20 Years Raw Vegan Was Not Easy!
rawfood·@mattmonarch·
0.000 HBD20 Years Raw Vegan Was Not Easy!
<html> <h2>20 years raw vegan was not easy, but it was easy at the same time, because there was no other option in my mind…</h2> <p>After being <strong>20 years</strong> 100% Raw Vegan, I now have <strong>complete</strong> control of <strong>everything</strong> I put in my mouth, <strong>without</strong> binging, <strong>and</strong> without over eating… <em>In fact,</em> I’m not even <strong>capable</strong> of doing <strong>these</strong> types of eating habits anymore…<em>But let me tell ya…</em> It <strong>wasn’t</strong> an easy path to get here… <strong>All</strong> the difficulties I had to go through in order to get <strong>here</strong> is discussed below…</p> <h2>There were many steps that I had to go through in order to get where I am today… Here are the steps…</h2> <p><strong>1.</strong> Cooked Food<br> <strong>2.</strong> Binging<br> <strong>3.</strong> Sugar <em>(Fruit)</em> Addiction<br> <strong>4.</strong> Over Eating<br> <br> <strong>1. Cooked Food –</strong> While this is the <strong>most</strong> difficult step for most people when trying to eat 100% Raw Vegan, this was actually the <strong>easiest</strong> for me… <em>Don’t get me wrong,</em> when I <strong>first</strong> went raw, I remember walking through the streets of <strong>NYC</strong> passing <strong>pizza</strong> joints and <strong>sushi</strong> bars and <strong>smelling</strong> the food and <strong>salivating</strong>, but my <strong>will</strong> and desire to do this new path was <strong>unbreakable</strong>. <em>Furthermore,</em> I would do colonics, which <strong>literally</strong> pulled the waste out that was <strong>created</strong> from the withdrawals of eliminating <strong>all</strong> the processed foods I used to eat.<strong>2. Binging –</strong> When I <strong>first</strong> went 100% Raw Vegan, I was <strong>not</strong> used to the <strong>empty feeling</strong> in my stomach from eating <strong>solely</strong> raw foods. I would <strong>find</strong> myself after eating dinner, which was my <strong>huge</strong> salad consisting of <strong>5 avocados</strong> and <strong>12 heirloom tomatoes</strong>, walking <strong>back</strong> and <strong>forth</strong> from the fridge <strong>endlessly</strong>, eating bee pollen, fruit or other foods <strong>uncontrollably</strong>.<br> </p> <h2>I tried to eat in succinct meals without snacking in between, and I remember myself in the supermarket parking lot counting down the minutes when my next meal would come.</h2> <p>These <strong>continual</strong> thoughts sometimes <strong>took over</strong> my life as I was <strong>starving</strong> waiting for my <strong>next</strong>meal time. <em>However,</em> <strong>nothing</strong> was going to <strong>stop</strong> me on this 100% Raw Vegan lifestyle, I just <strong>lived</strong> in the moment without <strong>any</strong> expectation of overcoming this binging disorder… <em>I didn’t even realize it was an issue at that moment lol…</em> I just did my <strong>best</strong> and I had <strong>no idea</strong> that within another <strong>decade</strong> or so that I was going to have complete <strong>control</strong> over it like I do now…<strong>3. Sugar (Fruit) Addiction –</strong> This was the most <strong>painful</strong> and <strong>difficult</strong> step to get over. <em>Most</em> long-term raw food eaters <strong>stay</strong> in binging mode, because they don’t <strong>realize</strong> that <strong>high sugar</strong> is one of the <strong>major</strong> causes of it, <em>which I will write an article on soon…You name it,</em> my <strong>first</strong> meal of the day was <strong>some</strong> sort of <strong>high glycemic</strong> tropical fruit, such as figs, persimmons, mangoes, cherimoyas, sapotes, sapadillas, mamey, durian, etc. I was <strong>so crazy</strong> about it, I would <strong>even</strong> ship fruit down from <strong>Florida</strong> at times lol. My <strong>morning</strong> meal would consist of eating <strong>sugar fruit</strong> and nothing else. The <strong>only</strong> issue was that I <strong>couldn’t</strong> control myself, and there were times I would end up eating <strong>5 – 8 pounds</strong> of sugar fruit in <strong>one</strong> sitting. The <strong>end</strong> result would be the <strong>nastiest</strong> smelling gas ever!</p> <h2>It was due to this gas that I wanted to get my eating habits under control…</h2> <p><strong>Resisting</strong> temptation, <strong>succeeding</strong> by eating <strong>only 4</strong> large persimmons, then <strong>failing</strong> the next day <strong>eating 12.</strong> <em>The following only happened once,</em> but I went to the farmers market and found the <strong>most crazy</strong> amazing tasting figs ever! It was like they had <strong>honey</strong> <em>dripping</em> out the bottom hole of the skin, and I <strong>couldn’t stop</strong> eating them… <em>In the car ride home,</em> I ended up <strong>burping</strong>them up and <strong>spitting</strong> some out window due to the <strong>fear</strong> of this type of horrible <strong>rancid</strong> digestion.<em>Looking back on it all,</em> all this was <strong>pretty much</strong> an eating disorder of some sort, but I <strong>needed</strong> to get through it to get where <strong>I’m</strong> at today. That’s a <strong>bit</strong> embarrassing to say!I <strong>may</strong> of had it easy with the <strong>first</strong> step of eliminating cooked food, but the <strong>rest</strong> was <strong>crazy</strong> and I didn’t even <strong>realize</strong> what I was <strong>going through</strong> at the time, as I considered it <strong>normal</strong> when I was in it. I’ve <strong>hung out</strong> with <strong>many</strong> raw food eaters, regular <strong>and</strong>youtube stars alike, have this <strong>same</strong> sugar addiction, <strong>binging</strong>, eating issues… This <strong>probably</strong> stemmed from the <strong>sugar addiction</strong> I/we had from the <strong>Standard American</strong> refined sugar-filled food we ate in the past. At <strong>some point</strong> a <strong>decade</strong> later I just had <strong>enough</strong> of this <strong>rancid</strong> smelling gas, and digestive <strong>upset</strong> to where I <strong>gave up</strong> the high-glycemic sugar fruit…</p> <h2>It’s critical to understand that this type of sugar fruit creates this type of rancid smelling gas/waste in a clean human system, while fat and protein foods didn’t.</h2> <p><em>Obviously…</em> that’s <strong>not</strong> good… This will <strong>all</strong> be in my <strong>next</strong> article, <strong>including</strong> the fact that I literally became <strong>younger</strong> after eliminating <strong>heavy</strong> amounts of sugar.<strong>4. Over Eating –</strong> Over <strong>many many</strong> years, over eating just <strong>disappeared.</strong> Eating <strong>100% Raw</strong> Vegan doesn’t give that feeling of <strong>satiation</strong> as all <strong>other</strong> foods do. The way I <strong>successfully</strong> dealt with this is that I would eat <strong>huge amounts</strong> of the <strong>same</strong> food. It was <strong>more important</strong> for me to eat a <strong>huge</strong> amount of <em>“bland”</em> food, versus <strong>small</strong> amounts of <em>“flavorful”</em> food. <strong>I</strong> just wanted my stomach to get <strong>stuffed</strong>, which was the <strong>most</strong> important thing, and <em>“bland”</em> food, like my huge <strong>4-ingredient</strong> salad <strong>did</strong> the job, while <strong>fancy</strong> raw vegan foods would cause <strong>digestive</strong> discomfort.After <strong>20 years</strong> of sticking to <strong>all</strong> of this, I have <strong>no issues</strong> on <strong>any</strong> of these levels. Everything is <strong>effortless</strong> to me… <em>Kind of like how a baby learns to walk.</em> <strong>At first</strong>, you have to <strong>learn</strong> balance, to <strong>watch</strong> where you are going so you don’t <strong>run</strong> into things, etc, and <strong>then</strong> in the end, walking just becomes <strong>effortless…Lowering</strong> sugar intake was a <strong>huge</strong> factor in this success. I see other <strong>20+ year</strong> Raw Vegans <strong>still</strong>binging on food and eating <strong>crazy</strong> amounts of high-glycemic sugar fruit, which <strong>I feel</strong> is part of the problem.It was the <strong>desire</strong> to be healthy, balanced, with <strong>optimal</strong> digestion, which gave me this success.</p> <h2>Now I’m on a mission to show the world what is possible eating 100% Raw Vegan in the most optimal way.</h2> <p>My <strong>digestion</strong> is <strong>perfect</strong> for me, my body <strong>feels</strong> incredibly good, and my <strong>mind</strong> is <strong>clear</strong> and as <strong>focused</strong> as can be. I feel <strong>extremely</strong> clean. Now I’m taking it to the <strong>next level</strong> with my <strong>physical</strong> body. I’m starting to take up <strong>more</strong> stretching, strength training, balancing, etc <strong>in order</strong> to <strong>show</strong> what a <strong>100% Raw Vegan body</strong> is capable of.I want to get my <strong>body</strong> to the point of <strong>100% fluidity</strong> with <strong>0% stiffness</strong>, pain, etc. I’m <strong>already</strong> in a <strong>really</strong>good place, and <strong>stay tuned</strong> to what is coming next. I want to be able to <strong>gracefully</strong> take my body from one <strong>strenuous</strong> position to <strong>another</strong> without <strong>any</strong> effort, to show what an <strong>optimal</strong> functioning <strong>agile</strong> 100% Raw Vegan body is <strong>capable</strong> of…!</p> </html>