great but I couldn't remember the name. I'll pick some up on the way
home. :-)
I also love sweet potatoes. Bake em, french fry em, make some chips,
it's alllllll good. I should try making some mashed sweet potatoes. Mmmmmmm
Ben Braver wrote:
> Phill-
>
> olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil are all good (monounsaturated).
> You may find the flavor of one or the other goes better with a recipe.
>
> Places like Costco and Sam's Club sell packages of boneless/skinless
> chicken breasts. We split the big packages up into little freezer
> bags, take out and thaw the amount we need.
>
> re: cereal, my daughter discovered Nature's Path Optimum Slim cereal -
> we get it at Trader Joe's. Very low fat, 0 sat., 11g fiber, only 10g
> sugars, yummy too. 9g of protein - soy. Whole grains, organic.
> www.naturespath.com
>
> We've been substituting brown rice for white rice, whole wheat pasta
> for plain, sweet potatoes for white, whole wheat
> bread/pita/bagels/tortillas.
>
> HTH, good luck.
>
> -Ben
>
> >Thanks Sandy. This is a lot easier for me to understand. I can do most
> >of this with little effort. I'll have a hard time working breakfast in
> >but I know it's some thing I need to do.
> >
> >I used to be vegetarian but now I eat a little meat. I grew up on a
> >dairy farm so we ate beef at _every_ meal. :-| Now I eat it mixed with
> >food. I hardly ever eat steak or hamburgers.
> >
> >If I cook I use only olive oil. I'll try to pick up so chicken strip or
> >de-boned breast meat and freeze it. Then de-thaw only what I need.
> >
> >I really want to change my eating habits for me and my boys. I want them
> >to learn by example so I really need to change.
> >
> >Sandy Clark wrote:
> >
> >> Best thing to do is plan your meals. If you don't want to go low carb
> >> (and
> >> it looks to me like your diet is almost entirely composed of carbs)
> >> then try
> >> something like this.
> >>
> >>
> >> I also can't tell if you are a meat eater (your diet looks fairly
> >> vegetarian
> >> from what you posted)
> >>
> >>
> >> Breakfast:
> >> Include a high fiber low sugar cereal or eggs.
> >>
> >>
> >> Lunch
> >> Salad or Cottage Cheese
> >> Grilled Meat
> >> Roasted or Grilled Vegetables
> >>
> >>
> >> Dinner
> >> Meat or Protein Dish (Beans are fine, so is Tofu)
> >> 2 kinds of vegetables (stay away from potatoes for now). Make
> sure at
> >> least one of the vegetables is a green
> >> Salad
> >> Rice or Pasta occassionally, but make it the side dish and not the
> >> main
> >> course.
> >>
> >>
> >> Snacks during the day can be cut up veggies, fruit.
> >>
> >>
> >> Basically get away from the highly processed foods, start adding in
> foods
> >> that are high in vitamins and that give you bang for your buck.
> >>
> >>
> >> An easy way to do this is to start shopping the edges of a grocery
> store.
> >> (Meat, Dairy and Vegetable sections are all along the walls, processed
> >> foods
> >> are in the aisles).
> >>
> >>
> >> Sandy
> >>
> >>
> >> _____
> >>
> >> From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:00 AM
> >> To: CF-Community
> >> Subject: Re: Weight loss advice
> >>
> >> Well, you could get your tonsils out.
> >>
> >> When I got my tonsils out in 2002, I lost 15 pounds in 1 1/2
> weeks. Give
> >> it a shot... ;-)
> >>
> >> p.s. I gained the 15 pounds back in about five days after that.
> >>
> >> At 08:16 PM 1/20/2004, you wrote:
> >> >I need some advice on losing some weight. Over the last year I have
> >> >gained about 30 pounds and its all in my gut. I call it my coder gut.
> >> >:-\ Any way. I want to lose a few pounds but I don't really know where
> >> >to start.
> >> >
> >> >I'm clueless about health eating. All I really eat is pasta, some type
> >> >of potato and beans. I've started eating salad for lunch with a cup of
> >> >soup but that is as healthy as it gets. So what are some simple
> things I
> >> >can do to start losing some pounds?
> >> >
> >> >Phillip B.
> >> >
> >> >----------
> >> >[
> >> _____
> >>
>
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