You know you're an RPDer when...

[boxcarguy07]

You know you're an RPDer when...

1. You have lots of blood stains on your clothes
2. You started eating your food naked so you wouldn't get any more blood stains!
3. Neighbors continually complain about the smell of rotting meat
4. You've used acronyms like SAD or RAF in normal conversation.
5. Those bugs that most people scream at or try to kill look more and more like a tasty meal each day.


This list is meant to be humorous! Please contribute if you can think of any!

[Satya]

ROTFLMAO!  That was great.  We needed a good injection of humor.  I can't wait to see what others come up with.  I am drawing a blank now ... maybe later I'll try to match your wit.

[TylerDurden]

You know you're an RPDer when...

1. You have lots of blood stains on your clothes
2. You started eating your food naked so you wouldn't get any more blood stains!
3. Neighbors continually complain about the smell of rotting meat
4. You've used acronyms like SAD or RAF in normal conversation.
5. Those bugs that most people scream at or try to kill look more and more like a tasty meal each day.


This list is meant to be humorous! Please contribute if you can think of any!

Good first start!

You know you're an RPDer when:-

You start referring to those who eat cooked-food diets as "cooked-foodists"

(Well I did at the start, because I couldn't think of an appropriate term for people doing such diets and because we're always referred to as "raw-foodists"- now I just use "SAD-eater").

You know you're an RPDer when:-

non-rawist acquaintances  start beseeching you to leave "this dangerous cult".

[wodgina]

You drive past a paddock of cattle...and your stomach starts rumbling!

Road kill isn't just road kill anymore!

Your fridge contains meat, meat and more meat

and you get nick names like 'the mince man' or 'meat boy'

[boxcarguy07]

lol! especially at the road kill one

...Your roommate comes out of his room, sees you in the kitchen, and automatically says "Raw meat time again, huh?"

...While at a park, you observe some people laughing at the playful antics of squirrels. You don't understand what they're laughing at, all you see is food.  (jk... i think watching squirrels is hilarious)

...When the thought of eating anything not raw paleo isn't even appealing anymore.

[Raw Kyle]

When people stop offering you food because they know you're not interested

When people know to not ask to try any of your food because it's "gross"

When the term "eating out" mostly denotes taking your premade food outside rather than dining in a restaurant

When you laugh about the latest e. coli or other bacterial outbreak

[goodsamaritan]

... when butchers in the market know you by name and know your favorite cuts of meat and let you taste them before you buy them.

[goodsamaritan]

... when none of the restaurants appeal to you
... when your idea of dining out to restaurants is how to order the least damaging food
... when you have a party to go to you eat a lot at home before going

[boxcarguy07]

good ones guys!
keep 'em coming!


...when even the things from a health food store aren't good enough for you.
...when you don't count your calories, but you measure your BG after every meal.

[wodgina]

When you walk into a supermarket and can't find anything to eat!

[wodgina]

-when you find that no longer avoid sick/cold/flu people anymore.

-When you find bit of grissel still in your teeth and start chewing them in front of people who would be horrified to know that its not chewing gum.

-you find yourself using nutrition advice from veterinary web sites!

[boxcarguy07]

That first one rings so true!!

...when you have to stop yourself from giving dietary advice to people, even people you don't even know.

...when you can't remember the last time you were sick.

...you laugh when someone says they're "germophobic". If they only knew...

[goodsamaritan]

...when you can't remember the last time you were sick.

Oh I remember when I was last sick, it was when I was not on RPD.

My twist on this:

... You never get sick, no coughs, no colds, no fevers, no nothing...
... When you do feel not 100%, you know why: skipped a night or two of sleep, ate dairy, ate something non-paleo.
... You do not expect to get sick.

[TylerDurden]

While it's true that being sick on an RPD diet is pretty rare unless you're doing something dodgy such as eating cooked-foods, there are occasional mild detox-episodes  and a very few people do experience worse detoxes. In my own case, I'd thought I was 100% immune to all colds and flus, yet after 4 years on the RPD diet, I got the flu, in full, for 2 days - my brother mentioned he'd just recovered from a flu-outbreak so I knew I'd caught it from him. OK, so I've never had the flu (or a cold) other than that time during my RPD phase, but I thought it should be mentioned.

[TylerDurden]

You know you're an RPDer when non-rawist acquaintances, such as doctors etc., unsubtly and constantly  go out of their way to tempt you with foods banned on your diet, such as alcohol, coffee, pasteurised dairy etc..

[boxcarguy07]

The people at my work do that all the time!

...when last night you had a dream that you ate cooked food and in your dream you thought to yourself "Great, now I'm gonna have to go post on the forums that I broke my diet" (um, yeah this actually happened last night)   :

[Sully]

-when you eat by yourself
-when you never look at the world the same again

[goodsamaritan]

...when last night you had a dream that you ate cooked food and in your dream you thought to yourself "Great, now I'm gonna have to go post on the forums that I broke my diet" (um, yeah this actually happened last night)   :

I eat some cooked food.  I have to taste my children's food.  Make sure it is safe to eat.  We have a cook, but as a father I have to still check.

This evening I ate a small amount of the cooked fish my children were eating.  Then I took out the raw chicken which was my real dinner.

[boxcarguy07]

...when you could go on the show Fear Factor and it would be nothing new to you

[wodgina]

When meeting another RAF'er makes you day!

Went to a BBQ and cooked my steak 'blue' and they guy next to me had his 'blue' as well and starts telling me he's eaten raw mince since a kid. He told me he just stacks raw mince on a roll with onions and pigs out. Also happened to be a state champion javelin thrower. Another girl there also starts telling me she can't help eating raw sausages after hearing his story.

Theres plenty of closet RAF'er/RPD'ers out there.

[RawZi]

You know you're an RPDer when non-rawist acquaintances, such as doctors etc., unsubtly and constantly  go out of their way to tempt you with foods banned on your diet, such as alcohol, coffee, pasteurised dairy etc..

    heheh, that happened to me about a year and a half ago.  I was strict, only primal diet.  I went to a doctor (specialist as I had been really sick before turning to pd)  to get tests, see the improvement, yada yada.  Since I was getting tested I didn't eat since the day before (which is wrong on the pd as ur supposed to drink a little milk or eat a raw egg at least every five hours even in your sleep for real!).  Then the doctor made me wait all day in the office.  When he finally saw me he acted insane.  When we were supposed to be done he wouldn't let me leave and he kept offering me baked crackers and canned juice.  It was already after office hours, and he wouldn't let me go.

    I want to thank you Tyler.  Before I changed to RAF, I did lots of different related searches on the internet, and read a lot of good stuff you wrote.  It helped me make the right decision to start RAF'ing.

    You know you're a RPD'er ... when you leave your seat at the (home dining room)table, your own place setting untouched, after serving your family...and scurry off to get a mason jar of nice raw 'not previously frozen' 'stew' meat out of your fridge to eat with your sweet furry house-cats, warming it only between yours hands first.

    BTW, one of my cats (she's curled up in my lap asleep) only eats muscle meat and nothing else, my other cat is practicing to be an omnivore (acts like a little pig when it comes to what foods to beg for and eat).

[Ioanna]

...you come home at the end of the day (looking forward to, but not starving for) your first meal of the day.

...your prepared meal(s) for the day are for both you and your dog!  (lol, my dog is now my favorite and only eating companion.)

[wodgina]

When the term "eating out" mostly denotes taking your premade food outside rather than dining in a restaurant

Heheh

...you come home at the end of the day (looking forward to, but not starving for) your first meal of the day.

...your prepared meal(s) for the day are for both you and your dog!  (lol, my dog is now my favorite and only eating companion.)

agreed and awww

....you spend most of your time working out what your going to do about your food situation for your holidays instead of planning the actual holiday!

...for your trips away you have a variety of cooling carry bags to store your meat and you've got the process down to a fine art!

[yon yonson]

....you spend most of your time working out what your going to do about your food situation for your holidays instead of planning the actual holiday!

...for your trips away you have a variety of cooling carry bags to store your meat and you've got the process down to a fine art!

hahaha. dude for real. i just leaving soon for portland oregon and am bringing a converted thermos (for water) as my 'ice chest'.

[William]

Good first start!

You know you're an RPDer when:-

You start referring to those who eat cooked-food diets as "cooked-foodists"
(Well I did at the start, because I couldn't think of an appropriate term for people doing such diets and because we're always referred to as "raw-foodists"- now I just use "SAD-eater").

You know you're an RPDer when:-
non-rawist acquaintances  start beseeching you to leave "this dangerous cult".

How about caling them "muggles"?