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Day 44

Rest

Sleep Time: 11pm

Awake Time: 8am

Total Hours slept: 9hrs

Woke up feeling?

Awesome.

Weight loss:

Today's weight: 150

Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 16.8 lbs

Breakfast

• 1lb plumbs
• 8 oranges chopped

Lunch

• 2lbs mango with lime

Dinner

• 2lbs strawberries, 1 lb pineapple
• Salad: 1lb iceberg lettuce, 2oz spinach, 8oz grape tomatoes, 12oz cucumber, 4oz bell peppers, lime juice.

Exercise:

none. rest day.

Any detox effects today?

No

Bowel Movements: 2

How did you feel today?

Great. Just like the past 42 days. 

Daily Summary:

Calories: 2,697

Fat (g): 22

Carbs (g): 663

Fiber (g): 96

Protein (g): 36

Sodium (mg): 106

Sugar (g): 562

Calories: Carbs 89%/ Protein 5%/ Fat 7%

Day 43

Rest

Sleep Time: 11pm

Awake Time: 7am

Total Hours slept: 8hrs

Woke up feeling?

Great!

Weight loss:

Today's weight: 150.8

Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 16 lbs

Breakfast

• 3lbs green grapes.

Lunch

• 12 large bananas

Dinner

• Smoothie: 1 lbs pineapple, 24oz freshly squeeze orange juice
• 12oz pineapple
• Salad: 1lb romaine lettuce, 2oz spinach, 8oz grape tomatoes, 4oz tomato wedges, 8oz cucumber, 4oz bell peppers, lime juice.

Exercise:

none. rest day.

Any detox effects today?

No

Bowel Movements: 2

How did you feel today?

Great. Just like the past 42 days. 

Daily Summary:

Calories: 3,371

Fat (g): 20

Carbs (g): 841

Fiber (g): 82

Protein (g): 46

Sodium (mg): 106

Sugar (g): 562

Calories: Carbs 90%/ Protein 5%/ Fat 5%

Day 42 (Video)

Rest

Sleep Time: 11pm

Awake Time: 7am

Total Hours slept: 8hrs

Woke up feeling?

Great!

Weight loss:

Today's weight: 150

Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 16.8 lbs

Breakfast

• 2lbs cantaloupe.
• 2lbs strawberries

Lunch

• 10 large bananas

Dinner

• 2.5 lbs papaya
• 2 lbs strawberries

Exercise:

P90X - Back and Biceps

Any detox effects today?

No

Bowel Movements: 2

How did you feel today?

Felts great!

Daily Summary:

Calories: 2,771

Fat (g): 12

Carbs (g): 694

Fiber (g): 97

Protein (g): 45

Sodium (mg): 206

Sugar (g): 434

Calories: Carbs 91%/ Protein 6%/ Fat 3%


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Day 41

Rest

Sleep Time: 11pm

Awake Time: 7am

Total Hours slept: 8hrs

Woke up feeling?

Good. An extra hour of sleep would be much appreciated. 

Weight loss:

Today's weight: 149.6

Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 17.2lbs

Breakfast

• 2lbs Red grapes.
• 8oz pineapple

Lunch

• 2 plantains
• 4 bananas

Dinner

• 2 lbs tangerines
• Large Salad

Exercise: none

Any detox effects today?

No

Bowel Movements: 2

How did you feel today?

Great. A little sore from yesterdays workout. 

Daily Summary:

Calories: 2,391

Fat (g): 16

Carbs (g): 598

Fiber (g): 64

Protein (g): 34

Sodium (mg): 103

Sugar (g): 397

Calories: Carbs 90%/ Protein 5%/ Fat 5%

Day 40

Rest

Sleep Time: 11pm

Awake Time: 7am

Total Hours slept: 8hrs

Woke up feeling?

Great!

Weight loss:

Today's weight: 159.4

Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 17.4 lbs

Breakfast

• 2 lbs plums

Lunch

• 2lbs Banana Smoothie

Afternoon Snack

• 3 Bananas 

I was actually hungry after lunch so I ate 3 more bananas. 

Pre-Workout Snack:

• 12 oz freshly-squeezed orange juice

I think this will be officially my pre-workout drink.

Exercise

P90X - Chest, shoulders, and tris

Dinner

• 1.5 lbs pineapple, 8oz strawberries
• Large Salad

Any detox effects today?

No

Bowel Movements: 2

How did you feel today?

Great!

Daily Summary:

Calories: 2, 883

Fat (g): 46

Carbs (g): 651

Fiber (g): 96

Protein (g): 44

Sodium (mg): 92

Sugar (g): 402

Calories: Carbs 82%/ Protein 6%/ Fat 12%

Day 39

Rest

Sleep Time: 11pm

Awake Time: 7am

Total Hours slept: 8hrs

Woke up feeling?

Great!

Weight loss:

Today's weight: 150.8

Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 16 lbs

Breakfast

• 2lbs cantaloupe

I just love eating breakfast while bathing in the morning (9am) sunlight. 

Lunch

• Pineapple, Jicama, lime juice  (not shown)
• 5 Bananas
• Cantaloupe  (not shown)
• Salad

While everyone was having massive amounts of carne asada (bbq), chicken, shrimp, tortillas, rice, beans, and salsa... I had fruit and my small salad. I enjoyed it and it wasn't a big deal. I brought 12 of my own bananas just in case they didn't have any, and that's what I'll be doing from now on when I go to any event; is bring my own bananas.   

Dinner

• Large Salad

I was still hungry so I ate a large salad. 

Exercise:

P90X

Any detox effects today?

No

Bowel Movements: 2

How did you feel today?

Daily Summary:

Calories: 1,322

Fat (g): 16

Carbs (g): 311

Fiber (g):44

Protein (g):22

Sodium (mg): 256

Sugar (g): 188

Calories: Carbs 85%/ Protein 6%/ Fat 9%

Day 38

Rest


Sleep Time: 11 pm
Awake Time: 8am

Total Hours slept: 8 hrs


Back to getting up in the middle of the night to pee.


Woke up feeling?


Well rested.


Weight loss:


Today's weight: 150
Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 16.8 lbs

Back to 150.


Breakfast

1. 2lbs red grapes. Out in the sun. 

I love having eating fruit out in the sun.


Lunch

1. Smoothie: 2lbs banana 

Dinner

1. 1lb tangerines, 1 tangelo.
2. Big Salad.

Any detox effects today?


So far, no.


Bowel Movements: 3


How did you feel today?


Great!


Daily Summary:


Calories: 1,906
Fat (g): 17
Carbs (g): 467
Fiber (g): 49
Protein (g): 25
Sodium (mg): 57
Sugar (g): 315

Calories: Carbs 88%/ Protein 5%/ Fat 7%

Day 37

Rest


Sleep Time: 12am
Awake Time: 7am

Total Hours slept: 7 hrs


Today was the first night I sleep the whole night without getting up at 3am to go to the bathroom. I was actually surprised when I got up and realized I slept through the whole night.


Woke up feeling?


Amazing.


Weight loss:


Today's weight: 154.8
Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 14 lbs


What a surprise. I went up 4 lbs in 15 hours.


Breakfast

1. 8oz mango, 8oz strawberries, 16oz freshly-squeezed orange juice

This was supposed to be a smoothie, but I was running late for work this morning so I just ate it all separately. Delicious.


Lunch

1. 2lbs mango (10 mangos)

Dinner

1. 2lbs papaya
2. 12oz Freshly-squeezed orange juice
3. Salad: 8oz Red-Leaf lettuce, 8oz cucumbers, 8oz Grape tomatoes, 2oz celery, 4oz avocado

Any detox effects today?


No.


Bowel Movements: 3


How did you feel today?


Great!


Daily Summary:


Calories: 2, 154
Fat (g): 26
Carbs (g): 504
Fiber (g): 61
Protein (g): 26
Sodium (mg): 123
Sugar (g): 355

Calories: Carbs 86%/ Protein 4%/ Fat 10%

Day 36

Rest

Sleep Time: 12am.

Awake Time: 7am.

Total Hours slept: 7

Woke up feeling?

Great. Probably should of slept earlier yesterday, but it's all good.

Weight loss:

Today's weight: 150.8

Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 16 lbs

My weight has stabilized at 150 I guess.

Breakfast

• 1.5 lbs black grapes

Lunch

• 2lbs banana smoothie. 

Evening Snack

• 1 banana

Dinner

1. Pineapple, Mango
2. Salad

I was invited to Home Town Buffet for a birthday celebration so I had to make it work. They only had pineapple and melon so I ate a lot of that and a big salad. A decent meal overall.

Any detox effects today?

No. My constipation went away. Back to normal baby!

Bowel Movements: 4

How did you feel today? 

Great! Super happy. No constipation problems today.

Daily Summary:

Calories: 1,850

Fat (g): 17

Carbs (g): 451

Fiber (g): 50

Protein (g): 26

Sodium (mg): 147

Sugar (g): 293

Calories: Carbs 88%/ Protein 5%/ Fat 7%

Day 35

Rest

Sleep Time: 12am

Awake Time: 7am

Total Hours slept: 7am

Woke up feeling?

Awesome!

Weight loss:

Today's weight: 150.8

Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 16 lbs

Breakfast

1. 4lbs watermelon blended
2. 4lbs watermelon chopped up

This breakfast was SO GOOD!

Lunch

1. 12 bananas

Dinner

1. 2lbs strawberries blended
2. Salad: 2lbs strawberries, 8oz romaine lettuce, 8oz bell-peppers, 8oz celery, 8oz grape tomatoes, 1oz avocado. 

Exercise: 40 min.

Any detox effects today?

Today, I had a MAJOR constipation problem. From a level of 1-10, this problem was a 9. Meaning that I had to push until I was out of breath. Meaning there was blood involved. Meaning I started to pray for my life. It was horrible. 

3 reasons why I think this might have happened:

1. I was dehydrated. Yesterday I didn't drink any water at all. 

2. The 21 baby bananas that I ate yesterday that were under-ripe.

3. My intestines are expelling old "crap" that has been stuck for years.

Right after this incident, I started drinking lots of water and prayed that my next stool movement was not like this one. 

Luckily, my next movement was back to normal. 

Bowel Movements: 2

How did you feel today?

Besides my constipation problem, it was a great day. 

Daily Summary:

Calories: 3,355

Fat (g): 22

Carbs (g): 832

Fiber (g): 107

Protein (g): 59

Sodium (mg): 232

Sugar (g): 533

Calories: Carbs 88%/ Protein 6%/ Fat 5%

Day 34

Rest


Sleep Time: 10:30PM
Awake Time: 6:30AM

Total Hours slept: 8 HRS


Woke up feeling?


Amazing.


Weight loss:


Today's weight: 150.8
Starting weight: 166.8


Total weigh loss: 16 lbs


Breakfast

• 2lb Plumbs

Some of these plumbs were kind of hard :(

Lunch

• 21 baby banana

I should of left them ripen up more. They were a little under-ripe  

Dinner

• Smoothie: 16oz freshly-squeezed orange juice, 12oz pineapple

• Soup: 12 oz pineapple, 5oz Romaine Lettuce, 4oz Grape Tomatoes

• Salad: 8oz Red-Leaf lettuce, 8oz Cucumber, 4oz pineapple blended with 1oz avocado.

Water: 6 cups


Exercise: 65 min


Any detox effects today?


Yes. Slight constipation-like trouble on my last one stool movement today. Maybe because I had no water today at all.


Bowel Movements: 4


How did you feel today?


Pretty good, but a little surprised with the semi-constipation in my last stool movements. I'm going to drink at least 8 cups of water tomorrow.


Daily Summary:


Calories: 3,010
Fat (g): 15
Carbs (g): 761
Fiber (g): 78
Protein (g): 40
Sodium (mg): 47
Sugar (g): 500

Calories: Carbs 95%/ Protein 5%/ Fat 1%

Day 33

Rest

Sleep Time: 1am

Awake Time: 7:00am

Total Hours slept: 6 hrs

Went to sleep late because I was watching a movie. 

Woke up feeling?

Ok. Would of loved an extra hour of sleep. 

Weight loss:

Today's weight: Forgot to weigh my self. 

Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss:  lbs

Breakfast

• 2lbs Green-seedless grapes.

Lunch

• 7 Bananas, 1 Burro Banana

Dinner

• 1lb Romaine Lettuce
• 3lb Papaya
• 8oz Grape Tomatoes
• Lime Juice

Water: 3 cups

Exercise

• Walking: 40 min

Any detox effects today?

• No.

Bowel Movements:

• 4

How did you feel today?

• AWESOME!

Daily Summary:

Calories: 2,155

Fat (g): 8

Carbs (g): 549

Fiber (g): 67

Protein (g): 31

Sodium (mg): 105

Sugar (g): 352

Calories: Carbs 92%/ Protein 5%/ Fat 3%

Day 32 (Video)

Rest

Sleep Time: 12:00pm

Awake Time: 9:30am

Total Hours slept: 9.5 hrs.

Woke up feeling?

Weight loss:

Today's weight: 150.8

Starting weight: 166.8

Total weigh loss: 16 lbs

Breakfast

1. 1.5 lb Cantaloupe

Morning Snack

1. 3 large kiwi

Lunch

1. 2lbs banana smoothie

Dinner

1. 1lb of Green-seedless grapes
2. Soup: 1lb kiwi, 8oz cucumber (blended)
3. Salad: 1lb Green-leaf lettuce, 8oz cucumber, 8oz Kiwi, 8oz strawberries

Any detox effects today?

No.

How did you feel today?

Great! No problems.

Daily Summary:

Calories: 1,974

Fat (g): 10

Carbs (g): 500

Fiber (g): 61

Protein (g): 31

Sodium (mg): 159

Sugar (g): 314

Calories: Carbs 90%/ Protein 6%/ Fat 4%

Today's Video

30 DAY REVIEW (Video)

MY 30 DAY REVIEW 

OF THE 80/10/10 RAW VEGAN DIET

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Part 3

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30 Day Review

-Who are you?

My name is Robert Navarro and I want to get a six-pack by June 1, 2012.  

-What is this review about?

            My 30 Days on the 80/10/10 Raw Vegan Diet.

-Why are you making this 30 day review?

·        To share my 30 day results while on this diet.

·        To share my personal opinions and insights on this diet.

·        For anyone who is interested in trying out the diet and would like to know how it’s like and how it worked out for me.

-When did you start this diet and how long you've been on the diet?

            I started this diet March 1, 2012 and I’ve been on it exactly 30 days. Today is March 30, 2012.

-Have you been following this diet as it was designed or have you been modifying it in any way?

            I’ve been following the diet to the T.

-What is the 80/10/10 Raw Vegan Diet?

1.      80/10/10 means:

a.       a minimum of 80% of your calories will come from simple carbohydrates,

b.      a maximum of 10% from protein, and

c.       a maximum of 10% from fat.

                                                                                      i.      So, in a 2,000 calorie-per-day diet, a minimum of 1,600 calories will come from carbohydrates,  and a maximum of 200 each from protein and fat

2.      RAW fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, nuts, and seeds ONLY.

3.      No animal products including eggs, dairy, and honey. 

4.      No grains.

5.      No legumes.

6.      No salt or sea salt.

7.      No alcohol.

8.      No coffee.

9.      No garlic, onion, curry, coming, cayenne, chile powders, oregano.

10.  Of course no mustard, ketchup, mayo.

11.  No dehydrated foods.

12.  No frozen foods.

13.  No vinegar.

14.  No olive, canola, sunflower, safflower, coconut oils or any other oils.

-What does this diet promise?

Top performance and peak health.

-Who invented the diet?

Dr. Douglas Graham - sports nutritionist and chiropractor. The diet was made famous when he published his book “The 80/10/10 Diet.”

-How does one follow the diet?

1.      By eating fruits, veggies, nuts, and seeds only.

2.      By sticking to the 80/10/10 ratio of calories per day. 80% carbs, 10% protein, 10% fat

What does someone on this diet eat on an average day?

·        Fruit for breakfast

·        Fruit for lunch

·        Fruit for dinner along with a big salad.

o   For example, on an average day I would eat:

§  Breakfast: 2.5 lbs papaya, 8oz kiwi

§  Lunch: 6-9 bananas.

§  Dinner: 1lb strawberries, 1lb pineapple, Big salad.

-How did you hear about this diet?

I heard about this diet while reading some articles on stevepavlina.com and arinpavlina.com about meditation and astral travel, and how a raw food diet can help increase your vibrations and thus facilitate astral travel.

-Are you still into astral travel?

Yes, I definitely want to learn how to astral travel, but for now, all my focus and energy has gone into this diet, losing weight, and getting my six-pack. After I reach my sixpack goal, I’ll start to focus on astral traveling again.

-WHY did you decide to go on this diet?

1.      Lose weight to get my sixpack by June 1.

2.      I want to be as healthy as I can be.

3.      Curious to see what happens.

-What was your diet like BEFORE I started this diet?

·        PROTEIN: Chicken, Fish, Beef, Turkey, Ham, Pork, Shrimp, Eggs

·        Carbs: rice, Steamed veggies, fruits,  beans, lentils, whole wheat bread, tortillas, oatmeal,

·        Fats: Olive oil, vegetable oil, avocado, nuts, seeds.

·        Junk food: tacos, IN N OUT, Boba, chips, chocolates,

o   Breakfast: Scrambles eggs, beans, spinach

o   Lunch: chicken, brown rice, avocado

o   Tilapia, steamed veggies, beans, avocado

-What are you keeping track of since you started the diet?

·        Feeling upon waking up.

·        My weight

·        My food

·        My water intake

·        My calories

·        My Carbs, Protein, Fat percentages.

·        My energy throughout the day.

·        Cost of the diet.

-What where your expectations coming into this diet and have they been met?

·        Weight loss

·        Extreme levels of energy.

·        Clear skin

·        White, clear eyes/sclera.

·        Detoxification.

·        Heightened mental/spiritual abilities.

·        Better workout performance.

·        Faster workout recovery.

·        Muscle increase.

·        Better stamina.

·        Better sleep.

·        Increased feeling of health and wellness.

-What are some of your worries or fears starting this diet?

            My only worry was that I was going to get sick and die.

-How much have you spent on food these 30 days?

Including today’s groceries, I spent $400. I bought almost all my food in bulk at Sam’s club. If I would have bought all of my food organic, or at a local grocery store like Albertson’s, it would have been more.

-Do you think it’s necessary to buy organic?

            If you can afford it, do it. The cleaner the food source, the better. Even if I was to go back to eating meat, I would only eat organic, grass-fed, nitrate free meat and try to eat it as raw as my taste buds allow me to.

-How much weight did you lose so far?

In these 30 days, I lost 15.2 lbs. I’d say about 4-5 lbs of these pounds where fat and the rest was water. The book say’s the body drops about a pound max per week.  

-Why do you think you lost so much weight in such little time?

·        Lower caloric intake.

·        Body didn’t need to hold the water.

-Did you experience any detox effects?

·        Bad breath in the first week.

·        Small pain in my intestines while I was taking a poop.

-What were some immediate physical changed you notice noticed when starting the diet?

·        I wasn’t hungry.

·        I had more energy.

-After the first couple days, what other physical changes did you experience?

·        My stool didn’t smell/ stink.

·        My farts didn’t smell.

·        My sweat didn’t smell/stink as bad. It also wasn’t as greasy. It was more water like.

-What were some mistakes you did in the beginning of the diet?

·        I abused my energy and sleep. In the first 2 weeks I would exercise around 11pm and end up going to sleep around 2:30 am. Sleeping only 4-5 hours a day. This eventually caught up to me in week 3 to the point where everyday I would come home from work and had to take a 1-3 hour nap. I fixed my bad sleeping habit in week 3 and these past 7-10 days I’ve been feeling fantastic again.

-What tools did you need for this diet?

·        Food scale – to weight my food.

·        CalorieKing.com Program ($12/month) – to track my calories and make sure I stick to the 80/10/10 ratio.

·        The book’s sample meals – to give me an idea of what to eat everyday.

·        A knife, cutting board, orange juicer, blender, big plastic shaker.

-Do you really need a food scale on this diet?

If you want to know how many calories you’re eating per day, yes. It’s as close as you’re going to get. You then take your recordings and punch them in to CalorieKing.com program to get your calories and your Carbs/Protein/Carbs percentage ratio. If you don’t have one, or don’t wan to buy one, just try to follow the books sample menu closely and you’ll be fine with your ratio also.

-Do you really need the $12 CalorieKing.com program?

            You don’t “need” it.

I use it because:

·        It super easy to use.

·        It serves as a food diary.

·        It lets me add my own foods and nutrition data if the food I’m looking for is not on the data base.

·        I can group different ingredients and save as one “meal” so later I can just load the “meal” and not have to search for each ingredient every time I have that same meal. 

·        It has the largest data base of all calorie tracking programs.

·        It lets you create daily, weekly, monthly, yearly reports of your calories and nutrients.

·        It has other cool features.

·        Out of all the calorie tracking programs I’ve used, including “myfooddiary.com”, I like this one the best.

·        For the easy of use, I think it’s worth the $12 a month. You can pay $59 for a whole year. They also sell a software for $45.

-What were your daily nutrient averages for the 30 days?

Calories           - 1,758 cals

Fat - 16 g

Carbs - 422 g

Protein - 28 g

Sugar - 278 g

Fiber - 61 g

Sodium - 111 mg

Carbs: 87%/ Protein: 5%/ Fat: 7%

Before this diet, I average about 2,100 – 2,400 calories a day on my regular diet.

-What was your favorite Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner so far?

·        Breakfast: 4 cups of range juice.

·        Lunch: Banana Mango smoothie.

·        Dinner: Pineapple & Strawberries, Salad with lots of lemon.

-Did I exercise while on this diet? What exercise? How did I feel?

            I’m currently doing P90X. As long as I sleep well, I’m fine. I am pushing harder on my workouts.

-How’s your water intake?

            Before the diet I would drink 8 cups minimum. Now maybe 3-6 max.

-Hardest part about being in this diet for these 30 days?

·        Besides keeping track and making the daily videos.

o   Beginning 1-10: Preparing and eating all the fruit. Finishing the salad.

o   Middle Day 10-20: Cravings.

o   Now 20-30: Having the money to buy all organic.

-How bad were the cravings? How did you manage?

The most intense cravings came in the first 15 days for salt. I have this Chile powder that I was starting to use 10 days before I started this diet, and it made my salads taste SO GOOD! I mean 10X better. So when it came time to start the diet, I really missed that Chile powder because I knew it would make my salad taste ridiculously better. The other cravings that I had came from driving by my favorite fast food joints and remember how good the food taste, or when I saw a pizza man delivering pizza it would literally make me either sad, or angry! Lol To the point were one time while at work, a Pizza Hut man delivered pizza next door to my work and when I saw him I started cursing “SON OF A ……!!!” LOL!

 This diet has made me appreciate the taste of the food I used to eat. When I see my mom eating regular food, I tell her “enjoy it mom. You don’t know what it’s like not eating that,” which she replies with “Yes I know what it’s like, I see you everyday,” and I say “No mom. You think you know, but you don’t.”

-Is this diet easy or hard for you?

·        It’s easy because I want to do this diet. I want to keep losing weight. I want to get healthy and detoxify my body.

·        Breakfast and lunch are easy to eat because it’s fruit meals only. I like fruit. I think it taste fantastic. Especially when it’s really sweet like strawberries. It usually takes me 5-10 minutes to eat a meal of fruit only. The challenging part is eating dinner because the whole meal takes me about 1 hour to eat. The fruit is easy, but the 1lb+ salad is a challenge because even till this day, day 30, it takes me at least 30 minutes to finish. I mean, I COULD just eat the salad until I’m full, and leave half of the salad, but because I want to make sure I’m getting enough minerals from the veggies everyday, I force myself to finish it.

·        The HARD part about this diet, for me, is psychological. I miss eating cooked food. I miss the taste. I miss eating tacos and IN N OUT and pizza. I miss drinking BOBA! But my getting my six-pack ASAP is more important to me right now and that’s why I’m doing this diet.

-Do think anyone on a regular SAD Diet (Standard American Diet) who eats cooked and junk food like you did, can switch to the 80/10/10 Diet and succeed like you have?

Yes. If I did it, anyone can do it. It all comes down to why you are doing it and how bad you want to reach your goal. My goal is to get a sixpack as soon as possible. So I needed a diet where I could lots of weight, 20-30 lbs, quickly, and still remain healthy. Before I heard of this diet, I asked my self, what is the HEALTHIEST way to drop lots of weight and get my sixpack? Then I found this diet. And so far in 30 days, I lost 15 lbs.

-Do you think other people can lose 15 lbs in 30 days like you did and not run into any problems like you did?

            If their bodies accept the diet, and they are overweight and have 15lbs or more to lose, yes. What I mean by their bodies accepting the diet is if their bodies don’t have immediate severe or negative reactions to the diet FOR ANY reason. Everyone is different. I’m 24 years old. I started the diet at 166 lbs. I consider myself healthy. I didn’t get any fevers or felt sick these 30 days. I don’t know how someone who is 30, 40, or 50 years is going to react. Even though this diet is possibly the healthiest diet in existence, you still have to pay attention to how you feel and how your body is reacting. If you feel sick and you think you’re going to die, than go see your doctor. If you feel ok and think there’s nothing wrong like I felt, than by all means keep going. Be attentive and conscious of your body. I’ve been on this diet for 30 days, and so far I feel great, but I’ve already decided that when I reach day 60, I’m going to go to the doctor and get a physical and a blood test to see if I’m doing ok. Depending on what the doctors says and how I feel, I’ll decided if I want to keep going or make any necessary changes like adding supplements or other foods.

In my quest to optimal health, my compass is:

1.      How I feel.

2.      My blood markers.

3.      My performance in day to day life.

Depending on those three things, I will make any necessary changes to achieve my goal.

-What do you like about this diet?

·        I lost 15 lbs in 30 days.

·        I like that there’s no cooking involved!  Fruit is easy to peel and eat! And salads are easy to make. I don’t have to wait for my mom to cook dinner. I can eat whenever I want to.

·        I like that I eat a variety or fruit and as I get used to the diet, I add more and more variety. For example, today I ate 2lbs of plumbs for breakfast. It’s my first time eating plumbs since I started the diet.

·        Knowing I’m on a really super healthy diet.

·        My farts and stool don’t stink.

·        No more constipation.

·        My sweat and body order don’t stink bad like before.

·        I’m practically disease proof on this diet. LOL! No risk of heart attacks.

·        I can eat until I’m stuffed, every meal, every day, and I don’t have to worry about getting fat. It’s not going to happen.

-What don’t you like about this diet?

·        I don’t like the cost of the diet! Lol

·        I don’t like that it takes 30-45 minutes to eat my huge salad.

·        I bit my tongue many times while eating my salad.

·        My stool is not solid.

-What are some of your worries or fears now after 30 days on this diet?

·        Probably my only concern is that I don’t know if I’m optimally hydrated. Like I said, I don’t drink too much water, maybe 1-3 cups a day. I feel good though, and my pee is clear throughout the day so I think I’m OK. When I get to day 60, I’m going in for a physical and a have a couple blood-tests done to see how my body is doing and if I’m not deficient in any nutrient.

What are some things you would have liked to keep track of since starting the diet?

·        My blood sugar levels using a blood sugar testing device like the ones diabetics use.

·        My urine PH to see my acid/alkalinity using pH strips.

-What are some insights, lessons, realizations you’ve had throughout these 30 days?

·        You don’t die if you eat only fruits and veggies.

·        If you eat fruit for breakfast, fruit for lunch, fruit for dinner with a salad, AS LONG AS you don’t eat more than a third of an avocado or more than 1 once of raw nuts or other fats, your  fat percentage will stay bellow 10%

·        Sleep is just as important as diet. Especially when you’re on this diet because you don’t have artificial energy sources like coffee, soda, or energy drinks you can use to “wake” or give you that extra jolt of energy when you need it. You’re running on your body’s natural energy system and if you don’t sleep well, you’re not going to have much energy, and it wont be the diets fault, it’ll be your lack of rest and sleep.

-What are some tips you can give to someone interested in starting this diet?

1.      Buy the book and read it cover to cover. It will help you understand the diet, how it works, and how to succeed on it.

2.      Try it out.

3.      Be careful when chewing your salad; make sure not to bite your tongue.

4.      Make sure you exercise.

-What comes next?

·        I will continue following the diet for another 60 days until June 1, 2012. Depending on how I feel, my body’s health, and how my six-pack is looking. I’ll make any necessary changes if I necessary.  

·        On day 60 I’m going in for a physical and blood test.