Just a word about the protein thing. There are better ways to include protein in your diet other than those bars. Those things are just nasty. You'd be better off scrambling a couple of eggs for dinner, or having some type of bean soup. Peanut butter is also a good protein source. And does avoiding meat a few days include seafood? You can make a quick shrimp and veggie stir fry fairly quickly.

Sharon

protein bars blow chunks. as sharon says there's good sources of protein for your veggie days. try:

rice with any pulse - so rice and peas, rice and lentils, rice and beans of any kind

the combination of grain and pulse is a richer source of protein than almost anything.

tofu: ok, it's bland to the nth degree as it comes but if you get going with the spices and garlic and stuff it's pretty good.

falafal with hummous in pitta bread: protein overload.

All vegetables (but not the non-vegetables mushrooms etc afaik) are good sources of fibre and most are good sources of vitamins.

I have to say there is just one tiny down side to my diet - vegetarian and no processed food, very little dairy - i have to leave the room a lot...not only am i regular but erm well frankly on very beany days it gets windy around here!

Oh and...for good nutrition if you can help it - get used to brown rice. I still have to have white rice sometimes brown rice really is just so much work to eat!

Just a word about the protein thing. There are better ways to include protein in your diet other than those bars. Those things are just nasty. You'd be better off scrambling a couple of eggs for dinner, or having some type of bean soup. Peanut butter is also a good protein source. And does avoiding meat a few days include seafood? You can make a quick shrimp and veggie stir fry fairly quickly.

 

Sharon

Thanks for the tips Sharon. I've just recently started eating peanut butter (LOL in my life I've probably had less than 20 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but it's growing on me). I like eggs, but find I never eat them before they go bad (just like strawberries, I love strawberries, but they invariably rot on me), I think I just like them quite a bit every once in a while. I LOVE seafood! I don't like it fried (which sucks since that's pretty much the perfered method around here), but I love it prepared pretty much any other way! And pretty much all seafood, fish, shrimp, crab, lobster, crawfish (a local delicacy) whatever. But yeah I was referring to going seafood free too. It just works out that several days a week I realize I haven't had any meat or fish lol, I think because all my favorite foods are the traditional "sides" or deserts of a meal. But yeah good point about the fish, I love them, I should make it a point to buy some fresh fish a couple nights a week and whip something up.

protein bars blow chunks. as sharon says there's good sources of protein for your veggie days. try:

 

rice with any pulse - so rice and peas, rice and lentils, rice and beans of any kind

 

the combination of grain and pulse is a richer source of protein than almost anything.

 

tofu: ok, it's bland to the nth degree as it comes but if you get going with the spices and garlic and stuff it's pretty good.

 

falafal with hummous in pitta bread: protein overload.

 

All vegetables (but not the non-vegetables mushrooms etc afaik) are good sources of fibre and most are good sources of vitamins.

 

I have to say there is just one tiny down side to my diet - vegetarian and no processed food, very little dairy - i have to leave the room a lot...not only am i regular but erm well frankly on very beany days it gets windy around here!

 

Oh and...for good nutrition if you can help it - get used to brown rice. I still have to have white rice sometimes brown rice really is just so much work to eat!

Thanks Sumbloke, I do like lentils and am trying to learn to eat more beans, peas I just don't care for. I LOVE tofu, and pretty much any soy product actually. I always get the soy milk (mostly because it lasts so much longer and I don't drink milk often), Edamame is one of my favorite appetizers, and there's just something I really love about the texture of tofu. LOL I could definitely go out of my to include more soy. Greek and mediterranean food is definitely one of my favorites, and I'm crazy about pitta bread, interestingly though, I really don't care that much for hummous (LOL at Restaurants I always ask them to substitute extra salad, rice, or grecian sauce). And you're so right about brown rice, I tried to get used to it but I really don't like that much.

Also your diet sounds great. Though I probably will continue to enjoy fish and foul from time to time, I always try to avoid processed food too. Dairy I pretty much like, particularly cheese and yogurt (of course those are processed....I guess I mean I try to avoid packaged, froozen, canned, boxed, or in general perservative filled foods).

Anyway thanks for the tips you two, take care and have an awesome day!

Kevin

I like eggs, but find I never eat them before they go bad (just like strawberries, I love strawberries, but they invariably rot on me)

Okay - little more advice. Use your freezer. Find a good recipe for a frittata (eggs, cheese, veggies) then after cooking portion it out and freeze for later consumption. Do the same thing with the strawberries.

Sharon