Abstinence - 52nd Day

Breakfast 1-1/4 cups Cream of Wheat 1 cup light soy milk 1 cup coffee 1 banana 20 oz. water Lunch 5-lettuce with romaine salad with kidney beans, grape tomatoes, baby carrots, mushrooms, with honey dijon dressing and marinade Split pea soup 20 oz. water 1 peach Leftover Chopped "Meat" Dish (which is made with TVP for the "meat") Dinner 1 veggie burger on sprouted wheat buns with ketchup and mustard 1/2 can pineapple chunks 1 can vegetarian vegetable soup 1-1/2 cups light soy milk Beware of the adage "you can eat however much you like on this diet, and you won't gain weight".  I ended up stuffing myself on 7-grain spaghetti the other night, and I felt ridiculous!  This advice only applies if you're a normal eater.  I'm not.  I'm a compulsive overeater, and I have trouble with volume, especially when I'm given cart blanche on how much to eat.  With raw vegetables, maybe.  But starches, protein, dried fruits, and fruit, no.  I do like the Vegan Diet, but I have started weighing and measuring my food.  I need to eat in moderation, no matter what diet I'm on.  I don't believe that the Vegan Diet is a fad diet, either.  If you read The China Study by T. Colin Campbell and his son, you will find out all the studies that he and other enlightened doctors and nutritionists have done, proving a plant-based diet with whole grains is the most healthy diet you can eat.  You need to probably take B-12 pills, but what the heck - that's a small price to pay for improved health. Denise Phares/kitties4