Raw Vegan?

Please do NOT follow Freelee's diet... she has no credentials and does not understand nutrition.

If you do, Do NOT eat 3000-4000 calories a day. I know she loves to say that her diet is special because there are no calorie restrictions but that's bull****.

For the 1st, 1 and a half years on her vegan diet she didn't lose much weight. After that, she actually cycled across Australia from Adelaide to the GoldCoast across Australia for 40 days and that's when the pounds dropped off. She was burning an a lot of calories everyday... Unless you want to quit your job or school and do that everyday. Freelee herself has said this. She even appeared in a newspaper for that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvsXf9q2vHs watch 4:16 onwards to 6:15 or you could just skip straight to 5:53 to see Freelee herself say it.

She understates how much she exercises but I can guarantee that there is no way you can get abs like hers or arms like hers by exercising 3 times a week like she says she does and eating such a high calorie diet.

She cycles everyday and jogs in the morning as well. If you notice she only has 2 meals a day. her lunch is usually very light like some dried banana chips..

I really don't care about the 'rawtil4' diet. you can try it if you want to but everything should be eaten in moderation. 51 bananas a day on top of the coconut sugar and the coconut water she dumps in is insane. Do not aim for a 3000-4000 calorie diet. unless you exercise as much as Freelee does.

This diet may not work for everyone the way it does for freelee.

Don't go eating 51 bananas a day.

I have nothing against raw vegan lifestyle. I just don't think you should be eating 3000-4000 cals like Freelee does and advocates.

I think she looks great and seems healthy (she gets B12 shots I believe to prevent that issue). But I find if I don't eat some seeds and nuts in there I get very foggy headed and very cranky and depressed very fast. I need more fat in my diet than some people seem to need. It's up to all of us individually to find the foods that work best for us: satisfy hunger, give energy, and improve mental and emotional well-being. So experiment with anything you want that isn't likely to put you in a pine box.

I always take fitness/health/nutrition advice from unqualified internet/youtube gurus. I also take advice from people who play doctors on TV.

The only nutrition advice I'd take from a YouTube guru is Furious Pete. He can shotgun 2 family size bottles of yellow mustard in a sitting.

You had me at

watch Freelee the Banana girl

Now with improved gag reflex!

Look into FullyRaw Kristina's recipes.
They are all very delicious and have a good balance of veggies/fruit and nuts/seeds/fats.
I love to eat her recipes, but I usually cut the portion size down quite a bit.

I don't eat fully raw, or even raw till 4. But I love fresh fruits and vegetables, and I feel great when I eat lots of them.
I try to fill my diet with loads of raw fruits and vegetables, but I will eat bread, grains, chocolate, etc too.

I don't enjoy such a restrictive diet. (Freelee says garlic is poisonous .... wtf)

But you should try it if you are interested, and change it up to find what makes you feel best ^__^

I went on a juice cleanse and diet for 19 days. The recipe was 4 celery stalks, kale, 2 granny smith apples, ginger root and half a lemon and a cucumber. I loved the energy and I never felt hungry. I felt the fat being sucked right out of my body. It was a great start to get me going and i am now continuing to juice some days when i get that starved i need to eat right NOW feeling. Its immediate nutrition and takes that feeling away immediately. Sounds crazy but true.

Did you document this fat sucking phenomenon?

Look into FullyRaw Kristina's recipes.
They are all very delicious and have a good balance of veggies/fruit and nuts/seeds/fats.
I love to eat her recipes, but I usually cut the portion size down quite a bit.

I don't eat fully raw, or even raw till 4. But I love fresh fruits and vegetables, and I feel great when I eat lots of them.
I try to fill my diet with loads of raw fruits and vegetables, but I will eat bread, grains, chocolate, etc too.

I don't enjoy such a restrictive diet. (Freelee says garlic is poisonous .... wtf)

But you should try it if you are interested, and change it up to find what makes you feel best ^__^

^^ Yes I agree with this. Her meals are much more varied and they look delicious as well.

I went on a juice cleanse and diet for 19 days. The recipe was 4 celery stalks, kale, 2 granny smith apples, ginger root and half a lemon and a cucumber. I loved the energy and I never felt hungry. I felt the fat being sucked right out of my body. It was a great start to get me going and i am now continuing to juice some days when i get that starved i need to eat right NOW feeling. Its immediate nutrition and takes that feeling away immediately. Sounds crazy but true.

Sounds legit

If you haven't noticed, the community isn't big on supporting crazy diets, (as noted with all the sarcastic answers, lol), especially when it's from a nut job on youtube. There is nothing wrong with going raw vegan, but if you do, you have to understand how to acquire the correct nutrients otherwise you will probably end up in the hospital with issues. Keep in mind, that outside of personal reasons, there is no benefit of going raw vegan from a weight loss perspective. You can gain and lose just as much weight on any lifestyle or diet.