As I laid in bed last night, prepared to fall asleep, I could feel sugar rushing through my entire body.  Food  from the days previous that my body was working to break down and was turning into sugar.

As I laid in bed last night, prepared to fall asleep, I could feel my digestive system working away.  It felt as if little creatures living in my intestines were gnawing away.  They wanted more of the white stuff, more of the white foods.

On my walk to the gym yesterday, the deep thought of, “Oh right! I eat good stuff, because it makes me feel good!”  came up like a big lightbulb (laughter followed, of course).  You see, yesterday, I woke up and drank lemon tea and then lemon, ginger, apple cider vinegar tea, and then made myself a super green shake, and then made myself a pot of Guayaki Yerba Mate.  While drinking water the entire time.  I took my E3Live and magnesium supplements.  I could feel this good stuff, doing good stuff for me.  This is what my mornings, my days are like a majority of the time.

I feed myself good stuff, because it makes me feel good, and it tastes real good, too.  You know what also tastes good?  My favorite thai dish, Pad Khao Mao (drunken noodles).  Big, fat, rice noodles, spicy and sweet.  Oh my mouth is watering just thinking about them.  I found a super cheap, super delicious thai spot only a few blocks from my apartment this past weekend.  I gave myself a treat of ordering my favorite noodles and they were so good that I ordered them the next day, too.

I also indulged on my favorite rice chips each day (a bag a day) and drank a bottle of wine each day.  I can not clearly recall what else I ate, I do know there was a pint of hemp ice cream in there somewhere.  I didn’t eat much greens, (there was broccoli in the noodles!) and I didn’t even make green shakes or green juice.  I was in  a nice, cozy hibernation mode and I enjoyed every moment of it.

I love feeling in my body.  I love that I can equate the fact that I woke up super stuffy, super lethargic, super achy, a bit dizzy and with a less than desirable skin complexion  because I know that my body is still working to break down all of the sugar.   You see, those noodles, those chips, those bottles of wine all turn into sugars, and my body has to help it along.  I am putting it to extra work.  I am grateful that my systems all work!

Now, I am craving my goods and my greens!  I fed myself goodness yesterday, went to the gym, went to hot yoga, and it felt good!  I have no guilt or regret from my days of eating out of my norm.  I find no problems to that, really, especially as it always reminds my as to why I do choose to eat the way that I do, high in greens, high in raw, no white sugars/flours (the rice noodles).  I eat the way I eat because it makes me feel truly alive.  My body doesn’t have to work as hard to break it down.

I also love balance.  I love not being uber strict.  I love that I allow myself to eat my not as healthy choices when I really want them and that I truly savor them.   I love being in touch with my body and knowing what it is up to.  I realize that many are not.  I have the ability to really see what works well for me and what doesn’t and to know that we are not all the same.  AND I am not making myself wrong for indulging on all of those choices.  I am not looking into the mirror and hating on myself for it.

My body is aching for white flours and sugars right now, because there are little yeast friends that live on that stuff and crave it.  I do not have candida, but our bodies all react this way.  When you eat, that stuff, your body wants more.  Which, can make switching to healthier choices harder for all.  We have munchkins inside us wanting that white fuel, but really that stuff just slows us down.

I am not just feeding my body, but my mind and soul as well.  When my body feels good,  when my body operates smoothly it energizes my mind and soothes my soul.  It opens up space for creation, for direction, for action.  Oh yeah,  that is good stuff!  Tis why I choose to eat the good stuff!

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