Getting back on track...

[dreamrawalwz]

It seems that once you fall off it's extremely hard to get back on. I was 100% for about six months. I screwed up once last week, and yesterday (various cooked vegetables/beans). Today was the big one. I'm vegan, but the binge monster inside of me rebelled against my body and mind. I had probably a lot of everything I havn't had in 6+ months. I have no idea why this happened. I even had food i'm intolerant to. I knew what I was doing but couldn't stop. I put tons of salt on all of it also. What the hell!? The affects I'm already feeling are: heavy, blocked up, excessivly thirst but too bloated and full to fix it, I'm getting a sligh headache all over my head, drainage, puffy skin (a lot), jittery, and I'm sure more it to come. I know "tomorrow's a new day" thing but I feel so huge and gross at the moment and not to mention GUILTY.

How long does it take stuff to get out of your system? I've heard 12 hours to digest and ellimate, but 3 days to get it out of your bloodstream.

[autumn4596]

I'm right there with you. I didnt do it for 6 months but I was raw for a few months and lately I went off it, now I'm almost all off...today I had a candy bar and part of a cookie, yesterday I had a candy bar and some tortilla chips and some rice. I gotta get back on....I feel so horrible...I'm afraid I'm going to gain weight and feel heavy again....noo!!! any advice? I'm thinking about starting small again...eating sushi and then having sushi without the rice to get me back on track.....any tips?

[shakti17]

i have been going on and off raw for 10 years now!! so i can totally relate... the difference is now i do not feel guilty EVER -- guilt is really such a wasted emotion... maybe that had to happen to show you that your raw diet is the way to go! good thing you got all heavy and bloated - maybe you needed that for some reason. there is always another way to view any situation - so view this one from the way that brings you peace.

my current diet is raw breakfast and lunch, whatever dinner (usually lightly steamed veg and whole grain). this works for me -- actually, yesterday night i ate junk food b/c had no time to cook dinner, but, oh well! a little junk here and there doesn't totally remove the raw buzz.

take it easy! 6 mos raw! that is awesome! just get back on track now, or in the morning and start again... :p

[shakti17]

ps i also totally relate to the once i "broke it" , TOTALLY binging on cooked foods. i do think the cooked foods are addictive, but also i wonder how much of it is in my mind - making things "good" or "bad" really it's all good as they say. i have also been so hard on myself in the past.

[Jamie]

From my reading, it is totally normal to have these setbacks..We are so surrounded by food. It is literally EVERYWHERE!!!. I think the key is to just keep trying.
Wow,, it really is hard to get back on. That is why I try really hard(not that it always works, obviously or I wouldn't struggle with it myself) NOT to eat cooked at all.. I know that the first taste I have sets me back to cravings.

I am just so thankful for this site to be able to be encouraged by....I"m still waiting for Allisa's book/dvd...hoping that will help keep me going..Plus my 12 year old daughter is now raw with me so that is fun too.

Jamie :)

[nobletroll]

I’m so SAD I wonder why I keep coming back to this sight. Why am I still thinking that I should be raw when I so cant stay raw. The funny thing is it is still the thing I should be doing. I lost 50 Lbs in 2 months of raw. Felt better and mor confident. But its like I don't want to feel that way. Not ready for better. I jest have no willpower. When it comes down to it I jest don't do it.

I’m sorry this is a sight is about being raw but I jest don't seam to have the stuff.

[shakti17]

I’m so SAD I wonder why I keep coming back to this sight. Why am I still thinking that I should be raw when I so cant stay raw. The funny thing is it is still the thing I should be doing. I lost 50 Lbs in 2 months of raw. Felt better and mor confident. But its like I don't want to feel that way. Not ready for better. I jest have no willpower. When it comes down to it I jest don't do it.

I’m sorry this is a sight is about being raw but I jest don't seam to have the stuff.


Nobletroll, "They" say not to use the word "should"! and it is so true. A better substitute is "I could be raw". yes, you could -- if you say should it is like you HAVE to do something or you are bad if you don't. that's awesome about the 50 pounds! focus on that. you can still get the benefits of raw w/o going 100% it is the binge yo-yo see saw thing that is not good. I know! i was like that for years! today i just accept that I am not 100% raw, and that is fabulous! i do want to one day, so if it is in my best interest, i know i will be.

about the emotional stuff, not wanting to feel good - i think it is important to do work on your inner self too - read spiritual empowering books, maybe therapy, whatever --yoga, i don't know what works for YOU, but I do know that when we go raw, it takes us to a higher plane - strips away a lot - you are faced with yourself more deeply, and if you are not emotionally prepared for that then of course you will binge! it's like -- help! i am not ready to be this high! give me food to take me down! actually, i used cigarettes for that purpose - to ground me when i was not ready to be at the level the food was taking me.

hope that helps...

peace,

shakti

[jaurequi]

...But its like I don't want to feel that way. Not ready for better

Whoa, that is a very powerful admission. You are halfway there, nobletroll,really. Some people struggle with finding the truth and live in denial when they do. This is big! You are very courageous to acknowledge that. Now, your next step is find the reasons why you believe you are so undeserving. Please do it and
Never give up.


I’m sorry this is a sight is about being raw but I jest don't seam to have the stuff

Oh, but you do. Anyone who can admit what you have HAS the s-t-u-f-f!
Yesss!

Best,