Plant Based

Hi Noella2017! So glad to meet some vegan at last. whenever I check some ketogenic diet or protein diets I always get at least some chicken recipes and wonder if there are many vegans around. Wel don't worry about losing fat, it's a lot easier than you feel. trust me i lost 11 lbs in 2 months without going on a low cal diet. add me as a friend to discuss further

Hello- I have been plant based for 3 weeks. I will try and send a request .

LittleBrownLamb wrote: »

Hey Noella2017! I'm just starting my WFPB journey. I'm SUPER excited about it. However, I live in a rural community in the south so everything is deep fried and farming is what keeps this county running. I've gotten some very funny looks when I've mentioned to friends that "If I can't grow it, I'm not eating it." From things I've read/documentaries I've watched/research I've done, I'm so mad at myself that I've polluted myself and my kids with processed junk. I mean you can clean a toilet with coke! Coke=Toilet Bowl Cleaner!

Congrats on starting your WFPB journey! It's crazy once you learn what exactly is in all the stuff you're used to eating. I used to be a Diet Coke FIEND a few years ago. Turns out the ingredient Aspartame (artificial sweetener) is a neurotoxin At least we can start taking our health into our own hands now.

Vegan here, I accept all friend requests and love supporting others!

Vegan trying very hard to stick to Whole Foods and strugglinggg. Why is junk so delicious?

I'm only a few days in to WFPB eating. It's amazing, and a little overwhelming! Just watched Forks Over Knives finally and man did that get my attention. Excited about this change!

I'm a vegetarian transitioning to vegan! Feel free to add me, fellow plant-eaters!

Vegan here. Feel free to add!

I have been vegetarian for about 15 years, on-again/off-again vegan (currently off-again). I'm so happy to see so many veg/vegans here! I've pretty much just started MFP and this is my first post in the community. Everyone feel free to add me - I would love to have some friends

I've been vegetarian for just over a year.

Hi I'm vegetarian at the moment, I have been making the change to vegan for the last 3 weeks. Feel free to add me people

Noella2017 wrote: »

Hello everyone! I've been on here on-off for a while and finally making the effort to stay on.
Anyone here plant based and need new friends? Vegan, vegetarian, and whole foods plant based are welcome.
I'm vegan myself on the journey to WFPB. I lack motivation to stay on track with whole foods and also need to lose weight.
Comment and send a friend request if you want me as your new vegan friend.

@Noella2017 staying on MFP seems to be helpful for every WOE (Way Of Eating) out there.

I just wanted to share my experience of the past few years as an old arrogant white male meat and potato eating type of guy. At the age of 63 my health was totally crashing hard and fast. I needed help getting in and especially getting out of cars and other daily stuff. In Aug of 2014 when the doctors wanted me to start injections in 90 days that would suppress my weak immune system even more so the alarm finally went off in my old brain. That was my wake up call if I wanted to live to see any potential grandkids since the kids were just 16 at the time that I had to make concrete rapid changes in my WOE.

After two months of failure at controlling my eating of highly processed carbs due to my overriding cravings and 30 days before I was to start Enbrel injections on a hunch I cut out all processed food that contained sugar and any form of any grain. 30 days later my 40 year pain level of 7-8 had dropped to 2-3 so I passed on starting Enbrel injections. Yes the first two weeks were hellish but then the controlling cravings just faded away and as of May 2017 have never returned and my health is much much improved today.

To fast forward through a ton of health improvements the major surprise to this old man came recently when I realized for the most part I had moved to a plant based way of eating just eating intuitively after I accidentally wound up eat Low Carb High Fat with LC in my case being just < 50 grams of carbs. I still eat some meat as in fish, pork, eggs and some dairy cream products but they are plant base fed even.

I took "weight loss" off of the table with my only objective be working to live to be 110 walking and talking the entire way. I have changed the way I eat, move and think and spin 20 hours most weeks researching longevity factors from around the world.

It turns out long term body inflammation is about the only factor that leads to human diseased states. I now monitor my CRP (C-Reactive Protein) levels. I take a ton of plant based supplements trying to rebuild my mitochondria count and their health.

As others have noted hitting the min required protein levels can require informed effort but other than that plant based diets seems to offer many pluses. When any way of eating turns into a Religion that must be crammed down the throats of others I call it a cult and tune it out.

Key I have found with most diets is if they make us mindful of health concerns we will evolve over time into intuitive eating in the way that is best for our own body.

Vegetarian here. I was vegan for about a year and then fell back into my old vegetarian ways. Looking to get back into being totally vegan again, I did feel much better when I was eating that way. Feel free to add me. I have never posted in the community so I'm new this portion of MFP.

it is vary nice to see so many people either living WFPB, or going to try. For simplicity sake, you can check out Dr. Greger's app "Daily Dozen". Very simple plan to help you meet you macros if that is a concern for you. For me, it is actually too much food. I have a hard time eating all that he recommends. You might want to check out his website also. Nutritionfacts.org. Lots of tips on how to ensure you are getting all your nutrition and essential vitamins in. He has hundreds of youtube videos. Anyway, I find for me that eating WFPB has eliminated all my cravings and desire to eat anything processed. Not only that, but the amount of money I save eating WFPB is insane. I maybe spend $25 a week on food. And that is probably overstating it. A bag of beans and a bag of brown rice is about $1.50 each and lasts me 2 weeks. 1 week if I can convince my wife to eat the same way. Probably the most expensive thing I buy is the nuts. Well, congrats to all of you making a healthy lifestyle decision.