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" Hi All, and thanks for the invitation. I live in west central Florida

and work as a nurse. I've been vegetarian since 1997. Looking forward

to learning from the group.

Karen "

 

Hi Karen and welcome to the group. It's great to have you here.

 

" Hi! Thanks so much for the invitation to join. I have only been

following a vegan diet since 9/26/05. I honestly thought it would be

harder to avoid all animal products, but it really hasn't. I cut out

not only animal products, but also artificial sugars, refined sugars,

white flour, diet sodas, etc. I am hoping that this change will

benefit my health by helping me to lose weight and lower my blood

pressure. So far, this week, I have lost nine pounds (I started at

304lbs), and I have gained loads of energy. I am looking forward to

learning more vegan recipes that I can try to help myself become lean

and healthy. :-D

 

Pat

North Georgia :-D "

 

Hi Pat. Welcome to the group. Sounds like you are off to a fabulous

start. Congrats on your weight loss and gaining much energy. If you

have any questions or need some support, just give us a holler.

 

" Hello, All. My name is Rose, I'm 57, I live in rural upstate New York. Fred

and I are vegans.

We eat as much certified organic foods as we can, which is probably about 90%.

We also garden and are learning to extend the season to start production earlier

in the spring and keep it going until much later in the fall.

We eat very simply and try not to eat any highly processed foods. Currently,

the only highly processed food we eat is tempeh.

I'm concerned about overcooking, but it's too cold up here to go " raw/live. "

So, I'm thinking I should probably do more steaming. Anyway...

Our health has really improved!

Good to be here.

Rose "

 

Hi Rose and Fred. Warm welcome to the group. Sounds like you two are

on a wonderful and healthy diet. I hope you get the most and best

production out of your garden this year. The time zone extension in

the fall and moving it up in the spring may help out from now on

depending on when you two choose to work on the garden. Good luck.

 

Misty, Jesika, Karen, Sara, Chris, Tom, Rose, Angela (TX - woohoo!),

Sarah, Stef, Edith, Linda, Robin (happy soon to be b-day to the DD),

Gayle and the other folks I'm sure I left out (many apologies). Very

warm welcomes. Great to have you here.

 

Shawn