I love food! At almost 33 years of age, though, I was quickly realizing everything I ever learned about food…was wrong.

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When I returned home after a two month period of extreme illness and multiple hospital stays, I weighed 265 pounds. This would mark the highest weight I have ever been present with, and I fluctuated down and back up for several years.

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People around me were greatly concerned about my weight, and my health. It certainly made everything I had to endure that much worse. However, it was not the focus I had in mind early on in my journey, and in fact didn’t truly become a focus at all until the last year.

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I vividly remember my mother telling me that there was grave concern about my weight at that point in time, but she felt what good would losing weight do when I was literally struggling with basic daily tasks. Truly, tiny details of our day-to-day we all take for granted I was simply unable to do.

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For instance, here I sit putting pen to paper in order to share my story with the world, but back even a couple of years ago I couldn’t even write my own name without getting confused or having an explosively detrimental meltdown. Nor could I find the energy to take showers, cook healthy meals, or even be present with consuming meals mindfully.

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Needless to say, I have become well enough to hit the physical aspect of self. Being the lucky individual I am, I happened to have a friend who was making teaching and feeding the plant-based way her life’s work. Through Josie and the knowledge she had cultivated from her own life’s journey, I took the first step onto my Food Path of Awakening. 

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Follow my blog for anecdotal evidence from that segment of this incredible path I’ve been walking, as well as for recipes I concoct and/or consume on the daily!

 

Elle Says: All good things start with greens!!!

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