My week

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Hi everyone,

 

I've been having a hard time this week and I just thought I'd share what's

happening. As I said previously, I ate cooked food this weekend and resumed

100% raw Monday.

 

The last month of 100% raw was really comfortable. I ate when hungry and

felt wonderful. When I entered my diet into nutridairy, I was concerned with

the low calories (my average day had less than 1000 calories), but I also knew

I wasn't hungry and I was reluctant to eat more without feeling hunger as a

signal.

 

I spoke to Elchanan last week and he also expressed concern over my low

calories. When I explained I didn't want to eat without hunger, he suggested

just adding one extra banana or orange a day for awhile, then more as I was

ready. That seemed reasonable and I agreed to try it out.

 

Then my cooked weekend happened and I returned home to resume raw. Monday

was easy as I was just not hungry - all that cooked food over the weekend was

just sitting in me (to illustrate, I showed a 6 lb weight gain on the scale

from just Sat. and Sun.). But then Tues., Wed., and Thurs. came and I was

really struggling.

 

I was staying raw by sheer will power each day. I was shaky, I was weepy, I

was emotional, I longed to eat, eat, eat. I responded by eating more raw

food and eating earlier in the day than was usual for me. Finally, I emailed

Elchanan for help. We talked by phone yesterday and he explained that my need

for more fuel had caught up with me. I was dealing with more emotions than

usual after seeing my mom, and that required more fuel. I have young

children that need me and that requires fuel.

 

Elchanan assured me that my body's signals were quite normal and that my

response, eating more raw foods, was completely appropriate. Just hearing that

helped me feel better.

 

Today, I'm doing better. I'm not all the way back to feeling my usual self

yet, but I'm much improved and looking forward to feeling better yet.

 

Carolyn