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Hi Frosty Girl, A couple of my favorite vegan cookbooks are Appetite for Reduction by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, 30 Minute Vegan by Mark Reinfeld and Happy Herbivore by Lindsay Nixon. Also, Amazon has a list of best selling vegan cookbooks that you can find here!…

Hi Vaani, welcome to the group! Changing ones diet can be difficult for families to accept. They raised you one way and don't understand why you feel that way is "not good enough". At least that has been my experience. I was raised eating meat and when I initially became vegan about 5 years ago, my family did not…

Hi Leigha! I love the spelling of your name. :) I wish I had happy hens nearby to get eggs from! I have a similar lifestyle to you so I know the feeling of exhaustion in the evenings. After work and after I take care of the animals, prepare meals and do whatever else needs to be done, I'm ready for some R&R! I have been…

Hi Heather, so glad you joined! I hope you will the group a useful tool and supportive community! Your puppies are adorable! Good luck to you with your goals. I had a friend in a similar situation. She was trying to conceive for about a year and half and it was until she saw a naturopath that suggested specific diet…

Sounds yummy!

Thanks for the tips! I'm trying to be vegan for the moment, but when I was vegetarian (last week, lol) I also did the greek yogurt every morning and it really helped to boost my protein for the day. I was getting close, but still not quite hitting the mark. I think I use up to many calories with fruits for snacks in…

Hi all! Join the Vegetarian & Vegan group I started to create a veg community on my fitness pal. A place to share and seek out advice from people with similar diets! http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/105865-vegetarians-vegans

Also, join my veg group on my fitness pal! Check it out here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/105865-vegetarians-vegans

I would recommend reading The Kind Mama by Alicia Silverstone. I am not pregnant yet but I am currently reading it so that I will be prepared when I do get pregnant. Tons of useful information and very educational.

I am in the same position.. vegetarian, mostly vegan for five years and at my highest weight ever. my goal right now is to stick with vegan food and to cut out unhealthy snacking. Also I know many people that are overweight and vegetarian. Often you fill the need for nutrients that you're feeling with sugars/carbohydrate ..

I will start us off! My name is Jalyn and I live in Detroit, Michigan. I loooove animals and have 3 dogs named Cooper, Abs & Walt. My goal is to lose about 25lbs and to get super healthy! My husband and I would like to try for children soon and I want to be as healthy as possible when I get pregnant. I hope that's not TMI!

Hello! I'm 5'8 with a current/start weight of 165 and my goal weight is 140. I just got started on this 3 days ago so I have a ways to go, but I have the motivation now to get it done!

Good luck to you on your goal of 3 miles!

Yay, I'm also in! My goal for this month is to walk on my lunch break 4 days per week. Today I walked 2 miles in 30 minutes. Good luck to all on their walking goals!

Love your hair!

Yes, me! August 29th! Happy planning to you :)

Jalyn Age: 30 5'8" now: 159 goal: 130 General health and I'm getting married in August 2014 I feel unhealthy and uncomfortable in my skin.

That's interesting to know. Thanks for your input!

This is exactly what I was finding when I was researching them!

I am considering a supplement. I've read that you should couple a potassium supplement with magnesium supplement as magnesium helps your body absorb other nutrients.

Thanks for your input. I'm a vegetarian so I eat plenty of whole foods and vegetables, but no meat. I have not eaten much processed food since I began my diet a couple weeks ago. That is interesting that potassium is not always listed in the nutrition info for food on the site! Maybe that is part of the problem.

Looking great and feeling healthy on my wedding day!

Hi there! I'm also getting married in August 2014! My goal is to lose about 25lbs, but I'd be happy with 20lbs. How is it going for you so far? I started diettogo.com last week and so far so good. I get home delivered meals for the week every Wednesday and they are very filling and keep me under 1200 calories a day. Its a…