Help! Starving by Midday

[harley79]

Hi I am new to this and only eating about 50% raw I was wondering if someone could help me with a high calorie filling smoothie in the morning to sustain me.

Thank You tammy

[MysticTree]

You just need to eat more raw food and less non-raw food. If you do a banana search you will find smoothie recipes. High calorie doesn't necessarily equate to filling though.

[rashelle]

I agree with MysticTree. More raw food. Eat a raw snack between meals. I've been doing this, too, and find it helps me stay raw because I'm not going hungry.

[Raw Angel Mom]

If you mash a banana with hemp seeds and raw cacao by hand, it is very filling. Perhaps, add hemp seed in your smoothie.

Don't be afraid to eat your fruits, so eat plenty of fresh fruits.

There were a research done on absorption, and the more you aim to go toward 100% raw, the more you absorb the nutrients.

All the best!

[Dent de Lion]

I often enjoy a smoothie made from 5 bananas and about a lb. of strawberries. It's yummy and pretty filling, about 600 calories I guess. You could add dates for more calories and sweetness. You could also try just blending about 20 or 30 dates with water, that makes a nice high-cal smoothie.

[tolondontoparis]

I often enjoy a smoothie made from 5 bananas and about a lb. of strawberries. It's yummy and pretty filling, about 600 calories I guess. You could add dates for more calories and sweetness. You could also try just blending about 20 or 30 dates with water, that makes a nice high-cal smoothie.

that sounds incredible!

[michigan roman]

make a nut or seed mylk , almonds my fave , then add bananas and other fruit / berries if like . make the mylk rich with alot of nut/seed

people also make smoothies with avacado mixed into i think almond mylk than add cocoa or carob powder for a chocolate shake affect

make homemade trail bars with dried fruits like dates / raisins / etc plus nuts / seeds to nibble on 24 / 7 ,
getting a good raw trail bar recipe developed plus good way to carry them 24 / 7 is very helpful

[harley79]

Awesome thank You everyone

[PansyLo]

Make a "pasta" dish with strips of raw courgette or squash and a tomato or creamy (blended nuts) based sauce.
Frozen strawberries and banana blended with water makes a thick frozen milkshake like smoothy.
Blended nut milks, plus frozen strawberrys, pure maple syrup and vanilla pod makes a delicious milkshake!! (I'm clearly a massive milkshake fan...)
Any sort of sprouts are pretty filling and extremely good for you.
A nut pate is filling, delicious and easy to make, try Alissa's mock salmon pate.

All these things will help fill you up. I highly recommend going from 50% to 100% as you'll see a HUGE difference and you'll be able totell what our body really needs without SAD food messing up your system.

[rawconvenience]

Find a raw food replacement. Great when you are "on the go".

[PansyLo]

^ Adding to this! Always be prepared when you're on the go! When you have a few spare hours in the evening spend them cooking up food for the next few days so you don't have to worry about it when you have less time and can just pack some of your ready made meals.

Keep some sprouts a-sprouting so they're there for a good snack or to build up salads.

Always have plenty of food ready to eat and around, even if it's just some ready chopped and frozen fruit for smoothies etc. Make life easier for yourself and you wont give in when you're hungry.

[walnutty]

Hungry? Then eat more!

[Traceyraw]

Eat More. Have snacks like nuts, seeds, or more fruit.

[Bobbo]

I have been eating raw too about 50 percent of the time and I find eating more regularly but smaller portions really works. I also have been using a meal replacement that has been excellent as it's super convenient and gets me through.

[Bihaku]

Well, in a way I have to disagree. If someone is eating cooked foods, it is usually higher calories than a raw diet. I mean the calories of a hamburger and french fries, especially fat calories of those versus eating a two big plates of salad, that is a huge leap decrease of caloric and fat intake. You would have to eat 3 to 6 pounds of vegetables and fruits (not including nuts, nut oils, etc) get get the caloric intake of the hamburger and french fry meal he is not eating, even with that, he is still low in the fat intake since fruits and vegetables have almost to "0".

So eating more calories will be filling for him, because his body is lacking 50% of the calories and fat intake he would usually get if he wasn't 50% raw. And no fruit and vegetable with satisfy that immediately.

Fact is, his body will be going through a transition phase, or years to get the the high raw level until his body gets use to eating less SAD and/or junk food to eating more clean. Damn straight as a Raw newbie, calories means everything to his/or body right now. Less so to a raw food pro.

When I was first a raw foodist, I was made hungry and no matter how much raw foods I ate. Last thing I wanted was another unfilling salad and mix fruit bowl. That is when I piled up on the nuts and butters to make my foods more filling in order to make up for the high calorie, high fat SAD foods I was not eating.

[Bihaku]

Hi I am new to this and only eating about 50% raw I was wondering if someone could help me with a high calorie filling smoothie in the morning to sustain me.

Thank You tammy

You need to pile up add dates, nuts, nut butters, avocados or a whole young thai coconut to makeup for the high calorie and high fat SAD diet that you are no longer consuming. You can add some of these things in your smoothies to kill the hunger pangs. I understand you fully. Once your body gets use to being raw for months, or years, you will become less hungry and can gradually increase your percentage on Raw. Right now, your body is going into shock with the new lifestyle change.

[Bihaku]

Make a "pasta" dish with strips of raw courgette or squash and a tomato or creamy (blended nuts) based sauce.
Frozen strawberries and banana blended with water makes a thick frozen milkshake like smoothy.
Blended nut milks, plus frozen strawberrys, pure maple syrup and vanilla pod makes a delicious milkshake!! (I'm clearly a massive milkshake fan...)
Any sort of sprouts are pretty filling and extremely good for you.
A nut pate is filling, delicious and easy to make, try Alissa's mock salmon pate.

All these things will help fill you up. I highly recommend going from 50% to 100% as you'll see a HUGE difference and you'll be able totell what our body really needs without SAD food messing up your system.

Or cold turkey can make hunger pangs worst. 100% SAD to 100% Raw over night (or even 50%) raw? Wow. that is a hugeleap for the human body. Almost as huge as 100% eating food to going on a 100% water fast. I wouldn't suggest that to a newbie at all. That would mess them up emotionally and phsycally far more than a slow transitional lifestyle change. Once they get that 100% cold turkey detox that is enough to discourage you, plus still suffering from the extreme hunger pangs of what the body conceives as going into "starvation mode" of eating a 2400 + calorie SAD diet to a 1200 calorie raw diet overnight. Very few people can do cold turkey successfully with anything. Because fact is, it takes a hell of a lot of raw foods to eat and a double amount of grocery shopping to get the same caloric and fat gram intake eating fruits and vegetables of eating a small portion, but high fat gram and caloric daily intake. It is easy to eat 2400 calories on a SAD diet. It is hard to get 2400 calories on fruits and vegetables, because that is just way too much fruits and vegetables to eat in order to make 2400 calories.

Seriously, all those 20 banana Raw Foodist a day people like Freelee and Durian Rider on Youtube. Really, who wants to eat 20 bananas every day in order to make sure you get 2400 calories in your diet and this does not include the other foods they eat. And who has the time and stamina to eat 20 bananas? 20 bananas = 2400 cals a day vs. a McDonald's Big Mac Value Meal (large fries, large drink) = 1800 cals. So to a Raw Newbie, going from SAD high caloric but small portion foods to RAW high proportion and low caloric food is a huge big deal of changes the body will experience.

His/her body is experiencing something for a reason, it's called a dietary lifestyle change. I am not saying that he/she shouldn't try 100%, but I just want the person to be realistic. Fact is, many SADs who jump in 100% do "fail" after a few days and go back to their old lifestyle by sneaking or having a cheat meal or day of cooked foods.

I wouldn't suggest a newbie that, because it sets them up for emotional failure when they feel that they can't handle 100% Raw and you got all these people cheering at you "Go 100%" and you get that "loser" feeling of "I am not ready for this, but these people can do it, why can't I?" And the fact is, many of the people screaming "Go 100% Raw" never went 100% Raw themselves in their Raw Food journey, or they before being RAW, they they were vegan, prior to RAW. Therefore, about time they went RAW they had a good 3 to 10-15 + years transitioning from SAD carnivore diet to SAD vegetarian diet to SAD vegan diet to Clean vegan diet THEN RAW diet. Therefore, jumping on 100% RAW was easy. But a 100% SAD to 100% Raw? Good luck.

And reading the 100% Raw Food Challenge board, you can tell who is cheating by not eating raw foods, even though they posted as if they did, especially the ones who take photos of their kitchen. Not saying any names, but one lady was boasting about how she was feeding her toddler raw foods and he loves him some raw foods, but the photo had him drinking coconut water from a young Thai Coconut while he had in his hands a bowl full of processed foods called "animal crackers" then she was back tracking that she realized that her child had SAD food in his hands with the "Oh, my baby, don't eat animal crackers. He just likes to play with them." Really? Are we that stupid lady? Oh, well, I like to eat 100% RAW, but sometimes I like to buy a pizza, or a cheeseburger in order to play with it, too. Buy your child a toy to play with, not buy animal crackers. Stop lying. You buy you and your family SAD foods to eat. Nothing to be ashamed of, if you are transitioning. But let's not pretend that you are, and your family, are doing 100% Raw Food Challenge rigidly in a short period of time of leaving a SAD diet.

Quite frankly, I think this board needs a Transitioning forum with the owner of the site giving Raw Newbies guidelines of certain foods to give up every month or two. In my opinion it is highly unrealistic to have a 100% Raw Food Challenge, because it takes time for one's taste buds to adjust to new tastes and it takes time for the body to get use to new dietary lifestyle.

And to be honest, I once read on how some people can make immediate lifestyle changes by doing cutting things cold turkey style and it had nothing to do with will power, dedication and determination. Those Cold Turkey folks have one thing that the average person does not have and that is "an addictive personality disorder" where they can easy attach themselves from one thing and when they give that one thing up, the find something else to obsess about and to do with zesto, gung-ho style. Well, unless you have an addictive personality disorders where everything has to be "All or nothing at all" then a slow and steady transition is more doable and realistic for you and your body.

All I am just saying, not everyone emotionally, mentally, or psychologically and "all or nothing" person. As for the body is concerned going back to SAD makes the body feels worst, but trying to go 100% does not make it feel better either. There is a good compromising medium a person needs to make as a starting point of improving one's health and work themselves up. No matter how good 100% Raw foods may be good for your body in theory, that does not mean that your body is ready for that in reality. And then you may have some emotional and psychological issues, such as emotional eating due to past life traumas, that makes you eat the food that you eat and Raw can't solve that either jumping in cold turkey. So like enjoy the process of transitioning and don't feel bad if cold turkey 100% Raw feels overwhelming and unbearable, because for you right now, that is not for you, but that doesn't mean it can't be done in the future as long as you keep working on improving your health little by little making great progress along the way.