Five months of RAW progress!

[tiggerbounce]

Fabulous!!!

[RawDad]

That is a great sequence of pictures. Timed nicely so you can really see the difference. Thanks for sharing you are doing very well! Looking forward to the next update.

[thenewamanda]

Wow! What encouraging progress!! If my calculations are right, you lost almost 70lbs in only 5 months - how inspiring!! Would you mind sharing an example of your daily raw diet? Did you do lots of smoothies or juices? Any other supplements or services (massages, saunas, colonics, etc) that you feel aided you in your progress? Thank you for sharing your story. You are an inspiration and look beautiful! Keep up the great work!

Heather Anne, I have been eating intuitively since day 1 - I have a long history of disordered eating so I try not to put to much pressure on myself. I did lose over 20 pounds in the first month, and about 10-15 lbs a month since. I did buy a juicer and was on a juice fast for a couple weeks, but now I try to have a meal of juice every day or every other day. I like fruit, and fatty foods like nuts and avocados. I don't drink smoothies. I try to eat a lot of collard greens and kale. I do get regular massages and find they help immensely in encouraging a positive focus and cleansing and healing the body. No saunas or colonics.

Here's an example of my daily diet:

B: Chia pudding with almond milk, bananas, raisins, honey OR buckwheat granola with banana AND a shot of E3 Live
L: Apples and almond butter or 16 oz of juice
D: Massaged kale salad w avocado, or something more exciting I've made in the dehydrator

I snack on dried fruit, nuts, seeds... nothing fancy! I drink a lot of tea right now because it is so cold here.

[helen2207]

You look great and it's very inspiring

[HeatherAnne]

Thanks for sharing the nuts & bolts of your raw life-style, Amanda. I, too, have a long history of disordered eating and have found that consuming high amounts of raw living food helps immensely. I look forward to hearing of your continued progress. Blessings to you on the journey!

[BlackKat]

You look awesome!!!!!

[walnutty]

Heather Anne, I have been eating intuitively since day 1 - I have a long history of disordered eating so I try not to put to much pressure on myself. I did lose over 20 pounds in the first month, and about 10-15 lbs a month since. I did buy a juicer and was on a juice fast for a couple weeks, but now I try to have a meal of juice every day or every other day. I like fruit, and fatty foods like nuts and avocados. I don't drink smoothies. I try to eat a lot of collard greens and kale. I do get regular massages and find they help immensely in encouraging a positive focus and cleansing and healing the body. No saunas or colonics.

Here's an example of my daily diet:

B: Chia pudding with almond milk, bananas, raisins, honey OR buckwheat granola with banana AND a shot of E3 Live
L: Apples and almond butter or 16 oz of juice
D: Massaged kale salad w avocado, or something more exciting I've made in the dehydrator

I snack on dried fruit, nuts, seeds... nothing fancy! I drink a lot of tea right now because it is so cold here.

You barely eat! Do you feel okay?

[Conscious Midwife]

Rawesome transformation. I look forward to future pic updates

[thenewamanda]

Walnutty - To answer your question, I have a long history of disordered eating so I think that might contribute to the fact that I don't eat very much. I have associated eating with gaining weight (and that was driven into me by abusive people in my childhood and adolesence) so I think that part of me fears eating a normal amount of food. I understand that I could eat a LOT of raw foods and be healthy, but part of me has yet to learn that. I'm definitely going through a transformative process so I try to trust that my eating patterns will change and that I will be able to eat more in the future, and have more normal eating patterns in general.

[thenewamanda]

New haircut and updated photos for you all! :)

[Hygeia]

Wow, an amazing transformation!!! You look radiant. I know you have a history of eating disorder but I have found that I lose weight faster if I eat a piece of fruit or something every two hours, even if I'm not hungry. I know it will take you a bit to get there but just thought I'd share and maybe give you a little gentle nudge. Sush an ispiration. Keep it up, you're doing rawsome!

[Traceyraw]

I am so proud of you. Your face has slimmed down quite a bit. YEAH go Amanda.

[moonstone1985]

hey! i worked with you years ago!! in victoria. my name is heather, and we worked at VV. remember me?? you look amazing! i am just making the transition to raw now

[thenewamanda]

hey! i worked with you years ago!! in victoria. my name is heather, and we worked at VV. remember me?? you look amazing! i am just making the transition to raw now

Hi Heather! OMG... that's so funny. What a small world. I definitely remember you. Well I hope I can be an inspiration to you! What are you up to?

[thenewamanda]

Michele - Thanks for the advice. I will try to remember that. :)

Tracey - Thanks! I think so too.. isn't it amazing? I feel like I just look like myself but I think I am starting to really look like I feel I look, you know what I mean? Like I look like my healthiest, true self. It's pretty awesome.