Transitioning to raw since May 2007. Recently did a 22 day fast, intending to be as close to 100% raw as I could be after breaking the fast. It has been a couple of weeks, and I am not doing as well as I had hoped. I’ve also started a regular running routine.
I feel like lately I’ve been eating way too much in order to appease a huge appetite. Not hunger—appetite. One recent day’s intake included 5 avocados. Another day I ate 4 bananas in one sitting, when I just thought one should be enough. One night I was snacking on some almonds and ate the entire 4 servings bag. Then there were a few occasions where I still felt my body needed something after eating the regular fruits and salad, so I would break open a can of refried beans or garbanzo beans. And that would do the trick. Amazingly well.
So I am trying to normalize my eating habits. Deciding to cut out nuts and limit avocados to one a day. But what does all of this behavior signal? Is this mostly emotional eating? What is my body missing that it feels so much better after eating the (cooked) canned beans?
