Guest guest Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Abbey, Hello. I have been a lurker thus far, but what you posted about cooking/preparing your own food in order to eat healthier and feel better really struck a cord with me. I have been a vegan for 7 years. My reasons for becoming a vegan are only secondarily related to health. Therefore, I have gone through periods where I've eaten very poorly. It appears that my health is beginning to suffer for it. I have found recently that I have gained weight and that I have very little energy. It has crept up on me, really. Feeling this way has inspired me to start cooking for myself everyday and packing food to take with me to work. I know that I will feel so much better than when I eat a lot of junk food/prepared food. Just curious (since breakfast is important for me)- what kind of ingredients do you include in your breakfast shake (if you don't mind me asking)? Chris > Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:40:31 -0600 > " Abegael Drake " <djrockitgirl > RE: homecooked only in the city? > > > I fixed the problem of bringing food to work/school > by eating a big > breakfast (500 calorie shake and some juice) and > then just taking tons of > snacks with me. Then when I get home I eat supper > and then snack again later > in the night. It's better for your metabolism to eat > more than 3 times a day > anyway plus your biggest meal of the day really > should be your first meal so > that you have lots of energy for the day. I find > that having lots of snacks > along with me (granola bar, carrots and a small > thing of home made dip, > applesauce cup, yogurt, and a piece of fruit every > day) keeps me energized > all day. When I have longer days I also pack a big > thick sandwich. > Hotjobs: Enter the " Signing Bonus " Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes./signingbonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 In a message dated 1/17/04 3:43:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, climbzen writes: 1 cup soy milk 1/2 cup apple juice 1 tbs oil blend (mix of flax, hemp, sunflower, borage, and pumpkin oil) one scoop protein powder one banana about 1/3 bag frozen fruit of some sort or another, usually blueberries Wow! That's almost exactly the same as the shake I make. And I thought I invented it!! I also throw in a little cinnamon which really makes it taste even better! Gloria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 In a message dated 1/17/2004 11:56:52 AM Central Standard Time, writes: 1 tbs oil blend (mix of flax, hemp, sunflower, borage, and pumpkin > oil) Why the oil? Learning, Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 On 16 Jan 2004 at 12:49, Chris wrote: > Just curious (since breakfast is important for me)- > what kind of ingredients do you include in your > breakfast shake (if you don't mind me asking)? hey there, my morning shake consists of: 1 cup soy milk 1/2 cup apple juice 1 tbs oil blend (mix of flax, hemp, sunflower, borage, and pumpkin oil) one scoop protein powder one banana about 1/3 bag frozen fruit of some sort or another, usually blueberries blend well, a little trick at least with my last 2 blenders is to pulse it about a dozen or so times at first then blend for like a min. if i don't pulse it i end up with chunks of fruit still in it. enjoy peace jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 I actually have a weight gain shake that I got from a nutritional store, it is 700 calories and that is only half a recommended serving! lol I am working up to a full serving but 1L is really hard to drink first thing in the morning ) For you though there is lots of stuff you can try. Soymilk with some nutritional yeast and frozen fruit would make a fantastic shake. You can do your own frozen fruit, just cut up some peaches or necatrines or oranges, or whatever you like and toss them in the freezer. Watch out for the banana though, it is very strong and you only need a little bit to add a whole lot of taste. If you don't have any frozen fruit put in regular fruit and then a couple of icecubes ) Also tofu works well, the really soft kind, blend it before adding the soymilk and that way it will be smooth with no chunks. I recently took a package of silken soft tofu and mixed it up with frozen strawberries and a couple teaspoons of organic sugar and it made a great desert! A bit of soymilk added in there would have turned it into a good shake. If you're not a shake drinker though there is other homecooked type stuff you can have for breakfast. Try getting some grains and making your own granola type cereal or baking some breakfast muffins or there is always the old stand by of toast with stuff on it. If you start making your own bread though be careful if you're using a bread machine because a lot of breadmachine recipes call for a lot of yeast and too much yeast isn't always good for you. My aunt got a yeast infection on her elbow once after a love affair with her new breadmaker lol Speaking from experience when you are thinking about going home cooked it seems really scary and like a lot of hard work but the more I cook for myself the more premade food turns my stomach and I actually want to go home and make something for me that I know won't feel heavy in my tummy and will be good for me. Hope that helped! -Abbey =) >Chris <pandoras_gifts > > > homecooked meals >Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:49:43 -0800 (PST) > >Abbey, > >Hello. I have been a lurker thus far, but what you >posted about cooking/preparing your own food in order >to eat healthier and feel better really struck a cord >with me. I have been a vegan for 7 years. My reasons >for becoming a vegan are only secondarily related to >health. Therefore, I have gone through periods where >I've eaten very poorly. > >It appears that my health is beginning to suffer for >it. I have found recently that I have gained weight >and that I have very little energy. It has crept up on >me, really. Feeling this way has inspired me to start >cooking for myself everyday and packing food to take >with me to work. I know that I will feel so much >better than when I eat a lot of junk food/prepared >food. > >Just curious (since breakfast is important for me)- >what kind of ingredients do you include in your >breakfast shake (if you don't mind me asking)? > >Chris > > > > Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:40:31 -0600 > > " Abegael Drake " <djrockitgirl > > RE: homecooked only in the city? > > > > > > I fixed the problem of bringing food to work/school > > by eating a big > > breakfast (500 calorie shake and some juice) and > > then just taking tons of > > snacks with me. Then when I get home I eat supper > > and then snack again later > > in the night. It's better for your metabolism to eat > > more than 3 times a day > > anyway plus your biggest meal of the day really > > should be your first meal so > > that you have lots of energy for the day. I find > > that having lots of snacks > > along with me (granola bar, carrots and a small > > thing of home made dip, > > applesauce cup, yogurt, and a piece of fruit every > > day) keeps me energized > > all day. When I have longer days I also pack a big > > thick sandwich. > > > > > > > Hotjobs: Enter the " Signing Bonus " Sweepstakes >http://hotjobs.sweepstakes./signingbonus > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Okay this is much better than my simple one lol listen to this guy ) >climbzen > > >Re: homecooked meals >Sat, 17 Jan 2004 06:45:19 -0800 > >On 16 Jan 2004 at 12:49, Chris wrote: > > > Just curious (since breakfast is important for me)- > > what kind of ingredients do you include in your > > breakfast shake (if you don't mind me asking)? > >hey there, > my morning shake consists of: > 1 cup soy milk > 1/2 cup apple juice > 1 tbs oil blend (mix of flax, hemp, sunflower, borage, and pumpkin >oil) > one scoop protein powder > one banana > about 1/3 bag frozen fruit of some sort or another, usually >blueberries > blend well, a little trick at least with my last 2 blenders is to pulse >it >about a dozen or so times at first then blend for like a min. if i don't >pulse it i end up with chunks of fruit still in it. > enjoy > peace > jeff > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 On 17 Jan 2004 at 13:02, Mlbieker wrote: > > In a message dated 1/17/2004 11:56:52 AM Central Standard Time, > writes: > 1 tbs oil blend (mix of flax, hemp, sunflower, borage, and pumpkin > > oil) > > Why the oil? hey there, because you need fat in your diet, and i find if i don't have fat i crave fat, so i would much rather have a good dose of healthy fat in the morning then resort to a bag of chips at night (witch happens more often then i want). also i find it makes it more filling so to speak, before i started using it i was hungry again i like an hour, now i don't get hungry again for about 4 hours. peace jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 01:02:29 -0500, Mlbieker wrote: > In a message dated 1/17/2004 11:56:52 AM Central Standard Time, > writes: > 1 tbs oil blend (mix of flax, hemp, sunflower, borage, and pumpkin > > oil) > Why the oil? The main part I know is to get plenty of Omega 3's , I use organic flax seed oil. Persian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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