Re:Raw Vegan, Non-Vegan and Non-Raw diets

Sofia,

I think you are definitely correct about going 100% raw all at once.
Looking back, I should have eased myself into it. When I first started, I was eating all the time and still starving!

I think my breakthrough was the warrior diet. I went from eating nuts and seeds all day long and being starving to eating fruits all day long and being satisfied. Even though I eat some cooked foods now, I feel much better physically and mentally.

I do think that 100% raw is the best thing for me. On the days that I don't eat cooked foods, I do feel the best. I am going to give 100% another try, but I am not going to be too hard on myself if I go off occasionally.

Only time will tell if I can get my weight up. Honestly, I was freaked when I lost almost 1 kg, but since it seems the only place I lost inches was on my waist, I guess I can attribute my lost weight to all the crap being flushed out of my inestines (at least, I hope that's what it was).

The only time I have ever weighed over 100 pounds in my life (not counting pregnancies) was when I was lifting weights, even though I used to eat enormous amounts of food, including weight gainer shakes. This is why I don't think the number of calories I eat really has any effect on me. I do believe that my weight now IS healthy for me, physically. However, I do live among americans. As such, I am constantly bombarded by criticism on my size. When I was in high school and college, I was called "half a person" and theorized to be anorexic or bulemic. Strangers have no problem making negative comments about how "skinny" I am. Even though it should not, this always leads to mental anguish on my part. This is the reason I had and will again turn to weight-lifting. I need to put on some muscle just to be able to not feel self-concious regarding other people's opinions. It is my own failing, but I am not strong enough to "not care what other people think of me". Even though I am a good, healthy weight (in my opinion), I need to do better.


Tina.

Just an aside, a 100 pound chimpanzee has the equivalent strength of 5 average men. When I was a weight-lifter (I maxed out at 108 pounds), I would go to the pet store and purchase 2 - 40 pound bags of feed. I would walk out with one bag under each arm and not even feel any discomfort, and everyone would ask me if I needed help to carry them out.