I am a person who eats raw liver

[tanyalynn]

I am a person who eats raw liver.

Although that in and of itself is worth the s, what it really means is that I'm really accepting that I have changed. The new me really does weird health stuff like drink herbal infusions and eat raw liver, and really, it's NOT weird. It's good, it feels good. I think I've made good progress casting off my old perceptions of myself and accepting who I am now and who I aspire to be.

I've felt like something of a faker these past few years, eating better because we _needed_ to, to deal with health problems, but only slowly _wanting_ to. And now I think I *do* want to, and I do eat better, and can continue to strive to do better still, but with a bit less baggage.

And at a practical level, the raw liver wasn't scary at all. It was frozen chunks that I just cut up, swallowed them easy as could be. Sort of anticlimatic, but in a good way.

I wanted to share with this forum, one of several that have been very helpful in my journey, especially when I was just starting out.

[mbravebird]

Yaaaayyy!! So now it's not just the food that is nourishing you, but you who are nourishing yourself.

[deditus]

Go Tanya! I haven't had any in a long time - I should go take some out of the freezer...

[applecider]

Me too! The first time I did it, I thought, "this is so weird, it's raw meat!" But now it is no big deal. Same with kefir, I first thought, "yuck, this milk has been sitting out on my counter all day!" I have definitely seen changes in our family, for one NONE of us has gotten sick this fall/winter despite all the sickness around us (school). I will say that is very hard to stick to it and cook from scratch etc, especially when I am tired and cranky and don't feel like it. I am trying to remember that some TF is better than no tf and I figure I will slowly get better with time and as my kids get bigger, less needy.

[mom61508]

Woo HOoo Tanya! That's great..really great!

Hopefully soon I will be posting here saying the same thing Frozen liver is something I really want to try but I'm working up the guts to do it! Did you notice a difference in how you felt?

Did you back off any of your supps since eating the liver?

[tanyalynn]

It's hard to know for certain--I've definitely had more energy and a more upbeat attitude these last few days. I have been on an upswing lately, that was part of my being willing to step outside my comfort zone and try the liver, and I don't want to stop for a few days to see if I get more tired--I'm tired of being tired! Best guess, it's helping some, but not a shocking boost of super-duper-energy.

At this point, my supp list is pretty basic, well, at least for me, so I'm not dropping anything yet. But the supps I've been taking haven't done a lot for the fatigue, so whatever's going on, this is a definite improvement.