I’ve doing a lot of thinking and learning a lot while on this journey. Everyday each and every one of us renew our goals, we either stick to them or stray away, it’s something we work at on a daily basis.

I found that for me I have to renew everyday, you can’t let your guard down especially when you have dealt with any type of addiction. I don’t think it has to be cumbersome or to much but we always have to be prepared for all situations.

Something I haven’t talked about a lot is that my husband is not totally raw but he is working towards including more raw food in his diet. He does like smoothies almost daily, and I enjoy making them for him.

I found that one thing we always had in common was eating. Eating out at restaurants. That was a staple for us, we loved it. We found that we had some of our best conversations over food and let me tell you trying to stop this habit has not been an easy one.

I am grateful that he respects my wish to eat raw and that he is very open to selecting restaurants that carry items I want to eat. If my husband was inconsiderate I don’t know how that would have affected my ability to eat raw.

I have learned that when trying to change a bad habit it’s best to take it one step at a time. If you are use to eating out a lot like 5 days a week, make a goal to only go 3 days the next two weeks and then decrease from there.

What is also very important is having a goal in mind of how you want to eat, if that is 100% raw create a list of restaurants where you can eat 100% raw or places in mind that both of you can eat and you can have a good salad. I found that Chipotle and Qudoba  have great salads, I tend to bring my own dressing, but most times I don’t need it.

If your plan is to eat high raw do the same, create a list of restaurants that will allow you to remain on track.

It might also be a good idea to set some boundaries, like this:

I plan to only eat out at restaurants 1 time a week, when I eat out I will remain raw/vegan (Whatever you goal is) I will always eat raw for Breakfast and For Lunch and you could also say I only eat out at restaurants on Saturdays or when with family and friends, but even then I always stay within my goals.

So here is the breakdown:

Sunday - Friday:  Eat 100% Raw

Saturday: Breakfast and Lunch is raw,  For dinner I will eat at restaurant and remain Raw or Vegan, whatever your goal is.

Vegan in your terms could mean: Steamed veggies and/or Baked Sweet Potato(Plain), I would be very specific about this as well because this will help you when making decisions at restaurants.

Basically what I am getting at is that I suggest that you be specific with your goals, I believe this has helped me a lot. Mind you, I’m not perfect, I don’t believe anyone is but it has helped me a lot.

Tanisha Marshall - Raw Food Coach

http://www.tanishamarshall.com