Hello, new to the group

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

 

I'm new to this group but not new to raw foods. In fact I participated

in some raw potlucks in Seattle back in the late 90's and early 2000's.

After reading others posts, some of your names look familiar to me. But

then I decided to take a detour off the raw vegan path for a few years

and started consuming dairy again and things like pizza and pasta. I was

still at about 50% raw. Well I didn't notice much difference in how I

felt for a while but then it became more like a cumulative effect and I

wasn't feeling so good after a few years, even had to resort to some

meds (Yuck!) temporarily. Well I decdied last year to go vegan again and

increase my percentage of raw. I also had to spend some time doing some

emotional/psychological work on myslef before I could come back. And I

highly recommmend this to others if they really want to be succesful at

a high percentage of raw because stuff DOES come up. So I've been doing

pretty well and maintain about 80% raw most days. And just the other day

I did aboout 99% which felt great.

 

I guess some of us like myself just have to experiement on ourselves

before we realize that raw vegan ( high percentage) is really the way to

go. I KNOW I feel better when I eat this way but cooked food addictions

are indeed very strong and difficult to overcome.

 

Maybe I'll show up at a raw potluck again one of these days.

 

Cheers!

 

Diana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Diana,

 

Welcome (back) to the group! I do remember a " Diana " from quite a few

years ago. Perhaps that was you. I'm glad to hear you're feeling

better. Having more raw " Community " usually helps with the food

addictions and staying raw.

 

See you at a potluck!

 

Jeff

[Guest guest]

Hi Diana,

 

Welcome! It's good to have you. :-) I think the

emotional/mental aspects of going and staying raw are

probably the biggest challenge that people face. I

also did a lot of work in this area before I could be

successfull. It wasn't always easy, but it was worth

it.

 

Take care and I hope to meet you some day,

 

Audrey

 

--- Diana <nillamocha6724 wrote:

 

>

> Hi All,

>

> I'm new to this group but not new to raw foods. In

> fact I participated

> in some raw potlucks in Seattle back in the late

> 90's and early 2000's.

> After reading others posts, some of your names look

> familiar to me. But

> then I decided to take a detour off the raw vegan

> path for a few years

> and started consuming dairy again and things like

> pizza and pasta. I was

> still at about 50% raw. Well I didn't notice much

> difference in how I

> felt for a while but then it became more like a

> cumulative effect and I

> wasn't feeling so good after a few years, even had

> to resort to some

> meds (Yuck!) temporarily. Well I decdied last year

> to go vegan again and

> increase my percentage of raw. I also had to spend

> some time doing some

> emotional/psychological work on myslef before I

> could come back. And I

> highly recommmend this to others if they really want

> to be succesful at

> a high percentage of raw because stuff DOES come up.

> So I've been doing

> pretty well and maintain about 80% raw most days.

> And just the other day

> I did aboout 99% which felt great.

>

> I guess some of us like myself just have to

> experiement on ourselves

> before we realize that raw vegan ( high percentage)

> is really the way to

> go. I KNOW I feel better when I eat this way but

> cooked food addictions

> are indeed very strong and difficult to overcome.

>

> Maybe I'll show up at a raw potluck again one of

> these days.

>

> Cheers!

>

> Diana

>

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