Raw Vegan Transformation: What I Eat in a Day (LA VLOG)

Welcome to LA, today we are on a content trip and I'm so excited to take you guys through 24 hours of eating raw vegan, going raw changed my life like nothing else, when you eat hydrating raw living fruits vegetables nuts and seeds they're loaded with enzymes loaded with water content and cooked by Mother Nature, by the sun so it makes you feel absolutely fantastic so let's head inside, today's video is going to be extra fun you guys because we have some special Special guest in store tonight I'm hosting an event in Santa Monica with Johnny Juicer hosted by Nama, the juicing company, and I'm going to bring you guys along behind the scenes. And there's some incredible people going that have had huge life transformations through eating real food and absolutely mind-blowing things like health problems that didn't go away their whole life that have just transformed. So I can't wait to bring you guys along and just kind of get you guys inspired to just eat more real food. Give up the crap food. It's not serving you You know, we're not meant to eat processed food and all these chemicals and all this junk today. And whether you want to be vegan or not, just I encourage you to eat real food. It makes all the difference in the world with your body, mind, and spirit. So we're also going to go to one of my favorite raw food restaurants in LA and breakfast today is a fresh coconut water So I stocked up the fridge when I got here. I traveled a lot the past few days. I was in New York as well. And so I was just craving fresh coconut water and I pretty much fasted actually, not even intentionally just because of the time change. For about 21 hours, so the coconut water is absolutely delicious, and there's a beautiful patio back, so let me take you guys outside for breakfast I love coming to LA for various reasons, you guys. I love to do content here, meet inspiring people, hang out with my friends who are so high vibe. I feel like the more you take care of yourself, the more you attract the relationships that are truly in alignment and meant to be in your life So when I'm in LA, I just feel in alignment, you guys It feels like my place, and I love it And another thing I love here is the food quality. It's so incredible. So I'm going to start today with some light fruit So I'm going to have some watermelon and some mango So let's try this out. It looks like it's pretty good. Let's see And I got to say, you guys, this looks I swear to you, like one of the best mangoes I've ever seen in my life. Oh, wow. That's insane. That is the best mango I've ever had. That's insane. I'm going to enjoy this And then we're going to head to one of my favorite raw food restaurants. I'm going to text a couple of my friends to see if one of my raw foodie friends, maybe somebody you guys know, wants to join me. I will turn on the camera then. All right guys, we are at Wild Living Foods, probably my all-time favorite raw food place on the planet. I've tried a lot from Costa Rica to Toronto to New York to everywhere, and all the places are amazing. Amazing. But this takes the cake for the best, right? Another level. This is another level. And I always see this in Johnny's story. So this is a warm chia pudding, and this is living almond milk, chia seed, sweet cream, fruit, and raspberry sauce. And how good does this look? This looks insane. And it's still raw because it's heated, I guess, below 118 degrees. And so let's try it out. Oh, wow. This looks like the best chia pudding bowl I've ever seen in my life. It will be. Oh, wow. Everything here is the best. It's incredible. Insane. Pretty good, right? Yeah. Insane. All right. So Johnny got his. And what is this, Johnny? This is a special. So it's like the blue iguana, but it's called the gift special. And it's like an acai bowl, pumpkin seeds. It's a friend of mine gift. He's also vegan. Yeah. And. Pumpkin seeds. It's more protein based. Oh, that's cool. So hemp seeds, blueberries, blue spirulina. Nice. It's amazing. Wow. Yeah. See this in your stories. So you've been like fully raw now, right? For I think a year and a half. And you were telling me you've lost a lot of weight. You were like gaining some weight before, right? Yeah, I was 208. I'm 178 right now. And you're a good size. So like, how do you keep a good size as a guy? And how has being raw for a year and a half changed your life? I keep saying like I don't focus even though I just said like yeah this is protein and I focus more on where I'm getting energy from my food and the energy in turn is what I'm using for my workouts and stuff which is I feel like keeping my build strong and keeping me like doing push-ups and just having the energy to work out you know as opposed to like I remember when I was raw before I felt like I was on a lot of liquids and I wasn't really working out and using that energy it was more like a detox phase of raw. Yeah, I was skinnier and now it's like now you're building phase building for sure. Doing a lot of the plant milks. And so probably last year and a half, your life has been way better than if you stayed on like the vegan pizza and like the cooked food, right? One hundred percent. The discipline. The discipline outpours to every area of my life. This brings out the best version of me. I keep saying that the raw is the way. So how can people get that discipline? If they're like, oh, I just can't give up the chips, the dinner. How did you lock in like this? I couldn't. And the thing that it was, which I always say, which I know is kind of hard, but will work for me, was fasting. Doing an extended juice cleanse. That eventually kicked the cravings and had me having no desire for any type of cooked food. I told you in that one video, I bought a pizza oven to make vegan pizza so I wouldn't go to these vegan pizza spots. And when I got off the fast, I go, this is just the gateway to get me right back to where I was. Why would I do this? So I returned it, brought out the dehydrator. I've been raw ever since and it's been the best. Wow, Johnny, we love it. I just love seeing you like just becoming the best version ever because I know you've been through a lot in your life too. And you're just, you know... Turning that into alchemy and crafting like the best life you can, you know, from the inside out. For sure. Yeah, for sure. And it's important because it's like, to me, this lifestyle is not about talking about it. It's really about embodying it, you know? So like when I go play basketball and when I go and when I tell people like age, you know, it's, it's important that people are like, Whoa, like, what are you doing? I'll be 45 in less than a month. Wow. Happy early birthday. Thank you. And that's good. It's amazing. It's so good. That's awesome. Well, we're excited. So we're also doing a video this week on how to do a proper juice cleanse. So I feel like Johnny juicer is like a frigging expert in juicing. So subscribe, stay tuned for that. And tonight we're so excited. I told you guys earlier, we're hosting an event in Santa Monica. So you guys along and then I'm probably going to stop at Erewhon or get some more food after this. So we'll turn on the camera then. All right guys, it's this afternoon. I am a little bit hungry since having that chia pudding. We came to Erewhon to film a whole grocery store video, so stay tuned for that. And I got the epic, famous, legendary strawberry glazed smoothie, which I think used to be the Hailey Bieber smoothie. And let's try it. You guys, I see what the fuss is about. This is frigging delicious. So this was really, um, expensive though. 21 bucks. It's not something I buy every day. I think my smoothies at home only costs a few dollars when I make them daily, but it's a nice treat. We're in LA. We're on a constant trip. It's so much fun. Thanks to you guys. I love what I do. And we'll turn the camera back on before the event or when we're at the event. So we just did something different. My cameraman and I, we went to Erewhon and filmed a world's most expensive grocery store video. I've never done a haul there and it was really fun. It was so expensive. Obviously, but it was fun and different and a nice treat. And we bought, you know, they're known for this crazy expensive water. This was 26 bucks. It's so expensive. It's so crazy. So give this video a thumbs up and help the channel. It's expensive water. This was 26 bucks. And this is Nano Pure Hyper Oxygenated Drinking Water. And I did have a lot of fats yesterday and then I traveled. So I do feel like a little dehydrated. So I'm going to hydrate with this. Really just enjoy this like I used to enjoy my wine. Because I should put this in the wine glass in there. I should have brought the wine glass out. That's how I like to drink my green juice. And that's what this water deserves. So we're just going to hydrate on this before this event and go get ready in a few minutes. And then bring you guys along there. That's going to be so much fun. And we're going to have some of these raw. These are from Erewhon. So these are raw kale chips and they're spicy. So I'm really in my kale chips era. They're also so easy to make at home. Chef Babette did a great recipe, which I'll put on the screen at the end of this video, and I'll put it down below now as well. And they're just, you know what? I've learned to make them in my dehydrator. They take no time at all. You just throw them in, they're done the next day. And they're just, you know, they're filling. You can get a lot of nutrients through using nutritional yeast and other things. And they just fill you up and they're absolutely delicious. Oh my gosh, Erewhon. They like, these people deserve the name they have. They know what they're doing. These are frigging so good. I think this may be the best kale chip I've ever had. Wow, that is so good. Oh my gosh. Anyway, it's a beautiful afternoon. We will turn on the camera soon. All right, everybody, we're at the NAMM event. How beautiful is this? Great to see you again. Cheers. So good to see you guys. We're with Marcus and Larissa. They're huge in the plant-based movement as well, and they're just so inspiring. How long have you guys been on plants now? I just hit six years in September, so thriving. And for me, it's been about nine and a half years. Wow. Only plants, vegan, right? Yeah, yeah. Hi, Raw. And mostly fruit. Mostly fruit throughout the day. And you notice a big difference being mostly fruit versus like another way of eating? Hydration, energy, cleansing. If I do too much like cooked food or too much like nuts and stuff, I'm just, I feel heavier. Fruit just makes me feel vibrant and hydrated, alive. It shows. And I remember Marcus, I think you said to somebody once, you'd never go vegan, right? Yeah. So who knows where life will take you? Never know. Never say never. Yeah. And what's the best part? Why is it important to you guys to be healthy and have the discipline? It's important for quality of life. You know, no one wants to be walking around in pain. Yeah. And I've experienced that with basketball injuries and whatnot. I'm still on that healing path myself. Literally, before this, we went to the chiropractor. Because I'm like, oh, let me just get tuned up. Yeah. And it felt so good. Wow. Yeah. And I would say it definitely goes beyond the physical. You know, mental, emotional health is tied to what you put in your body, too, and how you're going to show up with, you know, your brightest light in this world and just being a positive influence and, you know, contributing positively to the world. Every aspect of it is, I feel like, tied to, you know, what you're putting on your plate. So I love this lifestyle. It's self-love and self-care, right? I feel like when we take care of ourselves and then it becomes a domino effect of like a lot of other things in our life, like you're going to the chiropractor, you're having a juice, like versus. Let me grab like a triple espresso and then go grab a pizza and go to the club or, you know, an anvil. Yeah. It's crazy. Yeah. It's a slippery slope. It is a slippery slope. You guys are on the best slope, you know? Well, cheers. I'm going to try, this is a wellness shot. I don't know what's in it. I'm going to try it. Nama makes the best and then cheers to the green juice as well. Thank you. Oh that was good. Not too crazy. It was good. Yeah and this is so refreshing. Oh my gosh. Oh this is the perfect green juice. Yes. All right guys we're home from the event. That was such an amazing event. Johnny and I did a talk. I think I'll put some footage into this you guys probably already saw. I wouldn't have like the amazing YouTube channel. I wouldn't have moved to America and one of the best parts about you know juicing and eating real food it just puts you in alignment with who you are and I feel like it's made me In so much in alignment with all the amazing relationships I have, like my relationships are all so different. It really changes your life from the inside out. I feel like, you know, you level up, you level up everything I feel. And it was just so inspiring and amazing and nice being around like-minded people. And that's one thing when you start taking care of yourself and eating real food, it's just a domino effect of self-love and self-care. And you end up meeting amazing people, having great relationships and attracting just these amazing situations. My whole life has changed as a result of me being healthy. It's why I have this YouTube channel, why I'm here today. And it's just changed my life like nothing else. So I just encourage you guys just to take care of yourselves and change your life. And I don't usually eat this late So one thing that's completely changed my life. my life is sort of intermittent fasting. A lot of days I'll stop eating between three and four and that really works for me. I wake up the next day feeling absolutely incredible and I did some intermittent fasting. Not on purpose because I was traveling yesterday and I woke up today feeling amazing. So this is late for me. It's 8:56 and I'm eating, but I had such a busy day with everybody and I really feel like a salad. So we have some beautiful ingredients from Erewhon today and I'm going to try with you guys their vegan ranch. It's supposed to be insane. I think I've tried it once before, but I'm not sure. And we're going to try some of these raw za'atar crackers and then have some kale chips on the side. All right, guys, just made up a simple salad. We have sprouts. We have living lettuce. We have some olives, carrots, radish, just a bunch. of fresh fruits and veggies and did you guys know when you chew a lot of hard fruits and veggies it's not only good for your health it's really good for your teeth for cleaning your teeth like the hard veggies like cucumbers carrots those things and it's also really good for your jaw and your face structure so we're gonna put on some of this ranch from Erewhon wow look at this this looks delicious i am in the mood for this you guys let's taste test this all right let's try Let's try this out. I can't wait to try this. That has so much flavor. Oh my gosh. That has so much flavor. Oh my gosh. So I'm going to enjoy this salad. It's not a very big meal but it's late. I don't usually eat this late. I feel like eating it. And I'm going to have it with this raw za'atar cracker. So delicious. um my kale chips and i hope this video inspired you guys it's one of my favorite what i eat today videos it's just many different things some inspiring stories and i love bringing you guys along with my life and with my raw food journey real food is the best food it makes you feel alive energized awakened more spiritual amazing more connected And like I always say, even if you don't want to be fully raw or fully vegan, just I encourage you to add in a lot more plants into your lifestyle. And we truly crave what's in us. So if you're eating a lot of processed food, a lot of Chick-fil-A, a lot of crap, you're going to crave more of that stuff because that's the gut microbiome you're feeding, essentially. So the more you eat these real foods, the raw foods, electric foods, the more you crave those foods. And they've totally transformed my life. And the only cooking I need is food that's cooked by the sun. I think it's incredible. And I'll put two other amazing videos on the screen right now. Maybe I'll put one with Chef Babette. We did a What She Eats in a Day. She's 75, totally ripped, so healthy, so inspiring, living her best life, full of energy. She stayed with me recently. She has more energy than any 16-year-old I've ever met. She was the most helpful house guest I've ever had and just so strong and full of life. It's 75. So I'll put her What I Eat in a Day on the screen and maybe Luke Corona's juice on the screen. He's 75, somebody else who's so inspiring. So go make a juice, go get something healthy, watch one of those, and we'll see you in the next one. Bye.