Ella is my name and 18 is my age. I was exposed to cooking and food from a very young age due to my dad being a very good cook and the cook of the household. The day which I started talking and walking he would have me stalking mushrooms and peeling carrots at the kitchen bench whilst he cut up the veggies and cooked mum and I dinner. So that said, I have grown up in the kitchen. As I got older he would let me cut up the veggies and then slowly taught me the right ways to go about cooking meals properly without burning anything.
At the age of 15 I was a state swimmer and sprinter but in year 9 I got struck down by glandular fever which meant I could not do any sport or exercise at all because I was bed ridden. By the time I got over the illness but fitness was not what it was before and I gave up my sports. The one mistake I did make was that I did not change my diet when I gave up my sport. Still eating a lot of carbs and big portions I gained quiet a lot of weight in the next few months. I was bullied for this and unfortunately I spiralled downhill with depression and anorexia.
I moved schools three times due to bullying but never finished year 12 because I was too unwell and could not focus at school due to malnutrition. At the age of 17 I was at 45kg and could hardly do anything but sleep. I was in and out of a psychiatric clinic over 2 years. When I turned 18 I made the biggest decision of my life......to start eating again. And I did but unfortunately replacing it with something more destructive than before. Turning 18 is a big milestone, I was legal now and there was nothing stopping me from going out clubbing and going wild. But I got a bit too wild......getting out of control and addicted to drugs. That lasted for 6 months, it tore my family apart and it tore me apart but I just wasn't realising it. It was only till I had a huge realisation one night that I was going down a path which had no future and I completely stopped all drugs and clubbing.
It was my time to take control of my life and my eating. No more drugs, no more clubbing, no more unhealthy eating......it was time to take control. And that is exactly what I have done. Its been 6 months now that I have been clean from drugs and 3 months being raw vegan. I cannot explain how amazing I feel. My body is so thankful for the changes I have made and I feel so much healthier and happier.
Going raw vegan was very hard and daunting at first so I started going vegan first. I was never a fan of meat and dairy so it actually wasn't that hard. I love animals and I hate the thought of what they go through just to feed us. I found I felt healthier with raw vegan food rather than just vegan and I found a passion in showing others how healthy and yummy raw vegan food actually is.
My love is in desserts, always has been and always will be but my diet mainly consists of fruit and vegetables with the occasional sweet to curb my sweet tooth craving.
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