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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you gotten moving?  Just an hour of walking will make a really big difference in helping you lose fat and not muscle. I highly recommend weight lifting:  real weight, not those 5 lb dumbells in Zumba class. Chronic cardio is not your friend.

I would also highly recommend increasing your protein and fat and knocking your carbs down to about 50 g a day. It will make a big difference. Avoid wheat and processed carbs:  you are making a lifestyle change if its going to work and stay that way. [/quote]

Hi PP, OP here.

We try to eat a mostly vegan diet, so my daily menu looks something like this:

Breakfast: steel-cut oatmeal, frozen blueberries, dried strawberries, 1 tbsp peanut butter
Lunch: romaine with 1/2 cup beans, 15 almonds, trader joe's goddess dressing (2 tbsp)
Snack: 1 cup red peppers, 1 cup carrots, 1 cup broccoli, 1 tbsp goddess dressing for dipping (I would drink that stuff if I could!)
Dinner with kids: can of soup, 4 oz sweet potato
Munch after kids in bed: romaine with 1 tsp olive oil, balsamic vinegar, tomato plus an apple on the side. Freebie is one granola bar whenever I'm the most hungry throughout the day.

So while I can't bulk up on too much protein, I try to keep carbs low and my fiber high to keep me full. I worked hard to create a daily menu that would 1) keep me from being too hungry, 2) eat the foods I feed my kids because they're powerful and healthy, and 3) be how I'd want to be eating even if I was "thin." When I lose the weight, I'll add in more calories in the form of more beans, more nuts, chia seeds, flax oil, etc., but for now I'm pleased to have made a menu that still works in a lot of "power" foods like oatmeal, sweet potato, broccoli, blueberries, olive oil, etc. but still allows me to lose weight. At least it did last time I dieted; I'm only on Day 1 right now of this diet, but I have faith in myself that I can am in a good place to make my goals reality.

Thank you again, everyone! If you don't mind, I'll come back and update after my first week's weigh-in. I will take support wherever I can find it right now!![/quote]

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