newyearspromise
06-26-2009, 09:31 PM
Good evening all and happy weekend! :)
I had my first and probably only (since going raw) "cooked food day" today.
What happened was that I am moving to a new job in a new location. The people in my office threw a party for me, and while they all know I am a vegan (have been for some time now), not more than a couple of them knew I had gone raw. So they threw a vegan potluck for me, and went to great lengths to cook vegan dishes. All very sweet of them, so I didn't have the heart to reject any of the food. I knew it wouldn't kill me to eat the cooked stuff, so I went ahead and did it.
I was a little apprehensive about it because I have read posts here about people who have a "cooked" birthday or something and end up struggling to get back on the raw wagon. I also had read about people who have gotten ill (i.e., vomiting) after eating a meal or two of cooked food after being raw for a month or more. However, I never expected what happened to me.
First, I was truthfully kind of excited to have a legitimate excuse to eat some cooked food. Not that I was WANTING to eat cooked, but you know, sometimes we all miss something cooked... So I was pretty excited and then I ate some stuff and it was downright disappointing. I think we all build cooked food up in these romantic fantasies of memories and the food is so wonderful...but really, it was kind of anti-climatic. I think I am used to the taste and texture of raw food now, so I kind of didn't like the mushiness. The food being warm also felt very weird, and I didn't like how the flavors mixed. With raw food the flavors blend, but it's like you can still taste distinct ingredients. With cooked food, it's like a new taste is created and you can't taste the foods that make the taste as individual ingredients.
Second, I feel HORRIBLE now. My stomach hurts and I feel really BLAH. I had bounds of energy before and almost felt this buzz all of the time. Wanted to go running, was perpetually happy...now I just want to curl up and go to bed.
So...yeah, I don't think I will have any trouble going back to 100% raw tomorrow morning. I also don't think I'll do this again. If I ever am tempted, I'll look up this post of mine here to remind myself of what will happen if I do decide to eat the dang crap, and will most likely change my mind.
Now I keep thinking, how is it that I have lived most of my life feeling this crappy and didn't even know just how crappy I was feeling?!? :confused:
I had my first and probably only (since going raw) "cooked food day" today.
What happened was that I am moving to a new job in a new location. The people in my office threw a party for me, and while they all know I am a vegan (have been for some time now), not more than a couple of them knew I had gone raw. So they threw a vegan potluck for me, and went to great lengths to cook vegan dishes. All very sweet of them, so I didn't have the heart to reject any of the food. I knew it wouldn't kill me to eat the cooked stuff, so I went ahead and did it.
I was a little apprehensive about it because I have read posts here about people who have a "cooked" birthday or something and end up struggling to get back on the raw wagon. I also had read about people who have gotten ill (i.e., vomiting) after eating a meal or two of cooked food after being raw for a month or more. However, I never expected what happened to me.
First, I was truthfully kind of excited to have a legitimate excuse to eat some cooked food. Not that I was WANTING to eat cooked, but you know, sometimes we all miss something cooked... So I was pretty excited and then I ate some stuff and it was downright disappointing. I think we all build cooked food up in these romantic fantasies of memories and the food is so wonderful...but really, it was kind of anti-climatic. I think I am used to the taste and texture of raw food now, so I kind of didn't like the mushiness. The food being warm also felt very weird, and I didn't like how the flavors mixed. With raw food the flavors blend, but it's like you can still taste distinct ingredients. With cooked food, it's like a new taste is created and you can't taste the foods that make the taste as individual ingredients.
Second, I feel HORRIBLE now. My stomach hurts and I feel really BLAH. I had bounds of energy before and almost felt this buzz all of the time. Wanted to go running, was perpetually happy...now I just want to curl up and go to bed.
So...yeah, I don't think I will have any trouble going back to 100% raw tomorrow morning. I also don't think I'll do this again. If I ever am tempted, I'll look up this post of mine here to remind myself of what will happen if I do decide to eat the dang crap, and will most likely change my mind.
Now I keep thinking, how is it that I have lived most of my life feeling this crappy and didn't even know just how crappy I was feeling?!? :confused: