Falling HARD!

[Pennypower]

I started on raw in April and was soooooo excited about it. It was very successful. I lost 40lbs, felt great and loved it. About 2 months in I started very very gradually letting other things in, but continued to lose weight because I remained at least 50% raw and 99% vegan. Anyway, recently my famiily and I took a vacation back home to Ohio where I completely lost control, then went back to Cali and 3 weeks later moved back to Ohio. All the traveling, and 6 days of driving cross country and my diet is HORRIBLE!
Anyway, I'm gaining weight again, feeling crappy, and I really want to go back to 100% raw. How do I get motivated all over again? I'm having a hard time finding the passion I once had. Has anyone else successfully overcome a relapse to SAD?
Penny:(

[Lady Green Jeans]

Oh yeah, been there, done that. Mashed potatos was my nemesis. I figure each raw meal is an enjoyment in itself, so my focus is there. I start my day with a gs crammed with as many greens as I can and gobs of frozen fruit--really enjoyable (isn't that most of the battle?). Lunch is usually a made ahead soup or a mixed salad--both enjoyable. Dinner oftentimes is more complex as I adore expressing my creative side in preparing food for eye and palate appeal. I guess I am trying to make the experience fun and adventerous.

I really try to pay attention to my cravings and follow what my body wants--not giving in to any more sad mashed potato cravings, though.

Don't know if any of this is helpful, but know that it is a process and each step is another step in the journey (it's the journey, not the destination kind of thinking).

My best raw wishes to you in your journey.

[StarFire]

do you have alissas book? If you do -- returning to the basics... using the 30 day plan that Alissa has laid out in her book is a wonderful way to kickstart your raw journey again. If you don't have the book -- and you kept a blog here -- re~read it. Go back over all the reasons you went raw in the first place. and keep posting - that is always a wonderful way to get support! blessings... we're here for you! ;)

[Mialsse]

Hey! I also started in April. We moved out of state in July, and a couple of weeks (maybe a month?) after we got here, I let myself slip. Not just a little slip either, I REALLY slipped. One day turned into another, and another, and another. Until I finally woke up 3 weeks later wondering what the hell was wrong with me. It wasn't that I was just eating cooked foods again, I was seriously out of control. For the first couple of days (or maybe the entire first week, I dont know, it all blurred together) I was even eating meat again ... and I've been Vegan for almost 8 years!! Even though I stopped eating the meat quickly, I WAS still eating things with dairy (mostly cheesey things) and some eggs, for the entire 3 weeks. It was all at night (my kids are raw as well, and atleast I had enough sense to keep my craziness away from them). Taco bell, mcdonalds, burger kind, sonic, pizza hut, waffle house, chips, chips, and more chips, pizza rolls, cheese cakes, fried egg sandwiches, etc, etc, etc...... Every night I would tell myself it was the LAST time, so I better make it good, and I seriously loaded my body with a ridiculous amount of food each and every night, with no break whatsoever. Disgusting to think about. :eek:

I don't know what it was that finally made me stop. I just woke up one day and realized I was so much better then what I was doing, and I deserved so much more then what I was giving myself.

You can do it! Try not to dwell on the slipups, and just jump into it. Maybe find or create a new yummy recipe to get all excited about it again. Buy a new book. Try to find a raw group in your community. Anything to get you all jazzed up again.

[RawHeaven]

Yes, I have reverted to Vegan/SAD in late 2006. I know how you feel, but just get back onboard again. It's easy. But you can't beat yourself up! Give yourself a big hug.

Then start eating raw again!

Fast for 3-10 days and/or do a liver flush (suggestion only)

Then do Alissa's 30 day challenge

If you do decide to cleanse...after you rid your body of toxins and cleanse your organs/systems to a sparkling shine you will want NOTHING but RAW. :D

[Nurse in the Raw]

A fast usually gets me back on track.

Gosh Mialsse.....when you fall, you fall hard. And I was feeling bad about eating cooked corn :cool:

Raw is very forgiving. When we come back to our senses, we can just start again.

[crystalmoon]

Thank you all for sharing this...I have been finding it really hard to be 100% raw just lately & have been craving all kinds of mad stuff like fast food burgers that I never ever ate in my pre vegan days :(

I wish you everything you need to pick yourself & walk you raw path again Pennypower. Know that I am walking alongside you ;)

[Mialsse]

Gosh Mialsse.....when you fall, you fall hard. And I was feeling bad about eating cooked corn :cool:

I know, right? I was completely out of control. But, just proves that even after the worst binge attack, you can always pick yourself up and move forward!



Worry does not empty tomorrow of its challenges - it only empties today of its strength

I LOVE this!

[lore-ah]

I'm going through this as well. Finally I was laying in bed the other night and was just like "enough already". Something clicked. I woke up yesterday and was back to 100% raw like it was the easiest thing in the world.

I'm going with that trust the process thing. I wasn't trusting anything until yesterday. I was keeping some raw habits (doing green smoothies) but then crashing at night. I think the reason it was easy to come back to raw was because I never abandoned it completely.

Anyway I'm rambling. This was a good time for me to see this thread

[Pennypower]

Thanks so much everybody. You all have great suggestions. I am also so glad this thread is encouraging others.
I have Alissa's book, among some others, so I think I'm going to read it over again. That should get me going. I always need to stay fresh on my convictions or I forget why I was doing something. Anyway, I'm going to go back and read my blog again. Man I was soooo gung ho at first. It seems like I'm such an all or nothing person, but I'm working on changing that.
Penny:)