Raw Food Diet Weight Loss

Is it reasonable to expect raw food diet weight loss results? If so how much and how fast? Many people who discover raw living want answers to these questions. Typically, they want to hear about raw food diet weight loss success stories. They start out because they wish to find a healthy weight loss diet plan, and they "stumble on" raw foodism quite by accident. They become interested in things like finding a raw food diet meal plan that will show them what to eat, how much and when.

These are folks who have tried and failed with other weight loss attempts. Often they've tried crazy things like a juice diet, detox diet, protein diet, lemonade diet, master cleanser diet, just to name a few. They know about vegetarianism and might even know a vegan or two.

When followed correctly by overweight people, Weight loss on a raw food diet is indeed possible. In addition, it is a very quick diet by comparison. But understand that becoming a raw foodist is about much more than losing weight. Rather, eating raw is about feeding your body with living, healthy food - what some would call super foods.

So here is my advice on how to start a raw food diet for the purpose of losing weight. Don't.

Instead, learn about the health benefits of a raw food diet. Educate yourself on why this is the best way to eat and why raw foodists are some of the healthiest people around. Get acquainted with the elements of food nutrition and start eating. What should you eat? Eat anything that can be consumed uncooked. If you think about it that's a long list of foods. When should you eat it? Eat whenever you are hungry. How much of it should you eat? Eat as much as it takes to resolve the hunger? How often should you eat? Eat as often as you want.

A couple tips. First, be careful with fruit juicing when trying to lose weight. Juicing is a significant part of most raw food diet protocols and I endorse it highly. However, fruit juicing calories can add up fast. If you want to juice, use vegetables and small amounts of fruit - like a quarter apple - for flavor and sweetness only. Next, make sure you are getting adequate protein since your diet will consist of mainly vegetarian fare. It is important to understand how to combine foods for efficient and complete amino acid assimilation.

Also, don't waste a lot of money on gadgets and tools marketed to the raw food community. You may come across things with names like Saladico and Spiralizer. If you don't know what these are, don't worry about it. You don't need them and they really don't work all that well anyway. Keep it simple and you'll have better success.

You may want to invest in a book or two, not necessarily for the recipes or to find a raw food diet meal plan, but because these will help you to learn what you need to know. You can get some raw food cookbook advice here.

Finally, don’t make yourself crazy over it. You don’t have to eat raw food 100% of the time in order to see results. A better strategy is to gradually evolve your eating habits over time. Currently, after about a year of eating raw, I still eat cooked animal protein about 3 times a week because I like it. The rest of my diet consists of salads and other raw vegetables, nuts berries and fruit. I juice a few times a week, usually for breakfast.

Sprouting is another prominent process in the lives of many who follow a raw food diet. For me, sprouting is a pain and an inconvenience. I don’t do it and you really don’t need to either if you don’t want to. The beauty of raw food dieting is that you can and should adapt it to fit your own personal preferences.

Recognize that you can indulge in traditional foods occasionally without derailing your efforts. You’ll still experience fast weight loss because eating raw means eating foods that are nutritionally dense but low in calories.