Newbie not so hungry?

[dhammala]

Hi all,

OK, things have been going great. Today was end of day 8 on my 30 day challenge and I am feeling pretty good. I have had some detox symptoms, but nothing too major (yet).

Anyway, today was a very strange day in that I felt 'bored' as if I was unhappy with my food choices. I was hungry but yet not hungry at all. I felt like I had to force myself to eat all day long. But then if I wasn't eating, I would feel hungry.. LOL Does this make sense?

All day, I couldn't bare the thought of having another pate, or anything heavily made with nuts. Nor the thought of a salad, any fruit, any veggie, nothing! Nothing sounded good.. nor did it 'feel' good in my mind.

Have you gone through this? Should I just not eat and take a day off? I can't tell if it is my mind playing 'raw food/cooked food' games or if my body is starting to talk to me?

Who knows how tomorrow goes.. but any advice you can give would be great. Even now as I type this, just thinking about eating a piece of fruit sounds so gross to me. But thinking about a burrito sounds gross too.

I have been posting my daily diet in my journal if you are curious. Maybe I am missing out on something? Maybe I am not getting enough calories?

[Douglas]

Keep it up your doing pretty good so far. There are days like you had today sometimes. I have had them too. I just eat simple stuff on days like that. like apples, bananas, tomatoes, Avacodo. I start my day off with Lemon juice now. It seems to be a good start instead of coffee. It Tastes great too. Anyway keep it up, I know you will feel better too. Doug in CA.... :D

[Dandelion Girl]

I can't give you advice, but yesterday I was on my 8th day and I felt the same things you were feeling. I thought several times about cooked foods but none of them really was tempting enough to go off raw. I was feeling hungry at times, but nothing raw or cooked really sounded like anything I wanted, especially anything heavy. I ended up not eating much, just green smoothie, a few goji berries, a few bites of salad, and some grapes. I'm thinking maybe I am ready for a juice fast. My sister is also on her 8th day and had some similar feelings. Sorry I don't have answers, but sometimes it helps to know others are going through similar things.

[Angelina]

I experienced the exact same thing going into my second week!! And the advice I was given was to listen to my body, if my body wasn't asking for food ~ don't eat. What worked for me was juicing up some greens with some light fruit,such as apple or pear. Green smoothies were too heavy for me. It will pass and you will regain your appetite.

[dhammala]

Thank's Douglas! You what's funny is that I woke up today thinking ONLY about lemon juice! I used to drink lemon juice upon waking years ago when I was following a diet by a nutrionist for my IBS. He claimed that it would 'wake up' the digestive tract in a smooth and cleansing way.. I think he was right.

Time to go squeeze a lemon! :)