Raw Food Boot Camp® is an intimate on-line center of fast weight loss, support, motivation, and guidance for the morbidly obese using a raw food diet since Dec 28, 2005.
To be part of Regular Raw Food Boot Camp, you must have a BMI of 33 or more. Check yours by clicking here.
With safe, fast weight loss these RFBC Members lost over 100 lbs in 2012 using a raw food diet!
Their blogs are no longer maintained, but available for you to read.
CB showing off her $500 Visa Card and RFBC t-shirt
Winners of our
50 lbs in 12 Weeks Challenge
& Our 2012 to Goal Members
More Before and Afters
To see more Before and After views and other current clients not showing their faces, go to our Membership Summary Page.
If any of you have not done it yet, I would recommend you do the workbook e-book Carlene has called Fat Brain Lies. It really is good and certainly helped me with many of my recurring food issues and was a big help in getting me to shift my mind set. It also gives me some good strategies to employ as I am gaining "thin brain" strength. ~ Martoon May 2010
It doesn't matter how good or how healthy a diet is, if people don't follow
it, it does them no good. Change has to be the first priority, and that only happens with acceptance of your body and self when it comes to your relationship with food. ~ Carlene
Obese Women I have Coached
Who agreed to go public
We talked about the black hole of depression today. The black hole that makes us not care and makes us eat. Sometimes I have fallen into the hole by accident. Other times I have defiantly jumped in. No matter how many times I find myself into that hole, Carlene reaches in and pulls me out; thank God! Today she said, "stay away from the black hole.....find happiness." Today I decided that Carlene is right. The black hole only brings misery and pain. Today I stayed away from the hole.....I didn't even get near it. Thank You Carlene!
~Cheri
Click here to read how I helped Cheri prepare for her zip line adventure on a Richard Simmons Cruise.
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May 12th - MauitGirl Hits Goal!
Woo Hoo! MauiGirl hit her goal weight and beyond this morning weighin in at 144.5 lbs. That is a 61.5 lb loss and a ten point drop in her BMI. She's off to get me a new bathing suit photo so you can see just how much she's changed! Congratulations, MauiGirl.
May 10th - Ruths Hit 90 lbs Gone This Morning
Ruth is a no-photo option member, so you'll have to trust us on this one. Even no-photo members have avatars and send in scale photos, so this is her victory all the way. Join me in congratulating her on a job well done!
MsT's 50 lbs Gone B&A - May 6th
Ronda's 50 lbs Gone B&A - May 6th
Kmik, one of our 100 lb Challengers
April 15th B&A with 59.4 lbs gone in 12 Weeks!
Please note that only those doing the 100 lb Challenge or who have volunteered to go public, show their faces.
Since Jan 1, 2013 My Clients have lost 1852 Pounds!
In 2012 they lost over 3800 lbs.That's equivalent to more than thirty 125lb women
2013 Program for Fast Weight Loss for the
Morbidly Obese using a Raw Food Diet
Raw Food Boot Camp
For the Morbidly Obese
Cost: $119 or $169 each 4 Week Session based on photo option
First week orientation to get used to RFBC and build a firm foundation.
Daily Audios
Daily Group or RFBC wide Discussion
Daily Personal Log with Carlene. I respond to logs 2-3 times a day M-F and weekend evenings.
Group Support & Encouragement
RFBC SOS System for immediate peer support when you struggle
True peer support. We don't judge because we have all been there!
Do our diet and walking, and you can also have our fast weight loss. No guarantees as each person is different, but our results as shown here on our website, are our average when people do our program as defined.
Daily Audios are recorded the previous evening and are always based on what is going on at camp. Audios are M-F only, but we meet 7 days a week. Payment can be made every 4 weeks or you can save money with one of our specials below. RFBC is a commitment. We are not about quick fixes. We are about fast weight loss, but we are more about changing for life so that weight loss is permanent. Daily participation is mandatory to maintain your membership, regardless of what you have paid. Once you reach goal, have been at camp for a minimum of 6 consecutive sessions, and have paid for three maintenance sessions, you may stay with us for as long as you like as long as you are within 5 pounds of goal. I'm hoping years! To be one of our big losers, you need determination, courage, and above all perseverance. Before joining, read everything on this website, click on every link, and listen to every audio. Give our version of raw a try to see if you could do it. There is a strict no-refund policy. Know yourself and don't over commit your money.
Listen to the 5 Introduction to Raw Food Boot Camp Audios (see left most column above)
and then JOIN RFBC for this Monday's Start
You do not have to have your face show! The faces you see are from women who volunteered to go public.
2013 Challenges For Fast Weight Loss with a
Raw Food Diet for the Morbidly Obese
Lose 50 lbs in 12 weeks or 60 pounds in 16 weeks and get your next 4 week FREE!
Lose another 12 pounds in those 4 weeks, and get another 4 weeks FREE!
To make this happen, you will need to do a Rawk Starz! program. 100% low fat, low sodium, low sugar raw and work up to 2 hours of walking a day.
Those choosing private photos are not eligible for this program.
Lose 100lbs in 7 Months and win a $500 Visa card and 4 weeks of free support. After that each 4 weeks you drop 6 new pounds, you'll get another 4 weeks free.
To make this happen, you will need to do a Rawk Starz! program. 100% low fat, low sodium, low sugar raw and work up to 2 hours of walking a day.
Those choosing private photos are not eligible for this program.
2013 Incentive Challenges
Monthly Weight Loss:
The RFBC member who loses the largest percentage of weigh each month, will win 14 free days of camp.
To participate:
Members must have been at RFBC for a minimum of 8 weeks (newbies lose so much those first 8 weeks, they would always be winning!)
Scale photo weigh ins must be sent on the 1st of each month. No exceptions, no late entries. These photo count as end and next month start photos.
Relost weight does not count. So if you have a gain one month then lose it the next month, you won't be winning the challenge.
Incentive Chips:
As you know, I mail members incentive chips for every 25 lbs they lose. Along with those chips, members will earn free membership days.
1 Week - 25 lbs
2 Weeks - 50 lbs
3 Weeks - 75 lbs
4 Weeks - 100 lbs
5 Weeks - 125 lbs
6 Weeks - 150 lbs and so on.
Goal - When a member reaches goal, they will receive additional free time at camp equivalent to their highest chip earned.
Again, relost weight isn't reward. And to clarify, when someone hits the 50 lbs mark, on that day they get 14 free days of camp, not just another week. Photos of feet on scale with legible numbers are required for verification of loss.
Activity Challenges:
I am big on members getting out there and being active, so in 2013, once a month a member can submit proof that they have complete some kind of race, whether a 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon or IronMan as either a walker (preferred) or runner, and earn 1 free week of camp. Proof is a photo of the member in the midst of the race with her number showing.
The RFBC Fast Weight Loss Groups & The Raw Food Diet and Exercise Required
Rawk Starz!
Rawkinators
Butt Kickers
• 100% Raw
• 1000-1200 cal/day
• 10-15% Fat
• Sodium from Fruit & Veggies Only
• Min 2 hr Walking
This is the diet I used. My first 6 months, I lost 104 pounds.
This is the diet needed if you want to do the 100 or 50 lb Challenges.
• 100 % Raw
• 1000-1200 cal/day
• 10-15% Fat
• Sodium from Fruit & Veggies Only
• Min 1 hr Walking
• 80% Raw
• 1000-1200 cal/day
• 10-15% Fat
• 750 mg Sodium
• Min 1 hr Walking
• Cooked food must be whole unprocessed food.
Why Aren't You a Member of Raw Food Boot Camp?
To be part of our program, you must have a BMI of 35 or more. Check yours by clicking here.
RFBC Has New Starts Each Monday Morning
Use Button above to Sign Up Today!
Remember, your photos will always have your head cut off.
Make sure to listen to the free Introduction to Raw Food Boot Camp audios first
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The Latest News from Our Blog and More
Last Six blog additions:
Otavia's 50 lbs Gone B&As She's now at 53 lbs gone & in Onederland!
WrknMaof3's 47 lbs Gone B&As 50 lbs Gone in 9 Weeks! This past week, WrknMaof3 hit 50 lbs gone and earned 2 free weeks of RFBC! She earned another free week of camp for being our biggest pound loser in February. She lost 16 lbs in one month, and none of that was water weight! Woo Hoo! This weekend she will start her blog for the 100 lbs in 7 Month Challenge.
MsT's 30 lbs Gone B&As MsT Won our February Biggest % loser contest and earned another free week of camp. That's 3 free weeks of camp for her in February. One for 25 lbs gone, one for a 5K and now for being our biggest % loser.
Secret's 33lbs Gone B&A Secret also earned a free week of camp recently for hitting her 25lbs gone mark.
Other Big Losers at RFBC
Randolba left ThreesVille for TwoTown forever!
The following earned their 25 lbs gone chip recently and a free week of RFBC:
Rosie LNT Randolba Tatiana VeggieLover
The following earned their 50 lbs gone chip recently and two free weeks of RFBC:
Otavia Ruths Wrknmaof3
New Start on Monday the 11th for those with a BMI over 35
In an effort to reignite some of our bigger losers to finish up and get to goal. I offered a second chance challenge at camp. In it, those doing our fast weight loss diet were offered 13 weeks to lose 33 lbs with the reward of 4 free weeks of camp and the ability to earn another 4 weeks when that was done. It is the same as our 50 lb challenge for newbies, but less since there won't be the original big water loss.
20 members contacted me!! 20! I expected 5.
Wow, March is going to be one power filled month at RFBC.
New 100 lbs in 7 Month Challenger Blogs Starting this Month
WrkngMaof3, Kmik, and Laurie will all start their blogs and show their faces this month as they officially become part of our 100 lbs in 7 Months Challengers. They each have a great start and winning attitude. I am so excited to have them join us and become part of our 100 lb Club come this summer.
Shanni's New Before and Afters with 81.6 lbs Gone
Shanni Before and Afters 5.5 Months 81.6 lbs Gone Start Date: Aug 27 Start Wt: 341.2 After Photo Date: Feb 18th Photo Wt: 261.2 lbs
Ginger, Ruth and Otavia hit 50 lbs gone in the past two weeks!
Ruth and Ginger are both no photo members, so sorry, no B&As they still won 2 weeks for free camp though! We love having them at camp and are very proud of them. Ginger lost her 50 lbs in 13 weeks. Ruth lost hers in 4 months. Otavia's new B&As are due this weekend so watch for them next week.
Ronda lost 30.6 lbs in her first 5 weeks of RFBC!
Kmik's 4 Weeks & 28.5 lbs Gone B&A
LaurieB's 4 Weeks and 27.7 lbs Gone Before and After!
Other Big Losers at RFBC
Otavia entered Onederland (199 lbs) with 48 lbs gone. She told us she hasn't been under 200 lbs since her daughter was born, 24 years ago!
Laurie entered TwoTown (299 lbs) with 27 lbs gone.
Otavia hit 50 lbs gone and earned 2 free weeks of camp. Next time, we'll have her new B&As
WrknMaof3 hit 45 lbs gone today. New photos coming soon!
The following earned their 25 lbs gone chip recently and a free week of RFBC:
Kmik LaurieB Ronda Secret DarkBlonde MsT LNT
New Start on Monday the 24th for those with a BMI over 35
Dec 28th, RFBC celebrated it's 7th year anniversary. 7 years! Wow, I wasn't sure I would be able to do this for one year, never mind seven. What a thrill ride.
You may wonder, what, in those 7 years, have I learned about weight loss and the obese. Great, I thought you'd never ask!
True peer support really does matter. When you are morbidly obese, being with others who have lived through the same stories, the same humiliations and the same deviant (in our own thoughts) behavior, you feel not only safe, but you start to feel better about yourself.
Emotions are valid. We are told so often to push emotions away or to figure out what emotions or past experience causes us to eat. That doesn't work. What works is to accept the emotion, let it flow. Cry when you need to cry. Scream when you need to scream. Grieve. Kick the crap out of a boxing bag when you're angry. So many say they eat to feel numb about an emotion, but in truth when we consume we are forcing the emotion down, masking it, pretending it's not really there, but that's a lie. It is still there. At camp we don't eat over emotions (big learning process) instead we validate them, accept them as honest, and find ways to survive them...without food.
Bad habits take longer than 21 days to break or make. It's easy to push them aside, but to truly break a bad habit and form new ones you have to practice, just like a child learning to play the violin. In the beginning, it it's hard to believe anything will come of it, but in the end, oh how sweet! We're not talking a month. We're talking a year, even more.
The number one thing that makes people quit a diet is the excuse of perfection. At camp we have thrown out the idea of perfection. Yes, we still use terms like POP (Perfect on Plan), but too may use the idea if they blow their plan, if they binge for a day or two, that they are a failure and that idea of failure gives them an excuse to quit. When in truth, for many, breaking the plan, being a failure, is actually their way of getting out of the commitment to themselves of dieting. I know, sounds strange, but no one wants to diet, and at camp, the realization that for the rest of our lives we have to control our eating and exercise is daunting. Everyone thinks of diets as short term fixes. For the morbidly obese, that isn't true, so come around the 3rd or 4 week, and then again at the 3rd or 4th month, there is a lot of breaking of the diet. All in an attempt to convince themselves they can't do this, so they can quit. At camp, we talk about the power of perseverance over perfection. To reach goal you have got to get up and continue to push forward whether you want to or not.
Reaching goal does not cure you. So many come close to goal or reach it or hit some major milestone like the 100 lbs in 7 month challenge, and they want to be done. They want to run back to their old ways. My favorite metaphor for this is someone who scales Mt. Everest. The trek up is so full of danger, it's so hard and takes so much courage. You reach the summit, you made it, but now you must get down the mountain. The journey isn't over. Down is as treacherous as up and takes just as much courage. That is true about learning to maintain your weight. There are two sides to this journey. While the climbing is exhilarating, watching that scale move daily, the down is tedious, you just want to be home and snuggled in front of a fire, but if you get lax, if you try and rush it, you are sure to slide and usually much further than you thought possible.
There is no such thing as eating like a "normal" person. This is probably the biggest excuse I hear when people break their program: "I just wanted to eat like a normal person." When in truth, the way normal people eat, or our perception of the normal person's diet, doesn't work for us. We have efficient bodies. We need less food and more movement than our skinny sisters. Yes, that is not fair, but it is our lot in life. If we lived in a time of famine, we would be the survivors, but we don't, we live in a land of plenty--plenty of junk food, and our efficient bodies, so intent on keeping us alive, store all that excess energy so when tough times come we will live. At camp, instead of hating our bodies, we work on learning to embrace them. Accepting our bodies for how they work is a big learning curve that can make a huge difference in success rates. If you keep thinking life isn't fair because you gain weight easier than others, or that you are not satisfied with the small portions other eat, then you will never keep the weight off. It is only by understanding our bodies, how they work, and what they truly need that we can learn how to care for them without a sense of deprivation and sacrifice. Just like you don't eat strawberries if you're allergic to them, you don't overeat because of how your body reacts to excess energy.
Besides ourselves, the biggest stumbling block to losing weight for the morbidly obese, are the people who love them. In their attempt to protect the dieter, family and friends worry about the fast weight loss, and they start to say things about the dieter being too thin and thin enough, when in fact the dieter is still about 30-50 lbs overweight. This casts doubts in the dieter's mind and since there is always this underlying desire to not diet, it becomes a big excuse to give up.
Psychotherapy does not cure obesity. Now, don't get all up in arms on me on this one, but I have seen many try and resolve their obesity through intense psychotherapy. They are taken down roads so dark and scary that they end up quitting because they don't believe there is a way out. Instead of psychoanalyzing anyone at camp, instead of making them relive the past that created them, we work on moving forward, we focus on who we want to be, on the new life we are creating. Yes, we have to battle old demons, but instead of standing in front of these old obstacles and waging war against them, we learn to climb over them. We acknowledge that they are there, we admit they are the basis for many of our fears and self-doubts and we admit we may never get over them. But we don't dwell on them. Instead of being the victims, we become the heroes of our own stories as we accept that in the end, the only one who can save us, is ourselves. We live by the creed that everyone deserves to be happy, in spite of themselves and the people and events of their past.
Being thin does not bring a fairytale ending. So may lose the weight and then are destroyed when all of a sudden they aren't the super model they had in mind, or that suitors or spouses aren't stalking them, or people don't like them more, or that they don't like themselves more. We have all built up all these ideas that it is our fat suits that keep us from having the life we want. Then when the fat suit is gone, there is an expectation that life will become magical. Unfortunately, bills still have to be paid, nasty people at work are still nasty, children still throw tantrums, and you don't get a live in maid! What you do get is freedom. Freedom to become the person you want to be without the fear you will be judged based on your weight. If you want people to like you better, then you need to present a better you, not just a thinner you. If you want a promotion at work, while being thin may getter you a little higher on the list, you still have to be the best for the job. To builder a larger framework of friends, you have to be willing to go out and find them. That is where being thinner does help because you are more apt to put yourself out there when you feel more confident about your looks. In the end though, it is still all up to you and what you do with this new body and the freedom it offers.
If I could grant one wish to every man and women who comes through boot camp, it would be to accept who they are and find the balance they need in their lives to live a happy, healthy life. At Raw Food Boot Camp, our main goal is to help you find that path and stay on it for life. Raw Food is our tool. Change and perseverance are our methods, but being at peace with ourselves and food is our overall goal.
Just a heads up! Membership Fees are Going Up in 2013
Join before Dec 30 to stay at 2012 Fees with Continuous Membership throughout 2013
On Jan 1st, membership fees at RFBC will increase by $20 per four week session. Here is the 2013 fee schedule:
For those with a BMI over 35 $119 - 4 Weeks of RFBC with Shared Photos. $169 - 4 Weeks of RFBC with No Photos (except avatar and scale photo).
Pricing Specials for those with a BMI over 35 For new members 13 Weeks with photos - $298 ($59 savings) 13 Weeks with no photos - $448 ($59 savings)
For continuing members who started after Dec 31st. 12 Weeks with photos - $298 ($59 savings) 12 Weeks with no photos - $448 ($59 savings)
For continuing members who started before Dec 31st. You will receive $50 off a 12 Week Membership.
The 8 Sessions for the cost of 5 is going away. It will be available through December, but after that it will be gone. Change to Challenges: 100 lbs in 7 Month's Challenge: This challenge will still be available, but the prizes have changed. There will still be a $500 prize, but the free membership portion has changed. Instead of 6 free months of membership, winners will have to earn that free membership by either losing a minimum of 6 pounds a month, or if at goal maintaining their weight. This will be on-going, not just for 6 months. I will be very strict about the 6 pound rule.
50 lbs in 12 Weeks Challenge: This challenge will remain about the same. Those who purchase the the 13 Week special will get 13 weeks to lose their first 50 lbs. Those who don't will have 12 weeks. Hit that mark, and win 4 weeks of free camp. Those who win will also be given the extended challenge to lose 12 pounds more in those free 4 weeks and earn another 4 weeks. The challenge will end with the second win.
New Photo Rules I have to admit, photos wear on me. They are my favorite part of the regular side of camp, but each month they can be such a fight. I have strict rules that few adhere. It gets old. So going forward there will be new rules.
Since there will be so many free days extended to members, photo due dates will be on a monthly basis, not a 4 week basis.
Those who do not send in their photos within 4 days of their monthly anniversary date, will have their membership suspended and will be billed $50 for the no photo option which must be paid before their membership is reinstated. There are always extenuating circumstances, and as long as I have approved them prior to your anniversary, that is fine.
Photos taken in dark solid clothes whether bottom or top, will not be accepted. The 7 day rule applies so if I have to send them back, you could be in jeopardy.
Blurry or grainy photos will not be accepted. Same rule as above applies. It amazes me how many blurry photos I receive. Please look at these photos before sending them to me.
If any of your feet or head are cut off in the photo they will not be accepted. That includes your hair and the soles of your shoes. Have your photographer take a step back and get more than just you in the photo.
Baggy and bulky clothes will not be accepted. Nor will dresses or shirts that just hang from your chest. Photos need to be reviewed before sending. You want them to show your success. I know that's hard in the beginning, but in the end it pays off big time.
I essentially pay you $50 every 4 weeks for your photos. If you want that discount you will need to abide by my rules. Sorry to be so hard on this, but photos have been a nightmare this past year.
Extension of the Special Under 35 BMI Group:
There are five women currently in this program, and they all want to take this to goal and learn to maintain, so unlike my original plan to offer this through December, I have decided to keep membership open through the end of January to build a good group. I will see what kind of group we build and decide then to continue or not. All that join will be allowed to stay at camp for as long as they need to and they abide by our rules and continuously lose weight.
Through December, membership fees for this no photo required program is $149 per 4 weeks (avatars and scale photos are required). In January, it will go up to $169 per 4 week period. There will not be a photo pricing option to this program. Sorry, but RFBC is a program for the morbidly obese.
Thanks to LNT, one of our Under 35 BMI members, I am offering a 12 Week Special to this group through December. 12 Weeks for $298. That is a $149 savings. This offer will go away in January. If you are interested, send me an email at carlene@rawfoodbootcamp.com and I will set it up for you. This special will only be offered to new members signing up in December or those currently in the program. For the month of January, for those who join the Under 35 BMI program there will be an offer of 13 weeks for $448. That is a $59 savings plus a free week of camp.
New Challenges Starting in January
I'm no longer going to give away free membership, but I am more than happy to award it!
Instead of just handing out free membership, this year each member has the opportunity to win free membership. Here are some of the upcoming challenges. They don't start until January 1st.
Weight Loss Challenges Monthly: The RFBC member who loses the largest percentage of weigh each month, will win 14 free days of camp. To participate:
Members must have been at RFBC for a minimum of 8 weeks (newbies lose so much those first 8 weeks, they would always be winning!)
Scale photo weigh ins must be sent on the 1st of each month. No exceptions, no late entries. These photo count as end and next month start photos.
Relost weight does not count. So if you have a gain one month then lose it the next month, you won't be winning the challenge.
Incentive Chips: As you know, I mail members incentive chips for every 25 lbs they lose. Along with those chips, members will earn free membership days. 1 Week - 25 lbs 2 Weeks - 50 lbs 3 Weeks - 75 lbs 4 Weeks - 100 lbs 5 Weeks - 125 lbs 6 Weeks - 150 lbs and so on. Again, relost weight isn't reward. And to clarify, when someone hits the 50 lbs mark, on that day they get 14 free days of camp, not just another week.
Activity Challenges Races: I am big on members getting out there and being active, so in 2013, once a month a member can submit proof that they have complete some kind of race, whether a 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon or IronMan as either a walker (preferred) or runner, and earn 1 free week of camp. We are working on how to prove these things, so give us a bit for that.
New Maintenance Rules
To be eligible for our Maintenance Plan and be at camp free, members must meet the following criteria:
Be a continuous member at RFBC for a minimum of 9 months.
Three of those months must be at your goal weight.
After those three months, you must maintain your weight within 10 pounds of your goal.
Goal weight cannot be higher than the highest weight of the Normal BMI category for your height.
You must weigh in weekly and participate a minimum of once a week on a continuous basis.
You must send in a monthly scale photo.
As long as this criteria is met, you will be able to stay at RFBC for free. I hope it will be for years.
Joining the 5% Club
We have a place at camp for those who are close to their goal weight, and instead of pushing for fast weight loss, want to start working on designing their maintenance plan for life. This group is called the 5% Club because statistics say only 5% of those who lose large amounts of weight keep it off. So we want as many of our members to be in that 5% as we can get. Our strategy is to start building a lifetime plan before goal. This is also where our maintenance members hang out. To be eligible, the following rules apply:
Regular RFBC Members with a BMI over 35 must meet one of the following criteria
Be at goal weight.
Must be within 20 lbs of their goal weight and have been at RFBC for a minimum of 6 months.
Members from the Under 35 BMI Group must meet one of the following criteria
When Free Spirit started camp, she told me that her doctor wanted her to get one of those machines for people with sleep apnea. It was so bad that her husband would wake her up about 3 times a night because she wasn't breathing. Obviously, he was losing a lot of sleep over this as well.
I told her how my snoring stopped after about a month and a half of starting my raw program. So, after talking with her physician, they decided to wait on the expensive machine and see if losing weight would help.
On her 8th day at camp. I asked how it was going. Her husband reported that for three nights in a row, he had not heard her snore.
How cool is that!
Is it the weight, as the doctor thought? At that point she had only lost 11 pounds, it couldn't have been that. But since we don't eat any processed foods I think that something in her diet was the culprit. Now that may not be true for everyone, but something clicked for her with raw food and she no longer needs that nasty machine.
If you are obese. If you hate your fat suit. If you are ready to do something about it. Then you need to try our fast weight loss diet and support group. The ladies at Raw Food Boot Camp are amazing. The support is like no where else. We all understand how hard it is to be heavy, we understand your most secret food addictive behaviors, and we know what it takes to succeed. No it is not easy. It will take work, it will take saying no to your fat brain on a daily basis. It will take putting the whiny child inside on time out until she learns she cannot have every bite of food she wants. We are a team at boot camp, a dynamic team. Every day the leaders change. From one day to the next those that need support changes. Some days we actually have everyone doing great, and on a few rare days these past six years, we've had days where everyone fell flat on their face.
What makes us different is that we know we won't always be perfect. What we will be instead is persistent. We will not give up. We will not give in. And therefore we will succeed.
Boot Camp is daily. It is work. It could be your best hope for finally beating the thing you hate the most -- your obesity.
TxGirl - Thanksgiving Dude Ranch
2009 and 2010
How's that for a New Year's Resolution!
Obesity - Done and Over With!
Welcome to Raw Food Boot Camp
Are you fighting with morbid obesity?
Have you tried every obese diet out there without reaching your goal?
Are you looking for fast weight loss?
Do you believe weight loss surgery may be your only solution?
Are you willing to try one more diet for the obese that works?
If you answered yes to these questions, then maybe Raw Food will let you find the magic you have always hoped was out there. It is magic, by my standards, but it is also takes work - your hard work.
Obesity is my passion, so when I found a diet for the morbidly obese that worked as fast as weight loss surgery, I tried it and within nine short months beat my obesity. After being confronted by other obese women wanting the same results, I started Raw Food Boot Camp for the morbidly obese. As time evolved and I worked with hundreds of obese women, I learned that it takes a lot more than a diet, even a raw food diet, to succeed. That is why Raw Food Boot Camp is about more than just raw food and exercise.
Whether you are on a raw food diet or not, it is important to face the reality of who you are, your lifestyle and what you are honestly willing to do for the life you want. Some of my clients choose fast weight loss, some choose steady weight loss, some just come to learn to change and then go off on their own satisfied they can do their personal program without too much effort.
Fast weight loss for the obese is promised through thousands of other methods, but the truth is there is only one way to beat obesity and keep the weight off forever. You must change. You must honestly face who you are in relationship to food, and you must make living healthy both physically and emotionally a top priority in your life.
A low fat, low sugar, low sodium, simple, raw food diet works because it lets you eat until full, helps break the obsession with food other diets for the obese cause, and it lets you lose weight fast without jeopardizing your health. It isn't for everyone though as many complain after a month or even weeks that they are in food prison. Face it, if you are obese you have food issues. Resolve those issues and work on reaching your perfect diet, be it raw, high raw, or the healthiest diet you as a person can do.
If you're willing to succeed. If you're willing to do hard work to be thin and healthy. Then read on. If not, then I wish you the best in your life and your decisions.
Why is it the obese, never succeed on diets?
I'll tell you my ideas, and you see if any of them fit for you.
I don't have the patience to take two years to lose all the weight. A pound or two a week is just too slow and I get disenchanted so I choose to fail. I need fast weight loss.
There is not enough food and I am hungry all the time.
It takes too much effort to weigh, portion out, and prepare each day's meals.
Serving sizes are made for a child not a full grown adult. I am never satisfied.
There is no hope, I will be morbidly obese for life. No amount of sacrifice and deprivation will work for me.
I'm actually happier morbidly obese.
These were my excuses. I'm sure you have many of your own, never mind all the emotional reasons you eat. But on this diet, none of these excuses panned out.
It did not take me two years to lose the weight. It took 9 months - 136 pounds. Which should have been 8 months, but in December I ate a high fat raw diet and only lost 3.5 pounds the whole month. That was my average for a week while doing low fat raw. So not counting my ill-spent month. I averaged half a pound a day. Something I expected and received. Tell me raw food isn't a fast weight loss diet. It's as fast as gastric bypass surgery or bariatric surgery. As long as you keep it low fat. No more than 15% fat per day.
I ate as much as I wanted whenever I wanted. When hungry I ate. When full I stopped. If I had gastric bypass or bariatric surgery I would have had to schedule my drinking and eating and limit each drink to about half a cup and each meal to the equivalent of a scrambled egg to prevent vomiting and rupture.
Because raw food is a simple diet there is no measuring, no slicing food into portions, no cooking, no clean up, no mess. Simple and easy.
There is no such thing as a serving size. Eat as much as you want.
Raw Food offered hope. Yes I did sacrifice and at times felt deprived, but it did work and I am now thin and fit. And it only took 9 months!!! That is unheard of even for women who have had gastric bypass or bariatric surgery. And I lost all of my excess weight, unlike the 75-80% offered by surgery.
I had no clue what happiness was. I am now out living a life I thought forever outside my realm of existence. There is no way morbid obesity was better.
It isn't easy. I won't lie to you, but it works and you will stay healthy unlike surgery. In the beginning many people experience headaches and fatigue while their body gets used to the change. I hear it all the time from people: "I can't afford to have three or four days where I'm tired." Well, compared to surgery and a life of never being able to eat and drink at the same meal, what is a few days here and there on your way to perfect health? What is it compared to the rest of your life encased in fat? Trust me, the sacrifices you make on this diet will reward you in so many ways that when you look back on it, you will say: "Piece of cake" or rather "carrot."
I used to tell people that I could do anything cold turkey. If I could just give up food, never have to eat again, I could do it. But I couldn't do that, so I couldn't succeed because I am not good at moderation. If I could have eaten one piece of pizza and not four, just one or two pieces of fried zucchini instead of the whole order, then I would never have gotten to 259 pounds at 5'1". Even if I could have ordered the half sandwich/soup entree instead of the pastrami grinder and fries, life would have been different. Of course doing these thin minded things to diet never worked, because one taste always made me want another and if I ordered that non-fattening meal I was never satisfied. For me it was fatty foods, for you it may be sweets. What I'm saying is that even though I always wanted to say I didn't eat enough to warrant my weight, I was always drawn to high fat foods and was never satisfied with just a taste. I knew cold turkey was my only way out. And I've got to say, going raw was very close.
By giving up cooked food and reverting to uncooked, unprocessed fruits, vegetables, and seeds I broke my food addictions. Or maybe I changed them. Instead of eating four pieces of pizza, I now have four oranges. Can you see where that makes the difference? Just like an alcoholic I will probably have food issues all of my life. I have to face that. With raw, I have found a way to control this while satisfying myself. By choosing raw you are making a commitment to yourself, for the rest of your life. You are choosing life over food. Food will become a sidebar in your life and if you let it, joy will seep in to fill the rest of it.
So what is the boot camp about? It's a place of commitment. To join you must submit an application. Once accepted, and after payment of your membership fee, you will be added to our private area where we openly talk about being raw, our physical and emotional challenges, exercise and anything else we want to. It's private and by invitation only because being morbidly obese is different than being overweight or thin. There are things about us and our bodies that we just don't want to share with people who will not understand or who will judge us.
We offer you support. You will be working hard, sacrificing, feeling deprived, and exclaiming the euphoria of fast weight loss on raw food with people who are doing the same thing.
Most importantly you will not be on this journey alone. At RFBC you are among peers. No one judges, no one looks down at you when you trip and fall. We have all been there, and we all understand. Without a doubt it is the best support you will ever find for beating obesity.
I am sorry to say, we will not be opening camps to help people quit smoking or break other addictions as some have begged me to do. We are about Raw Food, and I am about Obesity.
Check out the rest of our site for information on our programs so you understand what we are about, and then decide if you are ready to commit to a new life.
Big, Big News!
Join RFBC with a BMI of 33 or More!
We lowered the required BMI to get to camp, because of MauiGirl! She came with a BMI of 33.3 and has wowed us with her dedication, consistency, and success. She joined with a no-photo option, but agreed to switch over so you can see her great success. And give her big thanks for being the impetus for lowering the BMI requirement.
New 6 Week
Maintenance in Training Program
On May 6th, 13 members of RFBC embarked on our new Maintenance in Training Program. All were close to maintenance or had already lost over 100 lbs. This program is not about fast weight loss or is it maintenance. Instead prior to reaching goal everyone will do this program where we explore deep rooted truths about who we are when it comes to food, exercise and eating. We will also explore the truth about what is important when it comes to our health and what isn't. We will examine our food choices and see how they fit into the lifestyle we want.We will examine actual foods and nutrients to see what our bodies will thrive on which will satisfy our personal tastes. Then when all is said and done, members will be able to honestly design a maintenance program that will work for them. There will be lot of exposing of lies, those lies we tell ourselves. Those lies we want to believe, so we can clearly see and build the future we deserve. This will be one of the toughest programs ever offered at RFBC. Wish us great success.
What's Going on at Camp
as of May 4th
Last week at camp we worked on emotional eating. Instead of talking about the how not to eat over emotions, we discussed how to accept your emotions, how to survive them without using food to stuff them down
Veggielover and Ruths jumped the 200 lb barrier and are now safely in the 100's. Veggielover has lost 43 lbs and Ruths 87. These were great jumps.
Indigo won the April Biggest Loser Challenge. She lost 18 lbs in 4 weeks. That's amazing for someone in their 3rd month at camp. We are very proud of her.
Two weeks ago at camp we worked on short term goals and how to choose success over listening to nay-sayers even if that nay-sayer was themselves. Posts were fired up, encouraging and motivating. Siska shared photos of her 5K Mud Run with obstacle course and had everyone searching for Mud Runs near them. Otavia went to Vegas and came back with some motivating shots herself!
LNT hit goal weight today. She is an under 35 member, so no photos, but she has lost 46 pounds. She's going for the 50 lbs by the end of the month.
Ronda hit 50 lbs gone today, MsT is just 3 pounds away from her 50 lb chip and MauiGirl is just 4 pounds from goal. It's all pretty exciting!
Three weeks ago at camp, we talked about how much power we give food in our lives and how to take it back. There were quite a few revelations by members as they didn't realize just how much control food had in their lives. It was a great hard hitting topic.
We are doing a few challenges at camp. One is a 33 lb challenge in 12 weeks by members who have been at camp for a while and are beyond the newbie big losses. There are 14 women in the challenge as it steps into its 5th week. They are fired up to meet this weight loss challenge as a team. What was I thinking! Each member who makes the challenge earns 4 free weeks of camp! Here's a cool thing, three of those in the challenge will hit goal before it ends, so to win, they just have to maintain their weight loss for the remainder of it.
On May 6th, we are starting a wind down to maintenance program. It will be similar to our old Finding the Perfect Diet program. With so many getting close to their goal weight lately, I thought we needed something to ease them into maintenance rather than jumping from fast weight loss mode right into done.
Recent Shout Outs at RFBC
May 12 th Catch Up
MauiGirl hits goal with 61.5 lbs Gone
Ruths hit 91 lbs Gone
MsT hits 50 lbs Gone
Indigo wins April's Biggest Loser Challenge with 18 lbs gone in 30 days for a 9% loss of body weight
Ruths enters Onederland with 87 lbs gone
VeggieLover enters Onederland with 43 lbs gone
RawWoman hit 25 lbs Gone
RoadRunner hit 25 lbs Gone
LNT Hit Goal!!
Ronda hit 50 lbs gone
Ruths hit 82 lbs gone
Ronda left the 200's for good!
Ginger hit 65 lbs gone
Free Membership Earned in May 2013
MauiGirl - 2 Free Weeks for Goal
MsT - 2 Free Weeks for 50 lbs Gone
Siska - 1 Free Week for 5K
Indigo - 1 Free Week for Winning April Biggest Loser Challenge
23 Weeks of Free Membership Earned in April 2013
VeggieLover - 1 Free Week for DragonBoat Race
RawWoman - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
RoadRunner - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
LNT - 2 Free Weeks for Goal!
Ronda - 2 Free Weeks for 50 lbs Gone
LaurieB - 2 Fee Weeks for 50 lbs Gone
Siska - 2 Free Weeks for 5K Mud Run and Obstacle Course
RawWoman - 1 Free Week for 5K
LNT - 1 Free Week for 5Miles
Kmik - 1 Free Week for 5K
Ruths - 3 Free Weeks for 75 lbs Gone
Clover - 1 Free Week for 5 K
Otavia - 1 Free Week for 5 K
Kmik - 2 Free Weeks for 50 lbs Gone
Indigo - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
Ruths - 1 Free Week for Biggest Loser Challenge
18 Free Weeks of RFBC Earned in
March 2013
Treens - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
Okigirl - 1 Free Week for Mud Run
Plumera - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
MauiGirl - 2 Free Weeks for 50 lbs Gone
WrknMaof3 - 1 Free Week for half Marathon
WrknMaof3 - 2 Free Weeks for 50 lbs Gone
WrknMaof3 - 1 Free Week For Biggest Loser Challenge
MsT - 1 Free Week for Biggest Loser Challenge
GreenandGorjus - 1 Free Week for 5 K Run
LNT - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
VeggieLover - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
Randolba - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
Siska - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
Siska - 1 Free Week for 5 K Run
Tatiana - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
Rosie - 1 Free Week for 25 lbs Gone
Who will be our next 2013 100 lbs in 7 Months Winner? You?
Make sure to read everything on this page before joining RFBC. It tells you what is needed for success and how we will help you not just lose the weight fast, but learn to maintain it for life.
5 Free Audios that you must listen to before joining RFBC. They tell you about our diet and our program. This was a free one-week program I offered a while back and has proven to be an excellent introduction to RFBC. Click on the words Introduction to Raw Food Boot Camp, then click on 5 Day Agenda and Daily Audios to listen to audios.
On September 11th, our daily discussion was on the personal victories each of us experienced while doing the RFBC diet and exercise program. It was such a wonderful discussion, we thought we would share it with you. I haven't edited anything, so it's raw. I was able to print it to a pdf file, so it's easier to read.
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FreeSpirit's 100 lb Scale Reading!
I just had to share this exciting post from
Oscarzgirl
on July 18, 2012
I had an AWESOME Dr appt this morning with my endocrinologist. I am so happy and so is he. The last visit he told me if I did not get my cholesterol and trigs down I was going on meds. They are now in the basement!! WOOT!! He also took me off of ALL diabetes meds and lowered my thyroid meds from 200mg to 175 mg because of the weight loss!!!! YAY!!!!
Thanks Carlene. This is all because of your wonderful Boot Camp!!
RFBC Incentive Chips
In June, I sent out the first lot of Incentive Chips to members who had already made milestones. The chips are in 25 lb denominations, with a goal chip.
I had these chips designed exclusively for RFBC. They, hopefully, will work like the chips at AA where you work for your next one, and hold tight to your last one to remember where you've been.
Below is a list of each current members highest earned chip based on the date I shipped the chip. No all members opted into our incentive program, so you won't see them listed.
The week of June 18th our audios and discussion threads were all about finding the courage to take this all the way.
They went so well, we decided to share them with you for a short time.
Go to www.rfbcmember.com/rfbcforum, click on A Week of Courage. You don't have to login.
Listen to the Monday audio then go to the Monday discussion thread to see how RFBC members responded.
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