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Vegan Mukbang

2017-05-17T17:40:22.000Z

Is it possible to overeat on a raw high carb low fat diet?

2017-02-24T20:49:45.000Z

I feel like I've been eating way too much and I've been gaining weight. I've been eating 3000-5000 calories a day of fruit

Am I calorie restricting if I get it all in at the end of the day?

2016-03-25T01:37:49.000Z

RT4, I'm 5'7", ~143lbs (65kilos), I find I eat safely over 3,000 cals a day, if I do allot of training it always ends up being over 4,000, I usually make sure breakfast and lunch are both between 800-1500cals, but I like starches, and I love just sitting on my ass and feeding my body with starch while I watch really violent anime, and war films. Today was an acception to the norm however: I only ate 3 bananas in the morning hours then at lunch 12:30pm I ate 8 bananas with as much organic cane sugar I could stick to them + a few fork fulls of sugar, then I ate 1 banana before drive to pick up my bike from the shop on the way home. I have these certain "irrational thoughts" that I used to have all day long many years years ago, when I experience one now: It's my clear sign that I am officially under-carbed, and I had one of those thoughts in my car, so yeah, I def didn't stay committed today, but I'm here in my bean bag now getting ready to get my second 600cal bowl of rice and trust me I can get eniugh in to make up for it. question is, can you make up for it? Or is what I did today bad for my body?(I.e. Calorie restriction, starvation, weight gain promoting?)

Too Many Calories? Help!

2016-01-16T06:43:16.000Z

So for the last few weeks I've been biking around around 60 mins four days and did yoga once per week. At first I was eating around 1800-2300 calories a day and feeling fine. Digestion was decent and everything.

Now I've been eating around 2500-3000 because I just feel like it. I don't feel overstuffed at that amount of food but my digestion is awful now. I feel bloated and I can't go number two.

Is this an indication that I'm eating too much now? Should I cut back down to the original amount I was eating?

I've also lost like 30 pounds recently and I don't wanna gain it back.. Please help!

invited to dinner, eating out, how to say no without alienating people

2015-12-14T21:14:36.000Z

hey,

so, sometimes (because of work) I find myself in awkward eating situations...

my coworkers etc know I'm vegan.and they know I always eat fruit at work.

the other day we were at a hostel, and I made the mistake to ask one of the waitresses which food at the buffet contained no animal ingredients. very well-meaning of her, she later came to our table with a vegetarian lactose-free meal. It was swimming in oil, and I couldn't be sure it's vegan. So I gave it to my colleagues. the boss however wasn't happy, he thought I was being rude, because I didn't 'simply eat' what they had cooked just for me. even though I had explained that I wouldn't feel well, and I was sick the day before because I had eaten too fatty food at the hostel (why did they put oil to the rice??).

I'm scared this might happen again. I certainly don't want to be impolite or whatever, but nobody can expect me to eat food that's not vegan or that I don't like/tolerate for other reasons. On some internet forums, I read it's impolite to not eat it, and one should just eat it regardless, at least a bit.

I'm apparently too stubborn to do shit (or eat shit) I don't believe in just out of politeness.

I don't like these eating out and get together things in general, and these stupid expectations and difficult food choices make it even worse.

I think, the problem is, that some people are just so ignorant, and to them it's 'just food', so they don't see why it makes a difference to me, and think I'm just being weird.

what are your thoughts, experiences, suggestions?

can't seem to get back on the wagon.. HELP!

2015-11-19T02:23:44.000Z

after gaining 15 kilos (weighing like 75 kilos at 5'6''), travelling thailand and australia, i started crash-dieting (which i never needed to before, since i could eat what i wanted without gaining weight) with low-carb, paleo, all different types of stuff. i've lost like 10 kilos (down to 65 kilos) but then regained them all when starting college. when i got tired of being fat, i started severely starving myself (talking approx. 600 kcal a day) combined with fasted exercise in the morning. i lost all the weight and i looked the best i've ever have (around 57 kilos). never have i ever gotten so many compliments and i felt really great about myself when looking in the mirror and trying on clothes. when i found freelee on youtube i started trying the rawtill4 lifestyle and combined it with my workouts and i've never felt so great about myself and i lost a couple of more kilos (down to 55 kilos) and i seriously thought this would be the solution for everything and i could just be happy forever eating this way. but then winter came along and i moved to another city for uni and it got colder and i'm on a budget and there's no good fruit available and there's so many temptations and so much happened like breaking up with my boyfriend and family issues and all that stuff and i just find myself bingeing out every day, i seriously eat so much food it scares me and i gained so much weight again (of course still eating vegan!) and i just can't stand the feeling of my jeans getting tight again (which barely even fit me anymore because my body was so great on rawtill4). i weighed myself the other day and i'm up to 62 kilos again and i feel so fat and all my jeans kinda fit like they did when i was 68 kilos which i do not understand at all (?!). and i keep trying to eat less but it just makes me binge out at night again when i can't sleep because i'm so hungry. and when i started trying rawtill4 again and i bought a huge 5 kilo box of dates and stuff, i just found myself totally bingeing out on them to the point where i sat on the kitchen floor eating the dates even though i barely even felt like eating anything and i had stomach pains and i felt awful but i kept eating and eating. i don't know what to do, i just feel like such a failure..

Why I Left My Long-Term Relationship

2015-10-19T20:37:04.000Z

I'll start off with saying that I, in fact, broke up with my long-term boyfriend yesterday. We were so in love, I thought that I was going to be his wife and the mother of his children. However, was I really happy?

See there is a huge difference with being comfortable and happy. He helped me feel great about my insecurities, was my best friend, and loved me to no end.

However, one major thing that we did not have in common was veganism, an issue I'm sure all of you can relate to.

I was vegan back in 2012, and I first met him in 2013, where he told me he liked to eat meat. That didn't really bother me at first, because I was very focused on himself as a person. However, as years went by, I started to notice the issues that were so irritating:

1) He'd never try to learn about my life, and would not even consider educating himself about veganism.

2) His family would smoke cigarettes and would wonder why they have such high blood pressure, back pain, and cancer in the family

3) He would not want to travel and experience things with me; he'd rather be with his family.

As someone who is pretty neutral about most things, one thing I am not neutral about is veganism. However, this relationship (although good) was repressing my true feelings about my passion. I love the environment and I love politics.
He however, did not enjoy those things, he would rather watch youtube videos about a man drinking a shot of mustard than hold a conversation with me about the planet or even our relationship.

That to me bothered me...it bothered so much that I started to find attraction is other people; not specifically one individual but just in general. I started to be surrounded by others who did not stare at their phone and would talk about endless things with you. When you asked them a question, they would not just knock it down with "I don't know", they would answer it thoroughly with enthusiasm!

I saw a quote as well, saying "Follow your passion and the universe will follow." I took this to heart. I wanted to shape my life the way I always envisioned: eating mangoes on the floor with my vegan partner right after a run. I was tired of the ignorance.

On that note, take this message with you:
Love yourself to recognize that you deserve nothing but what you strive for. Do good for the planet, do good for the animals, and do good for you.

Eating out and how to choose the best option

2015-07-24T04:47:36.000Z

Hi everyone!I need some help! :(It's my mums birthday and we're going out for dinner tonight. Originally we were going to a vegan restaurant because she is vegan also. But offcourse everyone else complained and now we are going to a completely "normal" Italian resturaunt. I called the place to check they at least have SOMETHING that is vegan and gluten free, and they said yes. But I'm also worried about oils (which Italians use heavily) and sodium... What might be my best bet to order?I thought risotto but then realised it's probably dripping in oil :(I'm also more worried than I probably should be because I've been sick again lately with candida- it's stubborn but has almost cleared up since I've started rt4, but as soon as I eat something wrong, I get a rash again and can't go to the toilet :(Ughhhhhhhh :(Thank you everyone!

Need advice please from who currently have an eating disorder or who have recovered

2015-03-22T18:41:49.000Z

Hey everyone I am new to the site looking for advice on recovering from an eating disorder and following Freelee's way of life.I have been a vegetarian for 13 years and vegan for half a year now... I have had an eating disorder for 9 years (anorexia nervosa) ... I have attempted recovery a few times, but have failed. My lowest weight was 90lbs at 5'6. I am currently 98lbs, which is better then 90 but still way to low for my height.Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated <3

for anyone coming from eating disorders

2015-02-15T22:53:45.000Z

here is my blog spot which i will be posting my vegan journey and recovery process on

http://veganmillie.blogspot.co.uk

also my youtube is:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_IXhPM3meB9JR3q8NLrDvA

hope this helped some people!

Not hungry for dinner

2015-01-26T02:01:08.000Z

Should I eat a light dinner or risk waking up in the middle of the night hungry or feeling like poop in the morning? What do you do when this happens? I've had around 1800 calories today.

EATING DISORDER RECOVERY

2015-01-08T20:22:55.000Z

Hi Everyone,

I am in a very deep dilemma right now, I am in dire need of psychiatric treatment, as I have severe depression, bipolar disorder and anorexia. I am very educated on the raw food lifestyle so I am extremely frustrated to see that no clinics will accommodate even a standard VEGAN lifestyle, vegetarian only.

My optimal circumstance would be to go raw in a therapeutic program, as I know the mental benefits are tremendous and I have experienced for myself in the past. However, this does not seem to be even considered, they all think it's disordered eating behavior. With my eating disorder it's very difficult to make myself eat the quantities necessary to reap the benefits.

My plan was to seek treatment and tolerate the cooked food higher in fat/protein, as long as it's vegan and then go on raw when I feel I've received the therapy I need. Now after discovering the struggle of this seemingly reasonable request, I'm at a loss. Is anyone familiar with an inpatient clinic in the U.S. that could help me? Or perhaps any way to negotiate (it has not gone well so far). I would appreciate this so tremendously, as it's a time sensitive issue and I'm doing terribly trying to figure this out on my own.

Thanks.

Lonely Beginning of Raw Till 4

2015-01-07T05:08:33.000Z

Hello friends!

I've done a lot of research prior to beginning Raw Till 4, and it's almost a week since I've begun it, but I am feeling the overwhelming sense of doubt flood over me with every little shift and change in my body. I am certainly not used to this, and I'm still worried about vitamin deficiencies such as iron, b12, and D despite having heard countless times why and where these things can be obtained.

As a lot of the women (and men) come to this lifestyle with disordered eating pasts and presents, I too come here wearing my badges of dishonor: calorie-restrictor, weight obsessed, digestively challenged, nut-binger, and hypochondriac. I may have given up the most severe case of calorie restriction 2 years ago, but I would certainly be heading down that beaten path again in no time if it weren't for this lifestyle.

My metabolism in compromised GREATLY, I am still healing from antibiotics given to me in order to eradicate vicious h. pylori, I am jumping head first into this despite having done Fully Raw wrong 7 months prior, and I am more confused than ever about who to listen to and what will keep my body from feeling so ill. I feel like I'm being pulled in so many directions, but I don't know who to follow. No doubt Vegan is important, but I still truly believe there is no one set way of eating for every person. I'm just not sure where to begin, but I have decided to build my base upon RT4 and add gradually until I find what is absolutely right for me.

For now I feel a little lonely in the journey because I have no one to talk to about my specific ailments thus far. I'm a worrier, something I would like to alleviate with time, but I cannot help the fear I am going to have life-threatening symptoms but I have no way of telling -of course, until it's too late and I've ruined my health more.

Gosh, does that make sense? I guess what I'm trying to say is I feel weird, and I would love to hear more about others' first couple weeks going HCRV / RT4.

Forgive my incoherence!

Love and light,

Pip

Vegan/high carb/health/lifestyle/ED coaching

2015-01-03T17:07:06.000Z

Hello everyone, just wanted to announce that I am offering 1 on 1 Skype coaching services for anyone who is new to vegan and/or high carb living and needs help and guidance, or anyone who is struggling with an eating disorder, depression, etc who needs someone to talk to. Because I'm just starting out I am also offering very reasonable prices for anyone who's interested! Here is the link to the coaching page on my website: http://plantpoweredactivist.com/health-and-lifestyle-coaching/

Look forward to hearing from you!!

PLEASE HELP!! not getting better after 1 yr HCLF

2015-01-01T23:34:06.000Z

So I've been debating whether or not to post here but I guess when you're at the end of your rope and you're losing your mind doing something sounds better than nothing. So here it goes:

I've been on the high carb low fat journey for a year now after 7 years of severe bulimia. Thankfully, the HCLF raw-til 4 type lifestyle saved me from the bulimia and I was able to quit cold turkey (Jan 2014), so thank god for that.

Unfortunately, my digestions is in the gutter. I can literally eat nothing other than straight fruit for every meal without suffering extreme bloating, pain, constipation, you name it. The problem is, I have a ridiculously hard time sticking to fully raw fruit (even greens and other veggies mess me up). I live in the northern part of the US and quality fruit is really hard to come by, especially in the winter. And coming off this bulimia hellwagon means I still feel like I'm starving almost all the time. So on the one hand, I can satisfy my intense hunger cravings on raw-til-4 (the diet I prefer), or can i ease my digestion on banana island (the diet my gut prefers). (Note: ive done banana island for a full month by following the book 'Self-Healing Colitis and Crohn's' and coming off it again to a raw til 4 diet hadn't changed anything).

I've also experimented with probiotics and fermented foods, to no avail. I'm having a horribly difficult time trying to find the right balance here. I love being raw-til-4 vegan but I'm so resistant and unhappy being fully raw I'm not sure what to do. On the one hand, I'm satiated but constipated and on the other I'm cleaned out but starving and angry. What the hell?!

Now it's one year later (Jan 2015) and clearly, one half of my body just wants me to eat fruit and the other is craving cooked carbs. And after 7 years of bulimia (and about 6 of anorexia before that) I'm just at the end of my rope and I feel like my ability to restrict what I eat to such a narrow field is just not getting me anywhere and it's driving me mad. I'm sick of feeling like garbage and looking just as bad - constant bloat and acne and excess fat. I should add that this all got so bad I ended up losing my PhD position and had to take a full-time medical leave. My life has taken such a toll from bulimia and there's not a day that goes by that I don't to go back and change everything. It's ruined so much for me, and having it still hanging on like this is making it just that much worse.

Sorry for the long post but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I have seen lots of doctors and so far none of them know what's wrong and they're helpful contribution is to add that bulimics usually fully recover after a few months, which clearly hasn't applied in my case.

1 yr later, no better, PLEASE HELP

2015-01-01T23:23:15.000Z

So I've been debating whether or not to post here but I guess when you're at the end of your rope and you're losing your mind doing something sounds better than nothing. So here it goes.

I've been on the high carb low fat journey for a year now following 7 years of severe bulimia. Thankfully, the HCLF raw-til 4 type lifestyle saved me from the bulimia and I was able to quit cold turkey (Jan 2014), so thank god for that.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Battling a History of Anorexia. Please Help.

2014-12-01T20:22:11.000Z

In October of 2013 I was diagnosed with anorexia. My low weight at that time was 94 lbs. (at 65 in. tall). I have been in recovery since February of this year after nearly losing my life to complications from the eating disorder. Around April I found Durian Rider and then Freelee and adopted a high carb low fat mostly raw vegan diet. But a month later I was admitted into an intensive outpatient program due to still struggling with behaviors and they would not allow me to remain vegan, much less HCLF Raw. The only things I allowed them to include in my meal plan was fish and yogurt (on rare occasions).

Although I was eating more, I still struggled with eating foods I didn't feel comfortable eating. This all came to a breaking point when, after my nutritionist insisted I add more protein, I became impacted. I had never been in so much pain. And worst of all, it forced me to miss running in my first 5K, something which I had worked for for well over two months and had been really looking forward to. This put me in a state of depression. Then, about three weeks before I graduated the program, I got severely ill. My appetite vanished and the few foods I managed to eat were basically only salt free rice cakes and low cal popcorn. This led me to begin restricting heavily again and the only thing that allowed me to graduate IOP was me lying on my meal sheets, claiming to be eating more than I was.

This remained the case for the next 2.5 months. In the process, my weight declined (only slightly). But I no longer had the energy to run or lift weights. (Ex. my best deadlift weight was at 235 lbs. This rapidly decreased to barely being able to lift 135 comfortably.) I stayed in bed the majority of the day, only leaving the house to go to my 12 hour shift in a factory. I needed to find a way back out and a way that would work for me rather than against me.

So again I turned to Freelee and DR. It took a few days for the message to get past the idea that they were promoting an eating disorder (as my nutritionist claimed.) I did research, bought the 811 book and started again.

My only problem now is getting in enough calories. The mental blocks I have in the way make every meal a challenge. So I need some advice. I want to take full advantage of this lifestyle. I know it's the best for me, I already feel a million times better. But the struggle is hard at times.

My goals are to get back into running shape and also be able to do well in powerlifting again. I am also looking into martial arts. But at the moment I work 7 days every two weeks. I try to go to the gym 1-4 times per week depending on the work schedule that week. Work is 12 hours, standing in a factory, building brake calipers for automobiles so it's a very physically demanding job at times. Any helpful hints or advice on what I can do to increase my calories and how many I should aim for getting?

Eating disorders, recovery and 801010

2014-11-30T14:01:02.000Z

Hi fruit people!

Do any of you have experiences with having an eating disorder in the past, and then going 801010? Or going 801010 in recovery?

Eating out sushi- any tips??

2014-11-28T17:59:01.000Z

Hey guys I'm going to a sushi restaurant and I wanted to know if you guys had any tips or recommendations. Do you guys think sushi restaurants are bad for a hclfv? Or do you think they are good because I've seen lots of people on this lifestyle go out for unlimited sushi every week and even more? I personally love sushi and I want to make sure I'm also making the right decisions when it comes to food. Any tips on rolls, condiments, or sushi restaurants in generally would be greatly appreciated!

Binge-Eating recovery?

2014-11-26T12:38:39.000Z

Hi there everyone,

I'm currently in the process of putting together a book proposal about recovering from binge-eating with a HCLF vegan diet.

This HCLF vegan diet has worked to help me overcome my binge-eating problems, as it has for several other people that I know. I've also seen many people comment on Freelee's videos (in addition to Freelee herself saying that it has helped her) to say that they no longer binge-eat with this lifestyle/diet.

If you have also overcome binge-eating and would like to help me out with my research for the book, please send me an email at info@cultivateyourhappiness.com, and I'll send you a questionnaire to fill out.

The more people I have to testify to the HCLF vegan diet the more compelling/convincing my argument will be to help bring other people into the light!

Thanks in advance for your help and support.

Emma xxx

Does this make sense?

2014-11-10T14:32:11.000Z

This weekend I thought about how women age. We all will age eventually, but it bothers me that, for example a women at her twenties looks gorgeous, etc. and then at her 40s she looks different, her features, her face. I don't know how to explain, please try to understand. I don't think as we get old, we should look soooooooooooo different as we used to look like.

Bear with me. I was thinking maybe meat had something to do with this. Our body gives itself to much to get rid of meat and its toxins in our system and doesn't focus on the regeneration part, etc. so that we can heal. And' then I though, a person who eats meat every single day, giving the body too much to deal with...? So our body couldn't actually do everything its supposed to do, because of meat and other garbage food.. Does this make sense? Could this be one of the reasons why people don't age gracefully? (Don't give me the genetics crap, please, I can't stand it - makes me feel like i'm supposed to be labeled or stay in some type of box)

Anyone who wants to share? Cope with me fruitbats! Please share your theories! :D

Transitioning into RT4 and stuff about eating disorders

2014-11-06T10:07:35.000Z

Hello!

I'm totally new here and literally just signed up.

I'm writing here to see if I can find any people who have similar experiences as me and hoping you can give me some tips.

I recently found out about RT4 and I'm very interesting in trying this lifestyle. How did you transistion into the lifestyle? Did you just dive head first into it or did you ease into it?

I'm recovering from an eating disorder (one year out of the woods) and I'm afraid that the transistion into this lifestyle will trigger my eating disorder into life again. My eating disorder included calorie restriction and binging, as well as body dysmorphia (spelling?). I've heard that a lot of people experience som weight gain when they first transistion while their bodies adapt. This will be very hard for me as my weight is a sensitive trigger too. Did some of you find a way to avoid it or will I just have to deal with it?

FInally; is there any people here who is recovering from an eating disorder and making this lifestyle work? I really would love to hear some of your stories!

Hope to hear from some of you!

xxx
Esther

30BaD on the road

2014-09-29T12:46:36.000Z

Hello everyone,

I just started the plan today and also found out a loved one passed away.
I will be making about a 12 hour road trip in a few days for the funeral. It won't be feasible for me to carry my vita mix along to use on the road so I am looking for advice on keeping up my HCLF eating. My main concern is getting enough calories and bananas. Any advice on carrying pre-made smoothies? Will they taste weird after a few days in a cooler? Thanks!

You're soooo lucky you're healthy!

2014-09-19T01:23:14.000Z

RANT!

If there's one thing that really gets up my nose lately... it's people not being awake to the idea that you are what you eat.

A friend of mine tells me that I'm sooooo lucky that I'm healthy. For me this isn't luck, buddy! This is good karma and consistent investment in my body and being.

My friend has a heart condition, is slightly overweight and often sick. She voices discomfort about these things (who wouldn't... suffering sucks in any way, shape or form!). To me there are several quite obvious ways to improve her situation. Diet, rest, exercise.

However, instead she continues with a poor diet, bad sleeping and little exercise. And man it feels pretty darn taboo to mention the elephant in the room.

Mate. If you didn't eat a diet of 80% bread, went to bed at a reasonable hour, slept more, meditated a little and exercised more... I have this feeling that you'd be in just a slightly a better position. ;)

What do you say in these situations?

Why am I always craving bread?

2014-09-05T21:16:50.000Z

Hi guys! I'm 16 years old, and I've been a vegetarian for half a year, and a vegan for 2 months now. For the past two years or so, I've been bulimic, and slowly developed binge eating disorder. At this point I'm currently recovering, and I'm so grateful to have found this wonderful life style. However, I find myself craving bread soooo bad! Usually late in the evening. Does that happen to anyone else?

Today I ate 2 bananas and 2 mangoes for breakfast, then 6 bananas for lunch, a couple of handful of grapes when I got home and then stir fry with rice noodles for dinner. I've had an apple since then as well. Does anyone know why I keep craving bread? Should I eat more?

Binging and RawTill4 Help!

2014-08-31T18:56:45.000Z

Hi everybody,

my name is Lavinia and I have been on and off this lifestyle for about a month now. I have struggled with eating disorders and depression and I am having a hard time on this lifestyle because I tend to binge on things such as chocolate, cookies, or bread in the evening. I work at the hospital and I usually get up around 5 and eat a breakfast of 600 cal of dates and bananas around 9 am. Then I sometimes have a banana around 12 and I get home around 2 for lunch. I then eat around 600-700 calories for lunch and then have a dinner of 600-800 calories. Then usually after my main meal I get a craving for bread or sweets and then usually go out of control, binging on chocolate and cookies. I need help in trying to stop binging especially since I love this lifestyle and want to continue on it. Another problem that I am facing is that at work people always bring in cake, cookies, and other sweets and I get tempted to eat but I usually don't. I need some serious help to stop binging because I am getting sick and tired of binging every second day and then getting back on the wagon for one day.

Any advice would really be appreciated!

Lots of love from germany.

Is my body damaged beyond repair?

2014-08-18T22:22:09.000Z

I have been doing rawtill 4 for more than a month now, and my body seems really out of balance. I have quite poor digestion, without getting too graphic, i dont think my body is processing food properly, things are definitely not normal. I'm also constantly bloated and quite tired (i sleep 9+ hrs) and sometimes my depression flares up. At the moment im having banana date smoothies or watermelon for breakfast, usually dried dates/figs with more fruit for lunch (mango, peaches usually), dinner is either corn pasta, potatoes or rice and on most days I have alot of vegetables and legumes with it. To make up calories i have cereal (wheat cereals) with almond milk, total about 2700. Is my body just adjusting to this lifestyle? I havent heard of this happening to anyone else? To give a breif history - I came from anorexia and exercise addiction, quite severe, lasted 3 years and I was admitted to hospital at my worst 1.5 years ago, became vegan when I left 1 year ago. I still get pains in my bones when I exercise although im weight restored (~60kg) and developed a heart murmur.

Is there any chance I can completely heal on this lifestyle? I just dont know what to expect, my body is reacting differently than I wanted. I dont want to gain any more weight, as i think that would be a massive trigger for my eating disorder and restrictive behaviours. I have so much to ask, so sorry if this is a huge question. What can I expect?

Newbie! Transitioning into Raw till 4 from a lower average weight??

2014-08-12T20:50:56.000Z

Hi. My name is Katherine and for the past few months, I have been eating a high raw diet with occasional cooked veggies at night. I haven't been eating the recommended daily value AT ALL and my past with an ED and restriction has been the cause for it. Now I am fully committed to eating Raw till 4 following the guidelines. I am just wondering if anyone has experienced (or currently going through) the same situation I am in and what effects you've seen like if you are gaining weight, does it stop and balance out or what your current health is like and maybe tips on how to be able to consume 2000+ a day if that much is even necessary? Please help, I really want to succeed on this lifestyle. I am loving the energy and all of the fresh, ripe and delicious fruit I'm consuming. Thank you!

Anorexia Recovery: Scared, and need some reassurance in starting this lifestyle!

2014-07-21T17:28:40.000Z

As a recovering anorexic who has REGAINED around 14kgs on between 800under 1200ckals a day on a normal Vegetarian (recently Vegan) diet, I am SO petrified of the HUGE amount of calories on this lifestyle!! I have finally reached a healthy weight yet I keep on gaining, and I am just so scared. All I want is to accept myself, body and soul. Because right now I STILL feel trapped in a cage made of calories and restriction, masked in the face of 'recovery' i put forward. Please, I know Freelee has struggled with an Eating Disorder... I appeal to all of you out there who have had similar problems.. Does this lifestyle really work? Will it make me happy once again..?

Recovering Bulimic in need of help/support and healing in Raw till 4

2014-07-16T21:46:03.000Z

Hello, I hope I can meet people who have the same background as me, as I feel extremely isolated!
Background: ED started with calorie restriction, obsessive calorie tracking via myfitnesspal, ended up at 95 pounds at 5'5"
Gained some weight back and reverted to bulimia, which I struggle with to this day. I sometimes use alcohol to cope. I don't really binge and purge, I just eat too much and purge. However, mentally, it still feels like a large calorie binge.

I am probably at 137 now and I am extremely uncomfortable. I've been vegan for 3 years so imbibing in animal products isn't a problem. The problem is that my husband is a snack fiend and loves pizza, chips, and ice cream (he is vegan as well) I also really love baking sweets :c

I already eat close to a HC RT4 besides when I slip up with eating chips and other unheathy foods (edit). I eat a lot of bananas, brown rice, sweet potatoes, lentils, beans, and greens. I can drink 1.5L of water a day and I am working on drinking more. I used to drink absolutely no water at all for years!

I am afraid to get into the habit of tracking my calories again because this was a big pillar in my restriction days

I do go to therapy for my ED, depression and self harm. I unfortunately cannot work out too much because of my tachycardia and ehler-danlos syndrom, but I am working on using Wii Fit U for Yoga and light cardio.

I need help healing, I really want to leave this ED behind, work on my self-image, and no longer fell tempted by snacks and over-eating. I need to feel a sense of community and maybe friendship, I believe this will help me stay srong. Has anyone come from the same background, is their any specific RT4 meal plan I should follow?
I generally eat blended frozen bananas with flax seed and sometimes raisins for breakfast and lunch, then some sort of salad with edamame beans and sweet potatoes. I snack in between with bananas and raisins. I am boring and I can eat the same thing everyday forever. I still need to learn more about food combining and the High Carb Raw till 4 lifestyle!