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Can't sleep on raw

Posted by Bj on May 29, 2014 at 3:51pm in Main Chat

Hi, All.

I have been eating vegan for 2.5 months now. It has been very easy, even coming directly from SAD. I still have days where I binge on junk food, but always vegan. I am very overweight. I feel really good eating vegan. I have a lot of energy even though I am not losing weight. That will come later.

Anyway I have been trying to get some raw days in. I aimed to do 2 weeks raw but failed miserably. The days I have been raw I feel really good except I can't sleep on raw days. At first I attributed it to something else but now I see a pattern. I am WIDE AWAKE on raw days. It really sucks. Even though I still have energy the next day I feel emotionally numb due to lack of sleep. Any tips?

Another issue came up. Yesterday I was fully raw on bananas, strawberries, blueberries and mangos. For dinner I had a banana/blueberry smoothie. I have never had just huge smoothie for dinner. I have had this combo before. I couldn't sleep, as expected, but I was SO SICK around 2 am to around 3:30 am on the toilet! My stomach got so huge and bloated while I was trying to sleep then I was really sick! Ideas, suggestions? Other raw days I've had a salad with berries or other raw veggies without issue. That was probably my first 100% fruit day. Is it that my body can't handle that much fruit?

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  • Bj May 30, 2014 at 3:47pm

    Thanks for the abundance of advice. Taking a little bit from each comment and I think I've got the sleeping part possibly figured out.

    • Windlord > Bj May 30, 2014 at 3:57pm

      here's one  more bit of info for you:

      http://health101.org/art_Sleep.htm

      Health 101 - Article - Sleep - The Great Healer
      • Bj > Windlord May 30, 2014 at 4:22pm

        I love this article. It is very interesting.

  • banana - boy 75% raw May 30, 2014 at 11:18am

    eat more calories  this is key  body won't rest till it knows it has enough fuel  

     always get up early in the morning and go for a walk or cycle in the out door air and light do it every morning

    turn off all lights/computers etc at 9pm and go to bed

    do not drink coffee or tea  

    these things worked for me i used have insomnia for 20 years now i sleep like a baby  

  • Ray May 30, 2014 at 11:07am
    Also I wanna point out that I get such good quality sleep on raw, the main reason I don't like eating cooked is my sleep is totally awful in comparison, feel like crap in morning coz of it.
  • Ray May 30, 2014 at 11:02am
    Well it sounds like you haven't eaten enough, I know that stops me sleeping, and fermentation causing your bloat and tummy problems, I guess from a bad combo or unripe or bad fruit.
  • ednshell May 30, 2014 at 10:09am

    Insomnia is the most classic symptom of under eating, easy fix! :)

    2500 is the bare minimum for ladies, eat more for activity and extra weight.  Eating one fruit for the day will be best for your digestion.  I would skip the greens until your  digestion improves and your stomach stretches a bit.  For example, 3 mangoes, 5 times daily gets you to approx. 3000 calories.

    A.  How do i know im not eating enough calories from fruit?

    1. Other food starts to look and smell good.

    2. Cooked food looks more then the second rate option it really is.
    3. Your energy, power, strength start to go downhill.
    4. Your attitude starts to suck. You just want to rip apart people and scream at them with frustration.
    5. You start to question this whole raw gig.
    6. You get cravings during the day and evening.
    7. You start to rely on discipline to keep you raw.
    8. You start to make raw pasta dishes, raw cakes etc.
    9. You start to question if we really need to exercise.
    10. Your so thin and weak that your athletic friends start to get concerned.
    11. You start to question veganism.
    12. You start blending maccadamias with dulse and spread it on 1inch thick flax crackers you made at 3am in the morning.
    13. You wake up at night and steal your housemates fruit. If your housemate is called banana guns and he told you not to eat the papaya, and you did, you aint eating enough fruit cals.
    14. You start to want to take fancy herbs and experiement with other diets.
    15. Your actually eating pizza and reading this.
    16. Youve got some Fred Bisci Enzymes in your pocket and your ready to try the 'all raw but 20% cooked rule'
    17. You want to believe that Brian Clement is right when he says corn chips are better than fruit. 
    18. You just paid aajonus vonderplanitz 400$ for a one hour consult and he told you to put an egg on a window edge for 50 days until its putrid and then to eat it. and you did it. you saw your dog eat some animal poo and you tried it too. ( true story i just heard).
    19. You just cant sleep!! you are approaching insomniac.

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  • Bart M May 30, 2014 at 7:11am

    So when you say you can't sleep, do you literally mean that you get zero hours of sleep following raw days?  How many hours of sleep do you get following raw days?

    • Bj > Bart M May 30, 2014 at 10:03am

      I may feel sleepy as in heavy eyes, like I can't wait to get in bed because I think I am going to sleep great. Then I get in bed, eyes close, but my body is wide awake. I toss and turn, change pillows, change blankets, anything that could be inhibiting sleep. Sometimes I will get up and do something after about 2 hours of this. Other times I will just lay there until I do finally fall asleep, usually around 4 am. I have to get up at 6:45 am the latest in the morning. There have been some days I couldn't sleep on raw and had to wake up around 5:30 am. On a normal day when I am raw all day but have a cooked dinner I go to bed around 9:30 or 10 pm as usual and fall asleep within 30 minutes. Then I wake up between 5 am and 6:30 depending on what I have going on that day. I have only had about 6 non-consecutive raw days total.

  • BananasforDates82 May 30, 2014 at 6:19am

    Try drinking a smoothie instead of having a big dinner.  Put calming ingredients like almond milk/rice milk.  Or this site has great recipes http://everydayroots.com/sleep-aid-drinks !! You can substitute the honey and milk with coconut sugar and rice milk or almond milk. :-)

    You can also have a scoop of tahini with a few celery stalks or have a bowl of oatmeal for dinner.

    All of these are vegan and will help with sleep. Hope I was helpful!!

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