My question is this--can I design a system for sticking to this style of eating while I'm on the road?
For the past 6 months or so I've been eating a mostly raw, mostly vegan diet. No refined sugar, soy or wheat either. I like it. Feels good, kind-of natural for me in many ways. I make plenty of exceptions, especially when eating with people, and I'd say I have about an 80% success rate which is good enough for me.
I know this is quite easy to do while I'm at home, with an average, active life--BUT on the tour? I don't know if its possible. Before I throw in the towel I'm going ot be doing a lot of research to see what the viability of this is going to be.
Right now I use a lot of equipment--like a VitaMix, a juicer, and a food processor which I certainly cant take on a bike. And I think its safe to say that its a CRON (calorie restricted optimal nutrition) way to eat--and on a cycle tour you burn thousands of extra calories a day--so getting enough is going to be a challenge. And finding the right stuff, in the middle of winter in Wyoming?
I'm going to begin some research on raw vegan athlete nutrition, to see what I turn up and I'll be sharing my findings as I go. I think it CAN be done, I just need to be Very Smart (and convince Zach to build me a mobile sprouting system!)