Wonderfully Well

I have been doing fabulously. I had ONE slip-up. Hey, life goes on. I am beginning to feel more energetic. I got my raw food box from RAWvolution, and that was perfect; I grabbed whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted it. I have been perusing some raw sites I haven't seen before and LEARNED LOTS and GOT INSPIRED. Again.

I do very well eating fruit. It makes me feel good and gives me lots of energy. I have read the fruit-is-of-the-devil opinions. My experience is that fruit is good. I am going to take that experience and test the Fruit-Good idea further here in about a week. I found me an eating plan that inspired me. A new one. With fruit.

I've been playing with this raw journey for about 2 1/2 years, so I am past the initial transition where your body asks, "What are you doing to me? What is this strange stuff you expect me to eat?!" I'm at the point where non-raw food makes me generally unhappy. My biggest task is overcoming the cravings, and I think I have found a new weapon for my arsenal!

Which I'll talk about later, when I am closer to implementing it.

Right now, I'm off to the kitchen for a coconut water, banana, and mixed berries smoothie.

Yum!

Caitlyn

I Want, I Want!

Why is it so hard? Why don't we hate foods that make us unwell and crave foods that gives us life? I've read that it is because we are sick. Our bodies have spent so much effort keeping us alive after we've dumped horrible things into ourselves, that we're adapted and adjusted to eating vileness. Yes, it is too vileness. I'm that unwell. Aren't you? Oh, I look functionally fine, an average American woman. But that's where our standards are off. We don't even know what health looks like.

I spent an uncomfortable half hour or so, fighting with myself over wanting a chile relleno dinner with rice and beans, corn torillas, and salad with ranch. I ended up having four and a half cups of green vegetable juice. But was I actually fighting myself? I think I was fighting toxins that want to win the battle for my body and my soul. AND my very life.

Before that, I spent even a longer while craving a Big Matt with cheeze from Matt Amsden's RAWvolution restaurant. And some of his marinated greens. He'll send a box of approximately a week's worth of raw food anywhere in the US for a price. The price for me is $150. I've been playing with the idea of getting myself a box for Christmas. It just so happens that next week's box has both the Big Matt and marinated greens included. My bad coffee bean-taunting partner redeemed himself by lovingly and magnanimously telling me I'm worth it, and can have a box if I really want one.

I think I really want one.

Caitlyn