Something I notice from Alissa's eating pattern in her book...

[Queen Bean]

On page 76 of Alissa's book she lists an example of what she eats over a 14 day period. I notice that she never mixes meals.

This is what I ate for dinner last night - namely because I seem to be losing a lot of weight, so I'm trying to keep the calories up. For one meal I had - 1 raw chocolate ball (I bought), 2 Larabars, 1 Raw Cacao bar, 2 carrot sticks with tahini, 1 teaspoon of brazil nut butter and a bowl of raw ice-cream made from frozen bananas and berries. About an hour before that I had a salad with avocado. I don't think this way of eating is optimal though and think it is better to eat just one type of thing at a meal (I mean it could be made up of different ingredients [such as walnut meat], but not say walnut meat, a Larabar and a piece of raw chocolate all at one meal.

What are other people's thoughts on this? What is your approach?

[lovenlife]

I couldnt eat all that choco etc at one meal either. One piece a day or week for me.

My optimum eating is best with simple fruits and not mixing a whole bunch of stuff. I dont do well with that at all. For me that is how my belly feels best, looks best..haha and I maintain optimum weight. I dont weigh but I just know.

I love the fresh,light and airy over the heavy feeling of all that mixed food.
I have seen minimal eating as a way to feel the most awesome. Minimal being, only what I need, based on hunger.

[Queen Bean]

yeah, i've decided to go back to eating when hungry and only eating one type of thing at a meal. it could still be a recipe, but not mixing two or more recipes/dishes together...

[klomasius]

I generally tend toward more simple dishes that don't mix things, but for me because I have a philosophy of living life freely I can eat what I want and sometimes that means decadent mixes of things that wouldn't be optimal but the pleasure they bring is.

Simpler is better on the digestive system, and it's what many long term rawbies tend toward (unconsciously or not).

Don't get too stressed about it though, cos stress is also not optimal! :D

[Queen Bean]

Thanks Klomasius. Yeah, I don't want to be too strict on myself, so if I want a nut milk which mixes bananas and nuts etc I will eat it (ie am not following food combining rules to the letter), but i won't follow that with a raw bar or something, but will wait until i am hungry again at another meal.

By the way, I contacted fromearthandwater and Spoil Me Raw ice-cream will be in Melbourne stores in early Jan. It is so divine. I'll let you know the stockists when I find out.

[Green_Woman]

I think the trick with Alissa's pattern is that there IS no pattern! She goes with the flow of what her body wants from day to day...

I know for me, it's when I'm NOT listening to my body and just feeding her what she wants that I either eat too much or combine the wrong foods and run into digestive difficulties...

[klomasius]

OOhhh QB I am waiting in anticipation for the news!