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Easy vegetarian recipes?
Hi! At my last yearly checkup doctor told me my bad cholesterol and blood sugar were high,especially the first one. :( He told me to make serious changes in diet and we chose vegetarian (allowing for some dairy, fish and eggs ), and of course the usual no refined grains, no saturated fat, etc. Since I cook for my family…
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Help with new eating plan- ideas,recipes?
Hi! At my last yearly checkup doctor told me my bad cholesterol and blood sugar were high,especially the first one. :( He told me to make serious changes in diet and we chose vegetarian (allowing for some dairy, fish and eggs ), and of course the usual no refined grains, no saturated fat, etc. Since I cook for my family…
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hello
Hello, I am 43 and live in California. I am back on MFP after a long hiatus. I have never used this community thing before besides an occasional comment or question, only used it to log food in the past. It was effective, and I lost ten pounds, but life and age are taking over…So I'm trying to get back on track. I have not…
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need my granola. how can I make it fit?
Hi! I went from 165 lbs. to 152 working with this site. For short while I did a "VLC" diet under a doctor's supervision, but it was not too low - it allowed 1100 calories. I did that as a jumpstart. Then I went to 1200 cals, and a very healthy diet: eggs for breakfast, nuts and fruit for snack, big-*kitten* salad for lunch…
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weight loss plateau
Hi, I started at 165 lbs. and now weigh about 152. I am a 40 yr old female, 5' 8". 152 is within a healthy weight range. However, I can still see fat deposits in certain problem areas, such as my thighs, so I know I could lose some more weight. I am eating 1200 calories now and following a healthy diet. I also walk/jog…
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healthy detox for spring! no worries-it is not extreme
So I've decided to start a gentle, natural, healthy detox as I transition to a vegetarian (not vegan) diet, and I'm using the weekend to prepare. After much care and research, this is what I'm doing. Anybody out there doing gentle, healthy detoxing? 1. Some background - I lost about ten pounds following a LCD (not VLCD)…
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just started a VLC protocol - anybody doing same?
[Edited to delete original. Evidently this is not a desirable topic, even under strict medical supervision. Administrators, feel free to delete whole thread.]