30+ days and 5000+ miles raw!!!

[ephmeralgrl]

Greetings All!
I am back from a two and a half week road/camping trip. What a grand time it was, saw beautiful places and met beautiful people. What a challenge I had at times remaining raw. But for the most part I made it! Ofcourse I took plenty of dehydrated goodies with me, sharing with non-raw friends and family along the way. Felt like the ambassador of raw food!! Everyone I met was so supportive and interested in this lifestyle choice.
My biggest challenge was eatting out in the small towns along the way. Places where salad consists of iceberg lettuce and shredded carrots. Gets old real fast!! I did learn that a good way to spice it up is with cilantro and avocado. ( I need a break from the avocados though now!)
At one point I was without fresh veggie/fruit and the small town/cafe did not have any fresh on hand, so I resorted to eatting a small cooked meal. Lets just say that was about a week ago and I am just getting over the effects. Felt like food poisoning. In retrospect I would have been better to eat dry toast or oatmeal. Ahh its all about learning as we go.. :D
I feel blessed to have the oportunity to take this trip and spend some much needed time with my sweety. And oh so happy to be home, ready to get in the kitchen and whip up some fantastic food!
Aside from the derailment with the cooked food I feel great, my endometriosis symptoms have decreased (I made it thru my last cycle without ANY pain meds :D ) and my energy has increased. I am ready for more!

feet firmly planted (for now) in oregon-
maria

PS I was craving BBQ potato chips on my trip, any suggestions?

[sweetgoddess]

Maria, your trip sounded fabulous! I am so glad you enjoyed your time away with your sweetie. And you did wonderfully! Cheers to you. That is a hard time to remain committed, but you did it. yeah!
Welcome back. :)

[Sweet lips]

Ah Living my dream vicariously through you.

[Rawkinlocs]

Wow, beautiful! Congrats to you :)

As for the barbeque chips...as the biggest "chip-tooth" around here, I must say that sweet potato chips (mixed with in a bit of oil before drying) are good when you grind up some dried tomatoes into powder, mix with onion/garlic powder, a little cayenne and a little sea salt then put in a plastic bag and shake the chips up with this mixture - are pretty good! I haven't done it, but assuming you could also soak and dry nuts and use the same mixture on the nuts.

[ephmeralgrl]

Thanks to all of you for your praise and encouragement, it does feel good to not just have made it 30+ days(35 I think to be exact) but to share this with others who have been at this point as well.
I must give praise to my sweety who time and again helped me keep my focus in the face of cravings and convinience food. Although not raw himself, he understands the need for a healthy diet, not one you shop for at a minimart!! I dream of the day when minimarts all over this country, along side of freeways, highways and biways will be stocked with living food :p For now I planted a seed of awareness along the way.

in peace and love~
maria

Rawkinlocs I think I will try the chips today.....do you soak them first?

[NoGMO!]

ephmeralgrl,

what a mission! - the little diners with no selection... that's hard to deal with when you're hungry... nice work!

I too wish they would make raw more convenient on the road... watermelon, or tomatoes and basil to go, instead of doritos and oreos!!! (one couldn't pay me to ingest that junk... akkk! :eek: ) :D

[Jamie]

ephmeralgrl,

That is so great!!!!!!!!!!!!! My family has been wanting to go on just an overnight hiking/camping trip,,, but with 8 of us that requires a ton of planning AND equipment...so we are going to try and stock up on the essentials this winter/spring and go next summer....sounds so fun and relaxing and peaceful!!!

Rawkinlocs,
the potato chips,,,so you slice a sweet potato and make that into chips by adding the tomatoes/onion/garlic powder?? sounds so yummy and easy. I could handle that ;) YUM!!!

jamie