This is very interesting to me. If you care to give me the meal plan I would love to try this out. I am currently looking to slim down and get better runs in. I have trouble unless I have specifics. If you don't mind e-mailing me a list of your foods and how you eat them I will try it out and give you feed back.

Thanks for the great information. My e-mail is cherylhop27@yahoo.com

I hope you take supplements. If your feeling tired on a new diet it could be normal. However have your crit, and hemoglobin tested to see if your anemic. At least get a baseline if you haven't had one.

You've obviously found something that works for you. My thoughts are: GREAT! Stick with it.

I get shakey when doing vegan, and so do most of the other vegan people I know. I feel stronger, faster, more potent on a lean protein, complex carb rich diet.

Viva la difference! Whatever works, I say do it. Why worry about it?


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I'm a vegetarian and do eat dairy. I can't imagine how I'd feel on a meat diet, as my vegetarianhood began at age six! Given that, for people who want to go veggie, I have some practical advice on things I discovered from trial and error:

There's no need to go supplement crazy, but a complete B vitamin complex, especially with B12, is pretty essential. Iron and calcium are good things, especially for runners (that'd be a lot of spinach!).

Just as far as getting protein in a variety of ways, the possibilities are extensive. But lentils are a great thing to slide into soup or pasta sauce, or to use as a base for a stir fry. In winter I make lentil soup by the gallon and freeze it: In a veggie broth, to taste, build a soup of sauteed onions, garlic, ginger and black pepper in a mixture of lentils, brown rice, peas, diced red peppers, and pureed spinach and carrots.

I got very overweight even as a vegetarian loading up on things like macaroni and cheese and buttery baked potatos. There are plenty of ways to eat like **** as a vegetarian and lots of less rigorous options to replace a few red-meat meals with yummy veggies. Even as a vegetarian with some reasons I believe strongly in, my advice is, if you love meat, don't try to give it up.

Whole foods is the way to go.

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Sorry, I forgot to give you my e-mail......it's cull4@charter.net.

Thanks, techgirl!

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Just sent you a big long email. Email me back if you have any questions.

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Me too me too!!