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Very thin naturally - advice for raw and fasting?

DorothyDorothy
in New to Raw

Hello all-

I am naturally very thin- about 110 lbs and 5'7". By 'naturally' I mean that I eat well (in terms of always getting enough calories), have never been on a diet, and my weight hasn't fluctuated above or below the 115 mark since I was 17. Because I never gained weight, my diet until the past year or so was *terrible*: cakes, white flour, tons of sugar, fatty everything, fried, etc. I want to be healthier and, hopefully, put on some a little weight. I'm also an ex smoker who lived a fantastically stressful lifestyle for a decade :(

Now that I want to regain my health (and beauty), is fasting counter-intuitive to my goals? What about going raw? Any advice about how to do raw when I can't afford to lost any weight?

Edited to add: It took me 2+ years to overcome a sugar addiction, so sweeteners (such as maple syrup, honey, dates, dried fruit, etc) are off the menu for me :( They still trigger a relapse

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  • DorothyDorothy

    Thanks for the advice. I'm worried about trying the master cleanse...I really was a sugar junkie and maple syrup and honey can still set me off, it's like a drug! However maybe I could do a juice feast or green smoothie 'feast' which to start with?

  • KoaselinoKoaselino Raw Newbie

    Hi!

    I would check into Juice Feasting www.juicefeasting.com

    I'm also a little larger than you 120lbs at 5'7 and I was concerned about losing weight on a fast. A juice feast is slightly different in that you drink a gallon of juice a day....especially green juices. I only did a short fast, but I'm transitioning to a raw diet for this wierd arthritis I've gotten. I also was very toxic growing up, very addicted to sugars as well. It's taken me a few years to get over that, but I still make lots of raw yummy desserts that fill that sweet tooth for me.

    Some day I'd like to do a longer juice feast, but for now my short 3 day one was good enough.

    Good luck!

    Niki

  • mixedspicemixedspice

    Hi there,

    Im new to raw as well...and also naturally thin.

    I dont know about you but ive found as long as Im eating healthy my body doesn't let itself get below a healthy weight, even when Im cleansing. Sure I loose a lot of water weight or bloating and I do FEEL thinner but the scales dont change dramatically.

    Personally I havnt been able to maintain a substantial fast so I dont know about that.

    AN INTERESTING IDEA ive been toying around with is that according to chinese and ayuvedic medicine most foods are meant to be cooked. especially for thin vatta types. My answer to this is to include "warming foods" rather than cook foods.

    These include

    Eating food at room temp instead of straight out of fridge

    Ginger

    Chilies

    Cacao (woohoo)

    Garlic, leek, onion, fennel

    Walnuts

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