At 03:28 PM 1/21/2004, you wrote:
>Thank you Ben!!!! I tried that cereal at a friends house and it was
>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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