coconut oil for energy/weight loss

[Boz]

Are there any chances of me taking in like a tablespoon or two per day and actually gaining weight from it? I just want to make sure that this weightloss thing will work for me and not make me fatter


Any suggestions or anybody taken coconut oil for weightloss and gained weight?????????

Anybody???????????

[karenisraw]

BOZ,

It is supposed to speed up your metabolism and most people begin to lose weight with it. If you don't begin to lose or gain, then most likely there is some underlying reason. It gives you instant energy because it is absorbed immediately upon ingestion and utilized immediately for energy. For myself, it worked and then I plateaued but my doctor said that the reason I plateaud is because I lost the 10 lb's so quickly and the circulating toxins from my lost weight was inhibiting my weight loss. He said I need to get rid of the toxins before I start to lose again. He said to be patient and keep doing what I am doing.

When you eat the coconut oil for breakfast do you eat it straight or mix it with something?

I eat it on raw crackers like butter. It tastes coconutty buttery.

k
:)

[faith4u]

Hi,

I just ordered Alissa's coconut butter, and I LOVE it. I've already used half the jar making chocolate from a thread, and I've been eating it for my between breakfast and lunch snack. I also tried it straight and it was great, but I'm such a chocaholic :)

kate

Okay Kate, I've gotta know!!!


Can you share your recipe or point me to the post?

Thanks

[Tombi]

Karenisraw,

When you eat the coconut oil for breakfast do you eat it straight or mix it with something?

Does it actually taste like coconut? I have been taking flaxseed oil for to help my dry skin. It works as long as I take 2-3 TB a day, but the stuff tastes horrid! Will this work instead? Does it have any omega 3 and omega 6 in it?

Melissa

Coconut oil is not only beneficial internally it is also benefical externally. It can be used for the skin with wonderful results. When you put it on the skin it will leave your skin extremely smooth and soft. You'll also smell good! I can only imagine that if you are injesting it and using it on the skin the benefits would double if not triple. It can also be used on your scalp.

[jujube]

Boz, I ate coconut oil for the first year I was raw. It didn't seem to effect my weight when I ate less than 1 tablespoon, but any more than that and I gained weight. I think everyone reacts differently to it. My metabolism was already in good shape, so maybe that's why coconut oil didn't speed mine up.

[janicejourney]

Try this:

Just like butter frosting!

I keep mine in the frig because it gets really hot here, so I was looking in my Raw Cookbook and found this recipe which I changed a little, and it tasted just like butter frosting and it looked like it because of the white from the coconut oil.

Virgin Coconut butter/oil (hard from the refrigerator, a little hot water, honey or agave, butter extract, and a dash or two of salt. OMG!! It is just like that butter frosting we used to have, but so much better and healthy :) I was desperate to find something to put it on. Flax crackers were good. A good pick me up this morning.