Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Re: [Vegetarianslimming] Fwd: New Member Survey: Welcome Louise!!

 

Welcome Louise --

I¹m the only vegan in my house ‹ I went vegan nearly 3 years ago, and it
was a sudden change ‹ I wasn¹t even vegetarian before that! Just read The
China Study and went cold turkey, so to speak. It seemed hard at first ‹
but it will soon be easy as you get used to it and learn new recipes. I love
eating this way now ‹ I no longer want any of the old foods I used to eat.
People at my work tend to order lunch in all the time, and it used to be
hard to eat my healthy meals, but now I look at the things they¹re eating
and think YUCK! No way am I putting that in my body.

For eating out, I find the easiest choices are Subway (the veggie patty in
Australia is vegan ­ can¹t speak for other countries) or Asian places.
Mexican places are good too, so long as they don¹t use lard in their beans.
Bean burritos loaded full of lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, etc. Even guacamole,
but ask ‹ some places here put sour cream in theirs.

My biggest tip would be to scour the recipe books as there are some very
good ones out there ‹ and even online, my favorite site being
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com

Best of luck!

Anna

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> From: "Louise Semmel" <semmeml@yahoo.com <mailto:semmeml%40yahoo.com> >
> To:
> "Vegetarianslimming Moderator" <Vegetarianslimming-owner@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Vegetarianslimming-owner%40yahoogroups.com> >
>
> Hi everyone! I'm new to the group.
>
> I'm a 55 year old wife and mother of 2.
>
> A
> couple years ago, I was told I was a text-book example of metabolic
> syndrome.  You probably know what I'm talking about--borderline high
> bp, high triglycerides, low HDL, showing signs of insulin resistance,
> and I weigh too much.  I don't want to be on medicine so I've been
> trying to follow the Eat-to-Live program to get back on the path to
> good health--including a healthy weight. It's been very hard to be
> vegan (or nearly so) with no support at home and to add to the
> difficulty, with my job being so hectic and traveling a fair bit, I eat
> out a lot more than I should.
>
> I hope to pick up some
> encouragement and some tips on how to cook and pack good low fat vegan
> meals that don't take too much time and energy. I hope that I can offer
> some good words from what I've learned to date as well.
>
> One of my favorite blogs is Fat Free Vegan Kitchen.  I'll bet you're all
> familiar with SusanV's blog and recipes.
>
> Anyway, I'm delighted to be part of this group.
>
> --Louise--

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