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If it’s cookies you are craving have a sweet treat, something simple like a date with an almond inside it is like a lollie, for chocolate add a cacao bean. If it’s something savoury then make some guacamole and dip some raw flax crackers in it or some veg if you don’t have crackers. Like coconutty said go to the recipes and find something that is similar in .. either fatty, salty, sweet etc. Even looking through the recipes helps to take your mind off the nonraw and shows you how delicious raw actually is.
Good luck, it’s all fun!
I’m lucky to live alone. Nothing is here unless I brought it here!
I always have something sweet around. I made raw no-bake cookies a few days ago and have been munching on those when I get the urge for sweets. And I keep pureed frozen fruit in the freezer for ice cream cravings. If I have a raw alternative on hand, I’m less likely to cheat. Even then, I don’t consider it cheating. We all have different reasons for eating raw.
Have a stock of dried fruit and nut ‘truffles’ in the fridge ready to go in case you get the munchies. For example, goji’s blended with cashew nuts and sunflower seeds, dates blended with almonds and maybe some cacoa nibs. Bliz and roll into small balls. Better to try to wean yourself off the sweet stuff and have some dips ready to go in the fridge.
the BIGGEST mistake you can make is feeling bad. we all give in sometimes, the best thing to do is not feel bad about it, and not thinking you have to “start over”....this stopped me from continuing with raw last year, i felt i had “ruined” everything i did, by giving in to one simple thing. just keep going with it, you’re just transitioning. like everyone else said, medjool dates are a good sweet treat!!!!! yoga also keeps the cravings away!!!
Thanks very much all of you! After reading all of your comments, I have realized this is a big transistion, and I have to be patient with myself. I just have to learn to ignore the others putting me down and laughing at me, and turn around and laugh at them for the crap that they put in their bodies!! Thanks again all!!!1
I love sweets. I could live on sweets if it would not kill me. The best thing I found to get me by for one month (that is how far I am now) it this. Think of this stuff as a poison that it is. I hear antifreeze is sweet, but you would not drink it because it is poison. So is sweets and all other junk. Just remind yourself to see it for what it is.
YEs….POISON IT IS!!!! thanks
Hi Jmasterson, I felt compelled to write even though you have had loads of great advice already. I was a classic binge dieter for years before raw foods and I remember with some pain, the familiar cycle you describe. Raw foods has only been different for me because I totally changed my attitude about food. I knew I was in for the long haul and that it would be a journey of months, years, a lifetime! I consider any food you are eating that is raw to be a great thing, and during my transition my hubby and I would often go for evening meals that were certainly not raw! But I just carried on rawing in between and didn’t berate myself because I knew raw was what I wanted really and that I would get there in the end. My advice to you is to not deny yourself at this stage. Have a bloomin brownie and an hour or so later eat a massive, juicy orange…or 2! that will clean out your insides beautifully! Just do the best you can a bit at a time and don’t panic. Ignore the others that will try and bring you down. People get very uppity about food and feel they can comment freely on what you decide to eat which is really pretty rude. I have experience with ignorant people telling me that veganism was on the same level as anoxeria! Research the stuff they might throw at you – iron, B12, calcium, protein etc. They’ll soon shut up when you know your stuff, and when you emerge victorious and raw, you’ll feel you can take on the world! xx
huge thanks to all of you. It is great to have so much support from you wonderful people!! It feels good to have so many people have so much positive things to say to me, because I have no support here at home. Thanks again, I really really appreciate it. Oh ya…I’m proud to say that I have been 100% raw for 2 whole days now with no slips and I am so proud of myself!!!!!!
check out this video.. it helps when your slippin up….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnxjQayn2eA
I wish I had seen this web site and topic about three weeks ago. I was told by my doctor that my blood acidic level was to high and causing healp issues, and I was to eat as much natural green foods as I can. No meats, processed foods, sweets or most importantly ice-cream. Well lately I have been feeling so horrible as I have slipped dramatically and am struggling getting back on track. I am craving the sweets and can’t find the item that I am craving. It was nice to read that the slip is okay and sounds like it is almost normal. Thank you all for reaffirming to myself that I can do it.