struggling to like raw..help eeek

[thunderdancer]

JEANNE!!

I've got a magnet with 'all we are saying... is give peas a chance' LOL I LOVE it

My friend speaks of a t-shirt with 'whirled peas' on it - I WANT ONE SO MUCH!!

heheee

[Curtis]

Marigold,
So hang in there, your not hopeless, it will change. It just takes time.
We are so conditioned to like the processed, cooked foods that our taste buds are ‘corrupted’!
Suebee

Wow Sue this is so true, isn't it? Most of us have grown up eating cooked food and been conditoned to like food this way. It will just take some time to change our programming.

[ConsciousCuisine]

I have no issue liking or disliking vegetables or fruits ( I love everything except Durian! Really!).

I have been an Organic Vegan for a long time and have always been the healthiest eater of any of my friends or those in my circle of associates for years now. What has been a temptation for me is steamed veggies like cauliflower and broccoli with brown rice and tempeh. My temptations have been what others consider "healthy" things like red lentil leek dahl and steamed veggies when it's cold outside...

[marigold]

you have no idea this thread has really supported me..since been on here i found myself getting into this space i am not all raw but all raw is better and then trying to make all raw choices when i hadnt agreed it with me and getting in a right mess..i used to do this with chocolate...so hence my absance..

i have found my list of likes increases as one by one i get fed up with a food.. : i think i n eed to make a list of foods i like again and make up some yum salads with the things i do like..

am enjoying the brambles my dad brought me..

love marigold

[Gosia]

Marigold,

Is it possible that you might be pushing yourself in the unnecessary direction? You said that you are OK with fruit. I bet that you wouldn't mind greens either (think of a juicy lettuce, for example, don't you just love it?). Why not simply eat what your body loves already - lots of fruit and greens! The rest, as you feel like. You can eat what you love, what a relieve! Great, isn't it?

I have been raw for over a year and I have never been a big fun of recipes. I tried some dehydrated stuff but did not like it much. The only dehydrated food that I make is flat bread, and even this one is not on the top of my "favourite foods" list. I make (undehydrated) raw cookies and cakes, but for my family mainly. What do I eat? Lots of fruit and salads. Sometimes I make raw soups. I nibble on nuts. I eat what I like and I like what I eat, I am living in my wonderland.

Eating food is meant to be enjoyable, not painful.

All the best,
Gosia.

[marigold]

Eating food is meant to be enjoyable, not painful.

wow thats profound...i think food has always been painful for me..i think i believe if i only eat what i like i would get ill..trouble is eating same things i go off things easily and cos there are only a few foods it leaves me with less and less alll the time..certainly going back to what i like is good...will focus on that...to be honest i had this prob with cooked too..going off food but somehow it felt yummier and easier than raw..i have a raw friend and she is the same gets to a point of hating raw food..cant bear it..it seems quite common..

thanks for the support ..this link has realy helped..and appreciated it..at least with my pudds i can say i never miss cakes and chocolate and can easilly say i will never have them again..well thats more than half the prob soloved and committed to!!!
love marigold

[smasty]

I am living in my wonderland

Nice, Gosia!

[FEELIN'GOOD]

Curtis....

I have ordered Alissa's book and her Mock Salmon Pate... it is amazing! I can definitly eat this way... I have no cravings and I feel wonderful!!! I have tried many recipes in other books that just were nasty...Alissa puts things together like magic! It is like I was looking at the world through plate glass before... everything is so clear to me now! Try her recipes.... you will be amazed at what you taste! Good luck!

Feelin'Good
Vista, CA