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[bellabella]

i caved last night after work; two bags of chips in the house and nothing RAWlicious at my fingertips that I hadn't already eaten all day. I caved.....I ate chips and pretzels.

ARe my weight goals sabotaged? It's only been 5 days!!

My lunch is totally raw again today...I wonder when I am going to get the strength or will power to go 100%

[Frugal Raw]

Your weight goals are only sabotaged if you allow them to be by continuous negative repetitive actions. Take your transition one day at a time. It'll happen :)

That said, it can be difficult to stay raw if you have temptations such as salty, crunchy, stress foods in the house. Can you get the cooked stuff out of your home? Donate it somewhere, perhaps?

Here's something I love to do when the urge for chips hits home - make a homemade raw salsa and use carrot slices or celery sticks as chips:)

[bellabella]

Well, I have a great partner, and he's not a raw foodist, so I can't clean out the kitchen the way that I might if I were single!

[Frugal Raw]

That will make it more difficult at first. But what I have found this month, is that the further I get into raw, the stranger it seems to cook or consume cooked foods. Do you do the cooking for your partner?

[bellabella]

No, I have never cooked. He actually will make raw food for me...and likes it himself, but he has no interest in restricting his food. He's Portugese, and food is a huge cultural bond for them. So, after the 30 days, you think the cravings subside substantially?

[GlimR]

It's all a progression you know, this path we are on. Some are walking, some a re running but we all have our sights on the same prize...that of glowing health and well being, right?? I joined this site two years ago...geez, hard to believe. Just don't give up. Don't beat yourself up. Next time you want to reach for something that will not build you up remeber today, remember how it made you feel. Let it go and move on. Don't focuse your energies on the negative and make yourself crazy. Make a plan......make sure you plan time in your schedule to prepare raw foods, to make sure you don't get too hungry, etc... just figure out what works for you and then make sure you do it so you are prepared, so you don't put yourself in a position where you are too tired or hungry to care because each day does build on the next and before you know it you are in a place where you will look back and say...wow!! Look at all the changes I have made!! Look at how far I have come toward my dreams!!!

Hang in there hon!! You can do this for yourself~*hug*

[Frugal Raw]

Yes, the cravings do subside as you progress. The only time I have had cravings this month have been when I've been stressed out. Comfort foods - ya know? But I find as I progress, I am craving more and more whole, raw, living foods, and it's EXCITING!! Like, right now - I am wishing I had a watermelon in the house so I could make myself a huge glass of blended melon...and I used to HATE watermelon! Your tastes will change through this transition. Also, I have found for me - that it's easiest to go 100% raw than to allow for leeway and fall back into the cooked foods...

[bellabella]

THANKS Glimr and Amberstorm

Amber: are you saying that you haven't slipped up since trying? Or that you aimed for 100% since the beginning....and have had a couple of slips. I am focusing on trying new recipes, sweets and more filling "entre" style things, so that I am familiar with how to whip these up. I have never cooked in my life. I lived a vegetarian diet of fruit, cheese, crackers, veggies and dip....all processed, but SO fast and available. This isn't easy for me. I've never even used a food processor before. I'm also transitioning at work, and working both jobs in the meantime, jsut for this week. I think once I am full-time yoga, with free time between classes, this will be a bit easier as well. In any case, I wake up each morning with the RAW goal. Glimr and Amber, in 2 years (or however long), how long have you been raw?

[GlimR]

I love raw food and believe so fully that its the optimum way to go for true glowing health...but you know over the last two years I have played around with every way to have my proverbial cake and eat it to and it did not work for me. I tried eating raw but having one cooked meal a week...well that progressed to "only when we went out to eat", then it was my birthday or the holidays or a family trip and wedding...and then weeks or months of being back on a sad woe, even if one considered "healthier" than many.

I am back to raw, 100%...and it is so much easier now...easier to just not allow the first bite. Alissa says in her book that if the thought comes into your head...immediately....get rid of it..don't dwell on it, push it away. Don't make room for falling headlong into the way you DON"T want to live. We all have to find what works for us...to me, after all the playing around and trying to bend raw into something that it isn't...100% with no exceptions is worlds away from what I was trying and failing to do before. It is so much less a struggle than trying to "allow" some portion of what I ate to be junk, even "healthy" junk.

[ladypeace82]

i caved last night after work; two bags of chips in the house and nothing RAWlicious at my fingertips that I hadn't already eaten all day. I caved.....I ate chips and pretzels.

ARe my weight goals sabotaged? It's only been 5 days!!

My lunch is totally raw again today...I wonder when I am going to get the strength or will power to go 100%

I slipped last night too. even though I had to fight to eat my salad at lunch yesterday b/c for whatever reason the vinager smelled funny and tasted bitter. I know it isnt' bad but my taste buds and sense of smell were off yesterday. I was doing excellent! even had a hearty snack of giant watermelon before school. But while in class my shoulder was hurting so bad that I got a migrain. I have the worst teacher in the world and he always takes us past the time we are supposed to get out.
so that added to the pain.

I was hurting so bad I was crying while driving home. I came home, thought of fruit and that I'd have to wash it and cut it, saw that my family had left some dinner on the stove. I didn't even hesitate, i grabbed it heated it up and ate. It wasn't even alot. it was way less than half of what I ate SAD. But I felt even worse afterwards. more pain, sluggish, upset that I did that, tired, depressed with pain. it was horrible. Now I'm really really tired this morning. my shoulder is killing me again.

So I think that was my body warning me.
I'm not doing that anymore. So we slipped up together. how about that?:o

[Frugal Raw]

I started learning about raw foods two years ago. I've tried going raw in the past, but it wasn't financially feasible for me to be raw and my dh to not be - and he wasn't ready. He'd say he was, I'd start into the raw fooding, and he'd stop eating. I'd panic after a few days and cook just to get him to eat! Eventually, I'd have to give up raw foods as well. So, I have yo-yo'd. I've also lived Auyervedically during that time period, which was a very strict regimen. (Hypothyroid/Acute Candidiasis/Dead Metabolism/Barely Functioning Digestive System/Very Weakened Liver & Kidneys/Borderline Diabetic) I was healing, and feeling great when I could keep it up, but I have found that I make more progress and feel even better 100% raw!

This past month (August) has been my first full month at aiming for 100%. Since I am not totally sure about spices being raw, I have been at 95% - 100% all month, with the exception of two meals. The first one, was rebelling. My dh and I went to Chili's and split a bean burger, fries and chips & salsa. I felt SO sick just leaving the restaurant! I was feverish, nauseated, and felt like I had a stone in my stomach! The second one, was lunch yesterday with my dh and my Aunt. We went to her favorite Indian restaurant, which is the only indulgence I will continue to allow in my life. My Aunt is 80 years old, and it means so much to her to have us share this experience with her. It happens very rarely, and the spices are very good for the digestion. I didn't feel great when we left the restaurant, mainly heavy and sleepy - with a headache in the afternoon, but no major adverse effects like Chili's.

[bellabella]

thanks Stacie!
I can TOTALLY relate to what you're feeling . . .. just that really off-handed "grab it" convenience...... we'll do it! Back on track again! how many days are you now, today?

[Frugal Raw]

Also - Go to my blog - I post LOTS of recipes on there:) They're easy ones, and some tend to be heavier than others, so you may find some to help you through.

[GoingtoRAW]

Bellabella, I know it can get difficult at times but you have so much support here. What I have found helpful at home is to try to only keep foods in the house that I don't care for. I have 3 children. For some reason my son is more inclined to try some of the raw foods that I eat, especially the raw ice-cream and other treats. My girls, however wouldn't touch any of the things I eat with a 10 foot pole! They love fruit but refuse to eat organic fruit because "it looks funny". Whatever...more for me. Anyway, as far as things they like in the SAD world, I buy things that I would not eat even if I were eating cooked foods. That way I am not tempted. ;)

[bellabella]

Thanks Amber....that's great info. Yes, I'm a yogini at heart and will be teaching full time with the dream of owning a studio one day. THe yogic way of eating includes dairy, but I don't think that in India, they treat their animals as poorly as well do...... They eat a lot of warm foods as well, and they live well into their hundreds.....so sometimes that makes me wonder. BUt as far as my own eating traits..... all or nothing is best for me..... so, thats what I'm aiming for. I'll try another challenge September 01, and make a couple more recipes until then to prepare me.

Can you attach the link to your blog? I would like to check it out

[Frugal Raw]

Done:) I am still learning how to get around in this forum too!

[ladypeace82]

thanks Stacie!
I can TOTALLY relate to what you're feeling . . .. just that really off-handed "grab it" convenience...... we'll do it! Back on track again! how many days are you now, today?

*sigh* today is supposed to be day 4. I think i'm going to keep counting it as day 4. i mean i really ate so little of it but just that little did a lot.

[tanishamarshall]

You can do it Bella Bella. I know it can be hard when the husband is not eating the same I think it's ok to have slip ups, but jumping right back on is very important.

Everyone is different though some cannot have a slip ups or they will return and some do better having slip ups and are able to give up the foods as time goes on.

As long as you never give up on Raw you will succeed.

[Lavendula]

Grace to you and give youfself some grace. I haven't been 100% raw, and not trying to be so strict that Iwould feel bad about eating cooked food, but it is only good, real food. I eat nor drink any junk, that is the one area that I have power over, cuz it does make me sick.....even if it's healthfood store snacks or an organic, vegan frozen dinner. I had a 100% raw day yesterday and didn't even realize it, I have probably done it more than I know.
Just give yourself grace:)