Something funny has been happening to me lately; the more whole, healthy food and juice I eat and drink, the less I want anything junky. And the more I move, the more I want to move and the less I want to sit, but that's a story for another time. This one is about food. Processed food doesn't taste good anymore. Sugary food is too sweet. And it all makes me feel like hell - sick and tired and cranky. The truth is that this kind of food no longer has a place in my life, really, but admitting that is hard for reasons that I'm sure go far beyond the simple.
I was re-watching Hungry For Change (which by the way you can watch for free next Thursday, or right now if you have Netflix) the other day, and I heard David Wolfe say something similar about how all the good stuff pushes the bad stuff out, and how that kind of change works for everyone. It must be true if it's working for me. I mean, it makes sense, doesn't it? The things that make the biggest impact are often the most simple.
This has been happening to me for awhile, and for awhile I pushed back against it (don't ask me why, it's a very strange phenomenon). I'd buy snacks, try to eat them, and then throw them away after a bite or two revealed that what I was eating tasted less like awesome and more like cardboard or chemicals. Something in me still wanted to enjoy them, but it just didn't seem possible, and eventually I got tired of wasting money on something I didn't enjoy.
In a way, I guess I got what I've always wanted, because there have been times throughout my life when I wished upon a star to have my cravings for salt, sugar, and fat magically removed. I guess whole food was the magic I needed. I didn't do this with any kind of strategy in mind, I just wanted to start juicing. Now I crave things that are unprocessed (or minimally processed) and as close to their natural state as possible. It's kind of amazing to me, this returning of my body to its natural state. My mind is taking longer to catch up (seriously, sometimes it's a very emotional process), but it's getting there. For now, I'm learning to lean into it and let my body take me where it wants to go.
This, by the way, is what I'd call speaking truth to power:
