Any tips to help curb fatty food cravings? I'm raw for a few days and then eat like 4 cupcakes, or half a pizza, or some other obscene food choice. I feel really bad mentally and physically when I flub. I'm still nursing a 16 month old baby. I've been transitioning slowly, and she seems to be adjusting w/o any problems. I just seem to be having a lot of trouble making the full commitment. About 5 years ago I woke up one day and said, no more meat, fish, or eggs, and I've never eaten any since, but going raw has been considerably harder for me. Any tips would be so appreciated. Thanks for the support!
Peace, Love, and Living Foods,
*Syama Dasi :)
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Going raw 100% over night is real hard. My father stopped a 20 year 2 pack a day smoking habit overnight like you did with the meat and eggs and fish. Thats not easy ether. Grats on that btw. =)
My advice is this. With the food choices you are making now is awsome and it is a wonderful start. Now just start out finding your fave breakfast and eat that as many mornings as you can. Look around and find 3 or 4 raw dinners/ lunches and have one a week or even 2 a week. Find the recipes you like and eat those more often, but keep looking for new ones. You will soon find that because your body is realy loving the slow change it will crave more of new living stuff and less pizza and cupcakes. It learns to understand what it is realy craving. Besides, you can find some bang up recipes for pizza and cupcakes in the raw world. Even a wonderful Cinnamon rolls recipe can be found on this very web sight.
As you know, this is a whole new world of eating, nearly unexplored and uncharted. See what path you might cut for yourself. And share your map!
Blessings you to you and yours.
River
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Thanks everyone! Sound advice :)
I have the same problem, which often sends me further into a binge cycle. I think transitioning slowly is the key, otherwise we set ourselves up for failure. Replacing one meal at a time, will eventually become one full day at a time. I'm sure overtime it will become more natural to reach for the banana and almond milk, instead of those cupcakes.
I know it's going to take time. I guess it was kind of silly to think it would happen over night like my switch to vegetarianism. Thank you for the encouragement. I think you made a good point. :)
What I'm gathering from all the posts here is that it takes a higher taste to replace a lower one. You can't just create a void by denying yourself something, you have to fill it with something better. Thank you all for your advice. I know like-minded community is important to me to make the the change, and there are no raw foodies where I live, so it's nice to come on this site and get support. Take care everyone :)
if you will look into the raw vegan low fat diet or the 80/10/10 or 811 ,i have been 100% raw eversince i started living it , without desire for cooked food, all the best on your journey