This is not a diet. This is a lifestyle change.

 No I did not lie nor did I say I “overcame metabolic damage instantly”…however I can see how some good ppl MAY be confused. As always people will cherrypick a snippet from a blog or video and use that against me without considering the whole history.

The heaviest weight I’ve been in my life was around 70-73kg. I go between 50-53kg now. I was a yo yo when I came to the raw vegan lifestyle so my weight was never stable for longer than a few months. 

In the first 1-2 years or so on this lifestyle I did a lot of water fasting, mono-fruit island, rode my bike across Australia and also got a staph infection where I ate almost ONLY watermelon for 3 mths. Essentially starving myself so after initially gaining weight on the lifestyle I then lost weight via strvation.  I would then celebrate, post about it, and pose for photos for the internet because I thought I had lost the weight forever. Yaaaaay! WRONG. 

The weight loss happened so quickly essentially through starvation (plus my metabolism was still unsteady) so predictably I started to GAIN all the weight back each time I lost (As I even said in my blog that my weight fluctuated during first few years). At the time I didn’t want to post about the gain on the internet Why? Because I desperately wanted to inspire girls to try the lifestyle and get them off the eating-disorder merry go round and have confidence in this lifestyle. I knew the weight gain wasn’t exactly inspiring and I was trusting the weight gain wasn’t forever. I didn’t want girls to have any doubts because even though I had gained weight I KNEW this lifestyle was the answer and that I would heal my metabolism eventually. 

During the weight gain I was somewhat ‘in hiding’ lol and of course didn’t feel like posing for pics and when I did I would hold the camera on certain angles and get the skinniest angle possible. Us girls do this all the time right? Yep and we are good at it! I also carry more than 40% of my body fat on my LOWER body so I would always post my upper because it looked better, inspired more. People I lived with at the time in Adelaide could see & verify a time when I was carrying considerable extra weight in 2009 (approx 2 years after starting the lifestyle). But again my weight fluctuated up and down after that and never was really stable until around 3 years in when my metabolism was much healthier. People would ask me why I was ‘so fat’ as a raw vegan but they didn’t understand the past I had come from. Some like my friend Darrick were shocked when they met me in real life because I looked so much leaner online.  Again, I wanted to inspire!     

Here is a video from the end of my bike trip, July 2008. I had lost weight during the trip as I was under-eating, dehydrated and riding daily. I took pics during that time which I posted showed me looking somewhat lean in the mid-section however 1) that’s not where i carry the majority of my weight 2) that was after many days of starvation, dehydration & riding. 3) Angles, lighting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX-zZbnZsLI

You can see I’m carrying a lot more weight in that vid and it’s impossible to JUST carry all the weight in my face and not also the rest of my body proportionally. Pic below is example where you can see the difference in my face and body proportion. Lean one is a big difference in the face!

After I started “re-feeding” and somewhat relaxing after the ride the weight started to come back because I tried to cheat my body and starve it into weight loss. Here is video proof of this from July 2009 (my friend Darrick can verify this timeline as he took the video), he can also verify my size/weight at the time. https://youtu.be/yid7IdmHC_o?t=1m34s

So there is a timeline for you.  Every year after that I have pretty much gotten leaner, more sculpted and super consistent with my weight. These days my metabolism is healed and healthy to the point that its even hard for me to put on weight and NO I do not do crazy amounts of exercise (which fitness friends will confirm). Thanks to the high carb vegan/raw till 4 lifestyle I currently weigh between 110lbs and 114llbs and have been this for years. I’m happier and healthier than ever. 

Become aware of the world around you.  Physically, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually.  Knowledge is power.

Educate yourself.  Constantly seek out information and learn all you can.

Limit your intake of negative influences.  Television, magazines, movies, and even peers can seriously affect self-confidence, creativity, productivity, and education.

Create.  Write, draw, compose, quilt, craft.  There are countless forms of expression that will help you manifest and understand your true self, as well as relax and de-stress.