Feeling Awful - Raw day 2

[ellelit]

ugg... yesterday was my first day raw, and i managed to do about 70% raw, and was feeling not too badly. today, i am aiming for 100% raw and i feel AWFUL! i woke up this morning all snotty and headachy and i just want to crawl into a hole and nap lol. here is what i have eaten so far today:

2 bananas
2 small apples
1 green smoothie, made with 1 banana, 1/2 cup mixed berries and 1 small bunch of some weird spinach-like veggie (trying new things here :)) and a bit of water
1/4 cup of sunflower seeds
1 cup of broccoli florets

i get lunch in a hour, and i am really looknig forward to it. i have:
avocado, red pepper and tomatoe mash with a little lime and i will put that into 6 red leaf lettuce leaves and sprinkle with cashews. i also have a pear, some grapes, some carrots and a orage to get me through until supper, but i dont anticipate eating all of that.

i am hoping that i start to feel better soon...

on a side note... i cannot believe a human can poop this much. seriously.

[Veganforlife]

Hahahaha! Sorry, but yes, we humans can poop like no other! LOL!

You will be fine. Drink a good deal of water. That will help you feel better and "move" the gunk out of 'ya!

Your lunch sounds REALLY good!

hang in there...it's gets much, much better...

[MrsJ]

on a side note... i cannot believe a human can poop this much. seriously.

:D LMAO... sorry to laugh at your strife. I poop a lot more than normal because I don't have a colon, but eating raw hasn't helped this one bit! (=

[ellelit]

so lunch went well, but i could only stomach 1/2 of what i was planning on eating. i'm saving the rest for snack later, but man do i ever feel like crap. i am looking forward to the end of the day so i can go home...

how long does the detox usually last? i'm hoping to be well on my way by the end of the week.

[Veganforlife]

Awwww, poor thing. It depends. EveryBODY, everyDETOX, everyONE is different. Hopefully you are nearing the end of it...
Drink water...

[rich.sachs]

thanks for posting ellelit, i need raw food support, so with inspiration like yours maybe i can make it thru the day. i'm only eating grapefruit so far and hopefully i'll finish out the day that way, or find some other fruits. but it will be nice to read if you have any comment for me later. i'll look forward to it. like i said, i very much need other people who want to eat raw. i could go on of course, and talk for a long time, but i said a little something and hopefully just putting myself out there on your thread will give me the inspiration i need to just make it thru a day. to eat just grapefruit feels like fasting of course, but i can eat grapefruit for just one day and not die, all i have to do is fall asleep tonight without making this into a major issue in my head, to the degree that i don't do it.

it's nice to see there's 35 viewers on this forum. i just want to do a little communicating and stay raw one day at a time. if i can help anyone by commenting on their threads or get some comments myself, that would be a good thing and the goal.:):D:)

[Sarain]

I'm in the same boat right now. For the last week or so I've been about 70% raw ( working towards 100%!) I'll have little bursts of energy where I feel really healthy, and my joint pain/muscle stiffness is GONE! Then I'll feel fatigued and have a headache....And yes I'm making many trips to the bathroom too!

My mom has been raw for about 2 months and her digestive system is finally adjusting now. Her arthritis is GONE as well so she's happy.

People just tell me to PUSH THROUGH this stage because it's worth it!

[rich.sachs]

sarain, just push through this stage because it's worth it. i'm not battling specific injuries but i am battling a very powerful, egoic, rebellious mind and the pain i feel in letting go and just being raw no matter what is truly staggering. i simply refuse to ever fail again, i am not going to come back on some thread on here and say i'm starting over, that i failed. it's just too painful to ever do that again. i'm happy for your bursts of energy where you feel really healthy and the joint pain is gone. so stay with it, like i do, whatever we have to do to remain raw today and tomorrow is whatever we have to go through. i don't know why it's so important to me, but i just have to accept my day, however it turns out, as long as i'm on my produce diet, and whatever i get to do in a given day is what i get to do, without complaint.

i made a printout of my first post and i just have to keep reading it as often as possible today and tomorrow and just keep reminding myself that this is what i want to do, that i can't eat cooked and then go back to raw, back and forth, back and forth. i will be forever miserable this way. i simply have to have humility about this. well, thanks for posting sarain because it gave me a few things to think about and post about.:)

[Colorawdo girl]

Rich....you have it right.Raw one day at a time or moment at a time and not beat yourself if you eat cooked. I was so happy when I saw a balance.In the beginning I HAD to be raw and I did well.Then it got harder and I was so hard on myself.Well when I relaxed into it and was raw mostly and ate some cooked,all of a sudden it all became so easy to be raw.When I let it be ok to do whatever I was doing. I cut myself slack and it was easy after that.
I always used to giggle inside when people at a program would announce their percentage.Just for me,it doesnt matter.It really doesnt.To some it does and thats ok.
I ask:How do I feel? How am I doing? Am I balanced? Am I getting enough nutrients? Most important,am I loving this way of eating or is it a burden and all consuming every minute of my life? Then I relaxed into it.ahhhhh
Best to you in this.Lots of support to you whether directly or reading others experiences.Failure is only failure if you see it that way and if you dont get back up after you stumble a bit.

Thomas Fuller:

No garden is without its weeds.

[jurence]

The mucus is your body cleaning itself out. Get rid of the mucus ASAP via spitting, wiping WHATEVER it just needs help getting out. Drink lots of water YOU WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THIS

[rich.sachs]

i can't stay here long, i'd like to talk more than what i'm going to, and maybe i will in the future if i can get to this site regularly for fun or for help or for both. but we'll see about that. i would have had a "frozen" coke yesterday, but the stand was closed. i had some coffee at an event just now. in other words, i can't make the commitment to stay raw by coming on line here. maybe because there's no set day and time that i have to commit to, to be here, to work on my raw food diet. so, i'm going to go to an overeaters anonymous meeting sunday afternoon and make that a weekly commitment for one month, no matter what else is going on. if i put that meeting in my life and spend my time that way, i hope that i will stay committed to my diet.:)


Rich....you have it right.Raw one day at a time or moment at a time and not beat yourself if you eat cooked. I was so happy when I saw a balance.In the beginning I HAD to be raw and I did well.Then it got harder and I was so hard on myself.Well when I relaxed into it and was raw mostly and ate some cooked,all of a sudden it all became so easy to be raw.When I let it be ok to do whatever I was doing. I cut myself slack and it was easy after that.
I always used to giggle inside when people at a program would announce their percentage.Just for me,it doesnt matter.It really doesnt.To some it does and thats ok.
I ask:How do I feel? How am I doing? Am I balanced? Am I getting enough nutrients? Most important,am I loving this way of eating or is it a burden and all consuming every minute of my life? Then I relaxed into it.ahhhhh
Best to you in this.Lots of support to you whether directly or reading others experiences.Failure is only failure if you see it that way and if you dont get back up after you stumble a bit.

Thomas Fuller:

No garden is without its weeds.