Our community would be delighted to know you better. Please tell us more about yourself and what brought you to the Frugivore Diet. Detailed responses will only be accepted (feel free to reapply with more detail if at first not approved as a member).
My real name is Mara :)
I've been vegan since May 27th, 2011 after watching the film, FOK (Forks Over Knives). I started out vegan for better health- SAD diets and calorie counts weren't cutting it for me. Gained some weight while trying vegan replacements and nuts over that first summer! I was experimenting with raw vegetables since November 2012, fruit since February 2012. I was aiming for HCRV as of June 2012, working on replacing cooked meals with 811 recipes- going through the old memories and letting go. I was very excited for life- more energy, better skin, digestion, sleep, emotions, etc.
After I graduated from Luther College in May 2013 (psychology bachelor's), I met with the love of my life and we ate fully raw for much of our time while first meeting. Over the past couple months, we have dabbled quite a bit in lower and higher fat cooked vegan foods- and boy, we have started to feel rotten, tired, sad, depressed, fat, and ready to be raw again starting this year of 2014 and beyond.
We consider our hearts as raw fruitarians- we don't believe in eating greens or nuts- maiming/killing plants, nor destroying the seeds which grow the plant. We just want the fruits!
I am certified in Permaculture Design through Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas, CA, as of June 2012 and I desire to develop my skills in building stuff with recyclable or scrap materials- something I've wanted to do since I was a kid.
My partner and I want to make fruit more sustainable and available to people or to the world in general through fruit growing and foraging. We live in Sacramento, CA and want to meet more fruitarians who wish to spread the lifestyle together.
What is your gender? PLEASE NOTE: To enhance the community experience, profile pics of yourself are *REQUIRED* to gain membership. Membership will be declined otherwise.
female, womyn, babe, huh?
Please tell us about your dietary inclinations:
I'm HCRV already
Are you Connected?
yes i am
My favourite books/movies/authors/pastimes are...
ancient aliens, building stuff, foraging fruit, hiking, biking, fruit growing
The Frugivore started this site to bring together frugivores across the Globe! Let us know what high fruit assistance do you need?
I would like to know about more fruitarian communities around the world where I could potentially live or learn from. I would like to learn how to make this lifestyle sustainable for all people- in our bodies, psyche, how to grow food forests, urban change, perspective shifts, all of it!
The Frugivore Diet is a fruit-based vegan internet community which promotes a high carb fruit based vegan lifestyle free of any animal products. Our forum does not tolerate encouragement of anything contrary to this. Nor do we allow endorsement of non-vegan items or practises which involve the imprisonment, exploitation, abuse or murder of sentient beings. We also require our members to post with proper netiquette. Therefore, please indicate your intention:
I will comply because I like totally agree with all this
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Hi Mara! Go right ahead and use my photo, I encourage it. Any details you need just let me know. I'm going to be creating my own youtube channel here in the next couple of weeks and I'm gonna be going over everything; my entire weightloss journey.
Hi, Mara, thanks for the add. :) Truth be told, I don't eat all raw either. But I've learned to let go of the guilt about it. I am where I am, and I i still love it. For me it's about bringing more positivity into my being as much as I can.
What do you study in school?
Gald were friends Mara! :))
Thanks for the friendship, Mara! :]
Hope to see you around!
Thanks! I have been a vegan since 2003 and recently trying to go 100% raw. The experiences and problems that you are having is quite normal, and you should not worry too much about it . Just remember a change like this does not happen overnight. Always set small objective and think long term gains. As long as you have DECIDED,COMMITTED, you will SUCCEED. And buy the way the new photo you posted shows a beautiful,fresh,enrgetic and revitalized face. Please stay with this diet you will be all right.
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Welcome to 30bad, I've been expected you! :)
Hello! How is this new diet coming along for you? Good luck.
Hey Maraw! Thanks for the add. I agree, it would be nice to chat! Feel free to PM anytime. <3 Ly
Oh, fun. My sister graduated from there. It's a pretty happenin place surrounded by beautiful bluffs.
I see you're in a Power of Now group. I'm in the middle of that book right now. It all makes sense, but it's so much at once!
Welcome! :) Welcome! :) Welcome! :)
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