success — losing weight and feeling great
Hi all,
Just checking in to report where I’m at after a little more than two
weeks. I’ve lost 15 pounds, and I’m amazed at how much better
clothes are fitting — especially around the middle.
I was a little worried about the difficulty of some of the recipes,
but then decided that I’m not dumb, and I just needed to follow the
guidelines and I could come up with something simple and easy.
Here’s what a typical day for me is like:
breakfast - two strips of turkey bacon, two scrambled eggs (egg
beaters kinda thing) with no-fat cheese;
lunch-salad with tomato and green pepper, a little low-fat
mozarella, maybe a few slices of turkey breast or some low-fat lunch
meat;
dinner-broiled lean burger, some kind of beans (usually garbanzo),
salad;
snacks during the day are celery with a little peanut butter, and
some sugar-free jello with low-fat whipped topping before bed
Not so bad. I don’t miss the bread, potatoes, or rice. Sure, I’d
love a krispy kreme doughnut or two, but feeling better is well
worth the trade-off. I’m looking forward to seeing my cardiologist
next month, hoping to get off some blood pressure meds.
So, hang in there. You can lose weight and get healthy with this
diet.
Kevin
January 4th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
Come cook for me, Wendy?????
Thanks for all the great menu ideas!
Cindy
I am one to easily get into a rut so any menu help or simple recipes you
post would be a great blessing.
Wendy wrote:
The best way to avoid boredom is to vary what you eat. I find that
making out menus really helps me. For example this week for lunches:
Cabbage & Beef soup
Grilled chicken salad
Tuna Salad on bed of lettuce
Ham & cream cheese rollups, pickles, Jello & Cool Whip
Almost Hot Dogs - Fat free hot dogs, chili-look for lowfat & watch
sugar content or even better make your own, mustard & onions
(without buns)
Turkey salad on lettuce
Dinners:
Beef, Pepper & mushroom kabobs
Green chili (ground turkey breast, green chilis, jalapenos, onions &
spices)
Shrimp Louis
Oven fried chicken (Chicken breasts & drizzle a small amount of
olive oil on the pan to make it crisp
Tuna, Cucumber & Red Pepper Salad with Lemony Dill Dressing
Broiled Salmon with Creamy Lemon Sauce
Chicken Satay
Last week I made Veal parmesan, fajita chicken, taco chicken
salad…I could go on and on. Tonight we are having grilled sirloin
steak and veggie kabobs of mushrooms, green & red pepper, onion &
zucchini. I’ll brush a bit of olive oil mixed with garlic powder &
basil for seasoning. Some recipes I get from the book. Some are my
recipes that I have adapted to work within the guidelines. I would
be glad to post weekly menus for inspiration if that would help.
Good luck to you!
Wendy
January 5th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
Hi,
I do menus too but only for dinner, not lunch. For lunch I usually
wing it with salad and leftover protein or some SB soup or quiche
with a salad.
These are the past 2 weeks of menus.
Week 1
Meatza, salad
Grilled pork chops, grilled veggies
Baked tilapia, salad, sauteed spinach and mushrooms
swiss steak, zucchini noodles, green beans with almonds
cheeseburger quiche, grilled tomatoes
steak, eggplant on the grill, salad, mushrooms and onions
taco chicken, cauliflower rice, cukes in yogurt
double satay with pb dipping sauce, zucchini & pepper kebobs
Week 2
chinese ckn & ribs, coleslaw, creamed spinach
smothered burgers on salad, stuffed mushrooms, roasted veggies
Chicken and steak fajita salad
Tomato basil soup, reuben casserole, green beans
Wings, bbq chicken, coleslaw, roasted veggies
Eggplant lasagna, stir fry veggies
tequila lime chicken, salad, zucchini for people that don’t like zucc
pork roast, ital bean bake, salad
taco salad, broccoli
Hope this helps. It would be great if others could share their menus
too.
Mary