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Date Posted: 14:33:07 09/11/00 Mon
Author: Alice
Author Host/IP: adsl-63-193-252-110.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net / 63.193.252.110
Subject: It IS a battle, isn't it?
In reply to: Adam 's message, "Fighting The Battle" on 10:36:14 09/11/00 Mon

> OK,
> I haven't got back into animal products - except for
> one unfortunate bout w/ Jalapeno Poppers - which of
> course, has cheese.
>
> But everything else - especially where white flour is
> concerned - really got out of control!!!
>
> For the past two weeks, I have been eating potato
> chips, scones, doughnuts, etc. One evening, I sat down
> to a LOAF of bakery bread (Italian), Olive Oil, and a
> bottle of Chardonnay.
>
> So, now instead of just giving up, I resisted where I
> could, and finally have taken the following actions:
>
> The first part was realizing that I have been eating
> the same thing for the past 3 months - Trader Joes
> frozen vegan lunch entrees, pasta, rice, Garbanzo
> Beans.
> And now I'm going deprivation crazy and eating
> everything in sight! Fortunately, I just received my
> first Vegetarian Times issue.
>
> So, I splurged, and bought a lot of groceries.
>
> My actions now:
>
> Change my dinner and lunch cuisines radically every
> week. (One recipe usually makes enough to last me 3-4
> days)
>
> Buy up more berries and bananas - and add Maple Syrup
> to cereal. To avoid the NEED to delve into doughnuts
> and cinnamon twists.
>
> Bought some potatoes as well. Hoping 3-4 baked
> potatoes per week will sate my chip appetite.
>
> So the fight goes on....
>
> This week's cuisine is
>
> Vegan Eggplant Ratatouille. Have w/ either rice or
> pasta. Or - hollow out a baked potato, Stick the rat..
> in both halves, then add olive oil and seasonings to
> the cooked potato guts. Makes a pretty good meal.
>
> Tofu fried in olive oil w/ garlic and onions over rice
> or potatoes.
>
> Rather than salad, In addition to a lunch entree based
> on the above, I am escalating to an onion, avocado,
> tomato, and mustard sandwich on organic whole wheat.
>
> Wish me luck!

We have a lot in common ... I too have an overwhelming sweet/starch tooth. When I became vegan, I did gain weight because I went buckwild with the breads. Here's what helps me in this seemingly life long battle:

Make sure to eat AT LEAST 5 servings of fruits and veggies each day. (When I add them to my diet it's a gently reminder to eat less of the starches... plus the fruit curbs the sweet tooth.)

Limit yourself to breads you don't like too much. This means I can't buy fresh baked baguettes. :-) But I can eat all the "Ezekial" bread I want ... but who'd want to eat more than 2 slices a day of it? LOL

Have brown rice instead of pasta. If I have brown rice and really dark brown bread, I don't go so nuts over pasta (white flour) and white breads.

Have more stuff that's filling: beans, vegetarian chili, mushroom soup (if you "marinate" shitake mushrooms overnight in about a cup of soy sauce (or liquid aminos to limit the salt), a teaspoon of olive oil, a squirt or two of fresh lemon juice, and about a cup of water ... it will have an almost meat-like, absolutely delicious consistancy. Drain and put in a blender with half an avacodo and a cup of water [heated as for tea]. Turn the blender on and immediately off ... that's a thick, filling soup.) ... lemme know if any of this sounds good :-)

oh, and good luck! :-)

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