[Sheila53]

My gym membership
The personal trainer.
Fitday.
Smoothie maker.
DaVinci and Tourani flavored syrups (I put them in smoothies).
Trader Joe's.
Chicken breasts.
Weight Watchers and Cooking Light Cookbooks.
Internet recipe sites.

[RememberHowToSmile]

Crock pot
George Forman Grill
Treadmill

Foodwise:
Chicken (like everyone else said so many things can be done with it)
Broccoli
Baby Carrots
100-Cal popcorn bags (I have no potion control when it comes to popcorn)
String Cheese
Crave Control Yogurt (this is a new thing for me but I've fallen in love)

[Casey4]

May I ask a question? What kind of meals do you cook in the crock pot? I love mine but I think of those meals as high fat because there is no way to drain off the fat. Thank you

[Mrs Quadcrew]

Use VERY lean cuts of meat (or make vegetarian meals!) The crock pot can be a very useful tool - and low fat too!

[RitzyFritz]

Oooh, this thread has already been great help to me!!!

I do have a few questions for a few of you:

Nelie: How do you use your pressure cooker (as in what type of meals do you use it for)? I have a brand new one, still in the box from an old desire to learn canning, but would like to get some use out of it from the cooking side too! Any recipes to share?

English Muffin: I did a search for the Schoelne diet scales but had no luck online, eBay, etc. I see you are in London; that may make a difference since I'm in the USA, but I thought I could at least find them online. Where did you find them, if I might ask? Or - does anyone else know of a similar scale?

Mandalinn82: Where do you get the Aidells Chicken/Turkey sausages?

Sheila53: Where do you get DaVinci and Tourani flavored syrups?

Thanks to EVERYONE who contributes to this thread! This is SO awsome to find so much help from such nice folks! I truly appreciate you all!!

[RitzyFritz]

Oh, one more thing...for those of you wanting crockpot recipes, check out this great resource! (Even has WW points included!)

http://saksfamily.no-ip.com/crockpot.html

This is just a plain internet page with recipes - no advertising, nothing...so I hope this is considered an appropriate link.

[nelie]

Ritzy,
If you throw in lean cuts of meats, spices and a cup or so of water into the pressure cooker, then cook for 15-30 minutes, you will have awesome tender meat. Fish takes fewer minutes (15-20) while pork you probably want to do for 30 minutes or so.

DH has done it for me every time we've done rice but you can throw in a cup of brown rice, 2.5 cups of water, a lean cut of beef, spices and in 30 minutes or so, you have awesome brown rice and beef. My only fear is that the water will dry up and I won't notice. So when we did it, I kept checking on the pressure cooker and tilting it to see if it had water left.

I have burnt fish in it before though because I cooked too long or didn't add enough water. A pressure cooker is a bit of trial and error.

[RitzyFritz]

Excellent! I think I will try that in the near future. Thanks so much!! My DH will be delighted that I am finally getting use out of it.

[Cheryl14]

My Top Ten


1) Lots of water

2) 3 Fat Chicks (THANKS, Everyone! You have been SOOOO great! )

3) Fiber

4) walking, Turbo Jam, step aerobics, yoga

5) Crunchy Jif peanut butter on a G.G. Bran Crispbread

6) Fitting in increasingly smaller clothing

7) Apples, pears, bananas

8) Decreasing amount of red meat eaten and increasing amount of chicken, smoked turkey, and fish

9) Fat-free yogurt

10) My encouragement journal

[Mrs Quadcrew]

1. Water
2. My Omron pedometer
3. Bagged lettuce varieties
4. brown rice
5. 3FC

[Nancydream]

Great thread!

1) On Sunday, I buy lettuce, radishes, cucumber, celery, carrots, red pepper, green pepper, and anything else I feel like. I make up a HUGE bowl of salad for the week. This is great for a quick packed lunch, a snack, or a dinner that's really filling (had some last night) . I add raw sesame seeds, hardboiled eggs, sliced olives, tuna, anything for protein to make it a full meal. It's saved me many a time when I'm too tired or unmotivated to cook or do anything else.

2) This website!

3) Silver Hills flourless breads (sprouted wheat). I found these when I was told I should avoid milled wheat. They're thick and chewy breads that taste great for toast or sandwiches. MMMM!

4) Not for everyone, but cans of sardines. They make a quick protein serving that holds me for quite a while.