Morbidly Obese to
Fit and Healthy with
Raw Food and Exercise

Here is My Weight Loss Story

I have spent most of my life morbidly obese. Yes there were thin times, but to be that way required either no food, drugs, or a combination of barely any food and too much exercise. At 15 years old I weighed 185 pounds. I'm only 5'1", so you can imagine how I looked. Through drugs and walking 8 miles three days a week and not eating, I dropped 60 pounds between my softmore and junior year in high school. Through marriage and children I somehow kept my weight fluctuating between 140 and 160, still pretty heavy for a small woman. After the divorce, or actually right when I decided it was time for a divorce, I was able to drop down to 115 thanks to drugs, half a tuna sandwich a day, and a lot of dancing. Not something you can really keep up. And I couldn't. It was back to fighting off 160, then 190 pounds. I did it one more time, in my early 30's. I cut all fat out of my diet and basically lived on home made bread, no sugar, no eggs, no oil. I got back down to 140 with a lot of exercise and kept it off for about a year when all of a sudden I started breaking out in huge dry spots. Knowing lack of fat was the problem, I ate cheese, had a gallbladder attack, started having hot flashes, and gained over 100 pounds within a year. More weight was to come as the years progressed. My top weight was 264 pounds. For fifteen years, I tried every diet out there, I exercised my heart out, and all that would ever happen was I would lose about 10 pounds of water, then slowly gain more weight as I increased my exercise. There was one short spurt of starvation in all that where I lost 50 pounds, but you know how that goes, as soon as I started eating normal it all came back.

In May of 2005, I was sitting at home contemplating the probability that I would never lose the weight and be morbidly obese the rest of my life. I was depressed, actually shocked at the revelation that nothing would help. My mind wandered around bariatric surgery. My interest grew in the final fix of gastric bypass surgery. Luckily, I saw a news article around that time that said people on raw vegan diets are thin but their bones are strong. I hadn't heard of any such diet, but my curiosity was peaked. Then I saw the movie AFTER SUNSET with Woody Harrelson. In the behind the scenes footage, Woody was talking about his Raw Food diet. His raw food chef was getting people to try smoothies. It was then I started my research and began this miraculous journey.

I won't lie and say there hasn't been times when eating only raw food was hard. Cravings happen as they do on any diet. There are mornings I wake up and don't want to exercise. But I steadily lose half a pound a day. Some days I don't lose anything. I have even gained half a pound a few days, but on average I can count on that 1/2 pound everyday. That is an average of 15 pounds a month, 180 pounds a year. Talk about fast weight loss. That alone keeps me motivated.

I eat more food now than I have at any time in my life. I never worry if it's too much, or too little. I eat until I'm full and whenever I am hungry or just feel like it. I think nothing of sitting down and eating four oranges one right after the other, or a whole pound of grapes. My salad can fill a two-quart bowl, what do I care. As long as I eat raw fruits and vegetables with some added nuts and seeds, I will reach my optimal weight. No doubts no worries. That's what raw food can do for you.

And when you are done losing weight, and you are no longer suffer from morbid obesity, you won't have to worry about gaining it back because raw food gets to you. You come alive with energy, see possibilities that had been out of focus for so long. You will change how you view food, naturally. And if by chance you don't maintain a raw food lifestyle after you lose the weight and you gain some back, all won't be lost. You will always have raw to fall back on.

I feel as though a fairy godmother has tapped me on the head with her magic wand and said: "Okay, its time. You can be thin and healthy." I watch TV or the news and see how many diet pills and bariatric surgeons are out there trying to snare us, the morbidly obese, into risking our lives for their unproven techniques. We all know the only safe way to lose weight is through diet and exercise. And now, I'm telling you, there is a diet out there that works.

I have started a website, RawFoodBootCamp.com, for us, the morbidly obese, to support one another in a journey to health. I beg you, if you are contemplating bariatric surgery, or gastric bypass surgery for fast weight loss, please give raw food a try before you risk your life for something you can achieve on your own in the same amount of time.

Morbid obesity does not have to plague us any longer. Give raw food a try and maybe together we can show the world that bariatric surgery is not the only hope for the morbidly obese. Gastric bypass surgery can kill you. Eating raw foods will make you healthy. Both offer fast weight loss. Both will let you post before and after pictures. One offers a life-time of malnutrition, the other offers abundance, joy, energy, and a glow of well-being so strong everyone will ask how. Choose wisely. I know I did, and I beat obesity, once and for all.

Click here to read my journal as I lost the weight in 2005

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Last Four blog additions:
• Jess Hits 100 lbs Gone in 7 Months!
  
  Whoo Hoo! Jess Hits 100 lbs Gone on Her 7 Month Anniversary!
  December was a tough month for Jess. She lost her focus, not too bad, she stayed low fat, low sugar raw, but started to peter out and wasn't doing the walking like she normally did. She only lost 4 pounds in December. So to help her along we offered a 10 day challenge to others at camp who wanted to support her through doing her exact program. A big group joined her and together they motivated and encouraged each other to push hard, so Jess would to. And it worked!!
  
  
  I am so excited to say that Jess hit the 100 pound mark on her 7 month anniversary at RFBC. Back in June she took me up on a challenge to lose 100 lbs in 7 months, go public with your story, and win $500 and 6 months of free support. I will be picking up that Visa card for her today and mailing it off as soon as I get her weigh in video tomorrow morning. I've never been so happy to part with my money! I'd have to say it's the best money I've ever spent!
  
  
  Jess is working on photos, so be ready to see the new Jess in next week's newsletter!
  You should go to her blog at www.rfbcjess.blogspot.com and use the comment link to leave her a note of congratulation.
  
  
  In Honor of Jess's Big Success Here's an Offer for New Members
  
  
  Join us for Monday's start on Jan 30th, and use the coupon code: NextJess to get $20 off your first month's membership at RFBC! You can also use that coupon on the pay for 8 weeks and get 13 offer. Sorry current members, you aren't eligible for this discount. For every new member who uses this code, I will match that $20 in our scholarship fund so we can get that thing going and offer 8 sessions to someone who can't afford camp but knows they too can be the next Jess!
  
  
  
  JOIN TODAY
  
  
  $99/4 weeks with shared photos (I'll cut your head off) or $149 with no photos required.
  
  
  Make sure you have listened to the 5 audios at Introduction to Raw Food Boot Camp
  
  
  You don't have to log in at the Intro forum, just click on the words then click on 5 Day Agenda and Daily Audios.
  
  
  You must have a BMI over 34 to join RFBC
  Click here to go to our BMI Calculator
  
  While the lose 100 lbs in 7 months challenge is no longer offered, you can still get most of your membership for free if you follow in Jess' footsteps. Lose 50 lbs your first 3 sessions and get the next 4 weeks free. Lose 12 pounds that session and get another 4 weeks free! Amount lost is based on initial weigh in photo.
  
  
  
  If Jess' big win isn't enough to get you to commit to camp what about this!
  FreeSpirit's 5.5 Month Before And Afters with 82.4 lbs Gone!
  
  FreeSpirit has 5.1 lbs to go to hit Onederland (199 lbs)
  
  
  
  Clpets 4.5 Month B&A's with 70 lbs Gone!
  
  
  
  
  
  Can't walk 2 hours a day or do 100% raw, well neither can these two women!
  
  
  Victorious' 3 Month B&A with 38 lbs Gone
   Victious has 5.9 lbs to go to get to Onederland
  
  
  
  Rosie's 3 Month B&A with 35 lbs Gone
  
  Rosie has 7.1 lbs to go to get to TwosTown!
  
  
  
  Results of our 10 Day Challenge that Turned into 15 Days
  What an amazing two weeks in our challenge. Originally, this challenge was offered to get those who were a little hesitant about putting their all into a Rawk Starz! type of program to see at how easy it can be and what great results you can get, plus to add some extra support for Jess. What happened was amazing.
  
  
  Eight women joined in. Two of them became very ill (not from the program but caught that nasty bug that's going around) for more than half of the time, and while they didn't get the big losses the others got, they stuck it out, even when they were sick! The others balked at times. There were lots of venting about walking 2 hours a day, but they did it. It was funny most thought the food would be hard, but they found 100% raw to be easier than eating some cooked food, and after the two weeks most are ready to continue with two hours of walking a day. They loved the results.
  
  
  With Jess and Pjack starting maintenance on Feb 1st, there was openings in our Rawk Starz! program. 5 women from this challenge are going to make the commitment and join FreeSpirt and Clpet on this amazing journey of 100% low fat, low sodium, low sugar raw with 2 hours of walking a day. They want their 70 lbs in 4.5 months! I can't say that I blame them.
  
  
  The others are going to start a second completely focused group where it is 80-100% raw and a minimum of 90 minutes of walking a day. They should get their 70 in 5 to 5.5 months.
  
  
  I love focused dieters. There really is no other way to get this done. And the great thing is, come to RFBC to lose the weight, do three months of maintenance with us, and get to stick around for as long as you need to make maintenance stick for free.
  
  
  Think about it. What keeps you from doing this.
  
  We beat weight loss surgery hands down, and the great thing is we get to stay healthy and have no worries about surgical complications. We lose the weight, feel great, and in the process take control of our lives when it comes to food. There is no better place to be for fast weight loss, than RFBC!
  



• New Challenges at Raw Food Boot Camp
  This week we have a lot going on at camp. Today, Jan 5th, we are starting two separate but joined challenges. The ladies in the Rawk Starz! have challenged each other to lose 12-15 lbs in January. They know what type of focus that takes and the walking involved, but each of them is so close to a milestone that they want to see it this month. Jess of course is on her countdown to 100 pounds gone in 7 months and winning that $500 from us, FreeSpirit who just a month or two ago complained about being the heaviest woman in the group is just 12.4 lbs away from Onederland (199 lbs) with 76 pounds gone in a little over 5 months. Clpet was on vacation, traveling, and while she didn't gain weight, her loss stalled from all the sitting, so to reach a personal milestone, she has 16 pounds to lose. She's already lost 64 pounds in less than 4.5 months. And Pjack, who is the slower loser of the group and who desperately hates walking on the treadmill but because of her family obligations has no other resource for walking, wants in too. She is 20 lbs from her goal weight, but already is looking good and that is interfering with the need to keep pushing. Yet, she jumped in. She wants this weight gone so she can start maintenance with Jess!
  
  Since they were all so excited to add more push to their regular routines, I offered a ten day challenge to the rest of the group. But it was a no drop out challenge. If you sign up, you're in for the full ten days and there are no excuses, no life events or schedules that will keep you from keeping your word. It's the Rawk Starz! diet they will be doing with 2 hours of walking a day. Four so far are in for sure, three others are working through things with me, but may join as early as tomorrow. I am very excited about this. I love big butt kicking mode!
  
  While the others aren't ready for that type of challenge, we are doing our own sort of challenge. We are going to hit the top 9 reasons they aren't ready to commit to giving this their all. Tomorrow, we are compiling the list. Their actual list, and then for the remaining 9 days the morning audio and the discussion will all be focused on these obstacles to real commitment toward success.
  
  Our Below 35 BMI group has started. There are some great women in that program as well. They seem to all be on the same page, and ready to work hard to achieve their goals whether it is to lose 20 pounds or 50. Most are interested in learning how to change food addictive behaviors, so much of our 3 months together will be focused on changing bad behaviors and bringing in new ones.
  
  Pretty exciting stuff is going on at RFBC.
  
  This Jan and Feb should be spectacular months as so many of our women will be hitting big milestones and goal.
  
  If you haven't already, check us out at www.RawFoodBootCamp.com
  



• Special Offer for January 2nd Start
  Happy New Year everyone, are you ready to make this your year to reach your weight loss goals? Are you inspired by what the women at RFBC have done in 2011? Well join us for our January 2nd start and begin your adventure to health and well-being.
  
  To motivate you even more, I have some special deals for you.
  
  
  
  1. I will extend the Anniversary Deal to those who join our regular group for the January 2nd start. That means if you stick around through July 1st and have lost 50 pounds, you get the rest of 2012 free!
     
  2. Lose 50 pounds in 12 weeks and your next 4 weeks at RFBC are free!
     
  3. Pay for two session up front, and get 13 weeks instead of 8 and use that extra week to make your first 50 lbs for that 4 week free offer. Now that is a deal. And you are still eligible for the Anniversary Special. So this price offer will cost you $198 with shared photos and $298 with no photos required for 13 weeks of RFBC. That is a savings of over $100.
     
  4. Each month for those first six months, get a $2 coupon for every pound you lose each month to apply to your monthly membership fees through 2012.
  
  These are amazing deals, but they all go away after January 2nd! So if you are ready, do it now, start with us on Monday, January 2nd and get the best deals of the year.
  
  But better yet, join this winning team and you too could lose 90 lbs in 6 months as Jess did. Or 70 in 4.5 Months as FreeSpirit did. Or 50 in 12 weeks like Clpet did to win 4 free weeks of RFBC!
  
  Come on, you know you want to do this!
  
  Before you join, make sure to listen to our free Introduction to Raw Food Boot Camp audios. You don't have to log into the forum, just click on the words Introduction to Raw Food Boot Camp then click on 5 Day Agenda and Daily Audios.  This diet isn't for everyone, so be sure you understand it before joining. I have a strict no refund policy.
  
  
  JOIN TODAY
  $99/4 Week Session with Shared Photos
  $149/4 Week Session with No Photos Required
  You must have a BMI of 35 or more to be a member of RFBC.
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  Special 3 Month Deal for Women with a BMI Under 35
  One-time offer
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• End Results of RFBC Free 4.5 Month Raw Challenge
  On August 1st, I invited 7 women to RFBC for free in exchange of them doing a 100% low fat, low sugar, low sodium raw diet for 4.5 months, keeping up a public blog and showing their faces. Here is how it finished up!
  
  Two were asked to leave for lack of participation.
  
  Three were unable to follow the diet and were given the option to move out of the program and participate with the regular group at camp. Two took me up on that offer, of which one, Papaya is still at camp and has lost 34 lbs.
  
  Two followed through, and while neither of them were perfect, they stuck it out and made it the full 4.5 months. At the beginning of this program, I believe it was FreeSpirit who said she would hate for December 17th to come around and see others who had lost the 50-70 lbs promised and for her to have not done it.
  
  
  Free Spirit 72.4 lbs Gone in 4.5 Months!
  
  
  Well, I'm happy to say, FreeSpirit did make it with 72.4 lbs gone in 4.5 months. She wasn't always perfect, but each time she broke, she got right back to the program and pushed downward. I remember about mid-way through, she felt overwhelmed by the fact that she was the heaviest woman in the group. Now, 72.4 lbs later, she is one of the most inspiring women in all of RFBC!
  
  
  
  Vera 56.11 lbs Gone in 4.5 Months
  
  
  Vera had many issues. One, she does not own a computer, and had to count on the one at work. She lives in Nigeria and computer access isn't as easy as it is elsewhere, so there were many times when days, even a week or so went by when she had no contact with us. And yes, she slipped up, but as soon as she could, she got back to camp and pushed downward. I am happy to report she has no plans on leaving camp, and in her 4.5 months lost 56.11 pounds. And don't forget. Vera had been following along with our diet before joining earlier in the year and lost 24 pounds, so together she has lost 80 lbs following the RFBC program!
  
  So you might think, two out of seven isn't very good, but you would be wrong. And it's actually three as Papaya is still with us. Dieting long term is one of the hardest things to do for the obese. Few succeed. I knew that going in. Had just one woman made it through, this program would have been a great success, but the truth is the success is even greater than these two women for the others it inspired.
  
  Right now the women following in their footsteps and spending each day with them are also having these amazing results.
  
  
  Jess 88 lbs Gone as of Today
  
  
  
  
  
  Jess worked with FreeSpirit and Vera, and as you know has lost 88 pounds as of today. Wednesday is her 6th month anniversary at RFBC and we are all cheering her on to hit 90 lbs gone. Here's her last before and after to remind you of how great she is doing! Yesterday she reminded us that she lost 63 of these pounds during this 4.5 month challenge with FreeSpirit and Vera.
  
  
  
  Clpet 60 lbs Gone in Less Than 4 Months
  

  
  
  Clpet joined RFBC on August 28th, and quickly adopted the Butt Kicker program. We moved her up to the Rawk Starz! with Jess, FreeSpirit, and Vera, and she has never wavered. She lost 50 pounds in 12 weeks and was the first member to win the free month of support for her effort. She didn't get the 12 pounds to earn her second free month, but she got 10 pounds, and that is pretty awesome! Actually, she has hit one of those sticky points we all hit along the way, so this month she'll get her 12 and her next month will be free again. With three weeks before her 4.5 month mark, she can still get that 70 pounds gone like Jess and FreeSpirit.
  
  
  
  
  PJack 43.4 lbs Gone in Less Than 4 Months
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Pjack started with Clpet on the 28th of December. At five foot tall, she didn't have as much weight to lose as some of the others, but that didn't stop her from giving this her all. Her first month was slower as she found her way to the focus point we talk about all the time here at camp, but then it hit and she has been relentless in her desire to reach her goal which is only about 15 lbs away. Her plan is to hit goal and be in maintenance with Jess come February. We are all very proud of her. With three weeks away from the 4.5 month point, she too will hit well over the 50 lbs mark. 
  
  
  There are others coming up right behind these women. What it takes to get this type of  fast weight loss, is focus and dedication. You have to do the diet, do the exercise, and stay motivated. That's what we do for you at camp. We work every day to keep you motivated and on track. 
  
  
  If your interested in Raw Food Boot Camp, go listen to the free program I offered last year: Introduction to Raw Food Boot Camp. You don't have to log in, just click on the words Introduction to Raw Food Boot Camp, then click on 5 Day Agenda and Daily Audios. It's a great way to see if this is a diet you can do or not. If you think you want to work with us, and you're reading this in December of 2011, then look around on the Raw Food Boot Camp blog for our Special 3 Month Program for Women with a BMI under 35 and our 6th Anniversary Gift to Members. Join before the Dec 25th start date and get 2 free weeks for every 4 week session of RFBC you purchase.