If you've been following my transformation here on Steemit you'll know that I've done psychedelics, fasting, meditation, yoga and changed my diet to a raw vegan diet in the last few months and years which led me to stopping smoking and drinking.
What I haven't discussed yet is the importance of exercise in all of this.
It began months ago with just a daily morning walk... one that has turned into my daily "walk n' talks" with the anarchodogs.
Since, I've added in cardio on the elliptical machine both in the morning and at night. And have just recently introduced some weight training and, more importantly, calisthenics.
What has occurred is that I am in the best shape of my life at 46 years old and I am just getting started.
In this "walk n' talk" I talk about how crucially important daily exercise is. And I mean crucial!
And I talk about what I've been doing and the results I've been having.
When I first told people I was going to go raw vegan AND intermittently fast for 17 hours per day, most people warned me that I'd waste away and be sickly.
Like most, they are brainwashed by the cult(ure). There are countless vegan bodybuilders and athletes now and most of them also intermittently fast as it can increase Human Growth Hormone (HGH) by 2,000%.
I am just getting started and about to go much more heavily into calisthenics. You can follow my progress here on Steemit.
My next goal is six pack abs which is something I've never had in my life. My goal is to have them by the end of the summer. We'll see what happens!
Good going!
I have been doing the vegan diet for almost three years now.
For the better. I am much more healthy than ever before.
As soon as those bad bacteria and other bad stuff dies out within the gut and whatnot it get's so much easier. I do not crave bad things at all anymore. That's why most people do not understand this stuff. They just can not imagine how it feels to live this way.
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Keep up the great work and motivation Jeff! I am making a lifestyle change myself and it is amazing! Happens one day at a time.
Thanks for sharing!
I used to follow a heavy routine, gained 20 kg in a short amount of time. Wasn't sustainable though. Now I exercise about one hour daily, which I think is enough. Mostly cardio. Feeling pretty good.
I actually have been fasting for 20 hours per day and eat under 80 grams of protein per day, eat mostly plants with some fish, chicken, eggs and use a all natural whey supplement from grass fed milk. Have no problem going to the gym and training for 2 hours on an empty stomach, 1 hour of weights and 1 hour of cardio. If I did not do this I would be heading down the path of all my family members of heart disease at age 40. There is a lot of blind people out there when it comes to nutrition and health. The system will notbe able to hold what is coming down the pipeline in 20 years from now. Glad you figured things out and are headed in the right direction.
Noticing what you eat I realise you didn't read the book 'Mucusless diet healing system' by Prof Ehret and Prof Spira. If you really would like to go healthy I recommend this book, it will give you a whole new perspective on food(s).
Trust me you will not find all your answers in some book. My grandfather lived to 99 years old in a 3rd world country on a diet made up of 60-70% animal protein and never went to a dr in his life. There are many like him in my country. I also have known raw Vegans that have died very young and never ate meat. A lot of what ultimately happens is already written for you in your DNA. I keep things simple, I eat food like people ate a few hundred years ago, mostly plants and not too much. I love cooking and enjoy spending time doing so and grow most of my vegetables. I also love salt water fishing and catch most of the fish I eat all year here in Sunny Florida. At the end of the day people should do what makes them happy and not worry so much about dying. That stress is what actually ages people prematurely and makes them live a life full of stress and worries in the present.
my father is 92 and has been, is eating everything you better not, so I hear you.
I on the other hand choose to not only be clean from the outside but also from the inside.
No I am not afraid of dying since we do not die. But I don't want this layer of mucus, puss and acid inside my beautiful and strong body that has kept me healthy for all these years. My body is my temple so I treat it with love and respect while enjoying cooking and eating the most wonderful dishes without mucus, puss and acid forming foods/products. And that makes me very happy and does not give me any stress or worry.
There are also smokers who were still smoking in their nineties and never a day sick in their lives so yes it's about chance as well. Cheers to chance.
Great post, very inspiring mate!
yep agreed! fitness and health is the key to all happiness!
I've been vegan for 2.5 years. I tried raw vegan for 3 months last year, but it was not very easy where I live due to the extremely poor selection of fruit
calisthenics are my favorite, great core control involved and so many functional movements!
Hey, we're the same age - I took up running seriously last September and I have never been so streamline - feel great but I have to buy a whole new wardrobe as my waistline measurement is back to my teens! Hope you get the six-pack...
Great way to stay in shape! What are your thoughts on ketogenic diet? Cheers!
Yes! It is truly inspiring to see more and more people becoming aware of themselves and their health.
This is the shift that we need in a planetary scale !
Martin Luther King once said
"One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them."
If you started your path from you health and self-actualization you're opening doors to the high consciousness levels where you are literally becoming able to create your own reality!
I'm also a vegan for 2 years now and became stronger and more muscular than on a meat eating diet. Also my digestion got a lot better.
Same here. Vegan for 4.5 years and never felt better. Despite very little exercise.
Exercise and Raw Vegan = winner. I would love to see you with the six pack abs on Steemit. I bet you will look Great. Good luck to you @jeffberwick
Good luck Jeff. Those abs are not far off from a 6-pack already!
THANK YOU Jeff for posting all this info
The Best Amino Acids come from FRUITS!
Great work Jeff, soon you will be in good enough shape to be able to keep up with me on my hikes.
I tried talking with you at the 2017 Anarchapulco to be your trainer.
I have worked with Daniel Igali Canadian Gold Medalist Wrestler,
Emanuel Sandhu Canadian figure skater,
hockey hall of famer Mark Messier
I mentioned to you that I follow Dr. Morese protocal with primarily fruits.
Look like your following a lot the stuff now.
I hope your more interested in a training partner/trainer??? let me know I am renting a place in Acapulco in Oct/Nov.
Target Fat with FAT (MCT Oil a refined coconut oil) melts the fat off if your not eating carbs.
You can really see that lack of protein :v
I will take the porterhouse,Good luck!
Yeah with daily intermittent fasting and resistance training your core you should be able to get that six pack by the end of this summer. I am actually bulking this summer and am also incorporating intermittent fasting for a cleaner bulk.
Raw Vegan for the WIN!!
i do not think i could go vegan. there are so many foods i would miss eating. but, i suppose i do not know the full power of my mind yet.
wow! truly awesome well done!
I found you man and followed you. you are really inspiring us thanks for your contribution to steemit community
I always look forward to watch your videos, it is very inspiring and helpful. Thank you for your work Jeff :)
Finding inner peace, seams to be the way. Finding that in this mental system is the trick. Peace.
Have you tried breathing techniques like Wif Hof or traditional pranayama? They will change your life.
I literally had no clue you could get ripped on a raw vegan diet; I think the reason I didn't know you could is because of the fact that I actually know many people into fitness and I have done a lot of research myself, but those people I know are SOOOOO against vegan diets (can't be athletic, etc.), that I never even researched it. This is something I am definitely going to try. Thank you for the information; it will really help me out! :)
p.s. I saw you speaking a little spanish in your most recent "don't stay in school video" (such a sham, college, I just realized too late) - I've been practicing myself recently and have posted a few practice articles, as well as invited people to my new Poetry contest in spanish (https://steemit.com/biddle/@biddle/biddle-s-poetry-contest-1), since I'd LOVE if it became a bilingual contest! That would be very cool. Anyway, I've also started looking at a lot of your content on YouTube and realllllllly like the way you think, so keep up the great work and I'll keep watching! :)
Good job Mr. B. Lookin' good. One more note, lose the sun glasses. Another of societies bullshit sales pitches. You as a human have a contract with the sun. Your eye's and health will improve dramatically without them. Love what your puttin' out. By the way, I see you're into Dr. Morse did you ever check out Dr. Cassar? He's a fantastic man also............. be well brother.
Yes, I actually only wear them in photos and rap videos (rap video coming out soon) ;)
Agreed. There's science behind this too.
Your eyes are how your body detects light. If you wear glasses in the sun, you break the natural process of tanning. Your body thinks you're in the shade, and you are not. Then your skin does not respond to the sun as it should. That increases your risk of skin cancer.
I wear them only when absolutely necessary because of driving towards the sun or while doing surveillance person to person (you need to be able to look at people without them realizing you're doing it).
Hey brother! Good to hear from you! Yes, you are exactly right! People have been told a hell of o' lot of BS and sold a hell of o' lot more crap in the process. Check out those two Dr.'s I mentioned. I started with both of them over a year ago after white coat doc's passed me around like a free dessert at the local buffet and took all of my fiat $ I found them. These guys "cured" all my issues in less than a year and it's so simple. Very disciplined but sooooo simple.
Aren't UV-protected sunglasses a pretty important thing to protect against eye cancer though? You don't want more than about 20 minutes of unprotected sun exposure, at least during the peak 4 hours in the middle of the day (10am to 2pm here in northeast USA)
That's what you've been told, but I do not believe it is true. Do animals wear sun glasses? They don't get skin cancer. Humans wore sun glasses for how long in the past? It hasn't been long.
You're being sold something that is bad for you. Look into it beyond the first Google hits you get. The truth is out there.
The main reason I started wearing sunnies was so people didn't recognize me, and I wouldn't have to talk to them. trouble is now I need them everytime I go out into the sun which is a shame
Why do you need them for the sun? ;-)
Because my eyes got used to the shade, so now the sun is actually too bright for me
Just finished the mucusless diet book ! Good stuff ! Starting off slow , diet changed and doing some brooming , green veggies ! Energy levels are up ! Doing half day fast ! The book says take it slow , progress ! Especially the wreck less types ! Cheers !
can you further deduce your plan for 17 hours
Super badass! I keep realizing that a big step in the "Awakening" process is really integrating your physical side which goes hand in hand with your spiritual side. We have a human body for a reason and it is important for us to care for it daily. Cheers! @jeffberwick
You have done so much in such short amount of time ! This is simply amazing how much will power a person could have. After following your journey I as well tried out fasting for 3 days ! Man it's life changing and now I intermittently fast for 17 hours all the time. There's so much one could learn from you. And best of all, you don't bullshit and keep it real all the time !
Love your results!! I am not raw, but eat raw 2 meals of the day mostly and fast 15-17 hours and have definitely noticed, after having an injury and not exercising and now getting back into exercising just walking... it makes a huge! difference. I can't wait till I can start building strength again. Thanks for the info and inspiration! <3
Great article. I got into triathlons after years of being overweight and drinking too much. It feels so good to be fit and have the stress releases from exercise.
I hope you get ripped Jeff! Yes protein supplements are too expensive. Just imagine getting ripped on a vegan diet what the majority would think. Most people tend to believe the more protein the more muscle. Go Steem.
All the best :)
@JeffBerwick Great job in following all the healthy habits... which is not easy to do with the lifestyle You had.
Congrats & BIG Kudos 2 You !!
Get yourself a gada mace perhaps. It is a near perfect exercise and is also a meditation at the same time. You breathe to the revolutions too.
Dam your in good shape! Ive just started my journey by completely changing my diet 2 weeks ago. Ive never eaten so many fruits and veggies lol I feel different and better in a way I can't even explain and it's only been two weeks
No pain no gain ! keep it up and enjoy your new life style !!
Sorry, but I just don't see the benefits of veganism. I totally agree with intermittenly fasting, but some nice beef in the diet can only benefit you.
There are no benefits only negatives.
Seems like a dogmatic statement. I suggest you read the primal blueprint .
Really helped me understand genetics and diet.
It's acidic and creates mucus in the body and has no nutriton... and if not organic is full of crap. Primal is better than your average American diet but still not as healthy as raw vegan.
Let's just agree to disagree and see who can lift more on the next Anarchapulco ;)
I have to agree with Alex. If anything can generally be cut out of many people's diets without much ill-effect it's the majority of high-carb foods, which can be quite damaging due to glycation and are generally found in large quantities in fruit on most raw vegan diets. Many people have actually made themselves quite ill on raw-vegan diets due to lack of some nutrients, also, especially when they try them haphazardly without really knowing what they're doing or consulting a professional.
Meat has quite a bit of nutrition, also. The statement that it doesn't is quite false and obviously so when you do some research. Go
organic and grass fed with your meats for best quality, and eat organ meats as well for the most well-rounded nutrition. For best results eat it with lots of low-carb veggies, especially greens, with lots of healthy fats. My favorite books on the subject are Primal Body, Primal Mind and Deep Nutrition. I've read many others, though, even about veganism and raw-veganism, which I tried about 10 years back. I lost some weight but wasn't sustainable for me. It can work for some but you have to be careful to not hurt yourself in the long run. Otherwise good luck and keep up the great work!
Well done Jeff- i would have thought you would be skinnier with the vegan diet , i can see my assumption was wrong . It must be hard the 17 hours without food every day - you are very disciplined. I am impressed with the increases in HGH you are attaining. Are you taking any protein powders?
It's not hard at all. Once you get on intermittent fasting your hunger pains go away.
Good to know - what hours of the day do you eat?
The body is looking great Jeff! :)
Dude. Your my inspiration!!
Great job dude. Its so hard to be disciplined at times, but its worth it. Its good to see tgat your javing success with the whole thing.
Very nicee
Great post!
Health is the most important aspect of each of our lives.
Strongest biggest mammals on the planet are vegan. Gorillas, Rhinos, Elephants