[greenbunny]

Aaah shucks, Vej - thanks. You have hear-by made up for all your jokes ?? hee hee.

Martha, been there. The worst thing you can do is say to yourself ??tomorrow I go 100% ??. You set yourself up for failure that way. Even if you do get yourself to go live it ??s hard to stay the long haul if it isn ??t organically accomplished and integrated into your lifestyle. It ??s better to keep on making small gains. Better to say, tomorrow I will make sure I eat one piece of fruit and do it. Then you get the reward and the good associations. Each day make a very simple goal. You don ??t have to do it all in one day, or month or even year. You have been eating meat and potatoes for a long time and it isn ??t fair to yourself or your body to shock it into live foods if it isn ??t easy for you. It ??s not even necessarily the most healthful way. Keep the 100% way back in your mind and stay with the baby steps that will make it actually happen. Even if it is ??today at the restaurant I will eat two side salads instead of the fries ?? you ??ve made a big step ?? bigger than 99.99% of Americans will have done that day. If you are eating 50% live foods I would like to tell you that most ??authorities ?? say that most of the gains of eating live are accomplished if you eat only 70%. You ??re almost there hun. No need to force the 100% perfectionistic, self-sabotage stuff. Also, if you can increase your live food even a little bit when things are crazy, then you are telling yourself that you can do this under any circumstances and be successful and it will easier for you to stay on it long term no matter what comes up.

Btw, I just moved to Texas July 4th. Yep, they ??re sure into their cattle here ?? but even if you still eat meat and taters and just about everything else that goes into your mouth is live ?? I would call that success. Eventually your body will start to crave alternative protein sources and it won ??t matter what state you ??re living in. All states have their favorite non-food food. Just count yourself lucky that you aren ??t living in Louisiana. There ??s almost nothing there that is fried. Tastes good, but that food has been rated the ??most unhealthy ?? in the country. Here in Texas you might even be able to get raw cheeses and goat yogurt like I ??m going to. I tried to get that all up and down the east coast and failed but I found it here in Texas!

greenbunny