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I'm 5.6" and was about 150lbs. My goal was to lose about 20lbs and be down to 130. I decided to focus on losing body fat instead of just weight. After 6 months of keeping track of my calories and a lot of strength training I only lost 12lbs but my body fat percentage went from 30% to 18% and I've gone from a size 10 to a…

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A really good tip for making your own salad dressing is grate some onion or shallot right into your salad bowl, add some sort of acid (vinegar, lemon) and some salt. Let these sit while you chop the rest of your salad ingredients. Finish off your salad dressing right in the bowl by adding some Dijon mustard and some…

THis is completely false, there are plant based ways to get B12 if you actually do some research and eat a varied diet. I am Vegan, take no supplements and have no issues with protein, iron and B12 defficiencies. It's a total marketing gimmick to say that eating meat is the only way to get complete nutrition, if you look…

I went straight to vegan myself and didn't expect my husband to join me although I wasn't cooking seperate meals so out of laziness he just naturally started eating mostly vegan himself. After about 6 months he was about 30lbs down, full of energy and has recently decided he'd rather be vegan full time as well.

Many people worry about the affect that soy milk has on our hormone levels. I would think that the massive amount of hormones and steroids they inject into dairy cows to make them produce more milk also has an affect on our hormone levels. I'll drink soy milk over cows milk but on a regular basis almond milk, rice milk or…

I'm a Vegan and generally have not had a problem getting adequate protien. I also lift heavy and have been able to cut my body fat in half while still adding lean muscle while eating a vegan diet. If you have enough variety in your diet, you will get enough protein. If you don't like oatmeal for breakfast try quinoa…

Whenever I make some sort of curry I have to have spaghetti squash with it! Usually I'll make a thai curry with coconut milk full of veggie's and eat it with spaghetti squash or I'll make and indian curry with chickpeas. The spaghetti squash is so good covered in all the creamy curry sauce!

I'm vegan so I make this all the time as chocolate mousse. It's delicious! I puree it in the blender with some cocoa powder, melted dark chocolate, agave syrup, some vanilla extract and a sprinkle of cinnamon. You can't tell the difference between this and traditional chocolate mousse.

I'm a Vegan and I have no problem meeting my protein requierments. Quinoa and Soy are the only plant based complete proteins. I eat a lot of quinoa but also try to avoid soy products since they are often gentically modified and full of additives. I do usually eat tofu or tempeh about once a week, you can find non-GMO and…

Black Beans in a cilantro, lime sauce, with coconut rice. Yum!!

You can't go wrong with brown rice and beans! I'm vegan and this is a staple. It doesn't get boring cause I find yummy ways to jazz it up. Mexican of course, add some corn avacado cilantro and salsa Mediteranean add some pine nuts olives sundried tomato and artichoke Asian add broccoli carrot bean sprouts mushroom and…

I'm about the same build and this calorie intake was good for me at first. I always made sure that I ate back at least 1/2 of my excersise calories though. So although your wife's calorie intake is set at 1200 if she works out that much she should be regularly eating more. Depending on how intense her workouts are probably…

If you have a microwave and you like oatmeal do what I do. Take 1/2 cup of rolled oats (not instant), 1 cup of either milk, water or non-dairy milk ( I usually use almond milk) Mix in whatever you like in your oats ( honey, raisins, cinnamon, etc...) Mix it all together in a tupperware container the night before. Let it…

ALKALINE..... not ATKINS.....two entirely diffirent things. Having an alkaline system is all about your insides being at their proper PH level. Which makes sense everything has a proper PH level for optimum function. With all the junk we put in our bodies on a regular basis it throws the PH levels off. If we have a proper…

Before I serve myself dinner for the night I alway pack away some in a tupperware container first. That way I don't tempt myself to have seconds at dinner plus I don't have to worry about packing a lunch the next morning.