An experience

[lori ann]

Hi guys!

First of all I am so thankful for this fourm it is what motivates me to keep going. Anyways, I truely (can't spell) believe in this diet, but I keep struggling going off and on the wagon. Most the time I stay mostly raw, but recently It was my birthday and I went on vaction to Florida. At that time I took the part of my brain that makes me eat well and threw it away. I ate really bad and since being back I have not had a chance to go shopping. Today I finally get to go to the store and get back to normal.

Anyways, I so can notice a difference. I feel awful and have no energy v's before of feeling great and having energy. Also at times my body even felt bad after eating it -sugar- We went to Mickey's Mouses not so scary halloween party and go to go trick or treating as adults and I went crazy eating the candy. I had my husband take it out of the house today to his business.

So today is my day to get back on the lifestyle and hopefully stay there. I never fell so off as I recently did. I know not to beat myself up, but this last time is an expection-I did bad, but time to dust myself off and go on.

[SuBu]

Yea Lori Ann! You jumped right back on! You could still be sitting in your pitty pool of candy and yuk but you got right back up. Great job! And not beating yourself up--that's such a positive. I've spent years with negativity and self-loathing, an all-or-nothing mentality. Breaking that cycle is very difficult. Your positive attitude is very healthy and will lead you to make the right choices. Looking forward to hearing more encouraging news from you.

[EZ rider]

I don't think you have to worry about going "off the wagon" because you seem determined to get back to raw. I think the people who arn't as determined as you seem to be are the ones who "fall off the wagon" permanently and head down to road to SAD's sickness, disease, and shorter life.

[RawHeaven]

Lori Ann, I did the same thing yesterday. I made a quick run to Target to pick up some non-food items and as soon as I walked in the door I was slammed in the face with huge bags of Halloween candy everywhere. It actually made my stomach turn and made me dizzy, but not enough not go to peak around the corner to see if my old favorites where in there. lol. Snickers! I saw them and turned around and walked away. I couldn't do it knowing what that sugar and milk would do to my body if I ate them and I didn't want to feel like crap.

However, the darn things were also at the checkout. I was having a full blown chocolate craving now (can't imagine why) and it hasn't happened to me in weeks. I succumbed. I took that bag home and promised myself I'd have only two or three pieces. I know full well I don't do packaging well, and you know I ate the entire bag last night. Just kept popping those little mini candy bars in my mouth. Immediately I felt sick, had a monster headache, had spots in front of my eyes and couldn't see clearly, heard my stomach growling and protesting while I was chewing and woke up feeling like a train ran over me.

The GOOD NEWS: My body is so tuned into eating well now, that it quickly got rid of that poison I ate yesterday!!! I'll spare you the details, but after eliminating this morning, it's out of my system. I know because some of it wasn't processed - sorry just sharing. I can't really believe how fast I turned that around - it's pretty miraculous actually.

I had my green smoothie and I'm back to feeling great.

I know the truth about myself that I can't bring that stuff in my house, especially if it's packaged. I will eat the whole thing, just like I used to in the past! So it happens to all of us I think... you may experience a cooked or junk food relapse occassionally. Simply get back on your raw food program like you're going to do and you'll be fine! You may find that it's just a small blip in the radar, your body knows what it's doing, especially if you've been treating it like royalty eating raw foods. :)