Re: Needing ideas

[Guest guest]

Beth,

Welcome to vegetarian-dom--it's a fine place to be! I've been one for 12

years now, and completed my first BFL challenge about a month ago--with good

results. It is definitely do-able, you just have to sort of get creative

with your food choices after awhile. Definitely check out 's site. I

also got a copy of Eating For Life and went through and found recipes I

could easily substitute veggie-friendly products for the meat. Here are some

of the things I ate, and still eat, regularly:

Of course, cottage cheese & Egg Beaters, as best disguised as I could,

Morningstar Farms veggie sausage patties--bought in bulk at Costco

(awesome!)

Morningstar Farms grillers recipe crumbles (subst. for ground beef, turkey,

etc.)--I put it in spaghetti sauce, soft tacos, burritos, stuffed peppers,

etc.

Morningstar Farms grillers prime--in my opinion, the best veggie burger out

there.

Quorn " chik-n " tenders--pretty darn good in a spinach, apple & walnut salad,

but pretty pricey unless it's on sale.

Those are the best choices as far as protein vs. carb counts. A lot of the

other products are a bit carb heavy if you are going to eat an additional

carb on the side.

Of course there is always the good quality protein bar to help fill in a

meal here and there (I never could do the shakes, but you might be able to).

My alltime favorite BFL meal, I think though, is cottage cheese sprinkled

with a teaspoon or so of sugar-free vanilla pudding powder, and a sliced

Fuji apple. Yum!

Hope this helps you a little and good luck,

~Candy

-- Needing ideas

Good morning everyone. I am a vegetarian, and I am only on Day 4 of

my 2nd challenge. I am not currently tired of what I'm eating, but

I'm looking for ideas of things to eat so I can avoid getting tired of

everything. I just started being a vegetarian recently, so I'm new to

that, too. Really the only thing I'm not eating is meat, but I'm

still eating cheese and eggs. Of course, I'm not eating any sugar

now, b/c of wanting to lose weight. I've been eating things like

cereal with fruit and vanilla soy milk, natural peanut butter on whole

grain bread, salads with boiled eggs and a little dressing, etc. I

love all of that, but I need some more ideas. I know about cottage

cheese things, and I like that okay, but I really don't want to load

up on a lot of dairy products. Any ideas? Also, what exercises work

the hamstrings? (Not machine exercises.) I can't do the deadlifts,

b/c I have struggled with bad back issues since my early twenties when

I lived in Paris (I'm a French teacher) and lugged suitcases all

around the city moving from pillar to post. (It was worth it- ahhh

the good old days.) THANKS!!!! DAY 4, here I come. Beth P.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for all of the ideas, Candy! Beth P.

Candis Ladenburg <candylad@...> wrote:Beth,

Welcome to vegetarian-dom--it's a fine place to be! I've been one for 12

years now, and completed my first BFL challenge about a month ago--with good

results. It is definitely do-able, you just have to sort of get creative

with your food choices after awhile. Definitely check out 's site. I

also got a copy of Eating For Life and went through and found recipes I

could easily substitute veggie-friendly products for the meat. Here are some

of the things I ate, and still eat, regularly:

Of course, cottage cheese & Egg Beaters, as best disguised as I could,

Morningstar Farms veggie sausage patties--bought in bulk at Costco

(awesome!)

Morningstar Farms grillers recipe crumbles (subst. for ground beef, turkey,

etc.)--I put it in spaghetti sauce, soft tacos, burritos, stuffed peppers,

etc.

Morningstar Farms grillers prime--in my opinion, the best veggie burger out

there.

Quorn " chik-n " tenders--pretty darn good in a spinach, apple & walnut salad,

but pretty pricey unless it's on sale.

Those are the best choices as far as protein vs. carb counts. A lot of the

other products are a bit carb heavy if you are going to eat an additional

carb on the side.

Of course there is always the good quality protein bar to help fill in a

meal here and there (I never could do the shakes, but you might be able to).

My alltime favorite BFL meal, I think though, is cottage cheese sprinkled

with a teaspoon or so of sugar-free vanilla pudding powder, and a sliced

Fuji apple. Yum!

Hope this helps you a little and good luck,

~Candy

-- Needing ideas

Good morning everyone. I am a vegetarian, and I am only on Day 4 of

my 2nd challenge. I am not currently tired of what I'm eating, but

I'm looking for ideas of things to eat so I can avoid getting tired of

everything. I just started being a vegetarian recently, so I'm new to

that, too. Really the only thing I'm not eating is meat, but I'm

still eating cheese and eggs. Of course, I'm not eating any sugar

now, b/c of wanting to lose weight. I've been eating things like

cereal with fruit and vanilla soy milk, natural peanut butter on whole

grain bread, salads with boiled eggs and a little dressing, etc. I

love all of that, but I need some more ideas. I know about cottage

cheese things, and I like that okay, but I really don't want to load

up on a lot of dairy products. Any ideas? Also, what exercises work

the hamstrings? (Not machine exercises.) I can't do the deadlifts,

b/c I have struggled with bad back issues since my early twenties when

I lived in Paris (I'm a French teacher) and lugged suitcases all

around the city moving from pillar to post. (It was worth it- ahhh

the good old days.) THANKS!!!! DAY 4, here I come. Beth P.