Has anyone tried the Raw Food Diet?
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You need protien thats why your tired.\nRaw diets make you poop alot too, so you need to drink lots of water...
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Before a very stressful period of my life which caused me to gain weight, I had a killer set of abs thanks to Billy Blanks: Abs and Glutes exercises. I know this sounds like a sponsored promotion, but I assure you. using that DVD regularly (every other day, if possible) had me sporting a nice ladylike 6 pack!\n\nVegetarianism is cool, but optimum health is achieved with a vegan or raw food vegan/mostly vegan diet. The raw food diet is especially good as you can eat as much as you like, but make sure it is raw (i.e humungous salad for dinner, smoothie with a fruit pudding for breakfast, stuffed lettuce/peppers for lunch etc).\n\nSit-ups/crunches alone, suck. \n\nA personal trainer once told me that one of the greatest things you can do for your abs is going for a sprint, keeping a mental focus on your abdominal area. Not sure how true that is!
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I think of your ass.  Why you ask?  Because I read your question about beans being good for your heart, and you said...\n\n"I tried it and boy my a** is raw."\n\n:D
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It's not the food, It's the cooking and processing.\n\nAfter trying for 10 years. I finally lost 150+ lbs (12 stone) and kept it off for over 3 years now. I am now in amazing health, all around, not just thinner.\n\nI did it without medicine, workouts, religion, going hungry or hating my food and without an operation or secret formula. I had tried counting: calories; carbs; fat; etc. I had tried jogging, swimming, weights,  aerobics, crazy medicines and starving! But nothing ever worked well or lasted very long.\n\nI also had Hypertension, High Blood Pressure, Chronic Asthma, vision and hearing loss. constant colds and ills, annual flu or pneumonia and more. I was approved for bypass surgery and  taking usually between 16 and 20 pills a day.\n\ntake a look at my before and after pictures...\n---------------------------------------------------------------\nI'm Chris...\nhttp://www.fromsadtoraw.com/Journals/Chris/Pictures/RawPictures.htm\n\nhttp://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/personalgrowthnow/album?.dir=/bfa5&.src=ph&.tok=ph1YNpEBJB8qTLBg\n\nmore info:\nhttp://www.thelighthousewebworld.com/raw.htm
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I was thinking about going thru it. Did it work 4 you? Did you loose weight or was it a scam.
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I have found some RAW, ORGANIC, LIVE, WHOLE FOOD in powder form.  I have had allergies but they went away when I began taking this stuff made of totally organic vegetables, fruits and other ingredients.  Send me an email privately and I will tell you more if you wish.  \n\nzhebee
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It is easy, but unhealthy and may jeopardize your health.  I tried it personally before and lost 10 pounds in a week with my original weight as 114 to 104.  I only ate vegetable and drank water to survive. However, I gained it back a year later... coz if you can't keep up that diet, you will surely gain it back or worse double it up later....
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I have tried it.  It works but it is only because you have to be strict with yourself and eat a super low fat diet and excercise as soon as you stop if you don't have the willpower to continue the weight will go back on.
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Nutrisystem food sucks!!! And I was always starving to death!\nThe serving size is soooooo tiny! And I know that it is the best way to lose weight. But get real!! One of the cereal packets had 1/2 cup of cereal in it. And nearly every thing has beans in it. One of the dinners I ate the beans were stil crunchy! The deserts I got were mostly soy chips or nasty pretzels.\nJust not my idea of a diet that I could stick to.
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I was on it about  years ago and lost 50 lbs. I am back on it again and have lost 20 lbs so far. It's a good diet as long as you stick with it and follow all the rules. But realize too, that it is a lifestyle change
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This goes into an interesting area.  There is a book out there called the Warrior Diet.  It talks of this very style of eating.  It can be healthy but you have to do it right.  This was basically the diet of natives and other hunter/gather societies.  Our bodies are probably more adapt at this diet then the crap we have forced into over the last 70 years.  I would change it up from apples to other nutritious fruits.  Read the Warrior Diet and get a better prospective.
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Yes.\n\nPlease, please please don't continue with this unhealthy diet treadmill as it will mess up your body's metabolism (that's how your body deals with food). Diets put the body under additional stress. You need fat on your body to ensure it develops properly and that you don't have bone thinning or fertility problems later in life. I suggest you go to http://www.dove.co.uk/uk_en/ and check out their campaign for real beauty feature - every woman deserves to be made to feel beautiful without conforming to an impossible to achieve image created by the media. \n\nIf you're worried about it, read the following carefully and think about what you want and why you want it. Is it to fit in or is it because you want to be healthy (not thin, thin isn't automatically healthy).\n\nThere is no such thing as a safe quick weight loss. Diets and diet pills don't work they just act on the pituitary gland (this is a part of the body in the brain that helps make your body work properly). Diets make the body lose water not fat (water loss means weight loss). It's good to exercise or run about and have fun as anything which raises your pulse and makes you sweat is good. If you don't eat enough the body goes into "famine" mode if it doesn't get enough norishment (ie, it thinks it's being starved) and stores anything it does get as fat, rather than glucose (glucose is a form of sugar which is what every cell in your body uses for energy). Every cell in your body respires (this is like breathing - good stuff goes in and bad goes out) and this uses energy, ie, food. Without enough energy, your metabolism slows and food is stored as fat. Incidentally, who says you need to lose weight and do you really need to lose the weight? The only thing guaranteed to get a body healthy (note I don't say "lose weight") is to exercise and eat a healthy, balanced, wide variety of foods plus the occasional treat in moderation (this stops any food becoming "naughty" and therefore craved). Please note that body muscles weigh four times more than body fat because the fibres are so much closer together. Some fat is important on the body though as it helps regulate hormonal levels in the body and prevents osteoporosis and other bone wasting diseases in later life. Some fat is important on women as too little can cause periods to stop and fertility problems. Girls are made differently to boys and a totally flat stomach and no hips isn't healthy on a woman. The question to ask yourself is - how do you look in a mirror - not how much do you weigh. If you think you look untoned, then include some excercise using light weights (low weight, lifted lots of times) into your life.\n\nI have friends who have taken up Pilates and although they never lost weight, their clothes looked fantastic on them, their posture improved and their entire bodies firmed up. I watched this happen. Pilates strengthens your core muscles (the ones that hold your skeleton in place) which makes you stand properly which makes you look slimmer. I believe that yoga also does this although I don't know anyone who has done this. Additionally, try dance (old style ballroom / salsa) as this is a fun way to tone up. Any excercise / activity that raises your heart rate and makes you sweat BUT IS FUN will ensure you stick to it and get fitter.\n\nAdditionally, drink lots of water. Lots of people eat when they are in fact thirsty. If you feel hungry, drink a glass of water first and if you're still hungry half an hour later, then eat. Eat sensibly and regularly and don't forget to eat breakfast (so named because it "breaks" the night's "fast"). Missing breakfast starts the day off badly as your body will just crave and store anything you eat later as fat. Try to avoid having too many fizzy, sugar filled drinks or a lot of fried (especially deep fried) foods. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Try n
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Yes. i just went through it a few days ago. you just have to do it. get your mind set and go for it. especially if you're over weight because that's just plain old unhealthy. start a good regimen and stick with it. it would be hard at 1st, but you'll start to get used to it. going to the gym doesn't do anything if you're not eating correctly too...just a heads up.
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ive never heard of it... though theres some people who just cant keep on a diet so i doubt it would work for everyone.. post more about this diet!
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Hi, yes I have - I know someone who was on it and they never lost weight but just got ill.  Instead, read the following as it might help.\n\nI got best answer for this before (the first bit) so someone thought it was worthwhile information and I think I'll continue to use it until people start being sensible about their body image and stop bowing to what they think they should look like.\n\nThere is no such thing as a safe quick weight loss. Diets and diet pills don't work they just act on the pituitary gland and make the body lose water (hence weight). It's good to exercise as anything which raises your pulse and makes you sweat is good. It may also be that you're not having enough calories as the body goes into "famine" mode if it doesn't get enough norishment and stores anything it does get as fat, rather than glucose. Every cell in your body respires and this uses energy, ie, food. Without enough energy, your metabolism slows and food is stored as fat. Incidentally, who says you need to lose weight and do you really need to lose the weight? The only thing guaranteed to get a body healthy (note I don't say "lose weight") is to exercise and eat a healthy, balanced, wide variety of foods plus the occasional treat in moderation (this stops any food becoming "naughty" and therefore craved). Please note that body muscle mass weighs four times more than body fat because the fibres are so much closer together. Some fat is important on the body though as it helps regulate hormonal levels in the body and prevents osteoporosis and other bone wasting diseases in later life. Some fat is important on women as too little can cause periods to stop and fertility problems. Women are designed differently to men and a totally flat stomach and no hips isn't healthy on a woman. The question to ask yourself is - do your clothes fit better and how do you look in a mirror - not how much do you weigh. If you think you look untoned, then incorporate some light weights (low weight, high repetitions) into your regime.\n\nAdditionally, I have friends who have taken up Pilates and although they never lost weight, their clothes looked fantastic on them, their posture improved and their entire bodies firmed up. I watched this happen. Pilates strengthens your core muscles (the ones that hold your skeleton in place) so correcting posture imbalances and making a slimmer shape. I believe that yoga also does this although I don't know anyone who has done this. Additionally, try dance (old style ballroom / salsa) as this is a fun way to tone up. Any excercise / activity that raises your heart rate and makes you sweat BUT IS FUN will ensure you stick to it and get fitter.\n\nAdditionally, drink lots of water. Lots of people eat when they are in fact thirsty. If you feel hungry, drink a glass of water first and if you're still hungry half an hour later, then eat. Eat sensibly and regularly and don't forget to eat breakfast (so named because it "breaks" the night's "fast"). Missing breakfast starts the day off badly as your body will just crave and store anything you eat later as fat.\n\nHope this helps.
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I cannot answer your question, but wanted to share an anectdote that may make it easier for you next time you fast. For a few months I did a raw food diet (~ 80%) and it was very easy with no headache or other unpleasant symptoms at all to fast. The supposition was amongst we raw foodists that the body had the chance to catch up all along & so didn't have any extra to "dump" into the blood when the fast started.\n\nExcellent question!\n\n;-)
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ABSOLUTELY! I swear by it. I had tried every diet and fitness plan under the sun with little to no result. Then I tried the Abs diet (which i saw in Men's health magazine of all places... I'm a female) and i've gotten spectacular results. It doesn't feel like a diet at all. I eat more (6 times a day) and exercise less than I have with other plans and will remain with it for life. Don't believe that six meals a day aren't doable either. I work full time, go to school, am 45 years old and a single mom and I manage it just fine. You can too. Keep in mind that the 6 meals are specific and healthy foods. Not eating whatever you like 6 times a day.