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Wow! You look so great! Congrats on your success and for having the courage to post your pictures. You are very inspiring :flowerforyou:

You look amazing! And you have a beautiful smile Congratulation on all your success!! Also, Go Big Red! :)

Thank you for the reply. I have 38 lbs to lose. I've lost 2 lbs in 7 weeks so far. That is eating the 1200 calories per day (only over for 1 or 2 days in that time period) and doing strength training for 30 min, 3x per week, and cardio for a total of about 105 min per week. I wasn't sure what you meant, though, by lifting…

I joined about a month agao and I love it! It was absolutely the right thing for me. As a previous poster mentioned, I'd tried everything and nothing seemed to stick. I like that it's all planned out for me, and I don't have to remember what machine to use or what weight I need to use, etc. I can't say enough good things…

You look great - so beautiful!! Congrats on your accomplishments.

You look great and have accomplished so much! Your updates really help keep me focused, so thank you for being so dedicated and encouraging. :)

I'm 5'0" and weighed 95-105 my entire adult life until the last few years when I put on a lot of weight!!! I started at 155 & lost a couple of lbs but it took a long time. Joined MFP a 6 weeks ago and have lost a lb a week. I would be happy at 105-110. Good luck to you!

I use a polar F6 watch with a chest strap. It's been the best workout tool I've ever purchased!

These sound great, thank you!

That is awesome!!! I'm going to check out that article for if/when I hit a plateau. Congrats on the loss!

Welcome! I'm so happy I found this site almost a month ago. Not only is the tool great, but the people I've "met" are so helpful and nice. I read a quote not that long ago that said, "Why would you choose failure, when success is an option?". We can all choose the option to succeed at this, especially given the tools and…

I love it! PB used to be my thing but I can't tell you the last time I had it. Not with almond, sunflower and cashew butter in my pantry.

Oh, I also forgot to mention, I just started reading a book called Becoming Vegan (seeing your thread title reminded me). It was recommended to me by others who are switching to a vegan diet. Feel free to friend me if you want support! :)

I am a recent vegetarian (working on moving to vegan by eliminating cheese, although live2dream's post may have helped push that along LOL). I have to say, I switched to eliminating meat, eggs, and all dairy but cheese literally over night. I didn't eat a ton of meat to begin with, and never loved most dairy products, so…

For dinner tonight I had a "mexican pizza" with refried beans, cheese, salsa, and avocado on a flour tortilla. I often have rice bowls with rice, beans, veggies, etc (like Chipotle but made at home). Stir fry. Those are my go-to fast dinners.

I need to try this sometime! What do you do with the remaining almond pulp?

The zest is the yellow part of the skin, and has a lot of flavor. It's best to use a zesting plane to get it off, which you do lightly so as not to get any of the white pith, which is bitter. You could use lemon juice, it won't be as strong of a flavor, but it would work.

I love this picture!!

I second jdhosier's advice. He (the guy who made "Fat Sick and Nearly Daed') also has a website that guides you through the juice fast, no matter how long you decide to do it, and helps you with what to eat as you start back with solid food. I think I'm going to give this a try later in the year. The website is…

Nutritional yeast has become a staple in my diet. Check out peasandthankyou.com and her recipe for Mmmm Sauce. I use it on veggies, rice (bowls), as a dip. It's so good.

Another good website (blog) is choosingraw.com

larabars If you go to their website and you click on a flavor, they show you a picture of each ingredient (apples, walnuts, etc). How many food companies can show you pictures of ingredients that you'd actually recognize! :smile: That said, there have been many online recipes to make your own larabars-type bars

Congrats on your success so far!!! Truly amazing and inspiring. :happy:

I'll send you a friend request. I'm a recent vegetarian (August), working my way towards vegan.

I'm sorry that happened, it must be really frustrating. But don't let it detract from how far you've come, or derail your efforts! I agree that you should stop weighing yourself everyday, it will drive you batty! :smile: Here is an article that might help, called "why the scale lies"…

You are going to have to change your screen name, because you look amazing!! WTG :happy:

You look amazing and so pretty! WTG!!

Wow, you had great results! I need to dust off Jillian and get back at it. I'm just not looking forward to how sore I'll be

You look great, Kelly! WTG!!

Wow, that is amazing success! :happy: