Juicerguy
06-01-2012, 12:43 PM
Hello everyone!
Today is day one of my raw diet! My girlfriend and I made the decision to transition to a raw diet near the beginning of last month. After me reading enough and watching enough videos to finally see the benefits of this diet here I am! I am glad I found this forum and will be checking out some of peoples recipes on here. I am doing P90x and my main concerns months ago were about losing muscle mass and getting enough of everything etc, etc, etc. After doing my research I feel very comfortable with my decision and can't wait to continue P90x as well as getting the benefits of a raw diet.
My girlfriend has done the raw food diet before and she talked about it on and off a lot. She is excited as well. For me seeing some videos with some raw food guys who were completely healthy and built is what made me realize...Wait a second that guys completely raw and he is in awesome shape. I did not want to lose all of the benefits from the hard work I have been putting in with P90x. I know now that the raw diet doesn't get a fair shake and that most people including myself are or were misinformed. The people advocating the unhealthy diets that are now prominent in our society have a lot of money at stake and they are good at smearing and also saturating the market with false information.
I am glad and thankful for a forum like this where like minded people can gather and people can be introduced to the other side of the story. Anyhow I just wanted to share my excitement today and also to share some of my thoughts. When a lot of people think of raw diets they think of unhealthy strung out people who aren't eating enough. I am very glad that i found out the truth and I am hoping to learn more here and in my searches for doing all of this the right way. I already had the first " What about protein?" the other day. Hehe. I explained how you get plenty of protein in a raw diet if you are doing it right.
What is cool is that I don't feel the need to explain myself. I have done enough research and looking into this to know what is up. It is cool though knowing the way people feel, because I had the same questions. It really is about slowly getting the other side of the story out there. I am glad some people are starting to do that. The movies Forks over Knives and Food matters were two movies that I really found enlightening.
Anywhooooo... I am just happy today and glad that I have made this decision! Happy health people!
Today is day one of my raw diet! My girlfriend and I made the decision to transition to a raw diet near the beginning of last month. After me reading enough and watching enough videos to finally see the benefits of this diet here I am! I am glad I found this forum and will be checking out some of peoples recipes on here. I am doing P90x and my main concerns months ago were about losing muscle mass and getting enough of everything etc, etc, etc. After doing my research I feel very comfortable with my decision and can't wait to continue P90x as well as getting the benefits of a raw diet.
My girlfriend has done the raw food diet before and she talked about it on and off a lot. She is excited as well. For me seeing some videos with some raw food guys who were completely healthy and built is what made me realize...Wait a second that guys completely raw and he is in awesome shape. I did not want to lose all of the benefits from the hard work I have been putting in with P90x. I know now that the raw diet doesn't get a fair shake and that most people including myself are or were misinformed. The people advocating the unhealthy diets that are now prominent in our society have a lot of money at stake and they are good at smearing and also saturating the market with false information.
I am glad and thankful for a forum like this where like minded people can gather and people can be introduced to the other side of the story. Anyhow I just wanted to share my excitement today and also to share some of my thoughts. When a lot of people think of raw diets they think of unhealthy strung out people who aren't eating enough. I am very glad that i found out the truth and I am hoping to learn more here and in my searches for doing all of this the right way. I already had the first " What about protein?" the other day. Hehe. I explained how you get plenty of protein in a raw diet if you are doing it right.
What is cool is that I don't feel the need to explain myself. I have done enough research and looking into this to know what is up. It is cool though knowing the way people feel, because I had the same questions. It really is about slowly getting the other side of the story out there. I am glad some people are starting to do that. The movies Forks over Knives and Food matters were two movies that I really found enlightening.
Anywhooooo... I am just happy today and glad that I have made this decision! Happy health people!