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  • how much weight did you lose during the first month?

    I'm 5'7. When I went vegan 12 years ago (and was subsequently raw because I didn't know what was and wasn't vegan), I went from 135-ish to 120. Even today my range has generally stayed from 120-130. I've been as low as 115 and as high as 135, but never for too long on either extreme. 

    As for eating nuts, I looooove fats. So much. When 8/1/1 came out I tried it and felt awful. Maybe it works for some, but I was not a fan. I don't know why we as an already-small community keep fracturing it into so many different sects but I find it unfortunate.

     

    ClaireTBucha Belly
  • Raw challenge!

    Day 4: Went well! I was on the go a bit more and need to remember to pack food.

    Morning: Cacao smoothie and cut mango. I didn't eat lunch until 1:30 and was super hungry.

    Lunch: Had another lovely kale salad and the organic tomatoes in it were amazing. Those taste like a different fruit compared to conventional counterparts. 

    Snack: Had a banana smoothie with dates, ice, and coconut milk. Delicious.

    Dinner: Made a large veggie platter with zucchini-cashew ranch, and wasn't a fan of the recipe (note: will not use raw recipes anymore until I trust the source). I added half an avocado to it and it helped the flavor. Veggie platter was cucumber, red pepper, and carrot.

    The day was fine. Not much to report. :)

    ClaireT
  • Raw challenge!

    Thanks, Claire! This is such a wealth of information for members--I think I'll treat myself to it after I'm done with this 30 day challenge, and re-up on another month. tongue-out 

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    Day 3!

    Started the morning with lemon water and a cacao smoothie. Breakfast was cut mango and watermelon. 

    Lunch was amazing kale salad. I remember the first time I ever ate kale, I was lucky enough to learn from Karen Knowler's recipe on how to prep it: squeeze lemon juice and salt, then couple it with garlic and olive oil. Massage with hands. It makes kale taste fantastic. The finely shredded texture also helps. I could eat kale by itself just with those ingredients. Then I added cucumber, tomato, and carrot, followed by the Rawtarian's ranch dressing. This dressing is amazing and will easily be my go-to dressing for many other salads. I also ate the last burger patty from last night.

    Afternoon was another cacao smoothie which at this point is basically my two-cups-a-day coffee replacement.

    Evening snack was about 6 mangosteens (those suckers are kinda small). 

    Dinner was Jason Wrobel's beet and blood orange salad. He does beautiful dishes so I was looking forward to this one but I messed it up, unfortunately. I wet chopped the beets, which made the dish TOO wet. Then, I added more salt and balsamic than I should've... such is the problem with imprecise ingredient lists. I'm not skilled enough in the kitchen--at all--to add flavors without exact measurements. It's a little frustrating because I can taste the potential of the recipe, but it just didn't come together for me. Which is a shame because I used most of my pistachios in it, haha. I still ate it because I'm not too discerning and I might be able to repair it but overall = fail.  

    Energy levels were good even though I was on the go. I had my first "popup craving" which I define as inexplicably getting the taste of a cooked food dish. It just appears, it's so strange. Sometimes this happens with dishes I haven't had since childhood. In this case, I got the taste of idli. Presently, I live in south India which has some of the BEST vegan dishes. It's very different from north India, so very few people have tried typical south Indian staples like idlis and dosas. There are few raw vegans here, so it's not like there's "raw vegan korma" or "raw vegan appams," unfortunately. I'm not a good enough raw cook to try and replicate such staples, but maybe I'll try someday. 

    Digestion is good but weird. Morning of day 4 I have very mild flu-like symptoms and little appetite. Nothing I can't handle. 

    ClaireT
  • My new journey: Going completely raw! Who joins? In need of support:)

     Isaline, you posted this ages ago but I'll be your support friend if you want to continue... how's it going for you??

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  • Raw challenge!

    Alright, no comments, that's cool. I'll just comment on the board directly here. smile

    For background, I'm 31 female (a/s/l? lol). I'm doing this as an overall self-improvement project, especially as a way to study how my individual actions affect our planet/the collective. Since I genuinely believe the planet would be better off if everyone ate more fruits and veggies, I'm going from there by doing 100% raw. I'm prioritizing organic produce especially. I'll be in Bali for two weeks of this challenge, which will create slightly unique hurdles but considering it's one of the most vegan-friendly vacation spots I'm not too worried. I could very well continue past 30 days, but I know it's a mental thing to say to myself, "I'm stuck doing this forever oh no." So, 30 days it is. In terms of health, I'm already in pretty good shape and in my ideal weight range. If I become less skinny fat, then that's a total added bonus though. 

    This is day 3, actually. Day 1 and 2 were fine. Day 1 I felt amazing and had very good energy. I normally take a nap mid-day and didn't feel the need to do so, which is great. In fact, this was neither of the two days, in site of my toddler not giving me much rest on one of the nights.

    Day 1 food: Morning smoothie of fresh coconut milk, 6 dates, ice, and cacao nibs. Ate watermelon and pomegranate seeds for breakfast. Lunch was a salad of purple cabbage, cucumber, carrot, and pomegranate seeds with Rawtarian's ranch dressing in her new cookbook (which was amazing, btw). Post-lunch I had a strawberry smoothie with coconut milk, dates, and strawberry. Dinner was a large bowl of (cold) cucumber dill soup. Made it by blending avocado, cucumber, dill, salt, and then added pepper. 

    Day 2 food: same morning smoothie as yesterday. For breakfast ate mango and pomegranate seeds. Lunch was salad of purple cabbage, cucumber, carrot, pomegranate seeds with the curry dressing. It was fine, but I used green curry paste instead of curry powder which made for a different flavor. Post lunch was another cacao smoothie. Dinner, I made the protein burgers in the Rawtarian's new book. I didn't have hemp seeds, though, so I did extra flax and walnut. I ate two of the patties and it was super dense and filling. I like that it made my stomach full but didn't make my brain foggy or lethargic. 

    I'll write more about day 3 at the end of today. I'll try to be cognizant of stuff like how I'm feeling, etc. I wish there was a way to upload pictures since I'd show meals and a picture of me, but I'm not seeing that functionality. So there we have it. :)

    ClaireT