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"Aquarijen" wrote in message ... "Rob" wrote in message ... Aquarijen wrote: Hi All, I've been doing really well on my low-crap diet and I wanted to get some ideas for tomorrow. My workplace is having an ice cream social - right on the table next to my cubical. I was thinking that I could participate too with a little preparation. I thought I could bring my own ice milk and have it in a cake-cup bowl (like the regular ice cream cones but like a bowl - 30 calories). I also have calorie free hazelnut syrup. I could serve the ice milk on a banana..? Anybody have any ideas for putting some kind of crunch on top? I think I can budget in the ice milk, but usually if I don't have protein in my snack along with any carbs, I'm hungry real soon. Maybe almonds on top or something? Thanks! Jen You got good advice from others. I'd do what many of them suggested. Take a little (hopefully it's self serve), nibble at it slowly and toss away what you don't feel like eating. It's a sacrifice by you that will avoid conflict from others. I brought my own ice milk, but didn't have to use it because they had low-cal ice milk there. I put a few toppings on it (I could measure them - it was a help yourself line with teaspoons to dole out toppings). I budgeted it into my calories and was really surprised when, after the first bowl, I was happy with what I had eaten and grabbed a coffee to offset the sluggishness from sugar - I did not grab another bowl. I did not feel like I had suffered either. I am glad I had some toppings because I think I'd have been fixated on not having had it and it would have been worse later. And I looked normal. I had my regular-sized dinner and came in under calories as planned -- no disasters. Thanks for the help! -Jennifer WTG Jennifer. Often it just takes a little bit of planning to stick with our WOE. Glad this event turned out okay for you. |
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Aquarijen wrote:
"Rob" wrote in message ... Aquarijen wrote: Hi All, I've been doing really well on my low-crap diet and I wanted to get some ideas for tomorrow. My workplace is having an ice cream social - right on the table next to my cubical. I was thinking that I could participate too with a little preparation. I thought I could bring my own ice milk and have it in a cake-cup bowl (like the regular ice cream cones but like a bowl - 30 calories). I also have calorie free hazelnut syrup. I could serve the ice milk on a banana..? Anybody have any ideas for putting some kind of crunch on top? I think I can budget in the ice milk, but usually if I don't have protein in my snack along with any carbs, I'm hungry real soon. Maybe almonds on top or something? Thanks! Jen You got good advice from others. I'd do what many of them suggested. Take a little (hopefully it's self serve), nibble at it slowly and toss away what you don't feel like eating. It's a sacrifice by you that will avoid conflict from others. I brought my own ice milk, but didn't have to use it because they had low-cal ice milk there. I put a few toppings on it (I could measure them - it was a help yourself line with teaspoons to dole out toppings). I budgeted it into my calories and was really surprised when, after the first bowl, I was happy with what I had eaten and grabbed a coffee to offset the sluggishness from sugar - I did not grab another bowl. I did not feel like I had suffered either. I am glad I had some toppings because I think I'd have been fixated on not having had it and it would have been worse later. And I looked normal. I had my regular-sized dinner and came in under calories as planned -- no disasters. Thanks for the help! -Jennifer Way to go! This is hopefully your first victory of many. "And I looked normal." I feel and you may also find along the way that this is a challenge that is, do I dare say, “gratifying”? To walk into a room, statistically full of overweight people, eat the same foods they’re eating and walk out fit. Along the same lines, I like to find recipes that are obviously too calorie dense for my WOE and modify them with my own ingredients (wheat flours, olive oil, ground turkey, soy milk, egg whites, etc.). The true test of these is to serve them to “normal” people and see if they complain about the difference. Enjoy! |
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Aquarijen wrote:
"Rob" wrote in message ... Aquarijen wrote: Hi All, I've been doing really well on my low-crap diet and I wanted to get some ideas for tomorrow. My workplace is having an ice cream social - right on the table next to my cubical. I was thinking that I could participate too with a little preparation. I thought I could bring my own ice milk and have it in a cake-cup bowl (like the regular ice cream cones but like a bowl - 30 calories). I also have calorie free hazelnut syrup. I could serve the ice milk on a banana..? Anybody have any ideas for putting some kind of crunch on top? I think I can budget in the ice milk, but usually if I don't have protein in my snack along with any carbs, I'm hungry real soon. Maybe almonds on top or something? Thanks! Jen You got good advice from others. I'd do what many of them suggested. Take a little (hopefully it's self serve), nibble at it slowly and toss away what you don't feel like eating. It's a sacrifice by you that will avoid conflict from others. I brought my own ice milk, but didn't have to use it because they had low-cal ice milk there. I put a few toppings on it (I could measure them - it was a help yourself line with teaspoons to dole out toppings). I budgeted it into my calories and was really surprised when, after the first bowl, I was happy with what I had eaten and grabbed a coffee to offset the sluggishness from sugar - I did not grab another bowl. I did not feel like I had suffered either. I am glad I had some toppings because I think I'd have been fixated on not having had it and it would have been worse later. And I looked normal. I had my regular-sized dinner and came in under calories as planned -- no disasters. Thanks for the help! -Jennifer Way to go! This is hopefully your first victory of many. "And I looked normal." I feel and you may also find along the way that this is a challenge that is, do I dare say, “gratifying”? To walk into a room, statistically full of overweight people, eat the same foods they’re eating and walk out fit. Along the same lines, I like to find recipes that are obviously too calorie dense for my WOE and modify them with my own ingredients (wheat flours, olive oil, ground turkey, soy milk, egg whites, etc.). The true test of these is to serve them to “normal” people and see if they complain about the difference. Enjoy! |
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 at 10:13:33, Rob wrote:
"And I looked normal." I feel and you may also find along the way that this is a challenge that is, do I dare say, “gratifying”? To walk into a room, statistically full of overweight people, eat the same foods they’re eating and walk out fit. Along the same lines, I like to find recipes that are obviously too calorie dense for my WOE and modify them with my own ingredients (wheat flours, olive oil, ground turkey, soy milk, egg whites, etc.). The true test of these is to serve them to “normal” people and see if they complain about the difference. We used to do that - I know one Christmas we bought a package of cranberries in the supermarket, and on the back was a recipe for a cranberry cake. So the daughter decided to make it - and, quite without thinking about it, omitted the fat. She was a bit worried about it when she realised what she had done, but the cake turned out delicious. I need to start doing it again.... -- 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! |
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 at 10:13:33, Rob wrote:
"And I looked normal." I feel and you may also find along the way that this is a challenge that is, do I dare say, “gratifying”? To walk into a room, statistically full of overweight people, eat the same foods they’re eating and walk out fit. Along the same lines, I like to find recipes that are obviously too calorie dense for my WOE and modify them with my own ingredients (wheat flours, olive oil, ground turkey, soy milk, egg whites, etc.). The true test of these is to serve them to “normal” people and see if they complain about the difference. We used to do that - I know one Christmas we bought a package of cranberries in the supermarket, and on the back was a recipe for a cranberry cake. So the daughter decided to make it - and, quite without thinking about it, omitted the fat. She was a bit worried about it when she realised what she had done, but the cake turned out delicious. I need to start doing it again.... -- 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! |
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On 7 Aug 2004 00:37:11 GMT, SnugBear wrote:
Alex wrote: You answered your own question. Nuts will be ideal on your treat. I'm loving the sugar free hazelnut syrup. Now call me loonie - you won't be first - but I'd have half a cut up banana, a plum or maybe a peach, FF cottage cheese, the syrup and nuts at the social. I had this for lunch today with cinnamon and flaxmeal and I *swear* it tastes like a banana split. YUM!! Now that sounds like something I'm gonna have this weekend! :-) Let me know how you like it!? (I had it for breakfast this morning) It took me a while to find the sugar fee hazlenut syrup, and I did the fresh CO peaches that are in season right now -- YUM!!!!! My new favorite! Thanks Laurie! Ally 212/164/160 |
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On 7 Aug 2004 00:37:11 GMT, SnugBear wrote:
Alex wrote: You answered your own question. Nuts will be ideal on your treat. I'm loving the sugar free hazelnut syrup. Now call me loonie - you won't be first - but I'd have half a cut up banana, a plum or maybe a peach, FF cottage cheese, the syrup and nuts at the social. I had this for lunch today with cinnamon and flaxmeal and I *swear* it tastes like a banana split. YUM!! Now that sounds like something I'm gonna have this weekend! :-) Let me know how you like it!? (I had it for breakfast this morning) It took me a while to find the sugar fee hazlenut syrup, and I did the fresh CO peaches that are in season right now -- YUM!!!!! My new favorite! Thanks Laurie! Ally 212/164/160 |
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Alex wrote:
It took me a while to find the sugar fee hazlenut syrup, and I did the fresh CO peaches that are in season right now -- YUM!!!!! My new favorite! Thanks Laurie! I'm so glad you liked it! I had it today with a plum and banana. I got my SF syrup at TJ Max. -- Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 |
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On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 12:25:06 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote: On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 at 01:48:48, SnugBear wrote: Annabel Smyth wrote: Isn't diet Pepsi (and diet Coke) supposed to be bad for you? All that aspartame.... YUCK. But then, I loathe diet cola - if I am going to drink it (which I suppose I do about once every 5 years), I drink the full-sugar version (here in the UK it *is* sugar, too, not corn syrup). I never drank cola at all until they invented Diet Pepsi. Most of the *bad for you* stories are urban legends. I don't think so. I mean, obviously the occasional one, once a month or so, isn't going to hurt you, but there are folk who drink several a day, and this can't be good for them, as it's so very acid. And there is, I believe, medical evidence to prove that excess consumption can encourage osteoporosis, due to the phosphoric acid that is such a large component of these colas. Both diet and full-fat. Aspartame is a whole other issue - studies do seem to have been inconclusive as to whether or not it is actively harmful. I do know that I really dislike the taste, and prefer not to put it in my body! I'm still looking for a good reason to give up my Diet Pepsi addiction :-). The fact that it's acid, in and of itself, doesn't seem like a reason. It doesn't give me indigestion or anything. And, while I've heard it can encourage osteoporosis, my recent bone scan showed that I have off-the-charts bone density. And I've never worried about aspartame (mostly just because if I worried about everything I heard bad things about I'd never be able to eat anything). And drinking it hasn't interfered with my weight loss or maintenance. Apart from all this stuff, though, I think I consume more caffeine than is good for me. So I do sort of want to cut back on the Diet Pepsi, but I keep putting it off 'til another time. Anyone want to provide some motivation for me? :-) Chris 262/143/ (145-150) -- though I don't really know what I weigh after my week in North Carolina |
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On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 12:25:06 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote: On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 at 01:48:48, SnugBear wrote: Annabel Smyth wrote: Isn't diet Pepsi (and diet Coke) supposed to be bad for you? All that aspartame.... YUCK. But then, I loathe diet cola - if I am going to drink it (which I suppose I do about once every 5 years), I drink the full-sugar version (here in the UK it *is* sugar, too, not corn syrup). I never drank cola at all until they invented Diet Pepsi. Most of the *bad for you* stories are urban legends. I don't think so. I mean, obviously the occasional one, once a month or so, isn't going to hurt you, but there are folk who drink several a day, and this can't be good for them, as it's so very acid. And there is, I believe, medical evidence to prove that excess consumption can encourage osteoporosis, due to the phosphoric acid that is such a large component of these colas. Both diet and full-fat. Aspartame is a whole other issue - studies do seem to have been inconclusive as to whether or not it is actively harmful. I do know that I really dislike the taste, and prefer not to put it in my body! I'm still looking for a good reason to give up my Diet Pepsi addiction :-). The fact that it's acid, in and of itself, doesn't seem like a reason. It doesn't give me indigestion or anything. And, while I've heard it can encourage osteoporosis, my recent bone scan showed that I have off-the-charts bone density. And I've never worried about aspartame (mostly just because if I worried about everything I heard bad things about I'd never be able to eat anything). And drinking it hasn't interfered with my weight loss or maintenance. Apart from all this stuff, though, I think I consume more caffeine than is good for me. So I do sort of want to cut back on the Diet Pepsi, but I keep putting it off 'til another time. Anyone want to provide some motivation for me? :-) Chris 262/143/ (145-150) -- though I don't really know what I weigh after my week in North Carolina |
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