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Archive through December 03, 2003
Texannie | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 10:10 am     Not1..what kind of things do you usually eat, and maybe I can help you figure out a substitute. Thanks sis! |
Mak1 | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 10:40 am     Djgirl, your post could almost have been written by me. I changed my eating habits completely and have been a very dedicated walker. With bad weather setting in, I joined the gym to add resistance exercise and weight training. People comment on my weight loss, but I've only lost 7 pounds....15 more and I'll be satisfied. I have lost 2% of my body fat since I started using the gym and have lost inches. My clothes are looser and I feel great and will stick with it because these are lifestyle changes to me, but what will it take to get that number on the scales to start moving down again? Let me know if you find the magic answer. Everyone keep up the good work! |
Reader234 | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 11:39 am     I'm at work and not much time to post or read (darn those 6th graders!! ) However, I am able to stop in for 15 min, wise use of my time I'd say!! I'm >< this close to falling off the "healthy" eating. Lance, I'm with you, I have so much knowledge on proper exercise, weight training, cardio, nutrition etc etc, its keeping it all together, and making time for it that I'm losing. I know I have to include fish, I KNOW there are wonderful recipes. What is stopping me? I'm blocked. I would like to add with calcium, right on Lance, but know that your body can only absorb 500 mg (or whatever they calculated calcium in!!) at a time, so I take 500 in the morning, and 500 in the evening, SBG, I reccomend viactiv, and I keep a handful in my car in case I "forget" in the morning!! I have to also add, thanks for continueing to inspire me, stopping in adding the extra encouragement. It is a total mind game. I think that is why Dr Phils book is trying to address. Overcoming obstacles!! WTG Texannie on the smoking cessation!! I'll dig up some recipes at home, I think there is a wonderful pumpkin low cal/low fat one... I was thinking of trying... maybe if someone is inspired we could start a "Healthy Living Recipe" Thread?? |
Sweetbabygirl | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 11:49 am     Have you guys heard of One A Day Weight Management Vitamins? If so, does anyone take them? |
Djgirl | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 01:08 pm     Mak - you're getting the dream results - you're gaining muscle and losing the fat, and since muscle's heavier that's why the lbs aren't going down... People are commenting on my weight loss as well, I know exactly what you mean though!!! I'm going to Mexico on holidays in 6 weeks and would love to look like the women on the Victoria Secret special last night, but being 5'4" makes that a little difficult lol! I put my bathing suit on last night and thought that I looked okay - rather pasty white, but a tanning bed will fix that problem up before we go! Mak if I find the secret I'll be sure to fill you in on it! |
Not1worry | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 01:23 pm     Texannie, your post made me laugh. What kind of foods do I like? If it's on the list of NO foods, I like it. Everything I'm not supposed to eat now!! Seriously, I have existed wayyy to much on carbs. A few bowls of cereal for breakfast, crackers and dip for lunch, or maybe a sandwich. Pasta or rice something for dinner. Breakfast is the hardest. I don't really like eggs, and I don't think I can stomach a salad in the morning. I did scramble some eggs with mushrooms and monterey jack cheese this morning and it was okay. For lunch I sauteed a sliced chicken breast with garlic, and threw in over some salad greens with BacoBits and dressing. I do love using butter and dressing and cheese. I still feel really hungry all the time. I think I am just used to eating without thinking and eating too big portions. I never thought of myself as craving sweets, but I am definitely in need of a fix! The ice cream was really calling me in the grocery store. I bought fresh berries instead. I hope this gets easier as I get used to it. I will say that I feel good not being stuffed after a meal. I'm going to try and give it my best effort for 2 weeks. Maybe by then it will seem like something I can live with. |
Texannie | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 01:32 pm     Are you doing specifically Atkins? I do a low carb/low sugar way of eating so it's not as rigid as Atkins. I eat whole grain breads, whole wheat pasta/tortillas, brown rice. So for breakfast if I don't have eggs, I might have oatmeal or another whole grain cereal with berries. Lunch I might have tuna with a whole wheat pita. I usually only have 2 servings of "starchy" carbs a day..sometimes one. |
Not1worry | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 01:58 pm     I've researched most of the low-carb diets. I don't think I should even try Atkins, since it doesn't allow for enough fruit or veggies for me. I can't eat that much meat. Basically right now I am just trying to eat very low-carb. If I had to guess, I'm trying to keep under 40 grams a day. |
Texannie | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 02:10 pm     I don't count carbs..too much math for me! LOL Plus, I love veggies and fruit too much too. I mainly just watch my servings of starchy carbs. Good luck to you! |
Tabbyking | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 02:18 pm     not1, i am not following the atkins diet, either. i just cut the worst carbs so i can get my blood sugar in normal range and it's taking the weight off for me! i also exercise to keep my legs from being in chronic pain at night, so that helps with the weight, too. if it's green, i eat it! lettuce, zucchini, broccoli, peas. if it's white and starchy, i limit it to once or twice a week. (i admit i save those for the times i have to have a tortilla for my carnitas or something!) white and starchy is many breads, muffins, potatoes (the worst offender!), white rice, chips, etc. i truly do use cauliflower in place of rice or pasta or potatoes! when it's cooked and cut into small pieces, i use it with spaghetti sauce for my pasta. when i have a stew or a roast, i have larger cauliflower pieces as my 'potatoes'. when the cauliflower pieces are small, i put curry or whatever dish i have made on it as if it were rice. i use slices of cucumer to hold tuna, or roll it up in lettuce leaves for tuna taquitos last night i had a hamburger. since i had a bun sunday when we had guests over for burgers (i sliced off half of each side of the bun and cut the carbs in half), i just piled a little crumbled bleu cheese, tomato slices, pickle, etc., on top of my patty and ate it with a knife and a fork. my daughter could totally eat as i do--it's the dh who's difficult. "where's the ice cream? why did you give the chocolate chip cookies away?", etc, and he has more weight to lose than i do. i am more concerned about his nonexistent exercise program and because he commutes 3 to 4 hours a day--he snacks in the car (i see those dropped french fries and the chip wrappers stuffed in the door pouches!) and doesn't move around much. he also likes his beer and i haven't had a beer in months. i do have my merlot in the evenings. in the afternoon, i make hot de-caf tea and put in a pinch of sugar subsitute and a little milk. it fills me up and the taste reminds me of 'oatmeal' the way i liked it prepared when i could eat it. i keep my carbs between 25 and 75 a day. i just got off the treadmill for the second time today. just took a book and strolled along at a leisurely 2 miles per hour, since i had done the running/quick walk 3.7 or so mph this morning during the price is right! one thing with atkins is when several people i knew were on it a couple of years back...they were eating processed cheese products and cold cuts with lots of salt, etc. in them, not cooking a roast and having slices of it, or cooking a turkey to have slices of it, etc. and they still ALL lost weight. well, i tried it for 10 days and i lost 1 pound and my cholesterol went from 184 to 229 almost overnight! so not total atkins for me and the meats i do eat are those cooked and prepared in the house. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 02:23 pm     p.s. those who did total atkins also put much of their weight back on when they ate 'regular' food again. this cutting of some carbs, but not all, is more a continual, life-long way to eat, not a diet that will actually end! i could never stick to it if i had to totally cut something out! moderation is the key. i am losing maybe 1.5 to 2 pounds a week. i didn't put 45 pounds on overnight and i will have to be patient for it to all be gone. i am 1/3 of the way there, though, and i haven't had to 'starve' to do it. |
Lostintheglades | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 03:13 pm     Okay...I just quit smoking so I'm not into losing weight just yet...but wanted to let you know that DD # 2 has lost 17 pounds. I am do proud of her. She's done this totally on her own without the rest us adjusting the way we eat or modifying our meal plans. It is so odd....DD#1 was the chubby kid and DD #2 was the skinny little runt who always looked undernourished...they are totally opposite now. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 03:59 pm     good for you, lost!!! i quit smoking a few thanksgivings back. both the hardest and easiest thing i have ever done. just don't spend the money! i actually didn't eat more, but food sure tasted better! i keep thinking of how i am being good and how it benefits everyone around me! i quit smoking, i exercise, i am losing weight, i am watching this, that, and the other thing (oh, wait i can just say, "the cat in the hat")...LOL |
Lostintheglades | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 04:21 pm     Tabby you never cease to make me smile!!! Congrats on the quiting smokeing. Giving up the nicotine isn't nearly as hard as trying to keep my hands busy....maybe that's why I've been posint on this site so much. It's pretty hard to smoke and type at the same time. |
Fluff | Friday, November 21, 2003 - 02:17 pm     I've kicked the chocolate habit, but then I discover Lay's Sour Cream Cheddar potato chips. D'OH! My doc has taken me off the thyroid med for 5 days, and then I'll start back taking it again every other day rather than daily, so I'll see if this helps my metabolism. |
Not1worry | Friday, November 21, 2003 - 07:00 pm     Today was day 3 of low carbs and it wasn't so bad! Still wishing I could have ice cream. I only got a few hours sleep last night (DH calledat 5 a.m., YAY!) and I woke up thinking I really could use a few big bowls of cereal. When I remembered that I couldn't have cereal, I thought "well, crap, I'm not hungry then". Hmmmm....maybe, maybe I wasn't ever that hungry for it. It was just comfort food. Instead, I had a few blackberries and an hour or so later had a snack. I made a steak tonight, nice and rare like only I like it, with cheese all over it. I wanted to buy those ketone sticks you test your urine with to see if you are burning ketones and thus doing the low carb thing "correctly". Since I'm not strictly doing Atkins, I don't know if it would work anyway, but I was curious. I looked it 2 stores and didn't see them on the shelves and I was too embarrassed to ask. I am scared that I am eating all this high fat food like cheese and butter and I am just going to end up gaining weight. I managed to nap off and on a few times today, thankfully. I assigned the kids a super long movie (semi-educational) for the last part of school and racked out on the sofa. Yes, they were happy to be told watching the movie was schoolwork. |
Tabbyking | Friday, November 21, 2003 - 08:01 pm     if you are cutting the starchy carbs, you probably don't need the ketone sticks to check. i will tell you my fasting glucose is about 104 if i don't have starchy carbs the day before and about 118 if i do. cutting those carbs down really DOES make a difference. tonight i had half a quesadilla with leftover turkey (we cooked a turkey on sunday that my husband got at a golf tournament), cheese, and homemade salsa, so those are my 'starchy' carbs for the next couple of days. you don't have to totally give them up--just space them out and don't eat 6 of something! |
Fluff | Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 08:18 am     You make some delicious items, Tabby. Can I come live with you for awhile?  |
Babyruth | Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 08:18 am     A low calorie Thanksgiving dinner alternative! Turkey & Gravy Soda on the Table for Thanksgiving Sat Nov 22,12:25 AM ET SEATTLE (Reuters) - Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings: cranberry sauce, stuffing and turkey gravy flavored soda. Yummy? In the latest food fad to emerge in the United States, Seattle specialty soda maker Jones Soda Co. scored a hit this week with the introduction of a limited batch of Turkey & Gravy-flavored soda. The tan-colored soda sold out in just three hours after an initial batch was put up for sale on its Web site on Friday, a spokeswoman for the company said. Proceeds from the online sale, where two bottles of Turkey & Gravy soda sold for about $11, were donated to Toys for Tots, a children's charity. Local retailers will start selling the soda from Monday. Jones Soda said it would be up to local stores to set prices for Turkey & Gravy soda. Other sodas from the company typically cost $1 to $1.50. Thanksgiving, a U.S. holiday that falls on the fourth Thursday of November, typically features a dinner with turkey, gravy and other condiments. Turkey & Gravy soda tastes like a Thanksgiving dinner, but contains no meat extracts, Jones Soda said. This isn't the company's first experiment in exotic carbonation. Fish tacos and ham flavors have also been offered as promotional soda flavors. Jones Soda said it will continue to introduce other unusual soda flavors. Other flavors offered by Jones Soda include green apple, bubblegum and crushed melon. |
Fluff | Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 09:18 am     Ewww! |
Reader234 | Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 01:45 pm     I'll 2nd that Fluff!! I'm still trying to get a handle on my focusing... I'm wondering if I dont have an ear infection?! That would just top it all!! I just get the feeling from time to time, that the world is going to spin, like i got off a fast spinning carnival ride. I'm not hungry either - go figure, yet I know if I want to maintain, I have to eat carbs... and salt... so I am. I think I was eating to many bananas, I seem to recall the last time I had problems and brought my food diary to the doc, he told me bananas were too high in sugar, eat kiwi... |
Fluff | Friday, November 28, 2003 - 07:59 am     Mysteriously after my thryoid medicine was reduced, 3 lbs disappeared. Coincidence? I think not. On the otherhand, I've probably gained 2 back from yesterday.  |
Rissa | Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - 11:21 am     Haven't been around lately, not feeling too sociable. But, I wanted to thank all of you for your thinking of me and taking the time to send your best wishes. As it stands right now, my dad's heart is twice normal size and his kidneys are functioning at 50%. What hasn't been determined is whether the kidney failure is due to the heart or the heart failure due to the kidneys. I am not sure whether it even matters except that from what I understand .... if it's the heart that is the primary problem then that has the potential to be resolved and kidneys will improve along with. If it's the kidneys that are the primary problem then it's irreversible. This isn't a big shock for me. My dad's failing health is the reason we moved back West 4 years ago. I didn't think he would make it to THAT Christmas, so I am gratefull for these additional years. <self-editting out rant about what constitutes a balanced diet. LOL) Want to make some diet comments but will make a seperate post. Thanks again to all of you!! |
Tabbyking | Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - 12:17 pm     fluff, sorry i didn't see your post earlier...i just finished up the seabass chowder i made (although i have used halibut,salmon, or striper other times)--zucchini, onions, bell peppers, jalapeno (optional), and carrots all diced up and sauteed in a little nonfat veggie or chicken broth. after a couple of minutes, i add the rest of the can of broth. i then add chunks of raw fish and let it simmer for 10 minutes. add a cup or so of nonfat milk and simmer for about 5 more minutes. low fat, low carb, filling and tasty. i just adapted a halibut chowder recipe that called for lots of butter, flour to thicken and cheddar cheese tossed in at the end. and the adapted one is really, really good! and if you are a vegetarian, you can skip the fish all together or use tofu in its place. tonight i am making chicken curry and putting it over 'cauliflower crumbles'--cauliflower cut into maybe 1 inch or smaller pieces. it really takes the place of rice in a tasty, good-for-you, way. tomorrow is dd's 16th bd and she wants to go for chinese food. i'll just put my order over steamed veggies, rather than rice. i know they use cornstarch as a thickener, etc, so will choose wisely. i wonder how not1 is doing with her low carbs today?! man, you oughta see how i can cook when i don't have to be good! but making things taste good with restrictions is also a lot of fun. experimentation is wonderful and i come up with new ideas all the time. |
Rissa | Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - 12:20 pm     I have posted before about my thyroid *issues*. LOL Won't rehash, it's not important except for the very basic outline. I went through an extremely stressfull period about 4 years ago and had a thyroid 'crisis'. Three fingernails fell off, I had 2 or 3 loonie sized circular bald spots, sleeping issues, dry circles of skin, etc. but the most fun being that I gained 40 pounds in 2 months!!!! I was put on Levothyoxine which cleared up all problems except the weight gain. Trying to shorten this, just editted out 4 years : Finally lucked out with a great doctor...I just wanted to outline a couple of her basic rules. 1.) No potatoes, no bread, no rice, no pasta. Yes you can find high fibre bread, etc. but still not comparable to eating other foods like fruit/veggies, plus they are comfort foods which translates to sorta addictive. Just like smoking, it's better to just say NO then to try to restrict. LOL 2.) Fibre, Fibre, Fibre!! Average person gets half the recommended amount and she recommends twice THAT. 3. Don't eat fruits where you eat the skins. Especially raisins, but also apples, grapes, etc. Bananas and melons are her two best picks. Reason being that countries like Mexico literally grow their fruit in pesticides, they are sprayed so often from seed to fruit. Doc believes those pesticides could have an effect on our hormone systems if not just being basically unhealthy. This is my typical diet right now: Breakfast: little tub of non-fat yogurt with 1/3 cup bran buds, 1/3 cup instant oatmeal or granola and half a banana sliced. Mix it all together and follow with glass of water. Snack: Single slice of cheddar cheese with a stalk of celery Lunch: Egg white omelet with diced onions, peppers, black pepper, tomatoe, celery, mushrooms, etc. (whatever is in the fridge). Plus 5-6 mini raw carrots. Snack: 1/4 melon with peanut butter Supper: Salmon/chicken grilled with salad of some sort (no dressing) and other half of the breakfast banana. I have lost 29 pounds since August 1st. I try to make sure that each time I eat it's a balanced meal:..... Protein/Carbs/Fibre. Another suggestion she made was NOT to drink while eating. This was new to me, I figured water would help break down food faster but apparently it's the opposite. Either drink 30 minutes before or 30 minutes after a meal. Dunno if it makes a difference but I am less bloated. LOLOL |
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