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it is mostly fruits?
My boyfriend follows the 811 diet and got me the book so that I could check it out. I’m interested, but I agree with bitt in that there are not enough greens in the diet. I think I would change the ratios a little bit. I also don’t see any problem with eating dried fruits.
I agree with sweetpea. A low-fat diet is super important. In the 811 book, Graham cautions against high fat intakes. A lot of raw vegans consume far more fat than they think they do, which ends in heart conditions and other ailments. I am going to start watching out for this when I eat!
My diet isn’t like that, i prefer vegs to fuit, and i eat fat coming from avos and olive oil dayly, some days i eat seeds and nuts too, i use as much oil as i want (i mean i don’t measure it) and almost everyday i eat 2 avo. i’m in my second month raw right now.
PS. Inuit diet is 70% fat, i don’t know where could they find ingredients (i mean when they live in their traditional diet) to follow a 80/10/10 diet.
deborahann (my name is deborah renee!), moth…and everyone else,
i just put the kids to bed and jumped on this site because with warm weather really hitting in to town tomorrow, i am starting 80/10/10 and i’m very excited. i went to trader joe’s and stocked up on organic fruits for the next few days. i was going to post a thread about this, but here’s one already!
a few weeks ago i did it for two days and it felt very good.
i think this site is very supportive for such a lifestyle. people are successful with it and those that do not follow it are still supportive.
by the way, i have twins that are four and i’m a stay at home mom.
deborahann (my name is deborah renee!), moth…and everyone else,
i just put the kids to bed and jumped on this site because with warm weather really hitting in to town tomorrow, i am starting 80/10/10 and i’m very excited. i went to trader joe’s and stocked up on organic fruits for the next few days. i was going to post a thread about this, but here’s one already!
a few weeks ago i did it for two days and it felt very good.
i think this site is very supportive for such a lifestyle. people are successful with it and those that do not follow it are still supportive.
by the way, i have twins that are four and i’m a stay at home mom.
i’m debbie or deb, too.
twins are the best. are these their first children? twins are crazy! pure chaos….fun chaos. mine are four and now that they are potty trained and a lot more independent, we have lots of fun (lots of time out’s, too)
Rather than lemon, I prefer squeezing the juice of a whole orange onto my salads. Delicious!
Well, I just woke and got the morning started and I am very excited about this change. I do not turn the computer on over Shabbat, but I will be posting quite a bit and checking in so I can share and learn. Between this thread and the other with all fruit, I’m learning so much.
deborahann, good luck to anyone with a twin pregnancy. it’s more of a challenge. i gained 70 lbs and only a three stretch marks! maybe the almond oil worked! or maybe it was genetics. but i was in bed for the last part of the pregnancy because my babies wanted out! they were/are strong and healthy (as you can tell by their picture).
el-bo, thanks for the info.
fyi i, personally, am going to try not to calculate calories. due to the fact that i’m going to always be sensitive to my eating disorder. i am planning fruit till dinner, then a salad!
moth, i agree. i am leaning towards mono eating and not stocking up on the pricey “gourmet” raw foods.
my biggest challenge will be feeling “full”. i fill up fast, but for short spans of time then hunger hits fast!
Yesterday (Friday) I ate about 10 bananas through the day, an early snack of strawberries, a late snack of carrots then dinner of a huge salad. The salad wasn’t one of my best, but it’ll come back to me. I did have a bite of very dark chocolate before bedtime.
I also had some yerba matte tea with agave and goji berries (i put the berries in the tea).
Today, I started with bananas, then lunch was another salad (a very good salad), then dinner of a fruit salad with peaches, grapes, banana and pineapple (my family loved the fruit salad). And I just had the munchies for a little chocolate (what can I say), the 80% cocoa organic chocolate, just a bite. :)
Also, today, I had a few dates as a “dessert” after lunch and dinner. So, basically it’s bananas, carrots, salads (kale, romaine, cucumber, zucchini, avocado, carrots, oj for dressing) and dates.
The only curious thing is that my stomach is a bit swollen just below the belly button. Wondering what’s going on (or coming out….sorry).