In my 20's I lived vegan for 5 years or so. I think I started to gain a couple pounds and panicked and did the lo carb thing. I went back and fourth for years. I started raw a couple weeks ago and I'm amazed at how good I feel.I have lost maybe a lb at best but if I gained 10 lbs by being raw I still wouldn't quit. However I came up with a couple strategies that I think will help me lose my last 8 lbs. I realized that I had been eating a lot of fat. One of my raw revolution bars is 15 grams of fat by itself. I was using veganaise in my brocolli, kale salad (which I know isn't raw but I need some kind of dressing) and that's 9 grams of fat per tsp. So I'm going to cut my fat by switching to lo fat vegan mayo, and limit myself to one raw bar a day. I will limit my avacado intake to 1/2 a day. This will be cutting my fat intake probably by 50% or more. Wish me luck and I will keep you posted.

Good luck, remember its about overall calories, you could still gain weight by being low fat and so on.

Generally the rule of the thumb is more calories in than you expend you'll gain weight.

Some moderate exercise pending your getting enough calories will help speed up the process and is good for you also.