How much weight did you lose on a raw diet? My main goal for going raw is to drop about 30 pounds. I want the rest of the benefits I hear about too! But the weight loss is a major one for me. I've read about people losing incredible amounts of weight - 10 pounds in a week, 30 pounds in a month, etc. Is it all hype? Is it water weight, or muscle loss? Or is it what I'm hoping for, which is fat loss?
Also, if you did experience weight loss, what were you eating? Like, just a general idea. Did you eat mostly veggies, or mostly fruit, or a balance between the two? Did you add in fat? Again, in my reading on various websites, I came across one person saying that not eating nuts or high-fat fruits is the best way to lose weight on a raw diet. Is that true?
I don't have anyone in "real life" to talk to about going raw, so I'm depending on you all for my answers, as I can't seem to find any website that gives the particulars and a solid story on weight loss and a diet plan. Most sites praise a raw diet, they just don't go into detail.
Thanks in advance!
- Becca
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I lost most of my weight on a gourmet raw diet, got pretty 'skinny'. I then switched to 80/10/10, lost twenty more pounds, and put on a good 5 lbs of muscle. So obviously, like what the user above me said, any type of raw, you will lose weight. I didn't even exercise either, i was very sedentary the first 20 pounds.
Thanks for all the responses! Very helpful. :D
Edit: One more question: Do you remember roughly how long it took you to lose the weighjt that you lost? Was it steady, a pound or two a week? More than that, or less?
joannabanana - you gained weight (20lbs) on raw???
lol ok :) I've also had an eating disorder, a major one! it took me years to make the transition in my mind that my weight doesn't control me. (and also, to love myself at any weight.)
i really love eating food (any types) without having a fear of what this food will do to my weight. it's really liberating. at the same time, i also prefer to eat healthy, that's why i'm raw. my body just craves for fresh, healthy food.
but to be really honest, i'd love to lose weight. to be thin... (im not thin but not fat either.) from your post, i think raw food does normalize our weight, the nature-intended weight. that's why im not pressuring myself to lose, and focusing more on how i feel each day and accepting myself as i am.