Hey guys I'm new here, coming from a raw vegan background. To be honest I didn't really feel bad eating vegan foods I just sort of didn't want to get caught up in the dogma that any one diet is "right" so to challenge my beliefs I started to eat raw fish. I was under the impression that I was going to throw up and that my athletic performance would suffer and I would have bad recovery. Well that never really happened so I am just kind of going with the flow.
I do find that in the past in my vegan/high raw vegan days I would resort to eating grains because I needed the energy and with the addition of meat and other foods I feel like I don't have to resort to eating grains; which I am grateful for that. I always felt like I was compromising my health by eating grains occasionally.
I did the old 811 for a while too and it was good in the beginning I never really felt like is was sustainable long term just from the sheer amount of food you have to consume and you pretty much have to eat around the clock which isn't fun because there's a lot of other things I could be doing with my time. I do think that the time doing that was well spent because I have such a great appreciation of fruit and it digests really well and it's still a part of my diet.
So what am I eating these days? Pretty much I am still eating a lot of fruit but also wild caught raw salmon, shellfish (cooked), chicken, sweet potatoes alot of veggies like kale, spinach ect. eggs. I haven't gotten into eating beef or pork yet because I am still researching where to get some really good local pastured meats. I would really like to get pork and beef from people who let their livestock eat their natural diet. So for beef all grass-fed and not grain finished and for pork a diet of tubers and whatever else it is that pigs eat, but not grains. I've talked with a few farmers who fit the bill so in the next few weeks I am going to be adding those foods into my diet.
I might try some raw milk there is a guy at the farmers market that sells it, i've never been a fan of the texture of milk growing up but I'll give it a shot just to see what it's like. I also am interested in learning how to make raw yogurts, kombucha and pro-biotics. I have also thought about growing my own algae's as well mostly because it sounds interesting. Anyways there's so much stuff to learn it's all so interesting and I love eating foods and learning about different cultures.
Good to meed all of you guys!
