I've been raw since the 4th of November - only 20 days to date. I've been facing the usual obstacles - cooked food cravings, social ridicule, lack of time to eat. These haven't been too difficult to deal with. The one that's been really hard for me is my relationship. When I told Kim that I was going 100% raw, I was really giving her a hard time. In the 3 months that I'd known her, I'd changed so radically. She'd met me as a corporate Citibanker and now I was an unemployed soul seeker. I was doing daily meditations and frequent ISIS sessions and all this woo woo stuff. And now I would change from eating the full monty to 100% raw vegan cuisine.
It really didn't matter that I wasn't trying to land a raw diet on her plate as well - when you make a drastic change in your diet, all the social interaction of dining changes as well. It is very difficult to find people who will be comfortable with you bringing your own smoothie jug for dinner. It is difficult for people to accept that you can learn about different cultures without actually eating their food. It is difficult for some to believe that time can be shared together without eating food from the same kitchen. Isn't it a wonder what power there is in this simple act of eating!
No doubt, eating is sacred.
To save my relationship, I decided on having 1 un-raw meal per week, so we could continue the tradition of that Friday night dinner date. Yes, and un-raw holidays too.
