Originally Posted By Tandelothien davewasbaloo I think the most important thing at the moment is to manage your stress, you can always get back on the wagon later but for now just do what is best for your nerves >> But my doctor told me "No salt!"<< I think I'd keel over if I couldn't have salt. I know it's bad for you but I love it I tried the white tea sweetened with no milk. To me it tasted like very weak black tea which is OK because I normally can't drink tea without milk but this is fine. Much better than the taste of green tea. Tinkeroon do you like snow peas? Sandra snacks on them all the time.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I'm not typically a tea drinker but I should probably cut back on my caffeine consumption. Is there less caffeine in white tea? I drink my coffee and tea without cream/milk or sugar. Tinkeroon, how does your Dr. feel about dark chocolate? I'm supposed to have 1oz of dark chocolate a day plus nuts so I choose to have a few of the 73% cacao covered nuts from TJ's I have 4ish a night with some more nuts. They also have dark covered cherries and cranberries. I take a tiny dish that is made for Japanese sauces and put the chocolates in it like its a dessert. I eat them slowly. Not that I wouldn't like to eat the whole box but somehow I don't. I just set my mind for a certain amount. Good and easy snacks are sliced apples or pears with string cheese (not sure about the sodium)or apples/celery and peanut butter. Kashi TLC granola bars were okayed by my Dr. I break them into pieces and put them in a little dish and eat them slowly. Raw veggies and salsa. LS, thanks for the pita bread/bagel info. I'll look for that brand. Hang in there everyone!
Originally Posted By TheParsec Sorry to hear that dave, try to take care of yourself! Me, I'm afraid to weigh myself this saturday, I only walked 1 night this week, been trying to eat good still, but we will see.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight It's all good Parsec, your trying , and that's what counts. Good for you,that you walked at least one night! That's wonderful! Keep up the good work. don't weigh yourself every week. Go by how your clothe's fit sometime's. That give's you a good sense of losing the inches we are trying to see that we lose. Make sense,or did I foul that up? LOL
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA I’ve been doing good too. Layed off the fast food. And been eating more fruit and small amount of meals, and less sodium and carbs!
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Tandelothien...I may just try the snow peas idea. I love them. Does Sandra eat them raw? That would certainly satisfy my desire for "crunch". I LOVE salt too and it's so hard not having it! I'm still using it a little but much less than before and try to avoid it if I can. amazed...thanks for your suggestions as well. I love dark chocolate and it would probably help me to *not* eat too many other sweets. I've been eating sliced apples and pears but am foregoing the cheese because most dairy products tend to feed breast cancer cells. And I LOVE dairy! I could eat cheese all day! Of course, no one would want to be around me much later on! LOL There are some types that are okay, but I'm not sure yet which ones. Need to do more reading on that. Whatever it is, I'm sure it's going to cost me a bundle! Eating for your health is NOT cheap!!
Originally Posted By Tandelothien Yes Tinkeroon she takes a bag of them on the train home from work with her to satisfy her after-work munchies I'm not not sure about the caffeine content of white tea and there's no nutrition panel on the box, but green tea is supposed to have less caffeine isn't it? So I'm guessing white tea would as well but don't hold me to that
Originally Posted By smedley Well today is the start of day 4 and I am still doing good, been 100% on the diet, and I cleared it with the physio that I could use the Wii Fit a little so I did 30 mins this morning. Getting back to full fitness is going to be a killer! LOL! Stay with it all, we can do this!! Tinkeroon, another one is baby sweetcorn, I also have sugarsnap peas, not sure if they're called that there, but they're good to snack on, also the baby chanteray carrots, they're slightly sweeter and have the crunch, all raw Oh and I googled caffeine in white tea and found the following : If you are drinking tea for your health, you may want to consider white teas. There is also considerably less caffeine in white tea than the other varieties (15mg per serving, compared to 40mg for black tea, and 20mg for green). Some studies have also shown that white tea contains more active cancer-fighting antioxidants than green tea.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Thanks for the info on white tea smeds I never thought to google it. Tinkeroon, interesting about cheese and breast cancer. I hadn't heard that before, I'm not a big cheese or dairy eater so that is good to know. If anyone has a Costco membership, their large bags of mini bell peppers are priced WAY better than any other store. They make a nice addition to the snow/snap peas, baby carrots, etc. smeds, which sweet baby corn do you eat? Is it tiny cobs of corn like Tom Hanks ate in BIG or individual kernels? I'm making frittata for a shower and I'm so determined to make it "healthy" that it's ending up tasting gross. LOL! I think I need to go in a new direction.
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney Tinkeroon-On the previous message board someone suggest carrots dipped in salsa, which is very yummy. And you could make your own salsa thereby controlling the salt content as well as being able to make it healthy and organic. You get kick a slight kick from the salsa and the crunch of the carrots. It is one of my newly rediscovered favorite snacks! Good for you smedley- and all my losing gang here. Sometimes it is better to take it day by day until you make it through this week, then the next. This morning I had a poached egg with a mini whole wheat bagel (less then 1/4 size a normal one..got to love trader joes!!). For snack I have carrots and home made Pico de Gallo and for lunch I have two whole wheat mini pitas stuffed with some rotissery chicken and lettuce and tomatoes. (my oven stopped working, so its either rotissery or pan fry).
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl Hello. Still plugging along. Didn't do so well again yesterday, but am not giving up today. Love all the snack ideas. I just went to the store and bought a lot of fresh vegetables. Now I just need to eat them! Have a great day!
Originally Posted By AuroraRose <<How much do you get for 2 points AR?>> 4 tablespoons of pennmaid light whipped cream for 2 tablespoons its 1 point--i usually double it : ) BUT redi whip fat free is o points for two tablespoons.
Originally Posted By AuroraRose OH! to go along eith the carrot theme : ) WW makes individual servings of cream cheese that r 1 point. I dip my carrots or celery sticks into one of these as a snack.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight I love those AR. I buy them all the time. I slather that on one of my Western Bagel Company bagel's and have a cup of coffee inthe morning. Them's good eat's!
Originally Posted By smedley Amazed, it's the teensy cobs of corn not the kernels, for some reason I am not allowed kernel corn, but I can have the teensy cobs (yes we know my diet is weird ;D) Another option (I have it as a meal option) is to make your own houmus and have it with the raw veggies, I have crackers too as it's a main meal, yummy
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Hummus is sooo good and so is baba ganoush. Have you every tried that? It's really yummy, with home made pita chips or veggies or slathered on a Bocca burger. There are alot of really healthy food's that are quite tasty,now a days. Thank goodnes for that.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon I lost 4 pounds!!!! WooooHoooo! And thank you everyone for the suggestions...gotta see if I can find some fresh snow peas or sugar snap peas (they're both yummy!). Raw green beans are good to munch on too. I know I can find those! And I do love carrots and I love salsa...never thought to eat them together though.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight WOOOHO0o0o0o Tinkeroon is a LOOOOSER!!! ATTA girl {{{Tinkeroon}}}! Keep up the awsome hard work!
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Thank you! I think it helps to know LP is watching... Plus there is always someone there to pat you on the back or put you back on the straight and narrow.
Originally Posted By Marlin Perkins Congrats Tink! I have decided not to weigh myself for awhile. I know what my weight was a couple of weeks ago. Since I'm looking at this as a life changing thing for me, I'm just going to see how well it works after several weeks. I'm at least trying to be more healthy, so I don't think I'm putting on weight--probably won't lose it very fast though either.
