Dr Fuhrman's Eat to Live

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Greetings all-

 

I am about to start Dr Fuhrman's 6 week plan.

I have a few questions. I see some ratios here 8-1-1, also someone

just posted 65-30-5 w the 5 being from alkaline nuts.

I am looking for more specififc #s because Dr Fuhrman does not really

nail down specific #s except the LBs of veg etc.

I was wondering.

If one is doing this for weight loss. (I am late 30s and trying

torevert to my 10 yr ago weight...about a 20 LB stubborn bloat)

should I be concerned w OVEREATING? w eating fruit that is too sugary?

Also, I realize this group is Raw but Fuhrman suggests cooked veg.

I was curious if anyone has followed his program and what their

results were, if they kept it up and how they feel.

I do lift weights and do fairly intense cardio workouts 5-6 X a week

and hope I have the strength to recover and perform.

I am trying to get over the protein mind set for muscle repair, but

do not want to go into this w abandon and all of a sudden feel lousy

and have a backlash or crash and burn.

any suggestions?

has anyone eaten like this and worked out fairly intensely?

I am not trying to be a body builder, but keep my muscle tone , flush

my body of toxins and lower and stabilize my weight

thanks

J

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J

eat a LOT of greens, and I am quite sure you will be

surprised at how fast you recover after a workout. I

was shocked, because I expected to be a lot more

tired, when in fact, I had a significant amount more

energy. Don't set your expectations too high, because

it might take some time to get through transition.

Also, if you eat any cooked food at all, do not expect

to feel very good, and It will delay your transition.

Rufus

 

 

--- john <Lazzaro9 wrote:

> Greetings all-

>

> I am about to start Dr Fuhrman's 6 week plan.

> I have a few questions. I see some ratios here

> 8-1-1, also someone

> just posted 65-30-5 w the 5 being from alkaline

> nuts.

> I am looking for more specififc #s because Dr

> Fuhrman does not really

> nail down specific #s except the LBs of veg etc.

> I was wondering.

> If one is doing this for weight loss. (I am late 30s

> and trying

> torevert to my 10 yr ago weight...about a 20 LB

> stubborn bloat)

> should I be concerned w OVEREATING? w eating fruit

> that is too sugary?

> Also, I realize this group is Raw but Fuhrman

> suggests cooked veg.

> I was curious if anyone has followed his program and

> what their

> results were, if they kept it up and how they feel.

> I do lift weights and do fairly intense cardio

> workouts 5-6 X a week

> and hope I have the strength to recover and perform.

> I am trying to get over the protein mind set for

> muscle repair, but

> do not want to go into this w abandon and all of a

> sudden feel lousy

> and have a backlash or crash and burn.

> any suggestions?

> has anyone eaten like this and worked out fairly

> intensely?

> I am not trying to be a body builder, but keep my

> muscle tone , flush

> my body of toxins and lower and stabilize my weight

> thanks

> J

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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J--

 

Have not done Dr. Fuhrman's plan, but can tell you that going raw will melt

weight off of you...I'm not all raw - still mentally working out the conversion,

but

my fiance' is and when he stays raw, he stays thin and has much more

energy.

 

I also used to work out pretty hard so I know what you mean about thinking

about how you need protein. When I was training more seriously and ate

animals and whey protein I really didn't feel that great. I looked good and was

told to compete in bodybuilding, but wasn't interested. So, I feel like having

protein isn't the answer necessarily for body building.

 

For protein, why not also add nuts and seeds. Also,I'm thinking maybe you

can still do soy protein shakes if you feel you should...I don't know if that

violates the raw rule or not... Or do fruit smoothies with added soy protein?

 

I think the main thing is to keep eating your fruit and veggies with the high

water content to flush your body...They are also easier to digest energy wise

so you might not have such a hard time repairing after working out ( more

energy to go to repair), but I sorta think you might not want to push it so much

while you are getting use to the raw way of eating.

 

Also, I'm sure there is room for debate, but I believe doing a lot of cardio

will

break down your muscles and might sabotage your ultimate goals. To me, if

you are doing like warm up cardio five or six days a week, say 15 - 20 mins at

a brisk pace, it wouldn't be as harsh as like an hour session or something. I

guess if I were going through the detox stage I would just be concerned I was

pushing my body too hard. My work out program had warm up cardio three

times a week and body building three to four times a week, but intense weight

training quickly and correctly performed...45 minutes tops.

 

Training more than this, in my opinion, is wasteful and won't necessarily get

you to your goals.

 

Also, I don't get into the sugar content of " real " food because simple sugar is

what your brain operates on and your body. I eat as much as I want until I'm

not hungry, and you will probably find that you eat less as time goes on.

Besides, how much of the raw do you think you can gorge at once? I think it's

sorta hard to overdo it in that regard....

 

Just my opinions!

 

Wendy

 

 

 

 

> should I be concerned w OVEREATING? w eating fruit that is too sugary?

>

> I am not trying to be a body builder, but keep my muscle tone , flush

> my body of toxins and lower and stabilize my weight

> thanks

> J