Raw Food & Healthy Eating Scotland
Rawfood, vegan, vegetarian, plant based & healthy eating in Scotland
I know what you’re thinking… Actually, I don’t. I have a horrible feeling you think this post is about being intimate with a tub of guacamole and some flax crackers. It isn’t. That’s for another time.
Moving on.
Remember I wrote this post about honouring the part of you that wants to succumb to the thing you’re telling yourself you can’t have? Well, what if you’d really rather not go there but you think you might? How do you negate or minimise the resulting stress on body and mind?« Continue »
You know when you’re on a detox and you get that, ‘Oh, I can’t have that‘ mentality about something you’re desiring?
You know, the voice in your head that says you can’t have it…you’re not allowed it…that’s ‘bad‘… The voice that actually just makes you want the fucking thing even more? Probably more than if you weren’t actively trying to avoid it? It’s a bit like fancying married men. Kind of. Ok, poor analogy. Don’t judge… Or send hate mail.
Oh man, you guys are gonna love this! Before we begin, let me say that I know that we can all experience cravings which are purely physical in nature and our body’s innate wisdom is to be trusted. This post however, is about EMOTIONAL and MENTAL cravings. You know, when you just gotta have that bag of crisps or bucket of biscuits? Let’s start with a bit of background…
Back in the early days of my transition to a raw food lifestyle, I found myself having some pretty intense cravings for the ‘bad’ stuff. It made no sense in my head. I knew all the raw she-bang. I knew these foods were not serving me, but yet I felt I had to have them. It was making me miserable. No matter how much raw I ate I still felt drawn to the chips, the biscuits, the ice cream! That’s when I went to see a jolly amazing man called Brian. « Continue »