I've been 99% raw for 6 months now and have heaps more energy - it's great! Interestingly, I haven't lost any weight. That's not what I'm doing this for - I know my body's working on other stuff just now so it doesn't worry me at all. But I DO want to give my body the best environment for healing that I can... so when, about a month ago, I realised that I was having trouble digesting all the fats I was eating, I cut way back - to about 1/6 avo and 1tblspn mixed sunflower/pumpkin seeds a day. I have no gallbladder so fats are hard for me, and cutting back to this amount made a huge positive difference.

I'm just coming out of my second liver flush (in response to my body's signals re: not digesting fats) and, like the last one 2 weeks ago, I've lost weight - about 4 or 5 lbs. I'm assuming that's only coz you have to cut fat out completely for the three days before and the day of the cleanse (apart from the olive oil, lol) and I do for a day or so after coz it knocks me around a bit...

But what I want to ask, and it's probably a silly question, is this: why do I only lose weight when I cut out fat altogether? I mean, cutting down from what I was eating to the amount above was a huge change but didn't have any impact on my weight at all - only no fat at all seems to do that. Now I am NOT prepared to continue on no fats beyond what's requierd for the cleanse - I know my body needs fat for various cellular processes etc and I'm for health not appearance - but I am really curious as to why this happens... after 2 years of only gains or at best, maintenance, to lose 5lbs in 4 days is astounding! It's not that far from my normal daily intake to no fat, so why the huge change in weight?

I have a feeling there'll be such an obvious answer to this that'll I'll roll my eyes at myself and go 'of couuuurse!' lol but for the life of me, I can't figure it out on my own. So, thanks!