RE: weight loss (not sure what original subj was?)

[Guest guest]

Have you tried the Dean Ornish or McDougall books? They are not advertised at

vegetarian or vegan. Ornish has one book that has a ton of recipes by famous

veg chefs. Everything I made was delicious except the " beef " stroganoff; but

there are more products to use now as meat substitutes.

 

, " turquoiseshores "

<turquoiseshores> wrote:

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> This has been a tough eighteen months for me and my family, because

of the illnesses and passing of two of our closest dear family

members. As the caregiver for them, while raising two children, and

now caring for an ailing third close family member, I'm determined to

make myself stronger and healthier.

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> I'd like to find books on losing weight as a lacto-uovo, or vegan,

vegetarian, for myself and my dear, veggie children. In my twenties,

I became an ethical vegetarian the hour I visited a friend's anatomy

class and saw that people look like our animal cousins under the

skin. Human fat looked exactly like chicken fat, and our muscles

looked like the meat of chickens, more or less.

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> Because my dear mom had been vegetarian since age 11, and my aunts

and uncles followed her example, I had not wanted to eat animals as a

child, but my father thought we children would not grow up strong, so

we had a non-vegetarian childhood.

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> When I became vegetarian, I only missed textures, not the actual

few items I had been eating (beef, not lamb, chicken and turkey, and

some fish). I was much more aware and senstive to the flavors and

textures of vegetables, and found ways to match some of the textures

I missed. For example, broiled mozzarella, and stir fried mushrooms

(especially Shiitake mushrooms) had some of the textures I missed.

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> But I found it very difficult to keep my weight down---too many

carbs and fat calories. I'm in the group of one out of four women who

don't do well with too many carbs.

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> Fifteen pounds added on to the fifteen extra from college days.

Later, more weight stayed on as a vegetarian mom. For stronger

immunity and to insure their nutrition, I nursed my two wonderful

veggie babies for over two years each, adding many types of foods.

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> Now it's time to take care of my health, and my veggie children.

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> Does anyone have suggestions about books / programs / websites to

help one lose weight as a lacto-uovo or vegan vegetarian?

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> Thanks very much!

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> Best wishes, Sage

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