That’s it! I thought about it last night and I am quitting immediately, effective from today morning, right now. It can't be hard to give up immediately. I don’t need a transition. I am not moving into an unknown territory after all.
My mind works slow. What is right in front of me isn’t visible and often needs deep thinking to see what should be obvious. My father said once that common sense is uncommon. Thankfully, the deep thinking allows me greater insights before concluding anything.
In the last few months, I have had several health issues. My patience is running out as I am not getting relief despite giving ample time for self-care. My walking and cycling of long distances has stopped. Laziness has increased multifold.
Whenever I push myself into a walk, I don’t feel comfortable. When I start off, I have a mild chest discomfort, even if not exactly a pain. My arms give me a nerve-pull. It is not just the left arm to doubt a cardiac issue. After a few kilometers itself, I would have a feeling that I cannot go on.
The last couple of times when I did do and finished the 10 km walks, the initial ones were hard, calling me to quit and go back home. I am yet to try my 30 km cycling anyway. I can't even get up early enough in the morning to do one.
I am unable to wash and clean my car. Halfway through, I would have drained all my energy. On one occasion, I even had to get inside home and rest before finishing.
My ability to lift heavy objects has reduced. Even going up stairs is harder than it used to.
Suddenly, it occurred to me—it could all be due to me giving up raw food diet and adopting a richer, higher calorie content one-meal-a-day based out of fried rice, with millets replacing rice, and adding ingredients so I have complete nutrition of carbs, protein, fats and micronutrients.
While it kept me fairly satiated all day and simplified food routine, it did worse to my body as I realize now. In fact i had enjoyed the whole process of making the lunch in several ways yet ensuring full nutrition by the book. Every day i would have a sumptuous hot fresh yummy lunch.
As an experiment, I started this high-nutrition one-meal-a-day (OMAD) 5 months ago exactly. I am realizing that it is in these last few months that I started having energy issues, bodily pains, toothpain issues, and overall lowness.
So the experiment has failed.
At least now I have another confirmation that raw food is the best food for us. At least for me, it surely works. Even when I made exceptions to the diet, overall I was even far healthier. Last 8 years since I moved to raw food were God given from a health point of view. Got rid of chronic health issues but it now seem like they were returning slowly.
Now, having realized so vividly, there is nothing to ponder further. When asked, my wife also confirms that in the last few months I had complained of low energy and so often.
Welcome home raw food diet again! Yes, I will miss daily hot sumptuous lunches, but being healthy is far more important. Rest can be exceptions when I want to indulge. Not a daily food. Millets haven't done any miracles to me even if the theory and youtube talks are full of it. For me theory is important. But not bigger than results. Raw food has proved to me earlier and hope it will do so again. Good thing is it takes long to damage health. But good food can reverse it quickly. The very thought of it energises me to start the day!
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