I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving! I sure did, and I will share some of the great, and sad, things that happened when I get a chance to sit down and type it all out. I am in a bit of a rush tonight, but I saw this video today and it was so powerful that I wanted to share it with all of you.

Hi, my name is Bunny Berry and I am a Food Addict

Bunny Berry is an incredible lady who started a raw food website called Raw Fu. I love Raw Fu, and am an active member of the community. Bunny has overcome huge health challenges, and is so open and honest about her journey into raw food. She is a hero of mine, especially due to her transparency and unique forthrightness.

This video really hit home with me. It doesn’t matter if you are a raw foodist, high raw, or no raw–we all struggle with food addictions. The food companies make SURE that we do! They purposely put things in the food that trigger addictive reactions.  A doctor once told me that if white sugar were invented and introduced today, it would be classified as a Schedule 3 Narcotic!!!

When she speaks of going to the store to get a ‘forbidden’ food and then trying to hide the evidence, that resonated with me. I am human—-I have done that! Fortunately, only a few times over the past couple of years, but I have. One time, I got a pizza from my favorite Mediterranean restaurant and ate the whole thing in the car–and it was no personal-pan-sized pizza!  I have done the same thing with those iced sugar cookies and those buttercream-iced birthday cakes from the grocery store. I hid all the evidence, because I knew Michael would really get upset with me, but the thing is–I knew it, whether anyone else did or not. And it was only MY body I was hurting.

With the precontest diet and my goal I was so focused on, I didn’t have these problems at all! The scheduled ‘cheat’ meal really helped, but I didn’t have massive cravings, either. But boy, did I have a meltdown last week! Thanksgiving really got to me, especially because I had been given carte blanche from my coaches to eat anything I want and take the week completely off. I made myself miserable, actually became sick, and have been dealing with detoxing for the past few days. It has been hell. I actually got desperate to be back on the Bombshell diet, which I once thought was restrictive but now realize is liberating.  I will share the whole story when I have time. Until then, watch Bunny’s incredibly moving and honest video, and see if you can’t relate. I know I did!

Enjoy!

Be Defiant! Defy the food addictions!

Christy

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