It's been some days now since I decided to end my 92 day juice feast on day 22.
I felt completely bored and non inspired. The thought of celery juice passing my lips one more time was turning my stomach. So I honoured these feelings. That didn't mean going back to cooked food, just incorporating raw 'food' back into each day - or so I thought...
This worked well for a few days. And then I just had to have rice. Unfortunately rice is one of those things that I could live the rest of my life on, along with breads and pasta. I've never been a sweets girl, my size is from a high carb life of breads and rice. On the next day I made a cooked vegetable soup - it was yummy and just as I remembered it (it's still so cold here in Australia and I'm craving warm food).
And then I woke up this morning and the day hit me - I'm bloated, have stomachache, backache, fuzzy head, unhappy and generally have no interest in life. What a massive change in my energy and emotional levels.
I think this was my lesson.
I've questioned being raw, and really questioned the juicing. Or has everyone elses questioniong just got the better of me?
This little trip off the path has only reinforced to me how important a raw lifestyle is. I just don't like the way I feel on cooked food anymore. If I hadn't of done this I would be living raw but not truly loving and believing in raw.
So today all I feel like is juice - ironic really ! I have my 4 Raw Divas green smoothie jugs - 2 filled with filtered water, 1 with celery, apple and ginger and 1 with carrot, zucchini and orange juice. My heart is singing again!
You know how sometimes in life you find you're drawn to a way of eating that becomes a life choice. That gradual movement to vegetarian, vegan and then raw vegan for some. Well I've come to know that raw and juicing is always going to be a huge part of my life (100%? I'm not sure but I hope so). I may 'jump the fence' on the way as Super Nutrient Gal said so well, but being raw and juicing is who I am now. And I LOVE it !
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the reference and thank you for your lovely post. So wise of you to listen to your body!
One piece of info - although we don't tend to think of rice and breads as sugar they actually break down in our body in the same way and create the same physiological responses. Bread provokes an even stronger sugar response than ice cream, for example, when eaten without a protein/fat spread like nut butter or hummus. The fat and protein in a lot of desserts, like ice cream, slows down the absorption of sugar and allows the body to respond in a more even way. This is a very cursory overview but I thought you might be interested.
Take care!
I found your comments 'very' interesting - thank you x
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