For the gals: How much weight have you lost on the Raw Challenge?

[sosiesmom]

I know that everyone's body is different. And that exercise is a big factor. But I am curious to know what sort of weight loss women have been experiencing if you stay 100 % raw for 30 days according to Alissa's plan?

[rawpriestess]

I've lost 28 pounds

[Ariella]

as of day 22 of my challenge i have lost 10 pounds (i had 25 total to lose) so i am really happy. :) hopefully another 5 will come off by day 30. i had been high raw for nearly 6 years jumping to 100% really has made a lot of difference!

Ariella

www.ethicalcentral.com/main (this is where I blog)

[Misty*Mountain]

i've lost a bunch of weight-- maybe 15 or 20 lbs-- and i've been 100% raw for two months. i wasn't really overweight to begin with, so now i'm like, skinny, and people are actually starting to become concerned. some friends and family have been like "i hope you're eating! you better not be starving yourself!" and then i have to explain to them that i eat constantly, but i just eat WELL. it's actually starting to be kind of annoying. i mean, i understand that people are just concerned for my well-being, but why must they assume that i'm starving myself?? :confused:
ok. that's the end of my rant. thanks :)

[dreamrawalwz]

I've lost only 10 pounds, but I was at a healthy average weight to begin with.

[janicejourney]

"i hope you're eating! you better not be starving yourself!" and then i have to explain to them that i eat constantly, but i just eat WELL. it's actually starting to be kind of annoying. i mean, i understand that people are just concerned for my well-being, but why must they assume that i'm starving myself?? :confused:
ok. that's the end of my rant. thanks :)
The same thing happened to me last time I was Raw. People told me I looked too skinny. They said it so much that I actually started eating cooked. I am usually slender, so hopefully this time I can figure out how NOT to lose too much. I think I could lose 5 lbs, but no more. People can be cruel when it comes to being thin. It suck to have them look at you and say what they think that you must not be eating, and they don't hold back. I have never in my life had an eating disorder. I eat a lot! Anyway, sorry for the soap box.

[Nini]

I lost 27 lbs. (I've lost 46 # in 126 days.)

[rawandama]

It seems to me that people will only be happy for you (losing weight) up until a certain point. Then they're "concerned." Well, in my opinion, a healthy weight is probably less than the "ideal" that Americans are used to seeing. We don't work as hard as folks from the past did, so it's not surprising that folks get so worried when they see someone healthy. It's been a long time since America was healthy.
3 days, 3 lbs.
:D

[aledwards]

I'm up to day 52, and so far have lost 32 pounds. Still have a lot to go, but I don't think about it as much. I know that I'm eating well now, and that my body will just be what ever it's meant to be. It's so freeing!

[Raw Jewelrylady]

I lost 12 pounds the first month-23 pounds in 3 months.

Lana

[blessed]

:p Is this weight loss only from those that are 100% raw?
Just wondering, such great testimonies.

Ann

[aledwards]

I've been 100% raw since starting 52 days ago. ....and I still remember how hard those first 14 days were! Ahhh! ...and tomorrow I'm starting a juice fast, so I'm preparing to have all those same feelings again. I figure it's time to really clean myself out now though. I'm so excited to be on my way to a whole new lifestyle! :)

[sosiesmom]

:p Is this weight loss only from those that are 100% raw?
Just wondering, such great testimonies.

Ann

I'm wondering the same things as Ann. To achieve the amazing results you all have achieved (and congrats! wow!), what have u been eating? 100% raw? Have you cut out most fatty fruits and nuts? Are you following Alissa's book to the letter? How often do u work out? Thanks again for sharing. It is so encouraging for me...

[juliebove]

The same thing happened to me last time I was Raw. People told me I looked too skinny. They said it so much that I actually started eating cooked. I am usually slender, so hopefully this time I can figure out how NOT to lose too much. I think I could lose 5 lbs, but no more. People can be cruel when it comes to being thin. It suck to have them look at you and say what they think that you must not be eating, and they don't hold back. I have never in my life had an eating disorder. I eat a lot! Anyway, sorry for the soap box.


I know what you mean. As a kid and young teen I was very underweight and could not put on weight no matter what I did. People said the most cruel things to my face and behind my back. If I had the choice of being a little underweight or a little overweight, I'd take the overweight every time. I rarely ever hear nasty comments about being overweight. At least not for me!

[aledwards]

I'm no expert, but it seems like how much weight you loose does depend on how much you need to loose... so, if you have a lot to loose (like I did), eating extra nuts & fats still made it possible to loose weight. I made LOTS of the nut heavy desserts for the first two weeks... even ate 1/2 the cheese cake one day when I was PMSing. -and I still lost a pound the next day. Now that I've been raw a little longer, I'm going to start backing off the nuts a bit. Maybe make one dessert a week, and try to just have nuts at one meal... some days maybe not at all. I started walking too. And this week, I'm going to try jogging. That should be funny. ha! :) Anyway- I had a lot of weight to loose, so even the nut heavy meals were a TON better than what I had been doing to myself before! :)

[karenisraw]

I lost 10 lb.s the first two weeks and now for a total of 16 lb.s in 4 months.

k
:p

[JMD]

I have been 100% RAW since 2-25-06 and have lost a few pounds. I feel though that I lost the most in inches and belly bloat from eating TOO much fruit in the afternoons previously at like 90-95% raw....

I am 112lbs and prob. only have a few more to go ..but i need mostly some Pilates to firm up more than lose LBS.

YIPPEE to all who are 100% raw, feeling good and peacefilled. Losing weight is GREAT but the inner peace from eating clean is PRICELESS.

Hugs,
JMD

[lily]

My experience is a bit different. I lost nothing at all when 100% raw for almost a whole month -- in fact, I put on about 4 pounds. I need to lose about 30 pounds to feel happy with my body.

I have been doing my best to follow what my body has been telling me and since I've been craving, craving, craving cooked lentils, I decided to stop being 100 per cent raw for a while, and try 'high raw', allowing myself lentil soup and lentil roast. Well, I've been doing this now for nearly a fortnight, with wheatgrass juice and fruit in the morning, as before, and huge salads for lunch and evening meal, but with the lentils, like I said -- and the weight is beginning to drop off -- have already lost those 4 extra pounds and am feeling much slimmer and lighter.

Isn't that wierd? All I've really done is swapped nuts and avocados for cooked lentils (lots) and the weight seems to be dropping off, even though I'm still eating olive oil. Just goes to show we're all different...

Well done everyone who has lost so much weight on 100% raw... I really admire you and wish i'd been able to do the same. Maybe in the future -- I know our bodies and our needs keep changing... still, 'high raw' isn't that bad, is it?

lily

[elian]

I lost 12 pounds my first 30 days. I'm now down 16 pounds at day 43. I have been 100% except for a few times (usually the weekends earlier on, holidays, etc.) My goal is always 100% and I'm pretty close. I'm 4'11" and should weigh around 110. I've got 46 lbs more to go.

[ChaiLife]

I have lost 15 pounds in 3 weeks and 1 day. :D
I have been raw I would say about 95%. There were 3 or 4 times during this time that we had something cooked. My husband and I have made a pact with each other to be 100% for two weeks straight. I doubt we will want anything cooked after that time as our cravings are really starting to subside.

My mom (who has a lot to lose) lost 8 pounds in 3 days doing this! Show off. ;)

[Raw_Medic]

In the year that I've been raw I've lost 90lbs. I had a period of about 4months where i struggled going back and forth between sad and raw...but currently I'm 90lbs down!

Ursula

[rawpriestess]

I am and have been 100% raw since March 16th, 2006

no gym exercise, but I work on remodleing my home and we are planting all the gardens now, so quite physical although no gym membership, I'd rather get something for my hard earned sweat. LOL

this is my 100th time going raw, actually probably my 7 or 8th, not sure anymore, I used to know, on off on off on off, but I keep coming back, and each time, it gets easier to stay raw, although I feel it is harder to go raw.

You see, I just kept telling myself, oh, one more day, go on ahead and eat that *&^*&(* that you love, it's only one more day, HA,one more day caused me to gain 45 pounds AND to go for an entire year, struggling with on off on off raw, cravings, YIKES!!

I hate those cravings, so now, I just eat raw, and if cooked food comes into my mind, I remember why I want to eat raw, and it goes away, no cravings, just thoughts, and I want to eat raw for one reason only, to feel good, it is that simple.

the weight loss is a great side benefit, but the real reason I am eating raw, is becaused I've tried everything else, and I know how I feel when I am vegan, or vegetarian cooked, and raw is the ONLY way I feel great, and have no pain, no headaches, no joint aches, no difficulty sleeping, WOW, it's hard to imagine how I survived all those cooked years at all.

[Ariella]

when i started high raw 6 years ago i got down to my ideal weight within like 6 months and had MANY health problems clear up and go away! HOWEVER than i had 2 babies + 1 miscarriage after that. with the first baby i managed to get down to 5 above my ideal but then when i stopped nursing him i gained 20 pounds in 1 month! ack! then i got pregant again about 1 year after that i lost that baby and got pregnant again a few months later. i managed to get back down to what i started the pregnancy at but by 6 months later had gained an additional 5 pounds. this was all while high raw. but in the 26 days i have been 100% raw i have so far lost 12 1/2 pounds! yeah! 13 1/2 more to go! if you want to see what i have been eating or what exercise i have been doing you can go to my journal at www.ethicalcentral.com/main go to blog and then click on ariella. i have been journaling there since 2004 so you can see a good chunk of my raw journey. if you are only interested in the 100% go to march 31, 06 on and you will see what i have been eating :) high raw just was not working for weight loss for me.

HTH!

Ariella

[greeninlosangeles]

I am raw for 5 months(100 percent) and lost around 28 pounds(5'6-122 now.)

[honeybee joy]

I have lost 20 lbs so far. I have been doing this pretty much 100% except 3 slip ups since March 30th. Looking forward to loosing more, and getting healthy! I have been raw off and on since August 2005. I have been 100% except 3 slippups for almost 30 days now. Since August 2005 I have lost about 30 lbs.