Saving my Life

I am going to try a raw food diet. It is the only thing I know to do to try and save my life. The last two weeks I have been plagued with chest pains, including a couple I thought were going to be the "widower-makers". I felt the numbness in my left arm once, and the funny feeling in the left side at the back of my skull, meaning that I was having a mini-stroke.

This is a clear warning that if I am going to have very much of a future at all, I need to change my ways. I need to lose a lot of weight. I can't do low-carb any more, as I have griping muscle spasms after only five days- pity, because I lost 60 pounds on low-carb a few years ago, and was never hungry. I no longer smoke pot- it's been two years now- so, that helps with my breathing. But when I was up in NJ for Shane's wedding, it was a challenge to get around in the airport and pick up my baggage, and then getting up and down the stairs more than once or twice a day to get to the room I was staying in got to be a real chore. I dress well for an overweight woman, but I would look a lot better if there were less of me.

However, vanity isn't the main motivation here. I don't want to end up like my mother, who was only four years older than I am now when she had her first major heart attack. I've already dealt with the results of a "mild" stroke. It took me two years to recover, and I am still not the same and will never be the same.

I'm trying to avoid open heart surgery. I have had friends and "frenemies" who have had bypass surgery. One woman who was my age died a few years later because the stents we not put in correctly and they leaked. She left behind a grieving partner and two young children. My kids are adults, but I think they still want me around. I know that my husband does.

So, today for our main meal, I cooked Bertolli Shrimp and Pasta. It will be my last cooked meal until the Thanksgiving Holiday. I am going 100 percent raw foods, in an effort to save my life, bring down my blood pressure, get rid of about 90 pounds, stop wheezing and snoring when I sleep (according to Jim), and hopefully keep my heart from giving up and going on strike. I will do this the same way that I gave up smoking pot after 31 years of heavy use- one day at a time.

Here's a good web site, if anyone wants to know more:
Raw Foods Diet made EZ

As I listen to the wonderful voice of Paul Potts, I know that I literally have One Chance to get this right before my excesses kill me.