Some of you might follow me on my other blog, A fat girl's non-guide to life. That's my day-to-day journey of weight-loss, becoming someone I like, etc. This blog will detail my recipes, struggles, and transitions on what I think right now will be a once or twice per week basis.
About me: I have led a relatively unhealthy vegetarian lifestyle for the past fifteen years. I gained at least 120 pounds in that time, because I was addicted to the animal based foods that come with the vegetarian lifestyle and have no respect for quantities or for that matter, qualities. I have off-and-on toyed with the idea of becoming a vegan, but never saw myself as someone with the hippie, granola, staunch-PETA-supporter extremist that the vegan stigma often carries. Plus, I love chocolate, cheese and ice cream! (weaknesses)
I also have thought about becoming a vegan for health reasons, but a couple of years ago (when I was eating much more unhealthily), I had a Complete Metabolic Panel done. All of my blood work, cholesterol, urine, etc came back with incredibly great results! My doctors said I was in outstanding shape......with the exception of being about 120 pounds overweight. Hmph. I thought I was fine, but that I just needed to lose weight!
Bob Harper (the awesome Biggest Loser trainer) tweeted about the film 'Forks over Knives' and I saw it today. I was blown away. I've decided to change my mindset and to begin incorporating a plant-based diet into my lifestyle so that I can lose the weight that I really need to.
I'm an all-or-nothing kind of gal and I know that if I "quit cold turkey", I'd fail, because I'd push myself too hard, get flustered and give up. So, I decided to keep working on the things that I need to work on: overall diet, exercise, getting my life together, etc., whilst I also embarked on this journey. You see, I don't cook but 3-4 times per week, and I usually cook things that will provide ample leftovers. I rely on processed foods, bagged salad and fruit to get me through the rest of the week. I can see some of you cringing. I can hear Jillian Michaels gasping "oh, honey no."
This journey is going to be long. As stated in my other blog, I am currently hovering at around 260 pounds, and I started my weight loss 'journey' at 300 pounds at the end of 2010. I'm proud of myself for my accomplishments thus far, but it's time to step it up a notch and kick it into high gear!
Please join me, please comment, please respond with recipes, ideas, questions, etc. If you want me to follow your blog, please ask!
I saw "Forks Over Knives" too, it was really interesting. I can't say I entirely agreed with it, but there were a lot of fascinating points made. I recommend "The Engine 2 Diet" book by Rip Esselstyn, who was mentioned in the film (fireman, son of one of the doctors...). It has a lot of really great plant-based recipes! (His diet plan is actually the one I'm following for 28 days - any related posts on my blog have the tag "WFM" - some are recipes!)
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