On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:22:14 -0400, Rob wrote:

walsallwizard wrote:

Hi all,

having read quite a few books on diets and dieting one shortcoming is
the lack of menu plans. they tell me what not to eat or what's good to
eat but I would really like to see the publishers provide weekly or
monthly dietary plans.

Now everyone please tell me all the books I have missed where this
information already is.... lol

it gets confusing in our house because I love spicy food and the wife
doesn't, I am an enthusiastic cook but need recipes which I do follow!
unlike a road map because as a man I always know where I am going and
never get lost just take detours!

if anyone wants to offer advice directions or just tell me where to
find the inform it will be appreciated

TIA


IMO, successful dieting involves being able to use any recipe, perhaps
slightly modified and eaten in smaller quantities. Simply replace
saturated fats with unsaturated fats, simple carbohydrates with complex
carbohydrates and protein with leaner protein sources. In a nutshell,
olive oil for butter, whole-wheat flour for bleached white and turkey or
chicken for beef. More specifically replace gravy made from pan
drippings with that from a dry package (McCormick or Knorr) prepared
with olive oil. Remove 1 egg w/yolk and replace it with 2 egg whites.
Substitute whole-wheat pasta for white. The difference between this and
many published diets is sacrificing certain ingredients vs. the recipe
itself. I think that makes a big difference in staying with a diet for
decades. Although it takes some work to get started, it’s not that much
of a change in the overall meals eaten. I think it probably helps with
cravings as well. I wouldn’t crave fat, but I might crave gravy. I
don’t crave white flour, but I might crave pancakes. Using the
substitutions listed above and limiting portion sizes lets these
cravings be filled without straying from the diet.

Thanks for that Rob but that does really follow what the diet books
say.
I don't believe in dieting for short term it is a life time change I
have already lost 10lbs over a year and prefer slow continual loss to
a quick fix which you rebound from.

As I said though what I don't have is a list of menu's and basically
I'm a lazy git and would rather follow in others footsteps