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does anybody here eat a vegan diet? I'd like to try it and it's been hard for me at lunch.

I have never heard of that one Sheri...
I have hub on a diet but...it's just a ..cut down portions, fried foods and NO sweet snacks. Just a little more healthy version of what we already do.
The only problem we have is I NEED the calorie intake and he doesn't...well...that's not the ONLY problem we have...he CHEATS every chance he gets is the biggest problem.
He complained about not "feeling" full...so I am having him eat a small salad & free soup before the main meal...I guess it worked tonight..he isn't griping and didn't even finish the "main" course!!!!
Kinda share about your diet....

~V~

Sheri,
Do you mean a Vegetarian Diet???

No meat...

There's several ways to be a vegetarian..

Some are realllllllllly strict..
Right down to anything that comes out of an animal even..
Like cheese, milk, eggs too...

And even fish and chicken is excluded from a real vegetarian diet.

Are you looking for ideas with no red~meat in them???

I'm pretty sure Vegan means no animal products at all which includes eggs, dairy, etc...oooh that would be tough!!! It consists of vegetables, vegetable oils, seeds and grains.

I'm on a seefood diet...I eat any food I see lol good luck on your diet!

p.s.-I looked real quick and found this link...maybe it'll help some?
vegan/vegetarian info

Hi all!
A vegan diet excludes ALL animal products, including honey. (Bees are technically animals.)
I've gone vegetarian for a few days at a time in the past, but I included cheese and such. I just try to get tons of vegetables when I can, I DON'T exclude meat most of the time.
I think the vegan thing is overboard (like I say, HONEY?) But that's my opinion. Vegetarian is easier than many people think, though.
I'd prefer to be all organic if I could, but I'm not giving up eggs, cheese, and meat any time soon.

Miss Jamie...does vegan mean all organic? I'm not sure it does.

Well, I can tell you that I could NEVER do that diet!!! I am just not a vegitarian kinda person. I have heard of the "Bible diet" they had a big special on it on the food channel a few weeks ago...but I was on it several years ago and it works and does NOT exclude all animal products.

Lot's of grains, beans, fruits & veggies...

I just really like everything...so I think cutting back is easier than excluding certain "types" of food...even if it is carbs, meats, or whatever..

I think the key is to look at it as a new lifestyle and not so much as depriving yourself of certain foods! and secondly...the dicipline of STOPPING...push that chair back from the table a little earlier..

~V~

Some don't go on diets to lose weight though. I for one have to restrict many foods because of digestive problems. I don't eat meat...but I don't like to us the title "vegetarian", though I suppose I am. Ever since I had my gall bladder removed, I have a really hard time digesting meat, fried foods, etc..

I have no clue! I'm not as smart as I think I am

I think I could become a Vegetarian, and if you are going to go that far might as well make it organic also...The only thing I would have to include would be cheese or would have a hard time without. I went on an all veggie diet once and lost about 5 pounds a week, but then I felt like I was starving everyday also. Good Luck if you try it

Isn't it interesting how very different we all are in our prefferences....if I was asked to give up one food item ...it would be cheese...I just do not eat a lot of cheeses, I guess I just don't think about it...but it would be one thing I could do with out and not miss it. I like cheese...all different kinds...I just don't eat a lot of it.

See...I think if you are dieting to the point you feel like you are starving...you are beat from the beginning. If you are on a vegitarian diet...there are SO many "free" foods that you can much on all of the time to satisfy your appetite. I made a "free" veggie soup for hub (the weenie baby) to eat as a filler before his meals...he loves it and it worked out fine tonight...

~V~

I'm not trying to loose weight. I just want to feel better and I'm trying this to see if it helps. Vegan DOES mean no meat, no diary, which of course includes cheese. My sister has had asthma all her life and she's been told several times that giving up dairy helps a lot of people with their asthma and the ecxema that can come with some of the medicine she has to take. She's never given up dairy though because she loves cheese so much. Anyway, my problem is that I can't figure out what to eat at lunch when I go out from work. I live in a small town and it seems every dish includes meat or dairy. Thanks for your input.

www.veganchef.com

I found this site Bestofour. The recipes sound just delicious!!! I'm sure you can find something there.
It is funny that when the word "diet" is mentioned, everyone thinks it's to lose weight?? I'm on a special diet because of digestive problems...my grandma is on a very strict diet because of her health..doesn't mean we want to lose weight. This diet sounds very interesting. Keep us posted on how it's working for you.
Christina

I eat warmed cut up tomatoes with cold
cole slaw..*and some salt for spice*

*cut up the tomatoes, in bite size pieces'
~~I use a whole tomato cause I'm a tomato addict~~
then put it in a big bowl, (room for mixing it all up) then heat the tomatoes, just for a couple of seconds, to only warm them, *NOTTT COOK THEM*
and then throw in a mess of coleslaw.. and stir..*

I eat alot of chinese vegetables.. *usually the hot variety kind* but there are several out there on the market..

I make a simple chicken noodle soup with
just fine noodles and a chicken boullion cube..

I make Tomato Rice Soup.. *I do sneak in a Beef Boullion cube with that.*
Water, beef boullion cubes, boil rice *about 12~20 minutes... I use the long cooking rice*
and then add a can of Hunts Tomato Sauce.
and spice up with black pepper....


As I've ever understood dairy,
and problems, some can be mildly allergic to milk, only giving people like a nasal *snot* reaction.. so when you take away the dairy,
it does help that not much snot *or as much* is produced and then has less of a effect on the lungs/chest etc...

(my husband keeps telling me to lay off the milk,
like in a bowl of cereal even, for the littlest one, cause of that when he has a cold...)


Sheri, may I ask how you are feeling???

And what kinds of food did you used to/or still do eat???

Thanks Christina and Weezie. That info helps a great deal. I also love tomatoes and sometimes eat tomatoes and pasta. I've never had tomatoes and cold slaw. Do you buy it already shredded? And do you put any type of dressing.

I've always eaten what I wanted. I've never had much trouble with being overweight. Until I got sick I did drink ALOT of Pepsi but when I was sick I didn't want it so I only have it occasionally now. I mostly drink water and in the morning OJ. I have never eaten much meat. When all that info about low carb stuff came out I decided I was addicted to carbs. I'll take the potatoes over the meat anyday. I'm going to try to cut out diary all together and cut out the sweets. If I don't feel better I can always try something else.

I know one thing for sure. At work we've always had what we call Monterey Monday, where we all go to a Mexican restaurant at lunch. I'm always miserable after I eat there. I don't know if it's the grease, cheese, or that I eat too much. I've stopped going. I guess I'm going to have to take my lunch to work. In my little town if it's not fried or Mexican or both, you can't find it.

Thanks again.

Can you tell me what you feel like now???
You feel like a tummy ache, head ache,
dizzy, heart burn????

Have you checked your blood sugar level??
Just outta curiousity???
If you're cutting out stuff you were used to,
it could be throwing it off some....

I buy the bagged coleslaw in my bagged salad section.. It's all shredded up and ready to eat...NO DRESSING, just a wee bit of salt on the tomato before I warm them, and a tiny bit more after I mix all the coleslaw...
(I can not eat a tomato without some salt..)

Sheri, have you considered cutting out gluten?

Oh Weezie...I think I love tomatoes like you do...could live off them!!

Bestofour..I always feel icky after eating out..even though I stick to my diet of fish, seafood and vegetables..nothing fried!!! I think it's the sodium! It bloats me up...my joints ache...I feel groggy...I have a very low tolerance for salt. I rarely eat out because it's just not worth it. I love eating stuff that I've prepared so that I know exactly what I'm getting. I wonder if the high sodium level in restaurant foods bothers you as well??

Vegan is NO animal products whatsoever. My wife, daughter, and I were VEGETARIAN not vegan. We ate eggs and dairy products, just no animal flesh. The results? I turned into a carbotarian, living on bread, cheese, hot peppers, and cola, and gained 200 pounds in six years. My wife and daughter got bored and sick of the diet after 12 years. We are ALL primarily CARNIVORES now. (And I've lost 110 pounds due to gastric-bypass surgery).

I don't have any particular ailments, like head ache or stomach ache, but I can't seem to get back on my feet after my surgery, then virus, then pneumonia right in a row. My resistance is low and I'm tired. I've tried taking vitamins but then my stomach does hurt. I catch every germ that's in the air. All my life I've had allergies and ear problems. I've had everything checked lately and what was out of whack is now back in order.

I have considered cutting out gluten. I have some friends who are allergic to gluten and it's a hard way to live. I'm going to try everything else before I go that route.

Christina, I don't know about you but I tend to over eat when I eat out and that always makes me feel bad. I don't use much salt but come to think of it before all this happened to me I was eating a lot of bacon. Alot meaning 2 times a week, and drinking mucho Pepsi Cola.

I did a little cardio last week but none this week. I'm going to start again next week.

Bestofour..when you say "ear problems", what exactly do you mean? The reason I'm asking is because I suffer from severe tinnitus..some days it's debilitating. I've been to two ENT specialists and they say my hearing is fine and don't know why I have tinnitus???
Sorry I got off topic a little bit here.

Thornius, I can see how a person can gain weight eating nothing but carbs. I work with a woman who has never, ever, even tasted meat and she's fat. She won't eat meat because she says it's unhealthy but she eats sweets like there's no tomorrow. I'm going Vegan or not at all. I want to feel good so I figure it's worth a try. Did you feel better eating vegetarian?

I love Tomato, Lettuce and Cucumber with
Mayo on wheat bread...
Ohhhhhhhhh yummy!!!

I eat just tomatoes like mad in the summer time.

Homemade salsa....

Sliced Tomatoes for side dishes....

Cut up tomatoes in bite size pieces...
with cucumbers and a little bit of salt *of course*

Sheri, I cannot take vitamin pills, but I have no problems drinking the carnation instant breakfasts, and usually feel good all day when I do...