Thank you, Anna!!
And thank you too, Sil!

Yes, the daily thread is a great idea.

Welcome to all the newbies that I haven't met yet!

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Okay, yesterday:

- omelet with red/green peppers, onions, garlic, broccoli, mushrooms, cheese
- 2 coffees
- 2 waters

- bowl of coleslaw w/mayo
- 2 waters
- chunk of goat cheese

- chicken breast stuffed w/goat cheese, dried apricot and almonds
- squash, grilled
- tomatoes, grilled
- 2 waters
- mocha ricotta dessert

- 3 no sugar, no fat popsicles
- small bowl of pistachios
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Today (so far):

- 2 waters
- slice of flax bread w/low cal marg
- egg
- 2 coffees

- coleslaw w/mayo
- chicken breast
- 2 waters

- chicken breast
- no sugar, no fat popsicle

- pistachios
- diet black pop

Sil-Good idea to have pre-grilled meat in the fridge!! That would also help with my 16 year old who is coming home from band practice at 10 pm hungry!!!

Ellis-YUM!!! GOAT CHEESE!! And you say you can't cook...it ALL sounds GREAT!!!

Anna-YUP! Has to happen sooner or later! I took DS13 to the eye doctor this morning, and they have a KILLER set of stairs, and I WASN'T wheeaing when I got to the top, so I'm probably ready to go!!! (I sound SO thrilled, don't I?)

Well, we have air conditioning again, so I am MUCH happier today!!!

Starting my second day on the Beach...and I have that "funny feeling" that I hear so many of you talk about...

Made a mushroom and canadian bacon omelette with the egg beaters...and put a tiny bit of cheese on it...

So far, so good. And made it to the gym yesterday for 30 minutes of cardio and 15 minutes of weights...

Hopefully, I can see results soon and keep it up!

what kind of salad dressing to ya'll use..?? I have been using Ranch but I think that has to much fat...I do not like vinegar type salad dressings.

I've been using Walden Farms - their stuff is LC and they do have a ranch type dressing - among others!

Whimsey~~I'm not a vinegar type person either. I usually use light ranch. I do like to make my own salad dressing sometimes, by blending in a small food processor:
flax seed oil or olive oil
lemon juice
flax seeds if I'm using olive oil
Mrs. Dash
dry mustard
a touch of sweetener ~I use Stevia
curry
cumin
I'll make up about 1/2 cup s worth and keep in the fridge

Also, if you haven't tried the Avocado dressing that goes with the pistachio-chicken salad reccipe yet, it is wonderful.

thanks, I will try that dressing...I don't like lowfat dressings or vinegar dressings...I would rather do without.

I use low-fat Hellmans on my coleslaw.
It's really good with some garlic pressed into it.

Den, someday soon you are going to be ITCHING to exercise.

Congratulations, Rotobabe... keep it up!

A dressing that I really like is a lemon tahini dressing:

Use 1 tablespoon of hummus (any variety will work - plain, roasted garlic, red pepper). Mix a teaspoon or two of olive oil, a teaspoon of water and a tablespoon of lemon juice. Add black pepper if you want to also. This gives you about 3 tablespoons of dressing...enough for one nice salad.

This dressing is wonderful if you have a salad with chicken on it...

Well, guys today was my first day, and I had no trouble at all! I hope tomorrow is as easy as today. I didnt' have any sweet cravings until after dinner, but I didn't eat until I was satisfied because I overseasoned my baked salmon, and it wasn't too great. I just ate a tsp. of peanut butter to satisfy the craving.I was wondering the same thing about the salad dressings-if I were to buy a low fat dressing, what should I beware of on the label? My favorite is LF 1000 Island or LF Ranch. I dont know how much is to much as far as carbs go. I've always counted fat, so this is really new to me. Here's my menu for today-if anybody sees I did something wrong-yell at me-I'm just sort of reading the book as I go, so I might be missing something!!!
Breakfast:
omelette with 2 eggs, can. bacon, onion, ff cheese
unsw. tea
Lunch:
baked chicken
green beans with onion and dill weed
Dinner:
baked salmon with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and lemon pepper
more of the green beans
Snack after Dinner:
1 tsp. peanut butter, and then later I ate 1 slice of lf lunch meat

Effective this morning, we have switched to a Daily Thread. See you there.
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