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โ08-19-2017 03:09 AM
โ08-19-2017 06:28 AM
Congratulations on your weight loss, and your healthier diet choice.
โ08-19-2017 08:15 AM
My plant-based diet that I followed for years, did the reverse. I gained about 40 pounds. I only lost it when I dropped as many carbs as I could. My lunch used to be a big plain sweet potato.
I was hungry all the time, so I cheated often with sugar and processed foods. I started adding protein back to my diet, eggs for breakfast, chicken to my salads, and slowly started dropping the high carb food. My hunger disappeared and so did the weight. I don't get hungry now, I don't have crazy cravings, and I feel much better.
โ08-19-2017 09:11 AM
Count me in, too! I have been eating only vegetarian items, with very minimal butter and parmesan cheese (for occasional flavor accent purposes only). Fruit for breakfast, raw vegetable salad for lunch without salad dressing of any kind other than squeezed lemon and pepper. Steamed veggies with beans or tofu and rice, quinoa, or kasha for dinner. Everything organic. Coffee without sugar (but with almond milk) at breakfast, and tea, water or sparkling, flavored water (zero calories) for all other meals. I am definitely losing weight and feeling more energetic. My silver jewelry is no longer making black marks on my neck or clothing, so I know I am losing acidity, which is a very good thing. I am also sleeping better. I do take vitamin B12 supplements as I am no longer getting that vitamin from any meat source.
โ08-19-2017 09:16 AM
I very rarely eat red meat, or chicken for that matter. Red meat just tastes weird to me. Occasionally, like once every 3 months, I do go have a hamburger because I'm craving the protein. Watch your D3 levels. My boss's daughter was a vegan and her dr said she had the worst vitamin D3 level he had ever seen. Congrats on your weight loss. I've watched Wendy Williams transform her body also going plant based.
โ08-19-2017 09:58 AM
Congrats on your weight loss, but more so, the feeling better. I think everone's body is different and while some do well on plant only diets, others don't. I have to eat meat/eggs or I feel terrible, starving all the time and, like another poster said, start eating things I shouldn't.
I cut out dairy and instantly felt better, but am always looking for new ways to eat veggies, as I love them. Would be a good thread
โ08-19-2017 10:09 AM
I am very careful with my Protein choices... I go a couple days with steamed salmon, then I will go a couple days with no animal source protein and just have raw nuts and seeds as my source... then I might change it up and have a portion of turkey breast meat steamed. Some days I will have unsweetened greek yougurt with some fruit. But not everyday.
I never use high heat or oils to fry my proteins. everything is steam cooked only. Here is why.
Heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are chemicals formed when muscle meat, including beef, pork, fish, or poultry, is cooked using high-temperature methods, such as pan frying or grilling directly over an open flame (1). In laboratory experiments, HCAs and PAHs have been found to be mutagenicโthat is, they cause changes in DNA that may increase the risk of cancer
In fact I only steam everything I cook. Or eat the vegetables raw of course.
โ08-19-2017 12:03 PM
โ08-19-2017 12:55 PM
Thank you starting this thread.
"Plant-based" definition has so much wiggle room, it makes me sad
when people begin eating this way & continue to eat processed food,
and lots of oil...and even lots of animal products/byproducts.
Luckily I follow a low fat, whole foods, plant based protocol, so I know
it's the healthiest option out there.
I have been seeing more & more professional athletes changing to a
vegan/plant-based protocol to better their health & extend their
career. I believe Tom Brady had a HUGE influence, as well as
the Netflix film, "What The Health" and "Fork Over Knives".
People are starting to figure out animal products/byproducts are
not good for us on many different different levels. It's exciting to
have people finally figure out health is tied to our food!
Here are 2 NFL players who are making the nutritional change:
โ08-19-2017 02:31 PM
@hoosieroriginal wrote:I very rarely eat red meat, or chicken for that matter. Red meat just tastes weird to me. Occasionally, like once every 3 months, I do go have a hamburger because I'm craving the protein. Watch your D3 levels. My boss's daughter was a vegan and her dr said she had the worst vitamin D3 level he had ever seen. Congrats on your weight loss. I've watched Wendy Williams transform her body also going plant based.
Wendy's a pescatarian. Her son follows the strict plant based diet.
Her DH switches between the two.
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