I would like to answer Sophie who left an interesting comment on my previous post.
How did I finally stop bingeing?
My experience with raw foods was as if a magic wand hit me. I became hooked onto raw foods when listening to the Raw Food Summit 2 online. I started eating raw foods at the end of october. From day one, I felt a huge shift in my energy. I don't know how to explain it differently. My weight obsessions disappeared. And you have to understand: I have been obsessed with my weight ALL MY LIFE. My obsessions with exercising like a nut case disappeared. My obsessions with how my body looked like disappeared. My usual cravings for certain foods disappeared: here I am talking about cravings for processed foods like chocolate, ice creams, bread and pasta. The vision of my website appeared in my mind and I HAD to act on it as fast as I could. The whole experience is a total miracle!
I still drink green tea, I have a little organic wine on week-ends and yes, sometimes I have a little bit of cooked food (like eggs). But this is totally all right coming from where I come from. What I did immediately when going raw was to prepare good and nice foods. I tried all kinds of raw recipes found on the net and bought a few books. I already had a blender and a Champion juicer, so that helped! I became organized! For example, I always have frozen fruits ready to prepare nice sorbets. I always have frozen chocolate fudge in the freezer as well (and yes, I eat a few pieces almost everyday and of God, I looooove it!). I always sprout lentils, alfalfa and mung beans. And I buy organic products as much as I can. The taste and the nutrients contents is just nothing to compare with the conventional ones.
Right now, I am experiencing different food combinations. I had a few bad experiences that made me feel sluggish and heavy in the digestive area... you can say that again! But you know what? I have spent my life listening to what others wrote about nutrition, each one had their own method that was the best, the best diet, the best in anything. And I always believed they knew better than me. I totally forgot myself, I lost myself for years.
Now, it all comes down to what my intuitions are telling me what to eat or not to eat. It is not easy, I do not listen all the time. But I am trying. And I improve little by little. What a wonderful journey this is! I feel so much happiness now, this is incredible!!!! I have changed so much that I could probably write a whole book about it!
So to make the story short, I'd say that being tolerant with myself is the priority because after all, I'm only a human being learning and trying my best. I recognize that eating cooked foods makes me feel sluggish and I can feel my energy going down the drain. And I also recognize that not having enough sleep will trigger cooked foods cravings. So I am careful with getting enough sleep. I eat less and less cooked foods, rarely now. Sometimes, I eat a little too much because this frozen cacao fudge is sooo good.... yeah, sometimes it's hard to stop. But that's ok. I don't make a big fuss about it. No more guilt. I make a note of if and move on.
Slowly, my eating will get more and more truthful to my body's needs. I want to be my own best friend in every sense of the way. And more importantly, I want to help my fellow binge eaters if I can with all my heart and loving support.
It is a long path but it is the walking on the path that makes us grow.
With all my loving support,
Anne
