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I have been eating a plant based diet for 14 months now. Once in awhile I eat fish- typically if we're out somewhere and it's the healthiest option. I originally changed over due to my sister being diagnosed with MS, and researching the Swank diet. My mom has Rheumathoid arthritis, and I cut out even lowfat dairy out of…

No, I'll go look it up on Amazon. It has always annoyed me that while I eat healthier than most, and no more than most, I still struggle. The final part was this year. I gained weight while buying a house and moving, strictly from stress eating. But I gained more, even when I was done with that, walking 3+ miles a day,…

Well, for breakfast I often have a green smoothie - frozen banana, berries, some juice or water, and 2-3 cups of kale or spinach. I don't like a big breakfast so this is perfect for me, and normally around 300 calories. Lunch, I'll eat hummus, with celery and carrot sticks; or a huge salad. A salad might be baby kale,…

I don't know... I have been eating a mostly plant based diet, and should have been losing weight, but wasn't. In December I cut out wheat. I lost 10# in 10 days, and have felt better. I am keeping it out of my diet till June, and reevaluating... I will say cutting out meat, dairy, eggs, and gluten certainly makes for a…

Wow, I refer to myself as eating a plant based diet, not Vegan because I don't want to be put into a box. Judging people for not going 'all in' is not helpful to people making a choice. Which would you rather, people eat a plant based diet, and weather leather shoes, or eat meat 3X a day? I am more than happy with my…

You don't need a thicker skin. I think the hardest thing of eating a Vegan or plant based diet is listening to my friends and family, people I care about a lot, say they could 'never' do that, or ask how we can give up cheese, or bacon or whatever. Smiling, and explaining how flavor can be captured and cravings met in a…

I console myself with the knowledge they're killing themselves with their eating habits....

Best, most underrated restaurant in WDW is IMHO Artist Point. It's quiet, romantic, beautiful views, and spectacular food. The salmon is great! (and I'm from Seattle). Other places we have dined in no particular order: Tony's - Lunch. On par with Olive Garden. Peaceful and cute. The food was definitely edible and we had a…

Find a small Chinese restaurant, I've had excellent luck getting them to make any dish with Tofu instead of meat. It's not exactly healthy, but for a treat it's fine :) We had one next to my old house who made us a standard order of Cashew Tofu, Vegan Hot and Sour Soup, Kung Pao Tofu, and vegetable chow mein. It was…

I began eating a plant based diet a year ago. This year has been fascinating, amazing, and enlightening. 6 months before choosing to become plant based, we first switched to eating a pescetarian diet. Over a few months, we slowly cut down on fish. I use Happyhebivore.com for a lot of recipes along with ohsheglows.com, and…

Check out Donna Klein's cookbooks for Italian. They aren't fancy, but are really good solid recipes with amazing flavors. For people new to plant based cooking, I always make them something out of Happy Herbivore or Peas and Thankyou. Making comfort food taste good and healthy is awesome!

I just wrote a blog post about this. Look for a place that makes their own food, rather than gets it frozen. A lot of chains unfortunately don't prep their own food. GOOD choices: Red Robin (can do boca burger patties, take anything off salads) California Pizza kitchen (my FAVORITE! They even have a Vegan menu, and a lot…

I loved it when we went in June and so did my nephews. Our only complaint was we needed another day! Loved Mickey's fun wheel, and the whole ambiance. Soarin's que line was SO cool too, my favorite ride at Disney. It always makes me cry. I loved the wharf area too with the sourdough bread :)

This is really close to my base soup recipe I make every week. 1 qt container unsalted veg stock carrots, celery, onion, garlic, 1/2 C barley or brown rice 1 can or frozen container beans ---- Any of the following that I happen to have. I use all of my leftover veggies in this soup: kale spinach bell peppers chard…

^^^^^^ This. I make myself a huge pot of vegetarian soup every week on Sundays. Don't miss the meat at all.

Hello, I am an official Disneyholic :). I've been to Disneyland 3 times, twice as a kid, and then we spent 3 days there last June. Disneyworld, I've been to 3 times as well, in 1994, then 2009, and 2010 we went and stayed on site as my brother has a DVC membership. In June we're going back for 15 DAYS (!) We stay at the…

THANK YOU! You said exactly what I was about to type out! I'm sorry, most people don't know proper nutrition, or choose to teach it to their kids. They should, but they don't. And I am willing to bet a lot of people on this site fall into that category. It's hard to become 80 pounds overweight eating vegetables. I used to…

I love green smoothies too! They were one of my goals this year - make a smoothie every day I wake up at home. They make me feel great and I love getting extra veggies in in the morning. The first couple weeks, they can cause digestion problems, frankly we don't get enough fiber in our normal diets and these correct that.…

Churro! Actually though, Disneyland is FILLED with healthy food. Disneyworld not so much, but DL when I was there in May had fruit everywhere. You also walk a lot there (I walked 9 hours a day the 3 day we were there, and that's figuring in another 3 hours minimum spent in the park as well.) so the food issue isn't as…

Also Peasandthankyou is great, try Happy Herbivore's Apple Crisp Muffins, and her cheese sauce. SO GREAT! I use HH a lot for my basic cooking, she just came out with a new cookbook, Everyday Happy Herbivore which has great recipes in it, and her first has a lot of typical 'comfort' foods.

I LOVED meat too, I was eating French style cooking, eggs, butter, cream, all with a meat as the star. I became a Pescetarian cold turkey, and slowly weaned fish out of my diet for the most part. I did have fish the other day, but frankly it did nothing for me taste-wise. After watching FOK, I cut out all dairy and eggs…

Along with knowing that I'm logging everything, I also log them to make sure I'm eating enough of them! I want to see if I stall out and stop losing, what the reason is :)

My understanding (and it's based on what I've been told) is they have 18 months to lose the weight. After that, their body doesn't lose much anymore. Which would be the response of starvation. My question to you, is what is more important? Being thin, or being healthy? If you eat for health you will eventually lose weight.…

I am the same way. I've tried everything, and the only thing that has worked so far, and is working great is green smoothies. I take my food processor and throw in frozen fruit, spinach, or another dark leafy green, and enough water to process. I turn it on, feed the dogs, and by the time I'm done with making their…

I've been eating plant based for a little over 100 days. Was a Pescetarian for about 6 months before that. Love it! I do eat some junk food, working hard on cutting that out. We eat a lot of veggies, soups, stews and so on. My biggest problem is my bread consumption. I LOVE bread sigh. I aim to eat 2 cups of veggies…

Mine is open. I've been eating plant based (Vegan) for a little over 3 months now. Was Pescetarian for for several months before that. If you see something that has a title, feel free to ask me for the recipe and I'll send it on. I cook a lot at home, and then enter the recipes in.

Walmart has a light ranch (Marketside?) that is really low in cals. Going Vegan, my 2 biggest dreads were giving up bleu cheese and ranch dressing. I occasionally make myself a vegan ranch dip. For dressings for salads I really love Panera breads dressing I get at Target right now. With any though, no matter what the kind…

I make regular pasta of whatever kind, but I replace 50% of the noodles with veggies. Broccoli, spinach, carrots, squash, mushrooms, whatever I have on hand really. It tastes better, and cuts down considerably on the amount of actual pasta you're eating :)

When you say you hate veggies, are you talking canned veggies? Frozen? Fresh? My first suggestion would be to go to the store and buy some fresh baby carrots, some fresh salad greens (baby spinach, or mixed greens), a bell pepper (red or yellow) and just to mix it up throw some broccoli into the cart. Saute the broccoli…

I buy fresh veggies, and 50% fresh fruts/50% frozen. The only frozen veggies I buy are corn and peas. Stay away from prepackaged anything. My pantry consists of a wide variety of spices, canned tomatoes to make into sauces and soups, brown rice, beans, and barley, I buy all of those in bulk. I buy whole wheat pasta when on…