Liking it raw!

[Maintime]

Hey everyone! I am relatively new to the raw food thang and I just wanted to say salutations! A little bit about myself, I am 34 and I live in Miami with my wife, 2 dogs and a sulcatta tortoise. We have been slowly moving to a healthier lifestyle over the last 3 years.
I have always been wary of processed foods and the chemicals companies use to artificially create, market, and preserve them. After reading an article regarding the evils of artificial sweetener, we decided it was time to cut the cord and move squarely into raw food. We have been about 95% raw for about 3 weeks now and my wife and I are loving every minute of it.
The interesting thing is, people notice the change and ask me about it. When I tell them about the raw food lifestyle, they are usually intrigued. I had thought that a lot of people would think I was crazy, but thankfully I was wrong.
I look forward to getting a lot of tips and help from this forum. See you all around.

[ChangingChild]

Many welcomes, Maintime! I'm glad you and your wife are happy and successfully raw. I've only been raw for three days now, but I've already have several awesome conversations with curious friends and strangers. People usually are eager to learn about new things I suppose. It's a great feeling. Anyway, I hope you find these forums helpful!

[somelikeitraw]

Greetings Maintime! Welcome to RFT! There is much support for you here.

Glad you are getting the response you are getting. When people notice my weight loss and glow they are thrilled to hear that I am 70+ pounds lighter than I was 15 months ago. Then they want to know how I did it. I used to tell them all about going raw and how wonderful I felt but most of the reactions were problematic. I was immediately grilled (pun intended!) about protein and aminos and "aren't nuts and avocados fattening?". Um... apparently not! Anyway, now I just reply by saying that I have dramatically changed the way I eat. Interestingly, the reply is either "Oh." or "Really? In what way?" The folks that want to know are open to change and then the conversation is fun instead of me defending my choice in lifestyle.

How great that your wife and you are living this together!!! I have been hoping my hubby would see how well this has worked for me and want to join me. Even if he didn't go 100%, as I have, at least he would be still get some fantastic benefits.

Enough about me! This thread is about YOU! A big warm WELCOME to you!

[CathyA.]

Welcome. I second the idea of wishing my hubby would go raw with me. Someday...

[Maintime]

Thank you for the warm welcome!

It's funny, I actually needed to convince my wife to start. She had all the standard questions people usually have about the diet but ultimately she started the diet soley to support me.

Now that she has been doing it, she has seen the light and converted fully. lol.

I think if most people understood how good they would feel after doing this for a couple weeks, they would at least try it.

[spicyfull]

I wish you everything you need to Stay RAW..........Welcome to MY World.