Sleep, baby, sleep.

Did I mention that initially when you start eating raw food you might find yourself wanting to sleep a lot? No, I mean really. While this can be a little bit worrying - I mean hello what happened to the energy levels? - it is actually a very good sign.
On a day to day basis while we are eating processed foods and dead flesh, we are actually poisoning ourselves. But our bodies are such magnificent things, that they just deal with it. We keep shoveling it in and our bodies just carry on, like little worker ants, and keep trying to combat the toxins and the poisins. And of course, when our bodies realise that they are unable to move the sludge through our systems fast enough, they start packing it away.
What do you do when you see a cockroach or some other creepy crawly? I am unable to kill them - the thought of hearing that 'crunch' causes gooseflesh to run - but also will not have them running loose in my home. So what do I do? I find a bottle or a pot and I trap them. And I keep them there until someone more suitably qualified to deal with pests comes along. This is exactly what our bodies do.
Those toxins and chemicals all get packed away in fat. Our bodies surround them with fat and put them on our hips and across our bellies in an attempt to keep us safe.
Stress of course plays a huge role in all of this, because when we experience stress our digestive system actually shuts down because our bodies go into full fight or flight mode, but that is a topic for another time.
Can you imagine what it must be like for our bodies when we start eating raw food? You must keep in mind that your body is the biggest workaholic you will ever come across and never, ever takes a break. I imagine that on the first day of raw food, all our little worker cells are busy gossiping like mad with each other.
"Can it be? Did you see that? OMW that was a carrot!" and so on. I imagine that the moment your body is over the shock of your new eating regime, it gets down to some serious work.
(Ask any new raw foodist about the second day runny tummy.) It gets rid of all the sludge that has been backed up for days, weeks, months and ... gosh I hope not so long back! And then, round about day 3 or 4, your body realises it has got time on it's hands. Because it's such a workaholic, it immediately starts fixing, repairing and healing. It fetches those pockets of fat surrounded toxins and throws them out. It has time to start working on those muscles and joints that have been aching. Those cells that have been riddled with all sorts of horrible things get a good scrubbing and a polish. All of these repairs, healing if you like, is exhausting. For you and your body.
So when you hit that I can't stay awake stage, do the sensible thing and go and sleep. Spread out, close the curtains, make sure you're warm and take the phone off the hook. Close your eyes and let your body do what it does best.
Wake me up for supper.