I thought I looked anorexic yesterday...

[Queen Bean]

Yesterday I looked in the mirror. I was fully clothed and had a jacket on. My arms looked like twigs, and my torso very skinny. I thought I looked...well, maybe not fully-blown anorexic, but certainly too skinny...

I am a bit of a shape shifter though. I can lose weight very quickly if I'm not careful, but another day I can look quite womanly.

All I ate yesterday was...

Breakfast: Sucked the juice out of about 5 purple grapes
Lunch: 2 oranges
Dinner: Handful of pecans

I have been following my intuition. The thing is, I am looking awful. I am breaking out...which I haven't really done since being a teenager. I just don't look radiant at all. (Although a woman in the supermarket said I was beautiful, so maybe I don't look as bad as I thought.)

The think is, I am not eating greens, when I know I should be. I am not eating enough.

But, the good thing is, I've had a major revelation.

I am going to go back to my 7 meals a day plan (7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm). I am going to use both my intuition and my intellect to decide what I eat and how much. If I want to skip a meal, I will. And...this is the most important point...I will decide what I will eat for the next meal just after I finish the meal before. So the night before I will decide what I will have for breakfast. Then after I finish that, I will decide what I will have at around 9am. Often I will know that I should eat a salad, but my intuition will say 'eat a tablespoon of raw honey and a bag of pecans'. My health is not optimal. I don't look my best. I know there is something not quite right in what I am doing. I'll let you know what happens. I don't want to plan a full day's menu the day before. That seems too rigid for me. But deciding what I am too eat on the spot means I'm not making optimal choices. After a meal, I may decide that the best thing to eat at my next meal is a head of broccoli. It is unlikely that I would make that choice at the time. I'd probably go for nuts. But my health is not great doing this. I have a feeling my health is going to skyrocket once I start this. Of course, I will be flexible in situations where my plans change at the last minute...but overall, this is my new approach to raw.

I want to flourish on this diet. At the moment I feel deficient. I am not eating the best raw diet I can.

Just following my intuition isn't cutting it. I am not eating enough.

I think some intellect needs to be utilised as well. A few people say, I'll eat whatever I like, no matter what. But if you become too deficient in something, you could do yourself damage. An example is a guy I met who only felt inclined to eat mangos for three months. Then his two front teeth fell out. He thinks they will grow back one day... With some things, such as B12 etc, I don't want too blase. Sometimes you don't get warning signs until it is too late. I don't want to be fear-driven, but I don't want to be ignorant either.

[Revvell]

So, how do you look today?

[Queen Bean]

Pretty average. But less skinny. But that's because I ate cooked food for dinner last night.

I will start this new 'regime' tomorrow. So in a few days I will have some idea about how it is going in terms of how I look, how I feel, how my energy levels are...etc.

[babyphat1989]

wow you dont eat alot at all! how old are you? whats ur height and weight? maybe you should go search online to see how many calories you need in a day. you could be slowing down your metabolism right now with how much your eating. are you hungry at all or just at a loss of appetite?
try taking a multi vitamin or something so at least your getting some nutrients.

[Queen Bean]

hey babyphat1989... I am 35. I am female. I am six foot tall. I really haven't weighed myself for a while, but was somewhere around 65kg when I last weighed myself. I lose weight quickly, but put it on quickly. (I don't put it on to the point where I'm overweight, but I can bounce back and look normal [as in not skinny] very quickly). When I follow my intuition I don't seem to want to eat much at all. I am not too worried about the metabolism issue. I've never been overweight. I am not going to keep up with something that isn't working. I'm sure I'll eat a reasonable amount taking this new approach. Lately I haven't been all I that hungry. And then when I do eat, I don't want very much. I do take supplements here and there.

[Dj 247]

When I started eating mostly raw I lost a lot of weight also. I look skinny and people are starting to say I shouldn't lose anymore weight. So I make sure I am eating things like salad with some nuts mixed in for protien and also some good fats like avocados and organic peanutbutter (I know the peanutbutter is not raw). I have cut down on some of my fruit intake and added more vegetables. I usually weigh in around 114 lbs. and I am 5'4" tall.

[FirstGarden]

Wanna trade genes? :rolleyes:

[barose]

Wanna trade genes? :rolleyes:

Really! LOL

[luckitri]

I like how raw makes me more muscular quickly and the cooked makes me puffy and fluffy instantly. If you are not hungry you are not eating too little. I have read over and over that we will get too skinny for awhile and then we will grow into a larger leaner healthier new raw body. Sounds a bit like heaven doesn't it?

[solarliving]

I completely understand how you are feeling. I've been working on gaining some weight lately because I am on the thin side. I started out by upping fat intake. Avocados, Coconut water and flesh, nuts, etc..

The last couple of days I've been eating mostly fruit and I feel pretty good. I think it's ok to change what you eat from day to day. Somedays a lot of fruit and greens, other days a little more fat. Today I had 2 apples for breakfast, later a nut ball. I didn't feel like eating much after that, but I forced myself to eat 4 oranges and I felt revived.

[Solace]

omg......I just wrote a big paragraph on this thread and lost it by accident:mad: . Anyways, the important part of my post:rolleyes: was Storm Talifero always says Exercise - Raw V's need it to Keep weight on - otherwise they get very skinny looking over time . Also yes eat more, add some fats and yes Green smoothies should help your body find its right size.:( My 'lost' post was better - but I am too lazy to rewrite it all, sorry.

[babyphat1989]

hey babyphat1989... I am 35. I am female. I am six foot tall. I really haven't weighed myself for a while, but was somewhere around 65kg when I last weighed myself. I lose weight quickly, but put it on quickly. (I don't put it on to the point where I'm overweight, but I can bounce back and look normal [as in not skinny] very quickly). When I follow my intuition I don't seem to want to eat much at all. I am not too worried about the metabolism issue. I've never been overweight. I am not going to keep up with something that isn't working. I'm sure I'll eat a reasonable amount taking this new approach. Lately I haven't been all I that hungry. And then when I do eat, I don't want very much. I do take supplements here and there.

ok well if you feel fine where you're at then just enjoy it...maybe your body doesnt require much. but if your goal is to gain some healthy weight then eat more good fats and fruit and start lifting weights. thats what helps me.
wish you the best!

[SchoolOfRAWk]

You may do better overall on only 80% raw....

And you still have to eat a balanced diet with anything. Pecans, oranges and a couple of grapes doesn't sound balanced, although I don't want to infer anything b/c that is just one day. ;-)

However, monkeys/apes eat ALL day. It's really important to vary it up and to EAT ENOUGH. Joehl Furhman has people eat 1lb of greens a day, and 1lb of like steamed veggies. That is a TON. It's a lot of food, and especially if you have a high metabolism.

Fruit is generally cleansing and greens are building.

Supplement with like Udos Oils and stuff, that will build lean mass and luster and give you a strong glow, etc.