Vegan weight loss book

[Guest guest]

Has anyone read the vegan weight loss book " Skinny Bitch " ? The two

authors come off rough and tough and throw in a more than a dash of

profanity. But their ideas are straight on and it's well worth putting

up with a bit of what would be verbal abuse if someone were to talk

directly to your face like that. I love the book. Chapter 6 made me cry

though. You'll have to get the book to find out what chapter 6 is all

about. (I have no financial interest in it and don't know them

personally, of course.)

 

As for me, I had surgery to remove my thyroid on 6/6 and tomorrow I go

and have the steri-strip removed from over the incision site.

Hopefully, I'll get the OK to go back to exercising. I am forbidden to

do any strenuous activity until I get the dr.'s OK. Frankly, it's just

been in the last couple of days that I've even felt like considering

it! The recovery has been a bit more difficult than I anticipated.

But I haven't gained any weight! I'm being eased on to a full dose of

thyroid hormones gradually and once I can exercise, it's on. Full

battle against the bulge!

[Guest guest]

> Has anyone read the vegan weight loss book " Skinny Bitch " ?

 

Hi Hon, No I haven't read it, and I don't know much about it

except what I've found on the web. But I see it is vegan (a good

idea, as you knew I'd say LOL) and advocates healthy eating

including whole grains (rather than refined). What it does seem,

however, is a diet that allows more fat than some others that

people on this group follow (this being, as I keep saying for

the benefit of newbies) a low-fat group. Since you have read

the book, you'd be able to tell me if my assumption is wrong.

I'm going by the sample menu I saw.

 

And I'm looking for professional opinions of the book - pleased

to see John Robbins' approval

 

Love, Pat

[Guest guest]

Regarding the low fat thing, I must say that I get a bit concerned when I see

people trying to achieve a *no* fat diet. Even vegans need a very small amount

of good polyunsaturated fats in their diet. It is a very small amount that is

needed but some is needed. Everyone please don't eliminate **every trace of

fat** from your diet and maintain that diet for a long period of time! You'll

damage yourself. Please note that I'm emphasizing **every trace** and not

advocating pouring 3 tablespoons of olive oil on your pasta. Half a tablespoon

of good EVOO in a recipe for four servings of pasta is still low fat and a good,

healthy thing!

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

> Regarding the low fat thing, I must say that I get a bit concerned when I see

people

trying to achieve a *no* fat diet. Even vegans need a very small amount of good

polyunsaturated fats in their diet. . . .

 

Thanks, hon. But no one here was advocating a no-fat diet. Some of us produce

recipes with 'no added fat' (which sometimes gets quickly short-handed into

'fat-free'0, but that's a different kind of thing, isn't it It would be

rather hard,

come to think of it, to have a *no* fat diet. Vegetables, legumes and grains

have fat IN them - how else would you get corn oil, peanut oil, etc. - and

most vegans take something like ground flaxseed each day to keep on the safe

side.

 

On the contrary, rather than advocating a no-fat diet we are a group which

caters to those

on a LOW-fat diet, as I stated. We always have been. So don't worry I should

add, too,

that there are some very VERY respected scientific studies - and books written -

which

show excellent results for keeping all added fats (bar the flaxseed, in most

cases I believe)

out of the diet. Those interested would be wise to study them - not all are

vegetarian, not

all are vegan, but . . . . I think particularly, however, of Ornish, McDougall,

Barnard,

Fuhrman. And for recipes you can't do better than Susan V's blog

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/

and her webpage http://www.fatfreevegan.com/

 

Love, Pat

[Guest guest]

I hope all goes well for you!! A close girlfriend of mine had

thtroid cancer as a teenager and faught with her weight alot simply

because she did not follow doctors orders on her medication... Well,

she wised up, listened up and lightened up - like nearly 80lbs.

later she looks better than ever!! Take care & my prayers are w/

you!!

 

, " tonialmo " <tonialmo

wrote:

 

> As for me, I had surgery to remove my thyroid on 6/6 and tomorrow

I go

> and have the steri-strip removed from over the incision site.

> Hopefully, I'll get the OK to go back to exercising. I am

forbidden to

> do any strenuous activity until I get the dr.'s OK. Frankly, it's

just

> been in the last couple of days that I've even felt like

considering

> it! The recovery has been a bit more difficult than I

anticipated.

> But I haven't gained any weight! I'm being eased on to a full

dose of

> thyroid hormones gradually and once I can exercise, it's on. Full

> battle against the bulge!

>

[Guest guest]

Is it just in the UK that the Skinny Bitch book received a boost to

pubiicity when former Spice Girl, Victoria Beckham was seen with it the

other week?

 

http://tinyurl.com/259c2c

 

Of course no one wants to be as skinny as Victoria - she says she was

born skinny - but the ideas in the book seem very healthy to me!

 

Geoff

[Guest guest]

> . . . the ideas in the book seem very healthy to me!

 

I gotta find the book and give it a good read. If it truly

is a healthy AND easily followed vegan nutrition plan

which helps people to get 'skinny' (to use what I assume

is a tongue-in-cheek expression), then it's something

I for one want to know about. I've had it up to my eye

teeth with hearing about weightloss diets which don't

give a tinker's toss for health! Nice to hear about a

change in all that!

 

Has anyone else (apart from tonia) read it yet?

 

Love, Pat

 

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they suffer?' " (Jeremy Bentham, 1749-1832)

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I have heard of this book and want to find out mroe about it. I'd like

to find out if they know more about being a vegetarian than I do (been

one since 73). Not bragging, they just might! Before I spend the money

tho, I wish I could get a hint somehow.

 

I too have thyroid problems, tho not surgically removed. I have

Hashimotos. HOope all is healing well.

 

~ Priitaa

Hypothyroid Vegetarians:

http://health.HypothyroidVegetarians

 

, " tonialmo " <tonialmo

wrote:

>

> Has anyone read the vegan weight loss book " Skinny Bitch " ? The two

> authors come off rough and tough and throw in a more than a dash of

> profanity. But their ideas are straight on and it's well worth putting

> up with a bit of what would be verbal abuse if someone were to talk

> directly to your face like that. I love the book. Chapter 6 made me cry

> though. You'll have to get the book to find out what chapter 6 is all

> about. (I have no financial interest in it and don't know them

> personally, of course.)

>

> As for me, I had surgery to remove my thyroid on 6/6 and tomorrow I go

> and have the steri-strip removed from over the incision site.

> Hopefully, I'll get the OK to go back to exercising. I am forbidden to

> do any strenuous activity until I get the dr.'s OK. Frankly, it's just

> been in the last couple of days that I've even felt like considering

> it! The recovery has been a bit more difficult than I anticipated.

> But I haven't gained any weight! I'm being eased on to a full dose of

> thyroid hormones gradually and once I can exercise, it's on. Full

> battle against the bulge!

>