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I was fruitarian for about one year, but over the past few days I have switched back to a diet of cooked foods for a few reasons. 

I'm not sure what I did wrong, exactly. I may have consumed too little sodium or something along those lines, I found out many days I would only be having 30 mg.

It was amazing for the majority of that time, but the last 2-3 months of it was when I began to feel awful. My dark circles were prominent, I was bloated and my digestion was terrible, my eyes were turning a bit yellow, I felt very fatigued and kept gaining weight despite exercising often and eating decently.

Slightly after I started experiencing these symptoms, I then decided to significantly increase the amount of physical activity I was engaging in. I went from a routine of either cycling 20 miles or walking between 5-15 miles per day to then running that same amount or cycling for about 3-8 hours. 

And (!) I also unfortunately found out I was doing the entire thing on a caloric deficit, so that was likely the reason why I lost so much hair. (Ok so this definitely made everything a lot worse, I know I did this one thing wrong. It exaggerated all the symptoms I had.)

Anyways, I gained about 20 lbs in a month, I felt like a water balloon about to burst. I still do a little bit. It was very noticeable because I'm so short.

It was just a weird situation. I wish I could go back to the first half of it when I was very energetic and happy and the leanest I've ever been. 

I've started a diet of eating mainly cooked starches, still really low in fat. So far my face is a lot less bloated, my dark circles are going away, I am more calm. I'm not eating additional salt, I have no idea what's going on but I'd love to go back to raw veganism.

What advice would you give me to be successful in my next attempt? Thanks. I was thinking about going back to it in another week or two.