We have to remember that we are HUMAN. We are human WOMEN, LOL!

[ljannise]

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[ljannise]

sorry, I failed to mention that my title is because I've noticed it's easier for men to transition.

Seems as though we have different needs?!

[livingatthetop]

We all slip up from time to time but we pick ourselves back up. I say this to myself sometimes, I f I had no other food but raw what would I do? I would have to stay raw.

sincerely Shernell

[sweepea32]

I think you are doing fantastic in your journey!!
I just cannot get anywhere near 90% -so bravo for you.
I think that people who are 100% are just so committed-I feel that they are extraordinary. They are eating THE healthest way there is.
Everyday I think I will do better and sometimes I do-but more than not I don't. It is a struggle. I think emotional baggage is a big factor and how we were raised.
I love coming here because most of the people here do not judge each other. We are all in this together!!!


take good care,
Mary

[mommamia]

Hmmm. I stayed 100% for about 5 days...after that it was hard..I started dabbleing in crackers, then i'd go back the next day to raw. Then I had some sautee'ed veggies. Then raw again for four days. I notice a difference during "that time of the month" but I am happy being this percentage. It's a goal to get 100% but I will not obsess. I know I feel better on Raw so that is my motivation. I refuse to beat myself up tho.

[vegggeeemom]

I did 100% raw before for 90 days.
But, have gone off and have found it hard to get back to 100%.
I'm trying one day at a time and did it 100% yesterday. So far today as well.
It's a daily thing for me at this point.

I do think people are afraid to admit that they are not 100%, because that is what this is all about, trying to attain 100%ness. But, I feel if you are in the transition period and you eat more and more raw as time goes on, you are improving your health.

This all is just my opinion. Not anything else. It's what I've had to deal with as well.

I struggle with staying 100% daily, so I do what I can and I love myself enough to not beat myself up over each slip up that I make.

Also, to quote the infamous TimmyC, it's a marathon not a sprint. If I fall while running my marathon, do I go back to the starting line or continue on til I hit the finish line?

For me instead of starting over each time I slip or fall, I just get up, brush myself off and keep on going.

It's a struggle for sure for me, that's why I so need this board for the encouragement and the friends that I've made from here!

Pam

[JinxieKat]

I'm just starting this journey but I think my own finkey digestive system is going to be my best friend in this. The first three days I was thinking about doing the challenge I did Breakfast and Lunch raw, then dinner normal. The first day I was fine, the second and the third though.. Ugh. I got so sick in the wee hours of the morning. I'm assuming from eating the cooked food. On day four I ate all raw, not a bit of sickness that night. Now if that wasn't a slap in the face for me I don't know what would be!

But, I know from my struggles with weight loss that the best thing you can do for yourself is forgive yourself. It is a very powerful thing. So tell yourself that your sorry.. ACCEPT the apology.. and then you'll find it easier to dump the guilt and move on. I'm sure that I will struggle with this, even with my body telling me not to be silly, and that is what I plan to do when it happens. The power of forgiveness, even self forgiveness is a wonderful thing.

Jinx

[Vandy]

I have been 100% for 7 months now, and it is possible so I can be your cheerleader!! It is not easy at first, but after a while it gets easier and easier and easier. I can't imagine myself ever being SAD again! Be strong, hopeful, faithful, and positive. You can!

[greywolf]

sorry, I failed to mention that my title is because I've noticed it's easier for men to transition.

Seems as though we have different needs?!

oh no it isn't...

it is just as hard for us guys to transition, or to even make the basic "leap of faith" as it is for the girls out there.

it seems a difference in discussing the "slips" and the "ooops" that you may be see as it being "easier" for us guys. if i slip - and boy do i slip - i don't talk about it. i beat myself up a little, dust myself off and do my best the next day to do a little bit better than today.

it is a journey for ALL us Humans.

[sweetgoddess]

I hold those that go from 100% sad to 100% raw with no problems in such a high regard
I want to ask, who are these people??
If you read Alissa's story you will see it took her time to go raw. David Wolfe took 2-3 years to go all raw.....and so on. We all have our struggles and challenges, they just appear differently to each person. And it is those very struggles and challenges that teach us the most in life.

It doesn't matter how raw you are or how smooth the journey...all that matters is how are you loving yourself right this very second.

Can I get a round of kumbaya out of you guys? ;)
Pretty please? :p

~Carmel

[weirdestpersonalive]

I've been 100% for about 10 days now. Only God knows how. It's definately not easy! I mean I've had my struggles... everytime I drive by a McDonalds (i grew up on Mickie Ds) not to mention peer preasure... Everyone seems to either want me off it or doesn't think I'll last 30 days... also right before I started raw I caught the flu... so being sick while starting raw was awful... not takeing tylonol, that I've been dependant on everytime I get sick, was very new to me. And EVERYONE thought I was crazy.
So... keep up the good work... I know how hard it is! You're doing great!

[vegggeeemom]

It doesn't matter how raw you are or how smooth the journey...all that matters is how are you loving yourself right this very second.

~Carmel

Ohh, can we get an amen sister? A*M*E*N
I totally agree with you there on that one SG!
I was JUST talking about that with dh tonight. I said I may not be the perfect size, but I am very comfortable with myself and very happy where I'm at in my raw lifestyle.

Thank you SG for pointing that out! That is a very good point!

Pam

[LeanAndHungry]

I'm a man. I have struggled with this, so women aren't alone in that regard. It's not easy to make this kind of change in one's life. For me it comes from being impatient for results. I want my skin to look better right away(lots of red marks from old acne all over my body), my teeth to get better immediately, my vision to be perfect now, etc. I let non-instantaneous results discourage me. Makes me wonder if it's really worthwhile and lets me justify going out for a huge drumstick(the ice cream cone) or two. I bet the emotional hinderances to being 100% raw are just as common is men.

If it were easy everyone would do it. Few things that are worthwhile are a piece of cake, and if they are, they require effort elsewhere to be enjoyed. For inistance, you must work in order to have time to play. I'll stop babbling now.

[Drawn]

kumbaya, carmel, kumbaya :D

[sweetgoddess]

kumbaya, carmel, kumbaya

Cheers! All together now.....

[vegggeeemom]

Brad,

Thanks for your reply. It's good to hear a man's point of view regarding the raw diet.

I think sometimes since women speak up the most about their feelings and emotions and all they are going through, we just think the men breeze through a lifestyle change.

I have seen men have the range of emotions that women do as well, just they seem to handle it better then some women.

Thanks for replying and reminding me to be gentle with the men in my life that are attaining to be raw! :)

Pam

[FLuwrchLd]

So today, is finally my very first day raw. Its something I have been going back and forth about committing too. The weird thing is, that the only reason I think I havent 100% committed (besides the SAD food demon cravings) is my fiance. Its almost as if I would feel bad saying no to SAD foods for breakfast, etc. Sounds so lame doesnt it? Has anyone felt like that? Last night was my final straw, I binged on so much pizza, cookies, all this crap, when I wasnt even hungry, I just let the SAD demons take over. So today I am committing to overcome my demons! :rolleyes:

[JMD]

FluwrchLd,

it can be very challenging when a partner is totally SAD and you change dianamics...but it is possible!!

start a little a time....chalk yest. up to like a "last supper" b/c you are actually prepping for a great change..

Hanging there and do it one meal and snack at a time.....

:)JMD

[RawMagnolia]

FluwrchLd

Last year I tried to go raw and my hubby wasn't liking it one bit. A) He thought I'd get depleted (protein, etc.) or starve and B) He said that even if we eat supper together, if it's not the same meal that it ruins dinner... b/c half of the "fun" of having supper together is sharing and talking about the meal. So needless to say it's been a challenge to go RAW again this time. I'm trying to go slowly with it, and encorporate him as much as he feels he'd like to be encorporated. So when I make a smoothie, I always ask "you want some?" Also, this time I've expressed an interest in quitting animal products... and although he's not ready to give them up yet, he's not pressing me to eat them either. We do cook with them for our supper meal, and I just scrape any meat off my plate and over onto his. Sounds aweful to give him "more" harmful stuff, but it's what's been working for us so far. And he's up for more meatless meals, so we'll get there. Slow and steady, and give him time to come around to it.

O'kay enough blabbing ;)

Blessing, oh and "Kumbaya" for Sweetgoddess :D
Sandra