Gaining uneeded weight

[Guest guest]

Hello Everyone,

I have been 100% Raw since I completed the Master Cleanse in February. I lost

26 pounds

during the cleanse. The problem is, since I have been eating raw my weight loss

has

stopped. I have been 100 % raw for three whole months and I have gained 4

pounds. I really

can't afford to gain weight. My body fat percent is 44 and I have a ton of

weight yet to lose.

What could I be doing wrong. Do I need to start restricting on a raw food diet.

I am reaaly

getting concerned. Has anyone experienced this?

 

Tuliza

[Guest guest]

gosh no...i cant keep weight on when im 100% raw...

 

are you eating a lot of nuts and dried fruits? Avocados?....i can see

putting on muscle tissue if youre working out...but you should be

losing fat not gaining it..

 

elchanan, any golden words of wisdom?

 

im curious too..

 

peace

anna

 

On 6/2/07, tulizamakini <tuliza wrote:

> Hello Everyone,

> I have been 100% Raw since I completed the Master Cleanse in February. I

> lost 26 pounds

> during the cleanse. The problem is, since I have been eating raw my weight

> loss has

> stopped. I have been 100 % raw for three whole months and I have gained 4

> pounds. I really

> can't afford to gain weight. My body fat percent is 44 and I have a ton of

> weight yet to lose.

> What could I be doing wrong. Do I need to start restricting on a raw food

> diet. I am reaaly

> getting concerned. Has anyone experienced this?

>

> Tuliza

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Tuliza,

 

You sound frustrated, I understand that! And you ask:

 

What could I be doing wrong.

 

Would you be willing to share more about what you are doing, so that others

might have greater clarity about that?

 

Thanks,

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

tulizamakini

Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:44 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Gaining uneeded weight

 

 

Hello Everyone,

I have been 100% Raw since I completed the Master Cleanse in February. I

lost 26 pounds

during the cleanse. The problem is, since I have been eating raw my weight

loss has

stopped. I have been 100 % raw for three whole months and I have gained 4

pounds. I really

can't afford to gain weight. My body fat percent is 44 and I have a ton of

weight yet to lose.

What could I be doing wrong. Do I need to start restricting on a raw food

diet. I am reaaly

getting concerned. Has anyone experienced this?

 

Tuliza

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Anna,

I do eat nuts and Avocado. I will eat 1 avocado cut into pieces in my

green leafy spinach salads. I eat fresh fruit, carrots, I drink Kombucha and

water.

I haven't eaten dried fruit for a month. I do snack on raw nuts, a few

hands full, but not everyday. I use a spray of Bragg Liquid Aminos on my

Salads.

I create variations of nori rolls using ground carrot, ginger and sprouts.

Maybe I am not

meant to eat nuts and Avocado. I have seen recipes in many of my raw food

books that include nuts or Avocados. I thought it was okay to have. I also

juice with

vegetables and fruit. I have never once cheated. Should I give up the nuts and

avocados

completely?

 

Tuliza

 

 

 

rawfood , " Anna Bishop " <mowthpeece wrote:

>

> gosh no...i cant keep weight on when im 100% raw...

>

> are you eating a lot of nuts and dried fruits? Avocados?....i can see

> putting on muscle tissue if youre working out...but you should be

> losing fat not gaining it..

>

> elchanan, any golden words of wisdom?

>

> im curious too..

>

> peace

> anna

>

> On 6/2/07, tulizamakini <tuliza wrote:

> > Hello Everyone,

> > I have been 100% Raw since I completed the Master Cleanse in February. I

> > lost 26 pounds

> > during the cleanse. The problem is, since I have been eating raw my weight

> > loss has

> > stopped. I have been 100 % raw for three whole months and I have gained 4

> > pounds. I really

> > can't afford to gain weight. My body fat percent is 44 and I have a ton of

> > weight yet to lose.

> > What could I be doing wrong. Do I need to start restricting on a raw food

> > diet. I am reaaly

> > getting concerned. Has anyone experienced this?

> >

> > Tuliza

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Elchanan,

I was just tell ing Anna that I do eat nuts and Avocados. I don't usually

eat until noon. I may have a large salad in the afternoon and again in the

evening. I like to some times eat nori rolls in the afternoon instead of salad

for a change. I have also made raw pizza with portabello mushrooms, tomatoes,

spinach and avocado. Pretty much this is how I eat. I have had red wine in the

evening with dinner, 1 glass.

 

Tuliza

 

rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan wrote:

>

> Hi Tuliza,

>

> You sound frustrated, I understand that! And you ask:

>

> What could I be doing wrong.

>

> Would you be willing to share more about what you are doing, so that others

> might have greater clarity about that?

>

> Thanks,

> Elchanan

> _____

>

> rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

> tulizamakini

> Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:44 AM

> rawfood

> [Raw Food] Gaining uneeded weight

>

>

> Hello Everyone,

> I have been 100% Raw since I completed the Master Cleanse in February. I

> lost 26 pounds

> during the cleanse. The problem is, since I have been eating raw my weight

> loss has

> stopped. I have been 100 % raw for three whole months and I have gained 4

> pounds. I really

> can't afford to gain weight. My body fat percent is 44 and I have a ton of

> weight yet to lose.

> What could I be doing wrong. Do I need to start restricting on a raw food

> diet. I am reaaly

> getting concerned. Has anyone experienced this?

>

> Tuliza

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, thank you Tulize, I see both messages.

 

Have you ever used Nutridiary (or FitDay) to analyze what you are eating for

a few days (as in 3 or 4 days)? If you are willing, that would be helpful.

You can exclude minor ingredients that include few calories. For example, if

you ate some cilantro or sprinkled a bit of salt or pepper on something,

it's of no consequence for purposes of this analysis. But definitely include

all fruits, nuts, avocado, seeds, vegetables, oils, etc., anything that

provides noteworthy calories.

 

To do this, you'll need to measure what you are eating for a few days, an

inexpensive food scale will be useful. The cheapest is fine for this

purpose.

 

Once you've done this bit of detective work for yourself and we have a brief

food diary, then please share, and we'll have much more to say. Okay?

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

tulizamakini

SaturHi Elchanan,

 

I was just tell ing Anna that I do eat nuts and Avocados. I don't usually

eat until noon. I may have a large salad in the afternoon and again in the

evening. I like to some times eat nori rolls in the afternoon instead of

salad

for a change. I have also made raw pizza with portabello mushrooms,

tomatoes,

spinach and avocado. Pretty much this is how I eat. I have had red wine in

the

evening with dinner, 1 glass.

 

Tuliza

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Yes, Tuliza, you can gain weight on raw.

I've seen it happen with people who go in for lots of

raw bars, raw cookies, raw crackers, etc.

Concentrated foods could be an issue if you are

downing them at a fast rate.

 

If you are eating a lot of high glycemic fruit, that

could cause a problem -- I know you may find this hard

to believe, but raw food has calories in it!!!!!

 

I realized this early on, and started to look at what I

was eating, and how it impacted what I wanted to do weight

wise. I went back to look at Atkins and rethink how that

affected me.

 

I have never been your biggest fan of salads, so I started

looking at ways that I could prepare intensely low glycemic

foods (i.e., salad stuff) that would make me happy, fill me

up, and not leave me wanting to eat again in a short while

[i hate being like a cow and grazing all day long, although

I realize that a number of people think that is a way to go --

I just have better things to do than sitting around and

thinking about what I am going to eat next]

 

I know this flies in the face of what a lot of people on this

list believe, but... I'm not them. I find that eating protein

helps me out. No, I am not munching on nuts all day long

(remember, I don't like grazing).

 

I do make a couple of things that have nuts in them (my

spaghetti sauce has a serious dose of almonds... when I am

tired of it, I pop it in the dehydrator and make little

patties of the leftovers; my crackers and " cheeze " , which

sometimes are lunch -- I really cannot eat more than 5 or 6

of them as they are a concentrated raw food, so lunch is quick! I also

do make pates from time to time.)

 

I am not afraid of nuts and avocados, because I find that they will

often stop me from eating more than I ought to (fats have a nice way

of satisfying hunger and certain cravings)

 

I love my ice cream, but, when I make it, it is my meal, as it

is going to have a lot of fruit in it.

 

I do not make cookies or cakes or pies any more... they are really

good, but they are very concentrated and high in calories, so a piece

should be my meal, and my head doesn't feel like it is.

I do not make things with " breads " for the same reason... I will want

to eat the whole thing and there are lots of calories there.

 

This approach works for me and some of my clients. (I do think that

different people respond to different things, and God has given us

freedom of choice, to do what seems to work best for us. While many

people have given over their lives to 811, that simply does not work

for me, while a simpler approach to natural hygiene does.)

 

I was going to write this to you privately, but then I perversely

decided to post it directly to the list. There may be other people

on this list for whom 811 does not fit the bill.

 

I hope this helps you some.

Margaret

[Guest guest]

Tuliza,

 

I hear a lot of concern about not losing weight FAST enough on Raw

Vegan food. I'd look at the source of that concern. Is it truly

yours? Or is it an issue that the media has convinced you to take on

as your own?

 

What you don't speak about is how do you feel? How is your energy? Do

you exercise daily - get your heart pumping and lymph circulating?

What do you feel like when you awaken? Is your mouth and saliva clean

in the morning or thick and sour?

 

You want to lose weight. How long did it take you to put on the

weight? I'm going to assume years. So... why do you expect your body

to remove the weight is a fraction of the time? Weight is a symptom

of the organism's unhealthy state. Weight is not the problem. The

overall health of the organism is the issue. Are you feeling

healthier than in January?

 

Also, holding excess weight frequently comes with other health

issues. Digestion. Elimination. Depression. Candida or other fungus.

Inertia (no-exercise). Emotional eating (bingeing). Thyroid. etc. Do

you have other identified health issues? Are you on any medications?

 

My experience is that the body will drop the weight when it is ready

to drop the weight. It's easy to loose weight while feeding the body

liquids only - Master Cleanse, Juice Feasting, Water Fasting, etc.

The metabolism shifts after a few days and begins to burn the fat -

it has no choice. However, when you resume eating, your metabolism

will tend back toward what it's normal state is for your body. You

may have other things that your body needs to heal before it can

process the fat.

 

I've seen people loose 30 pounds in a month after losing no weight

for months. I can't explain exactly why that happens. My theory is

what I said above. The body had more pressing things to take care of

that the excess weight.

 

If you stay on this diet for a long time, I can promise you that it

will challenge your beliefs and assumptions about how things work.

Your faith is being tested -- faith in the perfection of life. Did

the universe (God / Higher Power / ...) make a mistake when it

designed the human biology? Can humans improve the biology by

tinkering? If you answer no, then you must always trust that the way

your specific body is healing is exactly the way it's supposed to be

healing. That the bodies intelligence is greater than the brain's

ability thinking about it.

 

..wyn

The Raw Retreat

http://www.TheRawRetreat.com

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f) 877.236.6999

 

> Hello Everyone,

> I have been 100% Raw since I completed the Master Cleanse in

> February. I lost 26 pounds

> during the cleanse. The problem is, since I have been eating raw my

> weight loss has

> stopped. I have been 100 % raw for three whole months and I have

> gained 4 pounds. I really

> can't afford to gain weight. My body fat percent is 44 and I have a

> ton of weight yet to lose.

>

> I was just tell ing Anna that I do eat nuts and Avocados. I don't

> usually

> eat until noon. I may have a large salad in the afternoon and again

> in the

> evening. I like to some times eat nori rolls in the afternoon

> instead of

> salad for a change. I have also made raw pizza with portabello

> mushrooms,

> tomatoes, spinach and avocado. Pretty much this is how I eat. I

> have had red wine in

> the evening with dinner, 1 glass.

>

> Tuliza

 

 

 

 

..wyn

The Raw Retreat

http://TheRawRetreat.com

o) 888.EAT.RAW4LIFE

f) 877.236.6999