messed up

[brightlite]

im so mad at myself i i did good for three days then my aunt yesterday made spaghetti for dinner and that's my favorite food and i caved in then today o man i don't wanna talk about today i been i did good for lunch but breakfast and dinner i messed up so tomorrow my plan is not to give in i mean i stayed raw for 3 days I CAN DO THIS lol

just had to get that off my chest

[cherries]

Keep it up, it will be worth it, it took me months to finally kick my pasta habit. I would prepare it like a drug addict after a spell of not eating it. But eventually I started spreading comercial pasta sauce on popcorn or sometimes flaxseeds, (not ideal raw food) but I would tell myself I could eat as mutch of that as I wanted as long as I didn't eat the pasta itself.

[Vaclare79]

Just keep going raw and don't look back! :)

[ShelShel]

If anyone can feel your pain...it is I. :p Pick up, move forward and don't look back. You are right...you can do this.

[Bananna]

lol Shelshel...

Cherries - that's how I got unhooked off pasta...noodles by themselves actually taste like crap, it was always the sauce I was after. But I didn't use popcorn, I used spinach usually, kinda reminded me of a taco salad. I could care Less about pasta these days!

[Eva]

Oh brightlite! You are human and can make decisions as they come. Of course raw food is the most natural and nourishing... and of course it lets our body create health and happiness for us...

But again, you are human! You can make the decision now to pick it up and move in the direction you want... wherever that may be. This situation MAY even push you more in the direction you would like to go because it is another lesson in life that you can choose to learn. :)

But please, do not, ever, beat yourself up over a choice you have made. Do yourself a favor: Learn and move on. Love yourself always...

[hibisanpo]

oh i hear you!
growing up in an Italian family, we had some form of pasta almost every night.

it's true, the sauce is the gateway drug... but that's an easy fix, there are tons of raw tomato sauces you can make. i also make a sun-dried tomato tapenade

i'm was never a fan of the zucchini noodles, but i make an easy zucchini lasnagne... i layer either a raw tomato sauce or the tapenade(or both), thinly sliced zucchini, pesto, a super ripe mushy avocado, and finely minced spinach... i layer until i run out of ingredients, then eat!

wow. i wish i were hungry right now! i have all the ingredients... maybe tomorrow.

[Emma-Liza]

But please, do not, ever, beat yourself up over a choice you have made. Do yourself a favor: Learn and move on. Love yourself always...

Hear! Hear!
Regret is a severe taskmaster.

[punpkin]

I am bouncing back and forth with my raw and cookededness - I have to say, though, that I am finding the same thing with the sauces, that it rarely seems to be the mashed potatoe or tortilla, the pasta or bread, most often it is the sauce I am after. So, I try to mimic whatever taste hits me first when I eat something cooked and try to get that in my diet ( more salty or sweet, etc.) I haven't been on these boards very long but was wondering if there could be (or is there already) a seperate section for those of us daily struggling with cooked food addictions, not the occasional, once every six months, but the temptations and desires you face when you first start out. ( Although, I did do 28 days 100% raw last month, but am working on it now, a-strugglin!:rolleyes: )

[hibisanpo]

i had a breakthrough when i realized food is just a vehicle to get whatever condiment or sauce into my mouth!

now i've made peace with just spooning the sauce/ guac/ salsa/ bbq sauce/ ketchup(yep.) in. as long as it's raw, it's all good!

[kailaniece]

oh i hear you!
... i make an easy zucchini lasnagne... i layer either a raw tomato sauce or the tapenade(or both), thinly sliced zucchini, pesto, a super ripe mushy avocado, and finely minced spinach... i layer until i run out of ingredients, then eat!
.

Wow that sounds amazing. I'm totally going to try that!!! do you have any pictures?

[kailaniece]

If there is one thing that I'm learning from these boards and my own raw journey is that you hav to listen to yourself and follow your instincts. Beating yourself up everytime you make a mistake or don't perform the way that the "powers that be" think that you should to acheive a particular goal is always counterproductive. I've been on or off a diet since I was 10 years old. No one forced me to do this, I just started to look around me and realized that I wanted to look like all of the beautiful people I see around me (not that I even looked bad). Say thank you to TV, magazines, and movie stars. When I reached my highest weight of 220 lbs in 2004 I saw myself on posters all over the place looking like someone had filled me up with hot air, it took that to make me look at and begin to realize the destructive pattern of on again/off again behavior and begin to control it. Over the last 4 years, I've slowly come to grips with this tendency of mine and decided that in order to succeed one must not be afraid to fail. If you're afraid of failure, then whenever you do fall of the wagon so to speak it becomes nearly impossible to get back on.

Since discovering raw I've still been on and off again. But each time I'm ON I see such amazing benefits that it drives me to WANT to be this way forever. I realize that it takes time for the mind and body to adapt to change and to embrace a way of thinking that has eluded me for a long time. But I feel myself coming closer to this everyday. I know that even if I decide to eat SAD food today, it's ok because I'm not afriad (or at least trying not to be afraid) of it. I know I'll always find my way back. I also know that as long as I keep raw and living foods as the basis of my diet (even if I eat differently on occasion one day) I am still feeding my body health and love. Luckily for now, I really have very little desire for any of these things because I am discovering so many wonderful recipes that I'm finding I don't need cooked food right now.

So after my long windedness; don't give up. Go at your own pace and know that eventually you will figure out what's best for you. Stay strong and healthy!

K
HW220
SW178(7/1/08)
GW120ish

[Bananna]

When I reached my highest weight of 220 lbs in 2004 I saw myself on posters all over the place

Are you famous?

hibisanpo - "i had a breakthrough when i realized food is just a vehicle to get whatever condiment or sauce into my mouth!

now i've made peace with just spooning the sauce/ guac/ salsa/ bbq sauce/ ketchup(yep.) in. as long as it's raw, it's all good!"

...that's hilarious! ...and me too :D