Wednesday, almost Christmas

Hello Lovelies. Now I am still rather off track food wise, and I can really start to feel my body telling me that I am not feeding it the right stuff. So this morning, I started the day with a whole 1L of fresh juice (orange, grapefruit and apple) YUM.

I had another 1L of juice later on in the day (apple, pear and grapefruit) Alas no vegetable juice, I really do find the carrot juice nutritious. When I am drinking it I can almost feel the goodness going down.

Anyway, I was thinking that what I am eating now, i.e. not trying hard to be raw, is so much better than how I was eating a few months ago. It's fantastic how we have access to so much information that can help us make informed choices. And how our perceptions can change with a little experimentation.

I have learnt that vibrant health comes from eating vibrant food and of course conversely bad health is a result of bad food.

What I mean is this, it's not as if I NEVER knew that food is integral for good health, it's just that we are encouraged to have a relationship with food. You have probably said it yourself "I just love mashed potato" "I need chocolate" or perhaps "I need a drink". Now it isn't that there is anything wrong specifically with being hungry or feeling that you need something from a certain food group. What I mean is that these are phrases that indicate how we feel about food. And often is it our relationship with food that is a cause of bad eating patterns or eating disorders.

I for one was encouraged to eat at every given opportunity as a small child. So there is a part of me that equates food to love, and that is a hard thing to unlearn. Part of my journey is this, I have to figure out how to eat only foods that are useful to me as a living organism. I have to learn when I am putting my hand in the fridge to pick out something good, and to not put food in my mouth out of habit, and to only eat out of hunger.

I will try to leave this post on a positive note. Today I had TWO WHOLE LITRES (yes that's a lot) of pure, fresh, homemade juice with no nasties added. Yes, I ate other things that weren't health giving, and tomorrow I will do better.