale smoothies. I'm feeling good. Someone recommended I track my mood and other factors for you guys, so there is something quantifiable to have a look at. I'm happy to do so as well, I just need to figure out the best way to do this and how to include it here in this blog.


If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, or constructive feedback, all are welcome.

Thanks in advance.


Have a great day and life and God Bless! :D

I'm Back!

To Valued Readers,

                               The last couple days I haven't written any blog posts, as you may have noticed. I have taken some time to rest up, because I was feeling very exhausted. I haven't put my finger on what could be causing this exhaustion, although I do realise that I haven't been covering my Iron by having leafy-green vegetable smoothies. I've been having a lot of fruit smoothies, however, which make me feel good and energised for a time.

The last two days I've been having a lot of empty carbs, which is something that I don't want to continue, because of how it makes me feel. I do realise that it's good to get carbs, but I'd much prefer to get them from my vegetables than from any grains. I'm not excluding any grains at this stage - but when I do, it will only be a particular 4 types of grain and maybe one or two other grains... any containing gluten. 

I don't need to do this step, as I'm no longer a coeliac (I was diagnosed in 2010 by a Gastro Doctor), (healed in 2014 by faith in God/Universe/Myself). I am doing it only because I want to experiment with this once again and see how I feel without it. Last time I felt it made no real difference in how I felt, only it DID stop me needing the toilet 24/7 at that time. Now it doesn't bother me at all, but I sense that I might feel a little better without it. We'll see.

That's all I want to say for now folks. I hope you have a great day and life, and God Bless.

Difficult To Avoid Meat: But Still Going Relatively Well

To Valued Readers,

                               today, thought I'm informally starting my month of not eating any meat except fish, I did sneak some chicken flavouring in from some noodles that were given to me. I wouldn't have eaten these if I had anything edible in the fridge - other than some cauliflower, carrots and tomatoes. That being said many fruits came into my life today in the form of leftovers from a parcel someone in the household purchased. Yum yum!


I'm a little off track, but then it doesn't formally start until the 1st of December, so I'm cutting myself a little slack. I expected something like this might crop up. I'm not too disappointed. In fact I'm glad that I've done as well as I have done so far. To prevent this happening again, I need to stock up on things I CAN eat in both the fridge, freezer and cupboard. I can do this tomorrow when I go out.

I will write more when convenient to do so.

Have an awesome day and life and God Bless!