My Raw Beginnings

Each day I get more involved in raw food and I feel myself falling in deep. Its not just the food, although that is exciting. I love the feeling that eating raw fills me with, the inventiveness, the pureness of it. But, the lifestyle, the community, everything that goes into being raw, beyond the food, gives me a lot of hope and makes me tingle a bit. It's intimidating though, being so outside of the norm and being judged for it, which is crazy but true. I feel like I have to lie about it, to tell people that I am just eating a lot of fruits and vegetables. Why do people judge it? What does it matter what I eat or don't? Having said this, the feelings that eating mostly raw food creates in me is worth it.
I have been eating more and more raw the past couple of weeks but am having some trouble giving up coffee. It is a big part of my life, how I grew up, and I don't feel ready to give it up.
I am excited for this community, excited for this chance at a super health and well being.