Am I weird, or can anyone else relate?

[Girl_gone_raw]

Hi, I'm sorry if my english is bad, I am from a Scandinavian country! :)

I am a 27 year old girl that has been raw for about three months now, I was looking for a way to lose weight on youtube, and wow, am I glad that I did that!! :D I stumbled upon a clip about raw food by coincidence, and I am forever grateful for that clip! It totally changed my life and perspectiv of food, health, animal cruelty, nutrition, more genuin focus on inner peace and everything involving around living as healthy as possible!

I am a new beginner at this and I really need to learn so much more about it, and the best part is, I LOVE learning about it!!

But my question involves this, ever since I discovered raw foods, I have had an "inner flame" burning inside of me from the day I got to know about raw food. Is that a weird thing to say? I am an atheist, so this is no religious thing that I talk about, but it is like something inside me, something new and exiting, like a lifelong question has been answered on what is healthy. No matter how many nutritionists or health news say what is healthy, raw food tops it all! That's how I feel about it anyway, but I am no expert though so please inform me if I have it wrong!

Anyway, this "flame" inside me, it has been burning non stop for three months.. I can not explain it.. Nothing has ever interested me for that long, nothing has ever kept me wanting more information for as long as this has! No diet has ever had this effect on me, this time I know I will go for a very very long time, I hope rest of my life! It feels like it is right, you know..?

Off Topic:
No one I know are raw foodists, or even vegetarian, they are all eating "normally" and they laugh at me, they get angry and annoyd at me for not eating what they call "normal", my friends do not support me, they are always talking down about my new lifestyle, I am sad to say. I do not have the courage to stand up for myself yet, but inside I feel strong in terms of that I am on my way of healing internally from all of the years og heavily drinking and smoking, I just wished people around me would stop getting sick of me never eating what they eat, and stop looking at me weird and shaking their heads at me. But I can understand them in a way, because they have not read and seen what I have, so how can they know what it REALLY is about.. All they see is me eating raw food, and when I try to talk about it, they tell me to shut up. Just glad that I can turn to the internet to "talk" to raw foodists there! It keeps me from feeling completely lonely about this :p



wow, sorry about this long post, just had to get it out I guess :o

So long story short: Can anyone else relate to this "burning raw food flame" inside? Thanks!

[Thick]

I'm so sorry your friends are being so cruel. If you don't try to convert them in any way and act happy about your choices, it won't be long before they come to you asking for help!--or at least they will notice how beautiful you are and stop acting as if raw is unhealthy.

I think your english is perfect, much better than my scandinavian=)

[snoops]

I am sad to say I don't have that burning. I do have a great desire to be healthy but it doesn't always translate to better choices. Way better than before my raw journey but not "there" yet. I would like some of your burning!! Good luck with it and ignore your friends. They will soon be very jealous of your health and life and will be asking you how you do it!!

[RawKnitster]

Yes, I can relate. I find Raw Foodism is very much like "getting religion".

Sometimes people act the way they do towards raw because they feel raw is an attack on their choices. You don't have to justify yourself. Time will take care of that. Like Thick said, your friends will see the changes. Then they will start admiring you for it instead of being critical. But, don't tell them that now!

[Girl_gone_raw]

wow, thanks for the kind words guys!! It is strange to talk to other people eating like me, I must say. Because in my daily life, I feel like such an outcast from everyone else, so it gives me quite comfort getting respons from people that eats the food that people judge me for eating! It is very motivating I have to say, so thank you so very very much! :) It is a very nice and supporting community in here!


Yes! Even if I am an atheist, I can say that raw food is like finding a thing that I want to dedicate my energi and effort into, and that I believe in, so in a way it is kind of like a "religion", but without the God, (for me anyway) haha :)

I have such high hopes for the future of raw foods in this country, and that one day one or more people will sit beside me, eating pure nature!

[klomasius]

BIG FAT HUGS!!!!

Hey there, I can relate to that 'flame', I still have it after 5-6 years!

And you can always turn to the net for information and support from the raw food community, you are welcome here!

If you are interested in raw youtube vids, podcasts, sites etc. let me know and I can give you a HEAP of links! I've accumulated lots of info because of the obesessiveness.

[Girl_gone_raw]

Thank you so much klomasius!! I would be more than grateful if you had links for me! I love learning more about my new lifestyle!! :) And it is so good to know that others can relate to what I say about this "flame", like a truth has been found, a simple and true truth, that has been infront of me for so long, but I did not see until 3 months ago..!

I relate it to us being apes ourselves, "The Fifth Ape" and we must see what other apes and animals eat, for us to return to what is natural again.. That is how I view it, and so raw foods can not be wrong, it is how I am designed to eat, me, a primate, part of the great apes, the naked apes, the fifth ape. From the Hominoidea family.



When regarding my social life being a raw vegan, I even find it difficult explaining it to people, and actual saying the words "no thank you, I do not eat cooked food or animals, I am a raw vegan"

Is there any other words I can use? To lower the judgement in peoples minds/eyes when they hear "raw vegan"? Any tips?


No one I have met in these 3 months have known what a raw vegan is, so I have had to explain it, but I can not possibly explain the whole thing in such a short time, so people do not understand it like I want them to!

It is frustrating when I see them look at each other and almost makes sure that I see them give each other looks like I am an alien or brainwashed. They call me hippie in a weak try to make me feel bad, and I say "so.. you mind telling me what is wrong with being a hippie?" And they never have a good response. And I say, well, maybe you are the one that has been brainwashed by society referring to hippies as being something negative. Just like the word "gay" has been turned into something negative, when it actually is not negative at all, but just people abusing the word.


When I say this to them, they just roll their eyes even more!! But since they have no valid answer for their judgements, I think:

*mission completed......over*

:p ;)

[catnaxis]

Is there any other words I can use? To lower the judgement in peoples minds/eyes when they hear "raw vegan"? Any tips?

What I do is just say no Thank -You and if I get questioned further I state "Unless I can put it in the ground and a plant can grow from it I do not eat it". Normally that's all it takes....lol.

[Girl_gone_raw]

Haha, nice one! :) Thanks, I'm gonna try to use that one next time and see the response!!

[klomasius]

Grrr.. I typed up a whole long post and I somehow deleted it! :mad:

Sometimes a good way to turn down food from people is to say something like ' no thanks, I only eat fresh food, like fruits and veg'.

And here's some of those deleted links:

Check out the subscriptions and favourites on my youtube channel for heaps of cool vid and channels:

http://www.youtube.com/user/HealthyandBeautiful

and on itunes, there's some great videos and podcasts, search for:

Freshtopia.net show - video
Lovingraw - video
Supercharge me! - video
The Real G! - video
Revell's celebrating your potential - audio

and there's only some raw episodes on this show but it's so good!

Daryl Hannah's Love Life - video

Just a start, but enough to keep you occupied for a while. ;)

[Girl_gone_raw]

sorry about your long post klomasius! I know just how frustrating that can be when it gets deleted by accident!


Thank you for the info and links, I will definitely add them to my bookmarks and check them out! :) By the way, I can see you have the "HOME"-trailer as your favourite on youtube, I LOVE THAT MOVIE!! So beautifully made and very informational!:)


And I will also try your method for answering people when I have to turn down food they serve me! And I am just gonna have to let go of falling for their attempt to embaress me or trying to make me look bad/feel bad for eating fresh food!!