a typical eating day for me

[Guest guest]

Hey. I saw that another poster got advice on her daily menu, and I

decided to ask for advice in that area, too! I am a vegetarian, so

mine might look a little different. I want to see the scale move, so

maybe I need to change something...

Meal 1: fruit and some roasted peanuts

Meal 2: cereal, soy milk, blueberries

Meal 3: salad with cucumbers, red beans, sunflower seeds, garbanzo

beans and dressing

Meal 4: BFL bar

Meal 5: Oatmeal with a little brown sugar and a little butter

Meal 6: Piece of whole grain bread with T of Natural peanut butter

Thanks! Beth P.

[Guest guest]

Are you vegan ? I would say you need to add more protein to your meals.

M1 can you substitute a protein shake?

M2 high protein cereal like South beach?

M3 can you add tofu?

M4 the high carb one?

M5 there is not protein

M6 From what I've read yes peanut butter has protein but it considered more of a

fat,

> Hey. I saw that another poster got advice on her daily menu, and I

> decided to ask for advice in that area, too! I am a vegetarian, so

> mine might look a little different. I want to see the scale move, so

> maybe I need to change something...

>

> Meal 1: fruit and some roasted peanuts

> Meal 2: cereal, soy milk, blueberries

> Meal 3: salad with cucumbers, red beans, sunflower seeds, garbanzo

> beans and dressing

> Meal 4: BFL bar

> Meal 5: Oatmeal with a little brown sugar and a little butter

> Meal 6: Piece of whole grain bread with T of Natural peanut butter

>

> Thanks! Beth P.

[Guest guest]

I would definitely recommend more protein. Do you eat any dairy?

If so I would add some cottage cheese to the menu. Or a protein

shake if not....

> Hey. I saw that another poster got advice on her daily menu, and

I

> decided to ask for advice in that area, too! I am a vegetarian,

so

> mine might look a little different. I want to see the scale move,

so

> maybe I need to change something...

>

> Meal 1: fruit and some roasted peanuts

> Meal 2: cereal, soy milk, blueberries

> Meal 3: salad with cucumbers, red beans, sunflower seeds,

garbanzo

> beans and dressing

> Meal 4: BFL bar

> Meal 5: Oatmeal with a little brown sugar and a little butter

> Meal 6: Piece of whole grain bread with T of Natural peanut butter

>

> Thanks! Beth P.

[Guest guest]

Hi Beth,

I'm going to echo everyone else here and point out that you definitely

need more protein. I'm a vegetarian, too, and I know it can be

challenging. I have found that soy is your friend. :-) I eat a lot of

tofu, both baked and fresh. I also use meat substitutes, both soy

based and Quorn, as well. Small servings of nuts will give you both a

healthy fat (walnuts=omega-3) and added protein. I am ovo-lacto, so I

have cottage cheese and yogurt every day, as well as eggs a couple of

times a week.

Redondo

> Hey. I saw that another poster got advice on her daily menu, and I

> decided to ask for advice in that area, too! I am a vegetarian, so

> mine might look a little different. I want to see the scale move,

so

> maybe I need to change something...

>

> Meal 1: fruit and some roasted peanuts

> Meal 2: cereal, soy milk, blueberries

> Meal 3: salad with cucumbers, red beans, sunflower seeds, garbanzo

> beans and dressing

> Meal 4: BFL bar

> Meal 5: Oatmeal with a little brown sugar and a little butter

> Meal 6: Piece of whole grain bread with T of Natural peanut butter

>

> Thanks! Beth P.

[Guest guest]

If you don't want to go that heavy on eggs and dairy, you can use more

tofu, protein shakes, meat substitutes and soy-based bars. Be sure to

check out the Morningstar Farms products. I would fix up your menu

like so:

Meal 1: fruit and tofu scramble w/tomato, peppers, onions, mushrooms

Meal 2: protein shake with blueberries

Meal 3: salad with spicy black bean burger

Meal 4: BFL bar

Meal 5: oatmeal with 4 veggie breakfast links

Meal 6: string cheese (or soy cheese), apple with peanut butter

I don't know if you've seen my week of meatless meals:

http://www.skwigg.com/id58.html

It might give you some more ideas.

On 7/6/05, Beth Pierce <bethpierce77@...> wrote:

> Thank you so much to everyone for the advice about my daily diet. I am

learning so much about nutrition!!! Good luck to everyone today. Beth P. To

answer the question " Are you vegan? " I'd have to say no, but I don't really

want to eat a lot of dairy, so I guess the answer is really, yes, but not all

the way! I know people are usually ALL the way one way or the other, but the

only thing I want to be strict about is no SUGAR, or MEAT, and very little white

stuff, like white rice, flour, and very little dairy. So I will really have to

work hard at the protein part. Thanks again for all of the suggestions. I will

have to try new things...I am new at being a vegetarian. Beth P.

[Guest guest]

Hey, and all who are trying to help me do the vegetarian version of BFL:

Thanks for all the suggestions. I went out and bought my first package of tofu,

and have been looking up recipes in my Southern Living Cookbook index!!! Tofu

is as foreign to me as grits may be to some of you!!! But I'm willing to

experiment for the sake of BFL!!! I'll keep you posted...Beth P.

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