Hey Raw foodists,
I’ve been doing at least 80% raw for just over 2 weeks and I really really really love the idea of raw foods however I’m getting bored with it…I love cr4eating amazing cooked dishes and my raw food dishes just don’t wow me like the stuff I used to cook does. And everything ends up tasting the same. Don’t get em wrong, I’ve made up some very wonderful dressings to change flavors around. But I’m a little discouraged right now and on top of that last two weekends I’ve probably only have done about 50% raw and ate some icky stuff cause of my discouragement. I need to lose around 50 pounds and I know raw foods are right for me. Has anyone else had this problem?
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What do you miss? Temperature? Texture? What are you missing? I don’t eat 100% raw; I had two bowls of minestrone for dinner tonight. High winds in IA and some flurries. Colorful picture, blanket from Pier One?
wow!! I’m so sorry I dint make it back here to check this post!! I was sick for 3 days which is annoying cause I never get sick…I had a cold. Anyways, I’m going to read all these encouraging posts. Marionvaleeygirl: the blanket is a scarf from Israel. Caleb: I consider a guac a dressing :) I’ve done all sorts of things, I made a yummy curry korma sauce of tahini, coconut butter and a nice red curry spice…it was yummy…I put it on broccoli and carrots and tried to convince myself that it was a curry but deep down..it really is just salad! Rawcurls: I used to cook eat a lot of great Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Indian, Ethiopian and Thai food and I’m trying to transpose those into the raw world. I look at all the recipes online and try things out. My main problem is I’m a natural cook and never need recipes but with raw it’s not like that for me…I can’t just make thnigs up like I did when I cooked. rawreformama: I did a 10 day master cleanse right before I began my transition and that was really helpful then. I was thinking of doing a 3 day juice fast tomorow. Thank you all sooo much, sorry I was not by my computer this week. I will say I was feeling pretty down when I wrote that post and waited for like 15 minutes for someone to reply and just felt all “pity party” mode but the last few days I’ve been doing pretty good and am feeling that little raw food excitement bubble popping up again.
rawcurls: I jsut read your post again and your last paragraph is EXACTLY what my problem is, you wrote: but if you mix up too many raw foods you might be getting a similar flavor and not enough of a taste of variety. Now, I’ve known for over a week that this is my problem but somehow I can’t avoid having everything taste very nearly the same!