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I'm a vegan, have been for 7 years now, so none of these recipes have any dairy or eggs in them. I was around 245 lbs when I made the switch and have been sitting around 170lbs since. I try to follow a general nutrition guideline of including a bean, a green, and a grain (or other nutrient dense, slow carb) into most of my…

I've been a vegan for 4 years and I've slew of veg recipes: Great Northern Beans w/ tomatoes and italian seasoning Black Bean Burritos Tofu and Veggie Stir-Frys Chickpea & Kidney Bean salad Soy & Ginger Kale Salty Tempeh Wraps Steamed Broccoli w/ lemon juice Bunches of veggies stuffed in a tortilla with various salad…

You're going to have to be eating well in excess of like 100g a day of fiber for there to really be any kind of issue. Most people eat lass than half of what they should for fiber. Gun for at LEAST 30g a day, the more the better. Lower risk of digestive cancers and it helps your overall weight loss.

Best of luck to you Chelly. It's a good thing you're nipping it in the bud before the Freshman 15 becomes the Freshman (and Sophomore and Junior) 75 like it did for me. MFP is a great tool and helps you keep track of what you're eating. However, you must be diligent in maintaining your record. If you half-heartedly use it…

Hey, I've been a vegan for 2.5 years and vegetarian a year more, so 3.5 total years without meat. It's definitely a great life choice. If you eat varied foods and unprocessed foods you will feel incredibly better and drop tons of weight. I know for me, I've lost close to 90 lbs since I went vegetarian in January 2008. Feel…

Frozen Stir-fry vegetables, asparagus, mushrooms, broccoli, and turnip greens all steamed with a bit of szechuan sauce.

It's difficult no doubt, but it is definitely not the most grueling difficult thing in the world. It will not make you look like some hulking male body-builder either. Do your best and keep with it, keep your diet intact and you will get everything you could possibly want from it. There will be times of doubt while doing…

You definitely look like a different person and 10 years younger. Keep with it, those last 70lbs will be even harder.

I use Insanity regularly. I do P90X or personally designed weights programs, and then use the Insanity DVDs for cardio. They do the job better than any other cardio I've ever EVER done. However, one caveat, if you are not in shape then do not do these because you may hurt yourself or consider them too hard and never try…

I use Insanity regularly. I do P90X or personally designed weights programs, and then use the Insanity DVDs for cardio. They do the job better than any other cardio I've ever EVER done. However, one caveat, if you are not in shape then do not do these because you may hurt yourself or consider them too hard and never try…

Huge difference! Congrats!

I posted this in a different thread, but this seems to be a common issue with some people. It's not a terrible issue to go over from time to time, but excessive protein consumption over time can lead to calcium depletion from the bones, over stressing the kidneys, osteoporosis, increased risk of diabetes, and kidney…

It's not a terrible issue to go over from time to time, but excessive protein consumption over time can lead to calcium depletion from the bones, over stressing the kidneys, osteoporosis, increased risk of diabetes, and kidney stones. Just try to eat a balanced diet with fresh fruit, vegetables, legumes, and a variety of…

As a vegan for years now, you really don't need to worry about not eating meat. Probably a much better idea for you than doing so anyways. As long as you eat varied foods, you'll be even healthier than before. Just make sure to eat plenty of legumes and whole grains.

Everything they said. The time requirement seems like a lot, but once you start doing it, it's not that long. As for the results, in the year that I've been doing it on and off I've lost 45 lbs. As for for the sole 90 days of the program, when I stuck it through from beginning to end without missing a workout and eating…

Honestly, a vegan/vegetarian diet's gonna help you out a lot more than something like Atkins. If you actually look into the misinformation behind the nutritional microbiology from the Atkin's program it's pretty off the point and not good for your health over all. You'll lose weight, sure, but it's not good for your…

Stick with classic since you seem to be in pretty good shape as it is. This program, if followed explicitly, will change your body into a rock hard sculpture.

I usually stick with a whiskey and diet Pepsi. If they have diet Sprite or Ginger Ale, I'll do whiskey and those. Vodka is just so nasty and tasteless, I can't submit myself to that punishment.

You really should do it 6 days a week to get the advertised results, as well as eat a very clean diet. However, if you're already active and just looking for a few new exercise routines to mix things up, then feel free to pick and choose of the lot. All of them would be great supplemental workouts if you're not really…

The topic of "OMFG WHERE DO YOU GER PROTEIN FROM?" is so over done and trite. If you eat a smart, healthy diet of varied fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole wheats, and nuts you will be just fine. It's a good idea to work the dairy out of your diet, especially considering most of the world's population cannot even digest…

Great job, going vegan is the way to go. I've lost 70 lbs now since I gave up meat 3 years ago. P90X really works too. And its really easy to give up meat, especially if you're in it for ethical reasons. Again, great job.

In terms of making vegan burgers, a great way of doing so is boiling equal parts of red lentils / TVP with what ever seasoning of choice until it absorbs all the water and makes a nice gooey slop. Then you mix in finely diced veggies of choice (I use onions, peppers, peas, broccoli, carrots, etc. but you can be…

There are a lot of surprisingly vegan things you wouldn't expect... like off-brand bacon bits, Oreos, cheap Kroger brand Mushroom Gravy, a lot of cheap Walmart "Buttermilk Biscuits", etc. It's cheaper and easier to make vegan food like that, just be vigilant. Anyways, it always benefits the consumer to read labels anyways.

It's good to see so many people trying to come to the Vegan side. On the mock cheese, it's amazing how much of it is not vegan, which is something just completely befuddling to me. Why bother making mock cheese if it has dairy in it anyways (I understand lactose intolerance, but they'd really open their markets up to those…

I'm a vegan too, and seem to be one of the few male vegans here. I've been one for about two years now. I was a lacto-ovo-vegetarian for a year before, but felt that I was kind of halfing the effort; so went all the way and became a vegan (Well, I guess some more strict people would discount me since I eat honey, but I…