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We are on day 5 of the 100 day challenge. I have been totally raw one day, yup you read that right one day. However I have been at least 80% raw for three more.
And you know what, Bunny's right, there is no test at the end. Why am I doing this challenge? To get into healthy eating habits and to only eat mindfully. Only one of the five days do I feel like I "failed" in the sense that I was stuffing food in mindlessly. Other than that I have made very conscious and indeed healthy choices.
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Hello my name is Jessica and I am an emotional eater. I've eaten to stuff emotion for several years now and now that I'm trying to clean up the eating, I need to figure out how to clean up the emotional health part as well. Because I'm not stuffing I have all kinds of emotions all over (I might drive my husband to drink soon) and need some advice to start processing and dealing with some of this stuff. Any and all suggestions welcome!

I've been thinking about how I got here--here being 210# (which is down from closer to 240#). I grew up with overweight parents and an overweight younger sister, but I was always thin and muscular. My grandmother used to tell me, "You'll just be one of those people who can eat anything and no gain weight." I chose to believe her. In my early twenties I flirted with vegetarianism, cut out most dairy and felt great. So how did I get here?
I married relatively young--23 and immediately had five chi… Continue