raw food diet newbie!

[kathylsun]

hi guys,

i'm new to the raw food community, although i think i've been practicing something similar (or at least say 50%) for a long time; but never quite thought of it in delineated term of "raw food".

recently, my diet has mainly been fruits/blended vegetable, fasting, and some sweets. i notice when i get off fasting, all i want to eat is ramen noodles, chocolates, and chocolate muffin (even writing these words make me think about them too much :)

anyway, i believe raw diet is superior to an average diet, and want to convert my diet more to this genre. and simultaneously, try to find substitute/ways of getting of choc/sugar/starch. i used to get upset with myself when i eat them, but know i'm just channelling this energy to find a way out.

maybe eating raw at all time will help me get off this problem, and stay healthy in general. also, one issue is that since i don't like to cook, i am bothered with spending too much time in the kitchen to feed my stomach :)

tx you very much!
kathy

[Aleesha Sattva]

try eating some raw desserts! they are healthy AND yummy!!!

[spicyfull]

You can eat RAW Chocolate. Just about everything you eat from the other world, you can make it RAW....Try these Brownies made with RAW Chocolate and Raw Fruit......


RP's Brownies
1 C walnuts, unsoaked,
1 C dates, pitted, unsoaked,
1/4 C RAW cacao powder, blended and pressed into a pan

[Veganforlife]

Welcome! Incorporate green smoothies into your diet too. You can EVEN put cacao powder in them! I mean how cool is that?

Green smoothies are gr8 craving chase awayers!!!

[Erika]

Hi and welcome. Before eating raw, I would literally trample over someone to get to a cake if I had to. No one was going to stand between me and my sweets but since I started eating raw, I don't even want those foods anymore. I don't have to resist any urge because it's just not there anymore. I think with time you might feel the same way too. I don't know as much as the others here but thought I would give you my 2 cents anyway. I eat a lot of fruit so maybe that has something to do with it. I was at work a few days ago and there were 2 HUGE cakes sitting in the break room for all of the employees but I didn't even have one bite. You can do it too, you just need to find a good replacement.