Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I'm traveling for a conference on Thursday/Friday. I'm only going a couple hours up the road to Cary, but, I'm trying to figure out how to stay raw while I'm there. I know I can take fruits that don't need refrigeration, but does lettuce truly need to be refrigerated? While I'm still transitioning and allowing myself one cooked meal each day this week, I don't want it to be junk. The conference is in a church, but they are offering boxed meals. I'm not interested in a ham sandwich at all. I am planning to take a small cooler, and I can get ice from the hotel I'm staying in. But I'm working on the assumption that I might end up stuck so to speak. I don't want to come out of the conference on Friday afternoon feeling starved and ending up bingeing on junk food on the drive home. Any suggestions? Beth http://journeytoraw.blogspot.com Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 What about a saladbar in a local restaurant. The internet can tell you what is in town. If it is a big city, check for a natural juice bar maybe a vegetarian/vegan restaurant that will deliver? If I may ask this: Do you think it is wise to transission? Of course I have read about it, even have a book on it that my wife wanted to have. Some people believe that you get really sick if you make a radical change, others don't believe it that much if any. Who knows, but in my humble opinion, if you have a cooked meal each day, you will never experience the life changing effects and feelings of being mainly raw as it would take sooo long to get to a raw stage. Also, the taste of cooked food will draw you back. When you are raw, your taste buds will change and things you might not like at the beginning might be pretty good later on. And foods/snacks that are irrisistable at present might mean nothing to you later on. These are two opposing ideas to get to the raw level that you might want to go to. You might want to try totally raw when you come back and give yourself a week and plan your meals in advance so that you don't find yourself hungry and not knowing what to make. Hunger is never fun. Robert W > > elizabeth roberts <mamabethnc > Tue, 7 Mar 2006 05:15:51 -0800 (PST) > rawfood > [Raw Food] eating on the road > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I went to a conference back in October when I had been raw for four months. I took two coolers with me, containers, cutlery, flatware, plus my L'equip. I bought my produce locally and made sure I had plenty of fruit, veggies, and greens. Since it was a work-related thing, I was reimbursed for all the food. I ate most of my meals in my room and would make a big salad and store it in the little fridge until mealtime. The hotel was just across the road from the conference center. The vendors provided food and I ate what I could that was raw but I always had my own stash to fall back on. I got lots of questions from interested people. Some had met me the year before when I was many pounds heavier and were intrigued that I wasn't hungry all the time. Whatever you decide to do, look at it as an opportunity to share a new and exciting way to live. I checked out your blog. Neat! Good luck! Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , elizabeth roberts <mamabethnc wrote: > > I'm traveling for a conference on Thursday/Friday. I'm only going a couple hours up the road to Cary, but, I'm trying to figure out how to stay raw while I'm there. I know I can take fruits that don't need refrigeration, but does lettuce truly need to be refrigerated? > > While I'm still transitioning and allowing myself one cooked meal each day this week, I don't want it to be junk. The conference is in a church, but they are offering boxed meals. I'm not interested in a ham sandwich at all. > > I am planning to take a small cooler, and I can get ice from the hotel I'm staying in. But I'm working on the assumption that I might end up stuck so to speak. I don't want to come out of the conference on Friday afternoon feeling starved and ending up bingeing on junk food on the drive home. > > Any suggestions? > > Beth > http://journeytoraw.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Tommie, Thanks! This is just a quick overnight thing for me. I think I'll pack the cooler and make the most of it. I think one of my biggest worries right this minute is that I am needing to overcome the HABIT of eating on the run in my van, of looking for McDs or TacoBell or where-ever to eat. In a way I'm not fighting tastebuds quite as much as I am the habit of cooked food it seems. So I'm trying to be aware of what I'm doing and why, which seems to be helping. For example, usually after we take Megan to speech therapy, we run by Walmart and back home. We'll usually stop at BK or McDs for fries for a " snack " but this time I picked up some bananas while at Walmart; which we all enjoyed on the way home. Nobody asked for our usual snack, so I think this will become our new routine. Beth jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: I went to a conference back in October when I had been raw for four months. I took two coolers with me, containers, cutlery, flatware, plus my L'equip. I bought my produce locally and made sure I had plenty of fruit, veggies, and greens. Since it was a work-related thing, I was reimbursed for all the food. I ate most of my meals in my room and would make a big salad and store it in the little fridge until mealtime. The hotel was just across the road from the conference center. The vendors provided food and I ate what I could that was raw but I always had my own stash to fall back on. I got lots of questions from interested people. Some had met me the year before when I was many pounds heavier and were intrigued that I wasn't hungry all the time. Whatever you decide to do, look at it as an opportunity to share a new and exciting way to live. I checked out your blog. Neat! Good luck! Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , elizabeth roberts <mamabethnc wrote: > > I'm traveling for a conference on Thursday/Friday. I'm only going a couple hours up the road to Cary, but, I'm trying to figure out how to stay raw while I'm there. I know I can take fruits that don't need refrigeration, but does lettuce truly need to be refrigerated? > > While I'm still transitioning and allowing myself one cooked meal each day this week, I don't want it to be junk. The conference is in a church, but they are offering boxed meals. I'm not interested in a ham sandwich at all. > > I am planning to take a small cooler, and I can get ice from the hotel I'm staying in. But I'm working on the assumption that I might end up stuck so to speak. I don't want to come out of the conference on Friday afternoon feeling starved and ending up bingeing on junk food on the drive home. > > Any suggestions? > > Beth > http://journeytoraw.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I keep a bag of raw unblanched almonds in my desk at work for times when I just CANT get away. A handful of nuts has been a life saver a few times already! I also eat fruit like bananas or oranges for breakfast every day because they are portable, so maybe take a few of each or buy them at your conference. Leah M. elizabeth roberts <mamabethnc wrote: I'm traveling for a conference on Thursday/Friday. I'm only going a couple hours up the road to Cary, but, I'm trying to figure out how to stay raw while I'm there. I know I can take fruits that don't need refrigeration, but does lettuce truly need to be refrigerated? The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets. -- Will Rogers Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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