Day 4 of going bananas (Dobby)

[Guest guest]

Hi Dobby,

 

This is all such wonderful news!!! Couple of observations:

 

When we begin simplifying our diet and good things happen, we tend to

attribute all the improvements to our new diet. In a sense, we mislead

ourselves, for what we have STOPPED eating contributes greatly to our early

success. When we stop eating <<whatever goes here>>, we remove the immediate

influx of foreign matter with which our body has been dealing continually

for ages. So overflow elimination avenues, such as rashes, may quickly

become obsolete, and the body stops creating them. Similarly. when we stop

putting irritants and stimulants into our system, our overall level of

excitement and irritation, which may appear as agitation and other forms,

diminishes greatly. Many people report a sense of calmness, diminution of

anxiety, disappearance of panic episodes, and similar positive effects.

 

In addition, what you have stopped eating no longer burdens your system. The

load upon your system for digestion, assimilation, and digestive elimination

has decreased dramatically, freeing resources for use in other places. In

this sense, what you are no longer eating contributes directly to your

improved well-being.

 

So these ARE effects of the changes you are making. And it may be

constructive for you to attribute these effects more to what you have

stopped eating than to what you are now eating. Make sense?

 

In a sense it's just a matter of perspective or semantics, except for this:

if, in the future, you notice a return of any of these symptoms, and if you

cannot attribute that return to retracing (another email, another time),

then you will know immediately that you have either eaten foreign matter or

engaged in some activity, stuffed some feelings, something that is burdening

your system greatly.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Dobby the house elf

Monday, May 14, 2007 3:22 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] day 4 of going bananas~

 

 

I haven't been totally raw for a while. I was just getting back into it

when we ended up with a ton of house visitors for a three week period. And

living in las vegas, everyone who visits wants to GO OUT.

 

Not to many health friendly restaurants on the strip.....so for a three week

period, I slid backwards a few steps.

 

I had most of these problems before even that.....

 

I havent started the 811 yet. I am waiting for my book to arrive....in the

mean time, I am trying to CLEAN house, so that I have a much cleaner slate

to start with.

 

The first day, I only ate like 7 bananas.....and I felt horrible, I was

really shaky, and hungry.

 

SO I upped it to at least 8 more like 12 a day.

 

I basically just started eating 2-3 at once....then waiting at least a 1/2

hour to make sure that satisfied me. Then every time I felt a hunger coming

on, I would eat 2 more.....

 

That's basically it.

 

I'm on day 4 now, and I dont feel near as hungry. And another thing I

noticed, and it didn't dawn on me till about an hour ago....

 

(quick background here) I have no thyroid, and one of the side affects I

have had since they obliterated my thyroid is, I have been susceptible for

anxiety attacks frequently. My Dr. gave me the lowest dose of Xanex and

when ever I would feel an attack coming on, I would take one and that would

be that.

 

I used to take two a day like clock work......the last two months or so, I

have only taken them on occasion. Maybe one every other day or so. I have

noticed that in the last 4 days, I haven't had any. I havent even felt the

least built panicky or anxious....so I don't know if that has anything to do

with cleaning house....but I seem calmer and less jittery in that sense!

 

I also notice that I am not as itchy....the back of my knees used to always

itch and so did my back....I have a wooden back scratcher that I used to

scrape across my back until it was red.....I havent touched it in 3

days......

 

So I am hoping that this is my body telling me its starting to feel a tad

bit better....

 

More updates later!

 

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