Dgil1975 Member

I think the fact that your eating whole food plant based may help, and most of the well known doctors that a poplar in the plant based community claim you do not need to count the calories. I’m newer to that lifestyle, so I feel comfort in counting calories as it helps me understand the density of calories in my new diet,…

This is bad advice, it’s great keto works well for you, and I congratulate you on your most recent weight loss. But I would never blatantly say one way is better than the other, even if I felt strongly about it. As well CICO failed once you started eating more calories than you were burning, and the same thing will happen…

A lot of good advice in this post.

This is pretty much my go to, except with ground flax in place of the chia. Load it with berries and you have a delicious starter to the day.

Amazing work, definite inspiration for anyone on this board

Packed and prepped cooler for food during the day for work Buy fresh produce every 4-5 days a week Started exercising again

I’ve seen quite a bit of stuff on you tube with sample groups going to a whole food plant based diet, and seeing amazing results. It was so impressive that I adopted it myself(still can’t believe that lol), I was not diabetic, but had high blood pressure and high cholesterol that it lowered drastically in a few weeks. Do…

Just to echo, I think there are many great offerings of advice on here. I agree that it really does come down to lifestyle change and not dieting, as diet is a temporary action to meet a long term goal, which turns into a temporary action with temporary results. Don’t beat yourself up on falling off, the most important…

I echo the other sentiments. Firstly you don’t need to be hungry while on a calorie restriction, it starts with proper balanced food choices. As well starting out on a diet with such a horrible starting point will more often than not lead to failure, even if it’s after temporary success. The solution is simple, eat a…

Welcome, congrats on the baby girl, and good luck on your journey. The one thing that caught my eye in your post was you can’t afford to eat heathy. I would search you tube, there are a bunch of videos posted by people who have made healthy living there careers, and they actually record visits to the grocery store to show…

I think this is really depends on the person. At the end of the day it comes down to calories in and calories out. Sweets just make it more difficult and will lead to a hungry spot in the day you consume. I tend to avoid, just because it’s a real weakness of mine, and I feel like it would be a slippery slope for me. But…

I just got back from an all inclusive type vacation, the first couple days I really was trying my best to stick strictly to my normal eating habits, as time went on I would say I ate right about 70% of the time, but avoided all sweets(real weak spot for me). End result, I had a blast, gained back 5lbs and got back to…

Going from a physical job, to more of a management desk job, was the starting point. But ultimately it was poor diet decisions that I always had, but were covered up by a lot of physical activity from work. 7 years ago when my job changed I was 195-200, and four months ago I topped out at 260. So every year I was putting…

My list is similar to everyone else. I have been using MFP for a few years, but only recently started looking at the community. I think my first piece of advice would be to use this community as a resource and support, as there are a lot of great people on here with common goals, and no judgements, and wisdom to share.…

Looks like your hands are tied now, going forward I would recommend keeping canned beans and lentils on hand( low sodium) as they can cook in 10 minutes and give you that protein fix your after.

Seems like this has been well answered, but my two cents is that people are putting way to much focus on protein. I’m 6’ tall, and 229lbs male, I’ve taken up a plant based eating for health reasons only. I generally eat 80-120 grams of protein a day, depending on if I lifted weights. The rest of my diet is about 15%…

I guess I should have went a step further to clarify that it is not sustainable for people looking to lose weight, and then maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle. Technically I could eat vegan and eat 1800 calories of potato ships everyday. I will lose weight, because I am creating a deficit, however I will not be able…

This exact thing happened to me on November 10, 2018. Diagnosed hypertension, and undetectable cholesterol due to my triglycerides, and a B-12 level that hardly existed. Left the office with three scripts for BP, cholesterol and B12, as well as a focus to get back to a healthy body. This scare at age 43 was the trigger I…

Like yourself I am new to plant based diet, and decided to do so after I was diagnosed with hypertension, and extremely high cholesterol. I have been following this dietary change for about 6 weeks , and it has been absolutely life changing for me, as my hypertension is gone, and my cholesterol is back to a normal level.…