EAT TO LIVE - any followers

I am about on day four too! So far I am loving it!

I tried it and it was ok, but I started to get muscle cramps because I believe my body was not getting enough of what it needed. It was a lot of food to eat and I ate as much as I could. I tried it twice and had the same result. So I am not doing it anymore. I do try my best to get a lot of fruit and veggies in.

I don't always live to eat, but when i do i make sure to:

I just started it this week. I have not been 100%, but still very close. Unfortunately, I have been steadily gaining. I'm not sure why other than eating too many nuts? I haven't been tracking my calories or following the menus laid out in the book. What I have been doing is mixing and matching the meals based upon what I have in the house after spending almost $200 to stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables at Costco, Trader Joe's and my supermarket. We have already gone through a lot of the produce we bought. I had a lot of soup from day one and have had that the past few nights for dinner and the pita for lunch. I love the smoothies and so does my son, who is following a modified version. My son has lost 3 pounds so far and has not suffered any energy loss.

Has anyone bought a membership on his website? Bought the cooking DVD?

I don't always live to eat, but when i do i make sure to:

I think a couple of years ago I'd have pulled up a chair, but after 2 years of ETL 80 ish% following sometimes more and now maybe less, I can NOT eat greasy food like that! It isn't that I'm too "good" for that, it is that all I taste is grease and salt! I don't like it anymore! Even oil and vinegar salad dressing is too much sometimes! Unfortunately sugar is still awfully attractive to me. I have a ways to go. Animal products make me feel tired, sluggish, give me joint pain, and my eyes are very dried up in the morning when I wake up. Not to mention my face and hands are swollen and I feel like crap! My body wants em to eat to live! Thank you body! = D I'm so happy I was given the ability to be able to change and recognize it as a good thing for my over all health!

I have been on ETL since March and love it! I was a junk food veg and now I am a Greenie! I stumble daily and I learn from each and every one! I love Dr. Fs site and have found a number of discussions in the Forums that really keep me motivated! Like The Healing Garden...we support each other unconditionally. One woman has lost 120 lbs! With 20 more to go.

I also frequent fatfreevegan.com for excellent pro ETL recipes. And the Yahoo Group ETL is especially helpful with food and recipe questions.

If I feel at all weak, I watch anyone of a number of vegan documentaries on Netflix to boost me back up! I want to eat well but I also do not want to harm animals for food.

Real Life Saving Successes:
I am down 2 sizes, with that nasty mid section shrinking daily
I halved my BP med
I dropped pain meds for arthritis
I dropped Nexium for GERD
I never have stomach aches after eating...previously this was common
I left behind cravings for diet soda, bread, processed food, oily stuff, salty stuff. I took on a challenge a week from December to March.
I attended a picnic at my uncles last week and NONE of the crappy food called to me! YEAH! I ate my healthy greens and veg burger!
My complexion has really changed for the better and the puffiness under my eyes has disappeared.
BTW, I am 61, ride my horse every day, hike with my dog. In 2000 I had what I now know was a preventable heart attack. I was 48. Because of the scar tissue, I probably will need an implanted defibrillator in case I have tachycardia.

I hope my experience will encourage you to study all the mentioned books and documentaries, drop your trigger foods and get on with life! For me, Dr. F's background and nutritional expertise is 100% reliable. Finally I have a clear path forward. His Eat for Health lays out three plans to get you closer to Eat For Life. I am never "perfect" but I am always improving.

With much love,
Dawn

I just started it this week. I have not been 100%, but still very close. Unfortunately, I have been steadily gaining. I'm not sure why other than eating too many nuts? I haven't been tracking my calories or following the menus laid out in the book. What I have been doing is mixing and matching the meals based upon what I have in the house after spending almost $200 to stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables at Costco, Trader Joe's and my supermarket. We have already gone through a lot of the produce we bought. I had a lot of soup from day one and have had that the past few nights for dinner and the pita for lunch. I love the smoothies and so does my son, who is following a modified version. My son has lost 3 pounds so far and has not suffered any energy loss.

Has anyone bought a membership on his website? Bought the cooking DVD?

I have a membership that gives me access to the teleconferences, but not ask the doctor. I am purchasing the 10 DVD set for Immersion for $99 as it was recommended by a number of online friends. I just flood myself with the info daily!

so happy you are turning your son on to good eating. My grown kids were raised healthy vegetarians and now they are healthy vegans as it my grand daughter! No one has trigger foods, cravings or food addictions! it stopped with me.

I,did read one Heads Up from Chef AJ who tried to eat everything she put in her morning smoothie.,She couldn't eat it all. that was why her calories were high. Once corrected ... eliminating the smoothie....she lost her final 30 lbs. I only have a Brazil nut (selenium) and a couple walnuts (Omega 3) for nuts, but always add a T of seeds to salad or anything raw to assure I,get all the nutrients.

I keep starches to 0-1 servings because I find them to be trigger foods for me. McDonagal would send me to the moon!

With summer I enjoy large mixed green salads with some additional veg and a homemade dressing or watered down hummus for ALL meals! If you had showed me a video of this in March, I would have said that just won't happen! the focus on greens seems to diminish cravings and retrain my taste buds. Perhaps because it is so much Fiber? I really try to chew chew chew!

I,routinely spend $50-70 per week at the local organic farm where I try to get most of my produce. Then Trader Joes, then Whole Foods as my last resort store! Rancho Gordo sends me heirloom beans every three months now that I have a pressure cooker.....that I LUV second only to my Vita Mix!

I keep avocados to a minimum too, like one quarter is a serving. although we don't count calories, you may just want to check,them here on MFP. Maybe that will give you some insight?

Dawn

Thanks for the advice. I didn't see this before my last post. I need to change my settings so newest posts are first.

Sav