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Originally Posted by NeedToMatter
thanks dude i was recommended to avoid oil when it came to frying i was told use a tiny bit of water does the trick as for my meal plan i will pm you it if you want a look
Absolutely PM me and I'll take a look and I'll give you my take on things. Also any time you have a question about a plant based diet feel free to PM me. Me and my gf went whole food plant based a year and 10 months ago.
The key to cooking oil free is just having the right tools. The
GreenPan Lima non-stick frying pan and our
Instant Pot pressure cooker are a godsend when it comes to oil free cooking. And yep sauteing in water or low sodium veggie broth is the key move.
Incidentally, my gf was once obese (5'8" 200lbs at 18, and up to 230lbs when pregnant). She's
one of the lucky .8% who escaped that. She's always worked out hard to try to get her weight down but it's been a major battle. When I met her in 2013, she was 35 and had her weight down to 142lbs through a combo of caloring counting/portion control + vigorous working out. As you probably know, nobody can keep that up forever, and sure enough she starting gaining weight and got back up to 167lbs and was really depressed, especially at the dire prospects of gaining even more. Then she went plant based, kept working out, and now shes back down to 142lbs and very tone.
Now as you can probably easily guess, my gf's been on every diet you can think of, had her share of eating disorders, basically the same typical American story you hear over and over. She claims going plant based saved her life, and she finally feels in control. She no longer portion controls/counts calories. She just eats healthy plant based meals with no added sugar, no oils, no refined grains, and low sodium, and she eats as much as she wants and the weight stays off. The only time my gf gets in trouble is with healthy albeit calorically dense plant based desserts like say oatmeal cookies or something. Then she can easily binge away and eat 10+ cookies and feel terrible. The solution of course is to not make calorically dense healthy desserts to begin with but my gf is only human.
Also, she rarely drinks any calories. Just water, coffee, tea and smoothies--I don't count smoothies as drinking calories since all the fiber is still in there unlike juices. Either way, I think not drinking your calories is another huge key to losing weight and maintaining weight. Eat oranges, no orange juice, eat apples, no apple juice, etc.
Anyways, if you have any questions definitely feel free to PM me.