Vegan Weight-Loss

OK! I can honestly say that the only thing that has ever worked for me without driving me back toward Anorexia or Bulimia is Slimming World. I have quite a few of the cook books and the recipes are easy to veganise. Although you can have a certain amount of oil I tend to cook without it and it still tastes great.
The very last thing you want when you are shedding the pounds is shedding taste. That will only sabotage your efforts.
If you can afford to and are inclined that way, go to the classes or join the on-line club. It will support you when you are feeling a bit meh one day. or a bit 'BUT I LOVE LARD Os!!!'  aka dough-nuts.
Over-consumption and stuffing ourselves with loads of fat, sugar and unpronounceable additives isn't Eco-friendly now, is it. And yes. I am including my self in this. I am guilty of it, too.

Sooo... I will share with you my Vegan Weight-Loss Journey and hope that this leap of faith (opening up this particular can of worms is scary shit for me!) will be of benefit to someone. YIKES!

First I have to do some catching up for you.
The Awesomeness I call my hubby, myself and our friends Nicky and Andrew decided that this year we would tackle our weight issues. We come together once a weak and see how we have done and how the week went. It's a general bouncing stuff off each other and getting some feed-back.
I tend to get weighed in LBS because I tend to get obsessed if I use kg or st.lbs. . Don't ask me why because I couldn't tell you.
I sat down and looked through my cook books and chose recipes to cover our dinners for the next week and wrote down all the ingredients I needed for them. I did this 4 times to cover the first month. Now when I make a shopping list I check what  already have against my list of what I need and it speeds up making the weekly shopping list. I just need to add all the other stuff we need for lunches, pet and household items. The herb rack is always kept full so I don't have to write down 1 tsp of this or that on the list.

Abbreviations for the books I use:
* = Weigh-In Day

Food Glorious Food (Slimming World) = FGF
Food Optimizing (Slimming World) = FO
Appetite For Reduction (Isa Chandra Moskowitz) = AFR

OK. I started on the 16.01.2012 at 314.6 LBS
First off, drink. Try to get about 2 litres o water into your system. I stick with water because I do not like the idea of artificial sweetners, additives and all the rest. Sometimes you think you are hungry when what you really feeling is thirst.

Breakfast is usually porridge. I use 1/4c of plain old porridge oats and boil them up with 1 c water till it is nice and porridgey. The I add 1/4 c sweetened soya milk. Sometimes I have a piece of fruit with it.
Lunch is sometimes another dose of my beloved porridge Or some home-made sour-dough bread with cucumber, tomatoes, gherkins, sauerkraut, salad leaves, Plus home-made seitan Or Home-made peas pudding Or home-made bean pate... and someties a piece of fruit.
Week 1 Dinners 
*Date: 26.01.2012     Weight: 301.8 LBS     Change: - 12.8 LBS
Tuscan Bean & Pasta Soup, FGF p.12
Manhattan Chowder, FGF p.124
*Louisiana Gumbo, FGF p.126
Harira, FGF p.112
Stifago, FGF p.96
Nasi Goreng, FGF p.262
Spaghetti Bolognese, FGF p.30
Week 2 Dinners 
*Date: 02.02.2012     Weight: 300.6 LBS     Change: - 1.2 LBS     Total Loss: 14 LBS
Cottage Pie, FGF p.250
Chilli con (NOT)Carne, FGF p.250
*Vegetable Lasagne, FGF p.104
Indian Potatoes, FGF p.276, with braised cabbage and red lentil dhal.
Vegetable Byriany, FGF p.158
Quick & Easy Stirfry Noddles, FGFp.300
Root Vegetables & Lentil Casserole, FO p.142
Week 3 Dinners 
*Date: 09.02.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: - 4.4 LBS     Total Loss: 18.4 LBS
(NOT) Chicken & Pumkin Casserole, FO p.86
(NOT) Pork & Herb Balls with Ratattouille, FO p.104
*Cassoulet FO, p. 140
Chilli & Spicy Potato Wedges, FO p.147
Cauliflower & Potato Curry, FO p.155
Middle Eastern Chick Pea Salad, FO p.171
Lotsa Veggie Lentil Soup, AFR p.198
Week 4 Dinners
*Date: 09.02.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Unfried Rice, AFR p.70
Mixed Bean Salad, FO p.174
*Braised Cabbage & Seitan, AFR p.97
Green Beans & Thai Basil, AFR p.98
Curried Cabbage & Peas AFR p.111
Chick Pea Piccata, AFR p.115
Black Eyed Peas & Greens, AFR p.119
Week 5 Dinner
*Date: 09.02.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 6 Dinner
*Date: 16.02.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 7 Dinner
*Date: 23.02.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 8 Dinner
*Date: 01.03.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 9 Dinner
*Date: 08.03.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 10 Dinner
*Date: 15.03.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 11 Dinner
*Date: 22.03.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 12 Dinner
*Date: 29.03.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 13 Dinner
*Date: 05.04.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 14 Dinner
*Date: 12.04.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 15 Dinner
*Date: 19.04.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 16 Dinner
*Date: 26.04.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 17 Dinner
*Date: 03.05.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 19 Dinner
*Date: 10.05.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 17.05.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 24.05.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 31.05.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 07.06.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 14.06.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 21.06.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 28.06.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 27 Dinner
*Date: 05.07.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 12.07.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 19.07.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 26.07.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 31 Dinner
*Date: 02.08.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 09.08.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 16.08.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 23.08.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 30.08.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 06.09.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 13.09.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 20.09.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 27.09.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 04.10.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 11.10.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 18.10.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 25.10.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 01.11.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 08.11.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 15.11.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 22.11.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 29.11.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
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*Date: 06.12.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 50 Dinner
*Date: 13.12.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 51 Dinner
*Date: 20.12.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS
Week 52 Dinner
*Date: 27.12.2012     Weight: LBS     Change: LBS




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