Raw or diet inciters

staciehankinson

Like several of you have posted, I too am not satisfied with my weight despite apparent calorie deficit and weight lifting and exercise. What do you think of a fruit or raw food short term diet to jump start the weight loss? It's not sustainable but the weight loss would be on motion. Does anyone have any short term inciters?

sollyn23l2

It's an awful idea. Just be patient.

cmriverside

"Apparent" calorie deficit is not calorie deficit. If you've been at a calorie number for 4-6 weeks and lost nothing, then you need to cut another 200-300 calories.

neanderthin

I like my bacon and eggs cooked, so no, raw wouldn't work for me.

paperpudding

I think it is not going to b enifit you at all.

Starting something non sustainable and then going back to your regular way of eating isn't going to help.

I would do a 'start as you mean to go on' diet, eating in a way that is sustainable long term with small tweaks along the way if needed.

AnnPT77

I'm not a big believer in jump starts, personally. They usually involve extreme tactics, are unsustainable by intention, bespeak impatience.

What I'd suggest instead is using the honeymoon period of high motivation and enthusiasm to experiment and find personalized tactics that an individual can stick with relatively easily long enough to lose a meaningful total amount of weight, then keep the excess off forever.

Weight management - staying at a good weight long term - rewards personalization, wily tactics, patience.

YMMV.

If you can turn the temporary dopamine hit of initial quick loss into some kind of long term sustainable strategy, you might succeed.

cwolfman13

An apparent calorie deficit is not a calorie deficit. People put way too much stock into these calculators (estimates) as well as their own ability to log precisely and accurately. Would a raw veggie and fruit diet result in losing weight? Probably...in the same way as just reducing calories a bit more would. I would encourage you to embrace the process of becoming the identity that you want to be. You want to be a lean, healthy, and fit individual...then consistently do the things that lean, healthy, and fit people do and the rest will take care of itself. Create your habits around that identity rather than the objective goal of being XXX Lbs. Embrace the process and your systems and over time, good things happen.



You are currently in the valley of disappointment of the plateau of latent potential...keep going...this is where people tend to give up and/or do all kinds of crazy stuff to achieve an objective goal rather than an identity goal.

staciehankinson

Thank you. I really like all the comments especially wolfman. I appreciate learning there is a community here

VegjoyP

First, whatever you do should NOT be short term. Then what? The results go away when diet ends. It's lifestyle change. That being said, ADDING some raw and fruit CAN be beneficial. I'm completely WFPB, vegan and it takes knowledge and learning to thrive with ANY meal regimine, for each of us because we are unique.
We did not get where we are over night and it's much wiser amd sustainable to think long term.
Are you monitoring accurately?