You cannot starve yourselve to a healthful body weight *(WAS: Overweight and dehydration (WAS: Living lean: (Question For Elchanan)))

[Guest guest]

Hi Jen,

 

If you really do eat 800-1000 calories a day, then you are living just above

a starvation diet. This will not work ... period. You put your system into a

sort of semi-starving, conserving mode in which the body will hold onto

certain things ... including its fuel reserves!!!

 

Instead, start eating enough calories ... to sustain you healthfully at your

desired body weight.

 

After that, stop focusing on weight ... and on food. Instead, focus upon

creating health ... learn about that, give up ALL attempts to " lose weight " .

They rarely work, usually boomerang instead.

 

Finally, I have never met anyone who was chronically overweight and who did

not have all sorts of emotional connections with food. As part of your new

journey into health (instead of " weight loss " ), shift your focus away from

food ... completely away from food ... and toward your self.

 

Food is only one of many inputs into what we call " health " . And food cannot

substitute for emotional growth, any more than water can substitute for

sunshine or fresh air. This is why my home group is called " PathOfHealth " .

 

One more thing ... stop talking to " people " . In general, they know nothing

that can help you. Instead, find yourself ONE ... ONE ... teacher whom you

trust, then learn from that person. Follow their program as THEY created it,

not as you recreate it ... and you'll likely experience the results they

experience.

 

Write back if you wish to discuss further.

 

Best,

Elchanan

 

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Jennifer Beschinski

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:59 PM

rawfood

RE: [Raw Food] Overweight and dehydration (WAS: Living lean:

(Question For Elchanan))

 

There is more ... but does this much make sense, for now?

 

*** totally lost me. But I'll admit I did not read most of the " living

lean " posts because I have the opposite issue. It's taken me 5 years now to

drop 60 pounds and for the last year I've been stuck at my currrent

weight...give or take 10 pounds that yo yo around. I have 30-40 more to go

and totally frustrated. I eat low calories. I just took up walking again.

I stopped working out after jogging 3-4 miles a day (very hard at my large

size) and actually gaining weight and NOT dropping inches. I have been

totally depressed ever since!

 

Most people don't think I eat enough. I get about 800-1000 calories a day.

But when I eat more calories I gain 4-5 pounds a week! And then people tell

me I eat too much fruit/carbs. So maybe that is it. Today I began upping my

protein but I don't know how to do that in a vegan manner. Where I live, raw

foods are extremely hard to find.

 

Jen