Submitted: 5/6/07 Modified: 5/6/07 How long have you been a rawfooder: 4 years with an 8 month reversal Your current percent raw: high raw (90%-100%) How long: 1year this high Your goals -- why you're on a raw food diet: My body won't let me go back at this point. It seems to know better than the neuroses and addictions that have recently caused me to cheat. and get a nasty sinus infection. What you like about a raw food diet: Getting indications of what a truly healthy body in harmony with Nature really feels like. How good the chard I just harvested from my tiny raised bed garden tasted with a little olive oil lemon juice and pine nuts. How clear my skin is. What you haven't liked about a raw food diet: The social stigma. None of my friends are raw, most are not even vegetarian. Workplace luncheon events are always, oh, but what about Christine, she doesn't eat anything. What you would have done differently: I would have been better educated when I started with a network and stuck to 100%. Your tools for dealing with cravings and with feeling deprived: I have a lot of trouble with this. Recognizing that my body does not have cravings for cooked food; it is just my addictive personality. My body is perfectly happy having a huge salad for lunch every day....
I also have found that some things recommended by "raw food leaders" do not work for me. One jar of Raw cocoa powder, and I had to deal with a chocolate addiction, plus caffeine again. :) | 
