Hi all,
I'm new here and haven't started officially eating raw. Right now, I'm really held back be the idea of NEVER eating _____ again (with _____ being both favorite junk foods and favorite healthy cooked foods). It also could be quite difficult to eat around family and so on.
I've heard a lot of people suggest making a gradual transition. This appeals to me. But what is the other 30% if you're eating 70% raw? Does it have to still be super healthy?
I guess my thinking is that I know that if I do make the transition, I'm going to feel a lot better. And that eventually, I'll eat some junk foods and feel like crap...so that you later can avoid the junk foods altogether. Has that been your experience?
Love,
Shannon
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To answer your question, no you don
Thanks for the encouragement. I've been vegetarian my whole life, though for quite some time after college I was what my friend would call a "mac and cheesatarian". I only ate pasta, pizza, etc. Ugh.
I started eating very healthily when I was living in Japan (and didn't like Japanese foods and vegetables were the thing most readily available). I never thought I'd start eating unhealthy foods, but when I was pregnant with my son about a year and a half ago, I got bad morning sickness. I would eat a salad and immediately throw it up. But if I ate something unhealthy--mac and cheese or coco pebbles--that would stay down (or at least not be so hard on my throat when they came up). It's been tough for me to get back on a lots of healthy foods plan since then.
I've tried to go vegan a few times in the past, but always gave up, usually due to wanting cheese or cow's milk for cereal or something.
I've been fascinated by the idea of the raw diet for quite some time, but always a bit hesitant because of the "never again" fear. Also...i guess that even though I know that eventually I would get to a point where I'd feel bad from eating bad foods...well, it's happened to me before. I *know* that I'd feel better eating something healthy, but I still go for the spaghetti.
I'm currently in the process of moving from Hawaii to the mainland, with a month long trip to Japan in the middle. I'm thinking about eating more raw fruits and vegetables when I'm in Japan (since, seriously, salad is the only thing my MIL knows how to make for a vegetarian), then muddling through the Christmas excess with my family as best as I can, then making a stronger raw commitment for the new year. Maybe I'll ask for a dehydrator for Christmas. It seems like options are more open if you have that. It will also be less expensive to eat raw when I'm in NY. In Hawaii, the costs of raw food always seemed prohibitively expensive.
I'm going to keep poking my nose around this site for more ideas.
Love,
Shannon
Maybe give yourself a goal such as "Raw for a month". One month isn't horrible if you continue to crave the whole time... but then there is the chance you'll feel awesome and keep on going. I'm having the same hesitations!
^ hear, hear!
Thanks for all these responses and for the link to the video.
I really needed to hear all this right now.
I've been a vegetarian my whole life (the only one in my family. I just wouldn't eat meat as a kid) and it's really just junk foods that I have a hard time letting go of. I'm currently staying at my in-laws for a month and my MIL just gave me some lecture about my weight. She doesn't speak English, so I don't know exactly what she was saying, but I was still like STFU. It especially made me feel bad because I've been eating pretty healthy for the week that I've been here. I would eat even healthier, but my options here in Japan are quite limited.
Thanks for all your responses.
Love,
Shannon
I was a vegetarian, then went back to eating meat. I would be completely veg again but husband refuses to go veg. So I buy organic and cook the healthiest I can. I used to take flavored creamer in my coffee, I switched to stevia, and now I drink much less coffee and more tea. The other day I ran out of stevia, so I used creamer funny thing it tasted like the smells in a gas station bathroom. So I realized that your tastebuds will change as your diet changes. Also a more gradual change means you are more likely to stick with it. I found out yesturday I have been a member here for 1 year and 33 weeks, I had no idea what a raw diet was when I joined, now I am experimenting with raw recipies.