Newbie! - Rachelle

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Rachelle!

 

That's a real bummer about your liver disease -

so sorry this had to happen to you. As for the

treatment, I can think of nicer ways to spend my

time - like walking on hot coals.

 

>Since I can't exercise, I have to diet.

> Dieting sucks.

 

Not necessarily, you know. Some weightloss diets

are pretty okay - although it helps if you're

already vegan, for example. Dr Fuhrman's and Dr

McDougall's programmes are both fine - you are

never hungry on either - and Dr Esselstyne's

(from memory) follows closely, as do several

others (eg Ornish - one of the early ones). Even

if the one you choose doesn't require you to be

completely vegetarian, it doesn't hurt the diet

to BE vegetarian (and makes some choices

simpler).

 

Of course, this isn't a weightloss group,

although quite a few members would like to lose a

little weight. We can recommend some slimming

groups to you - as long as you promise to stay

here as well, that is LOL Vegetarian Slimming is

one on which I'm a co-owner

vegetarianslimming

and several members belong to both.

 

> But from my

> research I've seen that meat has more for my

> body to process than

> vegetables and other non animal foods.

 

Yes, I understand that too fwiw.

 

> It also

> limits my intake of fat

> and extra protein on a daily basis, right?

 

Sounds good.

 

> I want to eat

> healthier and lose weight AND exercise. But I

> can't have it all. So I

> am hoping that the switch to vegetarian helps

> me.

> Is that selfish?

 

Unless it's selfish to take good care of the body

you have, I'd risk a big NO here Good for you!

 

Now, when you come to look at our recipes, please

be careful of the oils and fats in them. Many

recipes can be adapted to low-fat or no added

fat. Some are already clearly made without fat or

with very little indeed. (Btw, a great

award-winning blog is FatFree Vegan Kitchen at

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/

which is run by the wonderful Susan V. (Not

necessarily slimming recipes, you understand, but

definitely vegan, and she gives some wonderful

ideas of how to cut fats and oils out of your

vegan recipes/cooking.)

 

Meanwhile, do have a look at our Files and if you

want to know if any of them can be made lower in

fat, then just ask. There are several of us who

already eat the way you are planning to!

 

So you're not alone with all this, right?

Thanks for writing in - and we'll help you get

started if you just give us an idea of what it is

you need to know.

 

Best, Pat (Group Owner)

 

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Vegetarian Spice:

http://beanvegan.blogspot.com

Vegan World Cuisine: http://www.care2.com/c2cvegworld

Vegetarian Slimming: vegetarianslimming

Vegetarians In Canada: vegetariansincanada

" Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are

called medical research. " (George Bernard Shaw)

 

 

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