Hello! My name is AJ and I am new to raw food. I have been vegan in the past (for about a year, three years ago) and mostly vegetarian besides. About 11 days ago I decided to make the leap into raw food and I am so far having a lot of troubles with it! I did great for 1 week and then the weekend came and I ended up eating some very much not-raw foods at a dinner party on Saturday. Then on Sunday I ate raw all day but mad a little cooked food binge in the evening. Same thing happened again today. I am trying not to be too hard on myself- after all I am new to this! But anyway, I came here looking for more suggestions and support so I can resist my urges to eat cooked food and learn to live on a high raw diet!
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Thank you all for your advice. I do want to be 100% raw, but starting out I don't know if that is feasible. I think maybe I am eating too few calories during the day. I usually start the day with a green smoothie (~300 calories) and then for lunch I eat cut up veggies and fruit (~300 calories). I think one problem is I have been trying to do the 80/10/10 stuff, but maybe just starting out I should allow more fat? I just feel starving by the time I get home and make dinner- no matter how much I eat I am not satisfied!