Thread: Are there any vegan, macrobiotic, raw or other alternative dieters out there?

I posted this before, but it was at a weird time and I only got a few responses, so I'm trying again.

I'm trying to figure out what to do. I found out recently that I can't eat gluten. I actually wasn't too depressed about that because I felt so much better and all these symptoms that I'd had for a long time went away. Then a couple months later the doctor tested me for more food allergies and it turns out that I'm also allergic to milk, eggs, beef, and pork. I'm really depressed now because I'm trying to lose weight and I actually have the energy to do so now that I no longer eat gluten. The only diet that's worked for me in the past is Atkins so as you can imagine I'm a little depressed that I can't do that anymore. Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what to do now. I want to lose weight and I want to get healthy. So if you're doing a diet that you like please tell me about it. What do you eat? Is it hard? Do you feel healthier?

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Hi!
My eating habits.
They're very basic, basically I go...
Breakfast: Green smoothie
Snack: Fruit
Snack: Nuts
Lunch: Green smoothie
Snack: Vegetable
Snack: Seeds
Dinner: Salad.
Of course I do treat myself occasionally and I made a raw vegan chocolate cake and ate that for dinner the other night but that's rare, LOL.
Also I do take HEAPS of spirulina supplements.

How/Where do I get all my dietary needs?

Well, I just know what foods to eat in a day...
My smoothie for breakfast is a pretty good example.
Kale, spinach, 2 oranges, 2 apples, lots of blueberries, the juice of 2 carrots and the juice of two beetroot, flaxseed meal, kelp granules was what I had this morning. That was a lazy breakfast, normally I'd add more things and make it more complicated but you get the gist, I do eat lots of food.
Even a salad isn't bland, I make it interesting. Here are my two favourites.
Baby spinach leaves, red onion, avocado, orange slices, and lemon/orange juice as a dressing.
Russian kale, spinach leaves (adult not baby), avocado, chili, tomato, grated carrot, flaxseed oil.


What difficulties do I encounter?

OK, for me there are two major difficulties.
1. Eating out. It's almost impossible and will be one of the only times I do eat some cooked food or I'll order a boring salad (I don't eat lettuce, LOL. Most cheap salad bars use lots of lettuce).
2. Cravings. They vary but it's normally due to either A) Nothing sweet in that day or B) I'm missing something but I can pin point that straight away.

I think I should say that I don't eat any grains raw except corn and even when I eat cooked when going out I DO NOT EAT BREAD, I detest the stuff now. I'm also in the process of cutting raw corn out of my diet and am planning on trying to eat different sprouts when I crave that as well.

I wish I can be a vegetarian one day . It's not easy because I have been so used to and loving meat so much. I do avoid eating pork now and only cook fish and chicken. Eating out is indeed a challenge because most of the time, even if I don't want to, the only foods available anywhere are fast foods and most of them are fatty/fried foods. Maybe I should start bringing granola bars with me and have that instead of eating junk foods out.