Why Raw Vegan?

I want to give a brief explanation on why I decided to choose a Raw Vegan Diet rather than Vegetarian or Vegan. Since I was around 20 years old I started to be vegetarian, growing up in Italy is really hard avoiding cheese and mozzarella products, which I absolutely adore by the way. I lasted something like 15 years or so, with some exceptions here and there along the way. Since I moved to Canada I started having issues with my weight and my health in general – tell me about the North America food please!

My diet changed so I started to eat most of the chicken meats and any type of sea food, with exceptions more often than generic episodes. But my weight problems increased drastically, not only I wasn't able to manage my weight anymore, I had an eating disorder, I was taking tons of supplements, injections, anything that could help me heal from my insane food obsession. I was taking drugs thinking that could help me with my addiction but maybe it was the opposite results.

So I thought many times to go back on my vegetarian lifestyle, mostly because I love animals and I never felt "right" on eating them, but again being vegetarian I thought doesn't make any sense. I would still eat animal derived products, so still helping this cruel market doing whatever is doing and eating products that in any case will enable killing animals. Not to mention all the hormones given to animals and their food that I would be exposed to. So I thought ok maybe I could be vegan, but this option sounded non-sense to me as well. Maybe there are some extents on being Vegan that are ok, but where do you draw the line? I mean an Oreo cookie is Vegan, should I be ok with that? No, this was not what I was looking for; I wanted to start a diet that I could enjoy what Mother Nature gives us, just like it is; no processed food in any form.

The answer for me was only one: Raw Vegan Diet, nothing that comes from a box, no oil, no salt, no caffeine, no pops, nothing coming from animals or fish, no supplements, no sugar, no artificial sweetener, no grains, no Stevia, no starch, very small amount of fat, nothing that's been fried, boiled, baked or processed in anyway at high temperatures – that could potentially destroy what are the natural benefits of the food itself. This Diet so far is keeping under control my cravings, this alone is the best benefit I could ever ask to a diet, and I know I often overeat but I don't feel miserable, my weight is doing fine so far, I have 2/3 bowel movements a day, I feel happy eating what I eat, I love the food, I don't feel on diet for the first time since I don't know how long. Do I miss anything? Probably I miss a warm pizza sometimes, a warm soup; I will miss my grandma pasta recipe but nothing that will ever make me regret what I'm doing for my health.

HCG Diet - VLCD #21 - New refill for my HCG addiction

Today is my VLCD #21, so far I'm still happy every day, which for me is priceless more than losing weight. Motivation is always the key for success in anything we do. As per my weight loss is really slowing down, I've to say it, not sure if I'm taking too much food or it's just my body holding on the fat for survival.

This morning my Ketosis was around small to moderate, a bit less than usual, I'm wondering if my huge soup last night may have had an impact on that; but I promised myself I will not load my body with such big amount of water and soup anymore, I felt stuffed and uncomfortable.

Last night I also had my usual Detox Bath, I didn't bath for too long, I'd say roughly 15 minutes, the water was too hot and I was sweating since the temperature outside was already warm enough. It's important though to have hot water for the bath, and also not to rinse after, just dry with the towel and that's it. I took a shower before the bath to wash my hair, in the previous weeks I use to take the shower after, which was wrong.

This morning I ordered a new refill for my HCG injections, same company where I bought last night, they're from Nebraska, although the pharmacy that sent me the injections and syringes was from Florida, not sure how it works but last time the shipping took only 2 weeks and I was pleased with the service overall, they're very prompt to resolve any issue.

I don't know how and when I will do my next round, initially I thought I would do only one round, hoping to lose everything I needed to in the 35/40 days of injections; but my body didn't agree with that, my weight loss is not steady, it's taking more than expected but I'm ok with that, it's my life my wellbeing, I shouldn't rush anything when matter of health and happiness. I was ok on buying another HCG vial also because of the way this hormone helps me with my mood; I'm not having sugar and sweets since Christmas now, so more than a month and I'm happy, not 100% of the days or through a day but I'm happier than I was before, happier than I don't remember since when, I'm enjoying myself every day, doing nothing, being alone, being around people, I feel more positive, if this makes any sense.

HCG is addictive, apart from the weight loss results, it gets you into a good mood, good energy and feelings, and you don't want to stop this positive pattern. I look ok now, I mean I obviously I need to lose more weight, but nobody would ever tell the difference between how I look today and if I lose another 3Kg for instance, nevertheless I don't want to finish my round yet, I want HCG to be still active in my body, I want to keep going with my diet as long as I have injections. It does sound crazy I know but being without HCG looks scary to me at the moment.