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Vegan Aquafaba Whipped Cream Recipe - Low fat!

2018-03-24T19:00:07.000Z

Wanted to share this! This low fat vegan whipped cream recipe turned out way better than I could have imagined. It fluffed up really nicely and doesn't use coconut cream, it uses aquafaba, which is much lower in fat. I ate it with some raw banana ice cream!

Check out how to make it:

https://therawbuzz.com/raw-recipes-2/fluffy-vegan-aquafaba-whipped-cream-recipe/

Banana island

2015-10-19T07:52:39.000Z

Hi everyone! I've come to banana island to fix lots of digestive issues, constipation and skin issues. I've been rt4 for 6 months and was going great. Have no idea what's caused all of these issues but anyway!I'm wondering a few things, I'm 2 days into banana island now..1- still, no bowel movements ... HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?! I drink 3-4L a day, excercise, sleep well, what's going on?!2- are we allowed greens? I've been having cos lettuce and baby spinach with my smoothies sometimes3- how important is organic? :/... I haven't found anywhere that even sells organic bananas let alone them not costing an arm and a leg! :( I've been just having regular bananas, I buy them really cheap coz they're almost overripe.4- I noticed today a really bad white coating on my tongue! My mouth feels really dry. Is that detox, or candida getting worse ?Any help is appreciated!Thanks guys

RT4-friendly Dinner Meals

2015-03-03T22:34:19.000Z

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30 Apples a Day??!!???

2015-01-19T02:21:24.000Z

Anyone ever try using apples as their mono-meal staple? Seems like a good fruit to rely on (easily available, don't have to wait for ripening) If so what were your experiences? How many did you eat in the day? Did you feel satiated?

Help me with meal plan

2015-01-15T20:50:51.000Z

Hopefully PK helps me on this but here it is

4 Heads of Romaine Lettuce

20 Bananas

10 Oranges

1/4 Avocado

1 Brazil Nut

1.5~2 Cups of Grape Juice

1 tsp Amla Powder (for antioxidants)

Is 4 heads of lettuce too much? Does this meal plan have too much calcium and choline? Am I good on Vitamin E or should I add almonds? If I get rid of some lettuce heads should I eat pumpkin seeds to get in the zinc? Will I be getting enough iodine? Am I good to go or do I need to make slight adjustments?

Are avocados safe to eat each day? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFCy5mJ2BWQ

Also I'm planning on eating like the majority of the time but I might switch up oranges for something else on some days. Might switch up grape juice too.

Am I eating too much or too often ???

2014-12-09T16:38:12.000Z

Hi, I am Leah from USA. Been a vegan for about 10 months now. I love it but I do feel like I am always thinking about food. I pack my lunch for work and and bring a smoothie for a morning snack. My problem is I am a hairdresser and when there are clients waiting I can't take a lunch break. Some days are slow so I can eat all day and feel fine. But, most days we are busy any I can not take a lunch break till 3 or 4 in the afternoon. I feel like I need to eat every 3 hours or so. Is that normal? My ideal day would be to eat at 7am smoothie, another smoothie at 9 or 10 am. Then a lunch around 1 or 2 pm. Then a snack at 4pm then dinner at 7pm....Is this too much? I only feel good when I eat all day. On the days I have to go 6-7 hours with out food I feel horrible, angry, tired, can't think straight. My co workers never complain about not getting food breaks, so I feel like I should not complain either. But it just seems unhealthy to go 7 hours with out food.

Potty Mouth

2014-10-14T14:47:15.000Z

Is it normal to POOP so much when you first start?! Yikes! My co-workers are beginning to think I'm secretly doing crack in the loo! LOL

Also, I haven't been able to eat all of my calories in one sitting, but kind of snacking all day. Is that OK? Or is it, eat a mono meal (as much as you can), then snack, and lunch and dinner? I'm confused. I just don't want to make my body think that it has to eat every damn minute!

Banana Beginner!

2014-10-13T19:20:55.000Z

Hey y'all!

I have just a couple of questions and if anyone can help me, i would be much obliged!

1) I am allergic to banana's- what would be a good alternative?

2) Would plantain's be OK to eat instead? I have had one today and it didn't bother me, but I did get this weird filmy feeling on my tongue.

3) Can we mix veggies at dinner? Or does that have to be a mono meal?

4) If the fruit that I purchase is NOT organic, should I still eat the skins? (IE: apples)

Thank you again!!!

I cannot wait to become 100% LFHCV! Anything to make me feel better, help the earth, and spare the lives of many innocent animals.

Mono meal: My orange take

2014-08-29T11:06:52.000Z

I'm sharing my day again, to study, and to improve.

Yesterday i felt so good with the banana meal, but after the afternoon snack, my emotional/physical energy went off.

Today i'm having my first mono meal of oranges, throughout the day.

This amounts can be increased.

8:00

5 Oranges

11:00
5 Oranges

13:00
5 Oranges

16:00
5 Oranges

19:00
5 Oranges

I will see if i need to increase this amount of food.

Water Intake: 3 liters

STATS

Carbs: 384,80

Protein: 30,80
Fructose: 306, 20

Fiber: 78,5

Lipids: 3,95

Total: 1540 calories

UPDATE 11:55 am

. With my first meal and after the snack of oranges, i felt bloating issues.

. I' need to workout, and i don't have the strength that i had yesterday, i'm tired, sleepy, bloated ...

UPDATE 13:36 Pm
. I'm eating my 5 oranges lunch
. I'm feeling better

UPDATE 15:28 pm
. Sleepy, lazy, without the will to workout
. Bloated, with gas. lol

UPDATE 14:28 pm
I had another 5 oranges, and turned my belly into a huge balloon, omg!

FINAL UPDATE 23:06
. Complete bloated lol

Mono meals: My take

2014-08-28T08:53:25.000Z

Today i'm having my first mono meal throughout the day.

Let's see, how i feel.

This amounts can be increased.

8:00
5 Bananas

11:00
5 Bananas

13:00
5 Bananas

16:00
5 Bananas

19:00
5 Bananas

I will see if i need to increase this amount of food.

Water Intake: 3 liters

STATS

Carbs: 673, 80

Protein: 32, 15
Fructose: 360, 80

Fiber: 76, 5

Lipids: 9,75

Total: 2625 calories

SPORTS

Bicycle ( 1 hour 15 minutes )
Calisthenics
Walking

Report of my day

. At my snack, things ran very great, but after, i felt bloated.
. Maybe I need to diminish my meals or give more time between meals.

. Physically and mentally good
. Emotional good, but after the snack i felt insecure.

Eating more calories from cooked meal than fruit

2014-05-28T02:41:13.000Z

Hi everyone, so today is day 11 for me on raw til 4 and im feeling great! But I have a question, Im only 15 and my dad supports my raw til 4 80/10/10 journey, but can't afford to buy me tons of fruit. I have found the cheapest stores to buy fruit, and even started selling some of my photography photos on this web site to help me make money, because I love this lifestyle so much. Anyway, I do get a good amount of fruit in the day, but have found that more of my calories are coming from cooked meals such as potatoes and white rice, then from fruit. Is this bad? Will it keep me from getting the results that so many other people have experienced? Will I gain weight? Also as a note, I recently decided to eat more potatoes mainly because they digest much better than rice does, and i don't feel tired after eating them like i do with rice. Also Im not over weight, Im on the lower end of a healthy weight for my height actually.

Thank you!!

HCRV Triathletes

2014-04-23T21:36:06.000Z

Hey, guys!

Anyone here into competing in Olympic, 70.3, or even IronMan Triathlons? If so, can you share with me your Pre-Workout, Post-Workout, Recovery, and Race Day Meals? I'm an amateur triathlete training for my first 5150 this coming fall! I'm hoping to represent HCRV with pride and place high in my age group competition! Also, any cool unorthodox workout plans would be great to know!

Best,

Henry Joaquin II

Is 90/5/5 bad?

2014-03-16T03:04:10.000Z

I'm new!!! I need some advise/help/mentoring here please!!

I have been 100% raw this whole week (YAY) but I can't seem to break 90/5/5 ... well, it's more like 92.9/4.6/2.5. Is this ok? I can't seem to get my protein higher than 5%. Any suggestions?

I have also been having dips in energy... crashes throughout the day. I think I have to eat more?

About me:
I am on my feet all day. 2 small kids keep me busy. I usually workout 4-5 days a week...but I didn't this week. I have been feeling tired ...like on a roller coaster with energy.
I am a 124lbs female
Today I ate aprox. 2800 calories (I do use cron-O-meter)
Breakfast: Pineapple orange smoothie almost 900 cals
Lunch: Orange, apple, strawberry, grape, mango, peach smoothie aprox. 818 cals
snack: 3 bananas and 10 dates 979 cals
Dinner: I plan to have a spinach salad with cucumber, tomato, chives, celery and fresh lemon
Aprox. 142 cals (any more spinach and I might gag haha)

What changes do you recommend I need to make for consistent energy?
I am also looking to burn fat. Any advise on this? Need to burn off this momma pouch! lol.

I am moving from Alaska to Florida at the end of the month and CAN'T wait for fresh fruit! A lot of the fruit I eat now is frozen.... that's why I have the weird smoothie concoction. Fresh fruit isn't ripe and is expensive here in Alaska.
oh, And I also have been experiencing horrible digestion problems ... I will spare you the details ....ok, I won't ... bad gas and some loose stools. ;)

I think I covered everything.
Thanks in advance for your time and input!

3000g of berries yesterday :0

2014-03-07T14:06:10.000Z

So I bought a full case(Driscoll's, 12 packs) of organic raspberries, a few packs of organic blackberries and 2 packs of organic blueberries... i intended to indulge, but reality has made my imagination seem puny once again. I ate them all in one day. The berries were primarily what I ate yesterday. I would love to do this more often, but currently do not have 50$ to slam down my throat everyday. I'm curious as to why I've yet to discover someone eating berry mono meals. Is it for financial reasons or others in which i'm ignorant to? i cant help but to assume that it is entirely nourishing to the cells.

Food-meal-fruit picture exchange

2014-01-15T14:29:33.000Z

Share what you eat and be an inspiration for others!

take a picture of your meal and post it here.

3 big meals a day or 5-6 small....

2013-10-18T18:22:36.000Z

Hi everyone, I have always eaten 5-6 meals a day, but am considering 3 big meals (>1000) for each one. Would this be optimal for health? I know most HCRV do this and I wanted your take on it. I am in college all day so I figured 1 shake post workout around 7-8. Another smoothie around 12-1. Then a salad at home around 6.

starchy carbs and fats in the morning rather than the evening help curb hunger? Or what filling fruits keep u full longest?

2013-06-10T22:42:26.000Z

I'm new to this lifestyle and haven't figured out how to stay full. I'll eat a whole cantaloupe, or 5 mangoes or 6 bananas only to find myself hungry 2 hours later. Freelee and others say they eat 3 meals a day but I'm eating/snacking all day. The only thing that satisfies the hunger is a large cooked root veggie meal at night. I would eat more at individual meals but I can't fit anymore in my stomach and then hungry 2 hrs later. it would be nice not to think about or eat food all day. Are there certain fruits or veggies or starches that keep you full longer? Thanks!

Meal planning

2013-05-18T06:26:18.000Z

So, I have just eaten a meal of 5 mangoes, 1 kilo of grpes and 5 bananas. It is 5pm now and I'm going to eat veggies salad. Should I wait or I can eat it right now? Salad will consist from lettuce, cucumbers, bell-peppers and dressing will be lemon juice, tomatoes, zucchini. I could wait for an hour or two but I don't want to eat so late at night cause I plan to go to bed at 10pm.

Monomeal fruit suggestions for a beginner?

2013-04-25T20:49:29.000Z

Hi everyone!

A beginner here trying to get into a healthier lifestyle. I've been vegetarian for a few moths and I'd like to take it to the next level. The high carb low fat fruit diet is exactly what I was looking for but I need some advice.

For sure I want to read the 80/10/10 book but I´d like to start before I get it and I get to read it so I´d like to know which sweet high carb fruits you guys recommend me to start with for my monomeals since I sadly don't like bananas...

Has somebody done something like Freelee (30 bananas a day for a month) but eating another fruit type? which results have you gotten out of it?

Thank you in advance for your help and comments and i wish you the best!

Flavorful Fat-Free Parsley Tomato Pasta

2013-01-30T14:12:04.000Z

This is so awesome and savory and astonishingly flavorful!

It's an excellent option when you don't feel like adding overt fats to your salad dressing (:

http://thegaychickwiththeblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/flavorful-fat-free-parsley-tomato-pasta.html

Super Creamy Green Protein Pasta

2013-01-30T14:01:36.000Z

This is super yummy, I can't wait to make it this spring when peas are actually in season lol!

http://thegaychickwiththeblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/super-creamy-green-protein-pasta.html

Creamy Low Fat Raw Vegan Dill Chowder

2013-01-30T13:59:30.000Z

http://thegaychickwiththeblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/creamy-low-fat-raw-vegan-dill-chowder.html

Nom! I love savory green soups, and this is no exception! It's so good (:

Once-A-Week Raw Meals?

2012-09-07T15:14:07.000Z

When it comes to meal planning, has anyone mastered quick & easy ways to prepare meals at least 5 days in advance for the week.

I found myself exhausted yesterday coming from work, and it was quite tempting for me to reach for junk food.

I'll even take quick snack suggestions, because yesterday, I found myself out of calorie-dense foods, and my bananas weren't ripe enough to suffice me. I had a lot of nuts prior.

Any tips?

Any referrals?

Help!

Day in the life....

2012-07-26T21:02:32.000Z

Hello everyone, I am new to 811 and really wanted to hear how everyone puts there day together in reference to food.

Mono-meals sound like a pretty common thing, but I wanted to know if anyone focuses on getting enough fiber (I know it usually comes with the territory eating this way), and other dietary needs (As in puts a meal plan together to ensure they get enough of everything).

Thanks for any replies, take it easy.

Do you think it's a good idea to have a final goodbye warm food meal?

2012-07-07T02:27:46.000Z

I'm starting raw on Monday, I know people always say JUST START RIGHT NOW but I love the idea of a fresh new beginning. I eat mostly raw right now but I am going to tweak my food combinations and eliminate my hot breakfast grains. I have the opportunity on Monday to eat a vegan curry and I am not sure if I should do it or not. I usually don't eat things of this nature because I understand the implications it puts on my body but it is my favourite food.

What do you think 30bad, one final meal or keep it steady till the transition on Monday?

Cheers!

Natt

What to tell a nutritionist?

2012-04-06T15:19:34.000Z

Hey everybody!

So I have an appointment with my nutritionist and medical doctor this afternoon where we will be talking about my diet.

Because I'm recovering from an eating disorder its mandatory that I go to these appointments. I know that when they take one look at my food diary for the past four weeks they will immediately jump down my throat bombarding me with assumptions that I can't possibly be getting enough protein and that a "balanced" meal of something like rice, steamed veggies and lean fish is better than seven bananas for dinner.

This is making me incredibly anxious and I don't really know what to tell them because I'm awful at trying to explain all of the incredibly valid reasons for going 80/10/10.

Any help on what I should tell them?

Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas

2011-11-20T20:43:22.000Z

I'm new to the vegan lifestyle... and I must admit, I haven't quite made the transition 100% I will usually go days w/out eating meat (not quite weeks)... OK, to the point. More and more, I've been eating fruits and veggies as my meal instead of fruits and veggies being the side dish to meat. It would be really great if I could come up with a vegan meal to bring to thanksgiving dinner with my family.

I would like to find something that truly does look and taste better than anything else at the table. I would like to WOW everyone to the point that what I bring gets eaten first. I don't want it to be a desert either, so it would preferably be a primary dish that. I'm new at this, so I don't have too much experience down this road. Any suggestions from the vegan veterans?

Mono-meal challenge!

2011-07-03T13:37:00.000Z

So I'm finally going 100% mono, except my salads. I'm so excited!

Anyone joining me?

Can't wait to have the mangoes in my belly!

One Meal a Day? - I rather die.

2011-06-15T14:48:30.000Z

Does anyone have an idea what this lady is talking about? She thinks HUNGER IS GOOD, and that we should weigh ourselves everyday to check on... yes, you got it, WEIGHT LOSS.

I know how DR feels now when I see undercarbed people. Obviously not living life to the fullest.

Here is a total different person, much more radiant, and healthier individual. None other than Freelee. No restricting calories, and got cute :)

Say no to undereating!

HIGHEST INTAKE OF BANANA IN 1 DAY??

2011-05-14T16:21:22.000Z

HELLO friends,,,i wanted to ask whats is your record of eating bananas ,,a day,,and how much do you feel is alright average for you??

iam aiming for 2 meals a day,,ande at he moment i eat 2 kg,,,(4.5 lbs)a day(about 1800 calories

in a mono meal.

happy for your answers :) ;)