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What an amazing story. You look fabulous and healthy.

All I can say, is hang in there. It does get easier. I have been plant based for almost two years, and I live in a house with four others who are not. At first it was really hard, but over time it has gotten easier. Planning ahead really does help. And I always carry my owns snacks and stuff with me when I am going to be…

You look amazing! Congrats on your huge accomplishment. Dont you feel like a brand new woman?

I am not smarter than peanut butter. I now use a measuring spoon and level it across with another spoon. I would prefer to just use and ice cream scoop and fill it all the way...

Haha, your disclosure made me laugh. I LOVE ALMOND milk. I am eating plant based, so I have not done regular milk in a long time, and have tried a lot of alternatives, but almond milk is by far my favorite. I also use the unsweetened kind that is 30 calories a cup. It is a a lot of tasty goodness for hardly any calories!…

I just wanted to add, giving up cheese was probably the hardest thing for me. I have found a vegan cheese called Daiya that is really good. It tasted good, and has the gooey stretchiness of cheese. I only eat it occasionally still, because it is much higher calorie than most other stuff that I eat. But it is good for stuff…

Hello! I weighed 338 pounds when I started, and I am a GIRL!! I went from the standard American night to nearly vegan overnight. Since then I have lost 123 pounds and I have never felt better. It was difficult at first, because I pretty much had to completely relearn how to cook and learn how to make eating at restaraunts…

I lost my first 50 pounds through diet change alone. When I began, I was not able to do a lot of exercise. But as I lost weight and started to feel better, I started exercising and gradually increased the amount I was able to do.

I have gotten rid of all of mine. As soon as they get too big, they are gone. The only thing is I wished I had kept one pair of my original size pants to use as a comparison now!

I eat this same thing all the time. It is not high calorie, and it is filling,nutritious, and yummy!

My son has riding lessons tonight, and we will be getting home kind of late, so it will be a quick simple dinner. Probably some brown rice and black beans, mixed together with a little salsa. One of our quick favorites!

Haha you look great, but the face you are making in the second pic is the best part!!

You look amazing. Congrats!!!!

Bananas,apples, ants on a log, almonds, peanuts,baby carrots, anything with peanut butter on it

My carbs are in excess of 200 almost every day, and I have lost a lot of weight. I have never worried about how many carbs I am eating, and it seems to be working out.

I use either water or low sodium veggie broth. I never realized it would be so easy to cook without oil! I went plant based a little over a year and a half ago, and I am loving it!

I switched to a plant based diet and started doing a lot of walking. I think it took me about 10 or 11 months to lose the first 100 pounds.

Congrats to you on your new way of thinking, and for the weight you have lost so far. Your attitude sounds very similiar to mine. I just decided that it was time to be healthy, and I am doing it! And for the first time, I am comfortable with the way I am doing it and expect this to be a lifelong way of life!

Walking has been my primary source of exercise during the whole process. Recently a lot of long distance hikes and some biking has been thrown into the mix. But almost all of my weight was lost by changing my diet and walking. When I first started, i could barely walk a mile. Now I regularly take 8 to 10 mile hikes in the…

If what you are doing is working for you, I would leave it alone. I have been on a plant based (vegan) diet since I started losing weight, and the biggest majority of my calories come from carbs. They are carbs from whole food, fruits and veggies, etc. But it has not slowed my weight loss at all apparently!

I think that doctors do not have a lot of training in nutrition. 1500 calories is way too few for you, and you are making good progress on your own doing it reasonably. I have a really good doctor that has been supportive of the way I have chose to lose weight(plant based diet). But even he does not seem to know a great…

I wish I found peanut butter disgusting, because I have a real self control issue with peanut butter!

From their website, this is the ingredient list in the fries: FRENCH FRIES Allergens: WHEAT AND MILK Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [Wheat and Milk Derivatives]*, Citric Acid [Preservative]), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (Maintain Color),…

It is true, like several others have posted, that going vegetarian does not guarantee weight loss. There are a ton of foods that are unhealthy and fattening, and still vegetarian. But the good news is, if you avoid the processed stuff, you can eat a LOT of fresh fruits and vegetables and still lose weight.

I went vegan in March of 2012. I have lost 121 pounds since then(and it is not 121 pounds of muscle that I lost, I assure you). It is a healthy way to live, but it does take some commitment. Society is not necessarily always welcoming, and it makes eating out more challenging. But it is worth it

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I have lived with IBS since I was a teenager. I have also been overweight since I was a teenager, and morbidly obese for a lot of that. In March of 2012, I decided enough was enough and it was time to get healthy. I completely changed the way I was eating, and threw in some exercise. SInce then I have lost over 100 pounds,…

My advice.... Dont do it. You can lose weight and learn better eating habits without starving yourself. That is just setting yourself up for failure.

I am 42, and when I started I weighed 338 pounds( and I am a girl!!!) But since I started in March of 2012, I am down 121 pounds and I feel like a new person. I still have a way to go, but I know that I will get there. It can be done, and it sounds like you have the determination to get there!!

Congrats to you, you look really good!!!