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I feel so stupid!!

missbettiemissbettie
in New to Raw

I’ve tried like three times to eat raw with no luck the longest i’ve gone is 4 days! its so hard especially when you have to cook food for someone else! UGH! Any suggestions on sticking with it? I feel like its a lost cause…its also frustrating that in order to get nuts i’m going to have to buy them online. UGH, you guys are so amazing, i just can’t do it.

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  • loorinloorin

    missbettie i am in the same boat for sure.. i miss the warm and fuzzies in my tummy. over the past couple days though, i have noticed i have been craving cooked stuff a little bit less, and i think thats at least in part thanks to trying to snack constantly. ive been trying to start the morning with a green smoothie which seems to hold me over for quite awhile.. when i leave the house i make sure my bag is jam packed with fruit.. its so heavy leaving for work! but by the end of the day it feels great. i really love baking and still have a ton of ingredients kicking around my house i cant bare to just throw out.. so i baked a load of cupcakes for some coworkers over the weekend. honestly, in my head i had sort of decided i was allowed to eat 1 cupcake.. but by the end of it i was just satisfied with having done my baking.. and was content with eating my cherries instead. i figured vegan wheat/sugar free cupcakes (not that i told them thats what they were) certainly werent the worst thing my coworkers could have been eating.. and i didnt have to waste my ingredients..

    anyway.. where was i going with this? oh yes. stick with it.. and maybe you will be able to find pleasure in cooking for others and uncooking for yourself.. and maybe over time incorporating more raw foods into the diets of those you are cooking for will help make your transition easier.

    remember that you are making a huge life change! and be happy for the fact you are making steps for yourself, the environment.. whatever your reasons.. knowing you are the least bit conscious is more important than anything.. because you know exactly what you are choosing to put into your body. you are doing a good job and it wont happen over night! ive been vegan for 9 years and often times found those that werent vegan to be of the most support.. having a bunch of vegans constantly policing your choices and wagging their fingers at you shouldnt be what making choices for yourself is all about. so dont put so much pressure on yourself right from the get go and respect the fact you are doing an awesome job!

    at least.. i think that is what i think i would like to hear.. and should be telling myself when i get angry from straying from raw.

  • missbettiemissbettie

    thanks for all the encouragement guys i really appreciate it!! I am vegan already for about a year and a half so i suppose its a step in the right direction. I just love cooked food, i love bagels, pasta, toast, burritos…gah it sucks…i’m going to try my best but its so hard to not get down on myself when i fail. but thank you so much guys you have no idea what it means to me. <3>

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