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[passionpulp]

I'm fifteen
i've been 100% raw for almost three months
last week I had a horrible day and was very upset
so I had some cheese
I didn't think it was a big deal
until I found I couldn't get back on
I kept eating cooked food for a week
it sucks cause i can't get back on
i'm really trying though
it's usually at the end of the day
and I know if I make it through the week, I'm good
I usually crave things like cheese
and I can't get my fix
most of the time it's emotional cravings
I can't really make many desserts or fancy recipes
anyone else had this problem?

[Basenjimamma]

I can so relate, I have done the exact same thing for a month now, before that I was all raw for all of 6 months or so..I am struggling to get back on, I keep on falling off in the afternoon..I feel for you, it s----s!
I am trying up up my fruit, it is sweet and I think my body is craving carbs..but who knows.
I know we can do this, lets give it a new try tomorrow..

Petra

[CosimaMoon]

I'm fifteen
i've been 100% raw for almost three months
last week I had a horrible day and was very upset
so I had some cheese
I didn't think it was a big deal
until I found I couldn't get back on
I kept eating cooked food for a week
it sucks cause i can't get back on
i'm really trying though
it's usually at the end of the day
and I know if I make it through the week, I'm good
I usually crave things like cheese
and I can't get my fix
most of the time it's emotional cravings
I can't really make many desserts or fancy recipes
anyone else had this problem?

If you're craving cheese, maybe you're craving fats? Do you usually eat a lot of fat? You could make some raw cheeze or have avocados or coconut oil...or there is always raw dairy cheese, if you're not vegan. I like that stuff a lot :)

[passionpulp]

I always easily make it two or three days. But then I fall off. I guess I'll just try it again. My problem is salads. I just don't like them.
Today, I was craving the cheese. So I made a cereal with soaked Buckwheat, sprouted sunflower seeds, raisins, and sunflower seed milk. So I got the fat in. Like I said, I think it's emotional.
It might just not be for me. I've heard people say they don't recommend teenagers doing the 100% because they might feel vulnerable. I don't know if that's what I was feeling. But I was in class today, after lunch, and I fell asleep(I was finished with my work). I woke up, and I felt bad. I started thinking, "Why am I doing this?". I felt stressed after I woke up. And I'm always getting shit from my mom because we're poor. Like I have very little money. I only live with my mom and she makes probably ten dollars above the limit for food stamps, because she's on disability. So I barely make it through the month. So I can't do the things most raw foodists do when they have a craving. I don't have a dehydrator. I have a wimpy blender. An almost 20 year old centrifugal juicer which I rarely use because it's horrible. And no dehydrator. So I need alot of food and my mom doesn't like that we have to go shopping every other day, so she thinks we're spending alot of money when we really aren't. So this stress was making me want to emotional eat I guess. I know I won't ever go back to my Past diet. I just can't imagine doing that now that I know all this information about the typical American diet. But I don't enjoy this two days on, one day off thing. It's stressing me out even more.
I might, sometime, try maybe a 75% raw. Or I'll eat some cooked grains or legumes once in a while. I'll admit I was very pissed when I found that nutritional yeast isn't raw. It sounded too good to be true that it was vegans cheese. But if I do try the cooked food, there's a whole food store about thirty minutes away that sells everything organic for a reasonable price. They have yeast by the pound for a little more than 5.00$. I figured that's a good price for a powdery substance.
I just wish I could feel so much better. I live in a place where there's alot of refining and it's just gross outside. My mom has cancer. And my grandpa has cancer. And my grandma had cancer... So I don't believe in coincidence and I got a motive for this sudden change in eating habits.
In Texas, being vegetarian is peculiar. Being Vegan is impossible. Being raw is out-of-your-fucking-mind. So nobody is very understanding of this. But it's not a problem. I like telling people this.
I do wonder about the raw cheese. But Its almost the same as not being able to go back to my past diet because I've heard alot of bad things about cheese. I tried goat cheese and like raped it with my mouth it was so good. But I don't think it has a place in my diet.
I literally just got into the grains. I got buckwheat and it's delicious. I got dulse also. My problem is the salads. I usually make it with homemade guacamole because I don't know anyother dressings. I easily go through the morning on fruit. Just in the afternoon, I'm either forcing myself to make a salad and eat it with a grimace, or I cave in to my fruit. This was my problem for a couple weeks. It would be easier to make green smoothies if I had a vita-mix. No luck. It's just something I'm gonna have to get used to I guess.
Just a whole week would get me back on track. The first month was pretty easy because I didn't have many cravings for cooked food, just fruit. I need that again. It would be better than what I'm doing now.
Bleh. I'll be alright I guess.
What's you're favorite movie?
I love Quentin Tarantino.
I have an obsession with him.
That's one thing I don't like about this website. It makes everyone seem like they're obsessed with food. This diet kinda does that to you.
But I have a personality other than what goes into my stomach.
I'm just gonna watch Pulp Fiction.
Best movie ever.

[Cottonball McFluffy]

You could try buying your fruit and veggies in larger portions. Bananas are pretty easy. Buy a whole bunch and freeze them so you wont have to go shopping for them all the time. Similarly, you could try looking up how to make fermented foods. The ingredients are usually dirt cheap and something like sauerkraut keeps a good while in the fridge.
As for raw treats: most are made with finely chopped nuts and seeds. Look for recipes (online.. cuz it's free :) ) that have few ingredients and use almond/nut meal instead of whole nuts/seeds. Nut meals can usually be found in stores and you wont have to have special kitchen appliances to make those raw treats. Or splurge on a mortar. Dates are of course a bit trickier, but you can chop them up fine enough with a kitchen knife with some patience. I'd suggest you try raw gingerbread recipes. That's basically just almond meal, honey and spices. And you don't have to dehydrate anything.

Salads.. well, you really might need to eat a few on raw, but try different variations that you find online. Maybe you'll find something you like eventually. Have you tried your local libraries if they'd have raw recipe books? A good recipe book makes being raw so much easier. Easy and affordable recipes and delicious pictures. If you just can't get yourself to like the salads, try having your greens in smoothies and have bananas and mousses and raw marinaras with those smoothies.

[Revvell]

When I was your age, I got jobs babysitting and, in the summer, working in fields so I bought my own food and clothing and took the pressure off my widowed mother who was raising two teenagers.

[SevenKindsOfCookie]

Yeah, I'd try to find an extra income to support my lifestyle if I were you. I think that it would make both you and your mother feel a lot better. Less stress and tention. It seems that you live in an unhealthy environment. Do what you can to improve it!

Like you mentioned, food isn't everything. Raw will help bring the problems to the surface but you will still need to deal with them in order to release them.

[Raw,Raw,RawGal]

I had been raw for 1 year. Best year of my health! Fell off the wagon for 4 years believe it or not. :eek: Day two.. going strong ;)

[Basenjimamma]

Day 1 and it is a new day, new challenges and new conquers..we can do this, together we are strong.