POLL: Last Supper? [Archive]

sfdreams

10-12-2007, 04:12 PM

LOL...I did! Not just before I started the 30-day challenge, but when I was considering going raw. I ate a LOT of ice cream over a few weeks, because I thought that is what I would miss the most! And found out after going raw that giving up dairy is probably what makes me feel so much better!! I still have yet to try the raw versions of ice cream, because I'm just not that interested in ice cream anymore...go figure!

crystalmoon

10-12-2007, 04:28 PM

Shell

10-12-2007, 05:23 PM

Ive been doing this for the last few weeks, being 100% raw for days at a time then thinking of something 'I must just have one last time' LOL
Im going to join the November challenge & am starting to feel really repulsed by lots of cooked foods I used to consider favorites (thankfully) so Im hoping I wont have any more last supper experiences between now 7 the start of the challenge

*raises hand in the air*
Hey, crystalmoon......are you ME??!! Ha ha....I swear, you took the words right out of my mouth! Yes, "last supper" and I are the best of frenemies.....I'll tell ya though.....NO MORE! *yells at L.S.* I'm ending it! We're sooooo over! Don't call me anymore!

crystalmoon

10-12-2007, 05:39 PM

LOL I just yelled the same type of 'be gone!' at my last supper 'voices'...but less politely Ha! Ha!
Ive been overweight for about 5 years & wanting so badly to stop eating all the junk so I sure have been having a lenghty last supper experience LOL
Raw power is gonna help us break free & finally get up & walk away from the dinner table of SAD!

freebird

10-12-2007, 05:45 PM

totally did. Jbean and I had a lobster meal before class!!!! How's that for last minute last supper. xoxo

KittyMommy

10-12-2007, 05:55 PM

Hats off to you for doing the 30-day during November--with Thanksgiving and all.......

StarFire

10-12-2007, 05:58 PM

OH ABSOLUTLEY http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/2006SmileyHappyYes.gif !!!! took me days to plan it.... http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/thinking.gif I had to make sure it was exactly what I reallly wanted ... it was after all... my last hurrah.....

did I enjoy it like I thought I would... oddly -- no I didn't... :eek: ... it just wasn't the celebration I thought it was going to be. I actually enjoyed the salad portion of the meal the most!! lol!!! go figure!! :D

nicollette

10-12-2007, 06:21 PM

We went to Chili's for dh's birthday after we got some gift certificates. We each had steak, shrimp, mashed potatoes and steamed veggies with margaritas. :D We went to Cold Stone Ice Cream for dessert.

I thought it was funny how much we didn't enjoy it like we thought we would. We actually felt awful and completely over did it. Ugh...

freebird

10-12-2007, 07:24 PM

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. The meal itself was not satisfying. The salad was the best bit. :D

beppa66

10-12-2007, 07:45 PM

Interesting...So why DO you think we do it? Like raw is some sort of deprivation or something??? My first 30-day I did, but the last two I didn't. But totally agree, it's never as good or as satisfying as you think it will be...Raw is better. No guilt. No bloat. Just ahhhhhh.

Shell

10-12-2007, 08:21 PM

I think it's the leftover "diet" mentality, out for one last hurrah! It's that deprivation thing again (yes, deprivation of SAD, but deprivation nonetheless), and focusing on all of the things you WON'T be eating, instead of all the things you GET to eat! I also think that some (and I include myself here) still have those emotional ties to certain foods, and even though raw is definitely better in every way, and you can create raw dishes to mimic certain cooked foods, those emotional bonds remain. For me, I know that the "last supper" syndrome has a lot to do with my "all or nothing" behaviour......I've got to get it all out of my system so that I can be 100% perfect afterwards. Yes, I know, I need to work that stuff out! But I agree with the others, when you DO chow down it doesn't taste as good as it did in your head......funny, that.

StarFire

10-12-2007, 08:22 PM

Interesting...So why DO you think we do it? Like raw is some sort of deprivation or something???

I think I did it sort've as a fond farewell.... If I was going to make this lifestyle change... I wanted to enjoy something special ... something that always held fond memories for me before... one last time... but well...

unfortunately... heheheee.... didn't quite happen that way!! ;)

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/Dancing-7.gif

beppa66

10-12-2007, 08:41 PM

Laurel & Hardy...Awesome Blast From The Past, Star!
Do you have any of them shirtless? (LOL)

StarFire

10-12-2007, 08:53 PM

oh bep... now that's sad....!!! http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/1511.gif

beppa66

10-12-2007, 09:02 PM

It must be the liver cleanse talkin'. ( :

Lilly the Naiad

10-12-2007, 09:25 PM

I didn't really. I just wanted to eat raw so I went ahead. It's not something I even thought about, but if a craving gets bad enough I usually have some of what I'm craving and alas, it's always a dissapointment, so it becomes a learning experience.

Now I can successfully see the stuff I usually loved right in front of me and not even feel like taking a bite. But fresh fruits and veggies are a whole different story!

It's very interesting how at times I'd lose my apetite for cooked foods almost completely and this worried me a lot. I mean, I thought that I wouldn't be able to get it back so I'd like many make myself eat 'for my own good'. Now I'm cleansing my body with green smoothies and my apetite has gone quite low, but only when I think of cooked food! When I think of fresh foods, I'm all for it :)

I wouldn't consider the 'last supper' as a preparation for a time of deprivation at all, but more like the last time you'd be really able to enjoy that food because once you go raw, it will never taste the same :p

MommyB

10-12-2007, 09:52 PM

Oh yeah! I made dh take me to Cheesecake Factory for Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp.. it was good. I stuffed myself, then brought the left overs home and finished them off later that night. Terrible! ;)

oceanee

10-12-2007, 10:19 PM

Oh yes, did that. A few times over the years even pre - working on being raw. It's probably different in the steps but same in the thought process of never ever ever again......

Freebird,
love the idea of lobster....it was the one thing I did want before I went raw....but only the NE variety and since I am in the far south it didn't happen.It was good to hear it wasn't what you'd thought
It's interesting though as for me it was as if nothing satisfied me and then the next day - ohmyuggness--- I felt mentally sad and physically puffy.

Raw goodness is what I will keep my eye on.
Oceanee

rawnhealthy

10-13-2007, 10:39 PM

Well...I didn't exactly have a last supper but I did something kinda strange. I went grocery shopping, a big one- which I usually didn't do...I filled the fridge and cupboards with all kinds of cooked vegan foods and then the very next day I went raw...LOL:D

Bananna

10-14-2007, 09:08 AM

oh that last supper....the last cigarette....the last dorito....THE LAST. I don't even remember my 'last cigarette' but I do know I had more than one of those. And I can't even count how many 'last suppers' I've had, lol. The problem with the last supper is now that I have given everything else up, food is the last of my bad things to say goodbye to. I will officially be a goody-two-shoes.
So, I am still a rebel though, since raw is an extremely hippy and unmainstream thing to do! Just remember that, you're still rebellious!
Anna

River Mom

10-14-2007, 01:33 PM

mrpickles

10-14-2007, 08:11 PM

, but if a craving gets bad enough I usually have some of what I'm craving and alas, it's always a dissapointment, so it becomes a learning experience.

because once you go raw, it will never taste the same :p

same here... I am one of the most skeptical people I know... and before going I had read some of this stuff... but its for real... I really don't want the cooked stuff anymore, just doesn't taste as good as the raw stuff. stuff is more bland...the smell of fast food/diner food makes me want to vomit... lots is WAY too salty, and I always end up bloated and tired.

beppa66

10-14-2007, 08:15 PM

Nada Did have a couple of bites of things in the first month when I was just learning. I keep repeating my self but I had some great 7 grain panara style bread, and some Chili.

Have not had one bite of anything not raw for last month and 1/2. But here's the kicker.....
I'm on the raw challenge for Octobet and I'm all ready planning what I'm going to eat in November when I'm done with this. :confused: I have not eaten it yet so if anyone has any help or advice I'd love to have it.

Thanks...
RM

My advice would be...sign up for the next challenge! LOL
Seriously, you are doing so well! By the end of October your raw glow, your energy...everything should be in full-swing. Why mess with success?
And, a certain someone may be coming to teach a class...(shhhh)
;)

Mr Pickles...couldn't agree more!

Hannah

10-14-2007, 08:37 PM

Haha - I love this post ... we are so similar, and so human ... I've been aware of raw food as a way of eating for 5 years and wanted to go raw since I first read of it ... but I wasn't ready yet - so I'd attempted a few times - had many last suppers and it never stuck and I just kept talking about it, thinking about it, beating myself up because I wasn't just doing it - then last december I decided to go for it - just do it ... still I wasn't quite ready but I was close, it was my most successful attempt yet - and it too had many last supper moments.

This go round, there was no last supper, no whooptydoo about it, I just decided I was doing it and have done it and am doing it - sort of like the little engine that could - I think I can I think I can I know I can I know I can I'm doing it ... I remembered a couple places I meant to eat about a week into 100% raw, and I shrugged my shoulders and said oh well.

I think its working this time because i didn't make a big deal about it or give myself an option of entertaining the last supper idea - it seemed to work for me ... but I can totally relate to the last supper thing - I had many of those over the past 4 years!

NYbutterfly

10-14-2007, 09:25 PM

Honestly, the "last supper" mentality is what caused me to gain a ton of weight. I've been trying for raw since apirl and after a few days I'd think "Oh wait I want to eat this one thing just ONE MORE TIME because I know i'll never ever get to eat it again!" This happened for MONTHS! It caused some major binges which lead to purges which made me believe that I wasn't ready for a raw food diet, like it wasn't meant for me. So I decided "okay, if you slip, you slip. Start the day raw. If you eat something cooked at the END of the day, no worries, start again tomorrow".

Well, what do you know, the nicer I was to myself the less I desired to have one last indulgence. And eating raw all day diminished any cravings for cooked. NOW my problem is going crazy on my favorite raw foods when I try to do a fast bc I will miss them so much!

I think it's Alissa who says - it's JUST food... it won't go anywhere. It won't run out.