A tale of one of the strugglers

[ElainaThiemann]

I haven't been all raw in a long time and was really only all raw for about a month. Unlike most people, I didn't feel all that huge of a difference and felt that I should have had more success for the amount of effort I put in. This summer I stopped exercising and started eating worse, and surprise! gained weight. I am now at my heaviest weight again (254). This fall I started working for a friend who is a natural doctor and teaches raw food classes (she is certified from Alissa). I started exercising and I am drinking juice in the morning and eating a raw lunch. I've been eating a normal SAD dinner (not too horribly). I've been very disappointed because I haven't dropped any weight. I am now trying to ramp up the exercise and try to eat lean meat and a salad for dinner. I have an insulin resisitance problem and had been eating grains. I have been so frustrated by not seeing visible changes in my body. I plan to start a food diary to track where the problems are.

This post isn't all negative though. The spark of hope of a healthy me hasn't died. I find myself excited about making raw desserts and easy raw lunches. For me, easy but tasty is the key. I know that I can control my allergies with my diet and that is a great thing for me. I am making better choices when I choose to eat cooked also. Not every time but more often. I just wish my body would catch on and I could see these changes physically.

Elaina

[Goldsplinter]

Alrighty .

[druid]

I haven't been all raw in a long time and was really only all raw for about a month. Unlike most people, I didn't feel all that huge of a difference and felt that I should have had more success for the amount of effort I put in. This summer I stopped exercising and started eating worse, and surprise! gained weight. I am now at my heaviest weight again (254). This fall I started working for a friend who is a natural doctor and teaches raw food classes (she is certified from Alissa). I started exercising and I am drinking juice in the morning and eating a raw lunch. I've been eating a normal SAD dinner (not too horribly). I've been very disappointed because I haven't dropped any weight. I am now trying to ramp up the exercise and try to eat lean meat and a salad for dinner. I have an insulin resisitance problem and had been eating grains. I have been so frustrated by not seeing visible changes in my body. I plan to start a food diary to track where the problems are.

This post isn't all negative though. The spark of hope of a healthy me hasn't died. I find myself excited about making raw desserts and easy raw lunches. For me, easy but tasty is the key. I know that I can control my allergies with my diet and that is a great thing for me. I am making better choices when I choose to eat cooked also. Not every time but more often. I just wish my body would catch on and I could see these changes physically.

Elaina


keep your chin up, you can do it! :)

[spicyfull]

The Body follows the Head, so if the Head is on straight, the body will follow. A month is not that long to be RAW and expect Big Changes. Your Body is working things out on the inside that are not yet visible on the outside, like weight loss.

I think you are going to have to put more work into it to get the kind of results you want. Try having the Salad for dinner without the meat, I don't think it is LEAN enough.

I think if you would just eat a SIMPLE RAW diet you would have success. Try Fruit and Vegetables.

I wish you everything you need to STAY RAW.....Welcome to MY World.......

[codajess]

I was/am in the same boat you are with the raw. The first time I was 100% raw for over a month, I had zero results. Nothing. Then I ate cooked for a week, then back to raw for a few more weeks. then cooked for all of august, raw all of september. Granted, that's off-and-on, but if I were one of the SAD dieters who took the 30 day challenge, I'd probably revert back to my old ways with those results, or lack thereof; since I did make it through a couple 30 day challenges.

It's frustrating, but just keep on trucking.
Lately i've been eating cooked ovo-veg mostly, with some vegan-food days. I'm done getting pissed at myself for not following through on the raw thing. I'm doing whatever I feel like doing that day. I figure when the time's right, it'll work for me.

Good luck.

[ShelShel]

Hello. Boy, been there. I have been going raw since Feb. 2006. I started by thinking I was 100% only to discover that something I was consuming wasn't. The most I have lost in a week was about 4 pounds and that was in the beginning. Since then it's been about a pound or two and then a few weeks of nothing.
Yes, it does take effort and I can tell you the longer you try for 100% raw...the closer you come. The less the effort and the more natural it feels. After a 30 day completely 100% raw month...I settled into 100% raw Mon-Sat with a splurge on Sunday with the family. :rolleyes: This has lasted all of August and September. We are into October now and my body is gently prodding me to give up my Sunday splurges. It can't handle the cooked food anymore. My husband is gently encouraging me to make raw permanent based on my phsyical response to cooked. (I fall asleep everytime cooked goes in my mouth. It takes me all of Monday to work it out of my system. Not good...for me...my health or my weekend time with my family.) So...this is the first week I am facing the truth...I will need to be 100% raw the rest of my life. Instead of looking at that like a death sentence... :o I am totally thrilled! But that is because I have listened to what just felt right for my body. What makes my cycle normal...my skin clear up...and weight to fall off.
My advice: stick with raw as much as possible. Move every day. Even if it's only a little. Get active. Take everyday as it is....not thinking of the future but that day. Focus on how you can make your body healthy rather than what will make you thin. I promise you...they are one in the same. If you are healthy...your body will let the weight fall off. ;)
I have currently lost 52 pounds. But if you had asked me after my first month about my progess...it would have been minimal. Now that 8 and 1/2 months have passed...my progress is huge! Start today...next year this time...you won't believe how you feel and look!
Good Luck! Raw (((HUGS)))