zomagic
02-05-2013, 08:40 PM
It's been a while now, but I have been sporadically on and off of a raw food diet for a few months now. I experimented with different food intakes, for a week at a time. Now, one has to understand that I am trying to clear up some health issues. I found that the best results I had were when I was eating nothing but green vegetables, and about one piece of fruit a day. It worked out just fine... when I could do it. But I found that nothing but green veggies became tiresome very fast. I ended up binging on a bunch of junk food after about a week and a half of that. I didn't have this problem when I was eating a broad spectrum of raw food, with fruit and nuts and all the good things like that. But I was only feeling mildly better on that diet, with fruit, veg, and nuts. It absolutely doesn't give me the results I'm looking for in my health right now. I'm especially concerned with a candida problem that's been nagging at me since late 2012 (which is a complication of some other health issues). That week on just greens and the occasional apple had almost entirely gotten rid of that, which is why I fell off the wagon in the first place. A week or so now, of SAD has backpedaled a lot of progress in that regard. (Not all of it, though. My spit tests look a lot better, and so does my tongue.)
So I've decided, I honestly and truly can not keep eating nothing but greens. It's boring. I don't want them, don't want to look at them for another second. Even though I do like vegetables, the thought of that being the next thing going into my mouth right now, with no grains, no fruit, no NOTHING, seems utterly reprehensible. But I also don't want to keep being sick, and neither do I want to have to stay religiously on the raw food diet for months upon months in order to eek out the tiniest bit of progress. I do want raw food to be part of my life, but I would say I want it at about 90% over the long haul. (I don't like the taste of sprouted raw grains, so I want to go back to being able to steam or boil those, and eat the rest of my food raw.)
Anyway, the point of it all is, I can't bring myself to eat another green right now. If I could have some fruit based dressing or something, or some raw oil for a lemony/ vinegar dressing, I would be happy to eat them. But I can't, and I've come to the point where I would rather not eat at all, than to think about stuffing another handful of raw kale with nothing on it, into my face. So, that's pretty much what I've been doing since this morning. I have eaten absolutely nothing. I figured that if I am really this sick of eating the only things I can tolerate, and still see a reasonable health improvement, then it's time for a fast. I've been on fasts before, so this will not be new to me. However, I have been suffering depression and mood swings, so I've decided to start this log here. Hopefully I can get some encouragement and feedback.
Oh, and yes, I know that it's not the best to go into a fast straight after a week of poor eating, but this is just how it has to be. I can't torture myself with the prospect of eating, if all I can eat is food that makes me miserable. I can, however, tolerate a fast, which will get me some results within less than a month, after which I can go into a more generous raw diet, that won't seem like sadistic food torture. Then hopefully, my health will stay on an even keel for a good long while.
Just venting right now. Thanks for listening. It's day 1, and I'm doing fine with staying away from food, so far. Aside from junk food cravings, which I know are emotional, I don't even want it. I should probably drink some more water, though. I've ordered an enema bag, which should be here at about the same time I stop eliminating on my own, if past experience is any indication. (Usually about three days in, and I honestly don't think I'd want to do an enema before my body stopped producing on it's own. What's the point in that?) My plan is to stay on for 21 or 28 days, depending on how I feel. If my body feels good and candida has cleared up before day 14, then I'll stop at day 21. If it takes me into the third week to clear up, then I'll stop on day 28. Given the progress I saw while eating greens for a week, I'm very doubtful that it will take any longer than that. I'll be breaking on dilute juice as is appropriate, and then move into a saner raw food diet, that can include some fruit and nuts and all that stuff.
Hi.
So I've decided, I honestly and truly can not keep eating nothing but greens. It's boring. I don't want them, don't want to look at them for another second. Even though I do like vegetables, the thought of that being the next thing going into my mouth right now, with no grains, no fruit, no NOTHING, seems utterly reprehensible. But I also don't want to keep being sick, and neither do I want to have to stay religiously on the raw food diet for months upon months in order to eek out the tiniest bit of progress. I do want raw food to be part of my life, but I would say I want it at about 90% over the long haul. (I don't like the taste of sprouted raw grains, so I want to go back to being able to steam or boil those, and eat the rest of my food raw.)
Anyway, the point of it all is, I can't bring myself to eat another green right now. If I could have some fruit based dressing or something, or some raw oil for a lemony/ vinegar dressing, I would be happy to eat them. But I can't, and I've come to the point where I would rather not eat at all, than to think about stuffing another handful of raw kale with nothing on it, into my face. So, that's pretty much what I've been doing since this morning. I have eaten absolutely nothing. I figured that if I am really this sick of eating the only things I can tolerate, and still see a reasonable health improvement, then it's time for a fast. I've been on fasts before, so this will not be new to me. However, I have been suffering depression and mood swings, so I've decided to start this log here. Hopefully I can get some encouragement and feedback.
Oh, and yes, I know that it's not the best to go into a fast straight after a week of poor eating, but this is just how it has to be. I can't torture myself with the prospect of eating, if all I can eat is food that makes me miserable. I can, however, tolerate a fast, which will get me some results within less than a month, after which I can go into a more generous raw diet, that won't seem like sadistic food torture. Then hopefully, my health will stay on an even keel for a good long while.
Just venting right now. Thanks for listening. It's day 1, and I'm doing fine with staying away from food, so far. Aside from junk food cravings, which I know are emotional, I don't even want it. I should probably drink some more water, though. I've ordered an enema bag, which should be here at about the same time I stop eliminating on my own, if past experience is any indication. (Usually about three days in, and I honestly don't think I'd want to do an enema before my body stopped producing on it's own. What's the point in that?) My plan is to stay on for 21 or 28 days, depending on how I feel. If my body feels good and candida has cleared up before day 14, then I'll stop at day 21. If it takes me into the third week to clear up, then I'll stop on day 28. Given the progress I saw while eating greens for a week, I'm very doubtful that it will take any longer than that. I'll be breaking on dilute juice as is appropriate, and then move into a saner raw food diet, that can include some fruit and nuts and all that stuff.
Hi.