You on a Diet ... support thread #4

[sharonrr]

Hi I am sure you can do turkey sandwich. Turkey is very low in fat and healthy, they have turkey rollups for the dinner menu. Oranges and grapes are also very healthy, the idea to me is eating foods that are good for YOU.
I am not a strict follower of the exact plan but I have read both books and go to the website on a regular basis. I stay away from processed foods, sugar(real and artificial).

[KnCmamma]

Originally Posted by InLimbo

....but trying to stick to his guidelines this week with the food I have in the house. I think I have enough items. I do have yams and some lean meats as well as oatmeal and veggie burgers.

My questions are:
Can you eat oranges or grapes on this for the fruit requirement?
Can you eat a turkey sandwich instead of the veggie burger? I go to school 2 nites a week and the veggie burger would be nasty cold.

Cheers and happy Monday all!
Sue

Heck ya you can eat grapes and oranges for fruit. Also turkey sandwiches are good too as long as you don't slather it with crap like mayo and such.

What the YOU plan is about is to try to eat as much NATURAL foods as possible and stay away from the processed stuff.

[BfL_Cat]

Hey gals - just wanted to pop in and say "Hi!".

Funny that we have 3 Cindys on here!

My weekend food was a bit "loose", so I'm pulling it right back on track today. I hate that weekends tend to be less structured, and thus I never get all my meals in, and often find myself starving when nowhere near my home/kitchen/food. Thus, I ate out a lot this weekend, which I try to avoid. Had chicken soft tacos, fresco-style, at Taco Bell on Friday, Wendy's chili with a baked potato on Saturday, and had a Egg Beater's veggie omelet for dinner at a diner on Sunday. Not horrible, but I'd rather not be doing that.

How is/had eating out been for any of you? Any tips/tricks you've found that have really helped?
Cindy

[p.a.]

I try not to eat out BFL (cindy) but when I do I stick to the purest form of food I can...and by that I mean no sauces,,no dressings,,,nothing extra on the food. I find most menus around me offer something *healthy* Even if its just a salad.
Cindy when you take the turkey sandwich just make sure the bread you use is a whole grain bread and your good to go! Throw some tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers on it too for more veggies to fil you up!

[Iwanawurkit]

Cindy...about eating out....we recently went to PF Chang and I had their lettuce rollup appetizer. It was awesome! Like PA, I try to stick to the simplist form but I would rather have something else.
The other Cindy.....if bread is a trigger food for you....it for me.....use lettuce leaves in place of. I haven't met a slice of bread that I didn't just love......


Kim

[BfL_Cat]

From my RealAge You: On a Diet Tip:

Made a Mistake? Make a YOU-Turn.

Have you enjoyed a few forkfuls of a coworker's cake or picked at your friend's fries? That's OK.

You're going to make wrong turns. You're going to be tempted by not-so-good-for-YOU foods. Does that mean you should steer off the dietary cliff and fall into the fatty crevasse of destructive eating? Of course not. Instead of falling into a defeatist mentality by drop-kicking healthy eating the moment you make one bad choice, confront it. How? By repeating the YOU Diet Mantra:

"At the next available moment, make an authorized YOU-turn."

Say it three times, put down the tub of cookie dough, and get back on the right road.

[p.a.]

That is so true ..such a great tip! I know myself if Ive *fallen off the wagon* instead of getting right back on the next meal..it gave me an excuse to just keep eating away....I blew it already right? On this plan I have had days where I feel a little munchy munchy all day...but Ive stuck to eating healthy snacks.

[BfL_Cat]

Hey everybody, how's it going?

In terms of snacking, I need to get back in the carrot stick and/or fruit habit. I did really well with it at the beginning, but now have not been buying either much. I found that really helped with the munchies to have those around.

DF's waist is down another 1/2" - those dang men! I work so hard for my 1/4" reductions, and he's not even trying that hard!

We are getting a PF Chang's here in the next 6 months or so - I will have to try those lettuce roll-up appetizers. Chile's has something similar, I think.

You gals have a great day!
Cindy

[p.a.]

Ive been walking every day for 30 mins around my house...well today I thought why not add some step ups to my program. Every 5 mins I go to my stairs and do 20 ,,,its a *step* in the right direction! Felt pretty good to.
Cindy why not try to make your own lettuce wraps? They look pretty easy to do. I saw someone make them on a food show one day and they put some rice noodles in them..they looked so good. I think Im going to try some myself..ha

[p.a.]

for the week -4 pounds (295) and down .5 inches thats 2.5 inches lost

[BfL_Cat]

Good deal Patti! Sounds like you're making some great progress!

Maybe I will try some lettuce wraps - I have the recipe out of the Eating for Life book which I usually have over rice. Maybe I'll make with the rice, but will have as a wrap as well, to get in some more veggies!

Or, something with rice noodles and carrots would be yummy as well! Hmm, guess I'll be doing some internet searches to find some good options.
Cindy

[p.a.]

let me know if you do Cindy

[walking2lose]

Hi - this might be on here somewhere but I'm not sure how to find it.

what KIND of dark chocolate does dr. oz recommend... not what brand, but what kind. I know he specifies, and I'm going to the store after work and want to get some. I bought some hershey's dark chocolate chips, but I think they have the wrong type of fat or not enough cocoa or something...

Please let me know if you can help. Thanks!

[toots1966]

Hello,

Just joined site and happy to have found it. I have been kinda following Bob Greene's best life. I started on Jan. 12th, the day after my yearly physical-ugh, 189.9 lbs, high chorlestral(sp) and I am almost 41.

So far, I have been excerising at least 4 if not 5 days a week. My area school district started a Hayward biggest losers club that I go to 2 times a week, we do Cardio, core excercises and weights with a personnel trainer and then I walk on my treadmill the other days for at least 30min.

I have lost 12lbs to date which I am happy about: However, I feel like I have plateaued...no weight lost in 11/2 weeks. Little discourged, still feel great and have a wonderful husband who gives me encouragement. Looking for advice for a little jump start again?

Going to buy Youn a diet, feel maybe that will help,
Any suggestion?
Happy to have found this site,
Lorena

[Kyrie]

...and hello all. I've had the book since I saw Dr. Oz on Oprah. I read it and immediately put the whole family on a healthier diet. We fell away from it slowly and haven't walked in probably FOREVER. Yesterday, my daughter asked if I remembered cooking more "Italian tomato food" and told me that she missed it. Guess that says it all. Time to go back to the book and remind myself of why we ate "Italian tomato food" so often.

For those of you who haven't found a good tasting, yet still good FOR you pasta sauce, I've come up with one on my own.

Yummy Marinara

2 cans Diced Tomatoes - Ingredients: tomatoes, tomatoe juice, salt, calcium chloride, citric acid
1 can Tomate Paste - Ingredients: tomatoes (who would have guessed?)
1 brown onion - chopped
1 TBSP Exta Virgin Olive Oil
2 cloves Garlic - sliced, smashed or however you want to get it in there
Italian seasoning - mine's from Costco and does the job nicely
1/2 TBSP sugar - can be left out or substitued with Splenda - depends on my mood

Directions:

I put all ingredients into a medium plastic bowl and use my hand shake blender to grind, smash, mutilate it to the right consistency. I suppose you could put it in a blender or food processor. The kids like it chunky, the hubby hates tomatoes, so no chunks for him. Cook over medium heat til warm.

We've tried all of the whole wheat pastas that we could find. My suggestion - keep shopping til you find the right one for you.

As for me, I probably should find the tape measure (put it in a safe place a while back - no clue where that might have been) and get walking.

Have fun and happy Friday!

Kryie