I'm about 2 1/2 weeks into my raw journey and it was my Boss's birthday. Well, he loves to go to breakfast at Cracker Barrel so because I don't like any of the whole fruits that they have (I only like them blended), I went ahead and ate bacon, eggs and toast. What a shock to my system! I've not been 100% raw, but I'm very surprised how unsettling that food is in my system. We ate at 10:30 this morning and it's 4 1/2 hours later and I still don't want to think of food. My stomach is so upset, and my bowels have made it very clear that they hate me. I can't wait to go home and rebound to hopefully flush this stuff through quicker.

My good note though, I always make him a cinnamon coffee cake, which I love to eat the batter of as I make it. This morning I didn't even want any batter. Licked the beaters and that was it. I don't even have any desire to have a piece of the cake! So I have made some progress.

razberry, i had the same exerience yesterday. i've only been 100% raw for a few days but yesterday was my b-day and i just got a little crazy with cooked food. my tummy was the same way. very mad and upset with what i had put into it. i also don't feel too hungry for cooked food. no cravings at all today. so far anyway. it's so weird for me to feel those things which i have felt before but never realized it until i started raw.

OMG, the health food store here makes a killer vegan sunshine cheesecake pie. It is my weekness. It's super healthy in moderation & I won't trip out because it's cooked, because I enjoy the 5%-25% of my diet that is not raw, just as much as the 75% - 95% raw foods I eat.

Don't be hard on yourself, you don't deserve that. And I agree with tristani, that when I eat something cooked, it makes me crave more raw foods the following days.

hey rawwr, you said that you are only 75-80% raw. what else do you eat cooked. i'm trying to go 100% but i had to have some brown rice with black beans last night. i feel good today. no tummy trouble. i've seen your pics and you look great and sound happy. i didn't crave "bad" cooked food but something hot i guess. i thik as long as i eat whole cooked foods it won't be so bad until i can go 100% raw.