Forums: January 2011 Kickstart Forum: Startin out 21
Created on: 01/17/11 03:20 PM Views: 929 Replies: 4
Tommygirl Joined: 01/16/11 Posts: 7	Startin out 21 Posted Monday, January 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM i am abit confused i am starting my 21 today, and following the day emails, but how much portions are u supposed to eat. also i saw some d.i.y wht do u do on that. can someone please help me.. thanks
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Bugsmom Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2072	RE: Startin out 21 Posted Monday, January 17, 2011 at 3:31 PM Tommygirl wrote: i am abit confused i am starting my 21 today, and following the day emails, but how much portions are u supposed to eat. also i saw some d.i.y wht do u do on that. can someone please help me.. thanks You eat until you are satisfied - pay attention to how you feel, do you feel full/satisfied? Most people don't think about that, they just eat and eat and eat ... until the food is gone or they're just busting OR they reach some value that someone else said they "should" eat. If you're eating whole grains, fruits, veggies, legumes, you'll be full a lot sooner - take your time and just eat what you need to eat. DIY do it yourself - instead of giving recipes or specific foods, this is where you get to put into practice what you're learning to build your own meals. You might decide that you'd like to try using spinach in place of kale and maybe some different seasonings for something - make your own spicy rice dish instead of the Asian inspired rice dish from the previous day or whatever. This is to help so that once the 21 days are over, you can have the tools to continue vegan eating on your own, without having to have someone giving recipes every day. A lot of the recipes from the Sept kickstart, we still use, but we also have varied them, mixed and matched ingredients to get new things, and so on. --Deb R
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marge Joined: 09/08/10 Location: Seattle Posts: 211	RE: Startin out 21 Posted Monday, January 17, 2011 at 3:51 PM Deb, you did a great job answering. I'd like to suggest requesting some vegan cookbooks from your local library, or browsing the web and looking at some vegan blogs for ideas.
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Bugsmom Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2072	RE: Startin out 21 Posted Monday, January 17, 2011 at 4:02 PM I think that's one of the best things about the kickstart. Many plans will show you how to lose weight (for instance) and a lot of people will lose weight on their plan. But, once the plan is over, they're back where they started pretty much - the way they eat hasn't changed, they've just accepted, for a time, that someone else is allowed to tell them how much and when to eat. The kickstart is designed to prepare you to eat in a healthy manner for the rest of your life, eating the foods that you like, that make you feel healthy and light - if you don't like swiss chard and bok choy because the flavors are too strong, use spinach or kale instead. --Deb R
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Tommygirl Joined: 01/16/11 Posts: 7	RE: Startin out 21 Posted Monday, January 17, 2011 at 8:50 PM o thank u so much.. yah i was like how much do we eat.awesome.. i just got done shopin and cooking,, runin back and forth to the emails,lol,, fones ringing, door bell ringing work out rite there. ok thanks so much for the help.while shopping the produce guys were askin me how to cook kale and i was like i never tried it but i will bring the recipe and lots of stuff i didnt knw about.. ok thanks guys, have a great week..
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