A friend of mine went raw for a month, nearly four years ago; after a few weeks she developed chronic digestive problems that she still struggles with. In her case the issue seems to be fructose, which a raw diet of course has in spades. I don’t know if her story is common, but whenever I hear of someone going raw, I think of her. I think it’s worth keeping an eye on your body while you’re doing this, and for the few weeks after, to make sure your body tolerates it. I know people typically make this sort of change for health reasons, but it’s not a given that this sort of diet is good for everybody — and drastic change always carries risk.

Will anxiously await updates.

more and more raw talk. *licks his lips*

“It’s like I’m human or something.” Thank you for allowing me to accept that I’m human too! I also like the “worrier to warrior” I will be sticking that on my wall :D

As for going vegan, wow you get credit for even trying!
As for me, I was wondering how there’s people in this world who eat only veggies and other plants….and I am going thru a difficult phase in my life where I have to juice my veggies with a couple apples to tolerate the blandness or is it my lack of creativity in cooking…

I just started going to a salsa dancing meetup through http://meetup.com and it was SO much fun going to practice with others who are at the same in-between levels as myself.

I also found a few vegan meetups, maybe there is one in your area you might find fun and helpful? Or, you can always start your own!

Thanks for yet another wonderful post!

Way to go for making the decision to make better food choices! Go you!

Now relax and breathe. :o) You will find your rhythm with the food prep and the social eating. The key is to develop some go-to meals and snacks that are generally quick and easy to prepare or that you can prepare in large volume and then use for several meals. I know this from my days doing the Zone. Just eat what you want to eat, and you probably won’t have to explain to people why you eat what you eat all that often. People eat or don’t eat all sorts of strange things without anyone batting an eye. You might have some interested parties asking about it from time to time, but that can be a good thing. ;o)

Also, the occasional meal or food outside of your chosen plan doesn’t negate all the good from eating within the plan.

De-tox!

Here’s what I’ve found.. the more comfortable I am with Raw Food ( or whatever I happen to be doing at the time, ie: fasting, fruits, only greens, etc.) the more comfortable those around me are.

I eat out all the time. I’ve found that simply asking for what I want without explanation usually gets me exactly what I want to eat. It’s pretty cool. I even went to my Dad’s Super Bowl Party & never once discussed Raw Food. Just ate what I like & went on about my business. I doubt they even noticed. Super Cool!

Have fun! *hugs*