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Weight Loss Forum / WeightWatchers / March 2006Sooooo hungry today
I need some ideas. Yesterday was the Day of Flex, wherein I used up all my flex points, so today I'm especially hungry what with my metabolism being up. Which is great; yay for burning fat. But I'm *starving*. I had cereal for breakfast, rice with a bit of stew for lunch, and four Boca patties as a snack. Which should tell you how hungry I am if four patties is just a snack. I could use some suggestions for really low-point stomach-fillers, but I'm really quite a picky eater and so just saying 'a bunch of veggies' wouldn't be of much use. Soup isn't filling, to me. In the least. I could eat soup until I feel bloated and nasty, but I'll never feel like I've had a meal out of it, so that's out. I don't get along with veggies at all: your average garden salad in a restaurant is fine, but I cannot stand broccoli or cauliflower or spinach or squash or celery or tomatoes or a bunch of other things most people like. This does me ok, because I still like string beans and corn and carrots and occasionally peas (they're a bit chlorophylly sometimes) and a few other things, but I get tired of them pretty quickly. A girl can only eat so much garden salad. So what I'm looking for are filling low-point ideas from realms besides vegetables. For dinner tonight I'll be having fat-free bologna and fat-free cheese sandwiches, with Sara Lee Deliteful bread (2 slices for a point (thank you Lee, it's delicious)) and a tiny smear of low-fat mayo. But aside from that, Boca patties, carrot sticks and the one 4-point Smart Ones meal my grocery store carries, I don't know any 4-or-less reasonably filling foods. Any ideas out there, given the limitation? -Tay >I need some ideas. Yesterday was the Day of Flex, wherein I used up >all my flex points, so today I'm especially hungry what with my [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > -Tay Tayra Instead of cereal for breakfast make a huge egg white omelette or mix a whole egg with two whites and then add some diced Canadian bacon. Have it with two pieces of the Sara Lee bread and a bowl of fresh fruit. For lunch make a dish with brown rice and protein such as chicken. The sandwiches for dinner probably aren't enough for you. Can you make a chicken breast with a big salad, other veggies such as the green beans and carrots, and even 1/2 cup of starch such as potato or rice. I roast red potatoes by cutting them in half and using a bit of olive oil spray, salt, pepper and tarragon at 400 for 40 minutes. Use popcorn for a snack; you get a lot and it is filling. I'll try to think of some other ideas. Audrey Audrey > Instead of cereal for breakfast make a huge egg white omelette or mix a > whole egg with two whites and then add some diced Canadian bacon. Have [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > salt, pepper and tarragon at 400 for 40 minutes. Use popcorn for a > snack; you get a lot and it is filling. You have some good ideas. It occurs to me I forgot to mention I also lack a kitchen :) Well, I've got a kitchen, but it's one of those 'here's an oven and a fridge and a square foot of counterspace, enjoy it' kinds. I don't have room to prepare chicken, much less room to store a pan to roast chicken in. Matter of fact, half of my stovetop serves as pantry because the pantry we *do* have isn't large enough for food for both of us. And boxes of soda and containers of water/juice go on the floor outside the kitchen, where they're inconvenient but we have to make do. Pain in the butt. However, if we manage to get that house in August, we'll have a kitchen, and I'll just have to put all sorts of pots and pans on my housewarming gift list. Until then.. well, thank god for microwaves and paper plates. -Tay, who really used to love cooking >> Instead of cereal for breakfast make a huge egg white omelette or mix >> a whole egg with two whites and then add some diced Canadian bacon. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > -Tay, who really used to love cooking Do you have a George Foreman grill? It is the greatest thing if you lack a lot of cooking space. You can cook 4 chicken breasts in 10-11 minutes. It takes 5 to preheat them and then 5-6 to cook and clean up is so easy. Skinless boneless chicken breasts are a great time saver and you can make them so many ways that it isn't like you are eating the same thing all the time. If not you can sautee in pam in a pan on top of the stove. The Foreman grill is great for vegetables, burgers and all sorts of foods. Audrey You know reading this I thought of the precooked chicken breasts at Sam's, not that much since the most you do is heat them, Lee > >> Instead of cereal for breakfast make a huge egg white omelette or mix > >> a whole egg with two whites and then add some diced Canadian bacon. [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Audrey >> Instead of cereal for breakfast make a huge egg white omelette or mix >> a whole egg with two whites and then add some diced Canadian bacon. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > -Tay, who really used to love cooking My sister has a kitchen about the same size as yours, and cooks all the time! :) As she says, it's a matter of keeping yer elbows tucked in! ;D She has a minute studio flat in London. You don't need a whole chicken - skinless, boneless breasts are good, and ready to be popped in a dish and zapped in the microwave. Even though I have a whole kitchen (and additional storage in the conservatory for a jelly pan, two pressure cookers, a slow cooker, a NORMOUSE pile of cake tins... ) I still zap fish and chicken breast regularly for speed and because I like steamed things. Lots of interesting things can be done to vegetables: I dislike celery on its own, but eat quite a lot in other things, as does my son (who likes most vegetables, but not celery, courgettes, aubergines, and red cabbage... Strange child! Why dislike these when you like sprouts, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, peas [especially sugar snap and mange tout}, and almost all other vegetables!). Why not make a bed of something like cabbage and apple and steam bake the chicken breasts on the top?  SignatureKate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! > You don't need a whole chicken - skinless, boneless breasts are good, > and ready to be popped in a dish and zapped in the microwave. Even > though I have a whole kitchen (and additional storage in the > conservatory for a jelly pan, two pressure cookers, a slow cooker, a > NORMOUSE pile of cake tins... ) I still zap fish and chicken breast > regularly for speed and because I like steamed things. It never occured to me to microwave chicken. Or fish. It doesn't come out all rubbery and ick? -Tay Tayra I microwave chicken all the time. I buy boneless chicken breasts, cut them up in 1" bite size pieces, put a little lite teriyaki sauce (or even italian salad dressing) and cook on hi for 3 minutes, mix them up, then maybe another 3 minutes (depends how much you have in the pan). You can tell when they're done. Put it over rice and have a salad with it. This is one of my favorite WW quick meals. Also for low point snacks, I like the cheddar cheese rice cakes, microwave popcorn, and honey wheat pretzels. Vegetables don't do it for me either. GG >> You don't need a whole chicken - skinless, boneless breasts are good, >> and ready to be popped in a dish and zapped in the microwave. Even [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -Tay Nope! Comes out all tender and delish. Try this for chicken: Two chicken breasts a bunch of spring onions, sliced an inch cube of ginger, shredded or grated a teaspoon of honey per breast some salt and pepper. Microwaveable dish with lid or cling film. Slice up the onions into 2" long sheds, and pile in the M/W dish. Arrange the chicken on top. Spread with the honey and sprinkle the ginger on top. Salt and pepper to taste. Cover with the lid *W/W on Bake for 15 mins. Serve with boiled rice and mange tout or sugar snap peas. Pour the juices from the dish over the chicken when you serve it. 3 points per chicken portion, plus 3 points for 2 oz of uncooked rice. No points for the peas. :) You can cook any thick fillet of white fish and whole sea bass in exactly the same way, as well as salmon and whole trout. Just leave out the honey with salmon and trout. A little dusting of Chinese five spice powder goes well on the chicken and white fish. *Exact times will depend on your M/w. Mine is a 20 YO 650w one and Bake is about 70% of full power. You'll need slightly longer for frozen fish. Fish it better NOT defrosted before cooking, but you MUST fully defrost chicken before cooking it. SignatureKate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! I have a cheap microwave and my favorite way to do is this, either 2 large chicken breasts, 2 leg quarters, or 2 salmon fillets, place in covered dish, I have one that says its for meat, pour over a can of mushrooms, heat on high covered for 15 minutes, these are all from frozen, let stand 10 minutes then eat. Lee > >> You don't need a whole chicken - skinless, boneless breasts are good, > >> and ready to be popped in a dish and zapped in the microwave. Even [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > http://www.katedicey.co.uk > Click on Kate's Pages and explore! >> You don't need a whole chicken - skinless, boneless breasts are good, >> and ready to be popped in a dish and zapped in the microwave. Even [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -Tay Watch that you don't overcook it; in fact, it is always best to undercook and then add extra time if needed. Do you like shrimp? You can sautee it on the stove in 5 minutes. It will keep cooked for a few days and then you can reheat in the microwave. Not at all, Lee > > You don't need a whole chicken - skinless, boneless breasts are good, > > and ready to be popped in a dish and zapped in the microwave. Even [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -Tay if you have an electric skillet or big enough micro pan try this, put chicken in bottom salt and pepper, layer over the top, cabbage or green beans, leave whatever juice is present in pan, then a layer of onions, then a Lipton soup mix, slam on lid cook until warm add some water and cook till done, Lee > > Instead of cereal for breakfast make a huge egg white omelette or mix a > > whole egg with two whites and then add some diced Canadian bacon. Have [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > -Tay, who really used to love cooking I often eat an egg beater omelet for a snack, 1 C is 2.5 points, 2 slices of ff cheese is 1 point, then vegetables you do like in there bulk it up, Lee, thinking this might be dinner > >I need some ideas. Yesterday was the Day of Flex, wherein I used up > >all my flex points, so today I'm especially hungry what with my [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Audrey Hi, I use Herbalife too and my sisterand I are on weightwatchers and use some protein snack bars, total control and herbal concentrate green tea to help us through out the day. It makes a huge difference. Her and I have been trying to mix some of these weightloss programs together so we can lose weight and learn how to change our eating habits so we can keep it off. Starving is not helping us either! If our interested email me lifelongnewu@yahoo.com Angela Might I suggest you find a real job... <Snipped waste> <Herball Strife> SignatureNewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth Hi Tayra, 1. Try ordering some Vitamuffins!!! http://www.vitalicious.com They are awesome - NO I DON'T WORK FOR THEM!!!!! I saw them advertised in Weight Watcher magazine and they are awesome and filling! If you like Choclate cake, heat them up for 20 seconds and you'll be in heaven! 2oz muffin is only 1 point 4 oz muffin is only 2 points tons of fiber! 2. Try some Fat Free smoked ham - low points - 4oz is only 2 points!~ 3. Try some Light bread (there are several brands) - 2 slices = 1 point with Fat Free Cheese=1 point, add some fat free ham and lettuce and fat free Miracle Whip or fate free mayo = 1 point, total sandwich is only 4 points ro 5 if you like more meat! 4. For a snack, try some Light Ruffles = 1oz = 1 point! 3 oz will surely satisfy you! = 3 points. 5. For a snack, try some Sugar Free Popsickles!! They are awesome - only 15 calories each!!! I eat 3 each night! 6. For a snack, try some Fat Free popcorn with butter spray and cheese salt. 7. You can also try the Deli-Select Turkey or ham or beef - Pretty low points. 8. Turkey!!!!! buy a whole Turkey breast = 2 oz = 1 point! 9. Baked Potato - one medium size = 1 point 10.. Corn on the cob is filling - Use I can't believe it's not butter FAT FREE = 5 calories and tastes great! 11. Eat Dreamfields pasta - one 2oz dry serving is only 3 points!!! tastes like the real thing and better than wholewheat pasta! 12. Add 4 oz chicken tenders with mushrooms, green and red peppers, onions and Contadina or Classico sauce and make a great chicken cacitore with Dreamfields pasta! 13. Make a hamburger using 95/5 ground beef - add one egg, 1/4 cup italian bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon of parmesan cheese to 1lb of meat, separate into burgers and fry them in 2 teaspoons of olive oil - Use Light Hamburger buns - Great Hamburger!!! Add a piece of FAT FREE cheese on it ! Wow! 14. Cut up 2 medium potatoes, spray a cooking sheet with pam - sprinkle some olive oil, addd some seasoning salt & Italian seasonings - much with your hands, bake at 450 for 20 minutes on one side, then turn over for another 20 mins - 3 points for a huge plate of oven fries - puts real fried to shame!!! I could go on and on, but now I'm hungry!!!!!!!!! hehehe Good Luck - experiment - be happy - be adventurous - be creative!!! Eddie Type 2 diabetes Last A1c = 5.8 Last BP=118/62 Weight June05-359lbs Current Weight-294.2lbs Loss to date=64.8lbs Goal Weight-153lbs I need some ideas. Yesterday was the Day of Flex, wherein I used up all my flex points, so today I'm especially hungry what with my metabolism being up. Which is great; yay for burning fat. But I'm *starving*. I had cereal for breakfast, rice with a bit of stew for lunch, and four Boca patties as a snack. Which should tell you how hungry I am if four patties is just a snack. I could use some suggestions for really low-point stomach-fillers, but I'm really quite a picky eater and so just saying 'a bunch of veggies' wouldn't be of much use. Soup isn't filling, to me. In the least. I could eat soup until I feel bloated and nasty, but I'll never feel like I've had a meal out of it, so that's out. I don't get along with veggies at all: your average garden salad in a restaurant is fine, but I cannot stand broccoli or cauliflower or spinach or squash or celery or tomatoes or a bunch of other things most people like. This does me ok, because I still like string beans and corn and carrots and occasionally peas (they're a bit chlorophylly sometimes) and a few other things, but I get tired of them pretty quickly. A girl can only eat so much garden salad. So what I'm looking for are filling low-point ideas from realms besides vegetables. For dinner tonight I'll be having fat-free bologna and fat-free cheese sandwiches, with Sara Lee Deliteful bread (2 slices for a point (thank you Lee, it's delicious)) and a tiny smear of low-fat mayo. But aside from that, Boca patties, carrot sticks and the one 4-point Smart Ones meal my grocery store carries, I don't know any 4-or-less reasonably filling foods. Any ideas out there, given the limitation? -Tay I wasn't hungry till I read your post, Lee > Hi Tayra, > [quoted text clipped - 100 lines] > > -Tay LOL!!!!!!!!!! you crack me up Lee!!! :) Eddie Type 2 diabetes Last A1c = 5.8 Last BP=118/62 Weight June05-359lbs Current Weight-294.2lbs Loss to date=64.8lbs Goal Weight-153lbs I wasn't hungry till I read your post, Lee Eddie-Type2 <eddies(-)drafting@cogeco.ca> wrote in message news:sRZVf.41769$fd.23995@read2.cgocable.net... > Hi Tayra, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > 3. Try some Light bread (there are several brands) - 2 slices = 1 point > with Fat Free Cheese=1 point, add some fat free ham and lettuce and fat free > Miracle Whip or fate free mayo = 1 point, total sandwich is only 4 points ro > 5 if you like more meat! > > 4. For a snack, try some Light Ruffles = 1oz = 1 point! 3 oz will surely > satisfy you! = 3 points. > > 5. For a snack, try some Sugar Free Popsickles!! They are awesome - only 15 > calories each!!! I eat 3 each night! > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > 11. Eat Dreamfields pasta - one 2oz dry serving is only 3 points!!! tastes > like the real thing and better than wholewheat pasta! > > 12. Add 4 oz chicken tenders with mushrooms, green and red peppers, onions > and Contadina or Classico sauce and make a great chicken cacitore with > Dreamfields pasta! > > 13. Make a hamburger using 95/5 ground beef - add one egg, 1/4 cup italian > bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon of parmesan cheese to 1lb of meat, separate into > burgers and fry them in 2 teaspoons of olive oil - Use Light Hamburger > buns - Great Hamburger!!! Add a piece of FAT FREE cheese on it ! Wow! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > your hands, bake at 450 for 20 minutes on one side, then turn over for > another 20 mins - 3 points for a huge plate of oven fries - puts real fried > to shame!!! > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > -Tay baked potatoes in the micro, cook till done, put on cottage cheese, heat till melted, then a slice of your favorite ff cheese, salt and perhaps garlic powder, Lee > I need some ideas. Yesterday was the Day of Flex, wherein I used up all > my flex points, so today I'm especially hungry what with my metabolism [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > -Tay |
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