Guest guest Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Hi Everyone, I am new to this group and to the new way of eating. I have tried before and caved in. I am 52 years old, I live in lower Michigan. I am very overweight and have tried evry stinking diet there is:) I had major surgery 4 weeks ago and am recovering nicely. I am very concerned about animal cruelty, and the fact that I feel we have been getting enough messages from the universe to stop eating meat. With all the diseases that are coming from eating meat. I have family members that think I have gone off my rocker, oh well:). I am hoping to live a healthier rest of my life, and this way of eating is the begining. Next is exercise, ugh. This will be a challenge as I just hate it plain and simple. I hope to start with walking my precious dogs daily, I have only said I was going to do this for 3 years now, it is time that I do it. Of course it is too hot or too cold, or too wet.......etc... I can't wait to get started, I bought a slow cooker vegetarian cookbook it has some delicious looking recipes in it. I am also going to go back in these messages and look for some good recipes. Well thank you for having me and I will be eagerly reading and getting started on my new journey. Ginny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Welcome, Ginny, I'm pretty new, too, and am trying to go from " semi-vegetarian " to vegan. We're here to help each other! Coleen ginnymarie2002 <ginnymarie2002 wrote: Hi Everyone, I am new to this group and to the new way of eating. I have tried before and caved in. I am 52 years old, I live in lower Michigan. I am very overweight and have tried evry stinking diet there is:) I had major surgery 4 weeks ago and am recovering nicely. I am very concerned about animal cruelty, and the fact that I feel we have been getting enough messages from the universe to stop eating meat. With all the diseases that are coming from eating meat. I have family members that think I have gone off my rocker, oh well:). I am hoping to live a healthier rest of my life, and this way of eating is the begining. Next is exercise, ugh. This will be a challenge as I just hate it plain and simple. I hope to start with walking my precious dogs daily, I have only said I was going to do this for 3 years now, it is time that I do it. Of course it is too hot or too cold, or too wet.......etc... I can't wait to get started, I bought a slow cooker vegetarian cookbook it has some delicious looking recipes in it. I am also going to go back in these messages and look for some good recipes. Well thank you for having me and I will be eagerly reading and getting started on my new journey. Ginny How low will we go? Check out Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Hi Ginny, Good to have you here! I've noticed lately that there are several of us newcomers who are in our fifties. I'm 53, and I'm also " on the road " to becoming vegetarian. As far as exercise--I love it because we are fortunate to have a Y here and it's kind of a social thing for me at this point. It's like getting to see friends and visit with them every day--in a carefree setting--where we're all having fun. But somewhere recently I was reading about someone who was doing walking videos at home. Sansome? something like that. And this person really enjoyed it because it was accessible for her and not too complicated and she was able to do it even when the weather outside was bad. I think walking the dogs sounds like a great plan! Hope some of those slow cooker recipes work out, and then hopefully you'll post some of them for us! Welcome! Paula , " ginnymarie2002 " <ginnymarie2002 wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I am new to this group and to the new way of eating. I have tried > before and caved in. I am 52 years old, I live in lower Michigan. I > am very overweight and have tried evry stinking diet there is:) I > had major surgery 4 weeks ago and am recovering nicely. > I am very concerned about animal cruelty, and the fact that I > feel > we have been getting enough messages from the universe to stop > eating meat. With all the diseases that are coming from eating > meat. I have family members that think I have gone off my > rocker, oh well:). > I am hoping to live a healthier rest of my life, and this way of > eating is the begining. Next is exercise, ugh. This will be a > challenge as I just hate it plain and simple. I hope to start with > walking my precious dogs daily, I have only said I was going to do > this for 3 years now, it is time that I do it. Of course it is too > hot or too cold, or too wet.......etc... > I can't wait to get started, I bought a slow cooker vegetarian > cookbook it has some delicious looking recipes in it. I am also > going > to go back in these messages and look for some good recipes. > Well thank you for having me and I will be eagerly reading and > getting started on my new journey. > Ginny > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 , " Paula " <paulakward wrote: > I've noticed lately that there are several > of us newcomers who are in our fifties. I'm 53, and . . . Hi there Paula - yes I too had noticed that there were a number of you youngsters about. Always nice to see those bright and shining faces! I'm Pat and I'm 65, and I too like to walk. Not sure what a 'walking video' is - can you explain? When it rains I walk under an umbrella and raincoat; when there's an ice storm or blizzard, well that's a different kettle of bananas. I guess there are others in the same position, so I would be interested to know. Thanks a bunch! Best love, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Hi Pat, Looks like Ginny has already answered this question! But I did a google anyway and came up with this link: http://www.collagevideo.com/cart/default.aspx I used to order from collage all the time before I joined the Y. I've always been happy with their service. THey have a catalog that is kind of neat because they have people that actually do the tapes and rate them. If you click on any of the titles on the page I sent it will describe that video in pretty great detail. A note of interest, in my Google search I also came across a consumer complaint site of people who had ordered Sansone videos off of an infomercial. The complaints were not about the videos, but rather that the company kept sending additional items like vitamins that were not ordered...and deducting them from the credit card number that was used to pay for the tapes. HTH! Paula P.S. Been a while since I've been called a " youngster " Hee Hee! , " Patricia Sant " <moorcroftblue wrote: > Always nice to see those bright and shining faces! I'm Pat and I'm 65, and I too like to > walk. Not sure what a 'walking video' is - can you explain? When it rains I walk under an > umbrella and raincoat; when there's an ice storm or blizzard, well that's a different kettle > of bananas. I guess there are others in the same position, so I would be interested to > know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 I just clicked this link and I need to add that it's more informative if you take it one step farther. Over at the left of the page are three search bars. Just put " walking " in the " search by keyword " option. This will take you to the screen I was talking about in my original post. Paula , " Paula " <paulakward wrote: > > http://www.collagevideo.com/cart/default.aspx > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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