FOOD TO FREEDOM

Hibernation - Part I

I admit not showing up very regularly these days. It's true I had said I would not but the truth is, I miss blogging here. But there are moments necessary for retrospection and reviewing some lifestyle habits. It will take several postings to tell you all the details.

So I hibernate (it is winter time on this side of the planet!) And the first thing I would like to share with you is a quite interesting discovery and related to health concerns. Read on. It's interesting and maybe will help you or others around you.

I blogged several months ago about this problem I am having for three years now, a "Tinea Versicolor" which is a fungus on the surface of the skin. The result is whitish discolorations and lots (LOTS!) of itching. In three years, I have tried everything.  Conventional medicine (three small white tablets to take three days in a row leading to a depressive state after only one day... great!) did nothing for me except eliminate the symptoms to see them coming back full strength three months later. I have found no cure in alternative medecine neither: essential oils, ointments and so on. Nothing did it for me.

At the same time, I discovered when having colonics that I had candida. Horror and damnation.

When times get tough

I miss blogging in English. I love writing in English. So here I am. And I miss you.

It's been hard lately and I, too, need support. It is hard to do it alone. I can't do it alone. And even though I have been out of bingeing and the compulsion for quite a long time, there are times when it is hard, when I have food thoughts going through my mind. Images of chocolate ice cream appear, or chocolate bars, or chocolate cookies (anything chococate goes...). And then, immediately and I should say: automatically, I remember how I felt when I used to binge on this kind of foods. I felt like shit.

Now, when times are hard and I NEED to eat something even if I am not hungry, I go for a healthy raw food, fruits or smoothie or raw cacao nibs and goji berries or raw sorbet. It satisfies me and I am not hurting my body. And I let the storm pass. I feel down for a few hours and try to see what's going on.

Why do I eat raw and living foods?

Because when I eat raw and living food, I feel alive.

In fact my blog today could very well be summed up with this single sentence.

To go raw freed me from being a slave, a slave to refined foods. The more I ate anything sweetened with refined white sugar, the more I wanted of it. There was no way for me to stop. It was never enough. The more I ate white bread ... ahhhh, the baguette so dear to my French heart... and the more I wanted of it. Etc. The vicious circle. I was a living dead who lived to eat.

Not only raw food freed me but it gave me so much more than that!

The Green Smoothie Challenge and Rawcovery projects

Put into place by Anand and Runi, raw food teachers, educators and speakers in Australia, the green smoothie challenge invites you to add green smoothies into your diet. The Rawcovery project hopes to gather over 1,000 recovery stories from people who recovered from illnesses or addictions through a raw food diet. Please click on the links below to visit their websites. It's great!

"The Green Smoothie Challenge and Rawcovery community projects websites are now live! In case you haven't already heard these 2 projects are free not-for-profit, community projects run entirely by volunteers. While each project is unique they both have the same goal. To touch, inspire and educate individuals, communities and nations about the power of living foods (and the dangers of processed foods) in a big way! We will send you a separate email to share with you  some exciting opportunities being offered through both these programs".

Just back from the naturopath

Even though my raw food diet is very good, I have been bothered by a pretty tough skin fungus. It appeared 2 years ago on my back and hasn't stopped itching since then... it comes and goes but it always comes back. Guess it loves me that much!

First time that "thing" appeared, I went to a dermatologist who gave me antibiotics! yeah, as if that would solve the problem.... but not knowing what to do, I swallowed the damned antibiotics. Did this procedure twice.... and the fungus came back even stronger.

I finally decided to go see a naturopath today, and that was an interesting experience.

Why Weigh?

So much to say about weight… such an obsession all my life…. “I’m too fat”, “I feel fat”, “I look fat”, “my thighs are fat”, “my belly is fat”, “my butt is soooo fat”, “my hips are too fat”, “have to hide my fat”.“I AM FAAAAAAT”.

It has been a looooong battle against fat. I won… when I stopped the fight.