Please Share What Has Worked For You With Leaning Out Your Legs

[tsut]

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Quote: "cannot cook any "real" food like rice"

Have you tried Uncle Ben's Instant Brown Rice. You can cook it in the microwave.

I don't eat meat either. You can add protein to your diet from beans, nuts, soy products, cottage cheese, and protein powders.

I would agree with the other posters that diet is very important -- eating enough protein and eating foods in their most natural state make a huge difference. I have seen positive changes since I've added more protein to my diet.

 

[2121]

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Do you eat fish? Fish in the canned food isle is great for protein. I get tuna, salmon, and sardines. Also, you know yourself best as far as limitations and what you won't give up. You have already given up a lot of things that are hard to rid of so good for you! In the grand scheme of things, a caramel is better than a cigarette. Melissa

 

[dani21496]

>Leanness Lifestyle (www.leannesslifestyle.com). I went from
>about 25% bodyfat to my current 14.5% bodyfat and have
>maintained it for 2 1/2 years. I also run (just did a half
>marathon on 9/18) and have a full marathon on 11/20.
>
>Kathy

Congrats! Kathy you look wonderful! I must say though your bottom half was already thin in your before pictures too!

Good luck with the marathon!!!

 

[lorajc]

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I'm pretty sure I'm getting enough protein. I met with the Dietician at work and she says between my low fat cheese, low fat yogurt, almonds and cereal, I'm getting plenty.

I guess I just need the idea of giving up my sugar fix a while to "sit right" with me. As I said above, I've given up so many things already. I once told a doctor that when she asked me to give up caffeine (d/t stomach problems) and she said "Well, you had a lot of bad habits". Geez!!

 

[2121]

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I am not a dietician, but I thought I would throw this is, when I did Body For Life, good old Bill Phillips counts yogurt and beans as carbs not protein, also, a lot of cheese does not have a lot of protein per ounce besides cottage cheese. I am just telling you what I have learned from one source, there are a lot of carbs in your diet. Whatever, this means, who knows. Everyone has a different opinion. By the way, I won't give up milk or caffeine, we only live once, so I'll have my coffee and cups of milk now and eat like a hog on my cheat day. Melissa

 

[nancy324]

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Lorajc, you sound like you're doing alright already. Too bad about having to give up the caffeine. Do you drink decaf coffee? It can taste really good. I have an addictive personality too, and a bad sweet tooth. I have the awful habit of falling asleep at night with a Ricola in my mouth, and my dentist just rolls her eyes, but I can't stop.

I highly recommend going to see a nutritionist. You go once or twice and that's it. Mine wrote down everything I needed to know as she told it to me, and I still follow her notes. She gave me an eating plan that was based on my own preferences and that I love and gives me more energy and makes me feel better. Many here have heard me say many times that it was the best money I ever spent. It wasn't a radical diet change, but it made a big difference.

-Nancy