Comments on: Let's Play Brendan Says

By: mark

mark — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:24:50 +0000

Wow thanks for the great info. keep up the good work

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:39:38 +0000

This is all part of the journey! I’ve been there too – I think we are on the same path!

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:39:01 +0000

Shari – I’m so glad to know you’ve experienced the same thing too! I’ve lost a few pounds too without even “trying”. I guess I’m trying but I haven’t felt deprived or hungry which is what I wanted. I got down to 128 last summer and then over the winter gained back 5 lbs. I secretly want to get back into the 120′s – even though I know I shouldn’t care what the scale says as long as I feel good – and I do – but I do care! I’ll post more about this later. So glad you commented so I could find your blog!

By: Best Fall Ever. « Big Girl Eats

Best Fall Ever. « Big Girl Eats — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:36:39 +0000

[...] a lot. And it hit me this morning after breakfast, and later on in the day (thanks in large part to Allison’s posts about Brendan Brazier and raw foods.) that I’ve been substituting baking for emotional [...]

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:36:26 +0000

Averie, thanks for sharing you experienced the same thing with sleep and needing less, now I know I’m not imagining things!! And I agree – I’m eating less dairy, soy and gluten and am feeling better than I ever have. Beans, nuts, vegetables and fruit. A plant based diet is where it’s at! I’m so glad to have found my blog-mama equivalent!

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:34:19 +0000

I still was doing oats in the morning for a while too – and I don’t want to say I’m never going to eat oats again, I just love them so much. But now I’m finding that I can get around it with fruit cereal – it’s really the banana and nut butters that I love! The oats are just vehicle for almond butter I swear.

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:32:42 +0000

Hi Sam! And thanks. I should write something up – maybe others will find it helpful too! At the very least I can say that jumping in fast was not the way to do it – I definitely had to ease in. I was already eating big salads but I started eating one almost every day. Swapped out sides of sweet potato fries for steamed veggies. More recently I’m eating less grains – at least on a regular basis. It takes a little while but eventually you get use to it and stop missing these sorts of foods and you don’t have room left for them!

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:28:50 +0000

Thanks A! <3

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:32:38 +0000

I’m pretttty sure I’m the only blogger left not to try Chia seeds so I may be jumping on the band wagon as well!!

Also, you’ve really got me thinking about my over consumption of baked goods due to your Brendan Says posts and your commitment to real food. I realized this morning that it has become a substitute in my life for emotional eating. I’m an emotional baker!! I never eat all the food at once (thank god), and even though they are better than white products that I’m putting into my goods, they are still not a substitute for what could be real, whole snacks. So thank you for helping me recognize that!!

Thanks for the comment about my rappy rap. I swear, I was an MC in a former life. Songs just sort of come to me

I totally knew you’ve be thinking of the LaraBar motivator at mile 12! Gotta give the great visuals to my blog sister 4 life!

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:25:08 +0000

i believe i will have stripped you of the title – i have never tried chia seeds (minus some in some granola, but i don’t think that counts), does it?

have a fab monday!