Raw Food & Fitness-Day 9Raw Food, Raw Emotions It's the 9th day of our Raw Food and Fitness Challenge. I'm desperate for some cookie baking, cookie eating, and some numbing of the craziness that's been coming up for me lately. Not that I'm the most balanced, unemotional, calm person in the world, but holy cow! Today and yesterday were rough! I'm feeling more irritable and moody than normal. I have very little patience with my kids and Derrick. I'm feeling inadequate as a mother, a wife, as a woman, as a person. And all those , "bound to make me even more depressed than I am already, but I think them only when I'm feeling depressed" thoughts start racing through my mind. Now I'm thinking, "This blog is about food and fitness. I shouldn't be writing these other things." But are these thoughts coming up because I'm not using sugar and fat to feel "better," or are they coming up because there's been no sunshine here in many many days (oh my, do I love the sunshine), or is this just me? Whatever it it, I'd sure love to eat some homemade baked goodies. I feel great when I let myself leave this grumpiness, though. I've been eating a 100% raw food diet for 8 days! I'm in the process of doing something wonderful for myself! I'm becoming healthier! I'm becoming a better person, a more alive and vibrant person--even if I don't feel it today. I highly recommend anyone out there reading this to do something truly truly kind for yourself. Do something to show you that you care about you, and for just a few seconds (or even more!) you'll stand up straighter, breathe deeper, open your eyes a little wider, and all those things you do when you've experienced that unique-to-you feeling when you've done something loving for yourself (and I don't mean eating chocolate, or pizza, or watching your favorite movie--which are great things to do, but not what I'm talking about here). I guess I'm talking about those times, or one time, you've taken care of you and made yourself a better you, and in doing so, you made the world a better place. Because we're all connected, and when we do something kind for ourselves, we're "doing" a kindness for the entire planet. Ok, so I won't make and bake any cookies, but maybe I'll create a tasty raw sweet treat and share it with all of you. Or maybe I won't...I'm feeling better already. If I do decide to go into the kitchen and create something, I'll be more present this time. My son Max is at my side now and he wants to make some raw nut butter. He loves smashing the nuts into the grinder. It will be raw nut butter today, I guess... Go to Raw Food & Fitness Start Page
|
