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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Calorie count
« on: October 17, 2010, 10:22:46 pm »
I couldn't handle not counting calories because I came from fruitarianism where it is highly reccomended to do so. But after a while it was pretty apparent my appetite was eating more than I even needed. Trust your body, it knows.

Thanks for reconfirming the advice :) I guess my worries stem from the fact I'm quite skinny already and having in the past got to a stupidly low weight on a raw vegan based diet I'm not to keen to repeat.

I'm hoping that this approach is effective and hopefully even allows me to gain a bit of weight in the long term too.   

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Calorie count
« on: October 15, 2010, 04:50:20 am »
Don't worry about calories.

Calories aren't created equal, thus it's kind of a stupid measuring unit for animal products if you ask me.

Just eat until full and then stop. There is NO need to over eat. In fact for optimum energy make sure you don't over eat.

This sounds like good advice - but I do find it hard admitedly. Recently I was stupid enough to add back in some dairy products simply to make up for perceived 'energy requirements'. Not a good idea lol - my skin gets slightly inflammed eating it - but I always find myself returning blind to it's negative effects.  :'(

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Calorie count
« on: October 14, 2010, 11:06:48 pm »
Just a quick question for you raw vets out there; how many cals do you strive to take in during a single day? And I guess somewhat equally important is how much is your average weight as well doing this?

I'm asking because I struggle to really come to terms with the topic - I want to reduce the times I eat during a day (IF) but am conscious of needing a certain amount of energy too.

Thanks for any help guys.

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Newbie Mc'Newb here.
« on: October 08, 2010, 05:42:37 am »
@Tyler - I had an off day today and did a 1 meal intemittent fasting thingy. I had some great concentration levels and was able to do alot of dedicated studying. However I did feel groggy from time to time, looked a little off and had some unusual lower back pain (that went away after eating)

I think I'll try and do this when ever I get a chance, but I'm not to sure if I could keep up over a whole week with more commitments.

@Rawzi - Cheers for the welcome :) I'm positive that the red spots on the skin is a stress related issue but that's all I've got at the moment heh. In a weird way I'm sort of glad I'm not the only one with this. I'll post a reply if I ever do get to the bottom of it though.  ;)

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Newbie Mc'Newb here.
« on: October 07, 2010, 07:23:43 am »
I would say it would make sense to add extra weight mainly via exercise/weightlifting.  Building up muscles will no doubt add extra weight.


I suggested 1 large meal a day, not 2 by the way. Include plenty of raw animal fats such as raw tongue, raw marrow or raw suet etc. I believe Lex claimed that really high levels of raw animak fats help increase weight.

Re anxiety/- if you have the guts to try it, you would find it would really help your anxiety. Slightly-aged raw meats are nowhere near as effective but still have maybe 10?  percent of the efficacy of high meat.

Ah, a bit of mis-reading on my part then. But indeed the principle of reducing the amount of meals per day is a very good general one in itself I guess ;)  (2 instead of my usual 4 is showing a  big improvement. )
How do you squeeze in a decent amount of cals in just one meal though if you don't mind me asking?

And you know what I'm going to give the whole high meat thing a try. The amount of weird tasting supps I've taken over the years has adapted my taste buds for nearly anything lol. My only worry is that I wont prepare it right.

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Newbie Mc'Newb here.
« on: October 06, 2010, 09:31:07 pm »
Thanks for the responses  :)  And I figured out the cause of my indigestion - combining fruit with raw eggs for breakfast. Yeah, I know it sounds a bit stupid now that I think about it, but having been on cooked paleo for a while the general feeling was to always combine fruit with fat for a better insulin response or something along those lines. I guess again the 'do what's right for you, rather than what's right for someone else' holds true here yet again. A trend I'm finding more and more common.

I'm implementing the 2 larger meals a day like you suggested, and it does seem to be doing the trick. I do feel a lot better in my day to day dealings I've gotta say. I'm going continue this for a while and maybe add to it if it's a particularly active day. That being said, is it possible to gain weight long term on this approach? That is my goal to an extent - on top of course just a better feeling of well-being.

And finally, I don't know if anyone here could help me on this issue, but I'll give it a try. I've always have been proned to being stressed and in more recent years have acquired some anxiety problems in certain situations. Eating this way seems to alleviate the problem a lot, I don't know why but I have a strange feeling that there is a connection between the gut and mental functioning. (so in other words, bad digestion -> anxiety, stress, depression etc.) So anyway, in the morning waking up I feel great but gradually as the day go by and certain stress inducing situations pop up I get a reduction in vitality. Interestingly, the first stressful situation of a day is probably the worse, but other potential blips afterwards don't raise nearly the same response. There is still a response mind, but it feels more manageable after the 'rush' of the initial one. And even more weird is that I notice these tiny red dot's appear on my skin (particularly my hands) when in these situations - worse on the first one of the day.

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Newbie Mc'Newb here.
« on: October 04, 2010, 06:49:47 am »
Hey guys,

Just started a raw diet recently, progressing from a more conventional cooked paleo. I'm trying to fix my digestion & skin inflammation problems and I figure this is the way to go. At the moment my diet consists of fruit, raw eggs, raw steak and green juices.
I feel a whole lot better most of the time now, even after a large meal when before all I wanted to do was sleep. However the problems are still here just much less prominent - indeed there are also times when my stomach can be a little on the dodgey side (mostly late at night) with I must say one of the funkiest smelling gas I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing  :P  I think this may be a relic of me adding some raw dairy not to long ago for a month - that stuff does not agree with me.

Do you have any suggestions to further improve my situation? And what foods will give me the most bang for my buck (both health wise, and wallet)? And finally what type of fish do you guys usually go for, I've tried sashimi not to long ago and would like to include it in my diet regularly - but am lost on which to choose.

Thanks for any help guys.  :)

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