So the past few days have been very difficult for me as far as staying raw but I think I did a pretty good job considering the situations that went on. For one; on Friday night I had some friends over that cooked in the house, which I realize was not a good idea on the first day I was trying to go 100% raw, but all in all it wasn't bothering me too much.I was sticking to my decision to be able to eat with friends and just eat a kale salad and still have fun.Well things got a little hectic and I was feeling kinda stressed so I picked up Samadhi, my 18 month old, and put her in her high chair without strapping her in and then turned my back for a second to get her the "agua" she was demanding, and boom!!! she took a head first dive onto the kitchen tile floor! Well, she naturally freaked out and it took quite some time to console her. When she was finally chilled out a bit and everyone got back to the dinner they were eating I started making my salad and then once again I was getting stressed out as she was all over everyone and I could not even wash the kale so I just swept her up and took her in my bedroom for some alone time with me. That was when I noticed the huge bump on her head and it was bruised looking so off to the ER I went with no dinner and not even lunch that day! I grabbed a few apples and bananas on the way out the door just in case I was going to be there a long time....and I was! Well thank goodness she is fine and we got home by midnight and I stayed raw!
Saturday and Sunday we had more guests over and tons of junk food was around since my son had a little get together. I stayed strong and then Sunday my sister came over and ordered Thai food.Well I was pretty hungry when the food showed up and told myself not to eat any but I couldn't resist and had just a few bites of her pad thai and a bunch of steamed vegetables that my son had ordered. I know it is not the end of the world but it took me off my path. I never realized how difficult it really is to eat raw when you are surrounded by people eating tempting food all day!
When I was raw the first time around my son did it as well and I dated someone who was already raw and had lots of raw friends....I never could relate to the people who lived with other people eating cooked foods and complaining about how hard it was to stay raw....now I know!!!
Well on the happy side of all this I did make some yummy raw treats to have for myself while watching everyone else eat apple pie and pizza. I used the mixture for my coconut macaroons but before adding the raw cocoa powder I divided the mixture and to one half made chocolate orange macaroon and the other half I made coconut, banana walnut cookies....yum!!! It was an improvisational recipe as most of the best ones always are so I do not have an exact recipe to post but I will do my best.
I am going to start my recipe and picture section as soon as I post this and figure out how to do it!
Tomorrow is another opportunity to get it right and I do have to add that I already lost two pounds!! Not bad since I have been sick and just laying around, imagine how fast I will lose once I am really eating raw everyday and add in exercise?!
I hope Samadhi's okay! It seems like accidents like that hurt Mom more than baby ...
ReplyDeleteIf I were you I wouldn't allow people to cook food in my house. Cooked food is more addictive than drugs and you wouldn't allow people to use drugs in your presence if trying to quit them. Something to keep in mind ...
Just as you don't allow animal products to be prepared in your kitchen you may want to consider the same for cooked food. Your guests can get by eating fruit, nuts and salads while visiting you.
Julian can also eat his cooked meals outside the home.