Kelsea1218

Progresso has very few soups that do not include chicken/beef broth, but the few that they have are good. A couple of them *I think* are in the zero point category and make great quick and easy meals. I would usually eat one and add crackers or a side of some sort if I was still hungry. Also, inthe vegetarian section of…

A couple of great books to read are Skinny B*tch (forget the author...) and then The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone. Both include recipe ideas and have motivational stories to keep you on track and help you understand why going vegetarian or vegan is a good choice. I haven't eaten meat since I was 8 years old. There are…

Just an FYI- I'm a vegetarian and people often comment on the fact that I eat food containing eggs which they assume are a chicken's fetus and therefor I am not a vegetarian. This is untrue. Eggs are not unborn chickens. If they were to be fertilized they would be considered some sort of a fetus, but in reality-an egg is…

I love that book! I have two different versions and both have helped me with a couple of different meals I eat regularly.

Look up recipes for easy vegetarian lentil soup recipes. I usually make a big pot once a month and freeze it in little tupperwares for a quick lunch or dinner. Lentils are very filling and contain protein. Hope that helps!

I don't know if this would work for everyone, but what I do when I go over my calorie count is challenge myself to burn off those extra calories that day or the next. This is can be impossible sometimes if I end up 1000 calories over! But the healthy "punishment" is enough for me to stay away from snack foods sometimes!

I'm the same way! Because I know I will want to snack later on in the evening, I try to save some calories for that time. I also go out of the way at the grocery store to find decent snacks that are low cal that I can set aside to reward myself for a good day of eating-which is happening more and more because of these…