Gena wrote:
> thank you to everyone who has given me such great advice with fat free
> cheese! i do so appreciate the experience of the list. i'm also getting
so
> many great recipes from you all, i'll never go hungry for lack of ideas!
>
Glad to be of help. Have you explored the archives yet, Gena?
www.fatfree.com. The best collection of fatfree recipes on earth! 8-)
> i am 42 and have developed hypertension in the last year while i was
> pregnant with my son, and it did not come down after he was born.
Oh my. A baby at 41. Wishing you much happiness and strength 8-). Sorry
about the PIH, that really sucks. Did you end up with an induction?
so, i've
> been on hbp meds, but want to get off, so i'm following dean ornish's
> program, which is a very low fat (10%) vegetarian diet, exercise, yoga and
> meditation (to reduce stress). so far i'm actually enjoying it! i feel
> like i'm paying more attention to the details of life, which makes it that
> much more interesting!
It is. If we only have time to stop and notice.
>
> i plan on eating this way for the rest of my life, not as a 'diet', but a
> lifestyle. i'm so happy this list exists because it's exactly the type of
> support i need.
>
It's a great group, and I'm so happy Michelle is back in the saddle again.
> i'd love to hear about the other list members!
I'm 39, I have two little guys aged 5 and 2, and I joined FatFree many years
ago when I was on a McDougall kick 8-). I have now settled into a reasonably
lowfat lacto-ovo vegetarian lifestyle. I have found that for *my own
personal way of life*, it was better to ease up on the extreme fatfree
position (although I feel it should be maintained for the purposes of
posting on this list), and have, as I posted before, small amounts of good
stuff rather than large amounts of ersatz, which is often (albeit not
always) junk. I do love the Yves Veggie Cuisine stuff while I can't stand
the thought of eating meat, though, so it just goes to show that consistancy
is not required to be happy 8-).
The trick, of course, is to savour the good stuff in small quantities and
not load up on it. But that is a subject for a different list 8-).
Be well, Hadass in Winnipeg