I dunno-- I can make a pot of lentil soup and make two meals of it... it's incredibly filling, but it doesn't give me a stomachache.. just a nice warm feeling inside....
I don't get to buy another head of cauliflower until next week, after my xmas trip (something else to look forward to -- I love cauliflower so, so much!)
No, I wasn't actually over my caloric range, but I'm willing to bet I shouldn't have eaten 2 heads over the course of 3 days. And you know where that sent me, to boot.
Incidentally, I am interested in anyone else's opinion of what should be a weekly cauliflower limit. I know how weird that might sound, but ... It is like my favorite food right now, that and yogurt (I eat 1 greek yogurt per day).
Incidentally, I am interested in anyone else's opinion of what should be a weekly cauliflower limit. I know how weird that might sound, but ... It is like my favorite food right now, that and yogurt (I eat 1 greek yogurt per day).
I'm not sure how much counts as too much but I did find this on Wikipedia:
"Cruciferous vegetables can potentially be goitrogenic (inducing goiter formation). They contain enzymes that interfere with the formation of thyroid hormone. Cooking for 30 minutes significantly reduces the amount of goitrogens and nitriles. At high intake of crucifers, the goitrogens inhibit the incorporation of iodine into thyroid hormone and also the transfer of iodine into milk by the mammary gland."
Cruciferous veggies can also have pharmacological drug interactions.
I have no idea at what point you could impact your thyroid, but this just proves the truth of "too much of a good thing!"
Cauliflower is one of my favorite foods. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it.
I went through a cauliflower phase where I ate at least 3 cups a day (or about 1/2- 3/4 of a head depending on the size) for 5 - 6 days of the week. I had no negative affects from it.
And there are some days where I eat 3 - 4 yogurts a day.
"Cruciferous vegetables can potentially be goitrogenic (inducing goiter formation). They contain enzymes that interfere with the formation of thyroid hormone. Cooking for 30 minutes significantly reduces the amount of goitrogens and nitriles. At high intake of crucifers, the goitrogens inhibit the incorporation of iodine into thyroid hormone and also the transfer of iodine into milk by the mammary gland."
OMG, may I never eat any cruciferous veggies cooked for 30 minutes! (roasting excepted)
I have low thyroid, and I've also been told and have read that about cruciferous veggies. Some books even advise avoiding them altogether (or cooking the life out of them).
I've chosen a different approach. Sea-vegetables (seaweeds) are said to have the opposite effect (eating them in excess can make you hyperthyroid), so I try to add those to my diet as regularly as cruciferous veggies, and hope they balance out in the end.
I've considered WW but since the majority of the foods I eat are "zero" foods, the point system wouldn't really work for me. What I'm saying is, I can eat "healthy" foods to excess and can (and have) become fat doing it. Portion control is important.
I've considered WW but since the majority of the foods I eat are "zero" foods, the point system wouldn't really work for me. What I'm saying is, I can eat "healthy" foods to excess and can (and have) become fat doing it. Portion control is important.
0+0 doesn't always equal 0pts I lost the majority of my weight with WW and have decided to maintain with the point system instead of counting calories. I was starting to get a bit obsessed with CC lol
I'm another one who has to watch it about nuts. But only under certain conditions: 1) If they are roasted, either dry-roasted or oily, in other words, if there's **crunch**; 2) I have a problem if there's a can at hand. Something about the picking from inside the can & the hand-to-mouth action is hard to stop & can get out of control. Pick, pop in mouth, pick, pop in mouth. Repeat till my hand is moving just a little too fast. And I am somewhat zoned out. That's the binge sign. That's when the can has to go. Immediately. Like it's radioactive.
So those cans of Planters mixed nuts that are on sale everywhere right now? Are the devil. But a bag of raw almonds isn't. Go figure.
(I don't expect anyone to share this idiosyncrasy -- I think we all respond to different cues based on our life experiences.)
0+0 doesn't always equal 0pts I lost the majority of my weight with WW and have decided to maintain with the point system instead of counting calories. I was starting to get a bit obsessed with CC lol
Well, I really would like to try it, but I seriously eat so many foods that are on the "zero point" list with such frequency that I don't know if I'd lose well. Today, for instance, I made a soup with leek, tomato, celery, spinach and zucchini along with herbs and spices, no oil or salt and then added in measured amounts of lentils (the only thing with points in the meal). I ate this for 2 meals. The other meal, I had broccoli and cauliflower, again, with no salt or oil and ate several cups of that. I count those calories, because they add up when they are the bulk of my diet! I can see that the tendency to get obsessive is there with CC though, I sure do!
Guacamole is bad, bad news for me. The irony here is I used to hate it, and when my mom was visiting in August, we were out, and she got some nachos, and we were discussing guacamole, and my hate for it, and she convinced me to try it. Evidently, I didn't hate guacamole, I just had never had GOOD guacamole before. Since I was looking to add some good fats to my diet, I thought this discovery was great. Uh, yeah. I'd have been better off continuing to think I hate it.
Beans and pulses can be bad news for me as well, but since I don't eat meat, they're kind of crucial, so I've learned to either make only exactly as much as my husband and I can eat in one go, or to get the leftovers into the freezer IMMEDIATELY.
Museli or any other kind of breakfast cereal/granola-y thing isn't even allowed into my house. Fortunately, the spouse doesn't like them, so I'm not depriving him due to my own woeful lack of self-control with those items. I'm OK with nuts, and can use them only sparingly without too much trouble.
I lost the majority of my weight with WW and have decided to maintain with the point system instead of counting calories. I was starting to get a bit obsessed with CC lol
