This week I decided to commit to 30 days of a raw and vegan diet. Two friends of mine became interested in raw food eating lately, and since I’ve done this raw thang before, I found myself reminiscing about being super lean again, sleeping better, experiencing little-to-no illness, plus having ridiculous amounts of energy, blemish-free skin and brighter eyes. I know… as IF my eyes could get any more beautiful, right?! (Yeah, I’m owning it.)
Anyway, my friends’ dedication to this eating lifestyle inspired me, so I decided to go ahead and incorporate a return to raw food eating into my Way Mental summer. It’s only 30 days (with the option to extend). Plus, I’m definitely ready to enjoy some of the aforementioned benefits in my life again. I ate this way for about 14 months in 2004/2005, and much of what I learned about food and nutrition during that time has stayed with me.
One of thing that happens to your body on a raw food eating regimen is kindof ooky to talk about, but to me, it is fascinating. See, um… basically… well, because your system is taking in so much good, healthy, living food – and lots of additional fiber with all the fruits, veggies, nuts and seeds that comprise the diet – your body starts to let go of everything else. And I mean EVERYTHING. Not to be crude, but I would go the bathroom and wonder, “Where in God’s name is all of this coming from?! That’s more than I’ve eaten in the past three days!!” Before too long, each bathroom visit became a multi-flush situation, not to mention I practically needed a shoulder harness to keep me in place on the commode. This would happen day after day after day after day, multiple times a day. COPIOUS amounts. Seriously, I had no idea my body had that much stuff all up in there. Yesterday, this phenomenon began again in my Life.
A bit coarse, I know, but a really interesting metaphor, in my humble opinion. What are we feeding ourselves? Not just our bodies, but our Minds too! When we fill ourselves up with nothing but Good, that which we no longer need can’t help but be forced out in time. And WOW – there is a lot of stuff we don’t need, stuff we probably don’t even know is still in there, clogging us up. With the raw food, when I’m deciding what to eat, the only question I ask is if it’s raw/vegan or not. If not, it is not serving my current plan, and it’s done. I’m working to get that way with my thoughts and beliefs, too. If they don’t serve me, why would I buy into them for one second? Time for those to be discarded too. Time for a new plan. That is my work right now. I’m only interested in thoughts of joy, peace, love, family, friendship, health, abundance, creativity – all the stuff that feels good!
More lessons to come from 30 days of raw, to be sure!
