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Name: Tom Height: 5'7" Starting weight: 241 (March 16, 2018) Current weight: 238.4 Goal weight: 185 Weight loss this week: 2.6 Total weight lost: 2.6 This week's successes: started healthier eating This week's challenges: did not start exercising as planned (work demands) 3/16 - 241.0 3/23 - 238.4

Congratulations to everyone who has kept this up to this point - very inspiring! I've just come across this thread and would like to be a late joiner. Starting weight: 241 Goal weight: 185 Current weight: 241 - just starting today with commitment to better eating and regular exercise Total weight lost: n/a This week's…

It's largely moot for me, but I wonder whether this is correct. Eating an egg and also eating a specific quantity of coconut oil or other fat would simply be an exercise in addition as you suggest. But in frying, the oil is distributed across the surface of a pan and only partially comes into contact with the egg, and in…

That makes sense, I should have been able to work that out! I think "white gravy" may be more frequently referred to, in Canada, as "country gravy", or perhaps that's just me. I have generally only heard of "gravy" - which is as deeply rich brown as possible - or "country gravy" which is the white or lighter colour gravy…

Congratulations snuggze on your success so far. I would echo the comments provided by chelseahatch24 and by janejellyroll relating to nutritional concerns. If you have comprehensively described what is in your salad (chicken, diced tomatoes, cheese), there may be a concern that you are not obtaining sufficient nutrition…

That is an awesome story to hear; thanks for sharing. I have announced all-out war against my recent diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes with the goal of reducing my a1c readings enough that I might over time wean off recently-prescribed Metformin (plus precautionary medication relating to cholesterol and blood pressure). It is…

I was recently diagnosed as diabetic, with a very high recent HbA1c number (10.4) and am now on Metformin, though at twice your dose. I had been noted in 2013 as pre-diabetic with an A1c number of 6, but was not prescribed anything other than a "lose some weight, tubby" - advice which I promptly ignored for years. You…

Thanks very much Bonnie! I bought one of the Thug Kitchen books (Thug Kitchen 101) last weekend and am looking forward to trying out its recipes (and taking a black felt pen to all the salty language - may need more than one felt pen). I will definitively give ohsheglows.com a try as well, thanks for the recommendation!

Thanks ihearmorevoices, I am intending to spend some time looking more closely at the nutritional composition of my intake, to make sure this manner of eating is healthy for me, and intend to focus on individual issues in turn. Iron is next on my list of things to look at, but your reference to B12 is a timely reminder. I…

Week 4: Down 2.6 pounds this week to 221.6, total of 15.8 pounds over first four weeks. This is faster than intended and going forward I would like, at my current (temporary!) weight, to keep it around 2 pounds/week, so perhaps my body is working toward that already. Over the past week, average daily calories of 1412…

thanks Iknewyouweretrouble, the McDonald's craving has passed. Craving take out Chinese food currently (sesame chicken, sweet and sour pork, and a mix of stale rice and MSG), but pretty sure I can ride it out. I took the easy way out with my first tempeh introduction - in a restaurant burger prepared by someone who…

Thanks Jenny, that is very kind of you!! lol! yep, I expect surroundings can certainly make adopting a plant-based, animal-free diet easier or harder. I believe Vancouver (BC, not WA) is quite vegetarian and vegan-friendly compared to other cities in Canada and compared to many cities in the States, and I expect that makes…

I can only assume from the fact that McDonalds has released a Big Mac Bacon sandwich only after I committed to a period of veganism that the universe hates me.... Week 3: Down 3.2 pounds this week to 224.2, total of 13 pounds over first three weeks. Enjoying the food and food preparation process. New restaurant this week:…

Week 2: My second week went well. First real craving yesterday (hypnotized by the golden arches) but otherwise not experiencing any particular challenge eating animal product free. Did experience a day of feeling quite spacey, which I think may have been related to weight loss related issues. Down 4.2 pounds this week to…

Thanks jessypug, Candace, I knewyouweretrouble and steffirox! I had not heard of vegan eggs and will look into whether Follow Your Heart VeganEgg is available in Canada - their website suggests it might not be, yet. I've tried daiya cheese on a vegan pizza from Panago once now (turns out daiya was developed here in…

Week 1: My first week consciously not eating animal products went easy-sneezy. Averaging 1809 calories per day, which were weighted more heavily toward carbohydrates (average of 82 g over the MFP default macro target for me), but close to my macro targets for fat and protein. Totally crushing my daily targets for fibre and…

thanks Iknewyouweretrouble, it's been easy-peasy for me so far (but then, the 200 or 300 diet starts I have made in the past have generally been super easy for the first week or two before disaster hits and I find out I have zombie-dialed Pizza Hut for yet another delivery). Too early to tell, but I believe I will be…

Kicking myself for forgetting Nuba, a Lebanese restaurant many of whose dishes are vegan.

I have started a list of some of the more obvious or prominent vegan or vegetarian restaurants in my area (Vancouver, British Columbia): the first four I have been to in the past and am looking forward to re-visit; the rest I learned about this week through a quick lookie-loo in The Google or from friends. If any…

Independent of the goal of remaining vegan for one year, I am also committing for 2017 to cooking more and eating way, way less tv dinners and fast food. I work downtown - theoretically 5 days a week but practically speaking, often 6 days a week - and almost everyday have something fast and awful from one of the three food…

thanks kzooyogi!. Wow, what an awesome looking site. minimalistbaker.com had me at the coconut green curry, by chance their current featured recipe. I am keen on doing more cooking in the new year (actually, ANY would be more than I usually do) and this looks like a great resource, thanks!

Thanks givesometogetsome! I am just looking into the iron issue, the differences between heme and non-heme iron, how to increase absorption, etc., and may post some links here down the road to any good articles on the issue in case it is of interest to anyone. I have never been a huge fan of tofu, but I am a complete…

Thanks janejelly roll, much appreciated! Interesting to learn that vegan toe-dipping has led to longer-term diet change for a number of you. I tried vegetarianism periodically on a few occasions over the last 10 years, but for some reason reverted back each time to an omnivore diet. I don't recall any particular reason -…

Thanks Sarko15! I could not agree more. I was a part of the food production system in a minor way in my youth and teen years: my earliest jobs were in small and medium scale commercialized farming, mostly poultry (broiler and layer farms, and some involvement with turkeys), including chicken catching (yes, a real thing!),…

Thanks litoria! By the way, I have already changed my mind. Not about engaging with veganism; I am still solid about that. But about my anticipation that not eating eggs will be the toughest for me. Nope, definitely going to be pizza (I love pizza, which has, in a very real and sad sense, helped to make me the man I am…

Vega makes vegan protein powder. I can vouch for the Vega One French Vanilla nutritional powder (note: it uses stevia, and I know some who do not care for that sweetner): https://myvega.ca/

I am starting the Whole30 approach again today. I went about three weeks through the 30 day elimination diet during October 2015: absolutely loved it, felt great, made my own mayonnaise and the other no sugar/dairy/grain/legume recipes, learned to be able to drink coffee black (though had to upgrade to Americano coffees to…

Fair enough, thanks!