Let's Go Raw!!!!

[SugarAndSun]

I have completely fallen of the wagon and taken to living on pretzels.

I am going to challenge myself to go raw! I am going to aim for 95% raw. That will allow me to eat a few salad wraps, etc.

Anyone want to join me? You don't have to be 100%. You can do 50%, 90%, 25%, whatever. :

Who's in?
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[sweetpeppers]

I'll try. I got a nanny job with a very not healthy family, and they're rubbing off on me rather than the other way around. I babysit in the afternoon and evenings, so I'm good for breakfast and lunch, but I lose it at dinner.

[saalmc]

I'm in! This is something I've been working towards for a month or so... slowly incorporating more raw foods. I'm aiming now to have at least 2 completely raw days a week. See how that goes and try to increase from there...

Any resources for online (free) raw foods recipes??

TIA!

[MoonStarFalling]

Yes! My goal is to be 100% in June! Right now I am drinking green veggie juice and doing green smoothies and feeling great! Dinner right now is usually guacamole with raw crackers.

saalmc some good recipes at http://www.fromsadtoraw.com/ and
http://goneraw.com

[SugarAndSun]

Great! So we are on our way. Moonstarfalling, you will be our inspiration. :

I did OK today. I ate lots of raw carrots and salad. I didn put a salad in a tortilla though so that was cooked. I also hate some hummus. I am hungry now and want to make a smoothie, but the kiddos are sleeping...

[MoonStarFalling]

I'm going to my first raw restaurant in Chicago this weekend! I'm so excited. I rarely make complicated raw treats at home. I hope I can stay 100% raw while on my trip.

[SugarAndSun]

Cool! :

I really want to go to the Raw Food for the Real World people's place in NY. I live close to it, but haven't been.

I am so enjoying all the fruit and greens again! It took a day to transition, but I am glad to be away from all the empty food!

[sweetpeppers]

Two days and going strong!

[nurturebaby]

oh! So glad I found this thread...

I really have no intention of going 100% raw, but have been mostly raw for about a week and a half now. I started just trying to eliminate foods to figure out if anything was bothering my nursling (which I think just turned out to be reflux).

It's turned into a sort of experiment for me and I'm really excited. I make at least one green smoothie daily, lots of fruits and veggies, and I'll also do cooked rice (Oh! and meat - I'm not a vegetarian - hopefully nobody minds me posting here!). No dairy, gluten, eggs, soy, etc. though. I'm going to slowly add those back in to see how they affect me. I actually added wheat in today and am not feeling so hot - not sure if it's just a coincidence, but I'm taking it back out again and I just made myself a yummy green smoothie to sip

Thanks for starting the thread!
Maggie

[SugarAndSun]

I'm eating a salad now. I did cooked oats for breakfast, but will do raw, soaked tomorrow.

I'm thinking of doing a fast since I haven't been running anyway. Has anyone done a water fast?

[MoonStarFalling]

The 24 hour water fast I did back in Feb was actually really easy. I think that's the only time I've done just water. I used to do rice fasts but was seriously starving my way through it. I didn't feel hungry once during my water fast. Weird!

I had some bread yesterday. Boo! I was out and starving and had forgotten to take snacks with me. I need to be more prepared!

[SugarAndSun]

For some reason I am having a hard time staying away from bread products and sweets now. I am thinking a fast will bump me back toward nutritious eating.

I am going to run tomorrow and ride on Sunday and start the fast Sunday night. I hope to continue it if I feel good until Friday. Then I will eat lightly through the weekend.

[azedazobollis]

I am reading "Skinny B!^tch" and should join this thread. I haven't read anything more blatant and raw about the animals we eat. I'm not sure I will eat another animal again. I really want to lose weight and get healthy.

[maciascl]

I have a friend who has peaked my interest in raw foods. I'd love to learn more from you all. Just by being aware of my choices I am eating raw more & more.

Someone tell me more about green smoothies. What do you put in them. Obviously anything green is healthy, but why green smoothies in particular?

[mommystinch]

I am trying to switch to a largely raw based diet. My biggest problem? My husband has a deadly allergy to all tree nuts That knocks a lot of really good recipes out the window for me!

[SugarAndSun]

mommystinch, check out Brendan Brasier. He is an vegan triathlete who eats a very low fat diet so his recipes have very few nuts. If you make his recipes all the time, you could just buy the ingredients he uses... I found I bought uncommon things for one recipe and never used then again though. His book is called the Thrive diets.

[MoonStarFalling]

Originally Posted by maciascl

I have a friend who has peaked my interest in raw foods. I'd love to learn more from you all. Just by being aware of my choices I am eating raw more & more.

Someone tell me more about green smoothies. What do you put in them. Obviously anything green is healthy, but why green smoothies in particular?

Green smoothies are just a tasty way to get a good amount of greens down. I don't like salads so drinking 4 cups of spinach is helpful. I have to put a banana in because it kills the green flavor. A second fruit is nice too. The kids usually drink blueberry, banana, spinach. I also feel like the nutrients are utilized better and faster in liquid form. I can feel the difference physically. Green juice even more so!

[nurturebaby]

www.greensmoothiegirl.com is a fun site with info about green smoothies

[mom61508]

I'm going to join. I have fiddled with going raw for months usually fo pretty good but today I had PIZZA!!!! Don't feel great after eating that. I like to go all raw and then for dinner have something cooked like steamed veggies and brown rice Hard at times because DH isn't a healthy eater at all!!!

I like lots of smoothies as well. Kale chips are another fave!

[nurturebaby]

what's your recipe for kale chips?