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AliCat
08-18-2006, 07:16 AM
Sorry - Im a newbie and have a few questions. Ive been searcing all morning but I have a 3 yr old that is craving my attention so I was hoping for a cliff notes version on some questions for now

I live on Long Island NY. Whole Foods is the only organic supermarket we have (VERY EXPENSIVE!). Where do you shop and more important what are major essentials. I was reading about sea salt, agave (sp), amino acid powders(?) etc.... I am going raw as a trial to see if I can do it. Im on day 3 and so far this is what Ive eaten the last 2 days

B - grapefruit and a plum or clerey stalks
L - chopped onion, celrey, cucumber, pepper, carrot and lime juice. 2 apples for dessert
s - something blended strawberry or blueberry with ice and water. no sweetener (not as yummy as it could be but it was ok) and a extra piece of fruit like a clemetine
D - same as lunch but add a half of avacado
D - 2 or 3 apples

I have not lost any weight yet but its only 2 days ;) I can see family functions being a small issue and eating out being an obstacle. Is it possible to be mostly RAW and Cheat "healthy" sometimes? Also I am a bit bored with what Im eating and will definitely be trying some of the recipes you all posted and Im getting Alyssas book for more ideas. My last question is weigh/hypothroid related. I have always been a healthy eater and consider myself maybe 10 lbs too chubby but am only chubby by Hollywood (and my own) standards. Since I do not have a lot of weight to drop and have hypothyroid issues do you think I am eating too much food or too much fruit? I was told fruit turns to sugar a fat if its not burned off. I do work out but have very painful chronic back issues and some weeks I cant even get out of bed.

Anyway - thanks for listening to a newbie ramble. I appreciate any advice you guys have :)

lil fairy z girl
08-18-2006, 07:38 AM
hi, and welcome. i dont have an organic supermarket near me. i do have a normal supermarket which i travel to and they also do some organic things which is good.
my staples are:
fruit: bananas, avos, apples, sultanas, lemons, limes anything else that is a good price
veg: salad items, mushrooms, carrots, cauliflower, beets, red peppers, any other items that look good
nuts: walnuts, pinenuts, sunflower seeds, etc...
store cupboard: olive oil, herbs and seasonings, apple cider vinegar

i usually look at the reduced items, and i make a list of what i wish to make that week so that i can buy any special items.

kind wishes
sal
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Regen
08-18-2006, 08:08 AM
I know what you mean about getting bored - I had a raw trial this time last year and kept eating a narrow selection of simple things over and over again. Now I'm at 2 months 100% raw.

This time, there were 3 main differences
1) I didn't worry about calories/ fat grams etc - I trusted the advice on this website and in books to "just eat raw". This meant several avocados or half a pie in one go BUT it didn't last. I want more simple meals now and find a tiny bit of dried fruit/nut mixture plenty.

2) I made salad dressings - lots of them all in jars in the fridge (a sign of a raw foodist?). This is sort of linked to the last point as most have some sort of fat in them. Salald dressings made huge salads a treat.

3) I invested in a couple of key items: Alissa's book and some mail order expensive ingredients that make ALL the difference at first.

Alissa's book: this is reccomended a lot and for very good reason. The first books I bought were Juliano's and Raw Food Real World - both beautiful books that I now use a lot and thoroughly reccomend but not as introductions. I bought them because they popped up on Amazon! Alissa's book is perfect to start with becaue there will be several things that you can make already without having to go shopping for expensive equipment and ingredients. It has more of a "whole journey" approach to it and lots of links to other books you may want to read in the near future.

The ingredients? Raw carob, agave nectar, coconut oil. I also got through tubs and tubs of nutritional yeast which isn't raw but satisfied the cheesy/ savory/ crispy/ dry hole that I felt (and is better than grilled cheese on white bread). BTW - the nutritional yeast craving also passed.

I hope there's something here that may help you.

Best wishes