A few nights ago, we were at Rick and Karin Dina’s house for dinner…
The conversation about calorie restriction came up and I questioned what the term “calorie restriction” really meant.
Is it to eat less calories than you need… or something else?
I also answer questions about Rejuvelac and gluten intolerance, young thai coconuts and fat and more! 
Take a look and see what I found out…
Your question of the day: Have you ever eaten like I explained in the show? Do you do it now?
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Kev
8:11 pm on July 30th, 2009
Rejuvelac- also, do not use this if you have yeast problems. It is recommended that you drink it at several Health Institutes even if you have yeast problems. Wrong, it makes it worse, trust me, I was on raw foods for two years and every time I drank it, within days yeast problems! Just wanted to share that!
8:17 pm on July 30th, 2009
Thank you for clarifying the coconut yogurt/fat question! Makes perfect sense.
And yes, I have eaten the way that you have described — nothing in the morning and pigging out at night.
Not only was I having awful sleep problems, but I also gained weight! And I craved very unhealthy things late at night.
I find that if I get a good caloric “boost” first thing in the morning, I have more energy and do much better throughout the day, and I don’t crave junk food at night.
8:32 pm on July 30th, 2009
I have done that… skipped breakfast, small lunch, then being starved by dinner and feeling like there wasn’t enough food in the house to satisfy me!
One of the things I like about eating raw is that now I eat breakfast… a large bowl of fruit! and the day goes much better.
8:57 pm on July 30th, 2009
Hi Kevin Some 35 years ago I only had coffee and cigarettes until dinner at 7 pm which was a salad of iceberg, cucumber, tomatoes and onion that filled to the top the largest bowl that Tupperware makes! Proof of the punishment that the human body can take and still survive.
All the calorie restriction studies I have seen cuts the normal amount by 30% but ADEQUATE NUTRITION. In many studies the calorie reduced group outlived the control group by 50 to 150%. Humans that are in a restriction study profiled on “60 Minutes” seemed to revel in that they felt hungry which to them was success. They all claimed to feel great but did not look like happy people to the viewer. People tell me that I am too thin….but I DO EAT a large volume of raw food every day and love every bit of what I eat.
Joel
9:02 pm on July 30th, 2009
Hey Kevin,
I never was a night eater until marrying my husband. He’s a night eater and in the first few years I just watched him and the last couple of years I’ve got myself eating at night but, mostly or only fruit. LOL! However, since going raw I always eat breakfast and sometimes I eat breakfast and then nothing til’ dinner. Which may be okay I think? So, I’m working on not eating past 6pm. Wish me strength!
PS: I’m still wanting to know where AnnMarie got her “RAW Apron” I love that….and would love to get one.
Thanks for all your great information/education. I love your shows. My Hubby says: You just always follow those guys.
I just say: Yep!
Jennifer aka ~Jenifae~
9:06 pm on July 30th, 2009
Hi Kevin,
Great work you are engaged in, thanks!
No I have not been one to miss breakfast, being sports & outdoors minded & all & also have pretty much maintained around 75kg throughout my life to date (67yrs). I am somewhat confused by the different commentary across a range of health references on the subject of coconut oil. On one hand I read it is a healthy oil, great for cooking etc., while on the other the references to it being a saturated fat than has a record of association with high LDL levels…..I’m confused! Hoping you can put me straight on this vexed question.
Cheers,
Stewart
9:24 pm on July 30th, 2009
Yes, I have done that and I noticed when I do I tend to overeat in the evening, but I also do not sleep as well.
Thanks for all the great videos!
9:31 pm on July 30th, 2009
Yes, when I worked 3rd shift some years ago I had some REALLY BAD eating habits and it took me about 2 years after I left that job to get out of it. I found that it was hard to lose belly fat and I would have palpitations.
9:39 pm on July 30th, 2009
We love fermented cabbage juice. We fill the Vitamix with chopped cabbage then add distilled water to the level of the cabbage and two teaspoons of sea salt (salt is optional). We then blend at high speed until it is smooth. We pour it into a big mouth gallon jar and let it set for three days at room temperature. We then strain it and drink the juice (delicious). We save a cup to add to the next gallon. That saves about a day so instead of a three day wait it will be ready in two days. You need to try it and tell everyone.
Chuck
9:46 pm on July 30th, 2009
Hey,
You said if you forgot to answer our question, we should ask it again… Here it goes : how late is toooooo late to eat ?
Thanks
9:50 pm on July 30th, 2009
Hi Kevin,
OMG!!! The story of my life until………… I met Paul Nison. There are times, many times when I binged so badly from 6pm – 10 pm that I could not eat the next whole day until the following morning but lo and behold, I would do the same thing all over again and again and again. I felt horrible. I would be digesting my food the entire following day many times. Then I met Paul Nison at the rawfood expo in NYC and I started the Daylight Diet. WOOHOO What a difference. I got my life back and my sanity. I do tend to eat too much at my 3 o’clock feeding .. haha I mean meal, but I am working on that. Now I never wake up feeling bad and sick. I always start my day with either wheatgrass or E-3 live usually at about 6 – 6:30, then a green juice at 7, my first meal at 9 and then another green juice and my last meal at 3 pm. It’s been an amazing 2 months for me!!! Thanks Paul!!
10:03 pm on July 30th, 2009
Yes as a UPS driver I eat very late and would eat two meals at the resturant and drink coffee until closing that would be 10 PM. Then I go home and eat a half gallon of ice cream and use peanut butter debbie bars as spoons. Now I understand why I’m having joint and knee problems at age 65. Other then not believing in doctors I don;t know what keeps me healthy.
10:18 pm on July 30th, 2009
I have gone through phases when I get confused between juice fasting and caloric starvation. I used to do juice fasts/detox programs just for a few days at a time. Sometimes it felt good to cleanse myself but other times it was a big drag not to get the calories I needed. There were times that my energy was problematically low, and I had cravings and I would end up eating a lot at night. So I am more careful now in general to make sure I am getting enough calories every day and to keep my energy levels up by eating raw ripe fruit in addition to the other veggies, nuts etc. So this way I can still cleanse and detox but I can avoid the low energy and the big energy swings… Fruit is my friend again!
10:19 pm on July 30th, 2009
I still eat in the evening but much less than before. I started forcing myself to have breakfast which consists of a chia and fruit smoothie since I was basically eating exactly as Kevin described. No breakfast. Smaller lunch. Big dinner and then snacking.
Lately I’ve been attempting to only eat fruit in the evening. Notice I said attempting! I’m not really rigid about it but so far it’s been working pretty good. We tend to eat dinner fairly late around here.
I sleep well and feel great. I take minerals I at night too.
10:22 pm on July 30th, 2009
I have never skipped meals. I have always had a strong appetite and have to eat first thing in the morning and several times throughout the day. I only loose my appetite under extreme emotional stress. I am still quite lean and believe this may be do to the fact that I am a strong vata by constitution and we tend to be lean according to ayurvedic medicine.
I find ayurvedic medicine to be extremely accurate what do you two think….
10:24 pm on July 30th, 2009
Hi Kevin,
thank you for clearing up the almond yogourt subject, i just learn something valuable. Since i don’t have a weight problem i don’t count calories and don’t skip breakfast or lunch. On the other hand i had to force myself to eat breakfast a bit later in the morning otherwise i had to take two breakfasts (couple of hours apart) because i was always so hungry. Just couldn’t stop eating all day.
Question: i’m looking on the web for a list of food that cannot or shouldn’t be eaten raw (e.g. potato) Do know where i could find this?
Thank you.
11:12 pm on July 30th, 2009
I eat breakfast. I eat lunch and maybe dinner. I sometimes have two smoothies a day in stead of solid food. I eat a good amount of fruit. It seems to work for me.
About the rejuvelac and the gluten intolerance. With what else can one make rejuvelac? Does it need to gluten to ferment? Thank you!
11:29 pm on July 30th, 2009
Confession time here. Yes I confess I am eating supper at 10:30pm while listening to your podcast. No weight problem here since I am underweight, burning more calories than I eat with my cleaning jobs. Do definately notice digestion issues like lack of energy in my gut to digest food or lack of appetite when I eat late. Lifestyle issues with work etc.
According to what I have been taught if I eat a meal I need to wait minimum 6 hrs before my next meal since it takes 2 hrs in the stomache and 4hrs in the intestinal tract . There is a hormone ekinase coming from liver that shuts down gastric acids once food moves into colon so it can be metabolized there so not good to eat any more food until that process is finished 6-7 hrs. later (fruit is one exception here except for bananas) Thus it impairs digestion to eat frequently. Apparently supported in medical texts but I hardly ever hear doctors or anyone you have talked to mention this important info Why?
Comment on this for me . thanks Kevin
11:33 pm on July 30th, 2009
I eat EXACTLY as you described..well, minus the 5 hour eating bonanza. I’ve been raw for 2 years and have gained weight. Now I see that it is most likely because of eating this way. I’m not sure why, but it took you saying those few sentences for me to understand. Silly, but thank you. So yes, I’ve noticed weight gain (25 pounds) especially in the belly, skin problems, irritability and low energy.
I’ve been racking my brain, the internet and anyone who will listen about loosing weight because this extra weight makes me feel less than vital. I was actually going to stop with the raw foods because I thought that it maybe just wasn’t for me. What would you suggest I do? Eat earlier, yes..but what? I eat primarily fruit/green juices because of the fear of more weight gain.
What you and Annmarie are doing is fantastic. Raw food advice people (for lack of a better term) tend to be very hard to take…but it’s obvious that you genuinely just want to help others.
THANK YOU
12:17 am on July 31st, 2009
Hi Kevin and Ann,
This is off topic but my friend is dealing with poison ivy. He’s using various skin remedies but is there something he could do internally that would help him to heal faster? Would a liver cleanse help or eating certain foods help?
I’d appreciate any advice you can offer.
Thank you!
12:29 am on July 31st, 2009
Howdy Kevin,
Thank you for addressing your viewers’ various points and
questions, including what I raised a few episodes back regarding
possible overall caloric insufficiency in those who find themselves
eating “too much” at night.
In this show, it was interesting to hear about your discussion
with Rick Dina about calorie restriction. I agree that there is often
a misunderstanding on the goal of calorie restriction. The people
advocating this from a, at least purported, scientific standpoint
refer to the practice not as simply Calorie Restriction, but
CRON.
CRON = Calorie Restriction + OPTIMAL NUTRITION
Not caloric insufficiency, but enough calories without going over,
to meet our optimal nutritional needs.
That is the intention, and I think there are a lot of people not
aware of the full import of that second part about Optimal
Nutrition.
You and Annmarie make great and insightful episodes, and I look
forward to viewing more.
You and your readers may find my upcoming site useful:
Raw.la – Raw Food in The News and Around The
Web
It has not only the mainstream news about raw food, but also
snapshots of the latest posts from the various raw message boards, and
the most up-to-date blog posts from over 300 blogs, updated all day
long. I welcome everyone here to check it out, get your daily (or
hourly!) dose of raw news, and leave me some feedback if you like.
– raw bloke
12:31 am on July 31st, 2009
Yes I have done this before. Now I have changed my eating to eating breakfast, lunch and dinner. I trying to make sure that I’m eating all natural or organic. Foods with no additives, perservatives,pesticides, or food coloring. Also, I’m eating more raw vegetables such as broccoli and spinach.
How can I make sure that I’m getting enough protein since I don’t eat a lot of meat?
12:50 am on July 31st, 2009
No, I have never done that. I grew up considering breakfast as a very important meal. it hasn’t always been the “healthiest’ meal but we are talking here about 10 years ago. Since a while I have been practising Nathalia Rose’s “quick exit” principles and I have to say that it works for me. Another book that I definitely recommend is “the simply raw detox manual. Please check out :www.simpyraw.ca Kevin, I know you and Anne marie would like it very much!!! I start my mornings with lemon water and cayenne pepper and (green) juice or a green smoothie with aloe vera. I also drink lots of water to flush my system. Around 9.30/10 I’m hungry and I’ll eat muesli (soaked oats and almonds and seeds with goatsmilk kefir, flax seeds and berries) I have noticed that my needs have changed since living in Colorado. I guess it is the altitude but especially in the winter I get hungry earlier than 9.30. A later lunch is often a big salad and dinner is usually a family event;something raw, and/or cooked. I confess that I occasionally do eat too late or snack at night but then I pay for it the next day.
12:52 am on July 31st, 2009
Sorry I made a mistake: the website is http://www.simplyraw.ca
1:35 am on July 31st, 2009
okay so I’m guilty of eating more at night too! I think it was on the Oprah show that I heard from Dr. Oz (or one of those tv shows), that it totally makes no difference if you eat more of your calories at night or if you eat something before bed and that its ok to do so..this totally confused me because once again one person says something is good and others say its bad.From my years of studying nutrition and health I have noticed very contradicting info regarding health matters, which in the end confuses people even more…love your show! Feel like You and Annemarie are friends of mine cause i see one or both of you on a daily basis!
2:35 am on July 31st, 2009
Yes I do this every day. I never eat breakfast, sometimes make a super food smoothie for lunch, and then eat heavy foods for dinner, usually around 9pm. I’m also struggling with cooked food and carbohydrate addiction, and almost always eat some sort of grain or bread in the late evening (or ice cream). I know it’s attached to unresolved emotional issues, and it really sucks! Also I’ve been extremely stressed out lately because I don’t have a job or a college education, and I’m 25 still living at home. Difficult times…
3:19 am on July 31st, 2009
I always see/hear/read if you are going to eat dairy, stick with goat. So, what makes goat dairy better than cow dairy?
3:33 am on July 31st, 2009
Yes, while I was in journalism. It was dark period of my health.
But, I have to say that I met John Fielder from Australia and he thinks that we shouldn’t eat breakfast, just lunch and dinner but never to eat after 6 p.m.. He has some interesting theory.
Now I drink my breakfast, eat my lunch and mostly snack my dinner. All raw, all healthy. I try to eat fruit for breakfast and dinner and heavier food for lunch. And it works for me.
4:38 am on July 31st, 2009
I totally have eaten that way. Skip breakfast eat lite lunch and then once 5 or 6pm comes along I eat essentially until bedtime. This usually happens when I work.
I only started a raw diet recently – last week. I did pretty okay for the first week eating probably 80% raw but this week I’ve just Crashed big time.
I start my mornings off right drinking a cup of green machine but since I’m new to raw and only know a few recipes I think I am just not knowing what to to make. I’m stuck on marinated kale and zucchini which by now I’m really not too thrilled to eat again for at least a month.
Any ideas for new raw person who’s main diet prior was mainly high carbs, sugars?
5:09 am on July 31st, 2009
Yes, while I was in journalism. It was dark period of my health.
But, I have to say that I met John Fielder from Australia and he thinks that we shouldn’t eat breakfast, just lunch and dinner but never to eat after 6 p.m.. He has some interesting theory.
Now I drink my breakfast, eat my lunch and mostly snack my dinner. All raw, all healthy. I try to eat fruit for breakfast and dinner and heavier food for lunch. And it works for me.
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!
6:06 am on July 31st, 2009
Yes, I’ve been eating as you’ve described, and I’ve gained 40 lbs over the last 4 years. I also want to add that I’ve been saddened by some personal events and have slipped into some heavy depressions. I don’t even recognized my face or body anymore. I try to drink green smoothies, but I’m inconsistent, since I’m focused on some very unfortunate events.
6:08 am on July 31st, 2009
P.S. I love Rick and Karin Dina. They are wonderful, and I’ve attended many of their lectures since 2004, since I live here in the SF Bay area.
8:02 am on July 31st, 2009
I grew up in a household that firmly believed in eating breakfast, so that has stuck with me over the years. Our main meals are breakfast and a lunch time meal. If we’re hungry in the evening, normally we’ll eat a piece of fruit or a stalk of celery and some carrots.
8:22 am on July 31st, 2009
Thanks so much for putting the beautiful photographs from Rawtographer up for everyone to see, I really enjoyed them.
I’ve really been working on not eating so late in the evening.
10:14 am on July 31st, 2009
The calorie concept is flawed and does not provide us with a true standard by which to measure the energy potential of food. The process by which the energy in a food is measured to determine its caloric content is entirely different than that which our bodies use to convert food to energy.
I regularly advise new raw fooders to not waste their time counting calories. There is cost, but no practical benefit. Anyone following what some arbitrary chart says about consumption levels might be inclined to eat more than their bodies need if they think they’re not getting “enough” calories. And if their consumption levels are higher than the charts recommend, they may drop back to a level that causes them to feel unsatisfied, which will lead to backsliding. Why not just eat to satisfaction? There is no danger in this. Just changing to raw food is enough of an improvement for most people without restricting or even counting calories. There is plenty of time later on for decreasing consumption, which definitely has to be done, eventually.
The healthier a person gets, the less food the body requires. Raw gurus routinely advise overconsumption, even the low-fat ones. I understand why they do this, because in transition it’s very important to keep consumption levels up so that people stay satisfied. But it’s not possible to reach peak health if a person does that indefinitely. Eating in the morning, for example, is practically necessary for a newbie or even until year 5 or 6 for most people. Beyond that, people have to start realizing that the bodily sensations that motivate them to eat are usually symptoms, not hunger, especially those that are felt in the morning. Eating to resolve weakness guarantees the return of weakness. It is just like taking aspirin for a headache or an antacid for indigestion. Any symptom that is felt in the stomach is not hunger, it is the body attempting to heal from previous mistakes. During the night, the body converts all the food that was eaten the previous day to fuel. Why would we need to re-fuel first thing in the morning? It makes more sense to conclude that feelings we experience in the morning that we mistake for hunger are actually cleansing (healing) symptoms and should be ignored, or cooperated with, not suppressed. Just to reiterate, though — that’s for people to work on gradually, with the eventual goal of giving up breakfast completely. When healing is complete, symptoms of withdrawal (healing, cleansing) will not be experienced in the morning, or anytime, for that matter.
When people stop eating to suppress their symptoms, that’s when the health gains are really experienced. Unfortunately nobody is talking about this in the raw food community, so long-term raw fooders experiencing on-going symptoms from overconsumption are typically not able to figure out what they’re doing wrong.
For anyone who is interested, we do discuss this issue quite a lot on my Yahoo group, RawSchool.com, and I specialize in helping people transition sustainably (gently).
Best wishes,
Nora Lenz
10:25 am on July 31st, 2009
In my tiny bit of free time (2 little ones and a more than full time job)
I am constantly searching for information about nutrition and raw foods. I love the fact that you make book recommendations and always take note of them, I’m currently reading The China Study, fascinating everyone should reAD THIS BOOK! I would really like to get some formal education in Raw foods nutrition and Arizona is too far right now. I’m on the the other side of the country and want to know if there are any good programs out here? Where do I start? Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge!!!
10:54 am on July 31st, 2009
I used to eat like that when I was working and gained a pound a year for 40 years. I finally turned to Weight Watchers to fix it. During WW I discovered raw food, met my goal, and am maintaining while enjoying my whole new world of good eats.
Off topic: I love your recipes. Yesterday we had the peach cobbler and everyone raved about it. Thank you.
Have you seen “Dan the Man” on youtube? A real character who has the simplest recipes and techniques. His one bowl (food processor) basil pesto over zucchini pasta was as good as those in raw food (no)cook books, and MUCH faster.
I love your show. They start my day with a smile and inspiration. Thank you.
12:00 pm on July 31st, 2009
Oh my yes!
Almost all through University I ate that way. Yuck! It didn’t help that I was staying up really late, and then sleeping in during the morning.
Finally broke that awful habit the year I graduated and started working. Luckily I needed to eat breakfast in order to function at work.
Now I’ve transitioned to green smoothies for breakfast, eat lunch, have mid day snack, eat a light dinner, and try not to eat afterwards.
In the winter (darker months) this is easier to do as I tend to go to bed earlier.
During the summer, I try not to eat after 8pm and go to bed around 10pm.
12:38 pm on July 31st, 2009
I have been the weird one with all my friends in that by their dinner hour, I’m pretty much done with eating for the day and have no appetite left – I’ve always been a big eater all morning and early afternoon – grazing kind of.
I’m pretty thin and have always been told I must have a “good metabolism” – mostly by those who don’t like to eat early in the day but pack it in in the evening.
1:20 pm on July 31st, 2009
Unless doing a mini juice fast, I never skip breakfast or lunch. I have a tendency to snack at night if I am watching a movie.
Thank you for posting the raw spirit photos & thank you to Jeff. Great photos. Looked like fun.
Finally, thank you Annmarie for the coconut opening demo. I tried it & it worked really well.
Blessings.
1:22 pm on July 31st, 2009
HI KEVIN,
my family and i have started eatting raw vegan about a month ago after stopping and having lunch at CAFE GRATITUDE in Berkeley, ca.
We loved the food and felt so good after eatting it we thought let’s do this! I checked out about 30 books on raw eatting at the library and have read everything i can find on the subject. I think Im on information overload now! We mostly started this for weight loss (i need to lose 50 lbs).
We have been doing it 100%. I have to say we ate pretty healthy prior to this already. But my problem isnt junk food, its just too much food.
I work out on and off (mostly off lately). Ive read so much saying you can eat raw and not worry about calories. So I thought, wow! Cant wait. But sadly, Im fidning out this isnt so true.
Ive yo-yo’d up and down about 3 lbs. but cannot seem to lose a thing on this. How can I lose weight on this diet? I also have to add, we have such gas and are so bloated at night. We didnt have this problem before. Now lately we arent feeling so good. Why dont we feel better on a food plan that is so healthy for you? Help
2:43 pm on July 31st, 2009
I am trying so very hard to follow Paul Nison’s Daylight Diet but it’s hard!
6:07 pm on July 31st, 2009
loved the pics! hope to be there next year.
luv you guys
6:09 pm on July 31st, 2009
Not exactly that pattern but variations thereof. It’s very destructive, I found.
So, would calorie restriction be like eating the same amount of food every day? Are there boundaries within which you can go over or under the caloric set limit and still get the same results? Or must it be exact?
6:21 pm on July 31st, 2009
You can make rejuvelac with quinoa or buckwheat groats. Both are actually seeds and contain no gluten. You don’t have to use a glutenous grain if you are allergic to them.
8:40 pm on July 31st, 2009
Thanks, Thomas, I will try it.
8:44 pm on July 31st, 2009
Hi! Recently came across your show & love it!
I do have a ?
I started eating mainly raw food about a month ago. & am feeling great by the way!
Just this past week I started training for a 5K race I will be doing with my best friend this coming Fall. Any recommendations as to any certain raw foods I could & should be including in my daily diet as a result of all this jogging?
12:36 am on August 1st, 2009
Yep, who hasn’t done that? I am just now struggling to become entirely raw. I mostly walk and take public transformation and live in Downtown LA with my 6 month old son and my husband. I think the key for me is to make sure I always have enough fresh food around and wake up early enough to make a green smoothie before work. We live across the street from Grand Central Market but it’s not organic. I’m starting a fire escape garden. I think that will help for sure! Getting to Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s is always a weekly mission.
4:26 am on August 1st, 2009
I have been drinking green smoothies for breakfast for 6 months now and really notice the increase of energy I have all day.
I am a Colon Therapist and when starting a raw food program the best way to ease cravings is to cleanse the colon of past toxins that have built up. You would be amazed at the rubbish that the body expels. The toxins that make us crave go too.
So try a colonic when changing to raw or on a juice cleanse. You’ll be supprised how easier it is.
Susan Lausevic
Colon Therapist
Sydney, Australia
5:31 pm on August 1st, 2009
No I dont think I’ve ever been a night eater, cause brekky has always been my fav meal of the day and I’m not that big fan of dinner really, too big of a meal for me esp when i was living with my parents who dosnt eat that much raw food and they dont seem to think a meal can consist of only a salad aka fans of the typical norwegian dinner scheme.
In the episode where Elaina Love made peach cobbler she mentions that eating the same thing day out and day in for yrs can make you allergic, this makes me a bit worried cause ive been eating the same breakfast concoction for a bit over a year, and now im worried that one day suddenly ill be allergic to strawberries!
Silly i know, esp when i think about for how many years i had bread for breakfast..
Thanks Kevin, awesome information as always
9:17 pm on August 1st, 2009
Can not take pro biotic or eat fermented foods causes severe stomach problems any suggestion on what to eat? I am lactose intolerant.
3:47 am on August 2nd, 2009
Yep, night eating turned me into a blimp, well, relatively speaking. These days, I eat a lot in the first one-third of the day and then pace myself for the rest, eating to maintain energy, etc. It has helped me so much: much more energy all day and far fewer headaches. Particularly the decrease in headahces has been a wonderful discovery. The research continues.
11:24 am on August 2nd, 2009
Man it is a looooooooooooong way down here. Thanks for the video and the answer. Cooool Man.
That is exactly how I eat. And I have been wondering why I am gaining or at least not losing weight. I don’t eat enough that I should actually gain but I do have a slight cycle of up and down.
I have learned a bunch here and I will be eating more timely if not more better.
Thanks a lot for the very nice informative web sit.
6:10 pm on August 2nd, 2009
Hi
Cannot hear you on alot of these postings
6:12 am on August 3rd, 2009
I think the worst is to eat late at night as paul nison says. When i stopped eating after 6pm i noticed i need less sleep, i get up about an hour earlier and dont feel tired at all.
10:18 am on August 3rd, 2009
i have been moving toward 100% raw vegan for about two years. i have been 90% raw for about six months. when i got to 80% or so raw my sleep need decreased by about an hour per night. one month ago i began eating my heavy meals early in the day, eating only fruit after 4pm and nothing for at least an hour before bed. eating this way took another hour to two hours off my sleep needs. my diet is almost exclusively fruits and greens (salads and smoothies) plus two sixteen ounce glasses of carrot juice per day. i am 65 years old and do not remember the last year i felt this good on a regular basis.
i am a little confused about your comment that on the morning after a heavy late night meal your body does not want to eat for most of the day, thus reinforcing a late night eating pattern. my experience does not confirm this. when i used to eat my heavy meal for dinner i felt fine the next morning as long as i stopped eating at least two hours before bedtime. if i ate, right up until bedtime (heavy or light meals) i woke up so ravenously hungry i felt nauseous and sick to my stomach. it is the same feeling i would sometimes get when i would become busy and work thru my lunch hour. in both instances, eating solved the problem. this seems to be in direct contradiction to what you were saying. any comments?
8:22 pm on August 4th, 2009
I have a bad habit of eating at night. Have been eating dinner after 7. I knew it wasn’t good but coming off the SAD I still lost weight.
Need to change my schedule. Especially now that I know what happens after a certain time.
Thanks.
I notice though that I am famished when I get up in the morning though if I eat late. And not so hungry if I cut the food out by 7.
BTW: Volume has been low on the video. Turning it up on speakers doesn’t work to make it any louder.
12:28 am on August 5th, 2009
Eventhough Kevin said today’s (8/4) video has been fixed, it still won’t play.
I restarted my computer twice.
Even tried viewing on my iPhone. Same thing.
2:18 pm on August 7th, 2009
Hi Kevin, I’m playing catchup as I’ve been busy for the last week, but here goes.
I’m a diet couunsellor, dealing in VLCD diets, and see many overweight clients with the eating paterns you describe. I have experienced this way of eating myself also.
There is a tendency to feel more and more bloated when eating this way. You never actually feel as though your hunger is satisfied.
I have seen clients who are able to eat just the one meal in the evening, without the constant eating throughout the evening, and they too have gained weight.
We call this ‘starvation mode’ and as a result of your body being starved of energy, it seems to convert as much as it can to fat. I’m not sure if this is a correct assumption with any scientific basis but is is an explanation non the less.
Personally I’m now slowly transitioning to more raw. I have noticed being Vegan has meant that my weight has maintained for 17 weeks; a Miracle for me. I am still learning about raw and aim to experiment more.
Thank you and keep it up
Nigel