Overeating whilst 100% Raw

In my post yesterday I wrote about lack of sleep as a consequence of overeating. I understand that fibroids (Bob and Max) are taking up quite a bit of space but if I don't overeat then they are not too much of a problem.                 

After I wrote that post I ate very little:

A few bananas and walnuts. 
A couple of dates.
A punnet of strawberries and blackcurrants. 
I drunk plenty of water and also a glass of the water from the homemade pickled cabbage.


It was 7 pm that I had my last banana. I slept for almost 7 hours without waking up to go to the bathroom. It is such an improvement from the day before when I woke up many times and had to be up very early with the bowl movement was as the wake up call. 

Therefore, my lesson is to not overeat. 

What about nutrition?

I figure I will simply have to start juicing. I can drink a litre of juice full of nutrition but could not eat all the veg that produce that 1l of juice. 

I have learned that pineapple has anti-cancerous properties. In India, pregnant women are discouraged to eat the core of pineapple as it can induce premature labour. A wife's tale also proven by the science. 

           "Bromelain, the enzyme complex of the pineapple plant, also has properties similar to such drugs as aspirin and indomethacin (5,6), but has no undesirable side effects. (Batkin, Steven Taussig & Joseph Szekerczes, 2009)"

Bromelain can cure tumours, apparently. There are a few videos on youtube with people professing that it cured their tumours. It is worth a try. I would much rather eat pineapple everyday to rid the body of Bob and Max than go under a knife. They will not come back if the body is in good health. Surgery does not give a healthy body. It just removes the tumours. 

Since becoming 100% raw I have had a pineapple almost always day. Also, apple cider vinegar, lemon, turmeric and garlic. I haven't had them every single day. I skip a day or two for variety a reasons. Sometimes I don't fancy smelling of garlic; don't get a chance to buy the pineapple. Turmeric, well, I just don't fancy the taste. Something to work on.

Ginger is also supposed to be a super healer. It, too, shall be incorporated. Soon. 

  

Second Week on 100% Raw OVEREATING!

Eating fruit and veg and nuts has given me the permission to eat as much as I can -and more!

Unfortunately this has meant that during the night whilst the body is processing the vast anoints of goodness and the pressure that Bob and Max are putting into the abs I am waking up to go to the bathroom.

I drunk three large glasses of water before 10 pm last night and was asleep just after midnight. I was up three times to go to the bathroom. At 7 am my abdomen felt enormous. Bob was looking huge. However, Bob is in fact the same as he was last week but was just protruding to give room to all the processed food. It was only after three trips to the bathroom within 15 ministers that I managed to fee to cologne and make some room for all the organs and tumours.

So, stuffing my face with a lot of food is really not the way to go. I'm eating more than I need.

My regular day consists of one large salad sometime in the afternoon, breakfast of fruit and nuts and an evening snack o walnuts and prunes.

So to begin I am ditching the prunes after midday and all snacking after 6pm. Let's see if that will work.

Sleeping is very important in the healing process especially, and most certainly in general too. Plus, I absolutely LOVE it.

I am testing the boundaries and it is sweet to know that all the goodness that I give to this body will have an opportunity to create a positive effect. If I had had that coffee this morning the primary task of the organs would be to detox its poison. This way we are not wasting time with that.

No quick fix for fibroids

No quick fix for fibroids

I have just come across this video  which has an excellent and short explanation of how embolisation procedure works. They make it look wonderfully easy and painless. This time last year I was considering embolisation to remove Bob and Max (my 6 and 7cm fibroids). In doing so i did plenty of research and found that the procedure as all medical interventions for fibroids have side effects for which women get readmitted to the hospital. 

In one scientific study which I read - and will post the link to once I find it again on the www, 8 women were observed after fibroid embolisation. One of those women had to go to an operating table to fix complications of the dying tumour. To me, one in eight chances of this happening are far too frightening. 

Also, I didn't want to have a foreign particle in my vain. They put a bit of plastic or other possibly toxic material to block the blood supply to the fibroid. Fibroid just shrivels. It dries inside the body. If I remember correctly, one lady had to "give birth' to her fibroid because it was just sitting there, dry. 

Instead, I was not drinking alcohol, not eating meat and dairy, not consuming any artificial sugars or anything with chemicals. After 8 months I started with an occasional glass of wine and was soon back on eating as vegan. Not as a vegan trying to heal their body. I thought that this may be enough. 

Sadly, there are no quick fixes. 

The raw way will take 'several months' says this woman Farhana who got rid of her fibroids on a raw diet. She told her story in a number of interviews. Last year I watched this one and it stayed in my head for all this time. I was keeping the knowledge of how to rid my body of Bob and Max but was too afraid to completely go raw. It was such a daunting prospect. I thought I could do it with Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, turmeric, garlic, and other plant based food as well as bread, coffee, soups.. etc. I also did acupuncture, colonic irrigation and an occasional fast. It didn't work. 

My subconscious would speak to me so often and say: 

               "you have the knowledge... you know how to rid your body of fibroids... fast and eat raw. It           is hard. It is the only way. There are no side affects. Your body will feel amazing." 

One thing that struck me with Farhana's story is that she was eating an unhealthy diet before she went raw. So the scope for her improvement is greater than that for me. I have always eaten a lot of fruit and veg and cooked from scratch without chemicals and pre-cooked sauces, etc. Very healthy. 

However, My diet never starved my body of all toxins. That is for sure. 

I have been completely raw since Friday 27th May. That is two weeks now. at first I felt that fibroids were loosening. Now, I feel them as they were before the start of the raw. It will take months. I want to accelerate this process a little bit and so am considering a few fast days. 

I would like to fast for four days ideally because it takes a four days fast for the body to reboot itself. All the cells will go back to their optimum function. So, if after a reboot I can then continue starving the body of toxins then Bob and Max will not like it here and will decide to eventually leave. 

I have only ever done a two day fast before and it was very hard. I was staying at a Buddhist temple surrounded with like minded people but it was tough. How will I do it living with two heavy meat eaters I have no idea. 

There has to be the right time to do it. I will find it. I will keep this space updated. 

The journey has only just begun. There are no quick fixes. Bob and Max have been growing on my uterus for 6 years and I know they will take a real effort to persuade to leave. 

Does Raw Diet Make me a Social Outcast?

I would say that it does! However, only from our unhealthy-life social circles.   

I have stopped going to the pub which used to be my main hangout with everyone that I knew. After work, after class, after a sports event, after a gig, for lunch, for dinner, for a meeting, for coffee.... Even for watching films and gigs. All with a glass of wine in my hand. And if the party is in a really good swing then some rum and coke too. 

All of that is now gone! Finished. I will go to the pub and then have to explain to people why I am not drinking and not eating. Sometimes I am in the mood to tell the full story. Sometimes I am not. It is hard to say goodbye to that part of my life. When everyone starts having an amazing tipsy time it is generally time for me to go home to my pineapple juice and some BBC drama. Nick Hornby's if I am lucky. 

The upside is that my eyes are crystal clear every day. Days become longer because they are not overcome by wasteful hangovers. I have more time to study. I have more time to be idle. And with some luck fibroids will melt away too. So, we are social outcast but only from our former lives. 

Now, I am starting to create new social circles with people who are also following raw lifestyle. People who are holistic healers, gardeners and not big drinkers. My old friends are still here. Supporting me on my quest to put the body in order and say goodbye to Bob and Max (two large fibroids the size of grapefruits). Having said this I must note the following:

Healing process as a pleasurable experience. 

 

Here, I have a deliciously crunchy salad which tastes what I imagine is like kissing heaven! I am not kidding! 

Simple raw ingredients full of sunshine. I used red cabbage which has fibroid ridding properties, red pepper which is full of vitamin C, cucumber which is hydrating and excellent for the skin, garlic: an antioxidant and kiss repellent, tomatoes: an antioxidant and a cancer fighter, alfalfa sprouts, calorific avocados, probiotic gherkins, brainy oily walnuts, lots of salt, alkalising apple cider vinegar and hemp seed oil. 

Eating this in a park full of fragrant roses whilst body was being sun kissed and bathing in vitamin D; beautiful scenery of relaxed people - eating raw was the only way to go. It smells fresh and healthy, it tastes fresh and healthy, it fills you up and it leaves you feeling light. 

Raw is the only way to go. 

The transition is hard socially. There is no pill to make everything alright. We have to work for it. 

We live in s diseased world. Socially and ecologically. We simply have to navigate as best as we can. The survival of the most gutsy. Raw foodists are gutsy! 

Raw food lifestyle may not be easy to begin with but serving my salad in a nice bowl and eating it with a proper cutlery rather than the common choice of plastic for picnics makes things so much more enjoyable. Decorate your food, take time over it. Slow the process down. Jus think how much more time we have because we don't have to slaver over a cooker. We are saving energy, time, vitamins. We are gaining every second we are not cooking and eating dead, sticky food. Joy is truly in the making. 

To life without fibroids I raise my glass of breakfast beetroot juice!!!!

After a week and a half, Bob and Max are still here. I am not expecting them to leave now but within a year, I hope. So, I shall be recording the process in case any of you need to know. Still, it is worth remembering that we are all different. I just hope that this works for me like it worked for a few others.

100% Raw - first week or so

The first week of 100% raw I was feeling tired. I googled raw diet detox symptoms rather a few times and was rest assured that it is OK to be tired for a little while. 

A few days before I went 100% raw my abdomen felt enlarged and fibroids seemed to be at their peak greatness. I was so scared that they were growing. I had to intervene. I had to take charge. So, I stopped eating cooked food. Then stopped eggs, then bread. The last to go was coffee.

Last few days I'd go to coffee shops order an espresso and sit there for a while. For half an hour, maybe longer, and only take about three sips. I didn't want to poison my body any longer. I didn't want to feed Bob and Max (the fibroids). 

About four days into my all raw lifestyle I was starting to feel tired for a while. I lost some blood through menses but not much. Therefore, it couldn't be anaemia. I didn't want to take any chances so I juiced beetroot and used spinach as the main base for my salads. I perked up after a few days. 

I was feeling lousy - to be totally frank. 

I put it down to broken heart and lack of coffee. I loved a lot, and I drunk a lot. A lot of strong black coffee which always made me happy. The weather too, was rather miserable which was not helping. Furthermore, my cat was euthanised and my father ended up in the hospital. Reflecting on the last couple of weeks like this makes me laugh and figure that perhaps it is best to suffer all pain at once. 

Today, about the 10th day into 100% raw: I feel good. I do get the odd flashing image of fresh bread and eggs. Even a cake comes to my vision sometimes which is most strange since I have lived without cake for years now. With an exception of a few months when I lived abroad. 

My transition to raw was very long. 

In 2012 I stopped eating all artificial sugars. I also gave up all saturated fats and had my steaks lean and pink. 

In April 2015, meat, dairy and booze got ousted. By January 2016 I was back on the booze, fish, chips and cooked vegan foods. Stuff which I'd hardly ever eat. Things like chips and crisps... 

Luckily, I always ate a lot of fruit and veg and I get to continue to eat it a lot more. 

What I am saying is that going raw has so far not been painless. Moody and depressive. But, like I said previously, it could be for other reasons. Giving up coffee alone is rather tough. And I still have a feeling that I will drink it again sometime. A bit like other drugs, cigarettes and men: at first the habit to think of them seems permanent. But, everything changes and so will my cravings. 

I find that practicing giving up is the best way to get there. Do it a few times until it works. One day at the time. 

I almost went raw in the summer of 2015. But, I couldn't.

I thought that socially I was already at somewhat a difficult position because I wasn't drinking. (Most of my family and friends drink booze.) Now, I just want those fibroids out. Social outcast or not the body comes first.