Comments on: She Says: Sugar Shock Follows Hunger

By: Jenn (eating bender)

Jenn (eating bender) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:50:46 +0000

I love that bread! Holy majoly! I’m glad that the first day at work went well

I have a lot of wacky stomach issues and have never been able to pinpoint a source. I feel ya on the bloated/hard tummy. It really sucks.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:43:14 +0000

Thanks for answering my question Heather! I don’t get a hard tummy but it definitely swells up a lot due to the fiber. I eat a lot of it.

By: She Says: Breakfast Cookies Are a Raw Delight | Hangry Pants

She Says: Breakfast Cookies Are a Raw Delight | Hangry Pants — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:00:35 +0000

[...] was interesting to read the comments from my post regarding belly problems/hard bellies. A few people mentioned I might be lacking in protein and/or [...]

By: lauren

lauren — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:39:50 +0000

your salad looks so bright. love that. i am super jealous you can walk home from work.

By: Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good?

Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good? — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:32:13 +0000

To stay full on raw foods at first you have to eat a LOT! haha but then for people on all-raw diets you adjust and end up eating actually very little. The food is so efficient you just don’t need a lot. But for a stomach just starting out and still eating cooked food, it could mean eating 8 bananas for breakfast or something like that! Also, raw foods are absolutely more difficult to digest and you might consider how you are combining them. I noticed that salads with fruit always gave me a belly full of gas. It takes some time for your stomach to learn to handle more raw food but it’s worth it, and learning about food combining will help!

By: Aimee

Aimee — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:11:09 +0000

Ditto that I hate when I am so hungry that I have to eat right when I get in the door and then don’t have what I really would have liked to eat. Although too bad this happens too often for me!

By: Andrea (Off Her Cork)

Andrea (Off Her Cork) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:07:31 +0000

It seems a lot of people have have talked about raw foods only filling them up for a short amount of time. I know that when I have a salad, I need to have some sort of protein to go with it. Either in the salad itself, or along side (like a piece of cheese and bread, for example). Otherwise I get full for about 1/2 an hour and need something else.

By: rhodeygirl

rhodeygirl — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:46:58 +0000

completely off topic, but every time i go to throw away a ziploc without reusing it, i think of you and your recycling of bags, feel really guilty and reuse it!

By: Heather McD (Heather Eats Almond Butter)

Heather McD (Heather Eats Almond Butter) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:32:44 +0000

That’s the one thing about raw foods – they never quite fill me up. Maybe if you added some raw nuts to your veggie salads or spread raw nut butter on your fruit at lunch, you’d get feel more satiated?

I just looked at the recipe for the oatmeal honey bread. Maybe I’ll make that one today.

Congrats on a good first day on the job!!! I’m glad the staff works well together as my coworkers either make or break a job experience for me.

By: Kristie

Kristie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:32:08 +0000

I know exactly what you mean with the big bloaty stomach. I always have weird and annoying stomach issues it seems. Hm. The comments were kind of insightful here though, up the protein? I suspect I’m low on it sometimes… I hope you’re able to figure it out with the raw eatings and such. And be able to satisfy your hunger more. A lot of my days lately have been more snacky than meal based but that is just never very satisfying eh? Ugh.