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Began Nutrisystem
A couple of days so far. The food is fairly tasty (although I will
probably use the dessert biscotti to scrape paint off baseboards- there are some losers). Mentally, it's easier for me to take a measured portion than to try and cook/prepare a measured portion. I certainly am seeing how much I was overeating simply in ignoring portions. I did grab a piece of pizza at work and had a watching-baseball pigfit of several of the Nutrisystem snacks- the chips are very good. I am continuing to finish up "regular" food from the fridge, and am again startled by how small the *proper* portions from Nutrisytem are for a 1200-cal day (it's assumed you'll add fruit and veg). The little meals are very dense! Which is what I need at work- I work third shift, and get a sort of gnawing hunger that I think is a stress/cortisol response from simply being awake all night. And there's often something junky to grab and eat, so eating a dense Nutrisystem lunch or dinner at 1 a.m. is a big help. Ilene B 227/224/145 |
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Ilene Bilenky wrote: A couple of days so far. The food is fairly tasty (although I will probably use the dessert biscotti to scrape paint off baseboards- there are some losers). Mentally, it's easier for me to take a measured portion than to try and cook/prepare a measured portion. I certainly am seeing how much I was overeating simply in ignoring portions. Loved the description of the biscotti Portion control is probably a real eye opener for many people. We've become accustomed to the large servings in restaurants. One of my pet peeves are small bags on food items that most people eat as a single serving but the nutrition label is for 2 or 2 1/2 servings. Geez....do they expect people to eat just half of that small bag of pretzelsg Congrats on starting the program. Beverly I did grab a piece of pizza at work and had a watching-baseball pigfit of several of the Nutrisystem snacks- the chips are very good. I am continuing to finish up "regular" food from the fridge, and am again startled by how small the *proper* portions from Nutrisytem are for a 1200-cal day (it's assumed you'll add fruit and veg). The little meals are very dense! Which is what I need at work- I work third shift, and get a sort of gnawing hunger that I think is a stress/cortisol response from simply being awake all night. And there's often something junky to grab and eat, so eating a dense Nutrisystem lunch or dinner at 1 a.m. is a big help. Ilene B 227/224/145 |
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Beverly wrote: Portion control is probably a real eye opener for many people. We've become accustomed to the large servings in restaurants. One of my pet peeves are small bags on food items that most people eat as a single serving but the nutrition label is for 2 or 2 1/2 servings. Geez....do they expect people to eat just half of that small bag of pretzelsg I had a moment of weakness last week that involved a vending machine and a package of twinkies. I looked at the back and saw "150 calories". Well, gee, *that's* not as bad as it could be. Then I saw serving size, "One Twinkie". Huh? Excuse me? How many people have ever cracked open a package of twinkies from a vending machine and then looked around for someone to give the other serving to? I'm annoyed at hostess now. As far a portion control goes, I think the best thing I've done to help my new WOE is to invest in an electronic scale. I weigh out my breakfast cereal now. A serving is alot less than I had been eating. I weight out the potatoes and pasta I eat. I weigh my meat and salad dressings. I actually feel like I'm in control of my portion size, instead of just eyeballing it and hoping for the best. And yeah, the "real" portion size of things can often be a real eye opener. -- Annie 258/226.5/140 Started February/07/05 |
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"Annie Benson Lennaman" wrote in message . .. Beverly wrote: Portion control is probably a real eye opener for many people. We've become accustomed to the large servings in restaurants. One of my pet peeves are small bags on food items that most people eat as a single serving but the nutrition label is for 2 or 2 1/2 servings. Geez....do they expect people to eat just half of that small bag of pretzelsg I had a moment of weakness last week that involved a vending machine and a package of twinkies. I looked at the back and saw "150 calories". Well, gee, *that's* not as bad as it could be. Then I saw serving size, "One Twinkie". Huh? Excuse me? How many people have ever cracked open a package of twinkies from a vending machine and then looked around for someone to give the other serving to? I'm annoyed at hostess now. As far a portion control goes, I think the best thing I've done to help my new WOE is to invest in an electronic scale. I weigh out my breakfast cereal now. A serving is alot less than I had been eating. I weight out the potatoes and pasta I eat. I weigh my meat and salad dressings. I actually feel like I'm in control of my portion size, instead of just eyeballing it and hoping for the best. And yeah, the "real" portion size of things can often be a real eye opener. -- Annie 258/226.5/140 Started February/07/05 Amen to that! I too use an electronic scale for weighing out my portions. Got a little self-conscious about taking it to restaurants, but if they stare or ask - hey I can tell them I lost 157lbs without pills or surgery! As far as the labeled portions go, I agree totally. Like for peanut butter, 2 tbsp is one serving. I can make a sandwich with just 1 tbsp. And I've noticed on things like frozen pizzas the serving sizes have jumped. For example the Jack's Pizza (by Kraft) has changed their serving size total from 4 servings @ 250cal a slice to like 3 servings at 350cal a slice(or something close to that). I emailed them and asked about it and the response I got was that the government guidelines change from time to time so they have had to keep up with it.... Matty 481/324/250 First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04 Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/04 Third mini goal - 181lbs lost by 08/31/05 (revised yet again) |
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In article .com,
"Beverly" wrote: Congrats on starting the program. Thank you. I started taking the lunch with me to work (I work nights). My weakest point is after I've been at work a couple of hours, after coffee, around 1-2a. I tried eating the lunch then and picking at my salad for the rest of the night. Turned down the strawberry shortcake co-worker brought in and didn't even feel like eating the Nutri dinner. I ate about 1000 calories in all, and realized that that's not enough for a regular basis. However, as I know myself, I'm in no real danger of undereating for any significant period of time, like two days in a row. I signed up for a lot of extra work for the summer, and the Nutri could really help, as things tend to unravel with extra work and summer humidity (which I can't stand). I really think this is great training for portion control. And I really like the "100 pounds, one at a time" idea from one poster, and will now adopt that for my sig. Works a lot better than "80 pounds, however long it takes." Ilene b 227/222/221 |
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"Matty" wrote in message ... "Annie Benson Lennaman" wrote in message . .. Beverly wrote: Portion control is probably a real eye opener for many people. We've become accustomed to the large servings in restaurants. One of my pet peeves are small bags on food items that most people eat as a single serving but the nutrition label is for 2 or 2 1/2 servings. Geez....do they expect people to eat just half of that small bag of pretzelsg I had a moment of weakness last week that involved a vending machine and a package of twinkies. I looked at the back and saw "150 calories". Well, gee, *that's* not as bad as it could be. Then I saw serving size, "One Twinkie". Huh? Excuse me? How many people have ever cracked open a package of twinkies from a vending machine and then looked around for someone to give the other serving to? I'm annoyed at hostess now. As far a portion control goes, I think the best thing I've done to help my new WOE is to invest in an electronic scale. I weigh out my breakfast cereal now. A serving is alot less than I had been eating. I weight out the potatoes and pasta I eat. I weigh my meat and salad dressings. I actually feel like I'm in control of my portion size, instead of just eyeballing it and hoping for the best. And yeah, the "real" portion size of things can often be a real eye opener. -- Annie 258/226.5/140 Started February/07/05 Amen to that! I too use an electronic scale for weighing out my portions. Got a little self-conscious about taking it to restaurants, but if they stare or ask - hey I can tell them I lost 157lbs without pills or surgery! As far as the labeled portions go, I agree totally. Like for peanut butter , 2 tbsp is one serving. I can make a sandwich with just 1 tbsp. And I've noticed on things like frozen pizzas the serving sizes have jumped. For example the Jack's Pizza (by Kraft) has changed their serving size total from 4 servings @ 250cal a slice to like 3 servings at 350cal a slice(or something close to that). I emailed them and asked about it and the response I got was that the government guidelines change from time to time so they have had to keep up with it.... Matty 481/324/250 First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04 Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/04 Third mini goal - 181lbs lost by 08/31/05 (revised yet again) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- A couple of people have mentioned electronic scales for weighing food. What brand is your scale? Are you totally happy with your scale? |
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Annie Benson Lennaman wrote:
I had a moment of weakness last week that involved a vending machine and a package of twinkies. I looked at the back and saw "150 calories". Well, gee, *that's* not as bad as it could be. Then I saw serving size, "One Twinkie". Huh? Excuse me? How many people have ever cracked open a package of twinkies from a vending machine and then looked around for someone to give the other serving to? I'm annoyed at hostess now. It could have been worse. It could easily have said something like "150 calories per serving, approximately 8 servings per package." doug |
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"Janie" wrote in message ... "Matty" wrote in message ... "Annie Benson Lennaman" wrote in message . .. Beverly wrote: Portion control is probably a real eye opener for many people. We've become accustomed to the large servings in restaurants. One of my pet peeves are small bags on food items that most people eat as a single serving but the nutrition label is for 2 or 2 1/2 servings. Geez....do they expect people to eat just half of that small bag of pretzelsg I had a moment of weakness last week that involved a vending machine and a package of twinkies. I looked at the back and saw "150 calories". Well, gee, *that's* not as bad as it could be. Then I saw serving size, "One Twinkie". Huh? Excuse me? How many people have ever cracked open a package of twinkies from a vending machine and then looked around for someone to give the other serving to? I'm annoyed at hostess now. As far a portion control goes, I think the best thing I've done to help my new WOE is to invest in an electronic scale. I weigh out my breakfast cereal now. A serving is alot less than I had been eating. I weight out the potatoes and pasta I eat. I weigh my meat and salad dressings. I actually feel like I'm in control of my portion size, instead of just eyeballing it and hoping for the best. And yeah, the "real" portion size of things can often be a real eye opener. -- Annie 258/226.5/140 Started February/07/05 Amen to that! I too use an electronic scale for weighing out my portions. Got a little self-conscious about taking it to restaurants, but if they stare or ask - hey I can tell them I lost 157lbs without pills or surgery! As far as the labeled portions go, I agree totally. Like for peanut butter , 2 tbsp is one serving. I can make a sandwich with just 1 tbsp. And I've noticed on things like frozen pizzas the serving sizes have jumped. For example the Jack's Pizza (by Kraft) has changed their serving size total from 4 servings @ 250cal a slice to like 3 servings at 350cal a slice(or something close to that). I emailed them and asked about it and the response I got was that the government guidelines change from time to time so they have had to keep up with it.... Matty 481/324/250 First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04 Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/04 Third mini goal - 181lbs lost by 08/31/05 (revised yet again) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- A couple of people have mentioned electronic scales for weighing food. What brand is your scale? Are you totally happy with your scale? I have a Scaleman brand electronic scale that I luckily picked up at a second-hand store for $4 or $5. It works well, has a switch to go from US to metric measurements(very helpful for measuring cereal!), has a bunch of other features but I don't use them. I figure a good scale may be $15-$20, found these on eBay: http://tinyurl.com/dwpa4 I used to use a regular scale, but after a while it broke. Love the digital scale.... Matty 481/324/250 First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04 Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/04 Third mini goal - 181lbs lost by 08/31/05 (revised yet again) |
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Watch out for NutriSystems. I lost 37 pounds in abiut 19 weeks and when
I failed to lose for two consecutive weeks they told me to re-register or quit. -- Diva ***** The Best Man For The Job Is A Woman |
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Janie wrote: A couple of people have mentioned electronic scales for weighing food. What brand is your scale? Are you totally happy with your scale? Mine is a "Good Cook" model, and I bought it at walmart. I am very happy with it. It is easy to zero out the scale, so I can say weight salad dressing as I add it to my bowl O' greens, and it easily switches from grams to pounds/ounces, even mid weight. It's not very fancy, doesn't look that cook or anything, but it certainly gets the job done. -- Annie 258/226.5/140 Started February/07/05 |
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