236lbs to 150lbs by the end of 2011, eating 60-70% raw food

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Well, my goal is in the title. I began my mission on March 12, 3 weeks ago from today. As of this morning I have lost 11lbs in total. I feel good and have discovered the only way I can control the amount of sugar I eat is by not eating it at all. I haven't eaten bread and no longer want it. This is a big step for me!!

I don't expect to be any lighter on the scales next Saturday because of the time of the month it will be, so my mission instead will be to not be any heavier, and this will mean I am lighter again the following week. I am currently 16 stone 1 lb ( I was 16 stone 12lbs) and my next goal is to get clear of the 16 stone (224lbs), so I'm looking at getting to about 218lbs as my next mini goal.

I love the raw food lifestyle. I am on an even keel constantly- I do not get lightheaded or sick with hunger anymore, it's most liberating. I feel so much better in myself. I really hope this will continue, I haven't felt in control of my food intake before and it's a very good feeling.
 
I've had a similar experience in that i've also cut sugar and flour based products from my diet. That seems to have worked well for me up to this point. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress.
 
Thanks Tik Tak!! And to you. I just ate 7 cherry tomatos, a red pepper,an avocado, 3 sundried tomatoes and a spoon of tahini blended into a cold soup. Delicious. The idea of cold soup was vile to me before but now I am used to it and I like it. I suppose I should put examples of what I eat as I go along so I can give people an idea of what it's like to eat a predominantly raw food diet. I think I'm in danger of becoming extremely enthusiastic about this...
 
Bluebird- doesn't it make such a difference? I was addicted to junk (food!!LOL) and now I don't crave it at all. May it last!! Well done on your weightloss so far and to Tik Tak as well. Thanks for answering me!! Hopefully you will get to follow my journal, and I won't crash into my old bad habits and disappear for months only to come back 20 lbs heavier...nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
 
goddess said:
Bluebird- doesn't it make such a difference? I was addicted to junk (food!!LOL) and now I don't crave it at all. May it last!! Well done on your weightloss so far and to Tik Tak as well. Thanks for answering me!! Hopefully you will get to follow my journal, and I won't crash into my old bad habits and disappear for months only to come back 20 lbs heavier...nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
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It's made a huge difference for me. The severity and frequency of the headaches I used to get has decreased quite a bit. I also sleep a lot better and don't have digestive problems. Glad to hear you are enjoying it.
 
I had resolved to only weigh myself once a week, but sneaked a peek today and have lost 2lbs, so I'm pretty happy with that.
Today I ate:
For breakfast I had porridge
I ate a small punnet of strawberries during the morning at work.
Lunch- 125g of blueberries
Salad with alot of lettuce and rocket, sprinkled with 30g of pine nuts and some balsamic dressing. I had a banana and two apples as well.
When I came home I made a cold soup- I blended 2 peppers, a half a bag of curly kale, some sundried tomato, crushed garlic and a big spoon of tahini. It was a sweet soup from the peppers but nice enough.

I will eat something else later, to be honest I'm stuffed after the soup. I'm getting at least 1600 cals a day, I'm going to have to think about how to make sure I'm getting the right amount of calories- I don't want to get stuck on a plateau early on when I'm planning on losing weight until the end of the year..
 
Still loving the lifestyle change. Never found it so easy to lose weight before. My face is thinner, and my skin is glowing. Brilliant. I still have another 7lbs to go til I'm down a dress size, am going on a trip at the end of the month and was hoping I would be down to the next size by then, but it seems unlikely. Nevermind. I am hoping to be significantly thinner by the end of July, when I will be visiting some friends abroad who won't have seen me for awhile. I'll still be overweight of course, but not as noticeably so as I am now. I've lost a stone and I would say it's not even that noticeable, given that i still need to lose another five, but its made a huge difference to how I feel. I'm looking forward to being able to say I've lost 10% of my bodyweight, as this is supposed to be of great benefit to the health.
 
Had a delicious cold soup for my tea, one avocado, one punnet of cherry tomatoes, a spoon of tahini, pinch turmeric, 2 crushed cloves garlic, all blended up together into a soup. Filling and tasty. :Angel_anim:
 
I ate some fish today but didn't eat it with a load of salad, and I think thats why I picked at stuff today and ate a bit more than usual. I still only ate unprocessed food and didn't binge like I would if I was still eating biscuits/bread etc so I'm not too worried. Mental note to self- keep eating lots of salad greens to prevent unplanned eating between meals....
 
Tomorrow is my day for weighing in but I sneaked a peek tonight, even though I know I shouldn't weigh myself at night when I usually do it in the morning. So now I'm in a savagely bad mood because it said I was heavier. it may seem extreme but my obesity makes me feel so bad and for the last month since I gave up all the wrong food I've been so pleased with myself. I haven't strayed from my plan once and the thought of my weight not having gone down tomorrow is so frustrating to me. But maybe it will, maybe it was just the time of day. I want to be free of this weight. I know some people on here will understand how important it is to me, and how much of a hindrance being significantly overweight can be on every aspect of a persons life. I am fed up today. Meh.
 
Well I waited and weighed myself at the normal time today and have lost soem weight. Woohoo!! Delighted. I now weigh 219lbs. This is under 220lbs. Looking forward to 209, 199, 189, 179, 169, 159 and maybe 149 but I'll see how I look at 150...

giving up bread, flour, sugar and dairy has been a great decision for me. I'm still eating a healthy diet but feels about a thousand times better, and feel released from my food addiction. It wouldn't be for everyone but I would recommend it to anyone..
 
Congrats on your weight loss!

You sound determined to do this. Good thing that your food addiction has faded away.

Keep It up!
 
Very cool thread, I eat about 95% raw food.

So many people have no idea what they are missing. losing weight by eating raw has the added benefit of making your physical being feel unbelievable. Counting calories and measuring portions is totally irrelevant.

How is your energy level? Mine is so through the roof it's incredible. I was walking in Wal-Mart the other day and bust into laughter. My wife and kids looked at me and said "what's so funny"? I shook my head and said I don't really know, I feel so darn good I can't help but laugh.

Have you tried a green smoothie? Just remember that eating raw is good but increasing your supply of green leafy vegetables makes you feel great.

I have a ton of recipes that mix in fruit with leafy greens and they taste like candy. This morning I mixed a mango with romaine lettuce, spinach, Kale, and carrot tops. I'm bouncing off the roof right now and my body is thanking me.

I was getting some dark spots on my skin, also called aging spots. Most of them are gone now.....it's amazing.

Mike
 
Age Spots

Hey Mike- I have one age spot(patch of light brown pigment?)under my right eye, and had totally forgotten about its existence because it has actually faded. How about that... I wouldn't have noticed but for you mentioning it in your post.

I have a hand blender I use for making cold soups etc, I haven't made any smoothies yet, I tend to just eat the fruit in its original form. I'm thinking that I need to go and buy a juicer.

My next challenge however is that I am off on holiday for ten days as of tomorrow, and I imagine it will be a bit harder to stick to my raw food plan as I'll be eating with friends out and about etc. But I am going to allow myself to deviate on the weekend days, and will be back on track hopefully when I get back.

I wish I had known the effect that giving up processed food would have on me earlier on in life. For the first time in my life I am certain that I am on the path to being free of this obesity health problem that has impacted on me so negatively for so long.

I was walking along the street one morning about 6 weeks ago and I was thinking I felt like I was made of lead, I felt like I could've staggered and fallen really easily. I was wondering if this was a normal way to feel, as at the time I usually felt almost dizzy, and so tired. Thats gone now. I feel normal now. With the amount of energy a 32 year old should have. I cannot overstate my enthusiasm for this new lifestyle. The change in me is astonishing. My skin is smooth and glowing, people are commenting on it. I can't wait to see how I'll be looking and feeling after another few months of this. Anyway, this entry is getting quite long, so I'll sign off.
 
holiday

I thought I had posted on this last night, but something must have gone wrong. Anyway- I went off on holiday for ten days- and to give me my due- for the first three days I actually managed to stick to my eating plan- however it got a bit tedious, with going out all the time- so I ended up eating different food last week. I'm not bothered about it, as it has been easy to slip back into my raw food habit since I got home. I haven't weighed myself at all, I will leave it til Saturday as that is my weighing day. I expect I will have gained a pound or two over last week, but it's to be expected on holiday I guess. On my next holiday I will be renting a house in the country, so it will be easier to prepare my own recipes instead of eating out all the time. I love the Raw Food diet. It's so very easy to stick to. I always feel level- no dizziness from hunger, and I really suffered from that when I ate bread etc. I did eat bread one day when I was away and I found I kept eating it after I was full, which is ridiculous. I really think bread is something that I should never eat. It's easy once I'm not near it!! I reckon alot of the extra weight I am carrying was originally bread!!!
 
ohhhh raw food diet....i have been looking at it for a while now...eyeing it up...flirting with the idea...and since summer is coming i totally wnna go more raw...i already eat a lot of it...i dont know percentage...never thought about it...
now i m about to go back on diet (after a few weeks break 4 travelling) so i m excited to inculde more raw (your post was a good reminder)
...Rawr! hehhehe

keep up the good job! :)
 
Hi Jacko and Justina!

I think it's great anyway!! I lost 17lbs on it, but gained back two whilst on holiday but I am not worried as I am pretty sure I'll lose that again this week. My transition back to eating a high raw food diet has been absolutely painless, the six weeks before my holiday of only eating fruit, veg, nuts and fish were ample time for me to completely break out of my bad food habits. It's true that for the first time in my life I really feel like I have my eating under control. I have always been overweight, with some brief times when I lost weight for one reason or another, always to gain it back and more. I am pretty sure that by the end of this year obesity will be in the past for me for the rest of my life. It's a fantastic feeling. I sat with my mum and sister today drinking tea, and there was a plate on the table full of flapjacks and cream cakes, two months ago I would have scoffed half of it, now I don't find it appetising at all. I feel so liberated.
 
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