My Experience Eating a 100% Low Fat Raw Vegan Diet
I started eating a 100%, low fat raw vegan diet on May 25,2009.
That morning I weighed 130 pounds.
I started this diet for several reasons.
I wanted to get healthier.
My favorite sport is long distance running and walking.
My 5k races had been getting slower and slower the past several months.
After much research I felt that eating a raw vegan diet would enable me to run faster.
Also due to a spinal cord injury I do not have full use of my arms.
I thought eating like this my body could heal itself.
That morning I ran a 5k race in 29:54.
My body fat was less than 10 per cent.
On May 30, I ran a 5k race just under 37 minutes.
I attributed this to my body detoxifying.
On May 31 I weighed 124 pounds.
On June 6 I ran a 5k race in 37:30 and weighed 122 pounds.
On June 7 I ran a 5k race in 37:00.
On June 14 I ran a 5k race in 36:53 and weighed 119 pounds.
On June 20 I ran a 5k race in 38:36 and weighed 115 pounds.
On June 27 I ran a 5k race in 36:31 and weighed 115 pounds.
On July 2 I weighed 112 pounds.
I had my body fat measured with electronic calipers.
It was 5.
5-6%.
I took some measurements.
They were: Waist-under 28 in.
Hips-33-33 1/2 in.
Calves-12 1/2-12 3/4 Thighs-17 1/2-17 3/4 Chest normal-34 in.
My Body Mass Index was 18.
1-18.
2 This is at a height of 68 in.
I know most of the weight loss was from excess sodium, some fat loss and a little muscle wasting.
On July 4, I ran a 5k race in 35:01 and weighed 111 1/2 pounds.
On July 21 I reached my lowest weight of under 108 pounds.
My upper arms and forearms were just over 8 in.
My thighs were 16 1/2-17in.
My hips were 32in..
I looked like a walking skeleton.
One of the reasons I lost so much weight, was because I was not able to eat enough fruit in the beginning.
I was satisfied with about half of my normal caloric intake in the beginning, due to my stomach not being stretched enough.
When I was eating cooked food, I was eating 2000-2500 calories a day to maintain 130 pounds body weight.
Since this article is getting rather lengthy, I will continue it in part 2.
See you then.
That morning I weighed 130 pounds.
I started this diet for several reasons.
I wanted to get healthier.
My favorite sport is long distance running and walking.
My 5k races had been getting slower and slower the past several months.
After much research I felt that eating a raw vegan diet would enable me to run faster.
Also due to a spinal cord injury I do not have full use of my arms.
I thought eating like this my body could heal itself.
That morning I ran a 5k race in 29:54.
My body fat was less than 10 per cent.
On May 30, I ran a 5k race just under 37 minutes.
I attributed this to my body detoxifying.
On May 31 I weighed 124 pounds.
On June 6 I ran a 5k race in 37:30 and weighed 122 pounds.
On June 7 I ran a 5k race in 37:00.
On June 14 I ran a 5k race in 36:53 and weighed 119 pounds.
On June 20 I ran a 5k race in 38:36 and weighed 115 pounds.
On June 27 I ran a 5k race in 36:31 and weighed 115 pounds.
On July 2 I weighed 112 pounds.
I had my body fat measured with electronic calipers.
It was 5.
5-6%.
I took some measurements.
They were: Waist-under 28 in.
Hips-33-33 1/2 in.
Calves-12 1/2-12 3/4 Thighs-17 1/2-17 3/4 Chest normal-34 in.
My Body Mass Index was 18.
1-18.
2 This is at a height of 68 in.
I know most of the weight loss was from excess sodium, some fat loss and a little muscle wasting.
On July 4, I ran a 5k race in 35:01 and weighed 111 1/2 pounds.
On July 21 I reached my lowest weight of under 108 pounds.
My upper arms and forearms were just over 8 in.
My thighs were 16 1/2-17in.
My hips were 32in..
I looked like a walking skeleton.
One of the reasons I lost so much weight, was because I was not able to eat enough fruit in the beginning.
I was satisfied with about half of my normal caloric intake in the beginning, due to my stomach not being stretched enough.
When I was eating cooked food, I was eating 2000-2500 calories a day to maintain 130 pounds body weight.
Since this article is getting rather lengthy, I will continue it in part 2.
See you then.
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