So, as I have inevitably had a few cheats over the past month and a half, most of them happening in the past two weeks, interestingly enough, NONE of them have gone over well. My first raw lesson learned: cooked food sucks. Of course, I think I have not been eating enough calories on some days, and the next thing I know, I get cravings for cooked food. I honestly believe that my body is telling me, "You aren't giving me enough calories, and it's painful because I need fuel, so I'm going to crave cooked food as a drug to numb the pain out that you haven't been feeding me enough." If I know that I haven't been eating enough, but I don't, you may wonder- why don't I just eat more, then?
Problem #1: I'm worried about money. Of course I could just try and eat my way through my cash, or start eating a bunch of bananas, but I really don't like bananas ALL that much yet... maybe when I'm poor enough in my senior year of college.
Problem #2: I live in Iowa, and as much as my health is very important to me, sustainability is important to me. I buy organic, I buy fair trade when possible, etc., but sometimes I get this little bug in my head that says, "Why aren't you just eating bulk grains, butter, meat, milk, and vegetables, like everyone else who eats local in Iowa?" Oh yeah, cuz I don't frigging want to! I probably get this fear because my town is small and very "local" focused. We have a nice co-op culture, but we don't have a warm climate and we import fruit. However, I feel I do a lot for sustainability already- bike to work, walk to school, buy organic, don't watch TV, turn off the lights, etc. Also, non-fruit foods take wayyyyyy more energy to process, considering all the other junk you have to add to it to make it taste good. People don't just eat wheat alone. ! So logically, I understand that this voice does not make sense. Eventually I will live in a fruit-growing climate and eat my fruit off the tree all day long where I don't have to think about my "localness" or not :)
Does anyone else have these little voices, too, and what do you say to them, possibly amidst a cooked food craving?
Anyways, so these little voices of bankruptcy and unsustainability ring in my head- especially when I'm undercarbed, and then I break and say, "Well, this rice, oil, salt, and tempeh dish looks really nice." Pretty nice vegan cooked dish right? Much more healthy and aware than the average population's SAD diet, right? Well, I eat, and I literally feel much pain on my tongue, roof of my mouth, and stomach as it goes down. I am finding that the cooked food is not cutting it. Maybe in terms of addiction, yes. But for feeling good in my body and knowing what it is DOING to my body- no. I never had this problem before my last month and a half of mainly fruit. I kind of consider it a blessing!- My body knows what's good for it!!
What does this mean that my body is so sensitive to cooked food? Am I healing? Am I in detox? Am I extremely intellectual about my body and I am making it up in my mind? (I'm pretty sure that I'm not making up my pain).
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Comment by MaRaw DoberVegan on July 17, 2012 at 7:28am oh and good to hear from you, mathyou, fellow Iowan !
Comment by MaRaw DoberVegan on July 17, 2012 at 7:26am to Lori-
yeah, I think I wouldn't be happy with raw bananas that weren't mashed/frozen/blended either for that long.
I think you're right- it's my body being more sensitive in a good way. I think that with cooked food, my insides have to work more/harder and I start getting those side effects as well.. constipation, sweating, heartburn/gastric reflux, and psychologically stressing out because I realize this shouldn't be happening. It's just interesting that I never had these responses before.. so it's not just that my digestion and feelings got better on raw and going back just isn't as good as raw, but essentially, my body does worse with cooked food now then ever before. Honestly, I think it is a combination of my psyche realizing- "wow this is what happens when I eat cooked food- I never realized it before" and also my body starting to heal and then retaliating the old crap. I just wish I had a more physiological/scientific way of understanding and describing the process of my worsened reactions to cooked food.. if anyone has an article....?
Comment by MaRaw DoberVegan on July 17, 2012 at 7:15am to Natalie- I think blending the bananas could be a cure for constipation. I know that it would become an issue for me too.
Comment by MaRaw DoberVegan on July 17, 2012 at 7:13am to mathyou-
yes, I just figured that out yesterday... banana smoothies- why was I forgetting this? I think I was getting into a purist mindset of "this is how one would eat it in the wild, so I shouldn't be blending it". I know that I could get better at stretching my stomach if I ate non-blended bananas, however bananas unblended- unless they are incredibly close to being wayyyyy overripe- are not sweet enough to me.
Also, I was worried about breaking down the fruit's cell walls with either a blender or freezer, because I figured that the fiber was good for me. However, when money becomes a concern, it's probably better that I stock up on bananas and find the best way to down them :) Thank you for reminding me about smoothies.
Yeah, that makes me feel a little better. Thanks. Ultimately, I'm not murdering anyone, they're fair trade, and the only impact is the shipping/transportation and packaging, which all other foods have to a certain extent.. Blah. If not anyone in my town- besides people at the co-op who want me to buy old bananas :)- my body will thank me at least! Thanks for the support!
Comment by mathyou on July 16, 2012 at 3:31pm Problem 1: Do you do smoothies? Blueberry banana is my favorite. Also, try refrigerating your nanners. They taste so much better, especially on hot days.
Problem 2: Hopefully this eases your mind.
Comment by Natalie85 on July 15, 2012 at 6:32pm I ate heaps of bananas last week and they make me constipated .. so im backing way off them too
Comment by Lori Bananas on July 14, 2012 at 11:05am 1. I've been doing the banana thing for about a month now and I've realized bananas do not make me happy. Before my body became hypersensitive to mangoes (that poison ivy chemical in the sap, I'm told), I totally stopped eating them and now my joy in eating raw food is significantly less. Good for you with this choice.
2. I'm super duper sensitive to any food that isn't "good." I think you're right when you said your body knows what's good for it. My skin breaks out when I eat cooked stuff. I get heartburn with cooked food including pasteurized OJ. I even had bloating and what I think was non-absorption of the calories from some bad bananas that I ate anyway, knowing that bananas should not be greenish and spotty. I'm curious to see if anyone else responds to this with a better answer. Do we just get more sensitive the more time we're raw?
That said... the voices became very loud upon being undercarbed from the bad bananas and I just finished a meal of spinach, baked potato, and a glass of OJ. Masochist.
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