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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / August 2004what I ate yesterday 8-10-04
breakfast 1 cup dry oats 1 cup non fat cottage cheese 6 oz strawberry fat free yogurt all together in a bowl.. snack apple cheese lunch turkey breast patty 2 slices 9 grain bread slice of fat free cheese assorted veggie salad topped with grilled okra home made sweet mustard vinegrette.. 1 small home made oatmeal cookie.......**splenda** snack 1 cup fat free plain yogurt 1 medium peach few slices cantaloupe dinner 2 slices 9 grain bread grilled tuna assorted grilled veggies spinich soup with fat free sour cream snack apple jerky start 365 goal 200 maintaining 189-194 range current 190 > breakfast > 1 cup dry oats > 1 cup non fat cottage cheese > 6 oz strawberry fat free yogurt all together in a bowl.. That's an interesing combination. I often add something crunchy to my yogurt but I've never added cottage cheese. I guess I'm just one of those "it has to be plain cottage cheese" people :) Beverly > snack > apple [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > maintaining 189-194 range > current 190 > > breakfast > > 1 cup dry oats [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Beverly Cottage cheese and yogurt taste really good together. I add nuts to mine. Jenn > > > breakfast > > > 1 cup dry oats [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Jenn I need to try adding some ingredients to mine. A friend from high school always added ketchup to hers - this really grossed me out. Come to think of it, I think she added ketchup to most things<g> I have tried fruit but that's about the limit of my cottage cheese additions. Beverly >>>>breakfast >>>> 1 cup dry oats [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Beverly I also have not been too adventurous with my cottage cheese. I like to cut a tomatoes into wedges and put cottage cheese over that. It's great with Fox Point Seasoning -- or if I'm out of that, freshly ground black pepper. I'll have to give the cottage cheese and yogurt combo a shot though. ;-) Oh, I like cottage cheese with pineapple too but I haven't done that in a while...  Signaturejmk in NC I like to put cottage cheese on some bread, sprinkle cinamon and toast. It gets all hot and gooey. I also like to occas. add it to cooked oatmeal... something I learned from Alien months ago. It is also good mixed with greek yogurt and some berries. > >>>>breakfast > >>>> 1 cup dry oats [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > -- > jmk in NC > I like to put cottage cheese on some bread, sprinkle cinamon and > toast. It gets all hot and gooey. I will try this for a snack later! Thanks > >>>>breakfast > >>>> 1 cup dry oats [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Oh, I like cottage cheese with pineapple too but I haven't done that in > a while... Someone who eats cottage cheese like me<G> I always add pepper to it when it's plain. My favorite fruit to add is peaches. My mother use to scoop out a cantaloupe and add the cottage cheese to the center for lunch. My sister and I have ate cottage cheese since we were small children. Most of my granddaughters won't touch it but the two year old loves it. I knew I would get one of them to eat it! Beverly > My mother use > to scoop out a cantaloupe and add the cottage cheese to the center for > lunch > Beverly MMMMMM. I too do this. > > My mother use > > to scoop out a cantaloupe and add the cottage cheese to the center for > > lunch > > Beverly > > MMMMMM. I too do this. I did too until I discovered it tasted much better with a scoop of vanilla ice cream<G >> > My mother use >> > to scoop out a cantaloupe and add the cottage cheese to the center [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I did too until I discovered it tasted much better with a scoop of > vanilla ice cream<G> Every now and again I will treat myself to a 1/2 cup serving of sugar free vanilla ice cream. So I see no harm in this at all. :) Signaturestart 365 goal 200 maintaining 189-194 range current 190 > >> > My mother use > >> > to scoop out a cantaloupe and add the cottage cheese to the center [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Every now and again I will treat myself to a 1/2 cup serving of sugar > free vanilla ice cream. So I see no harm in this at all. :) I didn't see any harm in it either but my mother felt the 1-2 cups of ice cream was a little too much :) Gee....I wish that woman had been more consistent. First she wanted me to eat more and then she complained when I did<G> Beverly > First she wanted me to eat more and then she > complained when I did<G> > Beverly lol Signaturestart 365 goal 200 maintaining 189-194 range current 190 >I didn't see any harm in it either but my mother felt the 1-2 cups of ice >cream was a little too much :) Gee....I wish that woman had been more >consistent. First she wanted me to eat more and then she complained when I >did<G> >Beverly That's mothers for you..... SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! >> > My mother use >> > to scoop out a cantaloupe and add the cottage cheese to the center for [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I did too until I discovered it tasted much better with a scoop of vanilla >ice cream<G> How odd - thinking about it, I'd far prefer the cottage cheese! I like ice-cream, but not with melon..... SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! > >> > My mother use > >> > to scoop out a cantaloupe and add the cottage cheese to the center for [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > How odd - thinking about it, I'd far prefer the cottage cheese! I like > ice-cream, but not with melon..... It's not odd - don't knock it unless you've tried it :) Beverly You wrote at 08:56:11 on Thu, 12 Aug 2004: >> >I did too until I discovered it tasted much better with a scoop of >vanilla [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >It's not odd - don't knock it unless you've tried it :) No, I meant how odd of me to prefer the cottage cheese! SignatureAnnabel - "Mrs Redboots" 90/70/89 kg >Oh, I like cottage cheese with pineapple too but I haven't done that in a >while... Now, there's a combination I don't really like! I find pineapple too acid to have any dairy products with, and I never do like it with something savoury - don't like ham-and-pineapple, either. SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! > Now, there's a combination I don't really like! I find pineapple too > acid to have any dairy products with, and I never do like it with > something savoury - don't like ham-and-pineapple, either. Then you probably wouldn't like the pineapple and bacon pizza I made yesterday. ;-) lol - more for me (also put on mozzarella, roasted red peppers and fresh basil - yummm) SignatureWalking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 >> Now, there's a combination I don't really like! I find pineapple too >> acid to have any dairy products with, and I never do like it with [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >lol - more for me (also put on mozzarella, roasted red peppers and fresh >basil - yummm) Sounds lovely except for the pineapple! I like pineapple as part of my pudding course, not my main course! SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! > Now, there's a combination I don't really like! I find > pineapple too > acid to have any dairy products with, and I never do > like it with > something savoury - don't like ham-and-pineapple, > either. I love pinapple chunks mixed with yogurt cheese and flax meal. Yummmm. Amy > I need to try adding some ingredients to mine. A friend from high > school always added ketchup to hers - this really grossed me out. > Come to think of it, I think she added ketchup to most things<g> > > I have tried fruit but that's about the limit of my cottage cheese > additions. I already posted my mom's prejudice about ketchup. <g> I've progressed through adding fruit, to roasted winter squash and then more savory veggies to my cottage cheese. I like them all. Nuts are excellent in CC. SignatureWalking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 > > I need to try adding some ingredients to mine. A friend from high > > school always added ketchup to hers - this really grossed me out. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I already posted my mom's prejudice about ketchup. <g> I remember reading that and laughing because there were two things I always added ketchup to when I was young - cold meatloaf sandwiches and fried egg sandwiches. I have graduated to tomato and mayo on the fried egg sandwiches but I still need that ketchup on the meatloaf sandwich. It just wouldn't be a meatloaf sandwich without it<g> This post is making me hungry for a meatloaf sandwich. I just might have to break my rule about cooking and make some this weekend. They don't serve it cold in restaurants :( Beverly > I've progressed through adding fruit, to roasted winter squash and then > more savory veggies to my cottage cheese. I like them all. Nuts are > excellent in CC. >This post is making me hungry for a meatloaf sandwich. I just might have to >break my rule about cooking and make some this weekend. They don't serve it >cold in restaurants :( Don't you find it's difficult to know what you are putting into your body if you don't do your own cooking, though? I know I would; when I'm actively trying to lose weight the very first thing to go is take-aways, ready meals and eating out. If you could get meatloaf in a restaurant, couldn't you order a helping and then take it home - they don't seem to mind people doing that in American restaurants. SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! > >This post is making me hungry for a meatloaf sandwich. I just might have to > >break my rule about cooking and make some this weekend. They don't serve it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I'm actively trying to lose weight the very first thing to go is > take-aways, ready meals and eating out. I don't find it difficult at all. I eat the majority of my meals away from home and have for several years. I traveled a lot for my previous employer and I don't especially like to cook so I eat out. Eating out doesn't mean you can't eat healthy. Broiled or baked chicken and fish, steamed vegetables, fresh fruit, salads, etc are all available at restaurants. I probably eat better in restaurants than I would fixing meals at home. I don't like to cook and wouldn't take the time to prepare too much. Most restaurants have the nutritional value of their food available so it's no different than reading the food labels on items at home. The nutritional value of beef, fish and poultry remains the same regardless of where it's prepared. Restaurants are always willing to tell you how it's prepared so you don't have any hidden calories from butter, etc. > If you could get meatloaf in a restaurant, couldn't you order a helping > and then take it home - they don't seem to mind people doing that in > American restaurants. Yes I could do this but not too many restaurants offer meatloaf. Those that do have it on their menu often smother it in gravy. I don't care for gravy. Beverly >I don't find it difficult at all. I eat the majority of my meals away from >home and have for several years. I traveled a lot for my previous employer >and I don't especially like to cook so I eat out. But it's so dreadfully expensive - I mean here, one meal out probably costs more than our food budget for the week! Unless one were to eat at McDonald's or somewhere - and at that sort of price, you don't get healthy food. >Eating out doesn't mean you can't eat healthy. Broiled or baked chicken and >fish, steamed vegetables, fresh fruit, salads, etc are all available at >restaurants. Not all here; although some chain restaurants have a salad bar, most of the salads are in heavy dressings. The "fresh" fruit salad is often tinned, and the "fresh" vegetables have often been frozen. Or else they are so badly undercooked that I can't digest them..... And the kind of restaurant which does (say) delicious sea bass with steamed potatoes and fresh vegetables (only they were undercooked, alas!) is far too expensive to think of eating at more than once in a blue moon! > I probably eat better in restaurants than I would fixing meals >at home. I don't like to cook and wouldn't take the time to prepare too [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >where it's prepared. Restaurants are always willing to tell you how it's >prepared so you don't have any hidden calories from butter, etc. Again, I think things are different in the USA; in chain restaurants, the staff often don't know, or don't understand your question (many of them, in London at any rate, are recent immigrants and don't speak English very well yet), and in grand restaurants the chef doesn't like people questioning him! SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! > >I don't find it difficult at all. I eat the majority of my meals away from > >home and have for several years. I traveled a lot for my previous employer [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > McDonald's or somewhere - and at that sort of price, you don't get > healthy food. I never eat at McDonalds unless it's to stop there after a Saturday morning bike ride for coffee and a yogurt. They have a decent yogurt with strawberries and blueberries. I probably spend a little more money eating out than I would cooking at home but I don't have to cook or clean the kitchen<g> > >Eating out doesn't mean you can't eat healthy. Broiled or baked chicken and > >fish, steamed vegetables, fresh fruit, salads, etc are all available at [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > fresh vegetables (only they were undercooked, alas!) is far too > expensive to think of eating at more than once in a blue moon! Salad bars are very popular here. They range from the just-acceptable to fantastic. They will have the salads in heavy dressings - potato salad, macaroni salad, etc but I never choose them. I choose from the lettuce, mushrooms, sliced beets, different types of beans, cucumbers, red/green peppers, onions, etc. Fruit normally consists of oranges, melons, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, mango, apples, bananas, etc and other seasonal fruit. Very little of the fruit is canned. SW Ohio is definitely not a great place for seafood but you'll find some type of fish on most menus - cod, mahi-mahi, catfish, salmon, etc. The vegetables I choose are usually steamed broccoli or cauliflower, green beans, squash or spinach. All of them are fresh except the green beans which probably have been frozen. > > I probably eat better in restaurants than I would fixing meals > >at home. I don't like to cook and wouldn't take the time to prepare too [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > English very well yet), and in grand restaurants the chef doesn't like > people questioning him! I've never had a problem asking about the ingredients in a dish in any type of restaurant. A few years ago when I was in NYC my co-workers and I had gone to dinner at a nice restaurant near our hotel. I asked our waiter about one of the ingredients in a dish as I couldn't identify it and thought it tasted great. He said he wasn't sure but he would certainly find out for us. He brought the chef to our table and he was more than happy to talk to us about the food. It turned out to be a spice I wasn't familiar with. My company has offices around the world (we even have one in London) so I'm accustomed to trying to communicate with people who speak different languages. We also have a large community of recent immigrants in the area but they normally aren't employed in a job that requires direct contact with the customer until they're able to speak some English. When I do run across someone who doesn't seem to understand my question I've found a smile and a simple "I don't understand " will usually result in them getting someone who speaks better English. Beverly > Annabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk > http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html > Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday > snaps! >> > I need to try adding some ingredients to mine. A friend from high >> > school always added ketchup to hers - this really grossed me out. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > be > a meatloaf sandwich without it<g> I always had ketchup on scrambled eggs. Now I use salsa. It was also mandatory on fried baloney sandwiches and of course french fries. My brother put it on *everything*, including roast pork w/sauerkraut which made everyone at the table ill to watch. > This post is making me hungry for a meatloaf sandwich. I just might have > to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Beverly I love meatloaf sandwiches! Haven't had one in years. Jenn Alien, thanks for all the info here:) I guess that others are 'in this same boat' as we "TRY" the ways that we can live with ! This has beena really great thread !! So many have added some 'good stuff' and it helps me :) It's good to see you back here:)) glo > I love meatloaf sandwiches! Haven't had one in years. Oh man! Now I have to make meatloaf! (btw, I always put ketchup and mayo on my ML sandwiches before - don't know yet what I'll do now.) I'm thinking flour tortilla and some aioli mustard - hmmm SignatureWalking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 >> I love meatloaf sandwiches! Haven't had one in years. > >Oh man! Now I have to make meatloaf! (btw, I always put ketchup and mayo >on my ML sandwiches before - don't know yet what I'll do now.) Why not a small amount of low-calorie mayonnaise on one slice of the bread, and a small amount of ketchup on the other? No butter, and you have probably saved as much as you've gained.... >I'm thinking flour tortilla and some aioli mustard - hmmm Wouldn't flour tortillas count as white bread? Wholemeal or multigrain might give you more nutrition for the carbohydrates. SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! >Why not a small amount of low-calorie mayonnaise on one slice of the >bread, and a small amount of ketchup on the other? No butter, and you >have probably saved as much as you've gained.... That's how I make my egg sandwiches - spread mayonnaise on the bread instead of butter. I never put any marge or butter in my sandwiches anyway. janice > >Why not a small amount of low-calorie mayonnaise on one slice of the > >bread, and a small amount of ketchup on the other? No butter, and you [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > janice Now it's my turn to ask another "culture" question. I've seen in many posts the reference to putting butter on a sandwich. Is this a common practice in the UK? I can't think of one sandwich to which I would add butter. The normal additions to sandwiches here would be lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard or mayo. Beverly > Now it's my turn to ask another "culture" question. I've seen in many posts > the reference to putting butter on a sandwich. Is this a common practice in > the UK? I can't think of one sandwich to which I would add butter. The > normal additions to sandwiches here would be lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard > or mayo. then you are missing a lot. Try preparing a sandwich with butter and cheese. Very flavorful and easy to chew and swallow. That's how people eat in Europe, they enjoy healthy saturated fats. i > > Now it's my turn to ask another "culture" question. I've seen in many posts > > the reference to putting butter on a sandwich. Is this a common practice in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > i I seldom put butter on anything. I don't even put butter on a dinner roll. I'm not especially fond of bread and often eat only the crust of it<g> I use a tortilla wrap to make most sandwiches or just wrap the meat in a slice of cheese and skip the bread. A stick of butter or tub or margarine will last for several weeks in my house. Guess I'll have to try butter on a sandwich sometime to see how it tastes. Beverly >> > Now it's my turn to ask another "culture" question. I've seen in many > posts [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > last for several weeks in my house. Guess I'll have to try butter on a > sandwich sometime to see how it tastes. I am not particularly fond of bread either, but bread and butter tastes quite good to me personally. i >> >Why not a small amount of low-calorie mayonnaise on one slice of the >> >bread, and a small amount of ketchup on the other? No butter, and you [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Beverly Yes, it would be more or less unheard of to buy a sandwich here without butter (or an olive oil spread or soft margarine or equivalent), or even to make one in the home unless you deliberately leave it out for dietary reasons, as I do. Let's clarify what we mean by sandwich - two rounds of sliced bread with a filling (e.g. chicken, ham, cheese, hard boiled egg, tuna, etc. etc.), which may or may not also include mayonnaise, salad, tomato, pickleor some sort of garnish. Having said that, even crustly rolls, baguettes, etc. when sold with a filling would have a butter or spread on them. It's probably often not real butter, as its a PITA to spread straight from the fridge. Hey, I think the only answer to these culture questions is we should visit each other to learn direct:) janice > >> >Why not a small amount of low-calorie mayonnaise on one slice of the > >> >bread, and a small amount of ketchup on the other? No butter, and you [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > janice The sandwiches are very similar here with the exception of adding butter or hard boiled eggs. I'm all for a visit to learn the different cultures :) My company has an office in London but unfortunately the large data center is located here and they usually send people here for meetings, training, etc. Beverly You wrote at 01:34:50 on Fri, 13 Aug 2004: >Now it's my turn to ask another "culture" question. I've seen in many posts >the reference to putting butter on a sandwich. Is this a common practice in >the UK? I can't think of one sandwich to which I would add butter. The >normal additions to sandwiches here would be lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard >or mayo. Here, normally, the bread is spread with a thin layer of butter or margarine, and then the sandwich is built on to that. SignatureAnnabel - "Mrs Redboots" 90/89/70kg When I lived overseas, butter was the norm for sandwhiches. I truly embarrassed myself once in Australia when a friend's mom asked what I would like on a sandwich and then proceded to make mayo from scratch. It was not a staple in Aussie households. j > > >Why not a small amount of low-calorie mayonnaise on one slice of the > > >bread, and a small amount of ketchup on the other? No butter, and you [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Beverly I think I LOVE Europe :) hehehe I love my butter but deny myself any at all. glo You wrote at 08:53:15 on Fri, 13 Aug 2004: >I think I LOVE Europe :) hehehe >I love my butter but deny myself any at all. Me too! No, not any at all - sometimes I will cook an egg or some fish in a little butter, but that is all (and not right now while I'm actively trying to lose weight). SignatureAnnabel - "Mrs Redboots" 90/89/80kg (Yes, I know it said 70 before, but that is rather intimidating - if and when I get down to 80, I'll probably put it lower!) >> >Why not a small amount of low-calorie mayonnaise on one slice of the >> >bread, and a small amount of ketchup on the other? No butter, and you [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Beverly One of the supermarket delis up here makes all of their sandwiches with margarine spread on them - totally gross - then they wrap them with a packet of mayo. Jenn >One of the supermarket delis up here makes all of their sandwiches with >margarine spread on them - totally gross - then they wrap them with a packet >of mayo. > >Jenn The adding of mayo to many of the sandwiches sold here is a relatively recent thing, and I think it must have come from America. Until a few years ago, egg mayonnaise sandwich was a well-established filling (hard boiled egg chopped and mixed with mayonnaise - yummy), but I really don't like the way it's getting added to everything from ham to tuna - it makes them far too rich. I didn't know you didn't have marge or butter on sandwiches in America - it really is the fundamental part of the recipe - bread and butter + filling. Very unusual to find anyone who eats them without this, unless they don't want to spend the calories on it because they're aiming to lose weight. janice janice wrote in alt.support.diet on Fri, 13 Aug 2004: >The adding of mayo to many of the sandwiches sold here is a relatively >recent thing, and I think it must have come from America. Until a few >years ago, egg mayonnaise sandwich was a well-established filling >(hard boiled egg chopped and mixed with mayonnaise - yummy), but I >really don't like the way it's getting added to everything from ham to >tuna - it makes them far too rich. I think it started when ready-made sandwiches began to be sold; 20 years ago, they were a rarity, and there were loads of little sandwich shops that made to order, and did not add mayonnaise. When the supermarkets started selling ready-made sandwiches, they all had mayonnaise in them, which was very hard for my aunt, who is either allergic to it or has such an intense dislike of it that she can't bear to even think of eating it. But in recent years it's got better as most of the supermarkets (and chains like Prêt) do now sell a range of "healthy" sandwiches which mostly don't contain any mayonnaise. >I didn't know you didn't have marge or butter on sandwiches in America >- it really is the fundamental part of the recipe - bread and butter >+ filling. Very unusual to find anyone who eats them without this, >unless they don't want to spend the calories on it because they're >aiming to lose weight. I didn't know, either. It sounds weird to me, although I don't use either myself on sandwiches I make. SignatureAnnabel - "Mrs Redboots" 90/88.5/80kg > Now it's my turn to ask another "culture" question. I've seen in many posts > the reference to putting butter on a sandwich. Is this a common practice in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Beverly I have always put butter on all of my sandwiches prior to starting my new WOE. I'm trying to get used to dry-er tasting sandwitches. I only like real Helman's Mayo (not Kraft or any other brand), but it is like 100% fat, so I'm skipping the mayo all together (I don't think I could control how much I would eat of it if it were in my house - same with real butter or margarine). I've been using mustard and sometimes a tiny bit of horseradish sauce and sometimes butter spray. I'm in Tennessee, US, by the way. -Jen 210/202/140 > > Now it's my turn to ask another "culture" question. I've seen in many > posts [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > -Jen > 210/202/140 Maybe it's a regional custom in the states. Than again maybe I'm the only one who doesn't do it<g> I never put butter on my toast - just add jelly or peanut butter. I hadn't kept peanut butter in the house for quite sometime because it was one of those trigger foods for me. It would just keep calling my name from the fridge until it was gone. I decided to give it another try a couple weeks ago as I occasionally like whole wheat toast with peanut butter for a quick breakfast when I'm at home. I'm happy to say that peanut butter has set in the fridge and kept it's mouth shut this time :) . Beverly > Now it's my turn to ask another "culture" question. I've seen in many > posts the reference to putting butter on a sandwich. Is this a common > practice in the UK? I can't think of one sandwich to which I would > add butter. The normal additions to sandwiches here would be lettuce, > tomato, onion, mustard or mayo. Food poisoning - bah! When we were on vacation in the UK in '83 we went to check out an old abbey on a tidal island in Northumbria - Lindesfarne. My husband misread the tide and we were stuck there longer than we anticipated and needed to get lunch somewhere. I recall that the local eatery appeared to be a tourist trap and we walked around getting more and more hungry. Finally we saw a small sign outside a little house right along the street that said "Crab Sandwiches - 85p" and decided to take our chances. On a small table just inside the door was a stack of sandwiches and an honor jar. We paid for 2 and found a place to sit near the causeway to watch the tide go out. Each sandwich consisted of 2 small, thin slices of white bread spread with a thin layer of butter and (I *swear*) less than a quarter inch thick layer of crab with no dressing, mayo or anything else. It was the BEST sandwich I had in my life. SignatureWalking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 >When we were on vacation in the UK in '83 we went to check out an old >abbey on a tidal island in Northumbria - Lindesfarne. My husband misread [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >It was the BEST sandwich I had in my life. Laurie I know Lindisfarne well, and I really love it. We even stayed there in a holiday apartment for several days in winter once and it was lovely to be there before all the day trippers arrived and in the evening after they'd left. I had to smile at you getting cut off by the tide - easily done if you don't pay proper attention to the tide information! I've even seen people walking across when the tide's out, and having to hurry as it came in - this can be seriously dangerous, of course. A lot of seaside places sell fresh crab sandwiches over here and it can be delicious. I do like my sandwiches to be more filling than bread, though, and I'm not sure about the white bread either but I'll believe you when you say it was the best ever:) janice You wrote at 20:54:26 on Thu, 12 Aug 2004: >>Why not a small amount of low-calorie mayonnaise on one slice of the >>bread, and a small amount of ketchup on the other? No butter, and you [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >instead of butter. I never put any marge or butter in my sandwiches >anyway. Me neither. Haven't for over ten years. SignatureAnnabel - "Mrs Redboots" 90/89/70kg >I need to try adding some ingredients to mine. A friend from high school >always added ketchup to hers - this really grossed me out. Come to think of >it, I think she added ketchup to most things<g> > >I have tried fruit but that's about the limit of my cottage cheese >additions. Chopped chives are nice - or even chopped onion, if you like raw onion. You can add a tablespoon of grated Cheddar cheese, too, unless you don't eat that sort of cheese. Grated carrot works well, too - makes a good sandwich filling. SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! >> > > breakfast >> > > 1 cup dry oats [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Beverly I've added sugar free chocolate syrup, peanut butter, and nuts (yes, at the same time). I've also added tuna or salmon, yogurt, and all kinds of fruit (not at the same time). It's all good. Jenn >> I have tried fruit but that's about the limit of my cottage cheese >> additions. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jenn tuna and CC is very good. Signaturestart 365 goal 200 maintaining 189-194 range current 190 >tuna and CC is very good. I like salmon and cucumber with my cottage cheese - you can sometimes buy it like that. SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! >> breakfast >> 1 cup dry oats [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >yogurt but I've never added cottage cheese. I guess I'm just one of those >"it has to be plain cottage cheese" people :) I rather like it (cottage cheese, I mean) stirred through a rice salad or tabbouleh or whatever. I would probably have soaked the oats (or muesli base) in unsweetened fruit juice before adding the yogurt. Sadly, in this country, fat free yogurts all have artificial sweetener in, and that is something I will not willingly put in my body. A little sugar, perhaps, if it's necessary, or do without! SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! Alien, do you count cal? I like the menu that you sent here and I'm kind of 'watching' for a better change for me. I need to be more satisfied than I've been . As time goes by I get a little side-tracked as I am NOT hungry but just seem to 'need' more OR differant foods. I like the kashi cereal with fresh fruit for breakfast and I think that I'll try the two bread sandwhich today. (MAYBE) I'm knd of thinking I need LESS carbs so I may leave out the one slice bread. I have a FRESH tomato that looks pretty tempting today:) I guess my lunch will be something with tomato . Maybe tuna would be good with it. Off to my job with a good lunch. i mentioned tomato and it 'stuck' in my mind until I put one into the lunch bag today:) They are yummy this time of year! Have a great day everyone!! glo > Alien, do you count cal? I like the menu that you sent here and I'm kind > of 'watching' for a better change for me. I need to be more satisfied [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Have a great day everyone!! I don't know about you, but since I gave up all grains and starches three weeks ago, I am much less hungry and do not think about food as much. It is, SO FAR, a blessing for me. The amount of "willpower" that I need, is now much less. Like you, I used to eat bread in the morning. So I decided to give it a try and live without grains and starches (paleo diet), and it is much better. I am not, yet, regaining, and I eat a bit more calories as well (this is an eyeballed estimation only). I'll see how it goes. i >Alien, do you count cal? I like the menu that you sent here and I'm kind >of 'watching' for a better change for me. I need to be more satisfied [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >mentioned tomato and it 'stuck' in my mind until I put one into the >lunch bag today:) They are yummy this time of year! There is nothing, absolutely nothing, quite like a tomato picked and eaten within 30 seconds! Cottage cheese would be nice with your tomato, perhaps? For breakfast, why not ring the changes, and have kashi cereal one day and a little muesli the next? If you make up your own, or buy the no-added-sugar variety, it is really good and satisfying (I ate it too often when my job required I took breakfast, and got terribly fed up of it, so am not eating it right now, but am beginning to want it again). Or, if you have time, a grilled tomato and rasher of bacon on a slice of bread is good, especially if you cut the fat off the bacon. >Have a great day everyone!! You too. SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! >For breakfast, why not ring the changes, and have kashi cereal one day >and a little muesli the next? If you make up your own, or buy the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Or, if you have time, a grilled tomato and rasher of bacon on a slice of >bread is good, especially if you cut the fat off the bacon. My favourite bacon, which comes without any fat, is Sainsburys Be Good to Yourself bacon medallions. I don't usually like Sainsbury's own stuff too much but these are tender and delicious, IMO. Annabel, did you say you'd bought Kashi cereal in the UK. Can you tell me where? (I'm in London too). janice 233/179/133 >Annabel, did you say you'd bought Kashi cereal in the UK. Can you >tell me where? (I'm in London too). Sainsbury's on Clapham Common usually has it, as does the health food shop on the other side of Clapham High Road. But if you are near a big Sainsbury's (not a Local), try there first. They don't always have it, but sometimes. SignatureAnnabel Smyth mailto:annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday snaps! >>Annabel, did you say you'd bought Kashi cereal in the UK. Can you >>tell me where? (I'm in London too). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Sainsbury's (not a Local), try there first. They don't always have it, >but sometimes. I do have a big Sainsbury's near me - I'll have a lok. Thanks. janice I'm not counting cals any longer:) But I NEVER get on tose scales more than once or twice a week:) I also eat every couple hours too and I really don't get so hungry either. I eat my SF ice cream OFTEN but with great control now. Life is better and I don't binge hardly at all anymore. WOW, I think I'm really BETTER ! LOL as I stop to think of my WOE/WOL :) This rain is driving me nuts!!! I live on the lake so you can imagine how wet my yard stays:( Thanks sooo much for the fine post here!!! glo GloDon2@webtv.net (Gloria) wrote in news:10173-411A1B64-46@storefull- 3136.bay.webtv.net: > Alien, do you count cal? I like the menu that you sent here and I'm kind > of 'watching' for a better change for me. I need to be more satisfied [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > glo I counted cals in the beginning. It helped me learn how to eat more while staying within a certain limit. Now I just eat normal? and always have snacks. I never go back for seconds either! I added almost everything back into my diet. I still stay away from proccessed white flour products and regular sugar. Other than that I eat pretty much anything I want. **portion control** :) IT seems to be working pretty good. I am holding steady withing a 5 pound range without as much as a second thought. I still measure and weigh my foods though. As to make sure I am getting a perfect serving. Oh yeah, some sort of exercise daily. Every day. Adding carbs and whole grains in moderate amounts back into my diet hasnt effected my cravings or weight in any way. I for the most part stay full longer and have more energy. If I truly crave something I will eat 1 portion. I am the type of person that if I faught of cravings 365 days a year I will wind of going on a big binge that will lead to God only knows what. If I crave cookies I get a recipe and see how I can make a healthy? cookie. And as long as it tastes good to me. That is what counts. I have been known to throw some pretty strange cookies together. :) lol. You can make wonderful snacks with whole grain oats/whole grain flour/splenda/fat free plain yogurt/fruit. Oatmeal apple cookies are great! I know that some do not like splenda or any sweetner. BUT it doesnt affect my cravings or weight in anyway to I will continue to use it in a moderate fashion. :) I like to read when people give recipes they make up themselves. I will try almost anything once. PS. I also tend to eat most of my food on the lower end of the glycemic index! This helps alot. I have also been experimenting with the effects of apple cider vinegar in lowering the gi value of high gi foods. It does SEEM to keep my blood sugar from spiking and cravings at bay after eating things like bananas and the occaional breaded chinese or white pasta. Which I eat very rarely and sparingly. I hope any of this is informational. Nice talking to yall again! Signaturestart 365 goal 200 maintaining 189-194 range current 190 I am very happy for you Alien, especially for the fact that your new life is easy wrt weight maintenance. i Ignoramus5937 <ignoramus5937@NOSPAM.5937.invalid> wrote in news:cfdmq9$63h $2@pita.alt.net: > I am very happy for you Alien, especially for the fact that your new > life is easy wrt weight maintenance. > > i Thanks Ig. Its funny how a persons woe evolves many many times before they find something that they can live with long term. Mine changed monthly sometimes weekly in the past. :) peace! Signaturestart 365 goal 200 maintaining 189-194 range current 190 > Oatmeal apple cookies are great! I know that > some do not like splenda or any sweetner. BUT it doesnt affect my > cravings or weight in anyway to I will continue to use it in a moderate > fashion. :) I like to read when people give recipes they make up > themselves. I will try almost anything once. Recipe please <s> SignatureWalking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 In article <10173-411A1B64-46@storefull-3136.bay.webtv.net>, > Alien, do you count cal? I like the menu that you sent > here and I'm kind > of 'watching' for a better change for me. I need to be > more satisfied > than I've been . > glo > > Hey glo! I took yesterday off so didn't see your post til now--and haven't waded through the whole thread so I'll likely repeat what others have already said... I found that when I was eating low cal/low fat, I was never satisfied. I stayed within my WW points, but would be starving by the end of the day, and you know what happens then! I found I did much better with a balanced approach, counting calories, eating more "good" fats and more protien, and watching my carbs by choosing what is important to me--I mean, would far rather spend my carbs/calories on a cold beer than on a piece of cake or slice of bread, but that's me. You might be different (I know you like your SF ice cream). I also plan my meals in advance, so I won't stand in front of the fridge making poor choices. And I eat about every two hours--just a couple hundred calories until dinner time, when I spend what I have left, or save some calories for a late TV time snack. I've been doing this so long that it's second nature now--which is how a WOE should be, I guess. Easy to stick to and satisfying. Now, if I could get my butt back to the gym, I'd be a happy girl! Maybe after the student's come back, and things die back down around here... See ya, glo! Enjoying all the rain? Amy >breakfast > 1 cup dry oats [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >maintaining 189-194 range >current 190 Who gives a f.ck what you ate !!!! Before you post such useless crap again, EAT sh.t AND DIE. Looks like you're on a good eating plan, Alien -- and your progress has certainly been impressive! Chris 262/143/ (145-150) |
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