Struggling to be Raw

[Guest guest]

Was this an easy transition for most of you? Has anyone read the

Boutenko's 12 Steps to Raw? I was thinking maybe I'm going about it

incorrectly. There seems to be a lot of different opinions on whether

to jump right into 100% or ease in? Any input here? I keep falling

off the wagon and liken myself to a fall-down-drunk when it comes to

sugar. It may just be that I am not being tough enough with myself,

but I want to make sure I'm not overlooking something obvious too.

 

Thanks,

Sheri

[Guest guest]

Sheri, it was easy for me. Victoria is more 811rv now than when she

wrote 12 Steps to Raw. I have her book, Green for Life. She includes a

LOT more green leafy veggies in her diet and only about 10% max fat. I

ate cooked for four days after I started transitioning. I figured that

I could eat 100% if I was surviving at 85%. There are theories out

there that it is easier to eat 100% than it is to try to keep a high

raw diet. I just know that it worked for me. If you get enough calories

and keep your fat intake between 10-15%, you should be able to knock

out the cravings.

 

Good luck!

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , " sherimeshal " <sherimeshal wrote:

>

> Was this an easy transition for most of you? Has anyone read the

> Boutenko's 12 Steps to Raw? I was thinking maybe I'm going about it

> incorrectly. There seems to be a lot of different opinions on

whether

> to jump right into 100% or ease in? Any input here? I keep falling

> off the wagon and liken myself to a fall-down-drunk when it comes to

> sugar. It may just be that I am not being tough enough with myself,

> but I want to make sure I'm not overlooking something obvious too.

>

> Thanks,

> Sheri

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheri,

 

I really agree with Leah here. I'd also add that what really

helped me in the beginning was to not deprive myself. What I

mean by that was that I let myself eat whatever I wanted as

long as it was raw. I tried all sorts of delicious recipes,

experimented with new exciting foods, made mock versions of

my cooked favorites, etc., just all raw. I was having so

much fun that I had little desire, if any, to eat cooked.

Like Leah, I ate a cooked meal here or there, with

disastrous results. After a few times like that, I had no

desire to eat cooked foods. So in the beginning, you just

let yourself go and have fun! Later, you'll refine your diet

to make it more healthful. Your body will tell you when it's

time. Until then, let yourself get into the joy and fun of

this lifestyle, and there'll be no turning back. That's been

my experience, anyway. HTH!

 

 

Blessings,

 

Jennifer

 

 

 

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rawfood

[rawfood ] On Behalf Of Leah Morrison

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 6:49 AM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Struggling to be Raw

 

 

My suggestion is to keep getting back on the wagon, and each

time you will be able to go longer and longer before giving

in to temptation. The other motivation for me is that from

the first week I was able to see positive changes in how I

feel. I am loosing weight, and feeling so good! So my

opinion is to take it as fast or slow as you need to, keep

getting back on the wagon.... as long as you are moving

forward you will get there.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Leah, I don't even look at cooked food any more as " food " . It's

something to fill the stomach. I'm exposed to it every day at work. I

eat in the employee break room and there are always plates and bags

full of dead bodies, dead veggies, dead fruit, and very little fresh

stuff. The raw food looks good but the other looks like it should be

given a decent burial.

 

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , Leah Morrison <l_morrison2002

wrote:

>

> Hi Sheri,

>

> I haven't read Boutenko's 12 steps to raw. I am new to raw

myself, I started this journey in February. I fell of the wagon alot

more in the beginning. My transition wasn't scientific, I ate fruit

for breakfast and my 10 am snack, then a salad for lunch, and either

a fruit or a veggie for the 3 pm snack. The first few weeks I had

steamed veggies for the evening meal..... I found that when I fell

off the wagon it was almost always on the week-ends when I did the

most cooking for my husband and son. My will power would cave and I

would eat the evening meal that they were having, the morning after I

was so miserable. It felt like a hang over. At one point, I just

had to have Burger King.... what a bad idea. The cramps and stomach

pain are some thing I still haven't forgotten. After a couple of

week-ends of that kind of misery I had enough of the hang over

feeling to serve as a deterrent. Every Monday morning I got back on

track and kept going... now I can walk right

> past the cooked food. It really does take time, I would be

willing to bet that as my body and taste buds have adjusted to the

raw diet it has helped the will power department out. I once LOVED

steaks cooked med rare, now it tastes so gross to me. (and it has a

terrible odor!)

> My suggestion is to keep getting back on the wagon, and each time

you will be able to go longer and longer before giving in to

temptation. The other motivation for me is that from the first week

I was able to see positive changes in how I feel. I am loosing

weight, and feeling so good! So my opinion is to take it as fast or

slow as you need to, keep getting back on the wagon.... as long as

you are moving forward you will get there.

> This group has been a life line for me and hopefully we can help

each other keep going.

>

> Kindest Regards,

> Leah

>

> sherimeshal <sherimeshal wrote:

> Was this an easy transition for most of you? Has anyone read the

> Boutenko's 12 Steps to Raw? I was thinking maybe I'm going about

it

> incorrectly. There seems to be a lot of different opinions on

whether

> to jump right into 100% or ease in? Any input here? I keep

falling

> off the wagon and liken myself to a fall-down-drunk when it comes

to

> sugar. It may just be that I am not being tough enough with

myself,

> but I want to make sure I'm not overlooking something obvious too.

>

> Thanks,

> Sheri

[Guest guest]

I suggest reading Alissa Cohen's book " Living on Live Food " It sure has helped

me.

Debbie

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks, I'll get that.

 

~Sheri

[Guest guest]

Thanks. I'm pretty all or nothing and I think I did best when I just

went 100%, but I wanted some different opinions. I've noticed a lot of

people seem to go more and more with greens and less fruits as time

goes by. It's interesting.

 

Thanks again,

Sheri

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the inspiration! I need to hear about someone not doing it

so perfectly every now and then or I feel like I'm failing even though

I haven't given up. The weekends have been the biggest challenge for

me too.

 

~Sheri

[Guest guest]

Thanks, I had a lot of fun at first too and now I guess I need to get

back to that. I have Alissa Cohen's book and dvd and I think I'll go

over them again now.

 

~Sheri

[Guest guest]

Okay, thanks.

 

~Sheri