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Feb 17th.

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Bananna
on 02-17-2011 at 10:28 PM (335 Views)
Well, I know my last post said I had a ditch tour and was getting back on track the next day.

Ditch tour officially ends tomorrow.

For those of you who purposely eat cooked food, HOW do you do it? Are you always fighting it? Do you find it harder than just being all raw? ...do you just need to be a certain personality type?


I DID workout tonight though, so that's something. :) and I'm going to bed earlier than normal, my goal is 10pm. :) ...and I have some Lovely food lined up for tomorrow.

So not sure what this would be called frustratedly optimistic? lol...still hanging in there I guess.

I have set a goal of 60 pounds in 20 weeks which brings me to the first week of July or so when I start school in an actual building with real classmates, etc, not distance ed. It's very important to me to look and feel comfortable in my own skin. I don't really now. ...that is a healthy 3 pound/week loss too, so realistic especially if raw.

I think I'm going to have to go all raw...but I hate to be so dogmatic about it, but it seems if I give me an inch, I take from me a mile, lol. ...I still don't see myself sweating a vinegrette dressing in a restaurant though, or maybe even feta cheese on it...I don't know...maybe feta is a gateway drug though, hahaha!

I'm pretty confused and frustrated and actual a bit scared because I don't actually know what to do. I was mentioning to Shelshel in her post that maybe if I had some very foolproof guidelines to have one meal raw, say on a friday night, with no leftovers...or something...that I could swing it. Dare I invest in trying such a regime and possible derail myself another week getting back on track if it fails? ...it might be worth the one week of derailment just to find out.

Booo to being derailed for yet another week. That would make maybe 100 derailments it feels like, lol.

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  1. monkapotapus's Avatar
    (((hugs))) Bananna~

    For me personally, I just can't include cooked....I always start out with good intentions, but they quickly fall to the sidelines....I was very surprised I was able to do it for just Valentines Day, but that 1 meal got my mind wandering again to the ...."well, what if I just have it for supper...cuz I'm so exhausted tonight & it would be really quick to make XYZ, instead of something Raw...".....I don't know how, but I pushed past it & continued with eating Raw.....I guess it was something that I read - at that moment, when I was about to cave - that made me realize that going back on the "cooked journey" is not what I want....I already know when the destination ends....it ends with me gaining a bunch of weight, feeling like crap, having NO energy, NO motivation, mood swings, indigestion, etc, etc.....

    So, that is just my experience - I hope you find what works for you on YOUR journey~~monk~
  2. ShelShel's Avatar
    Bananna, Monk has some wonderful words...thank you Monk. That is exactly where I was two years ago. I could do it. I knew it was for me. The moment I stopped 100% raw the weight would come back and it did. So here I am having gained back all the weight I had so happily shed for the first time in my life.
    This is why all the soul searching for me. I just read your most recent note on my page and I'm so glad that you have found a path that makes you feel peaceful. That is just so important. Even if this path varies from time to time, if you feel peaceful on it and aren't beating yourself up all the time, then it is right for you.
    (((HUGS)))
  3. Bananna's Avatar
    yes, thank you Monk. I think maybe I will be there one day, but I am not going to stress about getting there because it really just creates a bingeing on cooked problem for me...but I am glad you were able to get right back to it after Valentine's day...it's very interesting in a way.

    You BOTH rawk :)


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