Tickets are booked! In roughly 40 days I'll be on vacation. About a year ago when I went raw, I thought it would be nice if I could be in shape enough to wear a bikini. Don't we all think that? I'm a long way from that being a reality, but it is still the dream. I've noticed that I've hit a plateau, maybe because I haven't been working out as often. Or maybe it was the cheezies. So now it's the big push to the finish line. I had thought about doing a juice feast (not eating, just drinking a ton of fresh juices) but the thought of cleaning my juicer multiple times a day, and peeing 20 times a day just isn't speaking to me. If I'm not pumped at the start, I won't last long. So instead I'm going to try a different version of the raw vegan diet, maybe it'll give my body the jolt it needs.
I'm going to try following a fruitarian diet for a while and see how it goes. The name is deceiving, fruitarians eat fruits, veg, nuts and seeds, just like other raw vegans. It's just the proportions that make the difference. The goal is to get 80% of calories from carbs (fruit) 10% from protein and 10% from fat. I have been doing a modified version of this for a while now. But today I calculated it. I've been doing 60/20/20. To compare, a standard American diet is 50% carbs, 35% fat and 15 % protein. It doesn't sound like I'm that far off, and by American standards I eat a low fat diet. But upping my carbs by 20% and reducing fat and protein by 10% is really hard! 100 calories of nuts is like 1/4 cup, and 100 calories of watermelon is almost 3 cups. Eat more to lose more? Let's see. My morning coffee with soy milk, takes up 1/4 of my fat intake for the day. My coffee! 16 grams of fat a day is the goal. Can I do it? Who knows, I didn't think I could make the switch to vegan, and it turned out to be a breeze.
If you are worried, it's too little fat, don't worry. My inner thighs will be able to supply my body with enough fat for a long while :-) Plus in 40 days I'll be falling off the bandwagon.
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