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| acgnyc
Joined: 02/27/10 Posts: 8 |
My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 4:21 PM Hello Beautiful People! Thanks to the kind professionals at PCRM, we have started a lovely journey. These forums give us a little corner in the world where we can all share thoughts and questions. Today, I had an "AHA MOMENT" and I know that I will have many more throughout these 21 days - after all, I am work in progress. I am going to make this forum my confession room, a place to share "Aha moments", thoughts and feelings I have when I "get off track", think that I have "failed", or just want to share my joy when I know I am accomplishing something good for myself. Yes, YOU ARE ALL INVITED to: Who knows...someone out there may be going through the same thing and we could all learn from our experience, strength, and our hope and live a healthier, happier life. Peace and happines to all, |
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| acgnyc
Joined: 02/27/10 Posts: 8 |
Ok I gotta share Posted Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 4:36 PM Ok, so here it goes... As I was tasting the hummus I made today off the 21 Kick Start menu, I thought "Ooooo this is yummy - but something is missing". At that moment I realized my body was craving for some kind of fatty food. Although I have been vegan for a year now, my diet still was high in fat. I confess, I love bread and butter (Earth Balance) ---yes I know, some of you are saying "ewwww". Well, I do. I love my olive oil, hot bread, earth balance and a bagel....yup, pasta and vegan cheese and yet again Earth Balance. After just 3 days of the 21 Day Kick Start I am craving fats. This revelation is good for me. I am keeping on track and know I am going to shed more pounds now that I am on this low fat menu. Oh baby, watch out - Ally is going to be a SEXY MAMA! Better yet, I am on track to becoming a healthy, vibrant, energy-filled, productive citizen of this world and if I could look "hot" to boot well then "low fat" bring it on! |
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Vegann
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RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 4:42 PM I am having "AHA" moments everywhere. And you are right! So many more to come. I am definitely feeling like a baby learning to walk. Its fun. I do have a story to share. It was sort of AHA as in... This is the reason you always read labels, and do not assume. Last night, I needed a snack. Something sweet. So, I grabbed a spoon and a jar of peanut butter. After I have my spoon'o peanut butter, and I am scarfing it down, .. my fiance comes in and asks, "Is that Vegan?" Me- Well of course it is! Its peanut butter. how could it possibly have animal in it. But to humor him, I looked at the label. MONO-and DIGLYCERIDES! WHHHHY!? Sigh. Obviously it was JIF. I shouldn't have assumed. But after doing my research on it.. I found that it is the devil in a jar. |
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| TJGayton
Joined: 02/26/10 Posts: 9 |
RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 4:55 PM OK, confession time. I didn't plan my lunch yesterday and had a Togo's avocado n cucumber sandwich on sourdough. I neglected to say hold the mayo. Sooo last night I went home, passed up dinner with my dad and granddaughter to make the Tex Mex skillet Pie and Tex Mex Couscous Salad. I bought one cup containers and portioned the recipies out so all I have to do is grab main entree and a salad and go. I am enjoying my vegan lunch and relaxing. Team in Training tonight, which is exercising for an hour. Lunch feels good today! I am making full recipies and sharing with my daughter who lives with a junk food spouse and kids. One step at a time. Have a great day all! |
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| JeanM
Joined: 02/26/10 Posts: 9 |
RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 5:15 AM Well, I guess this must be the thread for me. I've been very excited about starting this 21 day kickstart and I have been true to the diet for the first 2 days. I realized yesterday the importance of cleaning out the pantry and refrigerator of all foods not on the diet; however, I cannot do that. My hubby is not on board and he LOVES his SAD food. The other day he wanted some wheat thins and I thought "oh man, wheat thins......salt, crunch, cardboard flavor"....(no, didn't think the last part!) Then yesterday I fixed him a favorite of his.....baked beans and hot dogs and I wanted a bite of that hot dog sooooooo bad and shrimp for dinner, and "oh, just one shirmp!" Now, really, none of these 3 foods are ordinarily favorites of mine at all, and I would not have even thought of them, much less craved them, had they not been in the house in the first place, so folks if you CAN clean out that pantry, do so. It seems like a vital first step to success on this program. It's going to be a long 19 more days and I don't know if I'll be able to make it. JeanM |
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| runnergirl
Joined: 02/28/10 Posts: 6 |
RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 6:15 AM What a great thread! My aha moment? I'm eating according to program, but apparently not enough!! Who would've thought? Last night after eating my Hopping John Salad and veggies for dinner, I found myself really hungry as the hubbie and I sat watching tv. I mean starving! So I noshed on some Pita Chips, which was okay, but I was really perplexed about why I was so hungry. I kept thinking, well, I'm eating according to plan...why is this happening? Then the light bulb went on! My calorie count has dropped significantly by eating this way, and my body needs more calories. Good calories, of course, but more. So, watch out fruits and veggies! I'll be scarfing down a lot more of you today!! Thanks for giving us a place to vent. This adventure is great, but feels a little lonely when you're the only one in the family who feels strongly about it. So, I appreciate the support of all you guys. Have a great day! |
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| natcristo
Posts: 46 |
RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 7:06 AM I love your idea.... Natasha |
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| cyclingmarge
Joined: 03/01/10 Location: Seattle Posts: 31 |
RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 10:55 AM Greetings from the land of Starbucks! It's coffee. |
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| WAYOFLIFEHAWAII
Joined: 02/25/10 Posts: 14 |
RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 11:24 AM Aloha everyone, If your questioning if your doing the right thing eating a vegan "WAY-OF-LIFE", Heres a little story. My clients (A husband and wife team I train at their home, I'm a Personal Trainer)and I were finishing up our training session when they ask how my wife and I were doing with the vegan kickstart.I said good,then I told them we received the e-mail on Feb 25th and we decided right then we were gonna give it a go, I then told them although it offically started on Mar 1st, that today MAR 3rd is almost our first week. I then told them were both feeling much better and were very excited. As we were walking out of their training room (a cottage behind their house turned into a fitness room), David ask, how do you start,I told him we emptied our cabitnets and cleaned out the frig, then they ask, are you questioning your decision,is it hard, just then I noticed all the construction workers(Their remodeling their kitchen)on the patio eating Mcdonalds. First the smell hit me, then I gagged, then I ran around the side off the cottage and "got sick". I couldn't believe what happened. Anyways, it sure got my attention...! When I got home I told my wife the story, then I said I think were on the "RIGHT TRACK. Aloha & Mahalo, Jerry & Junko |
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| Mariberry
Joined: 01/02/10 Posts: 297 |
RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 12:01 PM My "aha" moment came on Monday - yep, the first day of the new Kickstart. Someone brought in a box of brandy filled chocolates - something that does not appeal to me one iota. But guess what I did in the early afternoon? Took one and ate it (blech) - and why? JUST BECAUSE IT WAS THERE!!! I realized how unconscious my eating habits can be - eating what I don't even want just because it's there. Wake up call #1. All we are saying is "Give Peas a Chance" |
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2meowers
 Location: Sequim, WA Posts: 127 |
RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 12:07 PM cyclingmarge wrote: Greetings from the land of Starbucks! It's coffee. I love it and can't imagine not drinking it. (I always drink it black) also I'm not giving up my leather shoes & belts anytime soon  The idea is not to give up, if you mean throw out, your leather products. That would be wasteful. The idea is when that belt or pair of shoes needs replacing, replace it with a cruelty-free product. I just had to replace my shoes. Went to veganstore.com. Seems New Balance had the perfect pair for me! There are numerous sites for finding other cruelty-free companies and products. Try caringconsumer.com for one. "But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy." Plutarch. |
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| Bluesgyrl
Joined: 01/06/10 Posts: 159 |
RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 5:06 PM I have had a few "A-HA" moments since joining the January Kickstart. 1. Having been a "Steamed Vegetable Only" vegan in the past, I've learned that taking the time to cook vegan is truly important in a vegan's success. 2. I have learned that vegan food is fantastic! 3. Rice milk iced cookie sandwiches are the "Bomb!" 4. When I eat anything with fat in it now it lingers on my lips and disgusts me. Like sticking my lips face first in vasoline. 5. The Forum has made me all that much more successful 6. I am now paying more attention to not only how I eat but how the rest of society eats. An add in Raley's yesterday was having sales on every type of frozen processed food you can imagine and Im sure people were flocking to buy it. 7. After having stomach surgery and stomach issues my entire life, I have had but one stomach ache since January and that was after eating restuarant french fries. Ok..........I think I've bored you all enough. Thanks for the opportunity. |
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JamieR
 Location: Mendocino Coast, Northern California Posts: 116 |
RE: My "Aha" Moment - Confessions Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 6:54 PM I had an AHA moment this afternoon, and thought I'd share. I was having my standard vegan breakfast of dry fried hashbrown patties, and realized I'd gone over a month without eating potato chips...and didn't miss them at all! I seriously thought I'd been missing a lot of foods (like cheese, potato chips, french fries, sour cream, etc.). I find I'm missing textures more (like creamy and gooey) than specific foods. But back to the potato chips... I was not born with a sweet tooth, like my DH, but rather a salty, fatty, greasy tooth! In my former life, I loved everything salty and greasy! Buttery/salty popcorn a couple of nights a week, potato or corn chips for a snack a couple of times a week, even a daily snack of a small handful of roasted, salted nuts every day, and when we'd go out, french fries or fried zucchini (or any other fried vegetarian thing). When I started the McDougall MWL plan in February, I was determined to go cold tofurky on all of it...and I've not had any of those former favorites. The first couple of days of the dry-fried hash brown patties for breakfast (basically, you just put frozen hash brown patties in a dry non-stick skillet and cook to your desired brownness)...they tasted very dry. Not bad, but not as tasty "regular" hashbrowns. I tried a little barbecue sauce on them most days, but always kept one "naked" to see if my tastes were adjusting. About 1 week in, I decided that I now preferred to eat the hash browns unadorned. I've been having 3 of these a day for a while now, and I actually eat them like a giant potato chip...just hold 'em in my hand and eat them. While I was doing that today...I realized that eating them like that...I was really satisfying my need for a snack...for crispy/crunchy....and that familiar potato flavor. Without all the extra fat and sodium. And I was completely satisfied! Yay! September Kickstart Goals: Walk/bike daily, keep up with forum, 100% low-fat vegan experimenting with maximizing FLAVOR!
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I mean who knew! It seemed so innocent! Anyway, It's just another thing to add to the shopping list. vegan Peanut butter. Or better yet. Almond butter. yum.
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