It's been a couple of weeks since my last blog and there really hasn't been much change. I'm still only eating about 50% raw on most days, but some days are closer to 75% and 100% on other days.
One thing I am going to change is to stop beating myself up over not eating 100% raw everyday. I keep thinking, "what's wrong with me", I know this is the best and healthiest way to eat, but then I eat something cooked or unhealthy and I hate myself. But what I'm realizing is that I'm eating 100% healthier than what I was! I mean, I was eating processed, microwavable, and sugary junk food, day in and day out. Now I eat a green smoothies everyday...lots of salads, veggies, nuts and other goodies. So even if I eat something cooked or treat myself to Mexican food sometimes, I still think I'm doing 100% better than I was. So I'm going to stop "knocking myself" and feel good about the positive changes I have made. My goal is still to eat 100% raw as many days as I can, but I think if I can eat 100% raw for most of my meals, that is something to feel good about!!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Struggling with eating cooked foods!
Well, it's been awhile since I've written anything. I guess I've been struggling with the idea of going 100% raw. It seems that I crave something cooked everyday. I mean, really, what did I expect? This is the way I've been eating my whole life and to suddenly make a drastic change and no longer eat anything cooked, well, that's hard.
Don't get me wrong. I still totally believe 100% in eating natural, healthy, good for you foods; fruits, veggies, seeds and nuts. I'm not advocating going back to eating processed, canned, microwavable foods....heaven forbid! But, I'm just trying to adjust more of my diet to eating raw.
I've discovered that eating just salads, fruit and smoothies is not enough. I have to have some sort of a meal. And what I've discovered is that I need to make a plate of something that resembles dinner or lunch. There are tons of raw food recipes online and I plan to implement a new one as often as I can. My first new raw food recipe was "Sushi rolls". It's made without the use of rice. You just use sliced avocado and cucumber, grated carrots and nori sheets (seaweed).
Wrap the veggies in the sheets, sprinkle with soy sauce and you have raw Sushi (minus the fish).
It's so good, I didn't even miss the rice. That's exactly what I needed. Pretty soon I'll have a whole repertoire of raw recipes to keep my diet interesting.
Funny thing though....I've noticed that even though I eat a cooked item each day, the taste just doesn't satisfy me like it used to. When I eat a raw fruit or vegetable, I can really taste it! I mean like I've never tasted food before. It has a life, vibrant taste, that dances on your tongue and satisfies your palette. You have to ADD ingredients to cooked food to make it palatable. We add tons of salt, pepper, butter, spices and condiments to our cooked food. But you notice how when you eat a raw apple or carrot, you don't have to add anything to it? It is delicious on it's own!
I'm reading Victoria Boutenko's book, 12 Steps to Raw Food. It's given me a lot of insight, especially how we are actually addicted to cooked foods and crave them.
I knew going raw would be hard. But I've seen so many benefits from it already that I am really pushing myself to eat more and more of my meals raw. Some of the difference I've seen already are:
One even more dramatic change is an infection I've had on my legs for over 6 months now. I've been on antibiotics twice and a steroid cream, only to have the infection partially clear up and come back again. The last couple of days I've noticed that it is not itching as much and seems clearer and not as red. I believe that if I continue with eating this way, it will clear up completely!
One more thing before I quit today. I think it is extremely important that you arm yourself with knowledge and others who have embraced this lifestyle. Read lots of books on the subject (you can get most of your books from the library and they are free). Get online and read blogs, join raw food chat rooms, forums, go to lectures...anything and everything you can to help you along the path to raw food freedom!
Lots of love and fruitti kisses!
Don't get me wrong. I still totally believe 100% in eating natural, healthy, good for you foods; fruits, veggies, seeds and nuts. I'm not advocating going back to eating processed, canned, microwavable foods....heaven forbid! But, I'm just trying to adjust more of my diet to eating raw.
I've discovered that eating just salads, fruit and smoothies is not enough. I have to have some sort of a meal. And what I've discovered is that I need to make a plate of something that resembles dinner or lunch. There are tons of raw food recipes online and I plan to implement a new one as often as I can. My first new raw food recipe was "Sushi rolls". It's made without the use of rice. You just use sliced avocado and cucumber, grated carrots and nori sheets (seaweed).
Wrap the veggies in the sheets, sprinkle with soy sauce and you have raw Sushi (minus the fish).
It's so good, I didn't even miss the rice. That's exactly what I needed. Pretty soon I'll have a whole repertoire of raw recipes to keep my diet interesting.
Funny thing though....I've noticed that even though I eat a cooked item each day, the taste just doesn't satisfy me like it used to. When I eat a raw fruit or vegetable, I can really taste it! I mean like I've never tasted food before. It has a life, vibrant taste, that dances on your tongue and satisfies your palette. You have to ADD ingredients to cooked food to make it palatable. We add tons of salt, pepper, butter, spices and condiments to our cooked food. But you notice how when you eat a raw apple or carrot, you don't have to add anything to it? It is delicious on it's own!
I'm reading Victoria Boutenko's book, 12 Steps to Raw Food. It's given me a lot of insight, especially how we are actually addicted to cooked foods and crave them.
I knew going raw would be hard. But I've seen so many benefits from it already that I am really pushing myself to eat more and more of my meals raw. Some of the difference I've seen already are:
- sleeping more soundly and throughout the night without waking up
- weight loss
- fresher, clearer skin
- nails growing faster, becoming stronger and looking better
- more energy
- hair growing faster
One even more dramatic change is an infection I've had on my legs for over 6 months now. I've been on antibiotics twice and a steroid cream, only to have the infection partially clear up and come back again. The last couple of days I've noticed that it is not itching as much and seems clearer and not as red. I believe that if I continue with eating this way, it will clear up completely!
One more thing before I quit today. I think it is extremely important that you arm yourself with knowledge and others who have embraced this lifestyle. Read lots of books on the subject (you can get most of your books from the library and they are free). Get online and read blogs, join raw food chat rooms, forums, go to lectures...anything and everything you can to help you along the path to raw food freedom!
Lots of love and fruitti kisses!
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