Spring Cleanse Still going

[Lolixx]

So day 5 here. YAY!! I'm doing fpretty fantastic... I am feeling so much better after the 4th day. BUT i did have a cheat meal. Still vegan but I ate rice and tofu! I am supposed to be eating freash whole foods as we know in the RAW state. I'm leaving to go out of town and my boyfriend took me to dinner for a nice night out before I go on a 10 work/vacation. He's so sweet so I gave in. However right before dinner I noticed I was feeling great... coming out of the grumpy moody cleaning part. I was alert, alive, not starving or having a normal hypoglycemic freak out waiting to eat. SO AWESOME! but then as I ate my cooked food I felt drunk off the bloating starches and became heavy and weird feeling. It is so cool to feel this to know it's the food causing the mood change, not me! This morning I got right up and made a super tasty green smoothie and hopped right back on my cleanse. I really love it and think for the first time I can actually be 100% RAW-tastic!!!

[Marcos Gailmor]

Lolixx,

Dont' be hard on yourself. If you're transitioning to a raw food diet I encourage you to read 12 Steps to Raw Foods by Victoria Boutenko. While she's not a vegan per se she's spent a lot of time researching what works and fails and offers a lot of help and support in her books. Lastly, if the worst thing you cheated with is vegan, cooked food then you're way ahead of the game. Just take your time with what ever you're trying to do with the raw diet. Oh and forgoodness sakes if you are going raw don't do the natural hygiene thing. Atleast not right away. There are lots of issues with the Natural Hygiene lifestyle. Specifically that children raised on a natural hygiene diet are extremely deficient and even have stunted grown because they aren't getting the vitamins and minerals they should. A standard raw diet, in my opinion, that is balanced with raw fruits veggies, dehydrated foods, sprouts, and fermented items is the best overall diet for someone entering the raw lifestyle.

Marcos