Well - for those of you who don't know about me - I've been trying to loose weight for the past 11 years. I once only had about 30 pounds to loose - but my job changed and I moved from Retail to our ALF side at the pharmacy - Standing up to sitting down - next thing you know - BAM - 30 more pounds, here they come.
I've always tried to eat healthy, and exercise, and the weight just kept coming on - Even tried going vegetarian / vegan - but since the rest of the family still eats meat - made it hard to cook dinner, and I would want what they were eating. After my 4th attempt I finally went vegetarian by Thanksgiving 2011. The one day I saw that The Pampered Chef was going to be on the Ellen show during the 12 days of Christmas - one of the giveaways - the bamboo knife block set with the forged cutlery - WOW!! I really wanted to win that plus all of the other gifts she was giving away. Sad to say - did not win and free products - BUT I did win a new way eating. I started DVR'ing her show and she had her personal chef come on there and show how to make a meat / dairy free meal for Christmas. After seeing how great the food looked and how easy it looked, I thought to myself - I can do this. And I did. By Christmas I decided to go Vegan. Nice to know that there are recipes on Ellens website, but I needed more recipe ideas. I started borrowing books from the library, not a huge selection (until now - there is more than ever - including RAW cookbooks or should I say Un-Cookbooks) I can't believe how much everything has changed, including the grocery stores.
So Christmas was a hit - everybody brought vegan recipes and it was great. I figured I can do this - then of course you start getting the questions - why? what do you eat, are you getting enough protein - etc. Well, when I first went vegan, it was all for health - to reverse my diabetis and to loose weight. Then after frequent visits to Ellens Website, I checked out her life link and then the movie link. From here I was able to watch "Earthlings" check it out here www.earthlings.com WOW - is all I have to say.
this helped me stay vegan for more reasons than why I chose to go vegan.
So I lost about 16 pounds right away - WOW again - but then the weight stopped AGAIN!
Which is where I'm at now - and have decided to give Plexus a try
I hope others out there that have been struggling can share their storeies with me - and give Plexus a try too.
Please visit my website and try out the 7 day challenge - or give it a try your self and sign up.
Together we can loose weight and share our stories.
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