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Old Wed, Nov-30-16, 14:30
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Plan: General Low Carb
Stats: 164/162.6/151 Female 5'3"
BF:Sure is
Progress: 11%
Location: SoCal
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I love this thread already!

I'm also now following a (mostly) vegan diet, after LCing 10 years. I'd like to make it more LC, because I think that would be healthier for me, being diabetic. I'm already feeling inspired by the posts above.

I had forgotten about coconut chip cereal. I've never tried the flax seed kind.

I have a favorite salad: a baby greens mix, topped with walnuts, avocado, sundried tomato strips (in oil, from Trader Joe's). I dress it with Trader Joe's Balsamic Vinaigrette - something I didn't allow myself on LC, but that I do now. You should try it! I also use that same dressing on a big bowl of chopped raw veggies - doesn't have to have lettuce to be a 'salad'. My favorite is chopped broccoli/chopped zucchini/cherry tomatoes.

There's a bottled Vegan Ranch, but it is pricey. My son's vegan GF says it is delicious, but at $6.99 a bottle, I may never find out. lol. I have this recipe saved to my Vegan Pinterest board (haven't tried it though):

Vegan Ranch Dressing
1 cup vegan mayonnaise
½ cup unsweetened soy milk + 2 tbsp lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp white or yellow onion, minced
1 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
2 tbsp chives, finely sliced
2 tbsp baby dill, finely chopped
pinch garlic powder
pinch paprika
pinch salt, to taste
black pepper, to taste

I'm not a big breakfast eater; my first meal is usually salad (or salad-like). For example:
-an avocado tossed with halved cherry tomatoes, splashed with balsamic vinegar, and a few LC-ish crackers. (Mary's Super Seed, RyeVita Sesame Crackers, or Lentil Crackers).
-a tofu "egg salad" and fill a romaine leaf.
-an open-faced BLT on sourdough using "Fakin'Bacon" tempeh from Sprouts (fry it crispy first).

I use Veganaise instead of mayonaise. It's delish!

I peanut butter on apples or bananas. OH and Trader Joe's has Olive Hummus!! It is TDF - I put it on persian cucumbers.

I ate ALL of the starchy foods at Thanksgiving and for 2 days after. I'm up 5 lbs. from the few I gained by stress eating the last 2 months. This has to stop. This morning I weighed 162, and I had been holding steady around 151-152 for several months. Booooo.

So, yes I'm interested in following this and seeing if we can help each other out. I haven't done much posting here (I do lurk though) because, well, I eat fruit, bread, ice cream, etc. To a stupid excess though, lately. It just takes the edge right off stress for me.
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