On my way to work this AM, lugging my tote bag (now always heavy with fruit), I suddenly realized how great I felt, at ease, alert, energized. This is it, health... something that in my 50th year had all but disappeared. I thought feeling sick, bone tired and sore half the time was a normal part of aging. The thyroid cancer my doctor said, while it wouldn't kill me it was something that many women my age got.

Now I disagree. I no longer accept disease as inevitable.

I've finally got my breakfast right, adding some pumpkin seeds to my blended fruit (mango/melon/banana) because it seems to digest a bit slower so I'm not hungry as fast, (no hunger for about 3 hours) and the pumpkin seed bits give me something to chew on which I find more satisfying. The only cooked food I eat now is a pita with maybe 1/4 cup of hummus in the evening and/or a bowl of veggie/potatoe soup, all the rest of my calories come from fruit and greens. Is that about 70-80% raw? Not sure.

The other thing I've changed besides eating lots of raw fruit is that I've started light weight training with aerobics and now... and I feel so good it's scary!

Thanks to all you regulars, your collective knowledge and motivating posts have helped to bring me back to this priceless gift (of health).

Dulset

How wonderful and inspiring!

Glad to hear you are doing so well.

Hope this is only the beginning of many good things to come!

Sapphire