Nightmare!!!!

[Carolyn]

Man oh man, did I have a nightmare last night!!! Today is day four for my being 100% raw. I've been doing really well, too, no cravings to really speak of and the one time I did, I just told the sugar demon to leave me alone, that I was NOT interested!!! Seemed to work, too. :)

Anyway, I dreampt last night that I had a plate of rice ... and was midway thru before I'd realized I'd just blown being 100%!!! :eek:

I have to say, if all my nightmares could be like this one -- not scary in the actual sense, life would be great! :D

[Carlene]

Hey Carolyn, I had a very similiar dream when I first started raw, but I was eating cheese. The disappointment in myself in the dream was pretty real though. The other day, at almost two months 100%, I dreamt I ordered a bowl of fruit at a restaurant. It wasn't even the focus of the dream, the conversation was, so me ordering raw was a just natural and an aside. Now that was cool.

[rawpriestess]

I've done the exact same thing.

I dreamed I smoked a cigarette, which is REALLY interesting because I haven't smoked in about 30 years.

I dreamed I ate some rice too, I wonder what that's all about.

I dreamed I ate a steak (again, interesting because I haven't had steak in 10 years), actually maybe longer, I KNOW I haven't had meat in 10 years.

Then the other day, I dreamed I ate cooked nori on my raw sushi. Now this was really strange as I don't like nori, cooked, raw, or any way, I just don't care for that fishy taste.

One, when I first went vegetarian, I was talking to some people about how much I loved these 'grillers' a vegetarian burger patty thingy, and one of them said, they couldn't stand the "meat" flavor. I was new to vegetarian at the time, but I wanted that meat flavor, just not the actual "meat" part of it.

I didn't understand this remark until a few years later, when I realized that I didin't want even the "meat" flavor anymore, I really liked the beans over the taco meat, or the rice over the beans, etc.

Now, I love nut burgers and I couldn't eat a boca burger to save my life.

Isn't it nice how our tastes change?

[Doe]

Several times over the first 10 years after I quit smoking I would dream that I was smoking and really enjoying it till I would realize I don't do that anymore. Then I had a sickening feeling in my stomach almost like a horrible dread. Was glad to wake up. Never had that dream about food.

[Carolyn]

It's so strange that we dream about food this way! (Or anything we're working on giving up, like Doe mentioned.) I can't remember ever really dreaming about food all that much ... and I've never been a huge rice eater, either, altho' I did have it every now and then. And Carlene, I agree ... I was pretty disappointed in myself right before I woke up.

Now Krispy Kremes, I can imagine dreaming about ... lol ...

Christine ... that's so interesting that you've dreampt about rice, too! I wonder if there's some sort of meaning behind that one? I think I'm going to have to check into it!

[autumn4596]

thats really weird, I had a similar dream last night with sushi I think it was....then I woke up, realized I didnt have anything but 100% raw this week and I felt better.... its ok if I cant resist temptations in my dream, better in my dreams than in real life. :)