Submitted: 5/5/07 Modified: 5/16/07 How long have you been a rawfooder: About seven years. Your current percent raw: 100%. How long: 95%+ last 3-1/2 years. Your goals -- why you're on a raw food diet: I felt like I was dying on a standard convenience food diet. I got to the point where I did not feel well, did not feel right, any of the time. What you like about a raw food diet: I like feeling great. I like feeling physically fantastic almost all of the time. I like how quickly my body heals and repairs itself. I like how much energy I have for exercise and being active. I like having a consistent energy level. I like having a clear head. I like being able to hear my own thoughts. I don't have to meditate as much; my energy seems to run better naturally. I like not having to chase food cravings, but instead just eating what I know is good for me, or what I know my body wants. Life is simpler. What you haven't liked about a raw food diet: Feeling hungry, feeling too light. Having my emotions suddenly not hidden without having been trained how to handle emotions. Going through an identity crisis because a cooked reality never prepared me for my true identity or any other truth. What you would have done differently: I would have skipped a lot of the cooked vegan phase during my transition to raw. I didn't really find it satisfying and I experienced a lot of feelings of deprivation which led me to eat a lot of junk food. I found a cooked omnivore diet to be more pleasing to the senses and to be more nutritious than a poor vegan one. I found a lot of dryness in a cooked vegan diet. Raw food has wetness, beauty, color, flavor and sensuality. I also would have eaten a lot more raw food in the beginning. I just didn't realize at the time how much raw food it took to get satisfied. Your tools for dealing with cravings and with feeling deprived: Being surrounded by supportive people. Having plenty of good food around. Getting enough calories. Getting enough nutrition, as in greens, spirulina and a small amount of nuts and seeds. Avoiding foods that stimulate cravings, like garlic, when I know I'm in an emotionally sensitive state. Trying not to confuse eating for entertainment with eating for health, nutrition or life. WebSites:
http://www.sunfiredlife.com/
http://www.geocities.com/by225/
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