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General Discussion / Re: Sick of Being FAT
« on: February 16, 2011, 02:03:25 PM »
Thanks Umpa!! I'll check on that when I can!
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General Discussion / Re: A Vegan Meal Plan
« on: February 15, 2011, 09:03:24 PM »
Okay...actually the flaxseeds I have are milled...can I use those for the muffins? Also...I'm freaking out! So, I just ate a Boca patty for 2 net carbs and then I had broccoli and cauliflower...on the package it said 1 and 1/4 cup would be 2 carbs I think...but in the book I think it said 1/2 a cup...did I just go waaaay over?
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General Discussion / Re: A Vegan Meal Plan
« on: February 15, 2011, 08:45:12 PM »
Oh okay...see I have flaxseeds whole and I don't know what to do with them. I have never heard of Torani...I'm guessing you order this online? Like when I became vegan, I probably will just have to build up my cooking base of supplies then I'll be good. I need to make a list of the ingredients and try to hunt them down. I got my flaxseeds from wal-mart...now I need to look for the flaxseed meal. Thanks again Rena!!!
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General Discussion / Re: A Vegan Meal Plan
« on: February 15, 2011, 08:40:36 PM »
Rena...awesome link and recipes! I can't wait to try it out....do they use flaxseed or flaxseed oil and can you use trivia instead of xylitol...can't find it here. Also, I bet mine will have 0 carbs because I don't use eggs, I have a zero carb egg re-placer 
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General Discussion / Re: A Vegan Meal Plan
« on: February 15, 2011, 08:34:08 PM »
Thanks Rena!!! Is it hard to figure out the carb count?
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General Discussion / Re: A Vegan Meal Plan
« on: February 15, 2011, 08:22:40 PM »
WOW Rena! How do you make all that stuff with flaxseed? How do you know the carb count?
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General Discussion / Re: Sick of Being FAT
« on: February 15, 2011, 08:08:07 PM »
Hey Umpa! I don't really buy too many specialty vegan foods, just the "accidentally vegan" ones 
my only exceptions were Ezekiel bread 5 bucks a loaf, and the tamales which are 5 bucks for 6...not too bad. I looked at the Dixie Diner again and saw some of the prices were for bulk amounts...so a couple of the items aren't too bad! They will definitely have to stretch though, as I said, 3 of us living off of 800 bucks a month only goes so far! I do have a friend that works in Kroger's and he tries to special order some things for me, but sometimes his manager just won't. Wal-mart sucks about it, straight forward. I have developed a really good relationship with someone at our health food store though and they might do it for me, I haven't been off yet this week to make their business hours to check...but I plan on it! I am getting used to cooking more with veggies...in reality, I know the possibilities are endless with just veggies...my mind just hasn't gotten that far yet...I'm desperately searching for ideas to jog my imagination...so I'm welcoming anything!!! I'm in my last semester for graduate school and have 32 a week of internship in another city, 15 hours of class which takes up 5 hours on Mondays, my only day "off" and then raising a toddler with health issues...and my hubby works and goes to school...it's such a busy time! But I know if I can succeed now, then I can be successful anywhere! Thanks for all your help Umpa and like I said, I appreciate everything you have to offer and for devoting time to help me...this could save my health, and my life. Thanks a million!
Thanks Mouseissue!!! i appreciate, i am struggling through the diet day by day but making it work thanks to so much help and suggestions!
my only exceptions were Ezekiel bread 5 bucks a loaf, and the tamales which are 5 bucks for 6...not too bad. I looked at the Dixie Diner again and saw some of the prices were for bulk amounts...so a couple of the items aren't too bad! They will definitely have to stretch though, as I said, 3 of us living off of 800 bucks a month only goes so far! I do have a friend that works in Kroger's and he tries to special order some things for me, but sometimes his manager just won't. Wal-mart sucks about it, straight forward. I have developed a really good relationship with someone at our health food store though and they might do it for me, I haven't been off yet this week to make their business hours to check...but I plan on it! I am getting used to cooking more with veggies...in reality, I know the possibilities are endless with just veggies...my mind just hasn't gotten that far yet...I'm desperately searching for ideas to jog my imagination...so I'm welcoming anything!!! I'm in my last semester for graduate school and have 32 a week of internship in another city, 15 hours of class which takes up 5 hours on Mondays, my only day "off" and then raising a toddler with health issues...and my hubby works and goes to school...it's such a busy time! But I know if I can succeed now, then I can be successful anywhere! Thanks for all your help Umpa and like I said, I appreciate everything you have to offer and for devoting time to help me...this could save my health, and my life. Thanks a million!Thanks Mouseissue!!! i appreciate, i am struggling through the diet day by day but making it work thanks to so much help and suggestions!
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General Discussion / Re: A Vegan Meal Plan
« on: February 15, 2011, 07:59:54 PM »
Awesome suggestion guys!!!! I wish I ate mushrooms...but they disgust me to Heaven!
Hey Doug, thanks for the link and ALL the help!!!! I'm vegan for multiple reasons, some has to do with extensive digestive problems and hospitalizations (still mystery diagnosis but following a strict vegan diet helps tremendously) but it started when I was 4...when I was 4 years old I was eating fish and saw gray lines in the meat...I asked my mom what it was, she said veins...long story short I was so freaked out by meat I couldn't eat it...I never really liked fish or any seafood or any pig products. So that left me with beef, turkey, and chicken. By the time I was 14 I lost my taste for it and found and still find it repulsive...you know how some people change as they get older and their taste buds open up a little more...well, mine opened up to many, many, things but closed to meat. Eating meat isn't and never will be an option for me...now, I don't have an appendix or gallbladder and when or if (which almost never happens) it gets in my system...I get very ill. That's my shortest version Like I said, the only things aside from non-vegan items that I don't eat are mushrooms, avocados, and onions-I'm very allergic to onions and just detest the other two...I've tried over and over again to eat them but I throw them up as if I have a gag reaction or something...if it isn't obvious yet, I analyze too much and have a strong mind 
but this is coming in handy with the diet...which by the way I have followed today! I was on the road unexpectedly for my internship and so I had to eat out, I got a salad but all they had was lettuce, tomato, and black olives...so I had that with Newman's dressing that had only 1 carb...I didn't have a tablespoon to measure, but I think I did okay. For breakfast I didn't pre-prepare my celery with peanut butter so I just had 4 carbs worth of almonds...Rena's suggestion was cocoa 100 calorie pack almonds, so that's what I had one, one of those and one regular pack without cocoa for breakfast. I haven't made dinner yet but will follow the plan. I'm pretty proud and excited, worried about running out of options, but am giving it my best!
Umpa!!! I actually have a bag of flaxseeds but don't know what to do with them....your suggestions have helped...do I need to grind them up first or what do you think? Anymore recommendations? And like I said...I hate mushrooms.
Shih Tzu Mom1...guess what? You were RIGHT!!! I won't use the A1...it has 3 carbs...what was I looking at? I rechecked it when you made that suggestion. And guess what else? The nasty catsup wasn't low sugar...it was low sodium LOL that explains a lot!
Thanks guys for all your time, I thank you from the bottom of my heart!!! If you have any other ideas...keep them coming! I hope to order the appleberry or whatever it's called cereal from dixie diner soon, and the crispbread! Love you guys and appreciate everything!!!
Hey Doug, thanks for the link and ALL the help!!!! I'm vegan for multiple reasons, some has to do with extensive digestive problems and hospitalizations (still mystery diagnosis but following a strict vegan diet helps tremendously) but it started when I was 4...when I was 4 years old I was eating fish and saw gray lines in the meat...I asked my mom what it was, she said veins...long story short I was so freaked out by meat I couldn't eat it...I never really liked fish or any seafood or any pig products. So that left me with beef, turkey, and chicken. By the time I was 14 I lost my taste for it and found and still find it repulsive...you know how some people change as they get older and their taste buds open up a little more...well, mine opened up to many, many, things but closed to meat. Eating meat isn't and never will be an option for me...now, I don't have an appendix or gallbladder and when or if (which almost never happens) it gets in my system...I get very ill. That's my shortest version
Like I said, the only things aside from non-vegan items that I don't eat are mushrooms, avocados, and onions-I'm very allergic to onions and just detest the other two...I've tried over and over again to eat them but I throw them up as if I have a gag reaction or something...if it isn't obvious yet, I analyze too much and have a strong mind but this is coming in handy with the diet...which by the way I have followed today! I was on the road unexpectedly for my internship and so I had to eat out, I got a salad but all they had was lettuce, tomato, and black olives...so I had that with Newman's dressing that had only 1 carb...I didn't have a tablespoon to measure, but I think I did okay. For breakfast I didn't pre-prepare my celery with peanut butter so I just had 4 carbs worth of almonds...Rena's suggestion was cocoa 100 calorie pack almonds, so that's what I had one, one of those and one regular pack without cocoa for breakfast. I haven't made dinner yet but will follow the plan. I'm pretty proud and excited, worried about running out of options, but am giving it my best! Umpa!!! I actually have a bag of flaxseeds but don't know what to do with them....your suggestions have helped...do I need to grind them up first or what do you think? Anymore recommendations? And like I said...I hate mushrooms.
Shih Tzu Mom1...guess what? You were RIGHT!!! I won't use the A1...it has 3 carbs...what was I looking at? I rechecked it when you made that suggestion. And guess what else? The nasty catsup wasn't low sugar...it was low sodium LOL that explains a lot!
Thanks guys for all your time, I thank you from the bottom of my heart!!! If you have any other ideas...keep them coming! I hope to order the appleberry or whatever it's called cereal from dixie diner soon, and the crispbread! Love you guys and appreciate everything!!!
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General Discussion / Re: Really Discouraged!!!
« on: February 14, 2011, 11:07:02 PM »
LOL it's okay Rena, I can imagine how hard it would be to remember for someone who doesn't eat that way, this plan is definitely challenging but I am going to prove this can work and hopefully can help other vegans get ideas on here if others come sometime, but first I gotta figure out a meal plan for me, for more than one day LOL
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General Discussion / Re: A Vegan Meal Plan
« on: February 14, 2011, 11:05:17 PM »
Actually, I don't eat mustard, and sugar free catsup tasted really bad to me...like rotten tomatoes...but the A1 I'm using has 0 carbs so it was a freebie The foods are vegan but that I don't eat are mustard, vegan mayonaise, mushrooms, onions, avocado, and I don't care for artichoke that much. Everything else is pretty much game except of course things that aren't vegan like dairy and cheese, honey, any meat or by product, lard, butters...so basically veggies and fruit...I guess all fruit is a no-no? I wonder where I can get my vitamin C from, I need it badly for my immune system. But I love all greens, and fruit, and grains...and seeds and beans and nuts...I'm not wild about soy...but it's okay, but I don't like tofu at all. Not silken not chuncked not fake meat...but I love Bocas...it's going to be very challenging, but all the ideas sent my way help jog my mind so I appreciate all the time everyone takes to offer advice and products...if there are any other recipes anyone can think I'll be glad to give it shot! I need ideas
The foods are vegan but that I don't eat are mustard, vegan mayonaise, mushrooms, onions, avocado, and I don't care for artichoke that much. Everything else is pretty much game except of course things that aren't vegan like dairy and cheese, honey, any meat or by product, lard, butters...so basically veggies and fruit...I guess all fruit is a no-no? I wonder where I can get my vitamin C from, I need it badly for my immune system. But I love all greens, and fruit, and grains...and seeds and beans and nuts...I'm not wild about soy...but it's okay, but I don't like tofu at all. Not silken not chuncked not fake meat...but I love Bocas...it's going to be very challenging, but all the ideas sent my way help jog my mind so I appreciate all the time everyone takes to offer advice and products...if there are any other recipes anyone can think I'll be glad to give it shot! I need ideas
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General Discussion / Re: Really Discouraged!!!
« on: February 14, 2011, 10:58:48 PM »
I think the creamy probably isn't vegan...most cream based stuff has dairy or egg...but I am going to check them out tonight!!! Thanks again Rena!!! Any ideas I can use to build off of!!!
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General Discussion / Re: Sick of Being FAT
« on: February 14, 2011, 10:14:07 PM »
Thanks Rena! I'm on it! I busted my diet today so I'm going to start tomorrow...and I feel awful and bloated as usual when I consume waaaay too much pasta! Thanks again Rena!!!
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General Discussion / Re: A Vegan Meal Plan
« on: February 14, 2011, 07:27:55 PM »
LOL thanks Doug...actually, there are only 3 veggies I don't eat...onions, avocados, and mushrooms-they make me very ill and no feta cheese for I am a strict vegan, no cheese, no honey, no dairy, no egg 
but I do LOVE my spinach!!!
I am a strict vegan, no cheese, no honey, no dairy, no egg but I do LOVE my spinach!!!
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General Discussion / A Vegan Meal Plan
« on: February 14, 2011, 04:00:48 PM »
OKAY! So...here is tomorrow's plan! I will post today's plan when I'm done with it...I haven't even started yet
Breakfast total net carbs: 4
Celery with 2TBS of almond butter net carbs: 2
1/4 cup of almonds net carbs: 2
Water (I only drink water anyways so that's a freebie)
Lunch: total net carbs: 5.5
A Boca patty w/A1 net carbs: 2
1/2 cup of broccoli net carbs: 2
1/2 cup of cauliflower net carbs: 1.5
Water
Dinner total net carbs: 8
A BIG salad with 2 cups fresh baby spinach net carbs: .6
chopped celery
cucumber net carb: 1
broccoli net carb: 2
cauliflower net carb: 1.5
1 small tomato net carbs: 3
with Olive oil and red wine vinegar total net carb: 0
Water
A grand total of 17.5 which leaves me 2.5 for a snack!
Now, please provide any feedback, if you see anything that could be improved, added, or better ideas, PLEASE offer them up! I am a NEWBIE! I have NO clue what I will eat the day after that...but I can only account for tomorrow. Love you guys...can't wait to hear from Doug and Umpa!!!
Breakfast total net carbs: 4
Celery with 2TBS of almond butter net carbs: 2
1/4 cup of almonds net carbs: 2
Water (I only drink water anyways so that's a freebie
)Lunch: total net carbs: 5.5
A Boca patty w/A1 net carbs: 2
1/2 cup of broccoli net carbs: 2
1/2 cup of cauliflower net carbs: 1.5
Water
Dinner total net carbs: 8
A BIG salad with 2 cups fresh baby spinach net carbs: .6
chopped celery
cucumber net carb: 1
broccoli net carb: 2
cauliflower net carb: 1.5
1 small tomato net carbs: 3
with Olive oil and red wine vinegar total net carb: 0
Water
A grand total of 17.5 which leaves me 2.5 for a snack!
Now, please provide any feedback, if you see anything that could be improved, added, or better ideas, PLEASE offer them up! I am a NEWBIE! I have NO clue what I will eat the day after that...but I can only account for tomorrow. Love you guys...can't wait to hear from Doug and Umpa!!!
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General Discussion / Re: Really Discouraged!!!
« on: February 14, 2011, 03:34:07 PM »
Still haven't eaten today. Seems like the carbs add up to quick in veggies...what to do, what to do?