Gaining Weight on raw till 4
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sxaidi
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Hi guys
I am on raw till 4 due to health reasons and I have been on this lifestyle for 6 months now. Initially I lost weight but I gained it all back and not just the lost weight but 25 pounds more. I feel horrible. I have been doing everything right eating 2000 or more calories.
I must say that it has helped me with my health and energy levels. I am happier but its so hard to follow this lifestyle when everyone keeps telling me you are fat and you are eating so much.
Please help any support motivation and success story will help me stick to it otherwise I am losing all faith in this diet.
I am on raw till 4 due to health reasons and I have been on this lifestyle for 6 months now. Initially I lost weight but I gained it all back and not just the lost weight but 25 pounds more. I feel horrible. I have been doing everything right eating 2000 or more calories.
I must say that it has helped me with my health and energy levels. I am happier but its so hard to follow this lifestyle when everyone keeps telling me you are fat and you are eating so much.
Please help any support motivation and success story will help me stick to it otherwise I am losing all faith in this diet.
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CICO, you're eating too much0
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I know but this is the recommended amount on raw till 4 they say if you are eating less then you gain weight
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The program isn't taking into account your personal stats. You lose weight in a calorie deficit. Clearly you've been eating at a surplus.
What is your height, weight, age and body fat%? What do you do for a living? What is your exercise level like?0 -
Unfortunately, it sounds like that advice is not really backed by medical science. Since you are on the diet for health reasons, why don't you try slowly dialing back on the calories until you start seeing some small losses?0
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I know but this is the recommended amount on raw till 4 they say if you are eating less then you gain weight
What? Do I understand this correctly? According to them, if you eat less you gain weight?
If that's what they're stating, then get off the plan ASAP, because they are fundamentally so far off base, it's scary. If you mistyped what they state, then please correct it.0 -
I am 31 I now weigh 175 and I have always been n calorie restricted diet not more than 1200. I am an artist and I also teach at an art school. So I am normally up on my feet. And I workout as well at least 3 days a week0
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OK. I just looked at the rawtill4diet website.
Yeah, it's completely moronic and wrong. Do yourself a favor and stop now. Not tomorrow, not next week - now.
Use MFP the way it is designed. You can eat whichever foods you want, but stay within your Calorie budget that MFP gives you.0 -
I am 31 I now weigh 175 and I have always been n calorie restricted diet not more than 1200. I am an artist and I also teach at an art school. So I am normally up on my feet. And I workout as well at least 3 days a week
Height & body fat% please? What do your workouts consist of? How long is each session?
I thought you said you ate 2000 not 1200..?0 -
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What? Do I understand this correctly? According to them, if you eat less you gain weight?
If that's what they're stating, then get off the plan ASAP, because they are fundamentally so far off base, it's scary. If you mistyped what they state, then please correct it.
Yes you did. Its high carb low fat raw till 4 vegan diet and the recommended amount is 2000 or more it can even go to 2500 to 3000. And they say to increase metabolism its important to eat more and everybody following that lifestyle is thin. So they tell me to stick to it long term to see results as my body is healing.
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furioushummingbird wrote: »I am 31 I now weigh 175 and I have always been n calorie restricted diet not more than 1200. I am an artist and I also teach at an art school. So I am normally up on my feet. And I workout as well at least 3 days a week
Height & body fat% please? What do your workouts consist of? How long is each session?
I thought you said you ate 2000 not 1200..?
I am 5' 5 I dont know my body fat. I meant to say before this lifestyle I ate 1200 cal and my workouts are combination of strength training and cardio. You may know about the shred program, I am on level 1.
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This plan is total bull. Stop following it now and just eat in a deficit.0
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http://thebananagirl.com/raw-till-4-faqs.php
please check this and there are people on this lifestyle who claim to have successfully transformed and reversed their medical conditions.0 -
Yes you did. Its high carb low fat raw till 4 vegan diet and the recommended amount is 2000 or more it can even go to 2500 to 3000. And they say to increase metabolism its important to eat more and everybody following that lifestyle is thin. So they tell me to stick to it long term to see results as my body is healing.
That sounds kind of horrible, to be honest. And highly inaccurate... Yes, you eat more to lose weight but it differs from person to person.
Using the stats you gave me, Harris-Benedict puts your BMR at 1577 calories. That is the amount of calories you would eat if you were basically comatose and keeping your vital organs functioning properly. You're doing 30 Day Shred (assuming that's the Shred you're talking about) for thirty minutes three days a week plus a teaching job. I would put your activity level as Lightly to Moderately Active. Between those two, the max total of calories to eat MINUS a 20% deficit (to keep it moderate) would be 1735-1956 calories.
You're overeating by A LOT.
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Woops, meant to add: THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE EXERCISE CALORIES. Your daily activity plus exercise calories are included in those numbers.
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http://thebananagirl.com/raw-till-4-faqs.php
please check this and there are people on this lifestyle who claim to have successfully transformed and reversed their medical conditions.
Oh dear. Mentioning the banana girl on here will only bring you trouble, you know. She's already been debunked. Nobody, not even her, can defy the science of CICO. She burns more than she eats with exercise. Ergo, she maintains her weight.0 -
MarziPanda95 wrote: »http://thebananagirl.com/raw-till-4-faqs.php
please check this and there are people on this lifestyle who claim to have successfully transformed and reversed their medical conditions.
Oh dear. Mentioning the banana girl on here will only bring you trouble, you know. She's already been debunked. Nobody, not even her, can defy the science of CICO. She burns more than she eats with exercise. Ergo, she maintains her weight.
Just reading the bits about "healthy, clean calories" made my head hurt.
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If there is no way to do this diet without setting your calories low enough to create a caloric deficit, there is literally no way this diet can work.
Are you sure they want you to eat more overall calories? Some programs encourage you to eat as much very low calorie density food as possible, so that your stomach will be full before you start eating higher calorie stuff, and you'll eat less. For example, if you eat a giant bowl of spinach before you eat carbonara, you will probably eat less carbonara, and the more spinach you eat, the less carbonara you'll want, and the fewer calories you will eat overall. That would make sense, (if you like spinach) but just eating more calories truly does not.
Could there be an exercise component that you are missing?
If you are feeling so much better, it might be worth a second read of the program to see if you are doing it right. If you are, and these are the results you are getting, it's time to try something else. Good luck with it.
Edited to add: I just checked out the website. It's ridiculous. Drop it like a hot potato (or 20 hot bananas)0 -
If you want to stay "raw" cut out all the fruits you are eating in the day and switch to Romaine, Spinach, Collards, Kale.0
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