Raw Vegan LifeStyle?

That's a negative, Ghost Rider

You mean the girl with the history of ED who eats 30 bananas a day?

I bet if you sign up for whatever she's selling, she'll be happy to sell it to you.

Does not sound sustainable at all. Just one big scare tactic.

I was on Youtube and came across "Freelee The Banana Girl" (http://www.youtube.com/user/Freelea/videos) She only eats raw vegan food and I was wondering if thats a good route to go down and how to start? Right now I'm 133 and defiantly have quite a few pounds to lose. What do you think?

she's a nutcase. Why would you want to emulate her behavior?

oh, and your UGW would be underweight for your height. You do not have as much to lose as you think you do.

Hence the defiance in her weight loss.

You really think that's a realistic way for you to eat? It's not something you do to lose a few pounds, it's a massive lifestyle overhaul.

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If you can do it, it is extremely healthy. It's hard to stick to, and unless you are an athlete, it's not necessary. Don't let the naysayers on this site talk you out of it, if it interests you. I can tell you from personal experience that when i was eating all raw, i felt AMAZING!

If you can do it, it is extremely healthy. It's hard to stick to, and unless you are an athlete, it's not necessary. Don't let the naysayers on this site talk you out of it, if it interests you. I can tell you from personal experience that when i was eating all raw, i felt AMAZING!

I guess this depends on how you define "extremely healthy".

And why aren't you currently eating all raw? Is it because it's wholly unsustainable long-term?

Maybe he decided that feeling AMAZING! wasn't all it's cracked up to be. I mean, who would want to feel that way all the time?

If you can do it, it is extremely healthy. It's hard to stick to, and unless you are an athlete, it's not necessary. Don't let the naysayers on this site talk you out of it, if it interests you. I can tell you from personal experience that when i was eating all raw, i felt AMAZING!

I guess this depends on how you define "extremely healthy".

And why aren't you currently eating all raw? Is it because it's wholly unsustainable long-term?

Maybe he decided that feeling AMAZING! wasn't all it's cracked up to be. I mean, who would want to feel that way all the time?

Money and season. Eating fresh organic fruit for most meals is expensive. I started including things like potatoes, oatmeal, rice and beans into my diet to save money. It's also winter here right now. I have 2 feet of snow on my lawn. Fresh produce in the stores right is hard to find. Just wait until gardening season.

Oh, well in that case, I do something very similar. During growing/harvest season, I eat a lot of locally-grown produce from farmers' markets and CSA shares.

I suppose the difference is, I cook a lot of mine...and I also eat a lot of locally-grown livestock/locally-harvested game.

The similarity is, I also feel amazing then (but that's probably because it's spring/summer/fall and not winter).

I suggest reading 80/10/10 (which is what freelee based the banana girl diet off of) if you read the actual book you will get a 100x better idea of the lifestyle then from watching a few YouTube videos. I do 80/10/10 but I do it MY way, not Freelees & not other people's way I pretty much just made it my own & I'm not 100% raw. Truthfully it's still all about calories in, calories out and then what lifestyle you pick will determine how your body will be health and looks wise. It's an entire lifestyle change not a few months diet to shed some pounds though.

I was all ready to disagree with your post, but honestly, while I do disagree with the the supposed healthiness of 80/10/10 and the argument behind it, I *completely* agree with your approach and rationale that you used to decide to follow it.

So while I can't necessarily get behind your conclusion, I can certainly say "^this" to your reasoning that you used to get there.

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You can be healthy regardless of the lifestyle or diet you follow. Don't follow a raw vegan lifestyle if you are only doing it for weight loss because you only need a deficit. If there are moral or personal reasons for eliminating meat than that's one but follow it as a fad will probably cause you to binge or fail. Following a diet such as raw, paleo, primal, etc.. won't automatically make you healthy because there are many variables to health. Personally, i found when I went paleo, it just cut out too much food and I found myself binging on the foods i missed. For me, moderation worked best.

Second, if the pick is current, there is NO way you can lose 30 lbs without losing large amounts of muscle. And since muscle is tight and lean, the more you lose, the more likely your body fat % will be higher. Ideally, you should concentrate on fat loss, not weight loss. Losing too much weight can increase the chance you will have to rebuild what you lost to be happy with your body which will exponentially increase the timeframe you will be working with. So I wouldn't be picking a goal weight that is borderline underweight. Honestly, at this point, you should be doing resistance training (eating about 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass) and have a small deficit.