Question for the ladies...

[tammay]

Not sure if this is the right place to put this...

I've tried to go raw several times and have failed each time. I am now taking a different approach than I have in the past with integrating 3 green smoothies a day, lots of veggies, nuts, seeds, etc. So far I'm on Day 4 and I am feeling like my junk food cravings (a huge problem for me since January) have been really curbed.

Unfortunately, my first day back on raw coincided with TOM. I was feeling fine the first day and then at around 9 p.m. the cramps hit - very severe ones like I haven't had since I was a teenager :(. Now I am on Day 3 of TOM and the cramps are still around, though much less severe. But my usual TOM has me having cramps that are mild/moderate for the first few hours of the end of Day 1 and then they subside and I have no more.

So I'm wondering if possibly going raw at the same time TOM came around might be causing the extended cramping. Has anyone experienced this?

Tam

[Dimond]

I don't think it's because it's at the same time, but more because you're cleansing your body. Hormone issues sometimes can intensify before they get better as you're becoming healthier. Higher doses of certain nutrients can be helpful such as magnesium. You can try increasing greens-many will consume more green smoothies. Some use different natural remedies to help such as maca or dong quai, among others. It's such an individual thing that one solution doesn't fit for everyone so you may need to experiment with a few.

[RawKnitster]

What Dimond said. :) Hang in there. The general concensus seems to be that TOM get easier after some time on raw.