[petra65]

I think this worked out pretty well last month so I guess I'll start a new thread for this month. Here's to another good month of good eating. We'll all have to start dealing with the holiday challenges. Maybe we can share some good ideas.

[jahra]

Thanks for starting this thread. A few years ago, I lost over 50 lbs
by following the Mediterranean diet and an exercise program.
Needless to say, naughty eating habits returned ,so I am restarting.

I am planning to start tomorrow and record in a food journal, this
helped a lot last time around. I had to really think about the selections
each day,rather than aim for a fast food drive thru.

In the October thread, you mentioned you are taking pilates classes.
If you have had a year of pilates classes , you can do the mat exercises
at home. Recently I purchased a Pilates Stick (and the dvds). Beside
the mat exercises, you can do many of the Reformer and Cadillac exercises
as well. As I am in the Northeast, our winters can be difficult and going
out to evening class often just not possible. This is working out very
well. Also, add dance workouts and weight exercises to prevent
boredom and get a total w/o.

Subscribing to thread, here I go

[petra65]

welcome jahra. I used to live in the Northeast so I remember those cold winters. I belong to a yoga studio so I go to yoga and pilates classes depending on what fits my schedule. I went to a yoga class today-that is the only thing that was offered.

keeping a food diary is very helpful. I also find it helps prevent mindless eatinig.

[petra65]

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm still pretty much on plan. I did give in and eat a couple pieces of left over halloween candy last night but I plan to take that to work today and get it out of my house.

[jahra]

Had a few pieces of Halloween candy, and discarded the rest.
So far staying true to the Med diet, but need to get back
to exercising. Thanks for the welcome petra, will add yoga to
my exercise rotation. So far, raking lots of leaves so burning
some calories.

Would love to hear some ideas on breakfast. Getting tired of oatmeal,
cream of wheat and egg white omelet with veggies.

[petra65]

I tend to rotate around on breakfast between a few things. Oatmeal, whole grain cereal (I like shredded wheat n bran with a banana), and eggs fixed a couple different ways. These are specific Sonoma recipes. One is eggs scrambled with canadian bacon, green onions, and a little cheddar cheese and stuffed in half a pita. Another is eggs scrambled with green pepper, green onions and cheese, in a whole grain tortilla, with salsa. And the last is yogurt and fruit smoothie. I also do baked eggs once in a while. Toast with peanutbutter is another quick idea. How's that for some options?

[Shrinking Mama]

Hello.

I'm keeping mostly on plan and feeling pretty good. I did have some Halloween candy but declared myself done with it on Saturday and haven't touched it since.

I'm pretty boring when it comes to breakfast. I simply adore my pb and toast and have to talk myself into something different every once in a while. I do make a lf quiche that freezes nicely. Maybe you could do something like that and freeze it in individual servings or create a lf burrito with egg whites and veggies.

I'm planning lentil soup today in the crock pot. Yum!

[petra65]

I finally got the halloween candy out of the house today before I did too much damage with it. Thank goodness.

[thinkerbell]

Just want to drop in on this thread and say HI!......I am new to this type of diet but there's a little voice inside that thinks it is what I am looking for....everything I've read on-line so far makes so much sense! Plus I want to be able to learn to creatively cook....enjoy all ascepts of food instead of obsessing about calories.....there's a lot of books....where should I start?

In this months Woman's World there an article about the Omega Diet....that's what got my attention and I brought fish oil....my BIL swears that fish oil cured his knee and acid refleux problems.

I appreciate your witness that this diet does work when you work it (oops, I forgot to look at your screen name ...sorry)

Hopefully, I'll stick with this and post more.

The support and connection is so imprtant to me....thanks for being there!
Thinkerbell

[thinkerbell]

Hi!

I joined the Sonoma on-line weight loss group and bought the books....the diet book and cookbook. Ah, it sounds just what I've been searching for....I love food, eating and have wanted to become a "cook".

I feel lucky because I do love all the foods....veggies, fish etc....and only recently learned to like olives and EVOO....and over time I switched to alot of whole grains already.

Except brown rice...still prefer white...partly because I know how to cook it!

Any tips on cooking brown rice?

Thanks,
thinkerbell

[petra65]

Buy good quality brown rice and it just takes longer to cook. I've learned to enjoy some other whole grains a lot like bulgur and spelt. I also eat a fair amount of whole wheat couscous which cooks up quickly.

I also belong to the sonoma site so maybe I will run into you there. It definately helps to enjoy cooking with this way of eating. I don't know a lot about the Omega diet but I believe it was written by someone who is Greek and was also basically based on Mediterranean principles.

[petra65]

How's everybody doing? It's been a little quiet here for a couple days. I wanted to make another suggestion about the brown rice. One of the people on the sonoma site says she cooks hers in beef broth and it makes a big difference. I've never tried it but there's another suggestion for you.

I made a thai chicken stir fry over the weekend. I usually like thai food but I wasn't crazy about this. Won't make it again. My call week has not been too stressful so far thank goodness. I'll still be happy when it is over on Thurs. morning.

[czknitr]

Hi everyone,
I am new here. I just brought home the books from the library and made up my shopping list. I start tomorrow. I am excited to start and have a support system as well. Looking forward to getting started!!

[petra65]

Welcome. Not a big group here but jump in. We'll try to help if we can.

[ninfa]

Hi All,
I am so happy to find 3FC, especially this group. A big thank you to petra65 for your posts! My quick history: I was on WW and doing well until Graves' Disease popped up and changed many aspects of my life including my eating habits. I've been following the Mediterranean diet since August-down 10lbs, but needed more structure, information and support.

Even though I'm only on Wave 1, I've noticed that everything tastes better, more flavorful. Has anyone else noticed this?