Bad no eating cycle - BOOO

[Graciebeliever]

Well WOW is all I can say.

Let's see where to begin....

Today is 74 days High Raw with no SAD slips :)

4 days ago I got called out of the house without notice to work and I didn't have any time to pack anything to take along. I have been taking food out with me everytime I leave the house and you can be sure that in the future I will keep some GRAB it and go stuff.

Ok so here is the thing....

I got to work and they had Donuts and Pizza (Holy Crimini Batman)
So as nothing like that was going to be allowed into my body I just drank water.
There was no struggle, nada, I simply got to work and did what I came to do an went home. Not hungry

I went all that night NOT HUNGRY, I woke the next day the same and so on...
I ate little to nothing for almost 4 days, I wasn't even really thirsty either although I did drink water.

I went shopping yesterday for all my wonderful Fruits and Veggies and I was totally exausted when I got home, like to the point of walking in the house and ploping on my bed and falling straight to sleep (thank goodness my sons put stuff away for me).

This morning I woke up and felt terrible, I found a swollen salviary gland under my jaw and I sat here thinking everything and decided to make myself eat something. I made a smoothie with Grapes, raspberries, blueberries, fresh carrot juice and baby spinach.

I am still working on it as we speak and 1/2 way through I was totally full.

You need to understand that I was an EATER. A BIG BIG Eater. This is totally new to me the lack of food in the body and the absence of the eating ritual. My body is now So different and to be honest it scared me it was so effortless and comfortable.

It wasn't so much the lack of appetite, as the fact that I actually went without food long enough for my body to jump to the next stage of detox and I didn't even plan it. I felt totally unprepaired

It almost seems like I am now living the life of a person not obsessed with/by food and I will have to listen more closely to my body and it's call for food.

So here is my question(s):

What do you do if you are just not hungry?
Do you think that my body was trying to tell me to lay off the food and let it heal something?
Any comments about your own experiences?

Thanks for listening

[lissomllama]

Yes, I think you hit the nail right on the head. This happens to me on occasion and I feel that my digestive tract just needs a rest. It means that obviously you've got a good store of nutrients so your body can take a rest and it doesn't need any more food to work on right then. Your body wants to use some of its stores for a while to keep you balanced. Just see it as a fast.

Of course, other factors are sometimes at play with many people. Sometimes depression causes lack of appetite, or illness etc. But you are raw so you're not ill. It's good to take a break but make sure you start eating after about a week at most, unless you are deliberately doing like a month long fast. Then you know what you're doing and you'll have control over it.

Just start back with light, watery foods full of electrolytes and gentle sugars to ease your system back into digestion.

[Rawzula]

When I started eating raw, I had almost no appetite. I had to force myself to eat. I realized that my digestive system needed a rest. I liked the feeling of not gorging myself with food all the time.

[juliebove]

I am rarely ever hungry any more. I do have diabetes so when I am hungry it is usually because my blood sugar has dropped too low. What I do is eat a few bites of something if I am truly not hungry and it's meal time. I have to keep a little food in my system at all times because of the diabetes. If I don't, my blood sugar goes wacky.

[codajess]

What do you mean "high raw with no SAD slips"?

Are you 100% raw with no SAD slips; or are you high raw, which means you do get some SAD foods?

[DavidZaneMason]

Just my opinions:

-Some people believe that the body is constantly 'missing' something.....and if I don't constantly put something back into it (like food) than I am going to wither and die.

-For those bringing in high energies......food can become less of an issue. And (as pointed out above) frequently the body wants nothing to do with food for a period of time.

-Take your cues from what your inner body intuition is telling you - and then make your own conscious decisions.

-I would not eat...if you were joyful in the not eating. I WOULD eat if you felt like you were missing out on something.....but I would eat a smaller amount.

-David Mason

[dreamrawalwz]

I think if the body is in need of deep cleansing it'll want you to fast and cause you do lose appetite. Same thing if you get sick...your body isn't hungry so you can fast and heal quicker. Just go with the flow.

[Graciebeliever]

What do you mean "high raw with no SAD slips"?

Are you 100% raw with no SAD slips; or are you high raw, which means you do get some SAD foods?

I say high raw and not 100% because although I check on my nuts, spices and oil and such, and they say yes 100% raw I just figured that I would factor that in to be safe. I have not gone back to any cooked food in any form and I should say 100% because I endevor to be just that :)

[juliebove]

What do you mean "high raw with no SAD slips"?

Are you 100% raw with no SAD slips; or are you high raw, which means you do get some SAD foods?

I might be being picayune here for saying this but I think there is a difference between eating cooked and eating SAD. However the term SAD is one that seems rather meaningless to me because it stands for Standard American Diet. I don't think there *is* a standard diet because there are so many variables depending on where you live.

I was born in the midwest where we ate a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, but we also ate stuff like black eyed peas and hominy. Such things are not commonly eaten here in the Pacific Northwest and when we served such things to dinner guests we were sometimes accused of trying to poison them. I've also had people tell me I was being cruel to my daughter by allowing her to have popcorn for breakfast. In the midwest popcorn is regarded as a grain and is often eaten as a cereal or part of the meal. Not just a snack. Fried food was also common.

When I moved to Cape Cod I was surprised to find how little good fresh produce was available, especially during the winter. Portugese food was common there and I don't think fresh fruits and vegetables are much a part of that. They also ate a lot of seafood there, something I was not at all accustomed to. Even though I grew up in the Pacific Northwest were seafood *is* common, we never ate it at home and it never appealed to me.

When we moved to NYC, I was annoyed at how next to impossible it was for me to find good food that wasn't Italian. I could find eggplant, peppers, and onions even at the convenience stores. But things like carrots and celery were harder to come by. Yes, I could find them but not always. I could not find any jicama there at all and it's common here on the west coast.

My husband lived for a while in Louisiana and developed a taste for their cuisine. I never did. Even though I like beans and rice, I don't like *their* version of beans and rice. Just don't care for the seasonings.

So what this *is* SAD? When I think of this term, macaroni and cheese comes to mind. Grilled cheese sandwiches. Maybe burgers or pizza. Yes, I know pizza is Italian but from what I've been told, the pizza you get in Italy bears no resemblence to the pizza we get here. And the pizza we get in this country even varies from state to state. Someone who is accustomed to eating NYC pizza would not like the pizza we get here in the Seattle area.

If a person says they are eating things like brown rice and steamed veggies, I would not call that SAD. Cooked yes, but not standard fare in most homes. Not the ones I know of anyway.

[rawpriestess]

I eat when I'm hungry and don't eat when I'm not,


today, I had one cup of herbal tea, that is all, it is 4PM, and I'm not hungry.

I just allow my body to tell me what to eat.

in the future, you may choose to keep some nuts and dried fruits in your car, I do with a couple bottles of water, also, you can call up most any grocery store and have food delivered, I order fruits, and have them delivered to my hotel rooms, when I stay, and also you can always order a salad to go, just a thought, although, again, if I'm not hungry then I don't eat.

[luckitri]

Wow GracieBeliever - I am impressed with you! Ha ha - hubby just tried to feed me SAD and I ate it and promptly threw it up! (Not intentionally.) Maybe I need to take that motivation discipline quote of yours and stick it on my eyeglasses! I think that you answered your own question. And juliebove, I have munched on raw green beans in front of co-workers who not only thought that I was supremely wierd for doing so - but actually asked me what it was that I was eating - they really did not know! Soon as it cools off I will be eating in my car again so I won't care what they think. You cause me to reminisce about shopping in the street markets in Chinatown NYC - I thought one could find everything there!

[codajess]

I might be being picayune here for saying this but I think there is a difference between eating cooked and eating SAD. However the term SAD is one that seems rather meaningless to me because it stands for Standard American Diet. I don't think there *is* a standard diet because there are so many variables depending on where you live.

I was born in the midwest where we ate a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, but we also ate stuff like black eyed peas and hominy. Such things are not commonly eaten here in the Pacific Northwest and when we served such things to dinner guests we were sometimes accused of trying to poison them. I've also had people tell me I was being cruel to my daughter by allowing her to have popcorn for breakfast. In the midwest popcorn is regarded as a grain and is often eaten as a cereal or part of the meal. Not just a snack. Fried food was also common.

When I moved to Cape Cod I was surprised to find how little good fresh produce was available, especially during the winter. Portugese food was common there and I don't think fresh fruits and vegetables are much a part of that. They also ate a lot of seafood there, something I was not at all accustomed to. Even though I grew up in the Pacific Northwest were seafood *is* common, we never ate it at home and it never appealed to me.

When we moved to NYC, I was annoyed at how next to impossible it was for me to find good food that wasn't Italian. I could find eggplant, peppers, and onions even at the convenience stores. But things like carrots and celery were harder to come by. Yes, I could find them but not always. I could not find any jicama there at all and it's common here on the west coast.

My husband lived for a while in Louisiana and developed a taste for their cuisine. I never did. Even though I like beans and rice, I don't like *their* version of beans and rice. Just don't care for the seasonings.

So what this *is* SAD? When I think of this term, macaroni and cheese comes to mind. Grilled cheese sandwiches. Maybe burgers or pizza. Yes, I know pizza is Italian but from what I've been told, the pizza you get in Italy bears no resemblence to the pizza we get here. And the pizza we get in this country even varies from state to state. Someone who is accustomed to eating NYC pizza would not like the pizza we get here in the Seattle area.

If a person says they are eating things like brown rice and steamed veggies, I would not call that SAD. Cooked yes, but not standard fare in most homes. Not the ones I know of anyway.

You're right. I was referring to what she said, that she was "high raw with no SAD slips" When I am on this website, I refer to cooked as SAD most of the time; although I haven't followed a SAD since I was 12, when I first stopped eating red meat, then when I was 16, I went vegetarian. So although I refer to my screw ups as "SAD," you're right, they technically aren't. Veg*nism is far from the standard american diet.

[dreamrawalwz]

You're right. I was referring to what she said, that she was "high raw with no SAD slips" When I am on this website, I refer to cooked as SAD most of the time; although I haven't followed a SAD since I was 12, when I first stopped eating red meat, then when I was 16, I went vegetarian. So although I refer to my screw ups as "SAD," you're right, they technically aren't. Veg*nism is far from the standard american diet.

I do the same thing. I never did eat the SAD. I only ate cooked/steamed things and the occasional organic canned soups/beans. I refer it to "cooked" when I talk about myself, but to all others (about them) I say "SAD" b/c I don't know if that's waht they ate or just cooked items. Just as I write this I think "i hope i don't offend those that never did eat SAD!" b/c sometimes if people refer to ME previously eating SAD I get defensive or something...meh, oh well haha. I'm rambling on and on!

[Coriander74]

I think with Raw, that our bodies are going to tell us exactly what they need. If they don't need food, then we're not going to be hungry. I personally have gone through this very thing, where all I have is fresh juice, or nothing but water. Sometimes for a few days.

Just watch how you feel :)

[Lay-Lay]

I have these spells sometimes too. I just allow my body to take the needed rest from food until I regain my hunger.

[lissomllama]

Sad doesn't just refer to cooked foods commonly ate by americans, it mainly refers to fast food, processed snack foods, packaged stuff etc. and these things are constantly eaten in some form pretty much all over America, in general.