My High Raw Experiment Has Ended

I decided to end my month of raw food yesterday, only halfway trough the month.  It’s a little bit disappointing but I am comfortable with my decision for a couple of reasons.

First, let me explain why I have decided to end this experiment.  There was a serious lack of preparation on my part, but this is not really a surprise to me.  I like to improvise in the kitchen when I am preparing dinner.  I am not really a planner.  I go in the kitchen, see what’s available and start throwing things together, usually they come out pretty good.  This is true not just in my kitchen but in the rest of my life as well, perhaps it is not a great attribute but I kinda like it.  In addition, I am still trying to find a good balance between preparing my meals at home and the convenience and novelty of going out to eat.  When we have had a stressful day or a long week, it is really nice to be able to order good Indian food or a sushi from down the street and not feel guilty that I am eating cooked food.  I was hoping that I would be able to sustain eating mostly raw foods for an entire month, but maybe I should stick to doing it every once in a while for a week, if I can plan an entire weeks meals that is.

It was fun for half a month and I have learned a lot, including some things about myself.  I already knew that I had some serious addictions to certain foods but eating raw helped focus those things.  During the 15 or so days I had some serious cravings for bread, sugary sweet things, and processed vegan things like seitan.

With those things considered even though I will stop eating raw for the rest of the month I will be changing my diet.  During the week I will be avoiding bread, processed food, and anything with processed sugar in it.  When the weekend rolls around I will just eat whatever the heck I want.  I may be setting myself up for failure by not limiting myself on the weekend, but this seems like something I can do, it’s within my grasp.  I will continue to incorporate a lot of raw foods, probably in the form of green smoothies for breakfasts and lunches during the week.

So, I’m done with High Raw for now.  Sorry for ending it early for all of you that were following along, don’t be too hard on me.