vegetarians

[Work in Progress]

I won't say I don't wonder what goes into hotdogs

Ground up chicken lips and cow udders and worse. Ugh. I never touch 'tube steak'. (that's what us working class call them, lol) So gross!

[Keith]

I lost 80lbs last year, starting in April. Everyone asked me how I did it. I'm not a huge exercise nut (and I have to admit that I went through a lot of stress, which helped me to lose some of the weight), but I made the decision to eat more God-made food rather than man-made food.

I cut out the boxed and canned stuffed. Too many chemicals and preservatives. If it contains high fructose corn syrup or "hydrogenated" anything, I don't eat/drink it. I also increased my exercise by not taking the convenient routes. I started taking stairs and increased my perimeter of what I considered walking distance.

I still eat chicken, fish, seafood, turkey and some red meat occasionally, but made sure I was eating a lot more fruits, vegetables, rice, beans and grains. I also now only drink water (mostly), tea, or fresh juices. An occasional cup of coffee still tastes good, too!

Eating healthier, I have lost about 95% of my sweet tooth.

[kroschild]

I lost 80lbs last year, starting in April.  Everyone asked me how I did it.  I'm not a huge exercise nut (and I have to admit that I went through a lot of stress, which helped me to lose some of the weight), but I made the decision to eat more God-made food rather than man-made food. 

I cut out the boxed and canned stuffed.  Too many chemicals and preservatives.  If it contains high fructose corn syrup or "hydrogenated" anything, I don't eat/drink it.  I also increased my exercise by not taking the convenient routes.  I started taking stairs and increased my perimeter of what I considered walking distance. 

I still eat chicken, fish, seafood, turkey and some red meat occasionally, but made sure I was eating a lot more fruits, vegetables, rice, beans and grains.  I also now only drink water (mostly), tea, or fresh juices.  An occasional cup of coffee still tastes good, too!

Eating healthier, I have lost about 95% of my sweet tooth.

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Oh, now THAT'S funny! When I lost the 35lbs that had been holding me back, it was this way too! Although I wasn't necessarily trying to "eat the way Jesus did", I used that as my guide about whether to eat a certain thing or not. It helped me decide by considering whether people prior to this century would have had the thing. I mostly ate fresh vegetable, cooked without oil, eggs, bread, and small portions of meat--since meat was expensive and they didn't eat as much of it! So I considered things like sweets to be an exotic treat--they did have SOME sugar cane, after all. I would have chocolate about once every 6 weeks or more. Eventually, I lost my sweet-tooth too. Apples became SO sweet! I also tried to eat the amount of food our bodies actually need! It's amazing how little that is! Some people actually thought I was getting too small, but I kept eating the same amount (less) and I found that I hit a certain weight and stopped there! By the numbers, I wanted to lose 5 more lbs, so after a while I tried cutting out sweets altogether and working out more (i was also working out for a hour or so 3-4 days a week). I did lose those 5 lbs, but I looked awful!!! Just 5 more pounds made me look sick--I have very prominent bone structure, and they stuck out LOL. I was weighing what the doctor recommended, and I had friends my height who weighed the same (same height as me) and looked fine, but it was obvious that was not how my body was comfortable! So I swtiched back to eating what my body needed--I had plenty of energy and felt physically great at the weight--and it stuck! I would treat myself every once in a while, and I never gained any weight! I felt like I had finally found the body God had meant me to be in!

Unfortunately, I only stayed that way for 2 years! I decided to go back to college, and when I did the fast-paced, no time life style snuck back up on me! Fast food became the easiest way to eat before diving back into class/work/ etc. I have decided to try and go back to my healthy lifestyle, though. Please pray that I am able to, despite distractions. I feel like I am abusing God's gift of my body by not taking care of it!

I find I have digressed---I hope you all forgot my long post! LOL

KrosChild