Help! I'm falling off the RAW wagon!!

[Seren]

I went to stay away from home a couple of weeks ago, to take part in a music competition. We had to stay in a youth hostel and the only food there was cooked food.

I hadnt been 100% raw before that, but I did eat mainly raw food.

Now, ever since I have come back from the competition I eat much more cooked food! I found it SO easy before I went, to stay raw, but Im finding it really hard now! :(

Does anyone know anything they can say to me to help me please? lol.

Love Seren x x x

[Sharon in Colorado]

It is really hard, I know what you are going through. Once you fall off the wagon, it can take weeks or months to get the motivation to get back on.

First you have to be truly motivated, and then you have to make a commitment. A friend and I signed a 1 year contract together so that really helped.

[adrienne]

you are not alone!!!
i am having one of those weeks and have had some cooked food. :(
just take one day, one meal for that matter at a time and do the best you can.
keep reading all the post here for inspiration and visualize yourself eating more and more raw every day as well as feeling better and better.
soon you'll be back on track.
take your time, be nice to yourself and breathe!!!

[Dimond]

Get rid of anything around that is SAD and surround yourself with only raw foods. Carry raw food with you at all times so you won't be tempted by other food (a mini cooler/tote is helpful). If you live with anyone, try to get their support even if they don't want to be raw. Allow yourself to eat anything as long as it's raw- make lots of yummy raw treats like ice cream & other desserts or the equivalent of whatever SAD items you crave. Come on here several times a day for support and inspiration.

[swingbolder]

That's happened to me too. What I did was commit to a 30 day challenge, that got me back on track.

[Seren]

Thanks everyone! You've all been a great help. Im going to really try now to get back on the wagon because once Im on its just so much easier!

I'm taking all your suggestions and trying them out, thankyou all again!

Love Seren x x x

[rawpriestess]

I've done this soooooooooo many times, YIKES!


it's so easy to fall off the raw wagon, and can be so difficult to get back on

it's because we think of NEVER eating our cooked food goodies again.

and this was my downfall, I felt I needed to eat everything I loved cooked just this one last time, to prepare myself for the inevitable sacrafice of eating raw foods. LOL

WOW, was I wrong!!!!!

I don't HAVE to eat raw foods,
I GET to eat raw foods.

I read on this forum about people who can't buy raw foods or produce or certain foods, or they have to have it shipped in. or buy in bulk and freeze or dehydrate, or they have to spend a gazillion dollars for one tiny bit, and I realize how truly blessed I am to live where I can get an abundance of fresh raw ripe organic produce anytime I want.

we grow alot of our own foods, Dragggon wild forages for food almost every day, we live by a forest and a meadow, with lots of fresh raw ripe goodies, we have fruit and nut trees and an over abundance of produce in our gardens all year long.

So, I have nothing to complain about, but I know many people here really struggle just finding anything to eat, because of their climate, or their location.

Even in Canads you can't buy all the raw nuts that we have here.

So, it seems unfair for me to NOT eat all this great food that is so readily available to me.

So, I do.

I eat all of the great fresh fruits and veggies and nuts and seeds that I can, just because I can and I know it is sooooo good for me.

Where as the processed poison that most people eat as food, can stay on the shelves for all I care, it isn't food, never has been, never will be.

[Seren]

Thanks for that RP, it has really put it into perspective for me! I dont have a lot of raw food available to me, but i have enough that I can manage.

I mustn't think of cooked or processed food as edible!!

Thanks a bunch everyone :)

Love Seren x x x

[ShelShel]

I had a few minutes before we leave for church and stopped by the forum. I saw your thread and cried...oh...Lord...gotta read this! :o I just got back to 100 % raw and it is never easy once you have fallen off. But once you come back...it's amazing because you feel that much wiser about falling off again. I was high raw for 3 months and then just completely fell off for 2 solid weeks. Where like RP...I ate everything I had been missing and then some. Well, you know what got me back to raw? Feeling horrible...grouching at my kids...having my clothing get tight...and that feeling of dislike for myself came back. On raw, my body functions great...I'm not fatigued, my acne clears completely...and I lose the excess weight....on SAD...my body doesn't do any of those things...and I get moody too! :rolleyes: So! I said all that...to say this...You can do it! You can do it! You can do it! :D You will feel so much better once you do!

[dreamrawalwz]

I had a few minutes before we leave for church and stopped by the forum. I saw your thread and cried...oh...Lord...gotta read this! :o I just got back to 100 % raw and it is never easy once you have fallen off. But once you come back...it's amazing because you feel that much wiser about falling off again. I was high raw for 3 months and then just completely fell off for 2 solid weeks. Where like RP...I ate everything I had been missing and then some. Well, you know what got me back to raw? Feeling horrible...grouching at my kids...having my clothing get tight...and that feeling of dislike for myself came back. On raw, my body functions great...I'm not fatigued, my acne clears completely...and I lose the excess weight....on SAD...my body doesn't do any of those things...and I get moody too! :rolleyes: So! I said all that...to say this...You can do it! You can do it! You can do it! :D You will feel so much better once you do!

I was 100% for 3 months and fell off. I fell off for 6 months!! I gained 20+ pounds, all food allergies came back (even if I was avoiding wheat, corn, soy, sugar, milk, ect.) The severe depression and eating disorder showed their ugly heads. For me I knew I had to go raw to save my life from...myself. It's almost been four months of raw again. Each time you fall off you become even that much more determined to stick with it next time. Eventually over time it'll become a habbit and you won't even want to get off. You won't want to "please" anyone in social situations...you'll do it for you and only you. You'll come to realize that nothing else is worth going off of raw. Everyone falls off time to time. I wouldn't be surprised if I fall off a few more times in my life, but I really hope I don't. I also find that each time you fall off it's soo much harder to get back on, but once you're back you're raw for much longer periods of time. For me it was a week, then a month, then 3 months, now hopefully much longer then that. Between each of those raw periods it became larger, unfortunately. It IS possible though, so don't get discouraged!

[Eveleaf]

When I went raw the first time, I really was NOT ready for it. I remember those months as a constant struggle, fearful, guilty of any little slip up, feeling hopeless and isolated. Even though I believed in my heart that this was the way I was designed to eat, I hated every minute of it. I eventually gave it up and didn't believe I'd EVER go back to it.

A few years later (a month ago) my sister called to tell me, excited, about the last two weeks that she had committed to raw foods. She was so bubbly, so energetic, so enamored with her new way of life, that I was seduced into giving it another try.

Right from the first I noticed a change, and it was mainly this: PEACE. It's not a struggle for me anymore, and I'm invaded by an overwhelming peace and serenity, something that I've never had in my life. I feel comfortable and secure in this lifestyle and not in any jeapordy of giving it up - and I'm grateful for that.

So we all have a different journey to make, and this is mine. Relax and let yours come to you, and trust that it will. ;)

[Raw Jewelrylady]

I was Raw for 3 months-lost 24 pounds-felt fantastic then I fell-& kept every day starting over. (lucky I only gained back 4 pounds-or I would be big-time upset)

I always started the day out well-even most lunches were Raw-but mid -afternoon & dinner-something went haywire. I yo-yo'd-got very depressed & finally got mad at myself.

RP said it for me-"I don't have to eat Raw-I get to eat Raw. "I am so fortunate I know how to make tons of Raw gourmet & I enjoy doing it-so I've just completed Day4-& not looking back. No more "one last time" syndrome for me. I feel soooo much better. My energy is through the roof again-& the detoxing isn't going as bad as before. I'm getting back to my Raw *Bliss*.

Most of us have yo-yo'd. You'll get there-the best advice is to keep checking the board. don't be too hard on yourself. Good luck... ;) :)

Lana

BTW...Lost 2 pounds the first 3 days back on Raw...YEAH !!!!!!!!!!

[Lay-Lay]

just crawl back on that wagon and grab hold of the ropes real tight. Take the challenge and love that raw food. You can do it.