Hi, I'm new!
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:38 pm
Hi guys!
I've read a few posts here the last couple days and I've decided to join in.
I've been vegan for almost a year (in a couple weeks it'll be a year), but still a junk foodie. I gained all my weight as an "omni", lost about 30 pounds just going vegetarian (December 2008), then gained some back (to 290) over the couple years going from vege to vegan and discovering all the junk food. It only took that long to go vege->vegan because of cheese addiction, but we're over that now! I've been low fat for 5 days and haven't weighed myself but I FEEL so much better!
My ultimate desire is to be a low fat raw vegan. Making this step to low fat cooked has already made such a huge difference.
I have a couple concerns:
I try to eat a lot of fruit and will continue to... I guess this isn't much of a question. Unless anyone knows a good reason I shouldn't eat fruit-- though I think I should ask that of someone coming from the other side. I know everything that is said about insulin/sugar, yet without the fat that doesn't seem to be a problem. The fibers in fruit slow the digestion and the starches we eat need to be turned into sugars to be utilized anyway. I understand why not to have fruit juice, but I don't get the concern with whole fruit and limiting it to 3 a day? Low fat raw veganism, my ultimate goal, is basically McDougall but with raw foods (and mostly fruit-- many other raw foods are high fat or too low calorie)... anything wrong with that? Anything wrong with mixing the two?
My next concern is that I eat a lot this way. On the raw food side, eating a lot is encouraged. Eating 3k calories or more a day was always my goal if strictly low fat raw. On McDougall + fruit I'm probably eating 2-3k, mostly from potatoes, fruit, and squash. Now, I haven't read MWLP but I've read 12 days and a little bit about MWLP on this site. Undereating on raw led to binges and I don't want to go back to that, but is eating that much on McDougall going to work for weight loss? I know fat is stored much more easily than carb (as fat), I just need some reassurance that I'm not totally overdoing it and if I am, what to do. I'm not eating that many vegetables; mostly fruit and potatoes. Steering clear of grains for many reasons but occasionally I have oatmeal (but I hate it without sweetener! Brown sugar was my favorite; Agave seems better for me but I haven't seen it mentioned, are there good & on-plan sweeteners for oatmeal?) and rice cakes are a good snack. Might add rice but definitely no gluten for me... I'm rambling.... What vegetables are quick and tasty? Nuking potatoes and eating raw fruit are way too convenient!
And actually since I think of it, I've been eating less the last couple days than I did the first three. Maybe it just took getting used to. Still should add more veggies, I need some ideas!
So yeah, there's my life story. Thanks for watching.
I've read a few posts here the last couple days and I've decided to join in.
I've been vegan for almost a year (in a couple weeks it'll be a year), but still a junk foodie. I gained all my weight as an "omni", lost about 30 pounds just going vegetarian (December 2008), then gained some back (to 290) over the couple years going from vege to vegan and discovering all the junk food. It only took that long to go vege->vegan because of cheese addiction, but we're over that now! I've been low fat for 5 days and haven't weighed myself but I FEEL so much better!
My ultimate desire is to be a low fat raw vegan. Making this step to low fat cooked has already made such a huge difference.
I have a couple concerns:
I try to eat a lot of fruit and will continue to... I guess this isn't much of a question. Unless anyone knows a good reason I shouldn't eat fruit-- though I think I should ask that of someone coming from the other side. I know everything that is said about insulin/sugar, yet without the fat that doesn't seem to be a problem. The fibers in fruit slow the digestion and the starches we eat need to be turned into sugars to be utilized anyway. I understand why not to have fruit juice, but I don't get the concern with whole fruit and limiting it to 3 a day? Low fat raw veganism, my ultimate goal, is basically McDougall but with raw foods (and mostly fruit-- many other raw foods are high fat or too low calorie)... anything wrong with that? Anything wrong with mixing the two?
My next concern is that I eat a lot this way. On the raw food side, eating a lot is encouraged. Eating 3k calories or more a day was always my goal if strictly low fat raw. On McDougall + fruit I'm probably eating 2-3k, mostly from potatoes, fruit, and squash. Now, I haven't read MWLP but I've read 12 days and a little bit about MWLP on this site. Undereating on raw led to binges and I don't want to go back to that, but is eating that much on McDougall going to work for weight loss? I know fat is stored much more easily than carb (as fat), I just need some reassurance that I'm not totally overdoing it and if I am, what to do. I'm not eating that many vegetables; mostly fruit and potatoes. Steering clear of grains for many reasons but occasionally I have oatmeal (but I hate it without sweetener! Brown sugar was my favorite; Agave seems better for me but I haven't seen it mentioned, are there good & on-plan sweeteners for oatmeal?) and rice cakes are a good snack. Might add rice but definitely no gluten for me... I'm rambling.... What vegetables are quick and tasty? Nuking potatoes and eating raw fruit are way too convenient!
And actually since I think of it, I've been eating less the last couple days than I did the first three. Maybe it just took getting used to. Still should add more veggies, I need some ideas!
So yeah, there's my life story. Thanks for watching.