Thanks for your tips. I think allowing yourself two “extras” a week is a good idea. Being too strict leads me to binge on all sorts of unhealthy food, but if I have just a bit, I’ll probably consume less of such food overall.

I admire your efforts to rawrify some of your comfort foods.

One thing that keeps me in the raw zone is to try new recipes — at least one a week to keep things fresh on my plate.

Have to admit I think more or less like everyone else : trying to incorporate as much raw as I can but trying to still be sociable with the food I eat & still enjoying some cooked food once in a while too.
Have the exact same thing with crisps : once I start eating from a bag of crisps, I find it hard to stop… until there’s nothing left

So I make raw crisps, they’re healthier and just as tasty (still experimenting to find the perfect recipe, hehe ) & I substitute them with crunchy veggies & dipping sauce (you can make your home-made mayo, add a dash of whiskey & tomato puree and you get “cocktail” sauce the way we call it in Belgium – tastes lovely with veggies !)

It’s not easy trying to stay away from comfort foods. I’m now working on a rule, to keep things much simpler : allowing myself 2 “extras” a week, as in 2 “comfort” foods, still as natural as possible, but else if I did more, I’d spoil all my hard efforts

For the migraines, check perhaps if you haven’t got a hormone unbalance (are you on birth control ??). Or perhaps look for other meanings, I know I had headaches in the past which were linked to issues I needed to solve… (the body can create mechanisms to try to make you aware of things you are currently ignoring)

Wishing you the best of luck,
Lots of love
Angie

http://www.merawyoucooked.com/

I am happy to hear you are easing up on the pressure. Your are smart and wonderful! And yes life is neverending!

Namaste!
Melinda

It definitely is good advice to be grateful when things get rough and I do take that to heart. I’m lucky to come across this information to help relieve my chronic conditions and I should never forget that.

I’m easing up the pressure and am just doing what fits with me now. I’m still into raw but I decided that this is a never-ending journey and should see it as such, and not something with an an end point or is some achievement oriented goal.

I just wanted to say this…Going raw by no stretch of the imagination is easy. Preparation is difficult to stay on top of when it comes to raw food. As well as staying creative with our meals. When creativity is lost – we tend to reach for those things the mind remembers as comforting. I don’t think you should worry. Besides it’s the overall desire for great health that matters. That is why you chose raw. To be healthy, to be comfortable. Most of all just be happy with your life. Be happy that you are the few that is enlightened to try RAW food and all that comes with it. Eczema, Migraines and various health issues are definitly things any of us can reverse with a healthier lifestyle.

Be happy that you are trying. That you are alive. And most of all remember to love everyday. It is the only true thing in life. Sometimes our journey in life may not be what we imagined, or the “chapters” change in our lives than what we thought they would be. It’s okay.

Live in Light and Love!
Namaste!
Melinda

As for raw food and energy levels, I think it has made quite a difference to mine but after a year on raw, I think I’m used to a certain level of clarity. It still feels better than when I was on a 100% cooked diet but I’ve to say that it’s the realization that I bought into the whole “I feel like I can do anything!” ethos quite naively. Raw food is energy giving but it’s not limitless, from my experience.

I still feel tired, still get sick sometimes and I have days I can’t focus well on work. Raw food is not perfect. The same principles of eating sort of still applies, I found — if I overeat, albeit on raw food, I still feel sleepy. I may not slip into a food coma but I would still feel drowsy, esp after eating a nut heavy meal, or even worse, get heart burn.