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A Little of This; A Little of That

Should I....????

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So many times on forums I'm totally flabbergasted when people ask questions such as: "Should I eat a whole avocado or only half?" "Can I eat more than one banana a day?" "How much fresh, raw juice can I have a day?" "Can I have juice all day and then eat something at night?" "Can I have juice and smoothie in one day or should I just stick with juice?"


Just like the money issue in my last post, I have to ask, who is in charge of your thinking? Certainly not common sense. HAS to be some little monkey chattering in your head for which, of course, you can't be blamed for as it's all subconscious programming yet, consider this ~


When you were eating at your worst, did you go to a forum and ask if you "should" eat that next slice of pizza? Drink that 4th glass of wine, or that next bottle of beer? How about that Big Gulp in the morning? Need anyone's permission for that? That box of chocolates you ate when you were feeling low? The eighth cup of coffee that got you through the day? How about when you mixed beer and hard liquor ~ or various liquors? Whom did you ask?


When one is transitioning from a SAD (Standard American Diet), my advice is, eat as much fresh, raw food as you can ~ whole, juiced or blended. Yes, your body may, at first wonder what the heck you're doing to it. It may crave something beyond anything you can imagine such as nothing but avocados, or bananas yet, after it gets it nutritional fill, it'll stop and want something more. Give your body a chance to heal and eliminate toxins from what you've been giving it.


That may take the form of headaches (often from coffee and/or diet drinks); skin break out; sinus issues, etc. If you stick with it, all that will go away and you'll feel a new, more vibrant you!


Most of all, as adults, feel free to play with your food! Now's the time! If not now, when?


Injoy,


Revvell

Comments

  1. MysticTree's Avatar
    My knee-jerk response is to agree with you that it is crazy to ask if it's ok to eat a whole avocado when previously a whole box of chocolates would have been consumed without referral to the chocolate police; let's face it they always knew it wasn't a healthy option.

    When I try to look at it from another perspective though I can see that you have a bunch of people who have become consciously aware of their excesses and are looking to a new way of eating and are either just at sea with all this new-to-them food or their question isn't complete - for example "can I eat a whole avocado a day ... and still lose weight".

    When people are thrown into a new arena where all their old habits are being challenged and they want to learn new habits that are in line with good health they just don't know if a whole avocado is good, bad or sky-blue-pink.

    When I look at it this way I feel a lot less aghast at the question.
  2. Revvell's Avatar
    Excellent point and perspective! Thank you MT for putting yourself in their shoes. I appreciate you!
  3. MysticTree's Avatar
    well really I should be thanking you because you got me thinking enough to actually verbalise (in type at least) what I was thinking.

    Thank you
  4. Revvell's Avatar
    And, you got ME thinking from another perspective... lol :)


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