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Hey there, Kris and MamaLynx!*

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Both comments were basically dealing with Eat to Live and eating in order to regain health. I went to Kris' blog and talked a little in her comments there, since she'd sort of started a conversation about it, but I wanted to talk about Mama's comment a bit:

"So, what if you were interested in eating this way, but were unable to eat mushrooms, pinto beans, black beans because of IgG allergies, and unable to eat nuts because of a potentially anaphylactic nut allergy?

Still possible? Or no?

Through my own health saga this year, I've already eliminated all dairy and eggs, as well as wheat (and nuts, mushrooms, and the appropriate beans). Still not healthy, though."

First of all, honey, I've been following your saga about the foods you've eliminated and some you found to try to replace what you've eliminated.  I'm so sorry you're going through this.

But the answer is YES. YES, a thousand times yes.  You can certainly eat the Eat to Live way (or a hybrid - I'm pretty much doing Eat to Live but adding in some whole grains like brown rice and corn and eating more starchy vegetables than Eat to Live advocates, but, then again, I'm at the end of my weight loss journey and so those added calories are okay now.  When I was trying to lose weight I didn't eat those extra things.) if you are avoiding those things.

First of all, think in terms of this:

• You can still eat a pound of raw vegetables a day. A pound of raw vegetables is 454 grams of raw vegetables.  I bought a food scale and I am SO glad I did because I really have no way of eyeballing what I eat during the day and figuring out how much it is.  But now that I have a food scale, I have gotten much better at measuring and/or estimating.  I eat HUGE salads with lots of raw vegetables in them or on the side (tomatoes/carrots/cucumbers/celery/peppers, etc.) and I do my best to minimize added calories/fat through salad dressings.

• You can still eat a pound of cooked vegetables each day.  Once again, this is where having a food scale comes in handy.  But I steam tons of vegetables (or otherwise cook them, such as soups/stews and such) and put lemon/lime juice or seasonings on them, etc. 

• You can still eat legumes every day (right?  I'm assuming that there are some left over that you can have).  Make a lentil stew or put canned lentils or beans on your salad.  Beans/legumes are wonderful.  Have some soy, perhaps ~ some tofu in your soup or baked or such.  These are all plant-based protein sources, which means that they come with protein but also with fiber and other wonderful nutrients, which is more than can be said for meat and animal products.

• You can still eat fruit!  Have lots of it.  It tastes good and is good for you.

So yes, you can still Eat to Live, because the bedrock of ETL is cooked vegetables, raw vegetables and fruits.

In fact, I don't eat nuts either.  But if you can't eat anything on your list, just think of all that is left over!  My favorits beans are cannellini beans (out of the can because I'm lazy)... I eat them almost daily on my salads (I buy them from Whole Foods).  Maybe try kidney beans? I love lentils, also... there are so many different kinds... but if you cannot tolerate them, then eat the pound of raw vegetables, the pound of cooked vegetables, and the fruit.  Vegetables have a ton of protein!  I would hope that you could find some vegetable-based proteins also in the bean/legume/soy family to add in with them.  Maybe soy protein powder and soymilk in a yummy frozen fruit smoothie?

Blessings to you both on your health journey.

 

* (I didn't use your real name because I wasn't sure you want it used online? And I miss talking to you every once in a blue moon.  You're a neat gal!  And I'm trying to self-teach Henle Latin!  But that's a different post for a different day!)

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[Kris]

I went ahead and ordered the book last night - can't wait for it to arrive. I have been a subscriber to Vegetarian Times for about 2 years now and also have several vegetarian cookbooks that I am going to peruse this week. I love soups and so am excited about making them each week for lunches. Taking the meat out will be the hardest thing, I think. I also cannot imagine life without my freshly-made bread. I bought a grain mill and Bosch mixer this summer and the bread that I make now is FILLING!

What do you eat for breakfast? That meal has me a bit stumped as just eating fruit will NOT hold me for long. I need protein in the morning or I'm hungry an hour later! I'm thinking that I'm going to have to eat some grains with this plan no matter what the book says. Organic oatmeal (added ground flaxseed, pecans and cinnamon) and an egg is what I ate each morning the last time that I lost weight.

Kris

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