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Originally Posted by CHERYL5
Are there beans other than the ones listed we can have? What do I look for on the labels etc? Thanks!
I buy the canned black soy beans and use them like black beans: toss them with cilantro, fresh lime juice, lots of hot peppers and some red onion and its a salsa dinner salad (put it over lettuce if you like). I'm working on a "refried" recipe but no luck so far...but put them in soups and anywhere else you would otherwise use beans.
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Originally Posted by pookee
Xanthia, I'm with you on the mutant end of things - at 5'9" and 168, I'm wearing a size 12 pant and medium or large shirt (depending on the cut).
This continues to amaze me. At 5-3 I'm at 149 and I may be able to squeeze into a 12 pants, but it won't be pretty. And forget anything smaller than a 14 top--not happening! talk about mutant, I am beginning to think I must look like a golf ball on stick legs!
Last week I was working out of town. I called ahead to find out from where they were catering lunch so I could make other arrangements...They told me the first day was going to be a deli tray with fresh meats and veggies for sandwiches, so I thought, "ok, I'll take some lettuce and add a few things to make a salad". By the time I got out of my meeting all the meat was gone and all that was left was bread and cheese....ok, not so good. Day 2 they brought in pizza (after telling me we would be allowed to "order' lunch) and day 3, I ordered a greek salad, only to find (when I got to the room to pick it up) someone else had taken it. Of course, everyone kept offering me their pita bread, tabouli and other things I could not eat (and I LOVE Greek food). Fortunately I have learned to always carry back up food in my bag, but boy, was this a bad week.
Really glad to be into the 140's as of today, but beginning to think I will want to lower my original goal. I don't think 9 pounds is going to put me where I want to be. On the one hand that is daunting--I was pretty focused on "getting to 140" and feeling successful. On the other, this whole process has been so (relatively) painless that it seems stupid to worry about staying on it for an additional few weeks to get to where I want.
Anyway, glad to be home and able to "chat" with y'all!