5kgs Darling!

It's important to me that you understand that while I am looking forward to weight loss as a Raw Foodist, it is not my underlying reason for the lifestyle change. A large part, but not the only reason. Now that we understand that I have more serious and more important and more noble reasons than mere weight loss, let me say that I have lost 5 kgs IN MY FIRST WEEK!!!!!  Ta ra ta ra ta ra! And I've never felt better! Today is the 8th day of me being a 100% Raw Foodist and having felt that my clothes were no longer shrinking, I jumped on the scale. I promptly got off and checked the dials, shook it, bashed it against the bath and this time stepped slowly and cautiously onto it. The scale, she doesn't lie baby! 5kgs down! If that is not sufficient motivation and encouragement to change to Raw, I don't know what is.
But let me tell you about some of the other health benefits I have started experiencing. Firstly my relationship with food is changing. Those of you with deeply ingrained weight problems will know exactly what I am speaking about when I say I no longer feel guilty about eating. This is a huge benefit and it all ties in with loving ourselves - another blog post for another day.
My knee joints have been agonisingly sore for many months now - to the extent that I would go up a flight of stairs sideways. Just so that I did not have to bend my knees. I am now bending my knees pain free! We have a short flight of stairs from our front door to the area where we park the car and I am now climbing up and down those stairs easily, painlessly and fast. I know that it sounds like a huge benefit for a short space of time but that is what Raw Food does. Once your body realises that this is the way it is going to be, the effects are fast and furious and nothing short of miraculous!
I'm moving out of that 'sleep all day' phase and the energy is now kicking in. My brain is firing faster than it has in ages and all of a sudden I don't have enough things to do.
I find that I am expressing myself more eloquently to my children and I am managing whole days without screaming at them!
My complexion... I'm not too sure what to say here. I have taken a photo now - this morning - and will take another one in a few months time and then post the two of them for comparitive purposes. But I have lost wrinkles. Yes, I know you don't believe me - I wouldn't believe me either if I was reading this - which is why I've taken the pics. I've read that even grey hair reverts to its natural colour after awhile so I've taken pics of the grey as well. Imagine how amazing that would be!
It's not as difficult to change to Raw as you might think it would be - you can read my blog Raw Delights  - it will give you more information about the food that I am eating.
The secret is to ensure that you have Raw Snack Food close by.

Most importantly, the results so far are that I'm feeling great, feeling gorgeous, collecting heaps of energy, losing wrinkles and 5kgs in the first week darling!