Guest guest Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Oh crumbs! Giving up the S.E.T class would be horrible! I love it, despite the fact that you are correct in the fact that when I do try to take that heavy bar off the back of my neck with all the weights on it, it hurts my shoulder. I am lifting 20 pounds on a bar and we do squats with the bar on the back of our necks in the class. I used to sleep contentedly on my side, that was until my shoulder would hurt when I took the bar off my back in the s.e.t class. Then my private instructor suggested sleeping on my back as it was my shoulder that was out and even going as far as getting one of those memory mattresses as well. Oh yes and when I eat my salad which is huge by the way, I add 2 tablespoons of flaxseed oil and a couple of drops of " Ume plum vinegar " I also take in the morning, a variety of vitamins and minerals. The flaxseed crackers are just that, flaxseed and a few nuts thrown in there for good measure and taste! The fruit that you mention below as in the grapes, how much of a quantity are they? Like a cup of grapes or??? I dont eat avocado as I have heard these are very fattening. I am trying to lose a lot of weight, I am currently 150 wanting to get down to 130. I have not lost any weight, but my muscles are getting huge, which is most distressing! What you have mentioned here is most helpful indeed and if you would like to continue, please do as I am sure others are benefitting as much as I am from what you are saying here, thankyou so much!! Blessings, Ms Indiana. rawfood , " INFO @ Vibrant Life " <VLinfo@e...> wrote: > Greeting to you, Ms Indiana! Thanks for answering my questions. > > Before I begin with the food, I would like to respond to something else you > wrote: > > my back is hurting like anything > as I have been sleeping on my back > to avoid the shoulder ache that I > experience when sleeping on my side > and that I get when doing the > weights/set class at the gym. > > As an athletic type, you are probably aware of the general principle that > the body builds muscle and other lean tissue not during exercise, but during > the rest/recovery following. This principle applies, in fact, to all forms > of repair: the body will repair your shoulder if you rest it. I realize that > backing off from that particularly weight set may not be your first choice, > believe me, I understand. But if you continue to irritate this area, it will > worsen, calcification and sclerotic protection (hardening off of an area) > will increase, and eventually you risk losing even more function. So I > encourage you to let this heal. > > Now regarding energy and food, you wrote: > > ...if I could be on a rawfood diet 100% and have > enough energy to work out at least 3 hours at > a time, then I would be all there. > > When I was 100% organic and raw food, > I would start off the day with 1/2 glass > of wheatgrass juice, then at lunchtime > I would have a huge salad consisting of > spring onions, dandelion greens, radishes, > sprouts, tomatoes, watercress, carrots etc, > etc. I would feel completely feel and of > course have no energy until the salad had > been digested. I would then snack later on > flaxseed snacks I had made in the dehydrator. > > Reading this, it is easy to see at least the first level of the problem. The > wheatgrass juice and salad provide only a few hundred calories (assuming it > is a LARGE salad), and the flax seed snacks provide calories largely from > fat. You have not said what exactly a " flax seed snack " is, but I assume for > the moment that it is some sort of cracker made from flax seeds and perhaps > some veggies thrown in. You have also not indicated the quantity you are > eating. In any event, whatever calories you are obtaining from the flax seed > food are largely fat calories. > > So my clear impression is that, while eating raw, you were drastically > undereating directly usable fuel (sugar) as well as overall fuel (total > calories). You were probably also undereating oxygen, water, and a whole > host of vitamins, minerals, and other water-soluble nutrients. > > At the same time, you were overeating fat and nondigestible fiber. Fat takes > a long time and considerable effort to digest and assimilate, and > nondigestible fiber must simply be eliminated, requiring further metabolic > effort. > > So I echo Roger's general direction: the most successful RF diet, and the > ONLY RF diet on which an athlete can succeed in the long run, is one high in > fruit, which means high in simple sugar (fuel), oxygen, and water. After > all, when you are active, these are the 3 substances upon which you depend > most. > > All fruits will work, but you'll find the greatest success with sweet > fruits, as these are highest in calories per bite (caloric density) and > lowest in acid. As an athlete, you produce a lot of acid (e.g., lactic > acid). Your body needs alkaline input to offset your acid production, which > is higher than that of " most people. " (Unfortunately. I wish everyone were > so physically active!) > > Also, as active as you are, you need to consume a lot of calories. (We can > discuss how many, if you like write back on this.) The sweet fruits are, > generally, the highest in caloric density. In other words, more calories per > bite, hence fewer bites needed. For example (calories per 100 grams): > > Bananas 89 > Dates 280 (varies a bit by variety) > Figs 74 > Grapes 68 > Mangos 66 (mangos are classified as a semisweet fruit) > Persimmons (Hachiya) 127 > Sweet cherries 63 > > Nectarines 44 > Oranges 49 > Papayas 39 > Peaches 39 > Pears 42 > Plums 46 > Strawberries 32 > Tangerines 53 > > For training purposes, most of the athletes of whom I am aware make bananas > the centerpiece of their nutritional program. However, you can obviously do > well with dates, persimmons, figs, etc. Bananas are probably easiest to keep > track of. A medium banana provides about 100-110 calories, large about > 120-140 calories. > > If you build your program around these foods, then add other fruits and > greens/salad to complete the picture, you'll head in the direction you want. > Also, eat that salad as your LAST meal, let your system digest it overnight. > > > Oh, and you didn't mention nuts, salad dressings, avocado. Are you eating > any of these when raw? > > Please let me know whether you find this helpful, and if you would like to > continue. > Elchanan > > > -- > ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- > vlinfo@e... signed email body (3811 characters) > on 18 March 2005 at 01:49:28 UTC > rawfood > ------------------------------- > : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. > : Free download at www.ciphire.com. 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