Releasing frustrations today!

Ok, so this is going to be a long-winded rant lol!
I am feeling really frustrated and annoyed, so I am going to vent and release my frustrations. I am also on my period, so it's a perfect time to let go of things! Lol.

So I last posted about how I decided to join in a Facebook challenge for Eat to Live. At the time I really didn't think it was a huge deal that I can't eat beans, I figured I would just leave them out for the most part and eat mostly raw along with juicing and the odd cooked vegetable, using the group as motivation and support. They seemed like really supportive people, so I thought why not. Well, turns out it IS a pretty big deal to that group. They're on there posting pictures of HUGE lunches and dinners consisting of large quantities of cooked vegetables and beans, and apparently that is the ETL plan. Also you are not supposed to drink any fruit juice (I put apples in almost all my juices, almost every day), and you are not supposed to replace a meal with juice (I like to juice all day Saturday and Sunday, and I have a big juice as half of my supper a lot of weeknights), you are not supposed to "snack between meals" (I work as an apprentice electrician, and most of my workdays my eating breaks consist of 10 minutes to snatch a bite or two here and there between jobs. There is very rarely a sit-down break and this is the nature of the work. I love it and don't have a problem with it, as I have a very small stomach and my body prefers small amounts of food often throughout the day. It is also a physically demanding job, and by the end of the day when I'm about to head to the gym, I NEED a high-carb snack like a banana or a Larabar. Not only that, but if I did happen to have time to eat a huge meal during my workday, it would really hurt my stomach to put my toolbelt back on afterwards).
They are also against any oils, and yet they are perfectly ok with slathering their food with Bragg's or tamari, and these things make me feel ill and are full of sodium which makes me bloat like a balloon. I think it's completely hypocritical to say "no processed nuts!" and yet they use commercial almond milk which is full of things like "natural flavour" and sodium, not to mention it is cooked and hence contains cooked fat (I make my own almond milk). I just can't possibly look at any more pictures of cooked, heavy, dense oatmeal with processed, pasteurized almond milk and feel inspired, when I sprout my oats and mix them with beautiful fresh, raw almond milk that I make myself, sprinkled with chia seeds and a dusting of cinnamon and topped with a diced banana. I can't understand how that is supposed to be inspirational to me. I strongly believe in raw foods, and have never felt better in my life than I do on a high raw, unprocessed vegan diet with lots of juicing. To me, eating cooked stuff like that is going backwards. And beans just make me so sick. They are WAY too heavy, in my opinion. I like having a small amount of edamame or frozen steamed peas, or sprouted lentils and that is all. Not every day and certainly not every meal. I don't feel at all inspired by these pictures of heavy cooked meals. I don't understand the woman who runs the group talking about "doing this no matter what" and "don't go off the plan"  and "if you are not eating beans every day then you're not on the plan and need to revisit why you're in this challenge" as if it is some sort of gospel that works for everyone. So no matter what, I'm supposed to eat that stuff, even if it screws up my sensitive stomach and makes me ill? I don't get it. Where is the logic in that?  Also, she is obese which I also don't find at all inspirational for that type of lifestyle.
If it works for some people, great and more power to them, I think that's awesome and absolutely no disrespect meant towards any of them. We are all on our own journey and we each need to find what works for our own body. We are the only person in the world who knows our own body the best. Nothing wrong with doing your own thing if it is healthy and is of real benefit to you. With that said, I don't think that group or that lifestyle is for me. Far be it from me to judge someone else's approach to health, I would never do that! I am only having a little rant session because I needed to vent! Lol.
I haven't decided yet whether to leave the group or what.

Anyway, I am most definitely "off of the plan" because today I am having a big celery, apple, ginger and redcurrant juice, and I didn't eat any beans either! Lol.
Whew, what a relief it feels now after my ETL rant... :)
I feel like I've been released from prison :)

I just made a batch of almond milk and am freezing some of it for the first time, hope it comes out ok when I go to thaw it.  I guess we'll find out in a few days how it works. It'll be good to know anyway for future reference.

Not sure what's on the menu for the next week, but this weekend mostly juice, hmm, and haven't really figured out what my plan is for the next week at all. I am just SUPER glad that my week of horrible PMS, combined with sugar withdrawal bigtime, and also heavy smoke in the air from all the local forest fires which aggravates my asthma, is over!! Yay! I still have a few more things to say, and I really want to share more about my struggles with my eating disorder, but I have to head to the gym in a bit. I'll be back on later.