rawpdxtyha Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Hello! My name is Tyha and I live just south of PDX. I have been transitioning to a low fat raw vegan lifestyle - from low fat vegan. This summer I have really started to focus on increasing my physical activity on top of fine tuning my nutrition. I have several fitness goals that I really want to accomplish over the next few years. Over the last few months I have been looking around online to become more acquainted with other vegans and raw vegans. I have read through several posts on here and look forward to doing so more often. I hope to get to know some more vegans in the area. Cheers to happy health! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Welcome aboard. We've got a pretty solid number of pdx folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Welcome! Thanks for joining us. We have about 40 members of this forum who live in Portland. We get together frequently. I have 3 other forum members who live with me, including a raw food vegan. You should join us sometime. Our Vegan Vacation starts at the end of this week. We'll have other forum members from around the country here, so come say hi. Welcome to our team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Wassssup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuc Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Welcome Tyha! Wow, another one from Portland! I'm sure you have no problem meeting more vegans! Also, nice to have more raw vegans here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DV Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rawpdxtyha Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Thank you all so much for the warm welcome. I have been looking around the area for some time now but it has been hard for me to step out and immerse myself in the local scene here in Portland. This has been a very interesting journey for me. I am a wife and mommy and though I eat vegan my husband does not. This is not a point of tension for us because when I started to make changes in my way of eating I realized that I do not live to eat and I refuse to let food control any area of my life...especially my marriage. With that said recently my husband has made some very big changes in the way that he eats. He eats mostly raw thought the morning and afternoon only eating a limited amount of meat with his dinner. Together we are becoming a more active family and focusing on just living! So this is an exciting time for us. In looking back over the journey thus far I am at a place now that I never could have imagined that I would be. I was born in Idaho and come from a family of hunters. As a kid all my uncles and father would hunt in the fall and gather enough to last until the next fall. Our staple meal was meat (usually fried), a boiled potato, and a canned veggie. We weren't a family that gave much regard to exercise at least not consistently and we were not active, as in enjoying outdoor activities together. We did diet but it was always done in the way of crash dieting...never lifestyle changes. We did it if some sort of event was coming up and so the family would do an all protein diet or the cabbage soup diet. It wasn't until I was older when I started researching and reading studies that I came across on my own that I started to look at changing my lifestyle and not just dieting. Over the course of time things started to change within me and thus here I am. I would love to be more involved or at least have more communication with others that are in my area however it is a little different for me because I have a family that isn't fully vegan and I don't like to do a lot of activities without my family. I am really enjoying reading the different conversations on here and look forward to participating. I recently have been trying to challenge myself to step out a little more and try to get more involved. This may be a great place for me to do so. Thanks again to all of you that have welcomed me I very much appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsorlando Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveliberate Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Hello & Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lean and Green Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Welcome Tyha! Pleasure to have another raw foodist around the boards! I have been 100% raw myself for the past two years and have done the high fat gourmet thing and low fat raw thing as well. As of right now, my body is absolutely thriving on low fat, below 10% sometimes below 5%, right now. It just feels right. Would love to meet you in person. I am here at vv08 in the 'Vegan House of Kindness' (Robert/Tasha/Jessifly's) pad and will be around until the 29th. Come swing by and hang. Tasha is raw also. Glad to have you here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flanders77 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Welcome!I love to see more rawfoodists here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Hey, how are things going? You should join us for Portland activities! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Cool, another raw foodie Welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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