Note to self..

Eating a vegetarian diet was an easy switch for me. Eating a vegan diet was also a no brainer. It was continue along a path you never felt was right for you. Or move on to another way of being & feel better while doing it. The choice was simple. I chose the path not taken & have been enjoying myself immensely. The feeling better came from both the spiritual & the healthy point of views. Then came the gluten free change. BOY was that a hard one. Wasn't it? It sure was! I still salivate in the grocery store when I smell fresh French bread & probably always will.



Now I've made another "drastic" but not so drastic change to my life. I've become for the most part raw vegan. Occasionally I'll have a salad with peanut butter Thai sauce on it, or swipe a taste of my kid's mac n cheese, so I can make sure it's not too hot for them. Sure. That's why I do it. ;) I've eaten out in places that serve a wimpy salad & I'll have something stir fried & cooked instead, iceburg lettuce just doesn't thrill anyone, people. Or I will have a bite of some awesome food at The Belmont Vegetarian. CAUSE OMG if you haven't tried his food, yet & are a diehard meateater--it will tempt you right onto the turnip truck with the rest of us. Trust me! Just GO!



{Raw Spinnach, Dehydrated Tomatoes, Sea Salt & spices}


OK but back to the being raw vegan thing. I've been at this for a while. It is getting easier, and easier, as time goes on. It helps especially finding folks who also are into it, really into it. It would help me even more if I found some local peeps to hang with & learn from. But that's another post, for another time. It's really not that hard of a 'diet' or way of life. It really isn't. It's not like I'm being force fed horrible gross things that are essentially swept up from the slaughterhouse floor, so why then is it such a thing with me? WHY am I having a bite here & there. I'm not really hungry, ever. It's not like I'm counting calories, stepping on a scale, or limiting food amounts--like other previous diets I tried. So why the head games @self?? Why? WHY?? I expect the answer is rhetorical, and it depends on the person. Some say I'm not eating enough calories. I'm afraid to eat too many for one. Some say to eat more bananas. Some say to drink all your calories & since they are in the form of a smoothie--it's easier to digest & thus you lose weight faster. I don't wanna lose too fast tho. I worry about that often.





{Coconut Water, Watermelon, Grapefruit, Bananas & Peaches}

But looking at all this great food from breakfast today, there really isn't a reason, an argument, that it's something I will give up on. It will get harder tho come winter to find good, tasty, interesting fresh organic fruit. It is Massachusetts afterall. Not much grows in the snow around here. But I am a Massachusetts native. I am a diehard cold weather loving girl. I am not a quitter. I am a toughie. I am a stubborn old goat, like my Grandfather before me. I can get this done. I can. I will.
I will be a raw vegan 100%. I can do it!

--Heather :)