Quick meal ideas from Connie

Connie is an entrant in the 6-week challenge and sent me this email: I don't like the creamy dressings so this fits the bill for me. I b...

The 100% club

We often discuss on the Fuhrman forums whether it's better for us to go 90% or 100% nutritarian.  Dr. Fuhrman's life plan allows for...

Sept. 30

Day 30, last day of September, only 12 days left of the Challenge, and then someone wins a vita-mix.  I'm hoping it will be waiting for ...

PEERtrainer advice

I get PEERtrainer's tip of the day in email and I often find them very interesting.  Today's email said that daily logging of food ...

Day 29

Today I got to squeeze in one last, and of course fantastic, mountain bike ride before leaving Moab.  That made us late getting to our desti...

Day 28

Today was a fantastic day of hiking, mountain biking and sight seeing.  I'm whipped so will write this quickly and get to bed!  Tomorrow...

Day 27

Hi all, not much new to report.   same old, same old.  Had an awesome mountain bike ride in Moab.  Hope to repeat tomorrow along with a nice...

Day 26

Hi everyone!  I have a good internet connection tonight.  Still on vacation, still makin' my salads.   The grocery stores I've been ...

day 25

Slow internet connection here.   will try to post once and then be done.  Yesterday’s food described in my previous post was very yummy.  Th...

Sept. 23 = Day 23

Again, hardly any time to post, quick update.  I've been overeating the delicious local fruit and nuts here in the agriculture valley of...

Day 22

Long day of driving, nice scenery, great fruit at a fruit stand, best grapes I ever had (both fresh and ripe, not a combination I usually ge...

Day 21

Hi everyone, I know some of you are doing well, others not so well, on the 6-week challenge.   I feel for the strugglers.  I made some mista...

Day 20!

Hi everyone, it's Sept. 20 which means day 20 of the 6-week challenge!  I'm on vacation and have very little time to post.  I'm ...

Day 18

Today I overate a bit, with that second sweet potato after dinner.  I got more hungry than usual before lunch and dinner and I think it made...

Day 17 of the 6-week challenge

Hi folks, I'm on vacation so don't spend much time online.  We're having a fabulous time.   Today was a fabulous mountain bike r...

Day 15!

Two weeks down for most of you. It's only day 2 of vacation and we're having a great time already.  Yesterday was a long drive but I...

The Big List of No Oil Salad Dressings

This is a great resource from Healthy Girl's Kitchen :  Her big list of no oil salad dressings includes recipes for all of them!

Day 14 of the 6-week Challenge

Two weeks into the challenge, and the first day of my vacation.  I forgot to bring my food scale.  At first I was disappointed, then glad.  ...

Day 13

I don't have much time to post, packing for my vacation.  Yeah, I know I shouldn't advertise that I'm going on vacation.  Well, ...

Vitamix has shipped!

Soon the vitamix will be in my hot little hands.  Then I'll ship it off to one of you.  Getting excited?

Day 12

Hi everyone, darn it, just got some disappointing news about a family member's diagnosis.  so I'm bummed right now.  I guess I was c...

Day 11, 31 to go

I'm in pre-vacation mode, which means, eat what needs to be eaten before vacation.  So I started out with some frozen bananas that for s...

How to lose a lot of Weight

Just got this email from PeerTrainer on what to do when you need to lose 50 or more lbs .  Might be useful to some of you.

If you are struggling

I tried to do Dr. Fuhrman's 6-week challenge last Nov and tanked almost immediately.  Something about the challenge sent me off in the w...

Day 10 of the Challenge

Hi everyone, this is actually my 2-week point in the challenge since I started early.  I notice that I might appear to be pretty strict with...

Easier than Pesto

I've got two giant basil plants in the garden and winter is coming, so it's time to start harvesting them.  I used to make pesto bu...

Sleeping on the Job

Since I don't do caffeine, I occasionally desire a nap--fortunately that doesn't happen too often.  It's amazing what a 10-15 mi...

Preparing for vacation

18 cans of beans.  hee hee.

Yummy Salad

I make salad every day and this one was so good I want to remember it.  It includes kale and collards because I'm going on vacation next...

Day 9 of the 6-week challenge.

Woo hoo, day 9 starts to feel substantial, almost into double digits.  If you lasted this long you've probably lost toxic hunger, and ar...

Day 8

Today I switched to my Fall schedule:  food prep the night before, exercise before work, breakfast when I get into work.  So I eat a more su...

Day 7 of the 6-week challenge

One week down!   Here's what I ate today Brekky: a bowl of frozen fruit while making a bunch of smoothies for housemate:  banana, blueb...

Tejas' update

Here's an update on the progress of one of the Challenge participants, Tejas: For almost one week, I stayed good to my plan till dinner ...

Day 6

Here's what I ate today.  You can kind of see a pattern developing.  The corn season is ending, but I'm still loving the oriental ya...

A Helpful Realization for Me

I hope that I learned something useful about myself recently.  I could wait six months to verify that it works and then post it if it's ...

Dr. Fuhrman's weekend immersion

The early bird pricing for Dr. Fuhrman's November weekend immersion ends on 9/15/11.  I'm going to this and I want my friends to go...

Day 5, Labor Day

Hi everyone, how did all those labor day family celebrations full of those foods that used to tempt you go?  (okay, maybe they still tempt y...

6-week Challenge participants

(updated Sept. 6).  Hi everyone, we had 56 people express an interest in the 6-week Challenge!   I didn't get goals from 2 people, as yo...

Greens and Beans soup

I often make beans and greens soup but today I made greens and beans soup.  I want to not do any cooking during the work-week so all I have ...

Day 4

If you have been successful so far, it's probably getting easier by now.   If you haven't, get going right now and in just 4 days, y...