raw food on washington

Whatchuwant wrote:
Hey Brooklynred- not to poke holes through your story, but on the one hand you say that you could never stick to a "diet" per se, but then go on to admit that you've been vegetarian (not easy) and vegan (very not easy) for a decade. Seems to me that these "diets" haven't been that hard for you at all. Now, I have a very weak barrier when it comes to abstinence of anything that I love (see my thread in the lounge about being veg for 3 months).
Thanks though, for all the great raw info.

You're welcome for the raw food information. It's what little I know at this point after about a month of investigation, but it's nice to put my librarian research skills to work for my own self.

RE: Being vegetarian then vegan and it being easy...it wasn't, especially for a Midwestern gal raised on barbeque! Nowhere did I say it was, despite the length of time I adhered to the principles. My rationale back then was more ethical than nutritional; therefore, I had the passion and stubbornness of youth on my side. Looking back, vegetarian was much easier...but I was eating eggs and dairy and that helped. When I was vegan, I got sick quite often and never really felt like myself. All that changed when I added fish back to my diet, which I did about six months or so before going back to eggs and dairy and at least a year before I started eating chicken, then beef. I should note that, even before trying this raw thing, I didn't eat that much meat...certainly less by weight than most average Americans over the course of a day.

I am also not good at deprivation -- just ask my husband! -- which is one reason why I don't think I could ever be a 100 percent raw food person. Combining many of the principles into my daytime eating and leaving flexibility for the evening seems to be making me happy, which is more than I can say for any other food plan I've tried (and plainly failed) to adhere to in the recent past.

(I won't even get into the metabolic changes that have happened since I turned 30, but let's just say: diagnosed underactive thyroid. Whee!)

This is what works for me and my body as it stands now, staving off enormous cravings throughout the day. It may not work for you, and that's obviously okay, but after years of desperate searching for something that makes sense, I couldn't be happier.

I went in there yesterday evening. Very cute on the inside, super friendly folks. They said they're starting delivery next week.

I only ordered a smoothie (v. tasty), but what others were eating looked great. Raw or not, if you're hankering for a tasty salad or cold soup in this heat, I'd check them out.

Menu here: http://www.rawstarcafe.com/email/may08/may08-email.html

Hey this the same dread with the paradise pies who used to be at Flatbush an Bergen and then on Vanderbilt. I am so glad he back open again!!! This is really good stuff people don't sleep. I don't even live close to there anymore but will make a special trip and get a heap of takeout.