Dried fruit binges

AllNatural

I love being raw and find the thought of a lot of cooked food makes me feel very upset to my stomach. That said you can imagine i rarely crave cooked food. However, i do go on dried fruit binges. I find myself eating alot of dried fruit during class (i am a college student) among many other times. I know eating this much is not good for me, because of the high sugar, low h2o content etc. That and the little “pooch” that has developed under my belly button. Any suggestions on how to control the cravings?

onethousandone

i’m totally experiencing the same problem. It’s like, i can either totally avoid all dried fruit, or i want as much of it as possible. i loooove sweets. i’m doing a dry-fruit fast this week because my dependency on them got a little too intense.

AllNatural

Thank you, im glad im not the only one out there with the sweet problem. Joesc you are probably right. My family supports the way i eat and are trying to incorporate more raw in their diet. So my dad bought me ALOT of fruit so thats all ive been eating because i didnt want it to get ripe on me. I will definitly try more greens…thanks for the tip

onethousandone

i think the people on this site are so wonderful. thanks for the positive, helpful comments everyone.

juleskess

mango woman, I am going through something similar. Did you maybe have a slip up that your body is dealing with now? I have been raw for 4 months now with no problems, and suddenly am a beast in the kitchen. I am eating a ton and have cravings for the first time since going raw. I can pinpoint it to one evening when I had a fall-off-the-wagon moment and ate a piece of my boyfriends freshly baked pizza. After that my body became a freak for food. I am slowly getting it under control, but I think it was that that did it to me. But hey, whats wrong with dates? Go for it, listen to your body. If you need more calories, get them in there the good way (not the pizza way:()

leahmariv

huh maybe thats my problem eating to many dried foods i do make them my self but hmmm something to think about