Hello lovely raw foodies,
Tomorrow is my fresh start to a 100 % raw diet. I have been vegan for a long time, but i have many toxins that i know need to be set free from inside of me. Since nobody in my world thinks that an all raw lifestyle is healthy i would love support and comments from everyone on this site. I live in a dorm room so i do not have any special appliances...this means i get to eat food in its most natural state :). If anyone has any tips that will help me get through my first week/month i would very much appreciate it. I will keep you guys updated, this will help me feel like i have some friends to talk to since my other friends would laugh in my face if i told them i only ate raw.
Thank you
love and peace
Anna
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Thank you Pixx, those are both wonderful sites and that is interesting about the calorie/craving thing. I never put the two together but it makes sense.
Anna-
I am in the same boat, girl! I'm not in the dorms again this year but I'm in an apartment with 6 roommates so it kind of feels like the same thing. I am as well trying to stay as raw as I can without telling people (they found it weird enough when I transitioned to vegan)...I just don't feel like explaining it to them plus my family would absolutely freak and my mom would probably force-feed me cottage cheese and yogurt. So just so you know I'm here with you! We can do this!!!
As far as tips...I'm just starting out myself but I'm finding that it's important to not see this as depriving you body of certain foods but releasing it from the chains of your addiction to cooked food. Also there's a GREAT website that also has support and programs to follow if that helps you at all: http://www.therawdivas.com/
Good luck :)
iluvlife- im glad we are in this together, we should keep in touch so that we can talk to each other about our raw adventure and stay motivated..it is so funny whenever i eat saurkraut my roomategets so mad. She thinks it smells like shit and leaves whenever i eat it. Where do you go to school?
I got to UW Madison but yeah I totally understand about the funny smells. My roommates just automatically associate me with weird food right now and shake their heads in wonder whenever I say "No thanks" to some of the homemade cookies their moms send them in care packages. Haha whatever I guess it's better to be known as the "weird healthy one" rather than the "eats at Mcdonalds everyday one." *shudder*
Where do you go?
Parsley- holy cow! 30 roommates??? That's insane, do you live in a Greek house or something? That's awesome though that you are able to keep up raw in that situation! It's definitely inspiration for the rest of us. The living-with-other-people phase of life (college and immediately afterward) I feel like is one of the most difficult times to start going raw so it's nice to know other people are able to do it as well :)
oh nice, i go to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. I know what you mean about the cookies though! my friends always get care packages with homebaked goods and im over in the corner eating a delicious banana with raw almond butter saying how good it tastes and they say yeah sureee whatever makes you feel better about not eating cookies...i just laugh.
This is such a great post! I'm in the same situation...................i'm a poor college student lol and i'm transitioning to be raw but its really weird with roommates and friends; right now i live pretty much by myself so its easy to not bring attention to my eating habits but in a few months i'm moving into a house with 5 other girls and i just don't know how i'm going to handle that situation, right now i just say im vegan...
anabanana or iluvlife: you should def email me if you want to talk michelle.shekari@temple.edu
i know it would be great to have someone to talk to through all of this!
That is a good idea...I have been sprouting lentils and buckwheat groats in my dorm room. I put some raw agave and cinnamon with raw lentils in a baggy and carry them around...a very satisfying snack.
one of my favorite things that doesn't require a blender or anything is a mashed up banana with a chopped apple, some rasins, cinnamon, and if you want honey or agave and sometimes i'll put some dried coconut on it as well. Then stir it all up its so good!
yummmm sounds like my breakfast tomorrow morning. Thank you. There are so many wonderful things that can be done without a blender, food processor, dehydrater, etc. People forget how wonderful food can be in its most simple states.
Well I have been 100% raw for 6 days now. It was not as hard as i anticipated it to be. The only thing is that Im afraid my roomate will think i have an eating disorder or something and if i tell her i am on a raw diet she will tell me it is unhealthy and then laugh in my face. I believe what im doing is right for me at this time in my life, but i dont know how to explain this to her. Anyways, i feel really great...no wieght loss yet, but hopefully soon.
Thank you for your advice, it is wonderful.