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p.s. this is the book that the previous poster was talking about: http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Vegan-4-00-Day-Conscious/dp/1570672571

I'm in college too, following a primarily vegan diet, and what I have to say is... SALAD!! When we don't have any money (which is basically the second half of every quarter) i just depend as heavily as I can on fresh veggies... if there's a coop near you, they usually have a reduced bin, where they throw stuff that is…

hmm... i haven't taken a "day off" yet... but i've only been at this for a week and a half, so... hah! i did my best... it was tacos, and like i said, i'm still learning what has high calories-- this might be stupid but i had NO idea how caloric alcohol was! and the avocados... and the beans... and corn chips!! woah!…

oh!! so happy to be here!! we eat pretty simply but i'm really looking forward to sharing some recipes here... i was JUST wishing for a recipe swap, thanks for pointing me in this direction, OP! lunch today... well, it was so freaking good i can't even get over it. i know i'm easy to please when it comes to fresh veggies,…

yay! i'm so glad you like that song... sometimes a song just gets stuck with me and becomes my theme song for a while... that's one of them...

is it with a non profit, or a church group, or what? it sounds like so much fun! do you know what part of the country you'll be in?

Hey, what are you doing in Nepal?! I've been there 6 times!! My mom used to say that there are two ways to lose weight in Nepal: the Kathmandu diet (which involves sketchy street food followed by antibiotics and a few miserable days hugging a toilet) and the Everest diet (which involves dragging your butt up the Khumbu:…

yay! i think we should all keep track of each other!! i love the idea of not having to explain my protein to people... also, can we post links here? I found this the other day and while i'm not vegan anymore (we eat happy chicken eggs and goat cheese at our house), it still made me really happy...…

are there any more vegetarians out there? maybe we could do a recipe swap or something!

Thanks, guys. I'll get a hrm, that's a great idea, and I didn't know about it before.

...and I ate my first pack!! it was such an adventure! hah!

I don't know why this is helping me, but... I've been filling out my diary BEFORE eating... it's really helping me figure out how much wiggle room I have, and then if i'm feeling hungry, it's always fun to be like, 'oh! i have this and this left to eat today...'- or 'oh, i have 300 calories left, even with dinner planned!…

Rachael, I know just what you mean. my husband is counting calories on this site too, and his recommended calorie intake per day is 3600! He's trying to gain, I'm trying to lose... and my kids eat like wolves. So... I hear you!

It was sort of a lot of work, yeah... but it was a FUN lot of work! I wish i could do this for a job on the side... Hippie Mystery Snack Packs... hah! they are definitely economical, for sure... I'm glad you guys liked my idea!! I didn't know if it was too dorky for the forum... hah...

yes... definitely don't want to start any more fights (i hit another hot button topic yesterday... vegetarianism... oops!). just wanted some clarifying direction with the calorie counting stuff. i'm so please to have found the sodium and sugars tracker...

Awesome! I didn't know about the sodium tracker. That's so great- I'm sure lots of folks are over on sodium consistently... I love me some sea salt, for sure. And yeah... the wonky thyroid... she needs her own thing. I just try to stay away from brassicas and eat lots of seaweed... (of course I had onions AND cauliflower…

Thanks :) I guess I'll do a little more independent research into the 1200 calorie thing. I'm pretty curious about how that number was calculated. And I'm really not much of a junk food eater... thankfully! I wish this site logged sodium and glycemic index, too... that would be so awesome.

I drink 16 oz of tea with a tablespoon of honey. so yummy, my sweet treat every day...

Thanks! I'm looking forward to this project!! This is only my second day of calorie-counting, but it's so fun!! And easy, too, with this website.

I'm being sincere. i've only been sincere.

You're right, it was my choice of wording that began this whole conversation. I didn't intend to imply that I was having trouble feeding them, and I wasn't asking what to feed them; I was asking for ideas on how to feed myself appropriately within the construct of their diet... but I can see how it might have been…

gaah. ok. i wasn't going to respond to this personally, but enough is enough. i used inflammatory language in my initial posting title- i see that now. for someone who is already predisposed to anti-vegetarian sentiments, my using the term "starving" to describe my kids is only going to add highly flammable fuel to a fire…

hah! yay! a united veggie front. I like it.

Thanks for the support, Britney :) I'm sure she had the best of intentions, even if she didn't phrase her concerns in a gentle way.

And thanks so mcuh for everyone's concern about my kid's diets, though, all of you. I am very, very careful about their nutrition- our pediatrician and the office dietitian are both very impressed with their physical health and their diet. I do appreciate the concern- I know that a vegetarian diet can be extremely…

I think I've been a little confusing... I don't drink protein shakes. my kids do occasionally and my husband does as often as we can think of it- if he doesn't get a huge amount of calories and protein every day, he gets migraines- he's 6'0 and vacillates between 150-160, and it's so hard to keep the weight on him! I think…

Don't worry about being nosy! And thanks for the opportunity to clarify. My kids eat three square meals, plus two healthy, well-rounded snacks every day, which sometimes (if they're really hungry between meals) include protein shakes- I don't mean that i'm feeding them only protein shakes and olive oil!! hah! And they're…