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How a 2-Week Raw Food Fast Helped Me Find Peace Around Food
The real discoveries went beyond the 9 pounds I lost.
This is not medical advice but my personal experience. All diets and fasts should be discussed with your medical team. Fasting is not often recommended for people with eating disorders.
I panicked when I heard there was a suggested raw fruit and vegetable fast before attending a June Solstice Retreat. I’d never fasted before. After a professional career as a dancer with years of limiting my food intake and bouts of over-eating/over-drinking followed by starving myself—the last thing I wanted to do was to go through a fast. I’d never even done a cleanse.
After being a dancer, I transitioned into choreographing and my tired feet, aching muscles and starving body were happy for the reprieve. I was also so happy to be able to eat before a show and not worry about cramping or my costume fitting. What a thrill to be able to eat when I wanted and what I wanted.
What I didn’t realize was that after 15 years of choreographing—sitting, eating and only intermittent movement had taken a toll on my body in another way. All the travel took a toll. And after being diagnosed with a gluten allergy I struggled to find healthy food on and off planes and in hotel rooms late at night. When I…
