Do you have trouble fulfilling any of the GHG on a regular basis?
For me, I have trouble getting my 2 teaspoons of healthy oil. I can usually get one t in the morning when I cook my egg for breakfast, but I have so much trouble getting that 2nd teaspoon in. (And cooking one egg in 2 t seems ridiculous, as even one full teaspoon is more than enough.)
I also have trouble with dairy. Since I'm over 250 lbs, I'm supposed to have 3 servings and I know I don't get enough. I always have one, often have 2, but that 3rd serving is tough sometimes. (Although, now that I think about it, it would be so easy to just bring a single slice of cheese to eat with my lunch. Huh.)
I usually have a Skinny Cow frozen dessert bar (the mint white truffle are SO GOOD) or an ice cream sandwich as a treat when I get home from work, but I feel so weird counting ice cream as one of my dairy servings.
Do you eat any cooked veggies or salad? No matter what dressing i use (mostly oil and vinegar) i put my oil in the salad and mix it up. I've put it in my rice instead of butter, in spaghetti sauce, on popcorn, on potato.
Last edited by pointspluspioneer; 03-22-2011 at 11:08 AM.
Can you add cheese somewhere? Those laughing cow wedges are great, the WW cheese sticks or other low fat ones that are comparable in points. Great, pre-portioned is always good.
A personal favorite of mine- 1/2 cup cottage cheese with some hot sauce, black pepper and crushed red pepper as a dip for baby carrots, cucumbers and/or celery. Yummm!
Small fruit/veggie with yogurt/milk for breakfast or snack?
Oils- What about lunch or dinner? Stir-fries are a great use for oil. Lately, I've been getting in one of 2 tsp oil by using 1 tsp oil to cook my quesadillas and sauteed bell peppers/onions/garlic and green beans along with some salt and pepper. Yum! You could do the same with broccoli, squash or whatever veggie you like.
i asked a leader at the meeting today if my .4 loss was normal.. she said yes and asked if i was getting my guidelines in, i told her yes except the oils. She suggested, dipping bread in it - like at corabas (what they do - i've never been there) but its a suggestion for some of you
At first I had the hardest time getting in both my dairy (I do not drink milk of any kind) and my oils.
To get myself to do it I have decided to use them as my treat if I need to with full fat salad dressing and full fat cheese.
I have noticed that my weightloss is much better when I hit my GHG's all week!
I am a bit out of touch with the current WW guidelines. Can somebody outline the GHG with amounts instead of points or is that already against the forum rules? Thanks!
Jinksie, I know olive and canola oil are considered "good." There are I think two others, but I never use them so I'm not sure.
Today I added 1teaspoon and stirred it into my hummus for lunch and brought a single slice of cheese to also eat with my lunch. I don't know why either of those didn't occur to me, but I managed to get get those guidelines all full for the day!
I don't have any problem getting my GHGs in now - on the Momentum plan I regularly ignored the oil guideline because I didn't want to waste two points on oil. Now that fruit and most veggies are 0, that's freed up some point allowance so that I pretty much get them in every day. The one thing I am not so strict with is the type of oil; I generally use olive oil but if I use sesame or walnut oil, I count that as oil. I would not count snacks like Skinny Cow as dairy, though. And I'm not sure, but would one LLC be enough to count as a serving?
Here are some examples of what I eat to get in my dairy (I only have to eat 2 servings a day, but often get 3 - note that I don't eat all of this every day):
- 1 cup nonfat Greek yogurt with blueberries
- hot chocolate made with 1 cup nonfat milk and sugar/fat free cocoa packet
- 1 oz crumbled cheese on salad
- 6 oz flavored nonfat yogurt
Oils? Brush them on meat and veggies before baking/roasting/grilling. Pan fry chicken or fish. Use with vinegar as a salad dressing. Use in stirfry. Mix into sauces and dips.
Good Health Guidelines
