I would take the nuts out of the meals and eat them on their own a good while after the fruits and veg. Are you soaking the nuts and seeds? I find it makes a huge difference to digestibility.
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Georgina
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08-03-2011 04:42 PM #32
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today I have had a smoothie with strawberries, bananas and peaches.. and a green salad with some of the raw crackers we made a couple of days ago. I'm not sure what we will do for dinner.. we will be at our county fair, so likely we'll find a salad, or maybe with some luck there will be a raw food stand there! I also heard that Vitamix has a stand at our fair, so I think we might bite the bullet and buy one tonight, if they are willing to beat the local store prices. If we do that, we'll probably be eating all blended and pureed stuff for the next few weeks just to make it feel like we're getting our money's worth out of it! Ha!
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08-03-2011 04:54 PM #33
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Today is a good day. Breakfast was a smoothie - blueberry, blackberry, peach & spinach. Then another smoothie around lunchtime - strawberry, banana, peach & spinach. I've eaten about 1lb of bing cherries and a couple of carrots. I really just wasn't in the mood for a salad today....maybe tonight. I've got onion flatbread and crackers made from sprouted chickpeas in the dehydrator.
I kind of don't think I'm eating enough. I'm not really hungry but I'm just not eating much. When I have a smoothie, it's about 12 oz (if that). My salads aren't huge - just normal sized salads. I've been feeling like I'm in a bit of a fog for a little while and I don't like that. Plus I'm not losing weight like I expected to. Don't get me wrong, I've lost about 10 lbs, which is nice but from reading other people's posts, I expected to lose a bit faster. I'm doing this primarily for health purposes but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want/need to lose about 40-50 lbs :\ I ordered a juicer today - thinking maybe I'll get more of what I need that way. I'm just not a big eater these days.
Any thoughts?
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08-03-2011 05:02 PM #34
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Try going to www.cronometer.com and tracking your food for a couple days to make sure youre eating enough calories for your height, age, activity level, etc. If you dont eat enough that can slow weightloss. Originally Posted by November Blue
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08-03-2011 05:05 PM #35
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Steven, do you work for cronometer or something? It's starting to feel like somewhat blatant advertising.
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08-03-2011 05:13 PM #36
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Thanks. I actually started tracking my food this morning to see exactly what I'm getting. I'm using FitDay because I already have it on my computer and I'm familiar with it. It's not perfect but it will work. I'm headed now to calculate my BMI and see how many calories I should be getting. Originally Posted by Steven
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08-03-2011 05:20 PM #37
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Here's a pic of the crackers we made (and the salad we had for lunch):
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08-03-2011 05:22 PM #38
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Ooooh speltrong, those look delicious!
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08-03-2011 05:39 PM #39
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Nope, Im just tired of seeing so many new raw people fail or get dissapointed with results simply because they dont eat enough. Originally Posted by speltrong
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08-03-2011 05:41 PM #40
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Ahhh, okay, that makes sense. :-)
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I think it's mostly people who are trying to lose weight. They get stuck in the mind set of low calories = weight loss and this always fails as a long term, healthy plan whether the calories are raw or cooked because it is not a healthy way to eat. Originally Posted by Steven
Georgina
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08-03-2011 06:01 PM #42
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Yeah, I think Mystic is exactly right. Before I went raw I counted every calorie for years and it didn't really do me a whole lot of good. Then about 2 months iafter being raw, I just decided to say the heck with it. I no longer count calories, I eat when I'm hungry, and I eat all sorts of stuff that I used to forbid myself (like nuts and avocado). And I'm losing weight with ease. So yeah, I agree that it's an incorrect mindset of thinking that you can't have enough food to feel full or you won't lose weight.
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and just as it is in the pharma-world's interest for us to stay sick and be taking their drugs so it is with the diet industry. Get everyone suckered on the calorie counting and buying of magazines & replacement meal bars etc and set everyone up for failure so that they can sucker everyone all over again!
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08-04-2011 12:09 AM #44
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Not at home, went out to the country for a well needed break. Will be back home tomorrow on my own comp. So what did I eat today....hmmmerz
10 Peaches
15 Banana Nice Cream
1 Bunch of Broccoli
1/2 Head of Celery
About 1/2 Frozen Jack Fruit
Some raspberries
An Apple
If I could run this laptop I'd give this post a kick of color!!
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08-04-2011 12:21 AM #45
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Oooo! I wish I could find jackfruit here, I really want to try that! Originally Posted by iLuvGR333N
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