I eat keto style - Low Carb, Moderate Protein, High Fat. Carbs are not my friend :-)... I get most of my fat from avocado, olive oil, butter, nuts, eggs and cheese. I do eat some meat and fish, but nothing like Paleo. I don't eat any fruit right now - when I eat fruit I gain weight, even if I am eating low calorie.

If you are eating at a calorie deficit daily and not losing weight you might need to drop the "bad" carbs -- those that have high glycemic index.

Hi there
Im a vegan so eat plant based, i have only just joined and am on a get fit get healthy routine x eat to live looks like a cool weight loss idea, just thought i would share x
warmest wishes fitzy

I am also a vegan. Please feel free to add me as a friend. I have been struggling for two years to lose weight. I have recently joined MFP and started an aggressive exercise program. I am also trying to cut out gluten. Any and all tips are welcome! Nice to know there are other plant based diet folks out there.

Eat To Live is a great diet - as long as you aren't insulin resistant, which I am - I can't eat fruit or starchy veggies - only green leafy.

For exercise, we are about the same age - I can recommend that you start slow so that you don't get injured. Maybe start out on a stationary bike or an elliptical machine. Then as you get stronger every few weeks add something else in, like maybe a Pilates class (for core strength) or working with some light kettleballs or weights.

If you go to a gym, they can probably help you with a plan to progress into various types of exercise. I rely on my personal trainer a lot !

Yesterday, I attended a talk given by Christina Pirello who hosts a PBS cooking show "Christina Cooks". She is vegan and has a very inspiring story.

Although I don't think I want to embrace a totally vegan lifestyle, I would agree that we include in our diet too much animal based protein in our diet and need to be more balanced with healthy choices of plant-based protein & carbs.

The talk was about how the quality of our food has changed since the 1940's and she offered some real eye opening information. I picked up a copy of her new book "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to eat it anymore!"

You may want to check out her website for more information. I don't have any affiliation just passing along info if you are interested.

Donna

Interesting stuff. I definitely have some input...

I was part of a study in undergrad on hypothyroidism and saturated fat. I love all food, so it was easy to ditch meat and go veggie for a couple months during the study. The veggie diet basically stabilized my blood work, which did support their hypothesis that we eat too much meat, and although fat in general keeps us fuller longer, the high amount of saturated fat is unnecessary! I wish I had a copy of the outcome/published paper, but I have no clue who to contact! It is out of West Virginia University.

Just the other day I watched Food Inc. and Forks Over Knives. My story: I love cheese...and could put sharp VT cheddar on pretty much anything (even my tooth brush...hehe)...more about diary later. After reading an amazing book by Anne Marie Corbin (sp?) and researching the clean eating/whole food movement, I am definitely interested. With a medical degree behind me, I learned that our teeth are truly made to chew animal protein...and our digestive system can handle the meat. We have to think about history too, though, and how little of the animal protein was actually being ingested. In the meantime we had to survive on legumes and veggies. Being veggie is fine, but don't kill yourself if you still prefer to eat meat. Dairy...is another topic. What other animal continues to drink milk as an adult or older child? NONE! On top of that, what animal drinks another animal's milk? NONE. Just us. Dairy is something that we really need to cut back on (insert issue of being a cheese addict!). Believe it or not, milk isn't too much help. I was a hardcore cold cold cold skim milk drinker, and now I don't at all. Milk actually reverses calcium absorption. It is so acidic that it takes all the fortification IN milk to replace what it's acidity has removed during digestion. So re-think your dairy intake...interesting!

So my plan is to load up on those veggies, moderate fish, extremely moderate dairy/no dairy and moderate grains/fruits. Hmm....