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Comment by Raw Pixi on November 13, 2011 at 2:21pm

I have found every google search leads me here to this website for the answers I seek. It has been a valuable tool to a beginner like me in a house with my DH as a cooked food eater. I am struggling but thanks to everyone on this site I have somewhere to go and have not given up b/c of the information they shared...THANK YOU!!

Comment by Kristen Michelle Yougman on November 5, 2011 at 5:50am

I managed these changes within three months!

Comment by Kristen Michelle Yougman on November 5, 2011 at 5:22am

Comment by outlaw runner on September 23, 2011 at 3:11am

My exictment and anticipation for life has grown enormasly like never before. just cant wait to wake up and start another day!

Comment by Doug on September 17, 2011 at 4:14am

Most people quit just before the finish line.  Not only do the members of 30BAD keep going past the finish line, but they go back and drag the stragglers across with them!

Comment by Raw Mormon Mommy on September 2, 2011 at 2:46am

Hello everyone! I'm new to 80 10 10. Just ordered the book yesterday. I have been doing raw foods since Oct. 2008. I have anxiety, and Lichen Schlerosus. Suppossedly there is no cure. But I will be the first! I have been blogging about my health journey at www.rawmormonmommy.blogspot.com

I think I am detoxing and hope that this will not last long....I have energy...but I don't feel so good...sleeping good...how much longer??

Comment by Jessica on September 1, 2011 at 3:54am

I was raised on soul food. I ate a horrible diet consisting of fried foods high high high salt content. Cakes pies and fries all my worst nightmares. Both sides of my family are obese, diabetic, alcoholic,they smoke,and eat the S.A.D. I want to change for myself,my husband, my four beautiful children, and my family. I want to stop the pattern of controllable diseases. As far as my family goes, my grandmother on my mothers side, my mother, uncle, and cousin have all died from brain tumors to fluid on the brain to brain aneurism ( my mother
had 3 aneurisms on the brain) along with graves disease, chronic lymphedema, two hip replacements, and
elephantiasis. I now have been suffering with edema in my right foot and leg for years now ( about 12 years) and it's painful. However since LFRV I have seen a lot of physical and mental changes in myself. I have more energy the swelling has dissipated and I'm on my way to a much better me. My extended family is not all that supportive so your help and the help of this forum will change my world and my families. Thank you for your support!!!

Comment by Janessa Walters on August 20, 2011 at 5:05am

       Yes, I have decided that I am going to become a vegan. Why, you ask? because I have some strange food allergies and because I need a change in my life style.

         I have been struggling with my weight and health and emotions since I was 12, and I have come to the realization that SOMETHING more has to change. Between the age of 12 and 17 I went from "pick me up by my ribs" skinny to over 220 pounds, that is scary. My sophomore year, I decided that I wanted to do weight training with Mr. M as my coach and mentor. He helped me to push myself and made me work so hard that I went from that awful 220 to a wonderful and beautiful 160lbs in less than 5 months. It has to be said that the 17 months that I kept the weight off, were the most memorable and happy days of my life.

         About a year after I had lost all this, I began dating one of the most emotionally and mentally abusive men I had ever haad the misfortune of meeting. We dated for 5 months before I got pregnant and it took me thaat long to really notice that something was wrong. My friends and family had been completely right, the entire time. Not only was he a horrible person to begin with, but he had dragged my spirits down with him.

         While pregnant, the physical abuse started, no, this is not a joke.  that lasted a short time before I decided that I was done with him, but for some reason, I kept going back to him for another 4 months. I finally found myself with all the weight i had lost, plus some, back on. It caused minor complications with labor, but myself and my beautiful baby boy made it through.

         Today, more than 3 1/2 years later, I am still above 240lbs. My body chemistry changed drastically. I work out by circuit training 3 or more times a week and I am good with portion control. This seems to get me nowhere, 10lbs here and there that fluctuates back and forth. So this is what I am going to do:

         1) I am going to quit smoking.

         2) I am going to break my caffine addiction.

         3) I am going to continue my workouts and add more to them. AND

         4) I am going to become a raw vegan with no gluten or starches.

         By writing this, I am now accountable to everyone who may read this. I would love your support.

                          Thank you, very much.     

P.S. I will keep you updated with everything from my routines, recipes, weight changes, and conversation :) Thanks again.

Comment by Eli on August 11, 2011 at 6:47am

Hi guys!

I just wanted to say a huge thanks for all the advice on keeping a healthy lifestyle, health, love, peace, and happiness. I've never met a community with such positive attitude and great motive to discuss with each other.

 

I went back to 100% LFRV after falling off the wagon for two months thanks to many members on here. Just yesterday I trained the most I ever had, ate the most I ever had, drank the most I ever had, and slept the most I ever had ;)

 

I pretty much swam 12.3 km

Cycled 32 miles

Drank 9 Liters of water

Ate 9000 calories

Slept a straight 13.5 hours

 

I can't beleive my progress, it's just insane that I'm freaked.. This is even more than I trained when I was really in shape last year. Not that I usually train this much, I usually swim 5000m and cycle 15 mi. but I set the record. My sources of calories that day were:

 

blended medjools with bananas 5000 cal

mangoes 2500 cal

grapes 1500 cal

three heads of lettuce eaten with mangoes (I dont count those cals)

 

I owe 30bad so much gratitude with the advice I got from, all you guys are the bestest I've ever known in my life, I never get support in anything out in reality actually, even from friends and family which I lack :D

Thank you for helping me help myself, Rawfruitygoddess, Mango-Man, Ednshell, PK, Kaz, and Durianrider! I will never forget you guys and am so inspired at your amazing example :D

Bless ya all so much!

 

Comment by Ashley Christensen <3 on April 23, 2011 at 8:17am

Since going 100% Low Fat Raw Vegan : 6 weeks

 

I have lost so much excess fat

I've began running everyday

My skin is clear

My energy levels are out the roof

I'm never hungry

I eat all day

I'm soo hydrated and drinking so much water I can't help but be happy

Everyone around me is telling me I look good :)

I feel so much healthier

I don't have depression days where I feel super upset

My moods are very stable

My whole family has started eating way more fruit and vegetables and asking me questions

I feel so revitalized and happy

I know that I've found THE ANSWER!

 

Comment by Josh Fossgreen on March 9, 2011 at 5:35pm

http://www.raw-food-freedom.net/my-raw-story.html

Comment by HealthySkinnyBeautiful-TashaLee on February 1, 2011 at 2:16am

i have been trying to do 80-10-10 for over a year and a half.  i believed it was the best thing for me, but it was so hard to do it alone.  i loved the set-up on alissa cohen's community, but the high-fat stuff just was not working for me so it was hard to filter the posts all the time to just find people who ate simply.  i tried to read doug graham's forum on vegsource but the set-up was so annoying that i just stopped trying.  i liked what they were saying, but i just did not want to use it the way it was! i started looking for people on facebook to connect with through big raw names like victoria boutenko, etc.  one person friended me and i have no idea where she found me? but her username was "raw food path" so i figured, why not?  one day she and alissa cohen (another facebook name i had friended) were tagged in a photo, and though i rarely read status updates, i decided to check out the picture...it was freelee's before and after!  she mentioned low-fat raw vegan as her caption, and i friended her immediately! she posted on my wall about 30bananasaday.com--i was SUPER EXCITED when i checked it out! i read through all the rules as was like, "this is awesome!  they do the filtering for me!!!" and then when i filled out the membership page, was so excited to see they endorsed doug graham's book!  i was sold!  i am sooooooooooooooooooooo grateful for this forum!  the support and information here is what is making it possible for me to eat the way i wanted to, but was having such a hard time implementing!  the practical tips and stories are sooo helpful! thanks so much!!!

Comment by Joy on January 28, 2011 at 10:06am

I made some videos about my experience healing depression through raw foods
http://www.youtube.com/user/thejoyofraw?feature=mhum
check out My Raw Journey I and II :)

Comment by TheBananaGirl on January 27, 2011 at 8:53pm

This page is really inspiring! Thanks everyone.

Comment by brett martin on December 27, 2010 at 9:38pm

a couple of years ago i was literally flattened by ulcerativ colitis. it seemed to come out of the blue but when i think hard about it i was asking for it. my body doesnt seem to handle the average diet - even though my diet was pretty good. the timing of this disease couldnt have been better though because at that time we were and still are living in an awesome rammed earth shack deep in the bush in the south west corner of western australia. we have n o neighbours except kangeroos, snakes, frogs and birds galore. but the best thing is the shack has an existing orchard of over 50 trees - several different types of apples, pears, peaches nectarines, apricots, passionfruits, plums, citrus, frejoas, mulberries, rasberries, figs and the like. after about a year of treating the disease with conventinal western medications i became dissallusioned as they were not working and my health was in further decline. a friend of a friend sent me a copy of DAVID KLIENS self healing colitis and crohns and my raw food journey began. its been a year now and i find that 100% fruit makes me feel at my prime. its so good  to be able to waltz out to the garden and find all my meals just hanging there. go fruities

Comment by Tarah @ 40 Below Fruity on December 8, 2010 at 11:51am

Just wanted to share a picture here :) My testimony is up top!

Comment by Michael on November 10, 2010 at 10:30am

When I started eating raw, I had about 30 pounds to lose. I was excited and curious about all things raw. I was feverishly buying books and reading online, and shopping for all kinds of new things. I loaded up on dehydrated wonders, raw fats, superfoods, supplements, fermentations, you name it. I lost a lot of money and the 30 pounds in that first couple months. Early in my quest for info I happened upon Frederick Patenaude and 30bananasaday.com, but I thought that was for 'those extreme fruitarians'. I continued to try to find my way with raw foods and soon found myself in that slump where the initial buzz of raw diet energy is all gone, and my digestive system was in dire straights. I was hungry and felt restricted by my diet. I was stimulating myself with cocao, sweeteners and salt, and numbing myself with fats. I couldn't keep up with the somewhat elaborate meal preparations I was doing. In addition to having a full-time job, I took on a 5-6 days/week of Bikram yoga. The time constraints and nutritional needs of a rigorous yoga practice lead me to eating more convenient fruits and less heavy, elaborate foods. I kept hearing about the 80/10/10 book, but it took awhile to get around to ordering it. It was that book and some videos by Michael Arnstein that helped me to see how a high fruit, low fat raw vegan diet is a very sane and practical approach to vibrant health. It just took awhile for my mindset to shift. I didn't need to recreate the standard American diet with raw concoctions, I simply needed to eat high-quality/fresh/ripe/whole fruits and vegetables. I'm going on about 4 months 80/10/10 and I feel so fabulous day after day! I did have some cleansing symptoms here and there, but there was no doubt they were bringing me to better health. I'm grateful for my thriving health and feel like a fog has lifted. I have a level of clarity, wholeness and happiness I never knew was missing. I seem to continue transforming and I look forward to the journey. 30bananasaday.com has been a great resource and support along the way. It's funny how such a simple, sensical matter as a low fat raw vegan diet is so rare in this world that we need an online space to come to for sharing. This is one place to go where no one will ask you where you get your protein ;)

Comment by Lydia Moore on November 8, 2010 at 6:54am

ok thanks again like always =] Freelee and DR do is very positive they answer alot of questions and have info to back it up, its a nice change for once. Most people make pages to claim to help or spread the word but never socialize to the people who join...but both Freelee and DR are very hands on and Im happy I followed them from youtube to face book to this very motivating. =].

Comment by melissa jackson on October 7, 2010 at 12:22pm

Hey guys & girls!

I started 811 100% about 2 months ago (I was vegan for 8 years before I went back to the SAD diet and became bulimic (throwing up anywhere from 5-12 times a day) aswell as anorexic). I've put on 30 pounds so far. I'm 5'6. 19 years old.

I was 87 pounds when I began my journey. At this time I was eating over 3000 calories a day of typical SAD foods (ice-cream, chocolate, pounds of honey). I had not binged/threw up, nor restricted my calories for a year prior to this. I wanted so bad to get to a normal weight and be healthy. My eating disorders were not caused by a desire to weighless, but from stress.

I spent 8 months eating everything in site and rapidly losing weight. (my stomach looked about 8 months pregnant though) My hair was falling out and I was sicker than a dog. It seemed as if my body was rejecting food, everything in fact gave me horrible stomach aches (even fruit). I was an emotional mess and the doctors did every test known to man, yet nothing showed up as abnormal. I was pretty much at deaths door.

One day a thought crossed my mind to only eat fruit for a day, so I did. It was awful. My system was so screwed up that it couldn't handle digesting the fruit, as it was running into all the other fat/crap stored in my body. After that I spent a few weeks going back and fourth from cooked crap to fruit. Everything raw tasted awful, I couldn't go near vegetables. I didn't know how to pick properly ripe fruit, which did not help much, and was not following food combining.

It was a super tough transition for me, I got even sicker, lost more weight and felt way worse then before. By week two I was covered in what appeared to be cellulite (I'd never had a tiny bit before). I was terrified, bloated to heck and back, rapidly ganging and losing weight, moody, had intense cravings for cooked food, and losing my hair even worse then before. To top it off my face broke out something awful, I couldn't sleep and had no energy.

However I knew what I was doing was somehow "right". I'm not going to lie, I almost went back to the SAD life more then once in my first month. But a little voice in the back of my head kept telling me to keep going and push through all this. Well, I'm glad I did.

Just some of what I've experience now on the end of month 2:
my skin is clear.
my hair has almost stopped falling out.
I've gained strength and the energy to workout.
I sleep soundly.
I'm smiling almost everyday.
I can't help but try to help others.
I'm rarely bloated.
I've stayed at roughly the same weight for the last 2 weeks regardless of how much I eat.
My stress levels are at zero pretty much.
Life is beautiful.
my confidence has soared.
I'm attracting all kinds of positive and amazing things within my life.
I'm emotionally balanced.
I don't have an ounce of cellulite on my body.
I adore veggies and the taste of all raw foods.
I had no cooked food cravings ever.
I know how to pick ripe fruit:)
I adore food combining.

I could go on……..

Don't expect that everything will be perfect on your first day or even first few weeks. Your weight will go up and down like crazy (if you have an eating disordered past) so will your moods. Remember how long it took to get where you're at now? Well it's going to take twice as long to get better.

So please girls (and guys!) stay strong and push through all your detox/reactions to this change that your body will put you through. It soooooo worth it in the end and you'll be thankful that you did:)

melissa<3

Comment by Alyssa on October 6, 2010 at 10:00am

Before I found 30bad I was anorexic, bullimic, over exercised, horribly miserable, and tired 24/7. I was a train wreck, but anorexia took over. I only ate up to 500 calories a day, and I usually didn't have any carbs. I was killing myself. I am in Mixed Martial Arts, and my performance suffered greatly. I lost strength, and balance. I dropped 30 pounds in 2 months, and became very thin and weak. I started researching diets to improve athletic performance, and thats when I found fruitarianism. I have always had a strong bond with fruit. I have loved it my whole life, and I always had a natural attraction to it. Before I found 30bad I was undereating fruit, and always went back to cooked. Now I always try and get enough fruit cals. and I ALWAYS feel amazing when I do. So I just wanted to say a huge thanks to Freelee, and DR for creating this site. You possibly saved my life. :)

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