Raw newbie: Is this normal?

[RedFizz]

I have been doing really well for about 5 days now, and then my parents took me to a restaurant yesterday. I got the salad bar, and I put some cooked corn on my salad not thinking anything about it.

Next thing I knew I was craving like I did on the SAD diet. My body wanted food, and it wanted it NOW! :eek:

Is it the cooked corn that set me off? Is this a normal reaction to cooked food? It was definitely a lesson on how your body reacts to raw vs. cooked!

Luckily the idea of food nauseates me right now.

[banana shake]

Hi, Fizz! I had the same experience. I had 12 solid days at 100%, and then I went out to eat with my kids the other day. We went Mexican, and I ate some chips with salsa. The next day, due to circumstance, we were eating out again, and though I ordered raw, I ended up picking at my daughter's fries and some other stuff. That was yesterday, and today feels like starting all over. I'm just glad I'm in a mindframe to go forward starting RIGHT THIS MINUTE instead of using my lapse as a reason to fall completely off the wagon & get run over by it! So... yesy, I know exactly where you're coming from. I think it is all related because I pretty much belive what Victoria Boutenko says about cooked food being an addiction. Just pick yourself up & go on!

[akh78749]

Yep, same thing happened to me when I ate half of a cookie. Next thing you know I was craving all kinds of stuff like crazy. It seems that any time I have a bite of something not considered raw, the same thing happens. I just end up causing myself to have tons of cravings for bad food. Best to just stay completely raw, for me that is.

[dreamrawalwz]

Yep, some just can't handle cooked AT ALL. Like me! One bite and I'm off 100% for months, literally. Some can transition while others cannot.