Hi!

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

 

It seems as though Tuesday at noon is the best time for the people

who expressed interest in meeting. So this coming Tuesday (January

31st) at noon at Chaco Canyon will be our first get together...for

juice or lunch and live/raw foods support and conversation. All are

welcome. It will be good to see you : )

 

Laura

 

 

RawSeattle , Audrey Walker

<prettifemme88> wrote:

>

> Hi Laura,

>

> I'd be interested. Please let us know when you decide

> to meet.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Audrey

>

> --- opentograce <opentograce> wrote:

>

> > Hi All,

> >

> > A few people have expressed an interest in meeting

> > at Chaco Canyon

> > during the week for lunch/juice. (Tuesday or

> > Thursday) Let me know

> > if any other " raw/live foodists " would like to join

> > us for some mid-

> > week support and conversation.

> >

> > Thank you and have a great week!

> >

> > Laura

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/18/2008 11:19:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

quetuvenx writes:

 

Hi Annette!

 

I'm really surprised that you'd have any problem with metabolism with all

that exercise! Your vitamin and herb supplement probably has it, but I add a

bit of chopped up seaweed to my soups to help with metabolism, and you might

consider checking a glycemic index chart like this one:

_http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/glycemicfoodchart.htm_

(http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/

glycemicfoodchart.htm) The idea is to eat primarily, not exclusively, from

the

foods with low glycemic index. There are other sites on it out there as

well, but the chart here was nice. I see a lot of grains on what you eat, but

what about beans and vegetables? Maybe more of those would help? I find

veggies really fill me up, because they have so much soluble fiber. When I

don't

eat enough of them, I over eat and feel hungry more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for adding me to your group. I am a vegan vegetarian

for about 10 years now and I love it. I really like the idea that I

am helping to save the earth, my life and the lives of animals that

would otherwise be killed for me to eat. I am excited to be

connected to like minded people. This is the first time I have

contact with kindred spirits.

I have one big problem maybe someone can help me out. I exercise

daily running/jogging 4 to 5 miles each day and weight training and

any other exercise, I can do in that day. I exercise 1 1/2 to 2 1/2

hours each day. The problem is I get ssssooooo hungry afterwards

that sometimes I come home and eat for the rest of the day!! Brown

rice pasta with tomato sauce, grains like millet and whatever else is

in the house. I also take protein powder before and after my work

out. I have a very very slow metabolism and although I am vegan I am

over weight. I see a holistic physician and he put me on a vitamin

and herb protocol for my thyroid. It is coming off very slowly but

it is taking a very long time for me to loose the weight (although I

have been overweight for most of my adult life), I really should not

be at this point in my life.

It is so embarassing when I tell people who ask that I am vegan.

They look at me perplexed because I am about 50 lbs over weight!! I

am 5'4 around 165 to 170 lbs according to the men it's all in the

right places!! Does anyone have any advice or is going through the

same thing. Please let me know.

Thanks

Annette

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Welcome to the garden of earthly delights! I've been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for

over 20 years now and am also overweight despite being very careful about

carbohydrates. I am very very hypoglycemic and carbs can throw me into rebound

hypoglycemia so fast I don't have time to get emergency carbs and protein in me.

I don't run, but have learned how to walk again. Physical therapy had me

sweating and my heart racing as if I had just run a marathon. I would have a

protein shake after and it helped. The protein shakes also help if I want to

munch my way through the day.

 

Have you considered a protein supplement? I use whey protein supplements but

that isn't vegan, but there are a number of soy protein powders on the market.

Carbs will give you instant energy but protein will carry you a lot longer.

(The carbs will also burn off fast leaving you wanting something else.)

 

Anywho, welcome to the group. Jeanne in GA

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanne,

Thanks for the advice. Yeah, I forgot to mention that the protein shakes are

either rice or soy protein. And you are right the shakes really do make a

difference in my appetite but you know just sometimes you REALLY want food!!

Regards

Annette

P.S. I am thankful you wrote to me. Now I don't feel so alone. I really

thought I was the only one who had this kind of problem. Thanks.

treazure noname <treazured wrote:

Welcome to the garden of earthly delights! I've been a lacto-ovo

vegetarian for over 20 years now and am also overweight despite being very

careful about carbohydrates. I am very very hypoglycemic and carbs can throw me

into rebound hypoglycemia so fast I don't have time to get emergency carbs and

protein in me. I don't run, but have learned how to walk again. Physical therapy

had me sweating and my heart racing as if I had just run a marathon. I would

have a protein shake after and it helped. The protein shakes also help if I want

to munch my way through the day.

 

Have you considered a protein supplement? I use whey protein supplements but

that isn't vegan, but there are a number of soy protein powders on the market.

Carbs will give you instant energy but protein will carry you a lot longer. (The

carbs will also burn off fast leaving you wanting something else.)

 

Anywho, welcome to the group. Jeanne in GA

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi, welcom to the group, I am new too and I am in Washigton as well

at the Northern border. But we recently moved from CA so I am really

missing the sunshine. There are so many good recipes here to help

you. Good luck!~Danielle---

 

In , " tizhr48 " <tizhr48 wrote:

>

> Hi, I am new here and just wanted to introduce myself. I am 59 yo,

live

> alone with my pet ferret, Sunny (a little bit of sunshine in my

life).

> I just recently finished chemo and rad for cancer treatment and

decided

> that I need to take control of my life in every way possible.

Eating

> better is top on the list. Above exc. even, cuz I need the energy

to

> move. LOL

> I have looked around this site and am realllllly impressed. So

glad

> you are all here. I can certainly understand why this is a winning

> site.

> There is so much I need to learn about cooking and eating veg

style

> and this site looks like it is going to be a good start for me.

Thanks

> for letting me join.

>

> Elsie in Tacoma, WA

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Elsie and welcome to a really fun adventure of fun cooking and eating,

 

I love your name! My best friend in childhood was named Elsie. She just

hated it because there was this ELSIE THE BORDEN COW around in those days and

she was a chubby little thing and kids are cruel. She was Italian - first

generation born in the U.S. Are you? I love the thought of your little

Sunny. I have heart ferrets are wonderful pets but not happy without other

ferrets. Yours sounds darn happy to me (LOL). I have 5 little dogs myself

and they are such a delight.

 

Sometimes it is really hard to cook for yourself when you live alone, but force

yourself. The only way to eat a good healthy diet is to spend time preparing

fresh food. All the packaged stuff and canned stuff is just full of sodium and

chemicals, which you in particular don't need while battleing cancer. I work

in an acupuncture office where we treat a lot of patients going through chemo

and radiation. Acupuncture and Chinese herbs can be very helpful to these

patients, making the process much easier, easing nausea and keeping the body in

general good tone.

 

Wishing you well, and do keep us posted on your cooking AND your health.

 

Zelda

San Francisco, California

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello, my name is Janine and I'm new to this group. But I'm not new to this

program. I hope to

get good ideas for recipes, share my ideas, get and offer support. And wow--I've

already

checked out the bento photo and that rocks! I LOVE bentos!

 

I am on step 7. I became a vegetarian when I was 15 or 16. When I started PnP

back in the

90s I stopped being a vegetarian. I have often tried to be a vegetarian again,

but find that I

get low blood sugar very easily. So what would happen is... I end up eating

non-vegetarian

again.

 

I live in California with my husband and our little girl who is in first grade

and we have two

darling pet rats. I am an early interventionist, working with families who have

babies with

special needs.

 

Thank you for letting me be a member of your group!

 

Love, light, blessings and abundance this holiday season, and a Happy New Year!

 

Janine

[Guest guest]

Hi Janine,

 

Welcome! This group is awesome. There are lots of really great veggie

recipes and ideas here.

 

I live in Baltimore with my 12 year old black lab, Sebastian. I am not

vegetarian but really enjoy eating vegetarian foods and get a lot from this

list!

 

Tina

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Tina,

 

Nice to meet you!

 

I looooove labs...

 

Janine

On Dec 20, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Tina Castronovo wrote:

 

> Hi Janine,

>

> Welcome! This group is awesome. There are lots of really great veggie

> recipes and ideas here.

>

> I live in Baltimore with my 12 year old black lab, Sebastian. I am not

> vegetarian but really enjoy eating vegetarian foods and get a lot

> from this

> list!

>

> Tina

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Janine,

 

Welcome, and it's nice to have you here. It sounds like you are

listening to your body well. I have been gradually becoming

more vegetarian on step 7. I've gotten some great recipes here,

for sure. My body still needs some heavier protein like eggs and

fish to stay steady, which for me manifests as not cranky, LOL.

 

I'll bet your pet rats are nice. I have some wild but tame black

squirrels whom I adore. One takes peanuts out of my hand.

Your work sounds very rewarding.

 

JoEllen

 

 

 

 

 

, " najcevedo " <janine wrote:

>

> Hello, my name is Janine and I'm new to this group. But I'm not new to this

program. I

hope to

> get good ideas for recipes, share my ideas, get and offer support. And

wow--I've

already

> checked out the bento photo and that rocks! I LOVE bentos!

>

> I am on step 7. I became a vegetarian when I was 15 or 16. When I started PnP

back in

the

> 90s I stopped being a vegetarian. I have often tried to be a vegetarian again,

but find

that I

> get low blood sugar very easily. So what would happen is... I end up eating

non-

vegetarian

> again.

>

> I live in California with my husband and our little girl who is in first

grade and we have

two

> darling pet rats. I am an early interventionist, working with families who

have babies

with

> special needs.

>

> Thank you for letting me be a member of your group!

>

> Love, light, blessings and abundance this holiday season, and a Happy New

Year!

>

> Janine

>

[Guest guest]

Hi JoEllen,

 

So nice to meet you!

 

Where I grew up there were only gray squirrels with fluffy

tails...then when I moved west I was enchanted by adorable little

black squirrels. Where I'm living now, some are reddish brown, some

are black and some are gray!

 

One of my pet rats is featured on Rat of the Week at the website of

the ran fan club.

 

I really know what you mean about needing that heavier protein. I get

foggy, droopy, cranky...the whole seven dwarves of low blood sugar!

 

Janine

 

 

On Dec 21, 2008, at 3:22 AM, jocameron350 wrote:

 

> Hi Janine,

>

> Welcome, and it's nice to have you here. It sounds like you are

> listening to your body well. I have been gradually becoming

> more vegetarian on step 7. I've gotten some great recipes here,

> for sure. My body still needs some heavier protein like eggs and

> fish to stay steady, which for me manifests as not cranky, LOL.

>

> I'll bet your pet rats are nice. I have some wild but tame black

> squirrels whom I adore. One takes peanuts out of my hand.

> Your work sounds very rewarding.

>

> JoEllen

>

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Janine, welcome to the group! I was a meat eater when I started the program and

decided that after 5 years I wanted to try vegetarian eating on the program. I

did a 2 year switch over and now, going on 8 years in RR I've been able to stay

steady on vegetarian protein sources. It took awhile to figure out what would

work for my body, and every once in awhile I'd find I had to add in more meat

because was feeling depressed, but after 4 straight months of vegetarian eating

(in the winter!) I've got it down. Oh and, I live outside of Washington DC with

my husband and two darling dogs. Glad you are here!!

 

Heather

 

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle.

--Albert Einstein

 

 

 

 

________________________________

najcevedo <janine

 

Saturday, December 20, 2008 2:28:27 PM

Hi!

 

 

Hello, my name is Janine and I'm new to this group. But I'm not new to this

program. I hope to

get good ideas for recipes, share my ideas, get and offer support. And wow--I've

already

checked out the bento photo and that rocks! I LOVE bentos!

 

I am on step 7. I became a vegetarian when I was 15 or 16. When I started PnP

back in the

90s I stopped being a vegetarian. I have often tried to be a vegetarian again,

but find that I

get low blood sugar very easily. So what would happen is... I end up eating

non-vegetarian

again.

 

I live in California with my husband and our little girl who is in first grade

and we have two

darling pet rats. I am an early interventionist, working with families who have

babies with

special needs.

 

Thank you for letting me be a member of your group!

 

Love, light, blessings and abundance this holiday season, and a Happy New Year!

 

Janine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I've been doing the fat free vegan (was already vegan) for 2 years and 8 months

(since interviewing Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn).

 

I feel fantastic.

 

It's important, imho, to really go at least three months without adding

oil/vegan margarine/fatty vegan mayo to your meals. The goal here is not just

for your cardiovascular system, but to " re-condition " or, in Essy's words,

" re-calibrate " your taste buds.

 

Yes, you definitely can lose the taste for fat. But, again, imho, using added

fat after ridding yourself of the craving for fat, is like an alcoholic trying

to have one drink. For me, I find it's best to stay on track.

 

Sure, at friend's or when out I might get some, but I don't allow it at home.

The vigor, energy, and well-being I've noted works for me and I don't want to

lose that all due to an old temptation.

 

You might enjoy reading the interview I did with Dr. Esselstyn and then later,

with his vegan firefighter son, Rip, Interviews #5 and #7:

 

http://www.madcowboy.com/02_MCinterviews.000.html

 

Also, check out the link to Rip's " Engine 2 Academy " website (in the interview).

There's a ton of recipes there and the sign-up is free, no spamming policy, etc.

 

I get e-mail all the time from people who've controlled and reversed heart

disease/symptoms by going no-added fat vegan, so know that you are not alone,

and it's not a myth!

 

Best of luck to you both, Mark