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Can you guys post an example of a meal plan you use? I will not do the protein shakes...would rather have some turkey and cheese for my protein and fat. Just curious on what you guys eat. LIke for instance... I love eggs but I'm not clear on how many to eat for breakfast. Her example of her breakfast burger said one whole egg with five egg whites or egg substitute. I dont like the recipe for that but can scramble some eggs with some cheese for the protein and fat. Anyway, it would be helpful to know what you guys are eating. I've read the book up until week one and the samples. I couldn't put the book down last night :broc: hahahaha!
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I know you said you aren't going to do shakes, but just had to share a FAVORITE of mine I learned from Wendy. I use 8 oz. of water/ice combo, with 1 scoop of chocolate protein powder and 1 tube/envelope of instant coffee! :woohoo: is it GOOD! :dancer: I like to wrap up deli turkey sliced THIN meat into a Romane lettuce leaf, that is really good. You will find that food will take on a whole new meaning of TASTE with this program - you automatically will want to eat slower! I don't know what is making me do that - but I love it. My DH can't believe I am so satisfied with so little food! But, remember the food you are getting is REAL food and it is more satisfying! Hope this helps ya! :hug: See ya Lighter! :broc: Kim :comp: |
The first week is really not much different from Atkins introduction phase. I remember how I felt the very first time I did Atkins. Food does take on a whole new meaning when you are strict about it. What I like about Wendy's program is it designed to help keep you on a schedule. I went to a nutritionist once for weight loss and her plan was so similar to Wendy's. I wish I would have stuck with it (sigh) but I am at the point in my life now where shouldve, couldve wouldve is in the past and now its time to make a lifelong change.
Anyone else have any idea how many eggs a person can have ? I would rather eat eggs than eggbeaters (no offense). I also found it interesting about pork not having as much protein as chicken and fish. good to know! :) |
Hello, I enjoy 1/2 cup of egg beaters and 2 Jimmy Dean Turkey sausage links or patties. I count the patties as 3 fats. I scramble the eggs till done and cut the sausages up and add to the eggs. If I have left over broccoli, I add that in too. Sometimes I add cheese, but most of the time I don't. I add a little salsa sometimes. If I'm hungry, I'll have a couple pieces of EZ toast with SF jam. I can always make it to mid morning on this.
The other day I made Wendy's Crepes. I used 1/2 cup old fashion oatmeal and 1 heaping protein powder, with the 2TB water. I also added one pkt of Splenda and some cinnamon. It made so much and it was my husbands snack time so I shared. He thought they were pretty good. He was in another room on the computer and smelled pancakes and thought....is Carol making pancakes? No, she wouldn't do that! But they do taste like a pancake. I used a little SF syrup on mine. Delicious! Dh thought so too. I also made Wendy's Crepes and left out the protein powder. I thought why should I add the protein powder when the eggs are enough protein?? Still used the 1/2 cup oatmeal, splenda, and cinnamon. It was very good and made a normal size breakfast. Count the oatmeal as one of my starches on a B day, or can use it as 1 starch on a C day. I think we get 1/2 cup for our cereal. Think this is correct Kim? Hope I'm counting right!! Trader Joe's has some Flax cereal and I've had it a couple times with Almond Breeze milk. I count the cereal as my starch. I like baked chicken for most of my lunches. I bake two at a time, cool a little and debone them and put the meat in zip lunch size bags (so I don't have to defrost so much) and put in freezer. Defrost as needed. I put 2-3 ounces on a nice bed of lettuce. Sometimes make a fresh chicken sandwich if I still have a starch coming. Add bell pepper, lettuce, purple onion. Sometimes those sliced yellow pickled sandwich peppers. If I'm not to hungry I'll warm up 2-3 ounces of chicken and sprinkle with Mrs. Dash and eat with some cucumber slices and celery. I like fast and easy when I'm painting and I don't want to take much time out. Sometimes I make tuna from the packages and weigh out 2-3 ounces and mix with my 1TB of Olive Oil mayo, and purple onion. Make a half or whole sandwich or add on top of salad. I've made deviled eggs and eat about 4 halves and some raw veggies. It doesn't take much to fill me up any more. Plus I know I'm going to be eating some kind of protein in 3-4 hours, so I don't want to over eat. I've noticed I don't need to eat as much now. For dinner one night I made taco salad. Weighed out 3 ounces of browned seasoned meat and than added 1 ounce of cheese, a few cherry tomatoes, and diced onions and a little taco sauce. I cooked my dh the shells. He loves home made tacos. You could do the same with chicken. Could add sour cream and salsa. Just have to do the counting with anything extra. I enjoy a couple halves of deviled eggs for my afternoon snack. Not to big, but filling. HB eggs can be so plain sometimes. A couple time I've had a couple eggs and a small bag of popcorn for lunch. Just have to eat the starch before 3pm. I love popcorn. :D I'm planning on making Jackie's unstuffed cabbage for dinner soon. Bought the cabbage, but didn't realize I needed canned tomatoes. Also, it take longer than I thought in the oven. Didn't read the recipe first. Bake a larger roast beef so you'll have left overs for sandwiches with a slice of dill pickle and lots of lettuce. I like to add 1 tsp of Kraft Creamy Horseradish sauce to our sandwiches. The label says 1.5 grams of fat per tsp. This spices up the sandwich and makes it special. You can add a spicy mustard too. I bake tilapia or salmon one or two times a week also. Have my broccoli and squash or green beans. Bake extra and add to a salad the next day. One cold night I weight out 3 ounces of left over taco meat and added it to 1/2 cup of beans, with a little onions on top. Great chili. Had my broccoli on the side. You wouldn't think this would fill you up, but it did. For a D day, I had a normal ww bun with sloppy joe mixture. I made it, so I left out the br. sugar, and the ketcup. I still used one can of tomato soup it calls for. I think I added one pkt splenda. Not the normal recipe, but it worked and I didn't have a gain from it. Didn't eat as much as I did for Thanksgiving, so stomach felt better. So far, I think this is about all I've eaten in 6 weeks. Very simple meals, very plain, but after Christmas I'll have more time to look at low fat meals for my huge assortment of recipe books. Hope this helps with a few meals for you so you don't get bored. Today we drove an hour to see a theater play called "Plaid Tidings", a special holiday edition. Our daughter played the piano on the stage, usually she's "in the pits". It was so funny!! Very enjoyable! We went to the matinee, and it was dinner time when it was over, so went along with the 20 member cast. Had such a nice time visiting with the actors. We got to come home and they had another performance again tonight. They're just about done as I'm writing. Then they have a cast party. Tonight was the last night. So much effort goes into these little town theaters. So many rehearsals!! I was so thankful that the restaurant served breakfast all day. Ordered a veggie omelet, hash browns, and biscuit. Gave away the biscuit to dh, and hash browns to daughter. So I had a legal, full of protein and veggies dinner. :carrot: Lets keep on Crackin' ladies! :broc: |
Should've, Could've, Would've!
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Wendy is specific when she says that this is NOT a low-carb diet. Only during the first seven days was it important to be so strict and reduce carb intake so severely, simply to begin the process of "cracking the code" and getting your body to understand that there are places to look for energy other than simply utilizing carbohydrates. Yep, the past is the past, tomorrow is not here yet, we have today - the present given to us to handle right now! Egg Issue - Here is Wendy's break down on eggs... Women - 1 whole egg & 3 egg whites, Men - 1 whole egg plus 5 egg whites - OR - have only egg whites or egg substitute, if desired. Nutrition of a Large Whole Egg - all foods are categorized by what macro nutrient is most prominent in their chemical makeup. A large whole egg has 6 grams of protein, 3 grams of fat, and less than 1 gram of carbohydrates. So eggs are, technically speaking, classified as protein, even though they do contain some fat and carbohydrates. ;) Hope this helps ya! :woohoo: Carol! Those are some GREAT recipes! :drool: See ya Lighter! :broc: Kim :comp: |
Kim...yes I know her diet is not a low-carb diet...I have read that part of the book ;) and you have said this many times. What I am saying is that it is restricted the first week like Atkins so I should be able to do this. I am just trying to compare it to other diets I have done and MY ability to do this.
I just try to stick with natural foods and also avoiding gluten while I'm doing this. When it comes to adding carbs in...I will do this my way...gluten-free. There are many healthy carbs to eat without eating bread and grains. I also buy gluten free pasta...yummy. Anyway...just wanted you to know that I realize her diet is different from Atkins.....I'm just getting myself mentally prepared for the first week ;) Carolis....thanks for all the great tips! Sounds like you and your DH are eating some great food! :cheer: I'm going to get me another food scale (lost mine) so that I can properly measure out my protein. I loved baked chicken. I also love eggs so that shouldn't be a problem! Jillian Michaels says if it doesn't grow from a plant or a tree or doesn't have a mother then don't eat it ! hahaha!....that always cracks me up. |
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Just looked at the Ezekiel 4:9 bread (EZ) - yep, it has organic wheat gluten in it, so that is out for ya. I'm really interested in learning what you have learned in you WOE over the years. I'm like you, I really have to "sike" myself out for a new program. Until I found this one (Carolis60 showed me the program) I was needed to do something but just couldn't pull myself to do it. My head was so mixed up with so many DIETS that I had no direction. Jillian Michaels is absolutely right! Ever heard of the God Diet? Same principles! Our relative before us didn't have a "weight" problem. They ate before all the "additives". They never heard of "pre-packaged", everything was from scratch. Today, we scratch our heads and open a box! :lol3: I'm SO EXCITED about this thread and all the GREAT stuff we are going to be experiencing TOGETHER! :grouphug: See ya Lighter! :broc: Kim :comp: |
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Are these Rose's sheets? Mary said that would be fine to use them for other Crack people. They are wonderful! Quote:
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Good luck to you all. I haven't been able to be on here much this week. Had a lot going on. KUTGW! |
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No, what I was working on was my own design (because I never heard back from Mary), but I will drop the extra work NOW that I have permission from Mary through you! :woohoo: So, if anyone wants the sheets mailed to you in Excel format (that is the only format that Mary sent to me) of Rose's Sheets - just click on the little AIM guy under my "Sunflowers", and give me your email address, and I will send you the file. :cheer: See ya Lighter! :broc: Kim :comp: |
Kim....also I believe we have too much available to us...I am thankful for that and the fact that we dont have to find our own food...but our ancestors didn't have all this junk available to them like we do. With actually having to grow your own food and hunt ....they also had their exercise built in. Sigh...oh well...guess we better just eat like our ancestors and quit pigging out! lol oink oink
Jackie...thanks..I like that quote from Jillian too :) It is funny but true. Fresh natural food is best. Not always the easiest to come by or have the time for but hopefully that will change for me. Gotta start somewhere! :) Oh Kim, I dont have AOL so it wouldnt let me send my email addy to you...but I could PM it to you when you get PM...thanks! |
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On the AIM - it is NEW to me, signed up through GMail - I don't have AOL either, got rid of it a long time ago. PM???? Do I get that when I get my signature here???? That's cool! Have a GREAT evening everyone! Gon'a go lay down again....next week is going to be a big week - birthday and Jesus' Birthday too! :) See ya Lighter! :broc: Kim :comp: |
Hey Kim...yeah you will get that when you have been here 20 days.... I have gmail too but I dont know much about it lol...... when you get PM....I will PM you! I've already been working on some menus for when I start cracking.....my start date will be Jan 4th.....like you said Mondays are good days to start...also.....Jan 5th is when this Biggest Loser Challenge here starts....did you sign up for it? :carrot:
What day is your bday? Isn't Christmas wonderful? I love celebrating Jesus' Bday! :) |
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You BET I DID! I signed up for the BLC - I hope you mean this one.... http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/bigg...n-up-here.html Get'n updates on it - people signing up....I'm keeping my eyes open :mag: for any new updates and team picks! :dancer: My birthday is Tuesday (22nd - also the 22nd is my 20th day on 3FC's!) not a BIG event, but I will be able to order offer the Senior Menu! :woohoo: small portions and will even use the take home container just like Wendy says to do! She would ask for a "to go" container when the meal was delivered to the table, and would portion down the meal right then as to not eat too much! GREAT IDEA! :D I don't eat out very often - but am looking forward to it. Being on week three of the program the next week is going to be a challenge. I am not using the holiday schedule - I will just continue on week 3 the BEST that I can, remembering every day is a new day! Christmas is AWESOME! I love the lights and the quiet times in my devotions the most. I get so excited about doing for others this time of year - it just gives me a rush do'n it! :high: Have a GREAT evening! :hug: See ya Lighter! :broc: Kim :comp: |
Hey Kim...I'm glad you signed up! Sounds like it will be a fun way to keep us accountable!
Oh so tomorrow is your bday? cool! Yes, just prepare yourself and watch your portions. I do that alot already...eat only half and get a to-go box. Some places serve wayyyy too much food! Just do the best you can on week 3....as long as you stick to it as closely as you can than that is important. I know its hard this time of year but we can't make anymore excuses can we? Its time to take control! :) Christmas is such a great time....it has really come fast this year ......I love it! :) Keep cracking! :carrot: |
Time for the NEXT Weekly Thread!
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Now I KNOW I posted this last night, but it seems to be missing this morning.... Here is the link to the NEW WEEKLY Thread for CRACK/CONQUER The Fat Loss Code.... http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/carb...21-2009-a.html See ya there! AND...... See ya Lighter! :broc: Kim :comp: |
Hello and thanks for the welcome
Hi all. Thank you all for the kind welcome. I'm still figuring out the board and hope to post more regularly after the holidays and travel for that is done. Its so nice to be able to share with others going through similar things. I am doing ok on the program again, I haven't gained and haven't lost, but I'm happy with that. I'm setting up the holiday program too to allow myself some cheat time. I agree that this is a life change plan, and that is my mentality these days. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and I will be on and update as I can.
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I did not do Wendys first book crack the fat loss code i sarted with conquer the fat loss code book and has just done 8 wks and still need to lose so do i start the book over or what?. I was on atkins when i started this.
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What is recommended in your situation is to start again with the "Crack the Fat Loss Code" book. Great to have ya join us...we are on a NEW weekly thread, you can catch us all here!!! http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/carb...21-2009-a.html See ya there! :hug: See ya Lighter! :broc: Kim :comp: |
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