Must admit I find it hard in the UK especially during the winter to be raw, although others may not.
Fruit when I'm hungry just doesn't fill me up and I don't want to eat fruit all the time because of the suger content.  I'm more inspired in the warm weather to eat raw and healthily.  I get fed up with salads when it's cold outside and avo wraps in romaine leaves.

Perhaps if i was higher or 100% raw I would feel better and more capable but for now I just carry on doing the best I can from day to day.  eg for breakfast I had a thick green smoothie at 9.30am after 30mins of yoga.  Then  6 dried dates.  Had some avo mashed up with coriander & lemon juice & salt with toms & cuke stuffed into romaines with orange juice at 12.30 when I was starving.  Now I just got home from work and stuffed with a slice of homemade vegan banana loaf and a cup of tea 

Hello and welcome Greenmum!

I em enjoying reading your thread here and seeing your progress.

I am about 80% raw.  Raw all day with a cooked family meal.  Roll on the British summer (HAH!!  ) when it's much easier here to eat fresh and raw.

 

In the UK there is a strong supermarket culture with the odd farmers market popping up perhaps once a month in a town.  There seems to be a real struggle to find local growers willing and able to sell their produce locally.

I have started buying my fresh produce from a local market stall - I don;t know if the produce is kept or stored any differently, and hardly any of it is organic unfortunately, but I just hate giving my money to these supermarkets that rule the world. 

You should appreciate that heat guys!  Here in Blighty, its cold, raining and windy so I would swap you!  Mind you we have a roaring coal fire going so that is nice and cheery.

I can't stand really icy drinks even when it's really hot - I prefer them cool or room temp.  Too cold and it feels like it chills my stomach. 

I made some lovely watermelon smoothies last summer though, sometimes adding a strawberring or so and other times adding some grapes. 

MMM banana ice cream - I've never made it but it looks so easy I really should!

p.s. bumble bee - love that green 'stouche on the little nipper!!

mmmm Raw sushi; 

Untoasted nori sheets with :-
Avocado
Sun dried tomatoes
Cuke
Spinach leaves
Grated carrot
Lemon Juice & black pepper

Welcome Chelle!! 

Wasn't he the dad in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'?? 

I made this for supper last night:

Kale & Avocado Salad
(Karen Knowler, UK raw foodist)

Cut stems out of kale leaves then shred into 1cm strips, fill a bowl, it shrinks down later.
Pour some olive oil over and massage into kale.

Add pinch of rock/celtic salt and massage again.
[The salt & oil help the kale to wilt and become soft and pliable]

Add 1/2 or 1 avocado and squeeze in with your hands.

Add chopped cherry tomatoes
Add some green onions chopped small
Add 1/2 lemon juice and stir in.
I also added some chopped cuke
You can add more of what you like celery, grated carrot??

Really tasty 

I just heard something on the radio saying that Americans hardly ever use the word 'failure'.
Replace failure with 'getting feedback'.

Thanks RGG! 

...It's not the UK imo.

From recent figures, by 2050, 50% of the UK population will be obese.
There is a huge obesity problem in the UK right now.

P.S.

I visit the fresh produce section first with my trolley and pile it in - then get demoralized buying other c**p that my family want to eat, crisps/chips, frozen waffles, fruit squash, chocolate, frozen veggie mince etc etc.
Then of course there are the essentials, kitchen/toilet paper, cat food, cleaning products, toiletries..... those are the things that send my grocery bill flying.

Can you give examples of high calorie fruit?
Avo's??

Omega-6 fats are found in vegetable oils, such as corn, soy, sunflower and safflower. The richest dietary source of omega-3 fats is cold-water fish, such as salmon. There are plant sources, and flax seed is among the highest.

I found the above.