Just a couple of before and afters...

[Rachiel]

I have been off raw for a couple of months but am back on it now. These pics remind me how far I came on raw and haw well I felt!!!

Before raw:

http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo101/RachelEmmaL/th_n1033013698_30130618_3259.jpg (http://s366.photobucket.com/albums/oo101/RachelEmmaL/?action=view&current=n1033013698_30130618_3259.jpg)

During raw:

http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo101/RachelEmmaL/th_Picture28.jpg (http://s366.photobucket.com/albums/oo101/RachelEmmaL/?action=view&current=Picture28.jpg)

http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo101/RachelEmmaL/th_Picture48.jpg (http://s366.photobucket.com/albums/oo101/RachelEmmaL/?action=view&current=Picture48.jpg)

I hope these links worked...otherwise I will try again!!!

[spicyfull]

RAW...........RAWks.

[freshlight]

wow, is that really the same person??? amazing! You looked pretty before too but now you are extremely cute :) Loving the hat, btw

[casablanca]

WOOOW incredibly inspirational! You really look like a different person!
How much weight loss over how long?

[contessa20]

Wow :eek: you look like you could be your own daughter in those pics. Very nice.

[Veganforlife]

VERY cool! Keep it up!!!!!

[LotsaRaw]

RAWSOME!!! I'll second the question - how much weight have you released?

[margoss]

looking good!!

[Aleesha Sattva]

i loooove that last pic of you LOL

you glow!!!

[katacykls]

you really do glow

[Raw Hope]

:thumbs up:
You look lovely keep up the good work

[Shine]

WOW - what an inspiration!! Thanks fo posting - this affirms what RAW can do :)

[Rachiel]

WOOOW incredibly inspirational! You really look like a different person!
How much weight loss over how long?

I have lost around 70lbs since 11th November 2008!!! Although not all that time was spent raw. I lost 60 between November and March!

I feel sooooo much better about myself although I still have a little weight to lose but that is no longer my main focus.

[kyri]

good for you girl, you look super fantastic, you looked amazingly beautiful before though, just less of you eh? like most of us. i should post mine

[gin3]

You look great! 70 lbs gone, wohoo!

[gritsnla]

Raw has definitely got you looking younger! Way to go!

[Rachiel]

I should look youngish... I am only 20. My mum said I look younger now though.

[holistica]

Wow :eek: you look like you could be your own daughter in those pics. Very nice.

I agree. You look like you went from 35 to 18!

[rawrawks]

raw does rawk......rawk on sista....beauty full and all glow wormy

[lucky lemons]

Congrats, you look great! What kinds of foods do you eat/daily menu? :)

[Rachiel]

Congrats, you look great! What kinds of foods do you eat/daily menu? :)

I don't really have a "set" menu or foods. I just go for whatever is cheap/looks nice/is in season. Generally I will have like blended flax seeds and banana and dates for breakfast, and then just fruit and veg, salads etc... I also eat quite a lot of nuts and dried fruit. This is especially true owasds the end of the week as vege market is Sunday.

[expatgirl]

wow thank you for sharing the photos I was really touched by them!! Raw must really be the answer! You radiate!

[angtaxrud]

They are really very cool, very wonderful
Great work .. really informative .. and thanks a lot for sharing ..
Glad it works as expected for you
looking good

[Rachiel]

I have just commited to the 30 day challenge so have taken a couple of photos as day one and after 30 days I will hopefully have a difference to show and will post them and the "after" photos in this thread after the challenge. I have found some more of me at a haloween party last year so I might post them with this years haloween party photos at some point too!

I am glad that peeps ar enjoying looking at these photos. And hopefully seeing what kind of a difference Raw can make to your life! It isn't all about weight loss either, I feel a million times better when I am eating raw foods. I don't generally talk about this but before I went raw I suffered from depression, self harmed every week at least, one night cutting myself 40 times. At times I thought about suicide. I was drinking a litre of vodka a week alone at one point usually over 3 nights. I have now given up drinking as I don't feel I need to to enjoy myself, haven't self harmed since going raw, and all my scars have healed to a point where I can't even see them. I feel a lot more peaceful within myself.

I <3 rawfoods!

[Rhapsody]

Wow you look amazing!!! That is awesome, keep it up! <3 <3 <3

[Emmanuelle]

Rachiel, you look amazing raw!!!

Congratulations :D

[Soka]

Wow, you look great!

[MrsJohnnyG]

I missed this the first time around... not to be an echo in the room, but you really do look AMAZING!! I'm not surprised you feel amazing, too... to me that's one of the biggest, most immediate benefits! I'm so glad to read in your post last month that you're healing emotionally, too. That's so much more important IMO than weight loss... although that's certainly a fantastic benefit! CONGRATS!!!!

[valerieD12474]

Wow Im so inspired. I have been Almost raw now for 5 days. I have ate a few things off. But not bad at all. You really look great. What a glow. I hope I can see success like you! keep up the great work you look beautiful, Congrats!

[Rachiel]

Thanks you guys. It is definatly worth the effort. I need to get back to 100% I have been soooo slack recently and feel pretty crappy. It is one year since I first started trying to lose weight today. I was over 230lb and now I am 154lb, just in the "normal" weight range for my height. I have been plateaud for a while though as I havent been raw properly. It is like I know I am maintaining so think it doesnt matter and then wonder why I am still the same weight and feeling crap!!!

[yumm]

ok,I am in after seeing these,you are glowing,youthful and gorgeous:)

[raw runner]

great job you look radiant and vibrant,keep it up

[lil fairy z girl]

wow you look great, and much younger. thanks for posting!

sal
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