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  • Lowering calories causes fat loss. If you cut your sugar calories and didn't replace them, you lost weight. But there's no way to target where the weight comes off first.
  • For a number of reasons, I haven't belonged to a gym in years. (I'm currently sporadically employed and don't want a regular monthly debit; for religious reasons, I need a women's-only gym and the closest one is far enough away that I know I wouldn't go much in cold weather; I'm uncoordinated and as much as I try not to…
  • Dropped 108lbs with beans and other legumes among my staples.
  • (I was just logging Saturday's walk, but didn't bother changing the date so pardon my messy editing tools). I did it in my down at heel Saucony Redeemers that I ditched for new Brooks Arial 20s on the 15th. Just a little tired that evening.
  • I'm a kosher ovo-lacto vegetarian. Those are just about all the restrictions I need. When I started, the only other 'rule' I implements foodwise was to keep homemade desserts to 200 calories or fewer per serving. (This week it was a fresh fruit gazpacho. Next week, I'm doing a cherry chocolate pudding cake from out of a…
  • I'm in Toronto, too. The Sobey's near me is about 1/3 depleted...
  • Like I said, I'd been walking for a while. Between that and strength training... things happened.
  • I got a running program based on C25K with a club downtown; 3 days a week, one run with them, two on my own time before the next group run. I'd never done distance running before, but my main cardio has been walking and when I signed up, I was walking an average of 10K daily. My logic went that if I was walking 10k every…
  • Funny. The prevailing myth is that vegetarians/vegans are generally underweight because of the lack of meat in their diet. I think this is the first time I've seen someone making the opposite (and equally false!) claim. I've been an obese vegetarian. Now I'm a slightly overweight one. And while I don't eat protein powder,…
  • Yes, and if you're allergic to beans and peas (as my sisters were growing up), you should avoid those. If not, there's no cause for concern.
  • Not in this recipe: https://yupitsvegan.com/basic-homemade-seitan/#wprm-recipe-container-7382 Or this one: https://calivegans.wordpress.com/vegan-eating/soy-free-seitan-recipe/ Or even this one: http://veganfitcarter.com/recipe/make-seitan-soy-free-meat-substitute/ True that many recipes do call for soy sauce or tamari,…
  • Seitan might work. It's high protein and comes from vital wheat gluten. And it's pretty easy to make from semi-scratch; you can find recipes online. (Ingredients are mainly the wheat gluten, nutritional yeast, soy sauce, a bit of oil, water, and spices—those are going to vary by recipe, but the one I use has salt, pepper,…
  • Well, considering that to me, a main dish isn't a main dish if it doesn't have onions and/or garlic, both of which are toxic to cats, even if I weren't vegetarian, it wouldn't be MY human food. But it does need to be higher grade than dog food from what I've read. (Admittedly, I don't recall the source and I didn't vet it,…
  • Not always. Baking tends to have the trifecta: flour, sugar/other sweeteners and fat. I have one of my old low-fat cookbooks from the 90s still and find that a lot of the desserts come in at low cal due to various "hacks", like * Less oil, more applesauce * Less brown/white sugar, more fruit (fresh or dried) * Egg whites…
  • There was a minor Jewish holiday yesterday and part and parcel of the celebrations involve a festive meal. My synagogue has one every year (Hubby and I go to a friend's). This year, it was cancelled amid Coronavirus fears. The day of, my rabbi sent an email blast inviting people to drop in at his house for refreshments,…
  • I went with 1lb a week for the same reason in similar circumstances. Least painful weight-loss plan I've ever done.
  • Growing up strictly kosher, there are laws about mixing meat and dairy (specifically, 'Don't do it'. This extends to having separate dishes, pots, pans and utensils for meat and dairy, not serving a meat dish on the same plate with a dairy dish, cooking dairy in a meat pot, etc.) So I grew up with butter for dairy,…
  • I moved no goalposts. I have lost 108lbs eating whatever I wanted. Most of the time, I wanted (and want) healthy food and homemade desserts. Sometimes I have a chocolate bar or a storebought cookie. I make room for them. It's not either-or. Barring a medical reason, why should anyone nix foods they like if they can make…
  • Cake can't be homemade and natural? I commented on your response to a different poster: From that you decided that I was a sugar addict, using desserts as a psychological crutch, had an overall unhealthy diet, and a whole lot of other unwarranted conclusions. But you know something? If the OP likes Oreos and is able to…
  • Is a dessert solely comprised of processed sugar ever? My Angel Cake Pudding gives me protein, calcium, fat, and a bit of fiber. Plus about half the sugar comes from raisins. Most of my desserts are homemade. Some use sugar, some use maple syrup or honey, most involve fruit as well (fresh or dried). Ease off with your…
  • The idea that liking something sweet means I must be addicted to sugar is an interesting leap. Would you recommend a keto-er break a butter addiction? It's also a gross generalization to assume that all desserts are by definition unhealthy. EDIT: Or that I don't already indulge in healthy food.
  • Mostly it was emotional eating, stress eating, being an introvert who found out early that you weren't expected to make conversation if you were stuffing your face (which ties in with the stress eating), and getting locked into a whole 'eat-feel guilty-eat more to numb the guilt-feel guiltier-eat more' down spiral. Once I…
  • Yep, that is how I've dropped 108lbs. It's felt great getting more protein, iron, and fiber and at least 50% carbs daily, working in snacks and small desserts, and basically feeling better about myself and my food choices than I have in years of deprivation diets. I walk, strength train, and will be running my 3rd 5K this…
  • Bipedal hominid.
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