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11-17-2005, 02:14 PM
This my fifth time at going raw and here are some realisations I am having:
1. You have to be COMMITTED to make it work and when you are it FEELS right
2. The tiredness will pass and I am left with more energetic hours in the day than I know what to do with - wide awake at 11pm is most unusual for me and to be honest not something I like yet.
3. The sugar cravings will go ( I was a sugar addict big time!) and do so very quickly. I have used many raw sweets and big salads.
4. Raw food really does taste good and many fruits I used to not like I now do.
5. Some restaurants in town make GREAT salads that fill me up
6. I crave salads - how cool and good for my health
7. I am no longer moody or irritable - thank goodness says I and my family
8. Life looks better from all angles - the 'down' moments really do disappear
9. You really can lose weight eating lots of nuts - 4.5 pounds in 8 days with LOTS of nut recipes (and I am not what you would consider overweight - 165cm and 125 pounds before I started but 25% body fat which I want to decrease)
10. I LOVE how I feel on raw - happy, content, alive, positive, smooth skin, clear eyes.
11. When I just can't satisfy my hunger and don't know what I want to eat I have realised that it is not because raw food is boring as no cooked food appeals to me either - so stay raw!! This was a big one realisation for me.
Anyway I am sure there are more but I can add them later. Just so you know my background into RAW - went vegetarian 12 years ago, vegan 4 years ago and maintained about 75% vegan (chocolate my only real down fall but lots of it), and now for last 6 months attempting raw but no more attempting - this is it!!! and it feels right. I am happy if I am 90% raw as I do still use Tamari and cocoa and not fussed long term if I was to have a few steamed veggies though at present they do not appeal.
GO RAW!! This time I am COMMITTED!!
"Success is a matter of a few simple disciplines practiced every day. Failure is a few errors in judgement made ever day"
1. You have to be COMMITTED to make it work and when you are it FEELS right
2. The tiredness will pass and I am left with more energetic hours in the day than I know what to do with - wide awake at 11pm is most unusual for me and to be honest not something I like yet.
3. The sugar cravings will go ( I was a sugar addict big time!) and do so very quickly. I have used many raw sweets and big salads.
4. Raw food really does taste good and many fruits I used to not like I now do.
5. Some restaurants in town make GREAT salads that fill me up
6. I crave salads - how cool and good for my health
7. I am no longer moody or irritable - thank goodness says I and my family
8. Life looks better from all angles - the 'down' moments really do disappear
9. You really can lose weight eating lots of nuts - 4.5 pounds in 8 days with LOTS of nut recipes (and I am not what you would consider overweight - 165cm and 125 pounds before I started but 25% body fat which I want to decrease)
10. I LOVE how I feel on raw - happy, content, alive, positive, smooth skin, clear eyes.
11. When I just can't satisfy my hunger and don't know what I want to eat I have realised that it is not because raw food is boring as no cooked food appeals to me either - so stay raw!! This was a big one realisation for me.
Anyway I am sure there are more but I can add them later. Just so you know my background into RAW - went vegetarian 12 years ago, vegan 4 years ago and maintained about 75% vegan (chocolate my only real down fall but lots of it), and now for last 6 months attempting raw but no more attempting - this is it!!! and it feels right. I am happy if I am 90% raw as I do still use Tamari and cocoa and not fussed long term if I was to have a few steamed veggies though at present they do not appeal.
GO RAW!! This time I am COMMITTED!!
"Success is a matter of a few simple disciplines practiced every day. Failure is a few errors in judgement made ever day"