question on weight loss

[asecretchord]

So I've been mostly raw for about 26 days and I think I've hit a plateau after 10 pounds. My salt intake is low and so are my calories. Is there anything else you can recommend to help me lose this extra weight?

[Dimond]

Eat more often, drink more water, exercise more often. Liquid meals, cleansing. What are you eating now?

[Katie P]

Don't count calories, eat when you're hungry & make sure you're eating enough. If you aren't eating enought your body will go into starvation mode & won't be able to lose

[tylerdurden]

Congratulations!

It looks like your diet is great so I would say exercise more but make it fun. Go dancing or join a pick up game of whatever sport you like. I found the more you enjoy exercising the better off you are continuing to do so and the easier it becomes to stick to the raw diet.

Good luck!

[asecretchord]

Eat more often, drink more water, exercise more often. Liquid meals, cleansing. What are you eating now?

Exercise? Ugh. :rolleyes: ;)

I will try more liquid meals.

Mostly I have been eating spring mix salads for lunch and supper with tomatoes, sea salt and 1 TBS sunflower seeds.

I really haven't been eating that much. But I haven't been 100% raw either. I had some unraw tortilla chips for the past few days with salsa. I probably have some of that still "stuck" inside. I know I just gotta stay away from unraw foods. It's so hard though. I'm sure you're used to people complaining about this issue. It's just so easy to live the SAD, especially when you're living with two people who eat that way and have that garbage in the house.

I need more self control. HELP!!

[asecretchord]

Congratulations!

It looks like your diet is great so I would say exercise more but make it fun. Go dancing or join a pick up game of whatever sport you like. I found the more you enjoy exercising the better off you are continuing to do so and the easier it becomes to stick to the raw diet.

Good luck!

I love dancing. I've been trying to get into classes but unfortunately the dance classes aren't available on the weekends (I work and take care of my son during the week). I do a lot of running around during the day but no exercise routine. I am one of "those" people. I hate exercise. I bike and walk when it's nice out but I can't "work out". I hate it. I'm the typical lazy midwesterner. :p

[tylerdurden]

Have you looked into Bikram Yoga classes in your area? I’ve taken some in the past and the instructor said you burn about 700 calories in a 90 minute class. Where I live they offer late and weekend classes. I don't know if you're into yoga but I really enjoyed it!

[asecretchord]

Have you looked into Bikram Yoga classes in your area? I’ve taken some in the past and the instructor said you burn about 700 calories in a 90 minute class. Where I live they offer late and weekend classes. I don't know if you're into yoga but I really enjoyed it!

Same issue with yoga as dance. I have a toddler and am home with him most of the time and it just wouldn't work out.

[Jehote]

You just lost ten lbs in 26 days. Just let it happen. You can't keep that pace. Just eat right and ad some movement to your daily life. And don't expect 10 pounds every 3 weeks!!! :)

[tylerdurden]

I guess you’re only left with one option. Make love to you husband as if it were you’re last moment alive… as often as possible. I know that will be the subject to some interesting comments but honestly let that lust and raw sexual desire for one another be a part of this journey…

Now if you shoot down that idea I’ll be very disappointed haha!

[T-Bird]

Exercise? Ugh.


Houston - we found the problem!

[asecretchord]

Houston - we found the problem!

I KNOW!!! :eek:

[asecretchord]

I guess you’re only left with one option. Make love to you husband as if it were you’re last moment alive… as often as possible. I know that will be the subject to some interesting comments but honestly let that lust and raw sexual desire for one another be a part of this journey…

Now if you shoot down that idea I’ll be very disappointed haha!

My husband will love this statement. hahaha

[Zoocrew10]

I KNOW!!! :eek:

I know you're busy but try walking daily. I know it's not a lot - I realize this, but I try to walk at least a mile a day, sometimes 1 1/2 - 2 if I can (I try to walk in the a.m.'s if the kids will cooperate). I have 8 kids, 3 of them are 5 and under and I go to school and babysit 5 days a week as well (day and evening), so mama, if I can do it you can too! walk extra in the parking lot when you shop, take the stairs, just get your body up and moving. I usually take six of my kids with me when I walk in the evenings, 3 of them in the morning when I walk my 7 year old to school. If I need to, I strap my youngest in a Mei Tai and walk with her on my back. I'm with you on the plateau - I hit 10.8 lbs and stopped but my clothes are fitting better and my stomach is shrinking so it IS working. You do have to put something into your weight loss though - get your buns moving, mama! ;)

[asecretchord]

8 kids?! Oh my! You really have your hands full. I know. I really do need some kind of exercise.