Raw Foods Diet - 30 Day 'No Fat' TrialFor the month of March 2009, when I was still very new to eating entirely raw, I did a 30 day raw foods diet trial of eating no overt fats at all. I wanted to see how much better I could look in my bikini if I ate the same amount and exercised the same amount, but just made that ONE change. The results were more than I expected! I lost a little weight, I felt FANTASTIC, and I learned a LOT of lessons about what is an optimal way of living during this raw foods diet trial. I also suffered a lot of cravings, and symptoms that I attributed to detox and the lack of fat, but when I look at the posts now, I can see that I was not drinking enough water, and frequently not eating enough. You have to eat ENOUGH fruit calories to beat cravings! I underate on fruit, averaging 1695 calories a day, which was undereating. It took a while (a long while) for this to fully sink in, as I came from a low calorie dieting mindset. 2000 calories a day is a much more realistic calorie intake for an average sized female on a raw food diet. I was often hungry during the trial which also indicates that I was not eating enough. We don't have to count calories or force in food when it isn't wanted, but hunger and cravings are very obvious indicators that we need to eat more. You have to drink enough water, EVEN when the food you're eating is mostly water! I waited until I was thirsty to drink water, thinking I was getting plenty of water from my food. This is NOT true. While a raw foods diet provides much more water than any other diet, you STILL need to drink lots of water! This is my 'no fat' raw foods diet trial in its entirety, you may learn a few interesting things, I certainly did! Day 1My pre-trial facts and figures for the 30 day raw foods diet 'no fat' trial that I'll be doing of no overt fat sources whatsoever are as follows: Weight: 125 pounds My measurements are as follows: Chest: 36 For these 30 days the rules are as follows: I can eat as much as I want of all non fatty fruits and vegetables. I will record, weigh and measure everything I eat, so that I can input the figures onto fitday or nutridiary. At the end of each day I will do a blog post which details my total calories, grams of fat, fiber, protein and carbohydrates as well as listing my weight and any other relevant information. I will not be monitoring my calorie consumption at all, I will just eat according to hunger. I want to see how much weight can be lost and how much I can shape up by cutting ONLY fat out of my diet, whilst continuing to eat a 100% raw foods diet, as I have been for a couple of months already. So here are some photos of me in my bikini. At the end of this raw foods diet trial I will post them up in the same poses so we can compare. I can't wait to compare myself 30 days from now and I am really excited to see some great results! 
So, today went very well.I am still working in an office until the end of the month, after which I will be working full time on my own projects. So in the meantime, I have to pack food for work. This morning I made two liters of green smoothie and chopped up half a watermelon and took that along to work with me in a cooler bag. 
The smoothie contained 60g celery, 240g cucumber, 230g romaine lettuce, 200g spinach, 520g mango, 430g banana, 2x dates, 120g blueberries, 150g apple. I drank one liter when I got to work and the other at around 12:30. I had the watermelon (all 1250g of it) at about 3:30 this afternoon. My energy levels were very stable all through the day and I felt just great. My stomach wasn't completely recovered from the weekend though and was making some pretty loud and embarrassing noises. On Friday I ate some oil drenched sundried tomatoes, olives and artichokes and my body reacted to the oil and salt combination with extreme disgust. I ate the oily salt combo at lunchtime Friday and then didn't manage to eat again until Saturday as I was so sick. The salt gave me such a bad hangover too, a full on case of dehydration. I recently heard something pretty funny, that if you need to drink water after a meal, you should clutch your throat and run around shouting 'I've Been Poisoned' because that's exactly what has happened. When I got home at 6:30pm I made a smoothie with 360g banana, 4x dates and 110g blueberries. 
That was supposed to be it for the night, but when Jaye got home he got creative and made this most delicious raw dessert! He blended dates with some freshly squeezed orange juice and cocoa powder. Then he spooned in two pomegranates into the chocolate mousse mix. The result is a little bit of heaven! It is dark chocolate orange mousse! Absolutely fantastic! I'll post the full recipe and instructions on the Fruit Dessert Recipes page, but not tonight, its nearly bedtime. 
So, totals for the day! The purpose of this raw foods diet trial is not to count or restrict calories in any way, but rather just to see what happens with no fats at all. Calories 1980, Fat 10.6g, Carbohydrates 496.2g, Dietary Fiber 59.7g, Protein 33.6g. Totals: Carbohydrates 89%, Protein 6%, Fat 5%.
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