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Cheap, Healthy Recipes, Please
I am looking for low-cost but very healthy recipes (aren't we all!). I am especially interested in heavy on the vegetables, low on the starches vegetarian meals.
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Lost Over 100 Pounds?
If you have lost over 100 pounds, would you mind sharing with us how you did it, and what your current eating and exercise habits are like? Your age would be nice, too!
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My Anti-Cancer Diet
Because I have lost 175 pounds since August of 2011, people often ask me how I did it. I thought the answer might interest my fellow group members here! I made some radical lifestyle changes after being diagnosed with cancer in July 2011. Those changes are what resulted in the massive weight loss. Here is a link to my blog…
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Cancer Recovery Diet Chart
I have been very interested in learning what can be done nutritionally to help recover from cancer. This particular chart seems to handily summarize a lot of common recommendations: http://www.nutritional-solutions.net/images/phocadownload/Diet_Evaluation_Worksheet2.pdf
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Cheap, Healthy Whole Foods Recipes
What is your favorite really cheap recipe made of healthy whole foods? Here is mine: Lentil Cabbage Casserole 1 medium cabbage 2 medium onions 1/2 Cup dried lentils, cooked up 1/2 cup brown basmati rice, cooked up 3 Tablespoons butter from organic, grass-fed cattle (or more to taste, or substitue olive oil) salt pepper…
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Support
I'm just joining this group to lend a little moral support. I went sugar-free over a year and a half ago. However, I do not worry about the sugars in vegetables, or even fruits (within reason), if they are eaten in their natural state. I used to moniter grams of sugars even in those, and felt that it was impeding my…
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Roll Call!
1. Name 2. how much weight you have lost so far 3. How much you still want to lose, or are you maintaining? 4. Best single piece of advice you would give people just starting out. I'll go first! 1. Name -- AuntieMC 2. I have lost 181 pounds since August 2011 3. I would like to lose another forty pounds 4. My best advice to…
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Over 100 To Lose?
If you have over 100 pounds to lose, I would like to ask you a question. What sort of questions would you ask if you could talk to other people who have already successfully lost over 100 pounds? Obviously how they did it might be of interest, but are there more specific questions you might have? What sorts of information…
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Have Sizes Changed Over THe Years?
Have Sizes Changed over the years? The last time I weighed 180 (about 30 years ago), I wore a size 18. NOW, at 180, I wear a size 14! Oh, and it seems to me that back then, a size 18 was called a "Large". Now, the 14 is called a Large! Does anyone else remember back then, 30 years ago? Is my memory playing tricks, or have…
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Housekeeping Questions
Hi! I would like to hear from different kinds of people, both the clean-freaks, and the slobs, and everything inbetween! I have spent much of my adult life unable to do much in the way of housecleaning, and got used to things just being a mess. Well, after losing 172 pounds, I now actually have the option of being on my…
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Calling All Big Losers!
Many overweight people eat for reasons other than hunger, such as stress, unhappiness, anger, boredom. If you have lost a lot of weight, and are currently maintaining your new weight, could you share any techniques you used to overcome eating for emotional reasons?
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Gerson Diet?
Has anyone here ever done the Gerson diet for fighting cancer, or know anyone who has? I have some questions.
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Good Idea!
This group is a great idea! I am sorry to see it has so little activity! I am currently in treatment (chemotherapy) for endometrial cancer. I was diagnosed a little over a year ago, and went on a major lifestyle change to improve my chances. In the past year, by utilizing the dietary ideas in a book called "Anti-Cancer - A…
