Hiring a Raw Vegan or Fruitarian Health Coach: is it a DO or a DON’T?
Hello everyone,
I wanted to share something interesting I did today.
I hired 80/10/10-er raw vegan Ellen Fisher of mangoislandmamma.com for a consultation. Basically, a 1 hour Skype call where I asked her all my questions.
Recently I have been really wanting to eat more raw foods. I have been really enjoying my raw till 4 ish lifestyle and loving my dinners and how easy and great tasting it is to eat this way, but I had an inner urge to shoot for the stars and get back to how I was feeling when I was eating fully raw and on banana island.
To be more clear, I felt this amazing zing in my step. I felt sometimes so good that I felt my body was a wonderland lol. I felt like a god among men, in an inner way. Like my body just felt like zinging up and down with a great feeling. I felt so much energy that it felt effortless to run. I felt light. I felt beautiful. I never felt gross and sluggish after a meal. I felt myself getting stronger and more athletic. It was just a good experience all around.
But when I went back to eating cooked foods, though I kept many of the benefits, like weight loss, I lost that great spring in my step and goddessly feeling.
I decided to take a chance and hire someone who was living that lifestyle and maybe they could help me out with a way to possibly try it again.
Though being fully raw was a great feeling, what I am doing now is much easier, tastier and more convenient…but I just wanted to see…
Anyway, the coaching thing was really amazing and I wish I had done it sooner. It was inspiring and also cleared up for me a lot of things I was doing wrong.
I really recommend Ellen Fisher if you are wanting to get healthier in any way. She does it by Skype and it is extremely inexpensive in my opinion. Also her ebook is the best one I’ve bought and I think I’ve pretty much bought them all lol.
Here are 13 things I learned today from my health coaching session with Ellen Fisher, pictured below:
11 Things I Learned from my Fruitarian Health Coach
1. Don’t make smoothies so much. Eat bananas whole. You won’t necessarily stop when you’re full if you’re drinking a smoothie and you could feel sluggish and uncomfortably full after, which I sometimes do.
2. eat one mono meal of fruit a day at least.
3. for dinner eat a salad with zucchini and cucumber noodles and a raw vegan dressing and don’t eat any fruit after. If you are still hungry, make more of the salad. Or if you eat cooked food, just eat more of that and not fruit after. This will make a big difference in your digestion.
4. cutting out balsamic vinegar, mustard, ketchup and pickles will make a big difference in how you feel over time.
5. following those food combining charts will make a big difference in how you feel.
6. when you wake up before breakfast, try to get in a quick workout.
7. sleeping a lot is very important.
8. try to think about your diet in terms of self love. If you know you feel good eating only raw food, try to think of it as a practice of self love to give that to yourself and do what makes you feel your best.
10. banana islands are very good for healing the body. Do more banana islands.
11. don’t try to tell people about your diet or talk about your diet much at all. Let people come to you.
Even though it’s weird, talking to her made me realize how much I do desire and am really interested in going extreme and achieving a very high level of health and being fully raw. She made me feel like it was easy.
I really recommend getting help from someone who really knows what they are talking about and lives the lifestyle you want. You might be able to get someone you admire to mentor you for free even.
What do you think, would you hire a coach to help you achieve your health goals? Do you have any inkling of a desire to be an extreme health zealot and go fully raw, or do you prefer a more moderate approach to life?
Deep down, I secretly want to go fully raw. But as of now, I don’t know if I can afford it or if I can complete it because I don’t have much support from my family. For now, I will just take the moderate approach. And when the opportunity comes I will go for it. I’ve been thinking of hiring a coach to help me through the progress and have thought of Ellen as well. Again, for now, maybe just a holistic nutritionist or naturopathic doctor. Thanks for the review. It has really helped confirm my decisions on being fully raw.
That is awesome Sophie. I am so glad this inspired. Even Doug Graham author of 80/10/10 I have heard took 5 years to transition and go fully raw…so you have 5 years lol for the time to be right. You have actually just inspired me to write a blog post about my recent struggles with trying to be fully raw. Lately I have found that the harder I tried, the more I’ve failed in certain ways like by stressing myself out and having cravings and being unhappy with eating raw foods. IT’s very weird. I actually think the more moderate approach and transitioning over many years is better. I think being fully raw is awesome–but if you are making yourself go insane trying to do it…i just don’t think it is worth it. Even the amazing benefits…weighed against the stress and cravings…are not worth it. Therefore don’t try too hard…gradually transition, is my thinking now. And in the process learn to love the way you are eating and learn to make eating raw easy and effortless. Cause until it is, you are going to drive yourself crazy…at least I think that’s what’s been happening to me. xoxox
Hello there! Ive just come across your lovely blog:)
I’ve been recovering from an eating disorder for quite some time and have recently tried going raw/vegan, but lately I’ve been having mini “binges” on cooked brown rice.. It sounds ridiculous to “normal” people but I’m feeling quite guilty about this and I am not sure why these binges are happening… I feel much better and cleaner when I eat predominantly raw but sometimes the cravings just take over and I cannot help it.. Anyway, I know this is a bit of a lengthy comment but, it is difficult for me to have an objective view on if these guilt feelings are just due to me and my existing food issues or if they are legitimate.. And also just how to overcome them really.. Anyway, thank you for the lovely website xx
I totally understand. It is completely normal to struggle to be on a raw vegan diet especially if you run into some kind of obstacle that day and can’t get in enough calories and get even slightly hungry. Cooked brown rice is not unhealthy for you but if you are striving for that extreme level of health that being raw vegan gets you than it can make a difference to the way you feel. Some tips are 1. Do not stress ever if you do “binge”. 2. Drink a quart of water to make sure you still feel springy and hydrated, cause u r probably feeling very dehydrated when u eat cooked food after being raw.
I do not think you have an eating disorder or orthorexia just because you are disappointed that you can’t be 100% raw. It is very tough, for a number of different reasons, the main one being the world is set up to STOP you from being raw vegan in 100 different ways…. If you like the benefits and you WANT to be fully raw, it makes sense you feel bad when you break your streak.
However, just know that you can still be extremely lean and fit and healthy while binging on brown rice.
Also know that it is tough for almost everyone to stay fully raw and almost everyone eats cooked food from time to time, even people who were fully raw for years. You are human and you cannot be perfect all the time. Accept that as a given!
That being said, if you want to be fully raw, don’t let anyone tell you you have an eating disorder and you’re sick! They just don’t understand.
If you read my interview on here with squeegee beckenheim, her #1 tip for being raw is “DO NOT TELL ANYONE YOU ARE FULLY RAW”. And i agree it is a great tip. Cause people will try to convince you you have an eating disorder and it will wear you down. As long as you truly don’t have an eating disorder and you are getting in more than 2200 calories a day or around that, then you are fine.
Let me know if you know what I mean and your thoughts. <3 <3
good advise, you can also plan to eat one or two cooked meals only a week, to feel more in control and include these easier foods, like rice and potatoes etc.