Atkins Diet

Gloria wrote:

I et kashi cereal with fruit each morning and it holds me over until
lunch which is after 2 PM . Except that I often eat SF fat free yogurt
in middle AM. to keep my sugar level from dropping too far .
I eat kashi which has 10 or 12 grams of fiber which I NEED!

glo

Glo, here's a tip for your yogurt: package it up with some fat-free
cottage cheese in a plastic tub to take to work with you. It's a great
way to get some protein and calcium at the same time. Yogurt alone
isn't really filling enough IMO. (I eat about 1/3 cup of cottage cheese
mixed with 1/2 container of yogurt.)

Dally

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 20:32:06, janice wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:45:07 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:28:42, Crafting Mom
wrote:

15 ml is one tablespoon, the equivalent of 3 teaspoons, and there are
many people who simply do not measure their mayonnaise and misjudge the
size of their serving.

I suppose that is easy to do if you buy it in squeezy bottles. We
usually buy ours in jars.

Well, I buy tomato ketchup in squeezy bottles, and I find it very easy
to measure it into a teaspoon measure before I serve it.

True, but with ketchup, you could *only* do it with a squeezy bottle,
not with the original sort.....
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 20:32:06, janice wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:45:07 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:28:42, Crafting Mom
wrote:

15 ml is one tablespoon, the equivalent of 3 teaspoons, and there are
many people who simply do not measure their mayonnaise and misjudge the
size of their serving.

I suppose that is easy to do if you buy it in squeezy bottles. We
usually buy ours in jars.

Well, I buy tomato ketchup in squeezy bottles, and I find it very easy
to measure it into a teaspoon measure before I serve it.

True, but with ketchup, you could *only* do it with a squeezy bottle,
not with the original sort.....
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 20:32:06, janice wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:45:07 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:28:42, Crafting Mom
wrote:

15 ml is one tablespoon, the equivalent of 3 teaspoons, and there are
many people who simply do not measure their mayonnaise and misjudge the
size of their serving.

I suppose that is easy to do if you buy it in squeezy bottles. We
usually buy ours in jars.

Well, I buy tomato ketchup in squeezy bottles, and I find it very easy
to measure it into a teaspoon measure before I serve it.

True, but with ketchup, you could *only* do it with a squeezy bottle,
not with the original sort.....
--
Annabel Smyth
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Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 14:54:33, Dally wrote:

Annabel Smyth wrote:

I find the joy of it is that I don't feel all that hungry, especially if
I up my fibre intake. Where I need the willpower is in not snacking
which, *for me*, is the road to go. I want to do something with my
mouth, even if I'm not hungry.....

How about eating?

No, because I'm trying to lose weight, not put it on.

Seriously, you mention that you want a snack around 4 pm if you have a
low-carb lunch. Good! You want to eat then anyway!

No, I don't. If I have a snack then I eat *more* than if I don't have a
snack then.

And it keeps your metabolism burning.

My advice (and I know I'm annoying you now) is that you should eat
small meals often where the meals are roughly balanced with portions of
fat, fiber-rich carbs and protein in every small meal.

But I don't find it easy to eat "small" meals, this is the problem.
Trust me, I know what works for me.
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 14:54:33, Dally wrote:

Annabel Smyth wrote:

I find the joy of it is that I don't feel all that hungry, especially if
I up my fibre intake. Where I need the willpower is in not snacking
which, *for me*, is the road to go. I want to do something with my
mouth, even if I'm not hungry.....

How about eating?

No, because I'm trying to lose weight, not put it on.

Seriously, you mention that you want a snack around 4 pm if you have a
low-carb lunch. Good! You want to eat then anyway!

No, I don't. If I have a snack then I eat *more* than if I don't have a
snack then.

And it keeps your metabolism burning.

My advice (and I know I'm annoying you now) is that you should eat
small meals often where the meals are roughly balanced with portions of
fat, fiber-rich carbs and protein in every small meal.

But I don't find it easy to eat "small" meals, this is the problem.
Trust me, I know what works for me.
--
Annabel Smyth
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Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:07:37, Heywood Mogroot
wrote:


my strategy too

200 kcal of almonds is a great little snack. I get the very spicy kind
(Chili Picante) so there's not even any willpower involved -- 1oz is
all I can stand anyway. (1oz of honey-roast cashews would be another
story).

But that, for me, would be eating 200 kcal of food that, much though I
should like it, would be 200 kcal more than I actually *need*.

I have not had a serious hunger pang yet on this diet. A bit of fat
here and there (in the place of empty carbs) works for me...

I've bought some olives for nibbles-with-drinks this evening (we have
houseguests coming). Black and green, stored in brine - delicious, low
in carbohydrate and saturated fats, and very good for you. I'd rather
eat olives than nuts because you can't eat so many olives!
--
Annabel Smyth
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Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:07:37, Heywood Mogroot
wrote:


my strategy too

200 kcal of almonds is a great little snack. I get the very spicy kind
(Chili Picante) so there's not even any willpower involved -- 1oz is
all I can stand anyway. (1oz of honey-roast cashews would be another
story).

But that, for me, would be eating 200 kcal of food that, much though I
should like it, would be 200 kcal more than I actually *need*.

I have not had a serious hunger pang yet on this diet. A bit of fat
here and there (in the place of empty carbs) works for me...

I've bought some olives for nibbles-with-drinks this evening (we have
houseguests coming). Black and green, stored in brine - delicious, low
in carbohydrate and saturated fats, and very good for you. I'd rather
eat olives than nuts because you can't eat so many olives!
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday
snaps!

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:07:37, Heywood Mogroot
wrote:


my strategy too

200 kcal of almonds is a great little snack. I get the very spicy kind
(Chili Picante) so there's not even any willpower involved -- 1oz is
all I can stand anyway. (1oz of honey-roast cashews would be another
story).

But that, for me, would be eating 200 kcal of food that, much though I
should like it, would be 200 kcal more than I actually *need*.

I have not had a serious hunger pang yet on this diet. A bit of fat
here and there (in the place of empty carbs) works for me...

I've bought some olives for nibbles-with-drinks this evening (we have
houseguests coming). Black and green, stored in brine - delicious, low
in carbohydrate and saturated fats, and very good for you. I'd rather
eat olives than nuts because you can't eat so many olives!
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday
snaps!

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 19:52:21, Dally wrote:


Did you lose your weight by changing just one thing?

Yes, ten years ago I lost 50 lbs by giving up butter.
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