Transitioning back to 100% has been easier than going cold turkey

[livenraw]

I am usually an all or nothing person. If I don't go completely 100%, then things never get done.

However, with raw, I am finding that transitioning back to that 100% is easier than going cold turkey. I try to go cold turkey and I just keep failing.

However, for some reason, if I transition - like I am doing now - then the cooked food I know I could have no longer appeals to me. It doesn't even sound good to me. And I think that's 'cuz I know I can have it but then lose the desire for it 'cuz I know I can have it.

This must sound really weird.

I stopped chewing gum almost a month ago and haven't missed it. I stopped eating meat around the same time & haven't missed it. I gave up artificial sweeteners up around 3 months ago & totally lost my cravings for sugar & haven't msised the artificial sweeteners. Then I stopped drinking the coffee 3 days ago & haven't missed it. Now I've been two days without the gardenburgers & haven't missed them.

For some reason, transitioning is making it easier & easier for me to give up cooked food.

[RawMegan]

That's wonderful for you Livenraw! I truly am an all or nothing person and I have tried transitioning so often and always fail. But you make a good point, whether transitioning or going cold turkey, I think it has a lot to do with where your head is.

I'm finding it easier this time doing 100% because I'm not seeing it as a sacrifice whereas that's where my head was at before.

Whatever works is the way to go. So WAY TO GO!!!

Onwards and upwards, Megan

[rande]

i totally understand!! i tried for a couple of years to go cold turkey and could never do it for more than a couple days! transitioning has been infinitely easier!

[Random Violin Guy]

Sounds like you've learned a good lesson. Staying raw isn't hard for me at all. It requires no extra effort or discipline. If I want cooked food, I'll eat cooked food... but why would I want to feel bad?

[bodaflower]

I am in the process of transitioning back to 100% as well! The first time I went raw when I was 15 i did it pretty much overnight and those were truly amazing days

I've founded transitioning can be better the second time around, of course having the cooked portion of your diet as natural, mucusless and wholesome as possible

I think because this is the second time around (okay, more like the fifth or sixth time ive tried to go back to 100%) my mind is a lot more involved...the first time I was so amazed by the possibilities of raw it didn't even take a second thought

but now I feel like i'll be missing out when I go 100%, which i know just isn't true!

[eat~to~live]

I'm happy to hear you didn't miss them and you could transition.
I had to go on a cleanse in order to get rid of the cravings. Then it's all all all for me! It better be... I don't want those awful cravings back!:)

[Maddy]

I am not intenting to transition but that is sort of how it is turning out - I am SOO much kinder on myself this time - it is easier and I am more confident about the long term

[SparklePlenty]

That's exactly where I am too. I am transitioning back to raw, and feel so much less attachment to the cooked foods. I am eating homemade veggie soup, steamed veggies, and a little bit of grains. Nothing major but looking at how my attempts to go 100% have gone, transition is working much better for me.

Got to know what works and then do it!

Best of luck to everyone on their journey to raw.