intro

Hey there,

You perhaps know a little about me from what you have read on my profile, but i just want you to get a bit more of an idea where im at.

I was 100% raw, 'high fat, eat what you want so long as its raw' type of raw foodists. I was raw for about 6 months. I really enjoyed it and loved what i was eating. I never ate dehydrated foods or made alot of that 'gourmet' stuff because i didnt have the money and tools to. I just ate alot of fat through avocados, mature coconuts and i used to eat quite a bit of flax.

My typical day would be:

Morning: fruit or sliced tomato with black pepper, salt and flax oil
fruit as snacks
lunch: salad (sometimes with avocado or flax oil) and fruit
dinner: avocado salad, or choc mousse made with avocado and dates, or coconut pieces, or loads of fruit (sometimes all those things together!

As you can see that is alot of fat right there.
I still lost weight, by blood sugar was super stable and i didnt inject much and i had loads of energy (thanks to the fruit) but i also started juicing and then because of the fat and the juice i was getting the runs every morning. I was constantly bloated and gassy and i felt so sick and hard stomached in the morning.

I often visited a site called '30 bananas a day' and the idea of living mostly from fruit interested me so i started eating more fruit...except i couldn't let go of my fat either. So i was starting to put back on the weight, i was even more bloated and i started to loose my way. I wasnt eating properly and this caused me to crave things i never did before, such as bread, porridge, potato, pasta. All heavy carbos.

I thought 'maybe if i just add pasta and potato into my diet, it wouldn't be that bad' so i did, and then it went worse from there.

I ate everything (so long at is was vegan) and i because a VERY unhealthy vegan and gained 1 and a half stones! I was also getting really bad acid indigestion, no energy, my body hurt, i was feeling so bad and my blood sugar went way out of control.

I became depressed and had many thoughts of suicide. I didnt care any more. I felt like i had completely lost who i really was. I loved being a 'raw foodist' and everything eating raw brought.

Luckily for me, when i was first asking about and looking into 80/10/10 lfrv, a great guy names Jeff sent me a copy of Dr Doug Grahams book, 80/10/10 diet and i have just finished reading it.
The last month i have been getting back to raw, but not committing myself fully. But now this week, this is it. I am 100% raw again, only the 811 way.
I know i have to give this a little more time as my body has to get used to eating this way.

Things im expecting at the beginning:
Bloating
water weight gain
detox (for me, spots)
blood sugar a little wild to start with
cravings

what im hoping for in the long term:
mental clarity
amazing fitness and stamina (which obviously comes with physical training)
release of extra weight
feeling light
stable blood sugar
amazing health
no cellulite

This is the only type of raw diet i haven't succeeded at yet, and its the one i really want to do, so it will be a challenge for me, especially as i have zero will power!

Good job i just LOVE SWEET FRUIT!