MIRACLE OF RAW FOODS

Hi there, this is Anne. 

Three days ago, I woke up with this headache (I never have headaches!) that went worse during the day. I felt slightly sick to my stomach (in reality the liver), and exhausted. This is very unusual to me nowadays. I usually feel very energetic and very healthy.

But instead of beating myself up a little bit more like I would have done in my compulsive overeating days, I decided to treat myself the best I could. 

I treated my liver with essential oils (it does wonders!), added a few drops of lemon in my water and ate lightly. In the evening I just did no-thing. A real treat since I am really busy writing and preparing for my website soon-to-be. Instead, I comfortably sat in the sofa and watched three episodes of Seinfeld. As I say, LE BONHEUR! (total happiness!).

I can't stop comparing how I am treating myself now to how I used to beat myself up again and again in my hell days of eating. Even sick (with a stomach flu!), I was overeating. I am SO grateful now that this is over. I am SO thankful to the Universe to have put me where I am now and be able to share this with you. 

Now every time I am eating, I am treating myself like a queen. My body deserves the best (phew! what a change!). I spend time in my kitchen and I have such a pleasure to prepare a delicious raw meal. 

But what is raw foods? Raw foods has not been heated above 118 degrees Fahrenheit (about 48 degrees centigrade). So basically, the food is not altered by heat and all the enzymes, vitamins and minerals are still present (heat destroys them). This is a vegetarian/vegan diet with a lot of fresh foods, no not only salads!

Eating raw was and is everyday a total revelation. The one incredible thing that happened only after a few weeks, and I have to share this with you, is my life-obsession with my weight disappeared. Even when I was eating healthy, whole and organic foods, and my overeating was in control, I  was still obsessed with my weight and how many calories I was eating. After a few weeks of eating raw, the obsession disappeared. It is as if a little fairy came to me and touched me with her wonder stick! 

When did I start to go raw is hard to say because it really happened naturally to me. I have been drinking healthy smoothies for at least 3 years and I started to read about raw foods only 9 months ago. Then I started to add a few things like greens and superfoods (spirulina, raw cacao, maca...) to my smoothies. I really changed pretty much everything in my diet 4 months ago. So it was gradual. 

To conclude rapidly on this (there is so much to say about it all!) is that my cells are finally getting what they were craving for all these years. Finally, my body is really nourished and can finally take a back seat and let me enjoy life to its fullest. 

I will tell you more and more about raw foods along the way.  

Anne, always with you on the path.