The weight is melting off

[amethystrse]

You ever see those advertisements on the net about the acai berry and how people lose a lot of weight really fast?  Well, I'm not taking that.  But I am losing weight really fast.  hehe

I've been trying to go raw vegan for a while now.  But something always stops me.  Mostly that I just didn't have a lot of variety and soon needed more.  So I would break down and have cooked foods, most of them unhealthy.  Because of this I wasn't losing weight.  In 10 months I had only lost 15-20 lbs and my goal was to lose 60 lbs.  So I got a third of the way there but it was slow and my weight was constantly yo-yoing.

5 days ago I made the commitment to going raw for good this time.  But I needed help.  So I borrowed a book called Living On Live Food from a friend.  The author is Alissa Cohen.  The book is full of yummy recipes.  Plus I've been going to the local raw foodist potlucks and have learned many recipes that way.

Take a look at my livejournal to see what I've been making (I posted some pics too).  My livejournal is http://amethystrse.livejournal.com

I know this sounds like an ad but it isn't.  In the past 5 days I've lost 6 lbs.  I'm eating a lot of really yummy food too.  I still have temptation to buy a bag of chips.  But when I do I eat one of the deserts I made.  Like the raw apple pie (tastes sooooooo good). 

I'm also doing yoga which I'm sure is helping.  20 minutes of sun salutations a day.

I just had to share.  I'm having so much more fun with this diet/lifestyle than I have had in a long long time.  I didn't know it could be this much fun!

Tags: diet, raw food, weight loss

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[EileenMarie]

Mar. 31, 2009 at 8:15 PM

That is so great!  Way to go! 

An additional way to get raw fruits and vegetables in your diet is taking Juice Plus which is a whole food supplement.  It's a variety of 7 fruits and 8 vegetables with most of the sugar removed.  It's a way to get in varieties you may not eat every day like Kale, Papaya and the fruits are always in season.   In addition the fruits and vegetables are herbacide and pesticide free and it's GFCF.  It's highly nutrient dense because the fruits and vegetables are picked only when ripe, and the juicing occurs in a very short time period.  To see a video of how Juice Plus is made go to my website at www.yourgoingtolovejuiceplus.com then at the top click on Juice Plus Concept then click on Juice Plus IS and click on View the Video.  It's a short video and very interesting to see the quality that goes into Juice Plus.  Take care, Eileen

[EileenMarie]

Mar. 31, 2009 at 8:19 PM

Forgot to add Juice Plus is a variety of concentrated fruit powders put into a capsule, chewable and gummie.  They have a Children's Health Study where if an adult get's on Juice Plus capsules they can pick a child age starting at 4yrs on up and the child can get FREE! Juice Plus gummies, chewables, capsules at age 12 for FREE for up to 3 years!  I did this study with my son John who has health issues and it has made a world of difference for him and my whole family.  Eileen