Part 2 of weightloss blog & my physical benefits eating low fat RAW
Part 2…
So today I had a brilliant run in the hills, went a little further, about 8.5kms. On the way up a lady stopped in her car (a rather large lady) offered me a lift up the hill! It was quite funny and ironic, I think she was sort of joking too. I couldn’t go for my usual run yesterday because some car rally was on?!?! Conducted on one of the most dangerous winding hilly roads in South Australia…the intelligence of some humans never ceases to amaze me..
I have only eaten DateOrade (blended soaked dates with water) today, about 1kg of dates all up and lots of water! Wow I remember a time when I would limit myself to 1 date a day out of fear of a candida outbreak! Thank goodness the days of fearing sugar are well and truly over!
Check out this ‘banana passionfruit’ at Clint’s organic shop today it tasted a bit bland, definitely had potential though (like all fruit when its grown properly and picked ripe)
So like I said in Part 1 of this blog – I started my LFRV journey at 150 lbs (after fluctuating for years up to 160lbs). In the first 3months that crept up to 154 lbs as my body ‘relaxed’ after the years of drug/stimulant/cooked food abuse and calorie restriction (not saying this will happen to everyone, most peeps lose weight initially!). After a few months I was at 125lbs and that’s where I’m at today. My weight has fluctuated a few lbs up and down within that period, depending on my training regime (slightly heavier in the off-season) and food sensitivities,,eg tomatoes and some varieties of durian cause me to retain fluid which = an extra few pounds. I still feel my weight is coming down even more but this is not a focus for me, health and feeling great is.
Was my initial weight gain because of how much fruit I was eating? No! It is never the fruits fault, fruit is a sweet, neat little nutritious package delivered fresh from nature. It is what history we bring to the fruit diet that can affect our weight initially.
Have you ever had Medication? Antibiotics?Operations?Anaesthesia?Dental work?Headache pills?Painkillers?Weightloss drugs?Diuretics?Digestive aids?Cough medicine?….& have you ever had cooked food? Ofcourse everyone will tick off at least 2 of the above mentioned. These all take the body out of balance, we can’t just consume these substances and think they will not have a lasting effect.
So when some womyn experience weightgain when they first go on a fruits and shoots diet, it’s not actually the fruit that makes them put on weight.. It’s the bodymind finally getting a chance to relax after being hammered for a lifetime with cooked food, stimulants, drugs and calorie restriction….
chocolate sapote mousse! yes this is fruit!
Once we adopt such a healthy regime like the Low Fat Raw Vegan/811 lifestyle the body finally has a chance to eliminate the build-up of toxins. These toxins are then thrown from the lymph system/fat stores into the blood stream, causing the body to retain fluid, as it desperately tries to dilute the now circulating pollution to acceptable levels until elimination is possible…making the number on the scales go up but it’s only fluid not fat.
A the end of the day I haven’t heard of many peeps putting on weight by eating a fruit diet (except some in the initial recovery period) and most importantly the proof is the pudding…the fact that all 100% long term 811/LFRV’s/fruitarians (whatever you like to call it) are lean is hard to ignore! Get through the recovery period and all will be well! Here is a pic I took yesterday…(after a date smoothie too)
The success I have had on the low fat raw vegan lifestyle is nothing short of amazing! When I was eating a SAD (Standard Aussie Diet) I was always in fear of gaining weight (rightly so!) and predictably I did, when the body is being fed a diet that it is not biologically adapted to then there will be a price to pay and remember we are only as healthy as our weakest link.
I would like to now list the benefits I have experienced since being on a low fat raw vegan lifestyle….
* Easily maintain a healthy weight, gaining weight is DIFFICULT unless I eat salt (which i haven’t for 2years)
* Very quick recovery from intense exercise efforts
* I rarely get A pimple, my skin is always free of blackheads, oiliness, dryness or redness
* I now tan easily and have an amazing smoothness and dewiness to my skin
* My energy is always ON, I’m ready to challenge myself physically whenever needed, no more CFS
* My nails used to flake off all the time, they are now strong and also taking on a new pleasing shape
* My hair is waaaay thicker!! It’s really quite amazing, very noticeable and it grows very quickly
* My teeth always feel clean and look white, I used to have yellowing teeth, also have no teeth problems
* I used to have large deposits of dimply cellulite, now that’s dissolved
* My feet and hands were always swelled and red, they now have a natural skeletal shape & tone
* Digestion is just wonderful! I go to the toilet like clockwork, never smells, perfectly formed…when I put food in, I almost always got to the toilet afterwards, constipation is not heard of on this diet
* I have a nice flat stomach all the time (except instantly after a big meal of fruit but that goes down super quick) no more bloated fluidy belly which never went down
* My eyes used to be yellow and toxic looking (according to an ex-boyf) they are now white and healthy!
* I actually want to get out of the bed in the morning! Instead of in a comatosed state
* I find it easier to control my emotional state whereas previously I was like a loose canon
* I no longer obsess about what I eat, I just eat all the fruit I want when I’m hungry till I’m full and anyone who knows me can confirm this… so much of my younger years were consumed with food obsession
* I never feel hungry anymore! I remember always feeling hungry hence I would binge all the time, this was not me ‘numbing’ myself with cooked food it was actually my cells screaming out for nutrition! If you are bingeing then you are HUNGRY simple as that!
some cherry toms I sampled today...
Just remember how much abuse most of us have put our bodies through over the years, it doesn’t disappear overnight but the beauty is it CAN disappear on a 100% low fat raw vegan lifestyle.
A word on detox : We can’t detox until we stop ‘toxing’ (or taking in unnatural foods and substances) and how long it takes is up to our bodies not our egos…
Ok so that’s enough from me for now, thanks for listening.
Lovefreelee X
Your journey sounds like just what I need to motivate me. I have been vegan for 5 years now and eat raw when I can, but becoming very lazy recently, and need to get back on track. You sound as if you live in Clarendon, or near. I am in happy valley. Be good to get in touch as not many raw goodies out there.
Cool glad it motivated you!
Hey Freeee!
I dont know if you remember me but this is Hannah from 30BaD- i used to be a regular member many months ago!
Anyways I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee your new blog ! please never stop!
Oh and update on me: I was 100%811 for 4.5 months, the longest i have ever done it before. Then this month i went off due to some negative symtpoms (like hair falling out, skin problems, but it was entirely my fault because I was indereating).. i now feel horrible + unmotvated. Your is helping me remember why I went 811 initially.
Thanks girl:)
oh and you are looking gorgeous
love
hannah
oh sorry that is meant to say *your blog is helping me…
Ahh hello hannah! Ofcourse I remember you girl ! I promise i will never stop blogging!
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At least you have recognised that you were undereating, good analysis. It definitely won’t keep you on this path long as you have discovered.
I’m so glad i have provided you with inspiration my friend, I hope you are back on 30BaD? thanks for your kind words – See u there X
Hey there Freelee, thanks so much for sharing your story. It’s a great inspiration to me and I’m sure lots of others. Did you experience any detox symptoms when you first starting eating lfrv?
Hey erin
Thankyou! I didn’t experience a lot of detox symptoms because I just felt so much better so quickly that I probably didn’t notice if I
was having any major detox. When we remove the junk from our diets we always feel much better and the detox most peeps experience is often ‘tox’
or eating foods or combinations which aren’t agreeing with them. It’s not likely you will experience many negative detox symptoms just amazing evels of health and energy !
Do you know what you’re bloodtype is? I am currently weighing the options I have between a primarily fruit/veggie diet compared to a no fruit high veggie/protein diet (body ecology). I am a type O bloodtype, I have tried to eat mostly fruits but I would get kind of spacey and have blood sugar issues. Have you ever dealt with blood sugar and what did you do? Thanks, you’re blog is great and very encouraging!
Hey Callie, I am an A+ but I don’t believe in the blood type diet. Every species eats the same regardless of their blood type, its no different
for humans. Blood sugar problems are due to an excess of fat in the blood, remove the excess fat and blood sugar problems become a thing of the past.
Thankyou for your kind words and great questions
Thats awesome Free. Oh to have that stomach. I have to wonder though if I could ever come close after 3 c-sections….I long for the day that I am no longer a loose canon.
Nic x
I appreciate your comment Nicole, Oh sometimes I can be a loose canon if I don’t get enough carbs! Watch out!
Thanks for popping in
loving your blog Freely
thanks Martin!
Hey Free,
Thanks so much for publishing this. I wish I had read about you actually gaining weight when you first started 811 earlier. The same thing happened to me, but I kept thinking I was doing it wrong and I couldn’t ever stick with it because I definitely didn’t want to be fat… especially since I lost weight on a processed raw diet. So I would go back to that wanting to lose weight, but then I wouldn’t feel good so I’d go back to 811. It took me a long time to say that I care more about feeling good than looking good. I guess I wouldn’t have realized that if I didn’t go through my own journey…. but man, it would’ve helped a lot!
Thanks for everything.
Anne
My pleasure Anne
I’m so glad this info has come in handy now, not every gains weight (many lose) but I did gain a little but like I said
it wasn’t actually the fruit but what conditions I bought to the lifestyle.
Thanks for sharing
Wow! If only I could look like that!
This is by far the best inspiration I’ve had to commit to 811.
Thanks Freelee
xxx
thanks so much Tina! I appreciate that compliment!
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Thanks for the informative information – I enjoyed reading it! I always enjoy this blog.
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no i really don’t think you get it Michael/Janet? Not sure what your name is. I eat 3000 calories most days. I know people eating
10,000 calories a day who are ripped and lean. Do you not understand that cooked food calories are different from fruit calories?
The reason im most likely fitter than you is because I eat enough calories to support fitness and fat loss but it’s hard to explain to
someone who isn’t fitness-minded or a raw foodist
show me the long term 100% low fat raw vegan (who eats as much fruit as they want) who is fat. waiting…
Hi Freelee, I am from India and I don’t get much information about LFRV in India. So I rely on Internet and few blogs. I started LFRV last week. I have a baby of 8 months and he is totaly on mother’s milk as of now. We want to introduce him some food now and I think it is best to start with LFRV way. I couldn’t get much information on feeding kid LFRV. Could you please give me some links that talk about it.
Regards,
Bhavesh
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Hey Freelee!
Thank you for all your wonderful information! I’ve spend many years consuming more ore less a SAD diet and obsessing over weight gain, calories and everything else that goes along with it! I’ve just started the LFRV diet and am feeling rather bloated and that I am gaining weight. How long do you suspect the bloating to go away? And how long did it take you to start losing weight?
Thanks!!!
Kat
Low fat diets are wonderful for you and help you to maintain a reasonable weight. You can make low fat dieting insteresting with great recipes adn stay slim.
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