Dude, I got fat.

[kylecassidy]

WTF dude, I got fat

Trillian and I went to an event where she was promoting a new play and a few days later, someone sent us some photos. Being behind the camera you rarely see yourself and when I opened the email, there was no denying it ... somehow since the last time I'd frozen the mental picture of how I looked, I got fat.

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[opium]

Adding in my transformation photos :

4 months on raw diet, NO exercise (though I did have gobs more energy and moved around a lot more)



(pic 1 was Feb 1, 2008, the 2nd was two months on a vegan-only diet, with no processed sugars, and the 3rd was 2 months raw-food only).

Here is one year to the day:



This works, man. And there is no gimmicks.

[kylecassidy]

Inspirational.

One of the things I realized was that losing weight is simple, which is not to be confused with "easy". The math is simple, and you can look at easily identifiable numbers and know what you have to do. But doing that - giving up X or changing Y habit or
exercising Z, can be very difficult. Thanks so much for posting these.

[opium]

It can be difficult yes, but if you have enough reason, then it's quite easy.

I actually went raw to fix my mental health - when I realized what processed sugar was doing to my brain, not to mention other foods, it was easy to give it up. Animal foods were easy to give up once I knew the horror that went on to consume them. Once you know what certain things actually do to your body OTHER than make you gain weight (that is not often enough to make people stop eating them) then it is "easier" to give them up. If you have a substitute it is a lot easier. When I found out I could have raw chocolate and wouldn't have to give up chocolate completely, I was sold. And now I barely ever eat it anyway, I have NO cravings because I eat enough carbs - the only things I ever CRAVE are savory foods.

And as for exercise - you just have to find an activity you find enjoyable. Simple. I don't exercise, I play.