Friday, 3 December 2010

Can eating healthy really impact the way one feels?

I was reading this article at stevepavlina.com and I really started wondering when I reached the point where he says that vegans tend to have better relationships. Now I have been a vegetarian all my life but am I good at relationships? According to my friends, I suck at 'em. Do I really? That's a different story for different time...

For now, I need to understand if the way I eat affects the way I feel. Sure, I agree that if I put good stuff in my body, I am showing that I care about what happens to my body. But who will decide what is good and what is bad? If I crave a certain kind of food, what does it mean? Am I not caring for my body then? Am I numbing my senses to postpone facing ugly truths?

To know these answers once and for all, for the next 21 days I am going off anything that is called 'junk food'. No more eating anything that is not cooked/concocted in my house. I will also try to keep it as fresh as possible.

So for next 21 days I am committing to:
1. Light dinner, heavy breakfast
2. 50-60% raw diet
3. At least half hour of some physical activity everyday
4. No junk food, no sodas, no bakery item
5. Sweets as less as possible - can't swear off them completely, coz I have one heck of a sweet tooth!
6. Writing about my experience

This is a tall order, but I am going for it.

Hopefully, I will come out enlightened on the other side of this experiment.

Ciao for now.

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