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Diane Nelson - 05 May 2004 04:18 GMT

Good news group.

I got my food budget ready and I have a good amount of money to shop with.
I'm getting lots of fruit and veggies.

No skipping meals any longer.

Going to use my weight watchers cookbook and also look on line for healthier
meals.

Going to try to cut out the fats from my eating.

My fiance' and I were talking tonight and we are sick of meat. I never
thought we would go vegetarian, but it might be good to try for a bit. We
both want veggies and fruit.

We also have some wild rice along with cook book. I have a lot of it
actually so I'm going to make a lot of those dishes this month also.

I have received such good advice here. I thank you all.

Tomorrow I'm going to try to get to the clinic in town here to weigh in. I
don't have a good scale. The clinic informed me that I can come in anytime
and weigh in. So I'll try to let you know if I lost anything since I've been
posting here.

I read this group everyday now.

How did you guys learn so much? Is there a good site on the web for learning
about healthy eating? If so please post it for me.

I'm buying the Tony Robbins book "Awaken the great giant". He is a
motivational speaker. I got it off ebay. I'm going to look for much more
from this author and speaker.

I'll let you know once I read the book if I would recommend it or not.

Dianne

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determined - 05 May 2004 05:05 GMT

> Good news group.
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> I'll let you know once I read the book if I would recommend it or not.

There are some great sites to learn from, and I'd strongly suggest reading
everything you can at http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html. This site is
a great wealth of info for EVERYONE regardless of sex who is interested in
learning about being fit and healthy. But mostly, we have learned by
hanging around here, asking questions, and reading other people's stories.
I've been here since 2000 off and on!

det

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Lictor - 05 May 2004 07:52 GMT

Hi :) And congrats on what you have been doing so far. :)

> Good news group.
>
> I got my food budget ready and I have a good amount of money to shop with.
> I'm getting lots of fruit and veggies.

Good news. :) You managed to get some extra money to afford these?
Since you like fruits and veggies, remember to also buy stuff that you like.
;)

> Going to try to cut out the fats from my eating.

Careful with not overdoing this. You do need some fats, because they are
essential nutriments (vitamins, essential fatty acids) and they provide good
satiety. They also tend to slow down the carbs you eat, which might help if
you have troubles with your glycemia. Good fats seem to do a lot for skin
health, and this is an important point when losing weight.
You might try switching to healthier fats though, like cutting drastically
on industrial fats (trans fats - the one labelled as "partly of fully
hydrogenated oils" that you will find everywhere, from margarine to
industrial cookies) and somewhat on saturated fats (though butter is not
unhealthy) and replacing them with some healthy fats (virgin olive oil,
walnut oil, *cold extracted non deodorized* colza oil, fat fish, nuts...).
Then, you can cut a *little* on overall quantity.

> My fiance' and I were talking tonight and we are sick of meat. I never
> thought we would go vegetarian, but it might be good to try for a bit. We
> both want veggies and fruit.

Be *very* careful if you decide to switch to a vegetarian diet. It's a lot
more involved than just cutting the meat. Switching to semi-vegan diet,
where you only cut the red meat but still eat eggs, dairy, fish and chicken
is not a problem at all. I guess you could also cut the chicken as long as
you keep all the rest. But if you decide to do more than that, you have to
*work* at getting enough proteins. And not only enough in quantity (like 75g
a day), but also in quality. Many vegetal proteins are not complete, they
don't provide all the essential amino-acids your body needs, and lacking
even one of them is very dangerous. Uusually, vegans have to combine a
precise cereal (whole rice, whole wheat) and a precise legume (beans, soya)
to get everything they need. Then, you have to compensate for whatever
you're not getting through meat (vitamins, minerals). So, if you want to do
that, you will need to seek competent information (books, associations...).

> Tomorrow I'm going to try to get to the clinic in town here to weigh in. I
> don't have a good scale. The clinic informed me that I can come in anytime
> and weigh in. So I'll try to let you know if I lost anything since I've been
> posting here.

Good luck :)

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Ignoramus24994 - 05 May 2004 14:24 GMT

do not overlook cabbage. It is a very cheap vegetable, full of
vitamins, nutrients, and fiber. Also stores very well.

A salad made simply from shredded cabbage, some oil and salt, is
pretty good.

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Patricia Heil - 05 May 2004 14:39 GMT

Be careful about going without any animal products.
They are the only natural source of vitamin B12,
which contains cyanocobalamin. It prevents
pernicious anemia.

Also be careful about iron. Humans absorb the
iron from animal products better than they absorb
it from plant products. Iron prevents iron deficiency
anemia. If you are having normal montly experiences,
being low on iron is going to hurt your health.

You will also have to make sure to consume
whole grains, legumes, and nuts every day. Your
body cannot manufacture all its essential amino
acids from plant products, you must ingest 8 of
them. A four ounce serving of any kind of meat
contains all 8 amino acids. Some plant products
lack some of them.

BTW I recently learned that peanuts are legumes,
not nuts, so lay in a stock of walnuts, hazelnuts, etc.
if you really go without meat.

> Good news group.
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> Dianne

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