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baby peppers stuffed with hummus any veggie one ounce almonds or pistachios apples or pears

Go to FindingVegan.com great veggie meals. Click on the pic you like and it takes you to the site.

Check out JustBento.com for some great lunch ideas! So easy to make and take. I use a blue ice pack to keep it cool. Another idea is a crockpot lunch pot 19.oo at walmart. keeps food warm at work and no smell if you have an electrical outlet

Eggs and kale for breakfast. Oatmeal with milk and fruit for breakfast protein smoothie for breakfast Salad with Chicken or fish for lunch - lots of veggies chicken thighs prepared in crockpot with loads of veggies for dinners chili made with ground turkey over a small potato or sweet potato for dinner mini bell peppers…

I agree with Lighter weights with more reps. This is fine. You are working your way up. Start with form and work up.

You are doing walking/cycling. Can you lift small weights? What weight limits have your doctors set you at? For instance, if you can lift five pound weights you can do more reps. To build muscle you don't have to lift heavy. You can lift light and increase the number of reps. As your strength improves they will probably…

Poached egg over a tossed salad for lunch. The yolk makes the salad taste so good! I also love to take a roasted baked sweet potato hash with peppers, onions, etc. and top with a poached egg for dinner.

Tell yourself "I am a unique creation of the Universe. There has never been, nor ever shall be another me. Without me, the Universe would not be what it is in this moment. I exist because of this. Nothing or no one, can change this fact. My past has made my present, my future is up to me. I choose happiness over pain, joy…

Here is my two cents. Don't keep a trigger food in the house. If you have to have a trigger food you need to go out to buy it, you will have to get dressed, put on nice clothes, get in the car, drive to the store, buy it, come home and eat it in front of the other people there. That is the RULE! This is called a personal…

Up your weights on the strength training or up your reps if the weight is too much. There are ratios online for protein at your weight and you really should make sure you are getting adequate protein to add muscle. That would be the only thing to track. I am 5'2" and I leg press 350 4 reps of 20. Toe press 250 4 reps of…

Great news! Keep working at it and keep us posted on how things are going!

I would agree on the cycling. You use and build stabilizing muscles when you cycle. I had horrible pain in my left knee and added the cycling. Started in April by June I was completely pain free.

If you consider that the time it takes to do a 30 minute workout plus the 10 minute drive to and from you have about an hour. Is your health worth one hour a day to you? Get up early and do this for you. You will feel better, look better and get better results. When you feel better your entire family feels that. It is so…

Look up yummy sauce by chef aj. it is really great and can be used on other things like veggies, potatoes, you name it.

Overnight oats (tons of recipes online but watch the extras as they add up) Mini egg muffins breakfast tacos - many low calorie options out there and these can be made and frozen protein smoothes fruit salad with hard boiled eggs eggs and steamed kale

Hey Kendra! Look, just take the total from the new scale and use it as a loss, for one thing it is a motivator and for the other it has been a few days and you probably did lose if you are keeping under your numbers. You can do this girl! It is hard work, but so worth it, not only for health but for self esteem! A great…

You can make some really great nutritious meals from all this! You rock!

As a 62 year old weight lifting woman I can absolutely attest to you that you will not "bulk up". You will tone, you will get sleek, strong and fit, you will increase bone and muscle mass, and you will lose weight until you are where you should be, but you will not turn into a hulk. Get in that gym and lift to your hearts…

Egg whites - 1 cup of chopped kale or power greens with a teaspoon of seasoned rice vinegar and a half cup whites, nuked (it is good because the eggs are steamed), dash of rooster sauce fish: brushed with one teaspoon of miso and one teaspoon of pure maple syrup, place on parchment and baked

I made a goals poster for my office wall. When I feel demotivated I take a good hard look at it and I add a couple more items to the poster. Sometimes we need new goals, challenges and sometimes we need a reminder why we started in the first place.

A bag of dried lentils, brown rice, a box of old fashioned oats, a whole chicken (bring a pot of water to a boil, add chicken, bring back to a boil, turn off heat and cover, leave on burner for one hour, remove meat from bones, save broth for soups, done!), a bunch of celery, 2 onions, a bag of carrots, a large can of…

I have found it helpful to curb my sweet cravings by drinking lemon water. Something about the lemon stops the craving for me.

I weight lift and I have an apple pre-workout and a protein shake post. I found the apple is just enough carb and sugar to give me the energy to do my workout at 7 in the morning. I am losing doing this.

Check out sites : Hillbilly housewife and 5 dollar dinners. They both have helpful information.

I use Torani pumpkin pie sugar free syrup in my homemade coffee in fall. You can buy it online from Torani or amazon.

You can do it! Don't rely on measuring cups/spoons. Use a scale for everything. I was shocked to find that oatmeal (label said 1/2 cup (90 grams) was way over 90 grams by half cup measure. 90 grams didn't fill the half cup. Lesson learned. Now I weigh everything and am finally losing. No more measuring cups!

Instead of grocery store frozen lean meals try looking for a local "fresh meal" service. Here in NC we have a place called clean eatz that supplies a weeks worth of healthy pre-prepared meals in easy to heat containers made with fresh ingredients. Most cities have places like this. It is healthier if you don't have time to…

I suggest you go to the vegetarian resource group site and check out their post "protein in the vegan diet" it shows easy ways to get the required daily protein amounts. Also, black beans, pinto beans, seitan, tofu, tempeh, soybeans and lentils are high in protein. Even spinach has protein.

I love to have an egg over a cup of steamed baby kale with a splash of balsamic vinegar for breakfast. Yummy and filling!