The Kind Life
My name is Nina, and I'm a flirt.
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ALISON  There are so many of us that are landing here with great goals, I know it's very important to be surrounded by like-minded people when we want to make a step towards any kind of change, and this one is such a great change!   We're all asking questions, we're all answering questions :)I love this place, especially that there's a place for us newbies.As you see above, Alison, we have folks who are struggling and others offering helpful hints.  Jennifer came in with a guilty confession and guess what?  WE GET IT.  French Momma, Evie and I all offered up some suggestions, and so did YOU!    We get it.  Newbies..This is something that our hearts want and our heads are gradually wrapping around HOWEVER our new choices present a little more work on our part;  a little more forethought, stocking ingredients, seeking out eateries, ... all of it is not our normal.   We are paving the way to our new normal, one step at a time.  We may take a step backwards and falter but overall...if we link arms, the forward momentum is inevitable.   I really appreciate this place for the support & information it provides EVERY time I log on.
NATALIE & JENNIFER    I started a message thread down in the "exercise" forum that is titled Beachbody Home Workouts Coach.  We can talk P90X or if any of you want to chat about ANY of the programs I'll be talking shop down there.  :)    Alison, if you want to talk about your training for the 1/2 marathon, down there,  I would love that too!
Newbies unite!   :)
Nina 

I blogged about it but I thought I'd share here...Tonight,   I wanted chocolate (dark chocolate).  I wanted my FIX.I saw that my stash (that I had mail-ordered WAY before reading TKD) is vegan!   It's VEGAN!  I'm sooo glad. 
If anyone is interested in dark chocolate (the one I have is 91% cacao but there are ones that are less potent) it's from Theo a company out of Seattle.
Also of note, everything raw has organic raw bars that are also quite good, and taste like chocolate  (kinda, you know what I mean).  They have several others too.  
If you've been training your taste away from chocolate because of the dairy and if you're used to cacao - then you'll probably like these.  
okie dokie - see you later!
Enjoy the day!! 
My favorite vegan chocolate is the Endangered Species Supreme Dark Chocolate bar.  Mmm-mmm-MMM!
I'm pretty jazzed.  Alicia's been on The View, The Oprah Winfrey TV Show & Dr. Oz's radio show this week.  I'm sure we'll have  more people joining us here after reading the book and hearing about the website!  
exciting!!  smiley-laughing.gif
Just thinking: I've been sporadically excited and then forget about vegan cooking for ...2 years or so and I think it speaks to Alicia's great approach to it that has made me really dig into the dusty collection of vegan cookbooks I have on my shelf. I think seeing Food, Inc and then reading Alicia's book in the same week really did something to flip the switch. I'd already known the background info..(I'm familiar with Ornish, Barnard, The China Study, etc) but something only just recently has flipped the switch. I'm so thankful to whatever it was but I know that THIS community has had a lot to do with it.
so happy smiley-laughing.gif
Totally agree with you Nina!  Loved Alicia's approach.  Some others have been so 'militant' is sort of negated to me the positive aspects of beging vegan.
Still working my way through The China Study, it is very good reading, but I haven't had time to devote to reading it.
:)  Thanks french_momma,  yes, the "militant' attitude has always made me recoil in fear of ... not doing it right or something, so I would just stop.      Thanks for the post, it's helpful to know we have that bond to carry us forward!smiley-kiss.gif
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