When you don't eat enough during the day.....

and find yourself ravenous at the end of the afternoon and evening... 

It happens to me too, still. I don't eat enough because of a lot of reasons: I am too busy, I did not have time to prepare the right food or enough of it in the morning at home to take with me to the office, or I do not feel hungry really in the morning. Well, "why don't you just go out and buy something to eat during the day then if you don't have enough then?Well, I could if only I was able to find "proper" food. What you mostly find around my office is fast food, or "empty" food as I call it, meaning lots of calories most of the time and no nutriments. What's the point? I don't enjoy such food anymore. It doesn't nourish me. Even when I eat it, I still feel empty and never and I mean NEVER feel satisfied. So I don't eat it anymore, it doesn't appeal to me anymore. 

So yeah, I can feel ravenous when coming home because I haven't eaten enough. But it is not the same ravenous stomach sensation as I used to feel when I was on processed foods all the time and consequently bingeing all the time. No, it is more a subtle hunger feeling now because I simply need the calories to fuel me. That's all.

I am much more relaxed about it all now. Today was a day of not eating enough this morning and lots of shopping to do in the afternoon. So I felt tired and hungry at the end of the day. But that's ok! I didn't feel like killing someone like I did use to feel a little while ago. Tonight, I had a nice salad (spinach, lettuce and rocket salad) with a bit of olive oil on top and home made pizza (not raw but at least home made...and organic!). I made sorbet with frozen banana, frozen mango and strawberries for dessert. Heaven!

I do recommend though you eat enough calories in the morning and around lunch time, especially when you first start to control your binges and stay away from processed foods. This can make you go through some hard times and you don't want to add the burden of not eating enough calories. So eat enough during the first part of the day to reduce your hunger feelings later in the day. 

When you are on raw and organic foods for a while, and feel much stronger, you will be able to stay on an empty stomach without going crazy. Don't worry, you'll get there.

Meanwhile, really take good care of yourself and eating enough and organic  foods is one way to really care about yourself.

With all my support. Much love, Anne

Our friends the animals...

Tonight, my husband was telling me about an article he's read on internet about a chicken farm in Australia where these poor animals are caged and left to die. Australia is not the only country, this is standard procedure in many countries. 

There are 10 chickens in small cages, so small they can't move. They are debeaked so they can't fight each other, they hang themselves caught in the wires of the cage and left to die. Pigs and cows have the same kind of cruel treatment. 

If you haven't already, I recommend you read "Diet for a New America" and "The Food Revolution" by John Robbins. These books were a total revelation to me. I had no idea of what is going on in these farms. I had no idea animals were treated this way. This was the beginning of my journey to become a vegetarian. It took me a very long time but I switched rapidly to "organic chicken".  At least, these farms treat their animals with respect and let them live their lives of animals! 

The conventional farm industries nowadays are a total shame to humanity. What kind of human beings get to the stage where they treat animals this way? Even is you think that "this is only an animal, who cares?!" (I have heard this before!). An animal is a living creature of our planet and therefore deserves our respect. If you eat this kind of meat, think again. What kind of meat does an animal raised in these awful conditions produce?  they have to be given all kinds of medication so they survive till it's time for them to be slaughtered. These medications do not disappear by magic. They stay in the animals' flesh. When you eat it, you get it all as well. 

To summarize: these animals live in prison all their short lives, unable to move, and drugged to death so they don't get so sick as their meat can't be sold. "Premium" meat please! People eat this without thinking a second about where the meat is coming from and how the animal was treated ("who cares....")..... Do you realize the insanity of all this? 

It amazes me that this is even allowed. What kind of health do you expect to have in return if you eat this kind of foods? Not only will you get sick one day or the other but by buying these meats, you are encouraging the food industries to go on. 

Well, I have finally understood that it is time to stop this insanity and the best way to do this is to start with myself. So I can only encourage you to find out more about this by reading books and finding information on internet: www.foodrevolution.org, www.earthsave.org, www.naturalnews.com and many more. Education is the only way people can understand and change.

Till next time, I am with you on the path to healing,

Anne