Tempted by unraw foods....

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on July 6, 2008 at 6:50pm

How did they taste? Did you taste all the extra sugar and processed crud? How did you feel afterwards? I partake in cooked food now and again, but I always make note of how I feel - and usually, it's piss poor in comparison to when I am 100% raw.

My family is not raw, and I do not force my lifestyle on them. I help them make healthier choices, but pretty much every dinner they have is cooked vegan/vegetarian. I have always placed a huge importance on family interaction at dinner, so I sit with them with my smoothie in hand. About half the time, I have a small bowl of whatever they are having. I used to get really beat up over it, but I find comfort in the fact that my choices now are so far improved than those of the past. I am proud of the changes that I made, and continue to make - I find that the portions I take of cooked food are smaller and smaller and smaller.

Also, I have a super obsessive personality. If I deny myself something over and over again, it permeates my every thought until I overindulge. I read on someone else's page that if they think about a food for more than 4 hours, they eat it. I've sort of included that in my personal life, and I have found that it makes my cravings less and less because they are not as taboo.

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Lynn on July 8, 2008 at 6:35pm

Hi Sarah,
Thanks for responding! Yes, the next day I didn't feel so well - Kind of had a food hang over - stuffy nose and lethargic. I do feel much better and completely different when I am 100% raw, however, I am beginning to realize that I can not do it all at once and I need to stop being so hard on myself when I am not. It's just that I did have it all once - I was raw for about 2 years - pretty close to 100% and then I lost it all.... so I know what I am missing! I just lost my discipline somewhere ~ but.....

Lately, I have been eating raw up until dinner time and once dinner comes around, I have a low fat vegetarian or vegan meal. I am going to continue this until I feel ready to move on and to become even more raw - if that's what I choose to do.

I also promise myself now that if I decide to have something other than a raw meal for breakfast or lunch, I will not beat myself up about it.

Now I just hope I can stick with it! Ha, no that's not the right attitude is it? I will stick with it - I just have to keep reminding myself that i'm human and every now and then I will make a mistake.

Thanks again for your advice Sarah. Hope you are well.

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Permalink Reply by Julianne on July 9, 2008 at 4:22am

Awsome post! I can def identify with the Sarah and Rebecca Lynn and am going to note how I feel when I do indulge next time. Really good advice because you are soooooo right, the afterward feeling is never pretty, almost immediately too : /

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