College isn’t exactly easy on the waistline. Thanks to beer binges and pizza chowdowns, the pounds pile on seemingly effortlessly.

For an extreme, but effective way to shed the weight try a raw food diet.

It certainly worked for Angela Stokes, reports CNN. Although not a heavy child, by the time Stokes graduated college in the U.K. she tipped the scales at 300 pounds. The weight not only effected her physically, but caused emotional distress as well.

And then she discovered the raw food movement. The clichéd life change happened and Angela Stokes lost 160 pounds in two years and gained a boyfriend. All of a sudden she was happier than ever.

It’s not all happily ever after, though, since a raw food diet is not a simple task. With the exception of the salad bar, dining halls are not exactly healthy havens full of fresh fruits and veggies.

Stokes recommends people on the diet start slowly with foods they already like such as peaches or spinach and then add more raw foods. But no, even though it comes from a plant, marijuana doesn’t count as a “raw food.”