"SUMMERTIME" and 'VOLUMETRICS'

[Les]

Today I had for Breakfast 1 cup Fiber One with some crumbled frozen Raspberries and about 1/2 cup none fat milk

Lunch was one big apple

Dinner, all the left over veggies cut small and cooked in big pot with Patak's Madras Currypaste (spicy).
With 4 Whole Wheat Chapati per person.

[ArtCat]

How can you go so long with only eating an apple? I'd get a headache and feel awful!

[Les]

I used to not eat Lunch at all, so an apple and some water is pretty filling.

Well I am off on vacation for two weeks, will see you after I return

Ciao Les

[Les]

Back from Germany/Italy, and even after eating a humongous German cheese cake, I lost some weight. Also had some yogurt ice cream with plain yogurt on top with lots of fruits at the ice cream parlor.
In Italy I ate one very big pizza with a tiny glass of very good red wine in a bodega.
At home my mom cooked and tried to stay with veggies, but she did not get it, that if you put lots of ketchup in to the source it is not as good, also she instinctively grabbed the worst meet types.
One day she said, i bought chicken wings, there is hardly anything on them. I said, hardly any meat, but lots of grease from the crusty skin LOL
Of course I had LOTS of salad's in them two weeks and snacked of fruits.
So i only lost about one pound, but at least I did not get any back fromt he ones I lost.

Today's breakfast, I had one full groin toast with about 1 teaspoon of fat free sour cream and on top some sliced tomatoes.

Lunch was a mix with bell peppers, left over tomatoes and mushrooms in a pot with Marsala curry past in it. With it I had one small tortilla roasted.

Will have to go shopping today, no food in the fridge after the trip but fatty stuff hubby bought himself.

No idea what I will make tonight....

[Les]

Breakfast I had the leftover from yesterdays Dinner Filled Pepper with burghur filling.

Lunch I forgot, since I was out shopping.

Dinner
Yummmmmm...

This evening I made a big Greek salad (cucumber, tomatoes, red onions, fat reduced feta cheese, hot jalapeno peppers, and some sliced black olives).
Tossed with olive oil and white vinegar.
After I made some tofu wieners with a little ketchup and mustard with diced onions on full grain bread slice.

[ArtCat]

I'm also back from my big camping trip to Colorado! We didn't eat as well as we should, but we did lots of hiking, so I came back a couple of pounds lighter, too. I'm pretty sure that if I lived there in CO by the mountains I'd easily be 50 lbs lighter- it's so easy and beautiful to hike over there. It's just boring over here.

[Les]

Welcome back Liz!

I started to feel like I am talking to myself. Yeap, mountains are a nice thing, in Italy I used to go hiking with the dogs at least 4 to 5 times a week for about two hours each timer. I have not been camping much and not in years, but would love to do it again. Problem is lots of animals I can't leave behind

Well, I had a bit much food today.

Breakfast:
Full Grain Bread Sandwich, 3 thin slices of turkey beacon, one slice fat free cheese, one sliced mushroom and one romaine lettuce to top it off.

Lunch:
About 8 radishes, 5 mushrooms, 1 string cheese mozzarella 2%fat and one yogurt fat free diet.

Dinner:
5 Tofu Wieners on two pieces of Full Grain Bread with mustard and ketchup.
One big bowl of Greek Salad (Tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, reduced fat feta cheese, jalapeno peppers, some black onions) tossed with olive oil and white vinegar.

[Les]

Uh, oh, my slidey bar does now work

[alpo447]

I have to think delicious Spanish gazpacho -- basically, a very cold (even somewhat iced) garlicky tomato soup -- would fit the bill for what Volumetrics advises. I read that book a few years ago and thought it was one of the best, most common-sense diet books I'd come across.

[ArtCat]

Yes, Gazpacho is a very good option, plus it's easy to make and this time of year all the ingredients are fresh and cheap. I'm not crazy about peppers, so I just leave those out.

[Les]

Okay, lost an other few pounds.

Did not weigh myself because I broke down and ordered me a Pizza and ate it all.
It was a medium Pizza with tomato sauce, mozzarella, red peppers and onions.
Imagine my surprise when I got on the scale and lost weight instead of staying the same.

Me does happy dance......

[ArtCat]

Congratulations!
Here's your happy dance-

[Les]

Gesh,

is it just me or do veggies start to taste good after a while?
Don't get me wrong, I always ate some veggies, but not as I do now. All of a sudden I can't wait to eat them when hungry.

Tomorrow morning 6am I have to bake an authentic German Cheese cake (no cream cheese inside).
Just thinking about it makes me want a piece! But I promised a while back I would back it for my friends Birthday, now I am stuck doing it.

Hope I don't break down and eat some as well.

4 day's later I have to bake crackle cookies for an other friend's birthday.

Someone save me!!!!!!!!

[ArtCat]

While you're asking for help, I'm sitting here wishing I had the recipes! I always still bake my special treats (speculaas around the holidays), but I only allow myself a little bit and then I make sure the rest is given away. If it's in the house, I'll eat it, but if I'm really strict and allow myself nothing, that seems to trigger a bigger rebound later.
The cake will be easy to avoid- you don't want to give your friend a partly eaten cake- it's the cookies that are hard. Sometimes you can substitute ingredients to make it less unhealthy, but I find that it usually wrecks the taste a little.
Wishing you strength!

[judipurple]

Thanks for the gazpacho idea!!! Had it for the 1st time last month, and really liked it. Made it the other day, and now I can't wait for my tomatoes to ripen! And, I read that if you make it smooth, it can be frozen for the winter months. I'm thinkin' that some added chopped tomato,onion & red peppers to the defrosted soup would bring summer to January! Oh, yeah, another recipe to add to the list of gotta haves!