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The way that I got onto raw foods and the way I suggest to everyone that asks me about it is to go very slow and make it fun and yummy switches and additions little by little to let the body slowly adapt and to make it extremely enjoyable so that you have nothing but good associations with eating raw. There is no way of knowing what affected you so badly - you might have eaten something bad for you, gotten sick the same day or your blood sugar might have gone plummeting from not having caffeine or sugar, both of which need to be come off of slowly. A great way of starting is to make yourself a smoothie as a snack every day for a little while or just drink some fresh squeezed orange juice. Add one new thing every couple of weeks or even once a month. I started doing this with my husband - giving him a smoothie as a mid-morning snack and then months later making him a big salad for dinner instead of his big heavy meals. Even when I stopped having the salad he insisted on making it for himself and now even if he goes out to a restaurant and is tempted with all the other food he still wants a salad because it feels so good to him and now that he's used to it eating a big heavy meal at night just isn't appealing. Live foods should make you feel great every step of the way or you're going to fast imho. That way you just want to keep going. You spent years eating dense foods so it's not fair to expect your body to make such a leap so fast. Go slow and have fun when you're feeling better.
greenbunny
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