Hot water with some lemon

[srsarri]

This morning I got up, and it was quite chilly outside. I think I am going to have some trouble with it getting cold. I technically have not been raw in the winter yet! I decided to make myself a mug of hot water with lemon for my car ride to work. I drank it, It was VERY weird feeling the hot go through my body, I have noticed that since raw, after I drink a really cold bottle of water, I get cold SO FAST, almost to where it begins to feel uncomfortable. So I have been sticking to room temp water.

Back to the hot feeling, I DID NOT LIKE IT! It made my belly feel icky, I felt a little dizzy!! It was SO weird. Lately, its as if, After I eat something, I can feel it moving through me, and it either gives me a good feeling or a bad feeling!

I dont like it, I dont love it, but its kind of cool! (sometimes literally! hahaha)

anyone else experience this?

[Eva]

Holy goodness -- saw you're really close to your goal weight! Cool!

As for the lemon, I guess it would be cooking the lemon if it's really hot water -- so it's like having something cooked?

I don't know. It's colder outside, even colder than New England was... but I don't seem to desire herbal tea these days. I will have it socially at times, as opposed to beer, wine, coffee, etc., but it doesn't taste as good as it once did.

[Thick]

Maybe try some warm water instead of hot.

[rawstrength]

I enjoy warm teas and warm liquids, but not hot liquids. The other day I went to an herbal tea party (sooo much fun!) and I noticed that I was much more sensitive to the temperature of the tea than in my pre-raw days. My mouth would get burned so easily! I think on raw we can taste our foods much better because our mouths aren't getting burnt all the time from hot foods. It's pretty cool when you think about it :D .

[rayofsunshine]

I agree about using warm water. I use a themometer and just heat the water to about 105 F. It's amazing how warming that little bit of heat can be, and soothing.

Although I haven't been raw long, I experience the same thing with hot liquids. They feel too hot and I feel like I am burning my tongue and esophagus. This is coming from an ex hot tea drinker.

[Eva]

I agree about using warm water. I use a themometer and just heat the water to about 105 F. It's amazing how warming that little bit of heat can be, and soothing.

Although I haven't been raw long, I experience the same thing with hot liquids. They feel too hot and I feel like I am burning my tongue and esophagus. This is coming from an ex hot tea drinker.

This just gave me a great idea!!! I can use the dehydrator for tea water! It's cold here already anyways, and the dehydrator heats up my apartment a bit, so it's hardly wasted extra energy if I don't have crackers or whatever to dehydrate. :) Genius.

[srsarri]

GOOD IDEA EVA!! I get my dehydrator in a couple of days! wooohooo!