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Hi there!

 

 

 

My name is Suzanne, and I’m a 30-something SAHM to a preschooler. DH and I

have lived in San Diego for 9 years, and our 10th anniversary is coming up

in a few months. DH is an omnivore who eats only a little meat and does it

all outside the house. DD is being raised vegetarian. DH used to do most

of the cooking, but as his hours at work increased, I’ve been taking over

most of the cooking. He’s the one with the great culinary instincts and can

invent dishes; I have to go off recipes, but fortunately, I have a large

collection of veg*an cookbooks, and I’m getting a little better at adjusting

them.

 

 

 

I became a vegetarian in the mid-1980s in the meat-packing Midwest – I’d

never met a vegetarian in my life, and the only ones I’d heard of were River

Phoenix and the McCartneys. :-) Although I often feel like a fish out of

water in California, I love that it’s so vegetarian-friendly (but compared

to the Midwest, what isn’t? *wink*).

 

 

 

Lastly, I’m here because I need support in losing weight. I’m about 80

pounds above a healthy weight for my height/frame. I weighed 290 at my

highest in 2000. After 2.5 years of hard work (exercising 1.5-2 hours a

day, eating well), I was down to 185 in 2003. Then TTC and pregnancy took a

toll – I ended up at 256 at 9½ months pregnant. I lost a bit when she was

born, of course, but my weight kept creeping up and up in the last 2.5

years. Last November, I hit 261 pounds – more than what I weighed 9½ months

pregnant! I got back on the exercise wagon in November, although I’ve been

slacking on exercise since mid-December, I’ve been eating very well in

general and lost 3 pounds in the last 7 weeks of 2006 – the best I’ve done

during the holiday season for sure. I’ve now lost 1 more pound since New

Year’s Eve, so I’m currently at 257. This month, I’m doing a 4-week-long

nutritional cleanse. Some things to eliminate have been a moot point (meat,

fish), others not too tough (dairy/eggs, since I gave them up in November),

and still others challenging to avoid (chocolate, sugar, flour). After the

cleanse is over, I plan to keep eating vegan but keep flour/sugar to an

infrequent treat rather than a daily thing.

 

 

 

I look forward to reading and participating!

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

Suzanne