Hello, I am so relieved to have found this wonderful website and all of your incredible input and positive support while I am transitioning to a raw diet:)
I know there is no right or wrong way to go raw per se, but I am doing this transition all wrong.
I started out eating vegetables and nuts (I was trying to cut out all sugar as I am prone to a sugar addiction), but the more I started incorporating fun raw recipes using raw coconut oil, dates and raw cacao, the more I stopped incorporating the simple healthy fundamentals. I know that using my common sense I just need to re-incorporate vegetables but I am greatly struggling to do this and I am craving more and more of the raw super-food recipes using high fat and high sugar foods.
I am not struggling with weight, but I am struggling with my sugar intakes; Part of my reason for coming off of a cooked food diet was to reduce my addiction to cooked and processed foods (I have become allergic to most basic food staples including soy, apples, bananas, grapes, wheat, etc. .)and to bring back the pure basics of eating and gratitude.
Please, if someone has any ideas or input it would be greatly appreciated and thank you.
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I agree with bitt. The more greens you get via smoothies or salads, the more your body will want them.
Also, just keep nice clean snacks on hand like celery, jicama (cut up like chips), baby bok choy, cucumbers, etc.
Wow, thank you for the valuable feedback. I think the smoothie idea is such a great one and I was incredibly comforted by your words rawjulie that the more I eat my greens the more my body will adapt and ask for more.
And Zoe, you kinda nailed it when you said that I need to find recipes which do not involve dates and cacao. I am completely frightened of trying to even manage half the day without them but I am going to look through yours and your husbands recipes. Thank-you for this supportive suggestion.
Thanks again for your support everyone :)