Guacamole obsession

I've been successfully following 811rv for almost 5 months now... no problems as I came from this diet as a vegan-turned vegetarian-turned vegan, who was having difficulty digesting anything but raw fruits and veggies...

A week ago I started craved guacamole, and have had it every day since. It is a problem for my body because I feel heavy, sluggish, unmotivated, and negative after eating it, but the next day I always want more.

I know it was a lack of calories thing, but today I focused on getting enough calories, and I did, but all I could think of was guacamole. I had some tonight, but I need to put a stop to this unhealthy addiction. I was overt-free for 2 months so I'm perplexed at why I would be craving them so much now...although I did recently start training for a 10K so maybe that factors in as well?

Should I take a trip to banana island?

I'm open to any suggestions!

Tags: 811rv, addictions, avocado, banana, island, lfrv, overts

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Permalink Reply by DURIANRIDER on May 18, 2011 at 5:11pm

I remember when going back and fro from raw to vegan and would not give a flying fig about avo's or nuts when I was eating all you can eat rice and vegan pizzas. Funny that.

If you want to say 'no', use calories as your crow bar of leverage at meal time.

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Permalink Reply by Felicia on May 20, 2011 at 1:23pm

Thank you guys! I definitely will cut it back a lot...i'm sick of feeling sluggish and heavy. The excess avocados are ruining my training.

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Permalink Reply by Rach on May 20, 2011 at 1:45pm

i feel ya. i've been eating a lot of guac lately. :/

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Permalink Reply by Kristian on May 20, 2011 at 2:33pm

ive been doing the same thing, craving potatos and corn tortillas... But I find the more calories I eat the less I crave them.

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Christensen <3 on May 20, 2011 at 3:08pm

Just get all the avocados out of your house..

You probably won't want to go to the store to get avos every night!

Just do guac one day/week and you'll be fine for now :)

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Christensen <3 on June 1, 2011 at 2:26pm

agree

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Permalink Reply by Danny Nelson on May 21, 2011 at 1:05am

In Doug Graham's book, he says that fat should ideally average in the "upper single digits". This means above 5% and below 10%. If you have been overt-free for 2 months, you've probably fallen below 5% pretty consistently.

I used to be in your situation where I was craving guac every day. I was eating 5000+ calories per day but found that I was always thinking about and craving avocados. After a while I decided that it wasn't just a calorie thing, so I tried to have an avocado per day. This put my fat consumption at about 7-8%, and made it so that I never "craved" guac anymore. Interestingly, it also took away most of my cravings for cooked foods.

If you combine the avocado properly, you won't feel sluggish and tired afterwards. Try eating it mono or just with lettuce, and avoid eating it with really sweet fruits such as bananas and dates.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Randall on May 21, 2011 at 1:11am

Great advice Danny! That's one thing I would definitely keep in mind, combining the avocado properly. Nothing's worse than eating something really fatty (avocado) with something sweet (sweet fruit) and having either the proteins putrefy or the carbs ferment. That'll have you feeling sluggish and gassy in no time!

Chris

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Permalink Reply by Felicia on May 22, 2011 at 2:45am

I was eating the guacamole made with avocados, tomatoes, cilantro, a little lime, and scallions... i was eating it as a meal in itself and it was seriously taking away from my carb consumption. I do recognize now that after being overt-free for 2 months, my body started craving avocados for a little more fat once I started training again. I will definitely be reigning in the guac however, because it was a little out of hand :)

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Permalink Reply by Rawfruitygoddess on June 1, 2011 at 5:47pm

pack those fruity carbs in.Don't have the avo in the house until you can just have a 1/4 or a small half now and then.

I find less to no overts helps me train even harder!i'm lighter,stronger and faster that way;)

If you listen realllly carefully i bet all your body is asking for,is more calories,not more fat.

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Permalink Reply by Felicia on June 4, 2011 at 5:16am

It's hard to pack in the carbs right now it seems.. with my calorie restriction past, my avocado addiction, and tight financial situation. I do have the motivation to keep with it however. Once I run out of fruit though I will have to add in some couscous/quinoa until next payday. I kinda feel like I'm failing being raw by going to couscous and quinoa because I am well aware of how AMAZING it feels when I am fully carbed...

Once payday comes around I will make sure that avocadoes don't find their way into my grocery basket:)

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Permalink Reply by Jared Leach on June 1, 2011 at 7:08pm

Hello Felicia:)... I have had a similar thing once. Idk if you have a blender... but putting an avocado in a green smoothie or even a fruit smoothie might help a lot. I've also blended an avo with some tomato and some herbs and lemon juice like dill and poured it over a salad.. delic.. all these things digest farely easily and won't bog you down. Have you ever had coconut almond yogurt? I blend some blueberries into it when i do make it, and let it ferment for at least 24 hrs. before putting it into the fridge. Good stuff.. add some papaya and yum.