Another binge!

[RawViking]

I need some support. Im just comming down from 4 days of eating almost only rubbish! I had been eating only raw for a week, but then I was at a social gathering where they served warm foods. No sweets or nothing like that. Warm vegetarian foods. But, it seemed to trigger something in me, because the next day I had intense cravings for fats and sugars. So, I caved in and started some days of binging. Yesterday was so bad! I ended up eating loads of foods and I felt really bad. Had no energy and I felt really sick. Today, I feel better. Ready to eat raw!

The thing I want some advice and preferably if someone has experience to share, is this addiction. Ive had a difficult relationship to foods sine I was about 8 years old. My sister was an anorectic and I was the counterpart. For years now Ive been stuggeling with this thing. Trying to find a balanced way to eat, and I realy feel that raw is the way to go. But, I dont want to hit myself to hard on th ehead either. If I want to eat some warm foods some rare time, I should do it. But for now it seems that I get triggered and when I get triggered its a downward slope to self pity, guilt and shame for me. Anyone else in here who can share their experience with me and how you have changed? I would be really grateful!:)

Im also trying to buy Alissas book, but the prices for shipping it to Norway are redicolous. The book is 30$, but the price for sending it is over a 100$!!! Im trying to get it on amazon, but cant find someone to send it to my country :(

[hilarya_m]

I think that taking care of your health, mind and body has to come from within, it's a concisous decision to treat yourself right because you deserve good health, inner and outer beauty and a stunning figure. You deserve all of this and should give this to yourself.

In the super cold of Norway I can only imagine triggers abound. If you feel some cooked vegan would be to your benefit in keeping you 85-90% raw or whatever, then plan it out and decide a strategy so it doesn't backfire in a binge and catch you off guard. Forgive yourself the occasinal slip and get right back on the wagon!

[Thick]

I understand.=)

Do you have a dehydrator to warm foods like an oven? You can make a lot of warming, hearty casseroles that are very filling.

If you want to eat raw, then you need to plan a lot of raw meals (not neccessarily in order) and keep them around you and easy. Make pies, soups, casseroles, bowls of pasta, pizza crusts and everything else you like. It's easier to say no when you know you can have something wonderful and filling when you get home (or brought with you).


Raw food is so filling. With cooked food, it either sets off an allergic reaction in me, doesn't trigger to my brain that I have had enough nutrients, or has narcotic effects. Whichever, I don't get satisfied with cooked food--and keep going-even the next day. Obviously, some people don't have this problem-but I do, and it sounds like you might, also.

My advice is to stay raw today, after today it will be much easier to do it tomorrow. It is very much like quitting smoking.

One more thing, you might consider doing a parasite cleanse. We are not single entities, but colonies of living things, some good, some harmful. Our intestines are populated with the flora neccessary to digest our foods. It takes a while to slough off the organisms ther that thrive on dead foods. They want you to keep eating cooked, I believe--and have a loud voice in a body who is used to obeying them.

Stay strong and hold the line!=) You are the King, are you not?

[margoss]

you can warm some things in a crock pot on low..check the temp. The warmness was hard for me too. I was mainly raw over visiting Thanksgiving. Now, back to the way I was. Don't beat yourself, accept it & fix it. we all have weaknesses that haunt us but we can overcome them. If you're not 100%, ok..it may take you a while to get there...everyone is different. Last week, I enjoyed my juicing & smoothies, they just looked. Sampled it but preferred the coffee. They said they may try it bc 'my skin, eyes, hair & body looked so much better!!!!! My sil said that I forgot something...my butt & boobs! ha' took me a while to get it.
You know how you feel when you go to heavily cooked so just remember it.

[RawViking]

Thanx for your support guys! Really appreciate it :) Been raw today and it just feels so much better. Ive got a small issue when it comes to preparing in advance. That is, i dont have so much money that i can spend on good produce every day. Dont got a dehydrator yet. Will get one over x-mas. Then my money problems should go away as well. Am between jobs for the moment and recieve welfare! Its a drag! Anyway, things are looking so much better than they did yesterday and earlier today. I AM THE KING!!!