mida
01-01-2012, 12:33 PM
Hello, I put Annie Phyo's book on my wish list and got it for Christmas! I really like her book, a great read, can't believe I read it cover to cover. I'm 43 and feel more like 63, have trouble getting out of a chair, aches & pains, no sex drive to speak of - help!
Anyhow, eating raw is a HUGE stretch for me. I used to be a vegetarian back in my youth 19-21 or so.. but it wasn't even close to this raw food lifestyle. I mean, I didn't eat meat, and found myself especially in winter eating cheese on tortillas or tons of peanut butter with very little raw food. I can't jump into a raw diet for several reasons including being surrounded by regular American food because my family will barely tolerate me buying Whole Grain Goldfish crackers instead of the "Ultra Cheese" flavor. All I can manage for them is to encourage them to eat a piece of fruit on a daily basis, maybe a salad with dinner. They are "anti-health" and stubborn about their junk food enjoyment - sigh.
So, anyhow, I have been adding 2-3 raw foods to my diet per day. I'm wondering about coffee and alcohol. I know lots of vegans who drink wine and coffee so I'm not sure how the raw food community feels about it. I mean Whole Foods sells it, maybe it's not on the top of the list of things to eliminate? Annie doesn't speak of it so not sure where I should stand on this. Perhaps I should pick a lower hanging fruit like eliminating all red meat (good bye yummy pot roast!) I have made some changes a while back like substituting turkey for most of our meals (turkey burgers, tacos, spaghetti), we rarely eat red meat. Buying nonfat milk instead of 2%, nonfat yogurts, but, I know even these things are not on the raw food list- they are just a few steps towards better health.
Just had a breakfast of whole grain sprouted bread (I know, not raw) with RAW cashew butter - I can stick with this, like it! Made a smoothie with nonfat Greek yogurt, frozen berries and Maca powder (found this on the web from Magic Maca - seemed like a good way to jump start some nutrition). Next, will eat an organic apple for snack. After that, not sure, probably more standard foods.
Whew, I went long, sorry. Any suggestions? Do any of you eat raw while being surrounded with junk? Bacon frying in the morning while you eat raw fruit??
Anyhow, eating raw is a HUGE stretch for me. I used to be a vegetarian back in my youth 19-21 or so.. but it wasn't even close to this raw food lifestyle. I mean, I didn't eat meat, and found myself especially in winter eating cheese on tortillas or tons of peanut butter with very little raw food. I can't jump into a raw diet for several reasons including being surrounded by regular American food because my family will barely tolerate me buying Whole Grain Goldfish crackers instead of the "Ultra Cheese" flavor. All I can manage for them is to encourage them to eat a piece of fruit on a daily basis, maybe a salad with dinner. They are "anti-health" and stubborn about their junk food enjoyment - sigh.
So, anyhow, I have been adding 2-3 raw foods to my diet per day. I'm wondering about coffee and alcohol. I know lots of vegans who drink wine and coffee so I'm not sure how the raw food community feels about it. I mean Whole Foods sells it, maybe it's not on the top of the list of things to eliminate? Annie doesn't speak of it so not sure where I should stand on this. Perhaps I should pick a lower hanging fruit like eliminating all red meat (good bye yummy pot roast!) I have made some changes a while back like substituting turkey for most of our meals (turkey burgers, tacos, spaghetti), we rarely eat red meat. Buying nonfat milk instead of 2%, nonfat yogurts, but, I know even these things are not on the raw food list- they are just a few steps towards better health.
Just had a breakfast of whole grain sprouted bread (I know, not raw) with RAW cashew butter - I can stick with this, like it! Made a smoothie with nonfat Greek yogurt, frozen berries and Maca powder (found this on the web from Magic Maca - seemed like a good way to jump start some nutrition). Next, will eat an organic apple for snack. After that, not sure, probably more standard foods.
Whew, I went long, sorry. Any suggestions? Do any of you eat raw while being surrounded with junk? Bacon frying in the morning while you eat raw fruit??