Arrived on BI yesterday

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Permalink Reply by M ♦ on November 2, 2010 at 8:32am

Yay!! Once you eradicate the idea of there being another option it becomes so much easier :)

Permalink Reply by Natalya Sinkova on November 9, 2010 at 6:46am

I just started on banana island today, so I haven't experienced a lot of symptoms as of yet, but I just wanted to congratulate you on not giving up and sticking to this! I know initially it's very hard to overcome addictions :)

Permalink Reply by Iris on November 9, 2010 at 5:26pm

Hi Natalya, kudos for your trip to BI! I must admit however that I've been on the drift a bit the past days. I was on BI for 3 days and at the end of that 3rd day had a bite of something cooked an swoosh, things went all wrong again. I really must keep in mind that one bite leads to another. But! The good news is, now you are there too, I'm going to join you again. The addictions have always gotten the better part of me but I really want to be the one in charge, not the addictions! So, here I go again. Thanks for your reply, it gets me back where I want to be! Let's enjoy BI together!

Permalink Reply by Natalya Sinkova on November 10, 2010 at 2:06am

It's great to hear that you're trying again!
I know exactly what you mean, since I've fallen off the wagon many many times.
But we learn from failure just as much as we do from success, right?

Permalink Reply by Iris on November 15, 2010 at 3:37am

It's been 5 days since I posted this. I could not keep from cheating a little. Compared to all the food that is around me bananas seem to get a bit boring...
However!
Today is November 14, which means that I'll be 30 in 10 days. I really want to be 100% by then. No wait, I need to be, because if I don't: menstruating will be agony, lupus will flare up, Raynaud's will be visiting more often, my digestion will be all messy,... yeah well and it's just something I want to accomplish by the time I turn 30 :-)
Thursday I thought I'd do a 3-day fast, thought it might be get rid of my cough. I was cold all day, had terrible Raynaud's, and by evening I decided to just have a bananasmoothie and don't fast.
I think that adding more fruit will help me to stay raw.The only fruit I've been eaten the last 2 months is bananas and now tangerines are in seasons they really help me when I think of eating something cooked. They help, cause like dates you can really snack on them. Anyways, maybe BI will be for some other time, once I manage this raw thing better ;-). Bananas will remain the stapple, but I'll just go and have whatever fuit and veggies I like from now on. For now I really still need the variation.
Good luck to all you BI-peeps!