Guest guest Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 Hello, I have been 90-100% raw foods since Jan 1, 2003... During that time I incorporated an exercise and weight lifting program to assist with the raw food diet. This consisted of riding an exercise bike 5 times a week for 45 minutes... and 5 times a week of lifting exercises including: bench press, incline bench press, incline dumbell press, bicep curls, concentrated bicep curls, seated bicep curls, weighted side bends, and the torso trac 2. The results I have been amazing! I've lost 34 pounds of fat while gaining muscle mass. My waist was 40/42 now is 34/36. I have a ton of energy and my metabolism has taken a 180 degree turn. I still have about 10-15 pounds of fat to lose with July 4th being my target date for that. I also would like to gain about 20-40 pounds back of muscle mass. Does anyone know of a good protein supplement that I can take about an hour after my workout that would fall into the raw categorey to help with the muscle gain? I just want to thank everyone for writing in, I read the posts every day and like hearing the advice and stories that are told. Take care, Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 Re: Protein supplement The new raw hemp protein powder.. you can order it at rawfood.com =) > " BadDog " <baddogvt >rawfood >rawfood >[Raw Food] my results >Sat, 03 May 2003 14:42:41 -0000 > >Hello, > >I have been 90-100% raw foods since Jan 1, 2003... During that time >I incorporated an exercise and weight lifting program to assist with >the raw food diet. This consisted of riding an exercise bike 5 times >a week for 45 minutes... and 5 times a week of lifting exercises >including: bench press, incline bench press, incline dumbell press, >bicep curls, concentrated bicep curls, seated bicep curls, weighted >side bends, and the torso trac 2. The results I have been amazing! >I've lost 34 pounds of fat while gaining muscle mass. My waist was >40/42 now is 34/36. I have a ton of energy and my metabolism has >taken a 180 degree turn. I still have about 10-15 pounds of fat to >lose with July 4th being my target date for that. I also would like >to gain about 20-40 pounds back of muscle mass. > >Does anyone know of a good protein supplement that I can take about >an hour after my workout that would fall into the raw categorey to >help with the muscle gain? > > >I just want to thank everyone for writing in, I read the posts every >day and like hearing the advice and stories that are told. > >Take care, >Martin > _______________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 Martin, Excellent! Your post will help to motivate others. Keep it up. How are your friends and family reacting? Are they shocked by your results? -Orionsdad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 Yes, they are shocked... they claim that this diet is unhealthy, but now they can't understand, how I lost weight while gaining muscle, how my eyes are brighter, how my energy is so high, and how I have such disipline to remain on the raw food plan. I tell them it's because I beleive in the diet and that this is the way humans were made to eat... they still disagree and think i'm a freak, but I continue to work on them. orionsdad <orionsdad wrote:Martin, Excellent! Your post will help to motivate others. Keep it up. How are your friends and family reacting? Are they shocked by your results? -Orionsdad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2003 Report Share Posted May 4, 2003 Martin, You have to wonder what the basis is for friends and family to claim that a raw food diet is " unhealthy " . Personal experience? Do they know people who died from cancer, heart attacks and strokes by eating fruits and vegetables and doing exercises? Do they stop and think about the fact that every other species of animal on the planet eats raw food their entire lives and has been doing so since the beginning of time? Not us humans though. We're so smart. We know better. We eat cooked foods. Now come visit us in the hospital. There is something about being thin that makes people worry about you. They equate weight gain with health. If you are thin you must be too poor to buy food. You must be dying. You must have a disease. You had better stop being thin and eat some cooked food so you can look and be like everyone else. Now if you are doing something different and getting great results others are going to take notice and it's going to make them uneasy. You are challenging their beliefs about food and diet and many people do not like that. It might mean that THEY are doing something wrong and how many people what to admit to that? One of the best things you can do now is say less and do more. Be a role model for good health. Let your appearance, energy and radiant health shine though. At some point they will have to admit you are obviously doing something very right and if they inquire you can tell them how they can do it too. They will have the proof right before their own eyes. -Orionsdad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2003 Report Share Posted May 4, 2003 " We eat cooked foods. Now come visit us in the hospital. " I did laugh at that, but it's true. Well said, Orionsdad Jess - " orionsdad " <orionsdad <rawfood > Sunday, May 04, 2003 10:52 AM [Raw Food] Re: my results > Martin, > > You have to wonder what the basis is for friends and family to claim > that a raw food diet is " unhealthy " . Personal experience? Do they > know people who died from cancer, heart attacks and strokes by > eating fruits and vegetables and doing exercises? > > Do they stop and think about the fact that every other species of > animal on the planet eats raw food their entire lives and has been > doing so since the beginning of time? Not us humans though. We're so > smart. We know better. We eat cooked foods. Now come visit us in the > hospital. <snipe> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2003 Report Share Posted May 4, 2003 It never pays to argue with cooked food addicts. They are incredibly stubborn as well as combative. When I tell anyone in my family that I eat raw, I usually have to listen to a tirade and an insistent invitation for a " good home-cooked meal " . I just go ahead and do it my way. The last person that insisted on preparing me a " good home-cooked meal " , recently had to be rushed to the hospital with chest pains. (Too many " good home-cooked meals " , no doubt.) Food that has been cooked is food that has been ruined.........Betsy Orionsdad wrote: - " orionsdad " <orionsdad <rawfood > Sunday, May 04, 2003 9:52 AM [Raw Food] Re: my results > > You have to wonder what the basis is for friends and family to claim > that a raw food diet is " unhealthy " . Personal experience? Do they > know people who died from cancer, heart attacks and strokes by > eating fruits and vegetables and doing exercises? > > Do they stop and think about the fact that every other species of > animal on the planet eats raw food their entire lives and has been > doing so since the beginning of time? Not us humans though. We're so > smart. We know better. We eat cooked foods. Now come visit us in the > hospital. > > There is something about being thin that makes people worry about > you. They equate weight gain with health. If you are thin you must > be too poor to buy food. You must be dying. You must have a disease. > You had better stop being thin and eat some cooked food so you can > look and be like everyone else. > > Now if you are doing something different and getting great results > others are going to take notice and it's going to make them uneasy. > You are challenging their beliefs about food and diet and many > people do not like that. It might mean that THEY are doing something > wrong and how many people what to admit to that? > > One of the best things you can do now is say less and do more. Be a > role model for good health. Let your appearance, energy and radiant > health shine though. At some point they will have to admit you are > obviously doing something very right and if they inquire you can > tell them how they can do it too. They will have the proof right > before their own eyes. > > -Orionsdad > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2003 Report Share Posted May 4, 2003 Hi Martin, I just loved reading your post - talk about inspiring! What were your eating habits and exercise routine like before this year? Was going raw (almost 100%) a very drastic change for you, or were you already eating a raw diet? I am struglling with a lot of extra weight and some health issues that while aren't *caused* by being overweight, are certainly exacerbated by it. Reading about your success sure gives me something to think about, along with the hope that " it can be done " ! Thanks, Dee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Hello Dee, Prior to eating raw, I was on a vegatarian diet for over a year... eating lots of pasta... I had also gone on frequent fad diets like slim fast and would lose weight and then gain it back. I was able to take 40 pounds off doing this, but i was on a cycle of gaining it back and then losing it over and over. After going raw and adding the exercise bike routine 5 times a week... I was able to maintain the origional weight loss plus take off an additional 34 pounds of pure fat... making a total weight loss over the past two years of 74 pounds. It was not easy with initially going raw... I would have some severe withdrawl symptoms, especially from things like pasta and ice cream. I goto the food market every Sunday and purchase fruits and vegetables for the week. I would prepare in advance 3 days servings of a large salad in individual containers ready to eat for dinner each day...consisting of everything raw you can imagine(lettuce, spinach, peppers, tomato, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflour, alfalfa sprount, bean sprouts, seseme seeds, chopped almonds, and more). This was my main dinner every day. Through out the day I would eat a piece of fruit about every hour and a half consisting of one banana, pear, peach, plumb, orange, tangerine, and a couple varieties of apples. In the evenings I would enjoy a treat of a smoothie made of fresh fruits and berries. In addition I would drink lots of water all day long and fresh fruit and vegetable juice. I would exercise and work out in the morining on days off from work and in the evening on work days. After the first 3 weeks it all became routine and easy. I would cheat every once and awhile... but it got to the point where if I did eat any cooked food my body wold almost reject it... causeing stomach aches and just an overall poor feeling. The one disadvantage of diet is cost... I actually spend more on food now... averaging about $100 a week fot myself. It is worth the increased health by far. I hope this is of some help to you Dee.Be WellMartin sagipuss <prism25 wrote:Hi Martin, I just loved reading your post - talk about inspiring! What were your eating habits and exercise routine like before this year? Was going raw (almost 100%) a very drastic change for you, or were you already eating a raw diet? I am struglling with a lot of extra weight and some health issues that while aren't *caused* by being overweight, are certainly exacerbated by it. Reading about your success sure gives me something to think about, along with the hope that " it can be done " ! Thanks, Dee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Hello Martin and Dee.....I find that if you make a salad in advance, it stays fresher if you mix all the vegetables except the lettuce. Add the fresh lettuce when you are ready to eat. It comes out great that way! Best of health to you........Betsy - " BadDogVT " <baddogvt <rawfood > Sunday, May 04, 2003 8:38 PM Re: [Raw Food] Re: my results > Hello Dee, Prior to eating raw, I was on a vegatarian diet for over a year... eating lots of pasta... I had also gone on frequent fad diets like slim fast and would lose weight and then gain it back. I was able to take 40 pounds off doing this, but i was on a cycle of gaining it back and then losing it over and over. After going raw and adding the exercise bike routine 5 times a week... I was able to maintain the origional weight loss plus take off an additional 34 pounds of pure fat... making a total weight loss over the past two years of 74 pounds. It was not easy with initially going raw... I would have some severe withdrawl symptoms, especially from things like pasta and ice cream. I goto the food market every Sunday and purchase fruits and vegetables for the week. I would prepare in advance 3 days servings of a large salad in individual containers ready to eat for dinner each day...consisting of everything raw you can imagine(lettuce, spinach, peppers, tomato, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflour, alfalfa sprount, bean sprouts, seseme seeds, chopped almonds, and more). This was my main dinner every day. Through out the day I would eat a piece of fruit about every hour and a half consisting of one banana, pear, peach, plumb, orange, tangerine, and a couple varieties of apples. In the evenings I would enjoy a treat of a smoothie made of fresh fruits and berries. In addition I would drink lots of water all day long and fresh fruit and vegetable juice. I would exercise and work out in the morining on days off from work and in the evening on work days. After the first 3 weeks it all became routine and easy. I would cheat every once and awhile... but it got to the point where if I did eat any cooked food my body wold almost reject it... causeing stomach aches and just an overall poor feeling. The one disadvantage of diet is cost... I actually spend more on food now... averaging about $100 a week fot myself. It is worth the increased health by far. I hope this is of some help to you Dee.Be WellMartin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 BRAVO. I LOVE THIS POST! Very well said. My mother said to me yesterday... " Lent's over why aren't you eating any cooked food. " Because it makes me feel bad I said. " How? " She asked.. I went on to explain.... " well there is something else wrong with you then " . I just changed the subject. People just don't get it. My sister (who is overweight) said to me shortly after that " how much are you weighing now? " --- 120 as always I said. I'm 5'4 " and that is even 'normal' by outrageously high doctors weight scales. I weight 109 in high school yet nobody ever said anything about my weight then... and they didn't because all I did was eat crap (like everyone else) so my low weight (normal weight) was of no concern to anyone. Now I weigh 11 lbs more am HEALTHY and now my weight is of great concern. I don't get it. ;-) well actually I do.. people are truly obsessed with food, and extremely brainwashed by conventional medicine. All we can do is pray that they are lucky enough to eventually find the path that we are on so that they too can experience optimum health and remain disease free. Best Wishes and THANK U for this brilliant post. Shelly At 02:52 PM 5/4/2003 +0000, you wrote: > > Martin, > > You have to wonder what the basis is for friends and family to claim > that a raw food diet is " unhealthy " . Personal experience? Do they > know people who died from cancer, heart attacks and strokes by > eating fruits and vegetables and doing exercises? > > Do they stop and think about the fact that every other species of > animal on the planet eats raw food their entire lives and has been > doing so since the beginning of time? Not us humans though. We're so > smart. We know better. We eat cooked foods. Now come visit us in the > hospital. > > There is something about being thin that makes people worry about > you. They equate weight gain with health. If you are thin you must > be too poor to buy food. You must be dying. You must have a disease. > You had better stop being thin and eat some cooked food so you can > look and be like everyone else. > > Now if you are doing something different and getting great results > others are going to take notice and it's going to make them uneasy. > You are challenging their beliefs about food and diet and many > people do not like that. It might mean that THEY are doing something > wrong and how many people what to admit to that? > > One of the best things you can do now is say less and do more. Be a > role model for good health. Let your appearance, energy and radiant > health shine though. At some point they will have to admit you are > obviously doing something very right and if they inquire you can > tell them how they can do it too. They will have the proof right > before their own eyes. > > -Orionsdad > > > > > Sponsor<http://rd./M=249982.3179269.4495679.1261774/D=egroupweb/S > =1705015482:HM/A=1524963/R=0/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autoredir?cam > p=556 & lineid=3179269 & prop=egroupweb & pos=HM> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 " We eat cooked foods. Now come visit us in the hospital. " I did laugh at that, but it's true. Well said, Orionsdad Jess [RH] I second that. That was truly funny and true. [RH] [RH] Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 [Judith Roney] >> Hello Dee, Prior to eating raw, I was on a vegatarian diet for over a year... eating lots of pasta... I had also gone on frequent fad diets like slim fast and would lose weight and then gain it back. I was able to take 40 pounds off doing this, but i was on a cycle of gaining it back and then losing it over and over. After going raw and adding the exercise bike routine 5 times a week... I was able to maintain the origional weight loss plus take off an additional 34 pounds of pure fat... making a total weight loss over the past two years of 74 pounds. It was not easy with initially going raw... I would have some severe withdrawl symptoms, especially from things like pasta and ice cream. I goto the food market every Sunday and purchase fruits and vegetables for the week. I would prepare in advance 3 days servings of a large salad in individual containers ready to eat for dinner each day...consisting of everything raw you can imagine(lettuce, spinach, peppers, tomato, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflour, alfalfa sprount, bean sprouts, seseme seeds, chopped almonds, and more). This was my main dinner every day. Through out the day I would eat a piece of fruit about every hour and a half consisting of one banana, pear, peach, plumb, orange, tangerine, and a couple varieties of apples. In the evenings I would enjoy a treat of a smoothie made of fresh fruits and berries. In addition I would drink lots of water all day long and fresh fruit and vegetable juice. I would exercise and work out in the morining on days off from work and in the evening on work days. After the first 3 weeks it all became routine and easy. I would cheat every once and awhile... but it got to the point where if I did eat any cooked food my body wold almost reject it... causeing stomach aches and just an overall poor feeling. The one disadvantage of diet is cost... I actually spend more on food now... averaging about $100 a week fot myself. It is worth the increased health by far. I hope this is of some help to you Dee.Be WellMartin[Judith Roney] >> I recieved a lot of inspiration from your post also...I, too have been a vegetarian for almost 4 years now..briefly I was eating salmon and sardines(!!) for protein, bit have stopped. I can relate to the weight issue. While I have never been " obese " , I am 5'9 " and should weigh about 140-150...I am at 180 and don't have the energy I used to. I am going to be 42 in June, and am convinced as we age the best thing we could do for our bodies is to go raw. 3 years ago I was at 123, but in great shape..I looked 20 years younger, I have no doubt that raw would be even better results. I can also relate to the cost of food..it's a shame that it should cost more to " eat less " . I also try to prepare things ahead of time. It is vital to be able to have something " at hand " to eat when the " hunger " pains come, however I'm sure they are more cravings than real hunger. I only heard about " raw " about a month ago and became insantly fascinated..I am at about 90 % raw and working at 100%. We have a very stressful business we run and I struggle with the stress factor daily. It is the eating out and the stress which has put 40 ponds on myself and my husband. He was veggie only 3 years ago and he will eat some of what I make, but I can't get him to understand the " raw thing " yet. It will have to be by example. He does not like the weight he has gained. I enjoy all the posts...wish the rest of the world could see how simple it all could be if we removed the " cooked food syndrome " . Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 [Judith Roney] >> ----- Very well said. My mother said to me yesterday... " Lent's over why aren't you eating any cooked food. " Because it makes me feel bad I said. " How? " She asked.. I went on to explain.... " well there is something else wrong with you then " . I just changed the subject. People just don't get it. [Judith Roney] >> I became a vegetarian through process...I realised I always " burped " or felt bloated after eating particular meats and dairy, well, I stopped drinking milk ages ago, but also realised how AWFUL I'd feel after eating too much dairy.It was amazing that as I deleted more and more unhealthy foods, how many of my health problems went away. Eventually I read more & more and became enlightened to the whole huge way cooked food & meat & dairy are ruining the planet let alone our stomachs. I mean it just goes on & on ...did any one read " A Fast Food Nation " ? What an eye opener. People don't realise how many ways dairy & meat adversely affect them. And yes, how many times do people think there is something wrong with you when you are lean & strong..they feel you should be plump & soft! I will never forget when one co-worker , who was curious, asked me, " Well if you don't eat meat, what on Earth DO YOU EAT? " I just looked back in amazement and realised how caught in the trap most of us are. Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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