youthfulness

[opiumpoppyfields]

I kinda wonder if sometimes people think I'm being arrogant when I talk about how young I look due to raw food. Cuz I mention it a lot.

I'm actually not doing it for that reason. The reason I do it is because people tend to be shallow, and if eating a certain way can make them look younger/healthier/thinner, etc, it is more likely they will try it out. This is more alluring to most vs. "This will make you feel more energetic and happier and healthier!"

I use it as a tactic to get people interested. Just FYI.

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[opium.livejournal.com]

thanks!

um, sometimes I do mono. Usually I do just raw, and will have dehydrated stuff if I go out somewhere to eat. Right now I'm having a bit of quinoa but I don't want to do that for very long. I am starrrrrrrving for some reason, and I was experimenting with my diet, going back to how I did it for the first 3 years (a lot of fat) and I felt so awful I am just going back to low-fat, and the quinoa is helping me get back on track with a high carb diet. I feel kinda gross, tho.

[vegantravels.livejournal.com]

so I guess you mean cooked quinoa, not raw sprouted?
yeah, during the times I do raw for couple weeks I eat tons of nuts/avocados along with other non-fat stuff, and it doesn't feel quite right. interesting idea with quinoa helping switching back to low-fat, will have to try this

[opium.livejournal.com]

i did it before with sweet potatoes, but I felt too bloated. I am not gonna eat the quinoa for very long. Maybe just this week? Period is coming and I'm always ravenous.

Yeah cooked. I hate sprouted quinoa. Everything i'm eating is raw, though, I've only had the quinoa and some yams this week.

[opium.livejournal.com]

I think my body was like WHERE DID THE FRUIT/CARBS GO? and I binged hard on the starch.

[opium.livejournal.com]

also, one of the reasons i chose quinoa is because it is a low GI food, and when I have a lot of fat in my system and then eat a lot of sweet fruit again, my bloodsugar likely spikes and my face gets rashy. i have not been consistent enough with the low-fat to really see a difference, i always end up binging on gourmet raw stuff cuz i love it so much, haha. also i got back into those sorts of things when my relationship started to get really bad for me - first lots of cooked carbs, then to get off those i did all raw with as much fat as i wanted, it was comfort food and i ate SO MUCH during those months, but now im just struggling because its yummy.

[vegantravels.livejournal.com]

yeah any stress is the worst time for raw eating, I do get off it every time, and then obviously feel double stressed and less healthy. getting back on raw is a whole separate story, usually only fresh predominantly carrot juices every morning help me get back on track, or green smoothies, but otherwise keep craving cooked)