WHy I follow a low fat raw vegan diet

ndj-- help me understand here. Unhealthy relationship how?
before I think I had an unhealthy relationship when I was 220lbs.
Now I eat whatever I want. It's just that I've been eating clean food for so long that my tastebuds have changed. I love fresh food and I am happier than I have ever been in my life because of all the energy I have, the clarity of mind, my health, loosing weight, gaining more muscle, and just have an overwhelming sense of joy.
So I just want to know- this idea- it comes from something I said in my post- or is it projection? Meaning you imagine what your life would be like on my lifestyle?

eh IDK …labeling whole food groups "bad" and then completely restricting just does not sound like a unhealthy relationship with food. Food is just food, that we use for energy. IT is not evil, it will not make you fat, skinny, etc….wont make you depressed, or happy, it is just good.

You could eat regular foods and have similar results…just saying.

I eat all the foods that you have deemed bad and restricted and I have had great success…

If I ate like you ate, I would be 1 - starving…2 - have horrible gym performance 3 - be miserable….

Just my two cents...

I totally understand your perspective. Did you see my post on what I eat-- trust me it's alot - not starving by any means. What I want to say when I talk about "not eating certain foods" isn't because I won't keep loosing weight I did a high protein diet and had success with my first 30some pounds. I do this because of the ENERGY that I feel. I feel soooo alive! When I don't eat this way I don't feel the same-- THAT"S why I say that I don't eat other things.
To be honest if I had to give someone else advice on what to eat - this would be it "cut out the highly processed junk and get your body moving"

Ok guys - with all respect I get what you're trying to tell me. That a lot of you would not be able to thrive on this lifestyle, and guess what? You don't have to. This is just the lifestyle that works sooooo well for me. I personally know multi-marathon runners, bodybuilders, and people who have cured themselves from diseases on this lifestyle. Lifestyle is not just about what we eat.
I'll share with you some before and after pics and then I'll share a pic of what I am planing to look like by the end of this year. You know what-- send me a friend request if you are curious to see if I'll get there. Even if you don't believe - let's see what's possible? I promise I won't make you eat Kale :P
But let's see what this year has in store. I'm tracking EVERYTHING-- and well I guess we'll just have to see if I get there

My before and after... (now and wanting to loose another 30-45 lbs)

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This is what I want to get to (but picture a green smoothie instead...
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Have you started lifting yet?

Sorry if you covered that in the previous 5 pages of walls of text.

Yes I have. I will candidly admit that I am clueless when it comes to this, but like everything else in my life I am a tenacious learner. Will get a trainer soon. Also I was told - muscles are build in the gym and abs are built in the kitchen.
I am telling you I WILL DO THIS!!!

I'm sorry, when you say 80/10/10, is that your macros setup? Because that is far from a healthy and balanced diet. Your way of eating is taking over your life. If that's not an unhealthy relationship with food, I don’t know what is...

Yup. Disordered eating, revisionist thinking, obsession with eating seriously affecting her personal life, progression from one fad diet to another, unhealthy diet, etc. I'm seeing things like this on her pre-vegan high-protein diet:

"My body does really gravitate towards Dukan naturally. I don't crave carbs at all, but I do crave protein"

"I was really craving bad carbs this weekend, pad thai, lo mein, pizza, but it's the one thing I won't let myself have. I feel like even having one small carb will be a very slippery slope. "

"I am a VERY happy Dukaner this morning!!!! I am so glad I started my fitness plan last night!"

"I need to loose 15 lbs in a relatively short period of time (less than a month) and [Dukan] is the only way I know how"

This is really all over the place and more than a little worrisome.

I'm vegan and commend the OP on her journey to veganism and the HIGH CARB life. I understand that most of you here on a SAD diet will resist and not understand the way of thinking of veganism, high carb or why people eat raw.

I'm not denying the OP may have orthorexia- an unhealthy obsession with eating healthy.
80/10/10 IS HEALTHY MACO RATIO. Human breast milk- which is a food that one can live on for the rest of their life, only contains 5% calories from protein. This is a time in your life which you are developing the most. Think about that.
High fat, disguised as high protein diets such as paleo, atkins, etc are the reason most Americans are fat, overweight and sick.

I'm honestly not expecting anyone to get this at all- and expecting to receive backlash if anyone reads this.
A high carb diet doesn't require calorie restriction. So 10% of calories from protein actually ends up being a lot- if you're eating 2,500 or more calories a day.

Ok- very ignorant question. Why am I being referred to as OP?