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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004Low carb products I'd like to see
I'd like to have some frozen meals, made with real products and vegetables. I'd like less snacks and ice cream (those -- and beer and pizza -- are how I got fat in the first place) and things with "polydextrose" and "maltitol" and other evil-sounding names. Stuff that's high in fat but low in crap. Meals made with dark meat chicken, beef, fish, scallops, etc. It's great that Stop and Shop has low carb stuff, but most of it is snacks, ice cream, bread products, etc. Give me meals that I can eat once in a while when I'm too tired to cook!  SignatureBob M in CT remove 'x.' to reply Walmart carries the Chef's Choice frozen meals. They are real food, only veggies, chunks of meat and cheese in a sauce (depending on the one ya choose.). They are really good for convenience. ~*~Pie~*~ > I'd like to have some frozen meals, made with real products and > vegetables. I'd like less snacks and ice cream (those -- and beer and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > snacks, ice cream, bread products, etc. Give me meals that I can eat once > in a while when I'm too tired to cook! They are also full of WAY too much salt.. over 60% RDA in some, all at 50% or more. Make extra of whatever you cook when you do feel like it and freeze... then you've always got something handy. the reason most of what you find is snack food is because *most* of what you give up with this way of eating is.. the high carb snacky stuff. You can find precooked strips of beef and chicken.. keep them in the freezer and grab a bag of salad mix when you don't want to cook.. throw a few veggies and the meat on top and you've got a decent low carb meal. Teeb > Walmart carries the Chef's Choice frozen meals. They are real food, only > veggies, chunks of meat and cheese in a sauce (depending on the one ya [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > snacks, ice cream, bread products, etc. Give me meals that I can eat once > > in a while when I'm too tired to cook! real potato chips. i dont even care if they are genetically engineered! ;-) **I have gone to find myself, if I should return before I get back, keep me here. witchy > real potato chips. i dont even care if they are genetically engineered! > > ;-) Most of the food you eat is already genetically modified. HTH Ta ta, K > Walmart carries the Chef's Choice frozen meals. They are real food, only > veggies, chunks of meat and cheese in a sauce (depending on the one ya > choose.). They are really good for convenience. They are acceptable as frozen foods go, but if you read the ingredients, it seems a lot less like "real" food. They're also fairly skimpy in the serving of vegetables. Seems to be a lot of crap in the sauces. I do keep a couple around for occasional lunch when I don't have any dinner leftovers and don't feel like fixing anything, though. Signaturejamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com) "There's a seeker born every minute." >> Walmart carries the Chef's Choice frozen meals. They are real food, only >> veggies, chunks of meat and cheese in a sauce (depending on the one ya [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > it seems a lot less like "real" food. They're also fairly skimpy in > the serving of vegetables. Seems to be a lot of crap in the sauces. I read the list of ingredients on one some such dinner during my recent walmart visit, the list was as long as the talmud. It could be that all those components ening in -ose, -in, -ate etc are safe, it could be that they are not, I have no way of knowing. I figure, I can just eat a bunch of vegetables and a couple of pieces of meat instead of those dinners. I do not have any specific information about whether those dinners are harmful. i I dont use any LC products. Mainly just meat and salad. The one thing I miss is snack food. I just dont like the LC snacks and think they slow the process. I travel and its tough to drive 10-12 without wanting something. Nuts slow me down as well. I have been buying cracked pepper turkey breast from Sams and taking it with me all sliced up for something to munch on. It was too much eating al together rather than just snacking that contributed to my gaining weight. Hopefully the new LC items are really LC and the makers are not just trying to make some dough. good luck > I'd like to have some frozen meals, made with real products and > vegetables. I'd like less snacks and ice cream (those -- and beer and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > snacks, ice cream, bread products, etc. Give me meals that I can eat once > in a while when I'm too tired to cook! > I'd like to have some frozen meals, made with real products and > vegetables. I'd like less snacks and ice cream (those -- and beer and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > snacks, ice cream, bread products, etc. Give me meals that I can eat once > in a while when I'm too tired to cook! I read 'weight watchers' was supposed to come out with some low carb TV dinners, but there aren't any at my local Albertson's. There is a stick-on sign advertising them on the refrigerated display case, but all the products inside are high carb, like spaghetti and thick crust pizza. >I'd like to have ... I'd like a lower carb bowling ball. Frank Lynch The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page is at: http://www.samueljohnson.com/ POPCORN! >POPCORN! Popcorn and Pizza are my two greatest weaknesses. To my credit, I have not had so much as a taste or either in over four months. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sooner or later, all of our names wind up on a Post-It. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >POPCORN! > > Popcorn and Pizza are my two greatest weaknesses. To my credit, I have > not had so much as a taste or either in over four months. It's funny. I don't *miss* having pizza, although I used to like it very well. But I'm looking for a new condo and when I spend my first night there, I'm already planning on having pizza delivered. Somehow it just fits with the just moved in motif. If there's any left over the next morning, I'm throwing it out and heading to the farmers' market. <g> Martha > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sooner or later, all of our names wind up on a Post-It. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SignatureBegin where you are - but don't end there. >I'd like to have some frozen meals, made with real products and >vegetables. I'd like less snacks and ice cream (those -- and beer and The red box Smart Ones are out - "asian beef with veggies", various chicken (marsala, etc) with various combinations of veggies (one had yellow and green squash). They are small like the regular Smart Ones - about 9 ounces, 230 calories, 8- 12 effective carbs. Stop and Shop, Shaws and Star have them in the freezer section with the Lean Cuisine. The Lean Cuisine "low-carb" are tiny and much higher in carbs, 15 -25, too high for me to consider. Kalish > The red box Smart Ones are out - "asian beef with veggies", various > chicken (marsala, etc) with various combinations of veggies (one had [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The Lean Cuisine "low-carb" are tiny and much higher in carbs, 15 -25, > too high for me to consider. Kalish To say nothing of the fact that they contain very few calories. Also, I think Bob is looking for something with less adulterants. SignatureJean B. > I'd like to have some frozen meals, made with real products and > vegetables. Those would be called Mike's Lifestyle Gourmet. Pricy, but real--with two nice servings of veggies per meal. I'd like less snacks and ice cream (those -- and beer and > pizza -- are how I got fat in the first place) and things with > "polydextrose" and "maltitol" and other evil-sounding names. Stuff that's > high in fat but low in crap. Meals made with dark meat chicken, beef, > fish, scallops, etc. Well, the chicken seems to be breast meat; there are also beef ribs (or I should say there is a boneless short rib, which can be very good and can be disgusting) and salmon. Who is going to start a new line that is all food and nothing that we don't cook with in our own kitchens. > It's great that Stop and Shop has low carb stuff, but most of it is > snacks, ice cream, bread products, etc. Give me meals that I can eat once > in a while when I'm too tired to cook! Yes, we could use more of that. I'm afraid the new LC entrees from Lean Cuisine and Smart Ones may bomb, because they are not what you describe. > -- > Bob M in CT > remove 'x.' to reply SignatureJean B. I saw these at the supermarket this weekend for the first time. I *nearly* bought the salmon one, but then saw it was $12.89! Yikes, I threw it back in a hurry. I can go to Charlie Brown's and get a decent freshly-cooked LC meal including a fabulous salad bar for the same price. Debbie > Those would be called Mike's Lifestyle Gourmet. Pricy, but > real--with two nice servings of veggies per meal. candy, cakes, ice cream, cadbury mild choc., donuts, hershey kisses...........hot fudge, brioche, etc. Yes, if these things could be truly low carb and still TASTE the same as they do know, that would be wonderful! I guess I will dream on. jumbles > I saw these at the supermarket this weekend for the first time. I *nearly* > bought the salmon one, but then saw it was $12.89! Yikes, I threw it back in > a hurry. I can go to Charlie Brown's and get a decent freshly-cooked LC meal > including a fabulous salad bar for the same price. > > Debbie 12.99???!?! Where do you live? Here they are 6.99, and the salmon is 7.99--very expensive but not 12.99, thank goodness! They have been on $1-off sales a few times, but I'd like to see steeper discounts. (Well, who wouldn't!) SignatureJean B. i totally agree... this diet, actually ANY weight loss succeeds when it becomes a way of life, not just a matter of substitutions. i'd love to see more boxed frozen grilled chicken, less breaded stuff. what i'd REALLY like to see is the industries get their priorities straight and bring the cost of meat down so that pre-packaged meals containing real food don't cost an arm and a leg. jen red meat isn't bad for you... fuzzy blue-green meat is bad for you > I'd like to have some frozen meals, made with real products and > vegetables. I'd like less snacks and ice cream (those -- and beer and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > snacks, ice cream, bread products, etc. Give me meals that I can eat once > in a while when I'm too tired to cook! > what i'd REALLY like to see is the industries get their priorities > straight and bring the cost of meat down so that pre-packaged meals > containing real food don't cost an arm and a leg. It *was* down, until Atkins caught on and nearly doubled it about a year ago. Supply and demand, you know. Signaturejamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com) "There's a seeker born every minute." Hey Bob, > I'd like to have some frozen meals, made with real products and > vegetables. I'd like less snacks and ice cream (those -- and beer and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > snacks, ice cream, bread products, etc. Give me meals that I can eat once > in a while when I'm too tired to cook! Got a freezer? I have an hour commute each way and I rarely leave work before 6:00. I do a good bit of cooking on weekends, some to leave in the refrigerator for meals during the week, the rest I freeze. If you package it individually, it's easy enough to get one meal's worth without having to defrost the whole lasagna (or chicken legs, or whatever). Sometimes the veggies are included in the meal I've put together, other times I just pour out a bowlful of lettuce and make a dressing (2 minutes and 4 calories burned in shaking it up). So far, I've never had anything that didn't stand up acceptably to having been frozen for some time. Martha SignatureBegin where you are - but don't end there. I'd like to see rotel/velveeta cheese dip that has just enough negative carbs to exactly counter the Tostitos! Brad in Texas 239.5/227 Atkins since 05Jan2004 So where's the Domino's Low Carb Pizza? <G> -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm > I'd like to see rotel/velveeta cheese dip that has just enough negative > carbs to exactly counter the Tostitos! > > Brad in Texas > 239.5/227 Atkins since 05Jan2004 > So where's the Domino's Low Carb Pizza? <G> Ugh! My daughter won't even eat their high-carb pizza. (She was eating my crustless ones for a while (cheese as crust) but seems not to be in the mood for them now.) SignatureJean B. Jean, I'm not crazy about Domino's either, but all the chains seem to be leaping on the bandwagon. Actually, my maintenance regimen includes the occasional slice of cheese at the very best pizza place in WMass (Antonio's in Greenfield). I only eat 1/2 of the crust and I take Precose to control the blood sugar, but it really does make me feel like I'm a regular human being again. Unfortunately, I only get to do this when I'm exercising, but I've messed up my back again which is putting a crimp in my treadmill regimen. <sigh> -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm > > So where's the Domino's Low Carb Pizza? <G> > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > -- > Jean B. > Jean, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Unfortunately, I only get to do this when I'm exercising, but I've messed up > my back again which is putting a crimp in my treadmill regimen. <sigh> Yeah, I saw that <g> in your post. I'm sorry to hear your back is bothering you and hope you feel better soon, Jenny. SignatureJean B. |
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