January 7, 2009

My letter of resignation

posted by Leiana
Hi everyone,
This will be my last post as a rawist. I am going back to life as usual. It is time for me to throw in the towel and acknowledge that this is just not for me. I applaud and support the five that are still raw. This is one of the toughest [...]

January 5, 2009

Udderly impressed

posted by Leiana
Kudos to Larry for steering me in the direction of raw cheese. I picked up my own slab of Trader Joe’s raw cheddar tonight, and I have to say this is the most satisfied I’ve been on the raw diet. My entire dinner was fuji apples and cheese. Mmmmmmmmm! I admit I was [...]

January 3, 2009

Things are looking up!

Although it started off a little rocky, yesterday ended up being great. Honestly! Here’s why:
(1) I discovered Larabars. These things are fantastic!
Convenient, tasty, and raw (make sure you check the label, not all of them are).
(2) I went out for sushi with my friends last night. I had sashimi rolls, which were different types of [...]

January 2, 2009

“Soon you’ll be able to shit in a hole and grow a tree.”

I have to admit that the conversations that are stemming from my new diet are probably the most amusing thing (the quote above is from my good friend Jim). Well, to be honest, right now the conversations are the only amusing thing about going raw. It’s simply not pleasant.
Yesterday I had three raw meals:

Breakfast [...]

December 31, 2008

A kitchen full of things I can’t eat.

Hi all – I’m Leiana. Today is the last day of 2008, and the last day (at least for a month) of off-the-shelf yogurt, the comfort of warm coffee swirled with half-and-half + sugar, and bread – among other things – for me. I am going raw.
You can probably tell from the title that looking [...]