We are not about the quick fix!
RFBC clients use various levels of raw food to lose weight and get healthy, but that is only half of what we are about.
Without change, the weight will just come back. RFBC's main focus is to help you redefine your relationship with food and find health and happiness.
That's not to say the weight won't come off fast, trust me, we know how to do that, but no diet, no matter how healthy or fast is good short-term.
Join us and commit to making this a life-long adventure. Imagine finding peace with food.
Raw Food Boot Camp is an on-line camp of support, motivation, and guidance - Private phone support is also available
My clients have lost 1460.26 lbs so far this year.
That is more than half a ton of fat returned to the earth. Damn we are good!
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 mindset. It also gives me some good strategies to employ as I am gaining "thin brain" strength. ~ Martoon May 2010
This week only. New Members Only.
Join RFBC by Monday August 30th and get
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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 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 to succeed. That is why Raw Food Boot Camp is about more than just diet and exercise.
Whether your diet is raw 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 in 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.
Don't let the words Raw Food scare you away. I offer various diets, the 50% raw diet is doable by anyone, it just means that half your calories each day come from fruits and veggies. You know that is healthy!
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 20% 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, nuts 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.
I hope these women's successes motivate you to go after your own. It is possible to lose weight and keep it off. Start today by adding more low glycemic index fruits and veggies to your diet every day. Drop the processed foods and get out there and walk.
There is no magic in any of this, it is just good common sense and healthy eating with exercise. Nothing you haven't heard for decades. There is only one way to lose weight and gain health. You must eat right and you must exercise. It really is as simple as that.
August 31st
Marton Hits 50 lbs Gone Mark!
Martoon did it this morning. She hit hte 50 lb gone mark. Somehow that number just sounds like success! 49 lbs gone is good, but that half century mark just feels impressive, doesn't it? She has a ways to go to reach her goal, but with this first major milestone out of the way, the rest should be fair sailing.
August 27th
SkinnyMe enters Onederland!
Actually, she hit Onederland last week, and I somehow missed it. We are all very excited for her. That 199 marker is one of the biggest markers for women starting at over 200 pounds. So congrats SkinnyMe, we are seeing less and less of you each week!
Hermosa is no longer oveweight!
That's right, she has officially moved out of the overweight category and is now considered in her healthy weight range, although at the top of it, so she still has more weight she wants to lose, but she is feeling pretty darn pleased with her self and her new body.
Check out Karen and Hermosa's newest photos!
Neither were morbidly obese when they started, but they have used all the same techniques we use at boot camp for the obese to move from plump to gorgeous.
It's been a tough month for Janel. She struggled some as she mentally prepares to move abroad away from her family, but she still dropped 8 pounds this month and has officially lost 40 pounds in 4 months!
What were you doing for the past 4 months?
Aug 7, 2010
So What was Your New Years Resolution?
Was it to lose weight? How have you done? Was it to eat a cleaner, healthier diet? How did that work for you? Was it to incorporate exercise into your daily routine? Is exercise a part of your life now?
These were the goals of women like TxGirl, Dark Blonde, LNTBB, Karen, Janel and others who are part of RFBC. Instead of sitting here in August wondering if next year will be their year to finally gain control of their weight, they have all used this year, 2010, to make that change happen. You've all seen photos of TxGirl. She's at her goal weight! At her goal weight! She joined January 1st of 2010 and now this holiday season she will be wearing a size 4 dress after losing over 56 pounds. She's been working maintenance for over a month now. Did she think that was really possible when she started? I doubt it. We all start diets with great hope, but in the back of our minds we know we won't follow through.
That's where RFBC comes in. Our goal is to keep you working toward your goal. Yeah, many people have great first and second months, but as the third month rolls around, just like every other diet in the world, the motivation starts to die. The realization that to reach your goal, you have to diet and exercise some more feels overwhelming at times, and almost impossible to do.
We know that, and we work extra hard to grab on to shirt collars and pull. At RFBC we do all sorts of things to keep you motivated like this weekend's Power Weekend to get get those interested in upping their program and seeing a bigger number in Monday's weigh in. For those doing high raw, we offer pump it up 100% raw day challenges every Monday and Thursday. We offer three levels of accountability groups: Steady weight loss, fast weight loss, and Butt Kickers, so each woman feel confident with her diet as she shares her journey with like minded peers, and then there's always me whispering in your ear (put it down, back away from the food!).
It is the middle of August. There are about 21 weeks left to this year.
If you were to join the Steady Weight Loss Group, you could lose 31 pounds by then,
If you were to join the Fast Weight Loss Group, you are looking more at 40.
If you were to join the Butt Kicker Group, you could lose 52 pounds by the end of the year.
And those numbers are conservative. I didn't take into account the initial first month's weight loss which ranges anywhere from 7 to 34 pounds depending on the individual.
Why wait for next year's resolution. Do it now. Lose the weight now, and feel great for the holiday season!
This week Karen hit her original goal weight of 145 lbs, but after seeing how TxGirl got down to the 135 mark without too much trouble, she has decided to follow suit and give that a try. So we are now on a ten pound count down for Karen, but let's not lose sight of the fact that she has worked hard for her 32.5 pounds gone. If you go look at our current member photos (link below) you will see how great she looks.
Dark Blonde Hits 40 lb Gone Mark!
Dark Blonde has been a slow loser, by choice, but she has been moving forward all along. She's geared up now to thit that 50 lb gone mark in the next month or so, and we are right there with her, cheering her on, offering encouragement, and even grabbing her shirt collar and yanking at times when all those old food habits try and emerge.
Koinina Just a Breath Away from Onederland!
One of the greatest milestone markers in obesity is to hit that 199 on your bath room scale. Koinina has already lost 29.5 pounds at RFBC and is only 2.5 pounds away from Onederland. Look for a big celebration soon at RFBC.
RFBC is an Exciting Place to Be!
Every week, someone hits some major milestone, or so it seems. With Karen, Cosi, and TxGirl all reaching goal weights these past couple of months, we are all inspired to keep pushing through. Stacy is back to get the final 30 pounds or so off and reach her goal weight by the end of the year. You might remember she started at 298 pounds. With 130 pounds already gone, she is our super star! Janel is our super mom, grabbing her son every morning and pushing him up canyon roads in his stroller before he's even awake. Hermosa works on her dissertation and fights the urge daily to break her program and eat out of writing frustration. And yet there she is every day, taking time out of her day, to encourage others to follow her in a bid to beat obesity now when she is young rather than wait like many of us have until she's in her 40's or 50's.
We are a diverse group of women ranging anywhere between 135 pounds and 400. From the US and Canada to Finland, Holland, Austrailia and Columbia. What we all have in common though, is our food addictions, our bad eating habits, and our desire to not just lose weight, but to do it for life. I know it's bragging, but there is no better group around. The ladies at RFBC are the best. There is no judging, no bickering, no one is pushing anything, it is a place of peace, motivation, and friendship. All without a bit of coddling. I have to say. I love this group, and it is an honor to be part of it.
Join by Monday August 16th and get 5 weeks for the price of 4!
Every Monday we have a new start at RFBC. If there are three or more new members, we are now offering a week of orientation. During this week you'll get all my best advice on how to do this well, as well as more personalized attention than you get regularly in the RFBC program if you aren't doing a log with me. It's a good way to build a firm foundation before jumping into the larger group.
This week, I've decided to add the week of orientation as an addition to the regular program. So for new members who have not been part of RFBC in the past 7 months, get 5 weeks of RFBC. This is for RFBC, RFBC with Personal Log, and Fast Weight Loss Boot Camp new members only. Private members, On-Your-Own, and Daily Audio Programs are not included.
You can get in up to Monday morning on the 2nd. Click here to apply, or to read more about the programs offered and see the fees, click here. Please make sure to read the information on the RawFoodBootCamp website so you understand how these on-line programs work.
Join one of three groups
Steady Weight Loss
Here are the guidelines:
50%+ low fat, low sugar, low sodium raw
Max 30% fat
Max 1500 mg sodium
Min 30 minutes of walking in your Fat Burn Heart Rate Zone
Fast Weight Loss
Here are the guidelines:
75-100% low fat, low sugar, low sodium raw
Max 20% fat
Max 1000 mg sodium
Min 45-60 minutes of walking in your Fat Burn Heart Rate Zone
Butt Kickers
Here are the guidelines:
80-100% low fat, low sugar, low sodium raw
Max 15% fat
Max 750 mg sodium
Min 90 minutes of walking in your Fat Burn Heart Rate Zone
Tough guidelines, but a program that bring results.
You will choose your group after your week of orientation.
Before and After Photos with Current Client Reviews
I revamped the Membership Summary page at RFBC. If you want to see current client's Before and Current Collages, then click here. Some have posted reviews of the program as well. The women listed, are the women you will meet and gain support from when you join RFBC. Think about that. Join us, and get not only my support and guidance, but the experience and encouragement from women like Stacy, TxGirl, AzMom and more.
New Programs for those not into Group Participation!
RFBC Daily Audios Only (M-F) - $14.95/4 Week Session
You can now sign up to just listen to our daily audios. These are the Monday-Friday audios the women in the 4 Week programs listen to each morning to stay motivated and on track. For just $14.95 per 4 week period you can get that same motivation for yourself without getting caught up in the group. Be forewarned though, the audios each night are recorded for the current group, so you will hear references to members and to things going on at camp. There is no set plan for these audios like in the Finding Your Perfect Diet or Breaking Fat Brain Behaviors programs. They are always based on what the current members need to hear on a day to day basis.
On Your Own Finding Your Perfect Diet and On Your Own Breaking Fat Brain Behaviors I - $24.95 each program
These are the two workbooks that members work through with me. They aren't workbooks like the Breaking Fat Brain Lies, they are on-line and offer daily audios and assignments with access to answers from previous members. You don't have to do any group work.
Finding your Perfect Diet, and Fast Weight Loss with 100% Low Fat Raw programs start every Monday Morning. (These are the programs Cosi and TxGirl have been doing. They include the 4 Weeks of 5 Days of Raw program with the extra daily personal log with me.)
Private Coaching 2X per week phone support & Daily Email $249/4Week Program Save $50 By sharing B&A Photos
Six twenty-eight day programs.
The first program, Finding Your Perfect Diet will be about looking honestly at your past behaviors and coming up with a program that you feel will work for you. That can be 100% raw, or it can be no raw. What matter is that it works for you. You can choose fast weight loss with lots of walking, or you can choose slower weight loss with minimal walking.
Instead of two Breaking Fat Brain Behavior programs and one Emotional Eating program, there will be Five 28 day programs to help you break old behaviors. Emotional Eating will be covered in all of them, but what I found last year was that we needed to work gradually through some of the fat brain behaviors and discuss emotions throughout the program and not wait until the end. Many felt they needed a break between subjects, so will work slower on the tougher behaviors, take weekends off from assignments, and spend time outside the assignments as a group to discuss the day to day reality of personal change. Others have asked that the site have more socializing, so everyone regardless of when they join will have access to the group as a whole, and not just the few that joined with them.
For those that finish all six programs, you will get the following:
1 Year's worth of access to all the daily audios and the assignments used during your program, and membership to our private area where you can continue to work with the friends you made to reach your ultimate goals.
What do you need to do to join? Each 28 day program cost $149.00 or if you agree to share your photos with a blurred face, you can save $50 per program, and pay just $99.00.
Pay for 5 months up front and get your sixth month free and guarantee your year of support!
