Press on Keke!! So proud of U!  Ur doin g8! 

You lost 7.6 already!!! Dayaam!!! Good job!

Sending you da <3 girl! (and lots of prayers too)!!

Thanks Doug! Interesting article and very kind of you to share it. I may email Dr. Shu for further information (read as bombard with questions ). I will share with you what I find.

As you surely know, once a person has faced their own potential early demise, whether cancer, heart disease, even by accidental means, most individuals will become extremely cautious and want to make the wisest choices possible. I'll make this as brief as I can, as I could fill up this forum with information  

I became even more cautions after speaking with the nutrition department of one of three very well-known weight loss programs offering pre-packaged meals. This one basically refused to sell to me because of the soy content in their food. The other two suggested I contact my doctor. This alarmed me.

Since bodyfat produces a form of estrogen as well, Reducing self-production of estrogen through loss of body fat is key. We get too many things working against us; body fat, overuse of soy in processed foods. The body cannot distinguish a phytoestrogen from a natural estrogen. (BTW - pesticide and hormone/antibiotic residues on vegetables and in our meat supply are also read as phytoestrogens)

Key to the article - get your nutrition from natural food sources - eat things as close to their natural grown state as possible.
Thanks again for sharing it!

Thank you Keke,
No luck in the Ask Umpa board for vegetarian recipes. I'm shopping around other WOE and diet sites for recipes that I can either use as is or convert to FTS. In the meantime there are adequate meals for the short term to not get bored. Even if I don't find one more recipe, I've subsided on nothing but protein shakes for 5 months to lose weight in the past. Doug and Umpa have built in so much variety in this plan - this is way more comfortable. There is always a way to make something work when I want it badly enough! Thanks for the encouragement! 

I want to encourage you too, not to wait to start this new way of eating. Whether you're concerned about detox, or the initial cost to replace already purchased groceries (which was my issue), maybe start with one FTS meal and snacks for a day or two. Then do two meals per day, then three until you are 100% on the plan. If detox from sugar is a concern, maybe this would help to gradually reduce the sugar intake. Detox is nothing to fear, it's cleansing. You'll be on the path to health so much sooner and maybe even drop 7 or more pounds by the 17th!  I haven't weighed yet but I can feel a difference in my clothes and bath towel! Every day we wait is a day further from our goal!  Looking forward to sharing this journey with you.

 

Gosh, I forgot to post the rest of this duh!  ((Sugar withdrawal - numb brain))

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Thank you, Doug.

Thanks for your replies. Yes, it's a brand called Sea Tangle kelp noodles. Umpa do you know how much soy is actually in the House Foods Shirataki noodles? I was comparing them with Miracle Noodles, which has no soy at all. Have you or anyone else tried the Miracle Noodles? They look to be interchangeable from the web sites. I appreciate any direction as I'm kind of stuck.

Sounds awesome! Are you sure you're not Italian? I'm going to have to try it on Umpa's Spinach Bread with the red peppers . . .