Am I doing this right??
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Am I doing this right??
| Tue, 03-02-2004 - 6:18am |
Well, I dont really have time for breakfast usually so yesterday...
I didnt have breakfast,
I had a feta cheese with balsamico for lunch
I had a slice of feta for my snack
I had a veggie chilli (tabasco, kidney beans, tomato, Quorn(quorn is meat substitute)& low fat mozzarella melted on top)
Then I shared a feta salad with my friend & then eat about a bowl of monkey nuts (peanuts)
I really dont think I am doing this right, my chocolate cravings seem to have gone today though!!:o)
I never have snacks, plus I think I ate too much!
So today,
I started with 3 poached eggs,
A few monkey nuts for a snack
a feta cheese salad with balsamico.
another snack monkey nuts
For dinner I will have Cauliflower with a touch of I cant beleive its not butter & some low fat mozzarella to top it.
Does this sound better??

Day 2 sounds better.... You do need to eat breakfast, especially in phase 1.
Susan :)
I eat a lot of nuts today! I really blew it with the nuts, I'm finding it hard to find recipies that I like so I am going to try to make the peanut butter cookies tonight for my 2 snacks tomorrow ( & lock up the nuts), I need to be able to make some bakes but I worry I am overdoing it with the cheese, can you overdo the cheese?
So I have decided if I'm going to get anywhere with this diet I will have to keep to it rigidly (maybe I should start again!).
Any good spicy soups would be great (a lot of the recipies for vegetarians dont sound that nice, & I'm finding it hard to find the products.
Catherine
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Uncle John’s homemade Chili
1 lbs. ground beef or turkey (I use turkey) {use canned beans instead of meat}
1 TBS garlic powder
2 lg. Onions, chopped
2 celery stalks, diced
3 green peppers, diced
1 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Oregano
1 tsp. cumin
1 TBS chili powder
1 (28 oz. Can) of crushed tomatoes
2 (19 oz cans) kidney beans (black beans are good too)
3-4 shots of tobasco sauce
1. Brown the meat. {skip this step}
2. In a separate pan, sauté 1st 4 {onions, celery, green peppers} items in 2 TBS. oil.
NOTE: I didn't do this step (by mistake), I went to step #3. My chili didn't suffer any consequences, so I always skip this extra pan-dirtying step!!!
3. Place all ingredients into a pot & simmer for 1 hour, mixing and scraping the bottom frequently (every 15 minutes or so). **** Or put into crockpot all day on LOW, or 3-4 hrs on HIGH.
Serve over salad or brown rice (in phase 2)>>
Yes, it's possible to overdo it with the cheese. Some people find that cheese may stall their weightloss. Others find that too much cheese will bind them up. I'm one that can definitely overdo the cheese easily. I find that I have to either have cheese as a snack or have it with a meal, never both in the same day. If that's a problem for you, allow yourself to run out of that occasionally too.
These are just suggestions that I use daily to help me with both of those. You might find another method works better for you. If you do, go for it. Whatever you do, take a deep breath and relax. You might not get this right in the first few weeks, but it's a way of life, so you have time.
I've decided to bin the nuts, I cant stop once I start so I might as well get rid of the temptation. I've read a lot of people are really hungry on phase 1, I always feel really full, do I need to ration my food a bit more?
Thanks!
Catherine