Guest guest Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I've got to say - since I went " almost vegan " (cut way back on dairy, now only 1-2 meals/week), I've noticed I have a lot more energy. And I have been a vegetarian for 2 years, so it's not meat. I'm even exercising several nights a week, which I was always too tired to do before. I work 6 (sometimes 7) days a week and this burst of energy has just been amazing for me. (And I've never been diagnosed with any food allergies or lactose intolerance or anything like that) Audrey On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:55 AM, robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: > > > If you are not vegan, eliminating dairy and having a spoonful of local > honey every day may help. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I'll have to try that. If I can knock the soda and processed sugar habit, I can knock off on my dairy. I consume between 1-2 gallons of milk by myself. I always drink skim because the fat in whole milk is way to much for my system to handle. My body treats it like a toxin and purges it out as soon as possible. The lower fat milk seems to be better, but I drink so much that skim is the only way to go. Thanks for the tip. I'll certainally cut back as much as possible.  Dena --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird wrote: Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird [veg_grp] OT: eliminating dairy - energy Monday, February 8, 2010, 1:59 PM  I've got to say - since I went " almost vegan " (cut way back on dairy, now only 1-2 meals/week), I've noticed I have a lot more energy. And I have been a vegetarian for 2 years, so it's not meat. I'm even exercising several nights a week, which I was always too tired to do before. I work 6 (sometimes 7) days a week and this burst of energy has just been amazing for me. (And I've never been diagnosed with any food allergies or lactose intolerance or anything like that) Audrey On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:55 AM, robin koloms <rkoloms > wrote: > > > If you are not vegan, eliminating dairy and having a spoonful of local > honey every day may help. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Dairy can deplete iron; this may be contributing to your dark circles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I've had a hard time just eliminating meat. I completely cut it out for 7 months then I craved nothing but meat for weeks and weeks until I gave in. I found that once I had a little everything else I had worked so hard to cut out came back too like the junk food and the diary and chain smoking. What I'm getting at is this: How do you do it? What do you use for a substitute? , Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird wrote: > > I've got to say - since I went " almost vegan " (cut way back on dairy, now > only 1-2 meals/week), I've noticed I have a lot more energy. And I have been > a vegetarian for 2 years, so it's not meat. I'm even exercising several > nights a week, which I was always too tired to do before. I work 6 > (sometimes 7) days a week and this burst of energy has just been amazing for > me. (And I've never been diagnosed with any food allergies or lactose > intolerance or anything like that) > > Audrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Hi, Well done for doing those 7 months. It is a good start. I know what you mean because if I go abroad for business I sometimes don't get the nice food I have at home and I get cravings. There are a couple of things which help: * Part of the niceness (excuse this phrase!) is the chewiness of it. We have vegetarian sausages, bean burgers, quorn mince or pieces, ready to eat marinated tofu etc which are lovely. Shop around and try out different ones as some are yummy and some are yuck. In the UK I like cauldron sausages, Linda McCartney sausages, quorn chicken pieces and mince. Holland & Barrat (health food shop) has some nice pates even. Some may say parts of this are replicating a meat diet and to be honest yes. Your body is used to eating a certain food so if I am in China even if the food is vegetarian, after a time, I still yearn for food from home. Being a brit this is sausages, mashed potato, veg and gravy (veggie of course). * Give yourself time and support. It does take a while for your body to adjust. In the months you have given up you have made a difference. Doing it day in and day out now will make a large difference. Best wishes, Belle , " raskolnikdieum " <raskolnikdieum wrote: > > I've had a hard time just eliminating meat. I completely cut it out for 7 months then I craved nothing but meat for weeks and weeks until I gave in. I found that once I had a little everything else I had worked so hard to cut out came back too like the junk food and the diary and chain smoking. > What I'm getting at is this: How do you do it? What do you use for a substitute? > > > , Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird@> wrote: > > > > I've got to say - since I went " almost vegan " (cut way back on dairy, now > > only 1-2 meals/week), I've noticed I have a lot more energy. And I have been > > a vegetarian for 2 years, so it's not meat. I'm even exercising several > > nights a week, which I was always too tired to do before. I work 6 > > (sometimes 7) days a week and this burst of energy has just been amazing for > > me. (And I've never been diagnosed with any food allergies or lactose > > intolerance or anything like that) > > > > Audrey > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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