Don’t Do This If You Want To Lose Weight Easily
This is the worst weight loss tactic and yet everyone seems to gravitate towards it. Please, don’t do this.
Go raw and be fit,
Swayze
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78 comments
Yes to the first part, but muscle doesn’t burn significant calories:”To make this argument, though, these experts invariably ignored the actual numbers, because they, too, are unimpressive. If we replace five pounds of fat with five pounds of muscle, which is a significant achievement for most adults, we will increase our energy expenditure by two dozen calories a day.” –Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
If people stick to a non SAD vegetarian/vegan/raw diet and exercise by various means(lifting,running, swimming) then you will see tremendous results no matter what. Of course eating french fries will kill your diet. Don’t blame it on jogging. This video is iffy. I would never tell people not to run. Losing weight should never be your sole motivation anyway. It should be obtaining a healthy lifestyle. If you do that, the weight loss will come.
[..YouTube..] I agree, which is why I said that it doesn’t burn a huge amount in the video.
I agree, which is why I said that it doesn’t burn a huge amount in the video.
[..YouTube..] I never said not to exercise. I simply said not to rely on exercise for weight loss. If anything, exercise should be primarily for building and maintaing muscle, not weight loss.
I never said not to exercise. I simply said not to rely on exercise for weight loss. If anything, exercise should be primarily for building and maintaing muscle, not weight loss.
[..YouTube..] I’ve noticed that your approach to weight loss (low calories) is very different from other low fat raw vegans such as Durianrider, Freelee, and Teri Leventhal, among others. They all eat 3000+ calories a day and are very lean, actually losing weight by eating more calories. I’m just getting started on 80/10/10, and I am not sure which route to try in order to lose the 10 pounds I want to lose. What are your thoughts on their methods vs. yours?
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 5:55 AM
If you follow 80/10/10 diet, weight loss will not be an issue. Just be patient. Weight loss should really be a by-product of getting healthy and not your primary focus. That said, it is nice to look trim.
I’ve noticed that your approach to weight loss (low calories) is very different from other low fat raw vegans such as Durianrider, Freelee, and Teri Leventhal, among others. They all eat 3000+ calories a day and are very lean, actually losing weight by eating more calories. I’m just getting started on 80/10/10, and I am not sure which route to try in order to lose the 10 pounds I want to lose. What are your thoughts on their methods vs. yours?
[..YouTube..] Some people need 3000+ calories per day, some people need less. It’s pretty simple.
Some people need 3000+ calories per day, some people need less. It’s pretty simple.
[..YouTube..] Actually, you said (3:50): “if you couple this with exercise, that’s huge [...] especially if the exercise is strength training”.The advice you give here is well-established to be wrong. Search “Why We Get Fat” for “lumberjack”: “”Vigorous muscle exercise usually results in immediate demand for a large meal,” noted Hugo Rony of Northwestern University in 1940. [...] Thus men doing heavy physical work spontaneously eat more than men engaged in sedentary occupations.”
Actually, you said (3:50): “if you couple this with exercise, that’s huge [...] especially if the exercise is strength training”.The advice you give here is well-established to be wrong. Search “Why We Get Fat” for “lumberjack”: “”Vigorous muscle exercise usually results in immediate demand for a large meal,” noted Hugo Rony of Northwestern University in 1940. [...] Thus men doing heavy physical work spontaneously eat more than men engaged in sedentary occupations.”
[..YouTube..] You compare diet to working out by saying diet is more effective. You should never be comparing them in the first place. They should go hand in hand. You say working out requires SO much time and SO much energy like it’s a bad thing. I sort of see where you’re coming from but this video has a mixed message. Mixed enough to where me and you aren’t on the same page and that rarely happens.
You compare diet to working out by saying diet is more effective. You should never be comparing them in the first place. They should go hand in hand. You say working out requires SO much time and SO much energy like it’s a bad thing. I sort of see where you’re coming from but this video has a mixed message. Mixed enough to where me and you aren’t on the same page and that rarely happens.
[..YouTube..] i love your views please continue sharing
i love your views please continue sharing
[..YouTube..] Don’t be afraid of calories. do you think all the 80.10.10ers got so fit eating 1500 a day? no. Eat UNLIMITED…Basically stuff your face with fruit until you’re fully satisfied. For most grown adults that are sedentary, that would be around 3400 a day..if you are active it’ll be around 4000-5000…Drinking a 1900 calorie banana smoothie is so easy.
Don’t be afraid of calories. do you think all the 80.10.10ers got so fit eating 1500 a day? no. Eat UNLIMITED…Basically stuff your face with fruit until you’re fully satisfied. For most grown adults that are sedentary, that would be around 3400 a day..if you are active it’ll be around 4000-5000…Drinking a 1900 calorie banana smoothie is so easy.
[..YouTube..] I normally agree with the stuff you say, but I have to say I strongly disagree with this. Do you want to lose weight or do you want to lose fat? If you want to lose weight, it might be faster just to starve yourself and not exercise. But if you want to lose fat, you NEED to exercise. I was a female of normal weight 128lbs and I did not lose 8lbs until I started exercising too. If you follow a low fat raw vegan diet like you do, you don’t need to worry about “over eating”.
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 6:01 AM
“I was a female of normal weight…”
Heidi, what has become of you? Are you no longer female or no longer of normal weight?
Just asking!
I normally agree with the stuff you say, but I have to say I strongly disagree with this. Do you want to lose weight or do you want to lose fat? If you want to lose weight, it might be faster just to starve yourself and not exercise. But if you want to lose fat, you NEED to exercise. I was a female of normal weight 128lbs and I did not lose 8lbs until I started exercising too. If you follow a low fat raw vegan diet like you do, you don’t need to worry about “over eating”.
[..YouTube..] Also results speak for themselves. Look at all the fit athletes. They look great through exercising and eating a ton of healthy-derived calories. Then look at the celebs who “crash” or fad diet. They don’t look so great whatever their scale number says!
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 6:05 AM
Sometimes looking fit and being healthy do not go together. Lance Armstrong is a good example in that he looks very fit and yet has had cancer issues. There is some correlation between the “look” and the healthy actuality but they can also be mutually exclusive as well.
Swayze Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Very true. I think we all know at least one person who looks great on the eat-anything-and-everything diet.
Also results speak for themselves. Look at all the fit athletes. They look great through exercising and eating a ton of healthy-derived calories. Then look at the celebs who “crash” or fad diet. They don’t look so great whatever their scale number says!
[..YouTube..] I see what you’re trying to say but the title of this video and the introduction may be misleading and some people can take away the wrong message.
I see what you’re trying to say but the title of this video and the introduction may be misleading and some people can take away the wrong message.
[..YouTube..] “all the 80.10.10ers got so fit”Not really: 30bananasadaysucks. com/2012/04/request-for-data-in-support-of-the-claim-that-30bad-advice-is-not-workingThere are 25 specific examples there, so far, of people degenerating on the 811 diet.
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Are these people who are following a healthy diet degenerating because of the diet or because our food source is becoming so nutrient deficient. Compare the taste of an heirloom fruit to one that is available at your local market and you can see what is lost through industrial farming. Also, if you compare the list of 25 examples on 80/10/10 to the millions who walk through our hospital doors each hour on a standard diet they are a drop in the ocean. I am not sure how you define the correct diet but certainly 80/10/10 is much better than most other alternatives at creating health.
“all the 80.10.10ers got so fit”Not really: 30bananasadaysucks. com/2012/04/request-for-data-in-support-of-the-claim-that-30bad-advice-is-not-workingThere are 25 specific examples there, so far, of people degenerating on the 811 diet.
[..YouTube..] grats on the troll site link. That site is full of losers who tried to eat 3 bananas a day and cried with “80.10.10″ didn’t work lol
grats on the troll site link. That site is full of losers who tried to eat 3 bananas a day and cried with “80.10.10″ didn’t work lol
[..YouTube..] fat ppl make me lol
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
We should be here helping people, not laughing at their problems. Not everyone is fat because they disregard their health. Some have been given misinformation and look to these sites for inspiration and help. They do not need someone denegrading them.
heidi Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
sooooo truuue bill!!!!
help, encourage instead of making fun of
Swayze Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Well said, Bill.
fat ppl make me lol
[..YouTube..] well you have to keep in mind that she is not a doctor. She is just giving her opinion which may work for her.
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Actually, thank God she is not a doctor or you would be getting advice on which pill to take instead of which fruit to eat!
heidi Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
811rv WILL work for EVERYONE!
Unfortunately, everyone is not suited to it mentally, committed to it, ‘gets it’
well you have to keep in mind that she is not a doctor. She is just giving her opinion which may work for her.
[..YouTube..] Gary Taubes is fat.
Gary Taubes is fat.
[..YouTube..] Is he? How did you come to that conclusion? Even if it were true, what could we learn from it?
Is he? How did you come to that conclusion? Even if it were true, what could we learn from it?
[..YouTube..] You should never stuff your face with anything. You should eat enough until you are comfortably full (I realize it will feel like your stuffing it in in the beginning). For some that will be 3000+ calories, for others that will be significantly less. There are a lot of factors involved with regard to determining calories burned. The easy way to figure out how much you need is to monitor your weight. Losing too much fat? You’re not eating enough. Gaining unwanted fat? You’re eating too much.
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 6:21 AM
Swayze, Thank you for the advice. Stuffing my face every day was getting hard on the cheek muscles!!! If nothing else I have the buffest cheeks in town!! Well except for that squirrel down the street. Lukily, we hang out at different beaches so he has not been muscling in on my action with the cheek groupies.
Swayze Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Buff cheeks, that’s a new one. Before ya know it people will start getting cheek implants…oh wait.
You should never stuff your face with anything. You should eat enough until you are comfortably full (I realize it will feel like your stuffing it in in the beginning). For some that will be 3000+ calories, for others that will be significantly less. There are a lot of factors involved with regard to determining calories burned. The easy way to figure out how much you need is to monitor your weight. Losing too much fat? You’re not eating enough. Gaining unwanted fat? You’re eating too much.
[..YouTube..] Sorry for the misunderstanding. I believe exercise is very important for everyone. My issue is with people who are overweight thinking exercise alone (or accompanied by small tweaks in the diet) will help them reach their ideal weight. It won’t. What you eat is the biggest factor when it comes to weight loss.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I believe exercise is very important for everyone. My issue is with people who are overweight thinking exercise alone (or accompanied by small tweaks in the diet) will help them reach their ideal weight. It won’t. What you eat is the biggest factor when it comes to weight loss.
[..YouTube..] i wish i had a stomach like yours
i wish i had a stomach like yours
[..YouTube..] You do
. Get fit so you can eat like me
You do
. Get fit so you can eat like me
[..YouTube..] I agree, this is misleading
I agree, this is misleading
[..YouTube..] Swayze, great video thank you! I wanted to ask you, I’ve been raw for about a month now and heard that exercise is EXTREMELY important on the raw food diet to assure that you are detoxing all the gunk that is in the bodies systems. I feel really energetic somedays and can do my bike rides or an hour of intense yoga, but somedays I just want to nap and take it easy and don’t feel the raw high that would constitute a crazy workout. What do you think about that? -Much love
Miemie Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 3:36 AM
So you were on the raw diet for 1 month, my i ask you how much kg you have lost so far. I started 2 days ago.
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 6:32 AM
I would not be obsessed with weight loss. You want to focus on a long term goal of getting healthy. Put the scale away and do not look at it except once a month at the most. Work on getting your food correct and getting into a pattern of eating which works for you. Another thing to remember is that it will take a long time for your body to stabilize on the healthy diet so during the transition your body chemistry will be very eratic at times. This can sometimers give you false signals. Do not react to the day to day but look to the long term trends as a guide. Even though I felt much better almost immedietely, It took me 5 years before I really felt right. Weight is only one indicator in many. I would concentrate on your overal well being as opposed to the outside appearences. It will all come together over time if you stick to it and keep learning. Sawyze’s info is part of that learning.
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 6:35 AM
Swayze,
I kind of like the new name I gave you. “Sawyze” It has a nice ring to it like sawing some wood or maybe she is really “Saucy” like Hot!!!
Swayze Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
I like it! Usually I get swazye or swayzee. Or sometimes added letters like swaynee or swayzle.
Miemie Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 6:37 AM
Thanks Bill.Unfortunately im a woman and us women look in the mirror every morning
Im also an avid runner, who is picking up weight steadily. This is not good, since i feel it in my shins and knees and ankles. I can run 5 days week but will not loose any weight, i rather build upper thigh and calve muscles, which makes me even heavier.
Swayze, great video thank you! I wanted to ask you, I’ve been raw for about a month now and heard that exercise is EXTREMELY important on the raw food diet to assure that you are detoxing all the gunk that is in the bodies systems. I feel really energetic somedays and can do my bike rides or an hour of intense yoga, but somedays I just want to nap and take it easy and don’t feel the raw high that would constitute a crazy workout. What do you think about that? -Much love
[..YouTube..] Thanks for your post. I found a helpful tool for portion control here which helps on approximately 80 lbs off or more vimeopro.com/rocalabs/reviews/video/41002679 or traffic.rocalabs.com/tr/?id=21b-1 Might check as well, works amazing; it’s safe and natural!
Thanks for your post. I found a helpful tool for portion control here which helps on approximately 80 lbs off or more vimeopro.com/rocalabs/reviews/video/41002679 or traffic.rocalabs.com/tr/?id=21b-1 Might check as well, works amazing; it’s safe and natural!
[..YouTube..] I found this to be so true
I found this to be so true
misleading title, tought i find good tips , but did not
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 6:39 AM
Chris,
Listen more carefully and you will see the logic. The good “tips” are there if you are open to receive them. I am not sure what was misleading about the title??
Right on!, Swayze! The E.L.E.M.’s in the world have personal issues of being “perfect” in their body thinking that is the way to health and happiness! Thanks for the video. As always you are a straight shooter!
I am physically active as a house cleaner in my profession for 6 hrs a day minimum. I love to exercise on top of that. Our bodies are meant to be active and involved in movement. I exercise to build muscle, stamina, flexibility and have a wide range of exercises that I love to do. However Eating Less and Exercising More is the path to physical demise and emotional turmoil for sure.
Thanks for the video.
i agree with what swayze says as i see soooo soooo many overweight, obese people at they gym for months and years on end on a regular daily basis for hours sometimes at a time every day, aaaand they never seem to have lost weight or changed their body physique for the better at all with all that exercising, beeeecause they never ever changed their way of eating, thus they eat lots, feel guilty/bad about it and then spend hours at the gym trying to alieve all that guilt, bad feelings of unhealthy overeating only to just keep on going round and round on the same merry go round. hopefully, one day they will ‘wake up’ and ‘see the light’ bless them
Bill K, Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Great note Heidi!!!
Bless You!!
heidi Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Swayze Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 11:48 AM
I got a gym membership a few months ago and see the same thing. Even a couple of the instructors are overweight! :/
Its not easy to go 100percent RAW. I feel some food was meant to be cooked. Going raw is good. For detoxification. Not all the time. Ofcourse dont overcook. 70percent raw is more like it. Periodically going raw is good. We need self-control.
Bill K, Reply:
July 12th, 2012 at 5:55 AM
Edgar,
I used to think that some cooked food was part of our normal diet as well but as I have learned more I realize that all cooked food is somewhat a sacrifice to good health. Certainly, cooked vegetables is not the worst thing that you can consume but it still is slightly health degrading. If a food (Vegetable) needs to be cooked it was probably not a part of our original diet as it is likely we did not have the power of fire when placed on this Earth. Most of the foods that require heating to be edible create some issues within our bodies. Some are minor issues and some like grains are more serious. Either way if you want optimal health you should strive to eliminate the cooked foods from your diet. That said, I know that when you have eaten a certain way for most of your life it can be difficult to transition to a new way of eating. You can obviously continue to suppliment your diet with some cooked foods but long term you should try and transition away from them to take full advantage of the power of low fat raw foods. I highly recommend Swayze’s book on ending your cooked food cravings. It is very well written and helpful in this regard.
Bill