I was feeling a little discouraged today, so ...

[Mialsse]

I got a little crafty in the kitchen. (haa, thought I was going to say I fell off the wagon, huh? :p )

Today is only day 11 of being raw, but I was REALLY feeling discouraged today. Not because of any one thing in particular. In fact, I feel pretty great (after years of daily headaches, they are gone, and that is reason ENOUGH to sell me on this lifestyle, lol). I was just HUNGRY (whether it was actual hunger, or just a mindgame, I don't know ... but that isn't the point, lol). And nothing I've been eating lately sounded good at all. Lets face it, I was craving some CRAP in a bad way! I fought with myself for a good several hours to keep myself away from a veggie burger with tator tots (barf, right?) And I Won! I'm so proud of myself. I know this probably sounds silly to some of you, lol, but this was a big step for me. In the past 11 days, I hadn't really had a craving, so I wasn't sure how I would react to them. Pretty darn good if I do say so. Maybe next time the argument going on in my head will only last one hour, instead of 4! LOL.

I'm a pretty simple person, and that goes with my food as well. So being raw to me just meant even more simplicity. Green smoothies, some salads, whole fruits and veggies, and that's pretty much been the extent of my "rawness" thus far. I mean, I've whipped up a couple of soups. I've made some simple brownies and granola ball things for the kids, etc.

Sooo, I decided I needed to expand a little bit tonight. Try to satisfy my discouragement, and bring me right back to excitement. I went into the kitchen, not knowing AT ALL what I was going to do, and ended up with a pretty darn tasty Taco Salad. SO Good!! Needless to say, the discouragement is gone. I LOVE RAW!

[StarFire]

Variety (and experimenting!) is the spice of RAW LIFE!! ;) Good for you! It becomes a lot easier to come up with some pretty cool combinations! Sounds like you're doing great! :D

[Veganforlife]

Oh that's great that you didn't cave. Good for you. Just remember what SAD/CRAP food did for your head - the headaches. THAT is enough to scare me not to eat that way anymore. I've gone through periods where I was hungry too, but didn't really crave anything because I was scared I'd get a headache.
Keep up the good work! YAY YOU!

[Snow White]

I'd love to know how you made your taco salad! I had the same kind of night last night! I am on day 7 today. Last night while watching a movie w/ hubby I was SO tempted to pop up some popcorn with butter!!!! It is the closest I have come to falling off the wagon.

I ended up making up some version of Alissa's spinach dip w/ carrots.

Today I will do another Costco run and stock up. Part of my problem is I started to run out of things.

[Mialsse]

The taco salad - For the filling I grinded up a few different types of nuts. Mixed some spices (cayenne, onion, paprika, chili powder, cumin [hopefully all of those are raw :eek: ]) with about 1/2 cup of water. I dumped that mixture into the grinded nuts, and blended it all together. Set aside. I diced up some maters, green onion, and bell pepper. I dumped the nut filling in, and made sure it was well mixed. Then I cut up the crispy part of romaine lettuce (I saved the top leafy parts for smoothies). And mixed that in as well. Yum!! The only thing it was missing was the crunch, but since I don't have a dehydrator, I don't really do crackers, chips, or things like that. But it was still really good, and exactly what I needed to pull my spirits up.

[RawVegan4Health]

Awesome! Those are the critical battles you want to win!:cool: