Getting slim on a veggie diet

[Guest guest]

Hi there!

My nickname when I was young was Missy.

I'm a 71 yr old caregiver for my 91 yr old Daddy with mid stage Alzheimers,

still able to live alone in his trailor across the creek from us with me

checking on him daily in person and by phone and a 75 yr old hubby with Lewy

Body Disease. For those of you who aren't familiar, its a terrible dementia with

hallucinations, delusions and illusions with Parkinsons tremor and blank face

and a tottery headwind tilt to his walk, and named after a Dr. Lewy who noticed

the differences in autopsy slides from Alz. Both diseases are incurable at this

time but meds do help somewhat. I retired about 3 yrs ago as an LVN of 33 yrs.

The guys have both lost wt but I have gained about 60 lbs, mostly because I'm

terribly lonesome and depressed and none of our kids live near by and we live in

a very remote area in the N/E corner of CA. Have been a good cook and food is

sooooo comforting. This is what I'm blaming my wt gain on. Figured if I made

some online friends who'd share delicious vegan or veggie recipies, I could get

a handle on this. Was a vegetarian for a lot of yrs when I was still home. We

had a small dairy so what we didn't sell, we made ice cream, whipped cream and

real butter etc. I think my only hope is to go the vegan route. My husband will

eat whatever I put in front of him but my Dad has totally lost his appetite. He

mainly lives on icecream, rootbeer floats and hot cappuccinos that are rich like

a warm milkshake. Dr says fine, at this stage of the game we don't worry about

cholestrol and actually wrote out a prescription on his pad for ice cream 3

times a day, between meals and at bedtime, LOL! Both of our places are up for

sale and we're hoping we can buy a modular in a senior park closer to some of

our kids where there is respite and day care available and kids, grand kids and

great grandkids to spell me. Dad's place is in escrow but we still need to sell

ours. Anyone interested in an old 2 story 3 bedroom house built in 1913? It has

a good well, an outhouse for emergencies, an older RV that works great as a

spare bedroom when overnighters do come. There is a woodburning cookstove in the

kitchen that came out of the old Ft. Bidwell Hotel and a modern propane range

too. It has a great wood heating stove that can run you out of the house and a

small Toyo kerosene stove that has worked very satisfactorly since the guys are

no longer able to get out and cut our own wood. I'll even throw in the mounted

deerhead and the oval portrait of a couple of sober kids at least 100 years old

and just about anything else you might want just so I can get out of here. The

property is just a tad under a half acre.This is cattle country and sheep and

hay and grain are raised here too. We still have cattle drives and you can hear

the birdies sing. No smog! Hunters and fishermen call it Paradise.

Wishing you a great day!

Gayle-In-The-Boonies

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Gayle!

 

The place sounds wonderful, actually!

 

I went vegan in February of this year and I didn¹t find it difficult at all!

For the first few months I wasn¹t really concerned with fat-free, just

getting used to vegan. When I found my weight wasn¹t dropping as I¹d hoped,

I added fat-free to the mix. For me that means no ³added² fat. I keep

trying new recipes and when I find ones I really like, they get added to the

regular rotation. Best of luck to you, and I¹m sure you¹ll find much

support here.

 

Anna in Australia

 

 

On 8/11/07 7:52 AM, " Gayle Smith " <ruralnrs wrote:

 

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> Hi there!

> My nickname when I was young was Missy.

> I'm a 71 yr old caregiver for my 91 yr old Daddy with mid stage Alzheimers,

> still able to live alone in his trailor across the creek from us with me

> checking on him daily in person and by phone and a 75 yr old hubby with Lewy

> Body Disease. For those of you who aren't familiar, its a terrible dementia

> with hallucinations, delusions and illusions with Parkinsons tremor and blank

> face and a tottery headwind tilt to his walk, and named after a Dr. Lewy who

> noticed the differences in autopsy slides from Alz. Both diseases are

> incurable at this time but meds do help somewhat. I retired about 3 yrs ago as

> an LVN of 33 yrs. The guys have both lost wt but I have gained about 60 lbs,

> mostly because I'm terribly lonesome and depressed and none of our kids live

> near by and we live in a very remote area in the N/E corner of CA. Have been a

> good cook and food is sooooo comforting. This is what I'm blaming my wt gain

> on. Figured if I made some online friends who'd share delicious vegan or

> veggie recipies, I could get a handle on this. Was a vegetarian for a lot of

> yrs when I was still home. We had a small dairy so what we didn't sell, we

> made ice cream, whipped cream and real butter etc. I think my only hope is to

> go the vegan route. My husband will eat whatever I put in front of him but my

> Dad has totally lost his appetite. He mainly lives on icecream, rootbeer

> floats and hot cappuccinos that are rich like a warm milkshake. Dr says fine,

> at this stage of the game we don't worry about cholestrol and actually wrote

> out a prescription on his pad for ice cream 3 times a day, between meals and

> at bedtime, LOL! Both of our places are up for sale and we're hoping we can

> buy a modular in a senior park closer to some of our kids where there is

> respite and day care available and kids, grand kids and great grandkids to

> spell me. Dad's place is in escrow but we still need to sell ours. Anyone

> interested in an old 2 story 3 bedroom house built in 1913? It has a good

> well, an outhouse for emergencies, an older RV that works great as a spare

> bedroom when overnighters do come. There is a woodburning cookstove in the

> kitchen that came out of the old Ft. Bidwell Hotel and a modern propane range

> too. It has a great wood heating stove that can run you out of the house and a

> small Toyo kerosene stove that has worked very satisfactorly since the guys

> are no longer able to get out and cut our own wood. I'll even throw in the

> mounted deerhead and the oval portrait of a couple of sober kids at least 100

> years old and just about anything else you might want just so I can get out of

> here. The property is just a tad under a half acre.This is cattle country and

> sheep and hay and grain are raised here too. We still have cattle drives and

> you can hear the birdies sing. No smog! Hunters and fishermen call it

> Paradise.

> Wishing you a great day!

> Gayle-In-The-Boonies

>

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello, Gayle, and welcome to our group!

 

My word, you certainly have your days' work cut out for you, don't

you. I'm so sory to hear about your father and your husband - and

it's not surprising that under such stress you'd either lose weight

and become ill or gain weight and become ill. With depression, I

know, it's often weight gain. Hugs to you!

 

So, okay, deep breath - you've come to the right place. As you have

already found, we have some wonderful people on this group who

would like to be friends and will be delighted to help with ideas,

recipes, tips and of course, most important, support while you lose

those unneeded pounds and regain your own health. As the pounds

go off the spirits rise and then it is even easier to lose the rest. You

just need to get started.

 

So try low-fat (try cutting out dairy altogether for a while - that's the

quickest way to lose) which means just the teeniest amount of fat

or oil for cooking - non-animal fat, of course - or in some recipes

(such as the one Anna has just posted for Snobby Joes) no oil at all.

Works just fine. And of course you have to cut out the sugary stuff

(None of that prescription icecream for you, my dear! LOL)

 

We have lots of lovely low-cal and low-fat recipes in the Files on our

homepage, so have a look. Or ask for what you want. Are you planning

to follow a particular programme such as McDougall or Fuhrmann or

Barnard or something like that? It helps if you have a programme to

follow because then you don't have to ask yourself if something is

okay to eat - if it's on the diet, it's okay.

 

Others here can give advice on that too. Sing out and ask for any

help you need, okay? We loooooooove to help and give advice - wanted

or not LOL

 

Okay, I'll sign off now and wish you luck with selling what sounds like

a wonderful place to live (minus the dead-animal head on the wall -

nope, I couldn't live with that, but thanks for the thought! ) That

impending move sounds like another stress you don't need, but hey,

one thing at a time, eh? Just get back to your own good health and

the rest will be a breeze!

 

Best, Pat (Group Co-Owner with Cindi)

 

 

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