Pailani
05-16-2006, 05:17 PM
I'm on day 5 of a renewed commitment to eating 100 % raw. I've felt okay so far, no different, until today - I'm starting to drag and feel icky and thick-headed. Lucky me, just in time for dh's one day off for the week. :rolleyes:
I've been mostly raw for over a year, but very lax about it the last 3 or 4 months. I first started eating healthy when I had a 2-year-old and I was catching every cold and virus that went around. I started a vegan diet, and I lost some weight and stopped getting sick. Then I had another baby and started eating raw/high raw. Switch to this past winter, I had a two-year-old and I've been catching every cold and virus that's gone around - and on a high raw diet! I think that discouraged me, and between that and lots of things going on (including the viruses where I didn't feel so hot) I just haven't been as committed. Every month it seems like I've been slipping farther and farther away from my raw eating. For the last month, I'd have green smoothies for breakfast and lunch, but then some kind of cooked vegan something in the evening, followed by popcorn or corn chips. A lot of times, I'd be dragging and shaky on the smoothies and would only start to feel okay after dinner.
Now I'm trying again because I'm tired of feeling tired. But here I am, sticking to it, not cheating, and I'm tired and draggy, and my head feels filled with glue. Everybody else does this and they feel great. Could it just be that it's never going to happen for me?
Could it be that it won't happen while I'm drinking herbal tea or green tea? I do understand the benefits of a 100 percent raw diet, but it seems like that one concession shouldn't prevent me from having some kind of improvement. And I'm not sure I can drag myself through the day without it, not if I'm this exhausted.
I've been mostly raw for over a year, but very lax about it the last 3 or 4 months. I first started eating healthy when I had a 2-year-old and I was catching every cold and virus that went around. I started a vegan diet, and I lost some weight and stopped getting sick. Then I had another baby and started eating raw/high raw. Switch to this past winter, I had a two-year-old and I've been catching every cold and virus that's gone around - and on a high raw diet! I think that discouraged me, and between that and lots of things going on (including the viruses where I didn't feel so hot) I just haven't been as committed. Every month it seems like I've been slipping farther and farther away from my raw eating. For the last month, I'd have green smoothies for breakfast and lunch, but then some kind of cooked vegan something in the evening, followed by popcorn or corn chips. A lot of times, I'd be dragging and shaky on the smoothies and would only start to feel okay after dinner.
Now I'm trying again because I'm tired of feeling tired. But here I am, sticking to it, not cheating, and I'm tired and draggy, and my head feels filled with glue. Everybody else does this and they feel great. Could it just be that it's never going to happen for me?
Could it be that it won't happen while I'm drinking herbal tea or green tea? I do understand the benefits of a 100 percent raw diet, but it seems like that one concession shouldn't prevent me from having some kind of improvement. And I'm not sure I can drag myself through the day without it, not if I'm this exhausted.