Solid Raw Ground!!!!

[ShelShel]

I couldn't believe myself just now. I struggled to get through dinner with my children. I wanted to grab their bowls from them as they ate the lovely pasta I had just prepared them. :eek: I just sat there thinking...I can't do this...it's too much...what am I thinking trying for 100% raw? Who am I, where am I, why am I trying so hard to be completely raw????...then like a lightening bolt I ran from the room. Breathing hard...I thought and thought about what I could eat that was raw that would pull this temptation out of me and place me on solid raw ground?

Then it hit me...anything green and I was a goner...so I reached for the raw ice cream...topped it with a fresh squeezed splash of Orange Juice...and some raspberries. Ahhhhhhhhhhh....I could breathe. It was going to be ok after all. I felt myself recovering from near disaster. Phew!

Yet, not two minutes ago...an email newsletter from Martha Stewart's living mag popped up. Like and idiot I sat there looking at a picture and recipe for chili...chocolate brownies...I sat there again gripped with the idea that 100% raw wasn't going to work.

I jumped up from the computer to go wash my face. Breathe...shel...breathe. I looked up into the mirror and hardly recognized the women looking back at me. My skin is almost clear again...the swollen face is gone...and I smiled. Ok...it's ok. I'm just going to wash my face and go get some raw treat before I blow the last great 100% raw 4 days. :rolleyes:

I grabbed a firm...not quite ripe avocado and opened her up. She was so green and yellow...lovely to look at and the firm texture...something I'd never experienced with an avo. A little sea salt...cracked pepper...ahhhhhhh. Divine. It totally hit the spot. Now I'm sipping my last bottle of Kombucha feeling much much better.

Cooked cravings beaten for another day...still standing on solid raw ground. :D Just had to share today's experiences...because up until this evening...I could have sworn I wouldn't ever be tempted by cooked foods again. I sailed through the last three days. LOL

Have any of you ever done this? Gotten really comfortable and had cravings creep up and blind side you???? If so...please share. ;)

[mel_s12]

OMG that sounds so familiar! Hahah

I call it the little angel and devil on my shoulder.

[maui_butterfly]

"i'm so raw and holy and so completely untempted by cooked that i'll take all the kids in the neighborhood swimming and then out for lunch at Maui Tacos" (my very favorite cooked thing in the whole world? a pinto bean burrito...)

what am i, a maniac? three lara bars later (usually a weeks supply in my purse) and splashing my face with cold water in the bathroom saved my raw self, but just barely.

[ShelShel]

:D LOL...I am so glad I'm not the only one.

Wow...those cravings hit like fireworks going off. I'm fine one minute and the next...Aghhhhhhhhhhh! :eek: :confused: :p Crazy stuff!

I will be sure to carry my raw bars in my purse too....that's a great idea! Thanks! You just never know and better to be prepared than...well...the alternative.

Thanks for sharing!

[alicia_2007]

tehe I'm on day 15 of my master cleanse and my cravings are going crazy I dreamt I ate turkey the other night! I keep seeing ads for burgers and I keep watching cooking programmes goodness knows why, it's like torturing myself! All I want to do is eat and when I'm cleansing anything looks good!:p

[EZ rider]

ShelShel -- I like to look at the experiences you had today and think of them as stumbling blocks or stepping stones. If they had been stumbling blocks you would now be on your way back to the problems you described in your post. Fortunately you made good decisions today and turned your challenges into stepping stones on your way to a new and healthy you. Congratulations.

[chilove]

YAY! Good for you!!! You did the two things that I often recommend to clients to help get past an intense craving, #1: remove yourself from the situation and breathe, and #2: ALWAYS have lots of VERY YUMMY raw food around that you REALLY LOVE on hand to have when you are facing a wicked craving. It does take a little bit of planning and discipline about shopping, keep things in stock, etc...but it really makes a huge difference in being successful over the long term.

Thanks so much for sharing your success!!

Blessings,

Audrey
www.rawhealing.com

[EZ rider]

#2: ALWAYS have lots of VERY YUMMY raw food around that you REALLY LOVE on hand to have when you are facing a wicked craving. It does take a little bit of planning and discipline about shopping, keep things in stock, etc...but it really makes a huge difference in being successful over the long term.I like what you posted and putting this together with my post above it makes a way to step, step, step your way over obstacles on your raw food journey.

[FreeLily]

Day 4 is always a killer for me. Its like the reality of raw sets in at that point...but congratulations on staying raw!!!!! I love it when I don't cave and I clumsily climb over those hurdles. Congrats!

[boxerfamily]

I have had that happen to me and last summer it took me way off track for months. I am glad that you were able to keep on track. Even if you had slipped, someone on here said something that I really like "You are always only one bite away from raw." Thumbs up on a good job!:D ;) :cool: :)