The Skinny On January

In LaLa Land! It’s actually quite nice here…you should join me. OK, really I am trying to figure out what works for me. Here’s what I think. I have been eating a vegan diet for a few weeks, then switched to vegetarian eating raw cheese at home. Then I decided to try a 100% raw diet. It lasted 3 days people! What happened? Well, honestly it is too much, too quick. I wasn’t 100% prepared. So going 100% w/o being ready for 100% isn’t a recipe for success.

We had company this weekend. It was so wonderful to see old friends and catch up. I was not prepared, however, to make raw dishes. I don’t have a dehydrator, juicer, much less, ummm…recipes! That’d be a good place to start. So, I ate healthy foods, but cooked foods. At first I thought, "this isn’t so bad, I can have some cooked foods and just eat mostly raw". Little did I know it would turn into a 24 cooked food eating feast! I started craving "carby" foods. I don’t feel awful, but this is what I have noticed. I already feel bloated again, major gas (I could clear a room!), not as much energy or that "light on your feet" feeling and the biggest difference I have noticed is my baby. She is puking! Not just spitting up like normal, but seriously barfing up a ton of breast milk and worse than before I started this journey. I think the cooked/processed stuff and the cheese are the culprits.

Where do I want to go from here? Well, after a lot of thought and discussing (again) with the hubby we think that raw really is the way to go. Raw Vegan is the goal. The most important thing is to take it one step at a time and to be prepared. Recipes are a good place to start! Knowing what to eat and having great ways to combine that food will help when having a craving (actually I didn’t have any bad cravings the whole 3 days on raw foods!). I want to work into preparing foods with a dehydrator as well. Smoothies, salads, nuts, fruits and veggies are staples and then it’s about re-learning and getting creative. I’m going to be hanging out on raw forums like this one as well. Any support and ideas I can get can and will help! These are amazing people who are inspiring, knowledgeable and don’t’ care about being "different"!

So, back to raw for me. It actually gives me butterflies in my tummy. It’s nerve-wracking and exciting at the same time. Am I going to become a rabbit with buck teeth and a nice fur coat? I mean that’s a huge concern if you didn’t know!

Well, hold on to your panties, because we’re about to go for a ride!

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