The Frugivore Diet

Snack ideas?

2016-02-23T22:05:38.000Z

I'm relatively new to the high carb raw vegan lifestyle and I need new snack ideas. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Why I am NOT going to college/university

2015-01-29T13:47:34.000Z

Check out this video of why I am NOT going to college.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCm3UJqIn7E

I hope this may help some of you that are on the fence. I will be making more videos in the future about college.

Thanks and let me know what you think,

Peace

Any Michigan vegans out there? or Northern Ohio?

2014-12-22T04:18:05.000Z

I just joined and I have looked at all the groups and I haven't found any active vegan members. I was hoping I would find tons of people so I could have cool vegan friends, so if you are out there, please let me know! I live in Ypsilanti, which is vaguely by Detroit.

Hey guys, anybody near the San Diego/Los Angeles area?

2014-11-20T03:51:15.000Z

We will be having a plant-based potluck to share recipes and energize one another going into Thanksgiving. This can be a time that can feel isolating for some. However, we are going to come together the Sunday before to share inspiration, recipes and positive energy to propel us all into Thanksgiving dinner with loved one's whether they are plant-based or not! And we are going to do all this by EATING delicious plant-based food together. Come join. This is a all ages event adults/young adults/teens so please spread the word to anyone within those circles. See note in evite.
All the details are given in the evite link here - http://www.evite.com/event/01E7EHXI7VEQRMCHQEPENQ3KYSOOXU (cooked food welcome)
Sunday, November 23 from 2:00 PM
to 5:00 PM If interested get back to me ASAP to RSVP. Don't be shy now people, there's a real person behind every keyboarded you know :D If you have any ? feel free to ask. ask.

Vegan friends, not much of a discussion

2014-11-06T02:40:49.000Z

Hey guys, I'm 16 and was wondering if there were any of yous around the same age who want to exchange facebooks for emails or something. I don't have any vegan friends and I'm sure most of you know how hard that can be because veganism isn't just about food to us, it's something you grow to be passionate about and it just sucks that none of my current omnivore friends care about it.
I thought it'd be cool to get to know some fellow vegans of the same age :)

Persuading your parents to let you go vegan!

2014-10-29T17:02:33.000Z

In the past I have attempted to go vegetarian which my parents hated. After 1 month they refused to let me go on with the lifestyle as they saw it as a hassle and a way of seeking attention through diet. After 6 months of research and studying into a vegan lifestyle and more specifically the 30Bad lifestyle I am 100% certain that I would like to follow this lifestyle for the rest of my life. However after failing previously to persuade my parents that a vegetarian lifestyle was not extreme and was healthy I believe I need some help and advise please. How did you persuade your parents? My mother and father are very tradition and believe everything they hear on the news. Also my father is a vet and needs lots of scientific evidence to persuade him to do anything. Health notes// I have previously had anorexia and a mild case of jaundice. I have IBS and have a weak immune system. Hope someone can help ;)

Central Florida

2014-05-23T13:22:19.000Z

Hi all you fruit bats!
Anyone of you live in the Central Florida region? I do! and I'm going to Orlando for university in August and would love to make some connections for a better raw vegan influence and support for this lifestyle.

Educating peers about veganism and plant-based diets

2014-05-17T04:12:12.000Z

Hello, lovely people!

I'm interested to know how others have responded to your vegan life-style. Have they shown genuine interest, or do they generally palm you off in ignorance?

Also, do you have any stories about friends going vegan from your example?

Feel free to share your experiences!

Shalom x ~

Fellow Teenagers: Do you have clear skin?

2013-08-17T16:31:45.000Z

I posted this on the main page, but I decided to re-post it here because it's more relevant here.

The idea of having a good skin is one of my favorite things about this lifestyle...I've been 100% raw for about a week and a half(not long, i know) and 80/10/10 for about 7 months. The general public mindset is that all teenagers have acne, and there's really no way to get around it, but there's a lot of things about the general public mindset that 811-ers don't accept. If anyone (specifically 811 teens or people who were teens on 811) could offer some insight or personal experience, that would be very appreciated. Don't be afraid to add the details of your diet (what % raw is your diet, how long, organic, etc.) and skin (how long before it cleared up, still have a few pimples here and there, etc.)

Thanks!

School lunch

2013-04-08T01:51:55.000Z

what do you guys take for school lunch, if you're in highschool

I used to take medjool dates, like 10 but I realized I cant eat that many in a row, its like eating a cupcake to me, way too sugary and it hurts my teeth.

sorry I just realized someone made a discussion about this, ill leave it up anyway

Is it such a big deal if I don't eat over 2500 calories in a day?

2013-03-22T13:06:30.000Z

Some days I eat around 4,000 calories which I'm totally fine with. Other days I'm just not so hungry and I feel like ill be sick if I eat more so I end up eating around 1500-2000 calories. Is that okay for some days? Note: I am not trying to restrict my calories. I've learned to love abundance c:

What do you guys eat in a day?

2013-03-22T11:19:09.000Z

How many calories and etc?

I am new here so not sure really how much is best to eat and what :/

My family is crazy.

2013-03-01T03:02:42.000Z

So today my parents threatened to ground me if I didn't eat pancakes and bacon with them. I didn't really know what to do so I ate the pancakes but not the bacon and now my body feels terrible. My parents also lectured me on eating too much fruit saying it would make me incredibly fat.... Obviously my parents are not well educated and it really makes me mad when they lecture me on my diet while they are completely unhealthy and sick all the time. I feel like it'll be impossible to be fully raw while I live with them, what can I do?

School lunch.... THE HORROR!

2013-01-31T02:25:09.000Z

what do you guys bring to lunch?! I bring fruit and some vegan options but It is a hassle to deal with friends comments and such so how do you handle and what do you bring?:)

What do you guys do at sleepovers?

2013-01-22T00:52:54.000Z

Hey guys, so one topic I really wanted to get your opinions on is sleepovers. At least one night of the week I stay over at a friend's house or have a friend over to my house. The problem I'm having though is when I sleepover at someone else's house and i don't know what to eat. Countless times I've woken up and my friends mom or someone has made a huge breakfast of buttermilk pancakes, bacon, cinnamon rolls and etc. I never know what to say or do so I usually eat all the fruit if there's any there. Often times though there is nothing raw, let alone vegan, for me to eat and I'm forced to either refuse to eat the food they made for me, or just force myself to eat the food which is usually what I end up doing :(. I know it'd be easier to just tell people when I go over to their houses that I'm a raw vegan but I'm so afraid of doing that because I know they'll think I'm super weird because of it. What would/do you guys do in my situation?

University: the dropping-out question

2012-11-15T04:29:21.000Z

Hi! I am 22 but I hope it's okay if I post this here - I thought some people close to my own age might have the most relevant thoughts on this issue. I thank you so much for any advice or perspectives.

I've wanted a university degree as long as I can remember (it was never forced, but certainly encouraged, in my family). I got into the school I wanted, am nearly 3.5 years into a 5 year degree (English Literatures and Drama Studies), and ... am I certain anymore that this is what I want? No.

The entire experience, despite its rewards - coming out of my shell a bit, meeting many fascinating and wonderful people, gathering knowledge, making very dear friends - has overall been consistently and damagingly stressful. Every single term, I end up overworked, frustrated, and ashamed of myself. Just when I think I've learned better how to deal with stress, the workload gets heavier. It's like I can't keep up with the curve ... or the curve itself is just impossible, haha. One way or the other.

The stress of higher education is actually what spurred the development of my bulimia, which I've been fighting for almost the past two years. I am trying hard to overcome it with the HCRV lifestyle, and it's helped me immensely this term. In fact, it's the only thing that has truly helped at all. Now, though, I am losing control of the ED again due to the insane workload and schedule that I can't maintain. It is impossible to sleep or eat properly as an ambitious, community-involved student (I have had numerous psychologists/counsellors, none of whom were able to help me deal with this issue.)

I have always been too determined to question this, too trusting of the voices i've fed myself religiously - "This IS what I want; I NEED a degree to make me worthwhile, to succeed at all." But I'm finally realizing what they are, those voices. They are Society and Institution and Money and Self-Hatred, not me. I don't know which voice IS me anymore. I don't think I can hear myself beneath their roar.

This is not the life I want. It leads nowhere for me. I don't want to struggle to the end of this degree only to earn the privilege of getting another, and then getting a job I'll probably hate that will distract me from finding real confidence, love, fulfillment. A job that is hardly even available, given this economy. I'm a passionate Arts student, but I'm passionate about LIFE too, and LIFE is escaping me right now. I physically feel very often like I can't quite open my eyes, or like there is a fog in front of me ... because there's MORE TO IT than this, this rat race ... I want more than this, if more is possible ...

Please let me know what you think. Namaste.

hey guys! anyone in socal?

2012-08-26T07:29:50.000Z

hii, just wondering if anyone's in socal, and if they want to chat about cool places to eat/ hang out/ have fun?

Anybody around Pittsburgh?

2012-06-19T15:11:06.000Z

Just moved down here, and feeling kind of lonely. Anybody anywhere close?

YOUNGSTERS! Are you going to WFF'12?

2012-06-03T18:33:03.000Z

Just wondering if any of you under-21-ers (or anyone under 18, for the matter) are going to the Woodstock Fruit Festival 2012?

At the moment I'm not signed up to go, but that could change :)

So, you going?

Peace & Fruit

Michelle :)

The CRON-O-Meter

2009-08-19T00:40:43.000Z

So I downloaded this:http://spaz.ca/cronometer/After seeing Levke's thread about her cronometer it made me want to go searching for one.So this one you download to your computer and use it. I'm hoping it'll satisfy my mom. So whenever she tells me that I'm not getting enough proteins or calories or whatever, I'll just pull it up on the cronometer...What do you think?

Problems With Parents?

2009-07-31T04:16:05.000Z

For those of you who still live with mom and dad, did any of you have any troubles trying to convince them that it is possible to survive on a raw vegan diet? How'd you get them to accept your ideas? My mom's already expressed that she thinks I'm hurting by body now (I'm stilla vegetarian now) so she wasn't really feelin the raw food thing.What did yall say to get your parents to feel better about you going raw?

do you tell kids your age

2009-07-07T19:09:10.000Z

about 811?? or even raw foods? =D

how old are you?

2009-06-11T05:51:07.000Z

how old are you?