idea on how to go raw

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Call me dim or whatever!

I've been reading (over the years since this list started!)

about people who are *trying to go raw*

 

I have just gotten an idea that might work with people

who are *trying*

 

Since we all know what *trying* really means....

 

Why not *try* to do breakfast raw.

When that doesn't work (I didn't say " if " because we are only *trying*)

*try* a raw lunch.

When that doesn't work *try* a raw dinner.

Who knows? One of these might work *anyway*.

 

That is what I did, only I did not *try*. I just *did* it.

The first meal I did raw was dinner.

(back then I did much as I still do now -- I processed salad

ingredients into oblivion, put olive oil, garlic, and apple

cider vinegar on the bowlful, and ate it. (I food process because I am

too lazy to chew. You could just eat a salad!)

 

When dinner was successful and was what I wanted, I started carrying

leftovers for lunch.

Then I started making things for lunch, specifically. One of my first

successful lunches was a " zen salad " similar to the recipe in Gabriel

Cousens book " Rainbow Food " ... I took a hollowed out green pepper. In

a seperate baggie, I carried very finely shredded cabbage, green

pepper, carrot, and onion. In another baggie, I had about 1/2 T sea

salt. At lunch time, I put everything except the green pepper in a

bowl, sprinkled the sea salt over it, and began to massage the salt in

with my hand (yes, people looked at me weird - it was the 70s). After

a minute or two, I had a juicy salad mix. I put everythng in the green

pepper nad began to eat. (today, I would skip the designer element of

the gren pepper ad just finely slice it, too, and eat the whole things

as a " zen " salad. (my Japanese room-mate says this is called " pickle "

in Japan.

 

Breakfast took me a while to integrate. I did not eat breakfast, so I

had to think what would be a good breakfast.

I do a green drink for breakfast now.

 

That is how I did it. It eliminated *trying*. Each phase was a *do*

If I couldn't *do* on Monday, I waited for Tuesday, to see if it would

work then.

There was no recrimination involved. I took one day at a time.

As I progressed, if breakfast did not work, I would do it on lunch time.

If that did not work, I would do it at night for dinner.

Something would work. Some meal in the day *would* happen.

It would be nice if it was the same meal every day, but I would always

start with breakfast and see if that would work, because that gave me

three chances.

At first, one raw meal a day was a good day. Then I finally did get

to the same raw meal a day. From there it was easy.

Still, there was no recrimination

 

I am very skeptical/cynical..

I know that some of the most famous raw food " authorities " eat " not

raw " once in a while. One of the most famous authorities, who has now

passed on, upset people by being seen eating " not raw " at least once

(and how many other times did he do it?)

If the " big names " cheat, why should I expect that people I know don't

cheat?

As I see it, the whole thing is about doing raw food as much as you

can, more and more every day, until you reach the level that *you*

think is right for you.

If you want to do 60% raw, good. Just do it.

If you want to do 80% raw, good. Just do it.

If the time comes when you are ready to 100% raw, you won't have to

try... you will just do.

Margaret