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Kelli's raw transformation
I believe I hit rock bottom the year of 1997 when I had had 3 consecutive surgeries in a row to correct cervical dysplasia and had a cabinet full of prescription drugs to help control my menstrual cycle. The frequent visits to the GYN were becoming ridiculous....shots every month to cause my menstrual period to begin and handfuls of pills to get it to stop. I had been trying to get pregnant for over 4 years but between the doctors and myself, we couldn't get my period regular, nor could we get my polycystic ovaries to ovulate. I eventually had to come off the weight-loss drug Redux and hormone-suppressor Aldactone because they made me incredibly sick. But I kept taking the other hormone pills and headache shoulder/neck pain relievers. I ended up at a fertility center in New England for big-time fertility treatment. There I got even more hormones and then I had to start injecting myself with them as well. I eventually did get pregnant and was so elated that my problems had been conquered and a baby was really on the way. My real search for health and wellness began after the birth of my son. It was only then that I realized that none of my health issues had ever been addressed. The treatments and drugs I had endured had indeed gotten me the baby, but after the baby came I was left holding the same bag that I was holding before. I first heard that eating meat had a link to estrogen levels so I investigated that and found books on becoming veggie. So, immediately, I became a vegetarian. My diet changed but really nothing else did as far as my health, really. I did, however, boycott all of the hormone pills and was down to only taking the Motrin-800's for headache, neck and shoulder pains. My periods were still bad and irregular but I refused to see another doctor after my post-partum check-up. Actually, I haven't been back to any medical doctor since. While mucking through veggie books I became enlightened on juicing and juice 'fasting' and started playing with some of that as well. Years are going by at this point, maybe two. Still no change in weight or health really and I was really frustrated as I had made many, many changes. I found Nature's First Law
somehow on the Internet and that was my first introduction to raw foods.
I ordered The Sunfood Diet
Success System book and really, really tried hard to do what it
recommended. I had a very hard time with eating all of the greens, I tried
so hard to eat kale and just couldn't do it. I went back and forth for
some time trying to do it and then quitting because it was impossible
for me. Still, no matter what I did, the vibrant health the vegetarian
diet promised wasn't I searched and played with the Internet some more and found Dr Robert Sniadach's website for the Transformation Institute. I read it all and considered signing up for the course so that I could learn more of what I could do to help myself. I think it was while I was on his website that I found Ruth Allen's link to her Harmonious-Living page and I contacted her about the TI course. It was then that she asked me to join her e-group, which has forever changed my life. I met people who were like me, trying to eat raw but were having a hard time, plus others who were more experienced and had advice to share.. I had just begun trying to eat raw again when I found the group and it made such a difference, I am so indebted to that group. The founder of the group, Ruth, gave so much of her personal time to me in an amazingly selfless manner. She is a special gift to everyone she touches. Shazzie, the sweet soul that she is, gave me so much loving support in those early days. There are so many wonderful people that I've been touched by on that group that it is impossible to mention them all. I also had the opportunity to meet with Dr Doug Graham on that group and he taught me how to make the raw food diet work for me. It has been a pleasure ever since. Not perfect, not entirely smooth, but a true pleasure. I am actually enjoying my life now. I have since dropped every single med I was taking, lost over 70 pounds, I have no headache, neck or shoulder pain, ever. Never, like it's totally gone. My period has not only straightened out to a normal cycle but it has also regulated itself to the moon cycle. This surprised me because I had never heard of that before. But it did it all on its own and I found out about it after it had happened. This change has more than altered my diet, it has changed my whole life, lifestyle and the way I look at the world. My marriage is better now than when we were newlyweds. It is so liberating to be in control of my own health and well being. I do not in the least consider any one of the things I have 'given up' a loss, not one. My life now consists of home educating my children, loving my husband and praising the Lord for this experience He has given me. I also spend considerable time studying and reading up on Natural Hygiene and practicing it in my daily life. I aspire to bring my experience to others so that they, too, can experience the freedom that I am enjoying. Kelli, North Carolina
USA Shazzie says...
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They
say that everything happens for a reason... and I suppose than now looking
back I can see that for me this has been true. In hindsight it would appear
that the past 10 years of my life was completely wasted and ruined but
now I am able to see that it was all probably for the good in the end.
You might think that is a crazy statement considering the fact that about
10 years ago I went from a lovely and shapely young lady to a 250+ pound
mess seemingly overnight. My job as a night nurse left me miserable and
my deteriorating health and failing marriage were proof that my life was
a wreck. 
