Ever since I lost 30 pounds, friends, family, and fellow tumblrs have been asking what I eat. Well here it is!!!
I have kept track of the food I usually eat in a day to share with you. I want people to understand just how much food I eat! And yet I still lost 30 pounds and am maintaining a happy weight without any exercise at all (I just started heated yoga 2 weeks ago)
I follow the 80/10/10 lifestyle (80% of my calories comes from carbohydrates, 10% from protein, 10% from fat). I am not fully raw, but I am striving to be raw until 4pm.
I get over 500 grams of carbohydrates a day, and let me tell you, I have been feeling more energetic and healthy than ever. I used to be terrified of carbs, and I also used to binge 1-2 times a day, and I HAD to have at least 1 candy bar each day. But once I started eating enough carbs, every single craving vanished and I stopped binging. I no longer care for all of my past food vices like chocolate, cake, cookies, cheese, etc.
Here are some of my main tips:
eat PLENTY of carbs (see how I are 500g of carbs?)
eat as much fruit as you can for breakfast
hydrate as soon as you wake up (to make this more appealing to me, I drink homemade unsweetened iced tea that I made the night before)
dont eat fruit after you eat any cooked foods (this will cause fermentation, which equals gas! and improper digestion)
don’t use any added oils or salts, if you must, use very very sparingly
if you juice, treat your juice as a beverage and not a meal
don’t count or restrict calories. not all calories are created equal. as you can see my net calories for the day was about 2,000 (keep in mind I am a 5’3” female) so according to popular belief, I would be gaining 1 pound per week, but instead I am maintaining/slightly losing weight.
If you have cravings, are tempted to binge, or are just down right crabby, you are UNDER CARBED!!! eat some straight up carbs as soon as you can
pizza, cake, cookies, are not cabrs… they are fat!!!
the fat you eat is the fat you keep
straight up carbs literally cannot make you fat (unless you are consuming fat along with it…) (I ate 6 cups of white rice today… and pretty much every day… am I fat? nope)
stop worrying about protein (see how I easily got my daily recommended intake of protein with eating just fruit and rice!.. also some lentils, but they only had 12 g of protein)
know that you can do this too! I was miserable and lost when it came to food. I was struggling to lose all this extra weight I gained in college, and nothing was working. Then, I was convinced to go vegan by Freelea, and sure it was a slow transition, but it was well worth it in the end (and i am even still transitioning! I havent make that leap of faith with alcohol or my wardrobe yet, but I am working towards it! and that’s perfectly ok!)
GO VEGAN! educate yourself!! Here is a video to get you started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3pVxa5oDLM
So please ask me any questions you may have!! I am more than happy to clarify or elaborate.
ps: i’m checking out everyone’s blog who likes this post to possibly follow, and I will follow everyone who reblogs this post and/or follows me in the next 5 hours!!
