Hi John!: << I'm a bodybuilder/weight trainee That's great!! I myself work out with weights and think its great, and I also put together nutrition and excercise programs for bodybuilders, other athletes, and for regular people who just want to improve their health. I think weight training is a lot of fun, and has loads of great benefits. << (NO, not a *professional egocentrical narcissistic* one) The bodybuilders I know are awfully normal, regular people. I always feel bad when I hear the mean things people often say about them! Maybe I have blinders on. Do you actually know people who fit that description above? << and so one of the downsides I've always experienced in attempting the "all raw" thang is that it's almost impossible to keep my bodyweight up.>> I have found this to be a problem too. You have to eat astonishingly huge amounts of raw food if you're training hard, and even more if you're doing cardio excercise along with the weights, in order to get enough calories, right? By the way - I like your screen name - you were lucky to find it available! Nice to meet you! Love, Liza May ([log in to unmask])