Welcome to Megan, Rinat, Sharon (individually)

[Guest guest]

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> Hello SHARON - and before I go any further let me say WOW!

> You write:

> > So far I have lost 40 pounds by switching to a

> > low fat vegan diet

>

> That's fantastic! Good for you - were you just going vegan and low

> fat or were you

> following a specific diet (eg. out of a book or ?)??? There are

> people here who would like

> to know LOL Keep up the good work!

I have been keeping things low fat although I do have a slice of

avocado most days. Got through Christmas-holidays and even ate some

delicious vegan cookies I made. I think the biggest and best change I

made was trying to cook all my own meals from basic ingredients. Too

many hidden ingredients in restaurant store bought foods

Sharon

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Pat and everybody else,

Thanks for all your kind words of welcome. (-:

Here are my two cents regarding diets:

Three years ago I went on a diet to combat thrush (Candida). It was pretty

tough but amazing:

No sugar, no white flour, no yeast, one green apple a day, no soy, only

legumes and brown rice, potatoes once a week, and only organic goat milk

products. Of course, I ate everything while counting calories but did not go

crazy.

I also walked an hour a day, 4 times a week.

It was difficult at first but I got into it after a while and lost 110

pounds in a year and a half.

Downside? I went back to eating junk and gained back quite a lot but I'm on

my way back now, trying to combine low-fat/lowcarb vegetarian with Weight

Watchers.

It's a lifelong battle...

Wishing you all a great weekend,

Rinat

 

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