Hi Wes,
Nice to see you again. I have been away from this list myself. My question
for you - do you find it hard to stay on your program, or feel tempted to
veer off of it, to try to 'fit in' socially (at least somewhat) with what
family and friends are doing? I have found that a problem myself.
That is interesting that your diet is that high in fruit. I still have
problems with a lot of sweet fruit, no matter what I eat or don't eat it
with - physical and mental fatigue, swelling and stiffening in the body. If
I eat 70 - 80% raw vegetables and sprouts (I digest leafy greens very well),
and 20 - 30% raw or lightly cooked animal foods (not grain-fed), only small
amounts of sweet fruit, and exercise and get 8 hours of sleep each night, I
feel pretty well. I usually do feel tired at the end of my work days partly
because I work in an enclosed steel building with terrible air quality,
staring at a PC monitor most of the day. At least in my case job stress is
low as far as programmer jobs go!
On a somewhat-related note, I am doing one of those 7 day colenema cleanse
programs in 2 weeks. I found diet and exercise alone, while stopping almost
all my 'symptoms' and making me healthier than most of the people my age
that I know (which is not saying much!!), never brought me vibrant health.
Part of it is my occupation and lifestyle of course. I am 37, and have eaten
mostly raw since mid 1998 (with a fair share of cheating from time to time,
especially 2 weeks I spent in Argentina last spring). I am still not as
strong and energetic as I was when I was 20. I feel I have never really
detoxed the heavy drugs the doctors gave me during my 20's, including some
really evil psych drugs like Thorazine and Navane. Many people (especially
the paleo-dieters) don't believe the years-old filth they are carrying
around in their colons, and even myself, although I have seen some of this
horrifying stinky crap leaving my body during a cleanse back in 1998, I
haven't been willing to deal with it again (removing more of it from my
body) until now.
--Paul
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