Mel and KC & All

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Mel and KC & All
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Fri, 05-21-2004 - 5:09pm
Hello Everyone...Mel and Kerstin requested some info about what I'm on for my diet, so I'll post it here so anyone who wants to see it can.

BREAKFAST ~

- 2 eggs, a piece of fruit and a cup of raw veggies or V8 juice OR

- 1 piece of whole wheat toast with or an apple with 2 tbsp. peanut butter OR

- 1/2 cup oatmeal with 2 hard boiled eggs, 4oz. lowfat milk



LUNCH ~

- 4oz. chicken/turkey/fish, 1 pita pocket or 2 pieces low carb bread, 1/2 c. cooked or 1 c raw veggies, and a 'fat' like olive oil.



DINNER ~

- 6oz. white meat chicken or fish (or 3-4 oz. red meat), 1 small potato or 1/2 c. mashed or 1/3 c. rice or 1/3 c. pasta



SNACKS ~

- 1 piece of fruit with 1oz low fat cheese or 1/2 c. cottage cheese or 8 oz. fat free yogurt

- 8oz. fat free yogurt with 1 piece of fruit and a fistful of raw nuts.



TOTALS FOR THE DAY (per Dietary Exchange Book - sometimes you see dietary exchange info on the packages)



3 fruits

4 veggies

2-3 starches

14 meat

3 fats

1-2 milk



Calories 1300-1500 a day. All dairy should be low fat or fat free, red meat no more than 2-3 times per week, don't drink your calories - diet stuff or water only !



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Now here is what I do. I am not a breakfast person and DON'T ask me to eat eggs. Blah! Most of the days are typical, and I make stuff for the whole week - the point is you can substitue with different things, and swap snacks for meals if you aren't too hungry.



My Breakfast ~

8oz. yogurt sweetened with Splenda with some berries thrown in along with a handful of almonds (whole or sliced) and flax meal. You can skip the flax. I do it for the EFA's and fiber.

OR

1 slice of 12-grain toast/spelt grain with 2 tbsp peanut butter

OR

1 apple with peanut butter



My Lunch ~

Low carb pita pocket or low carb wrap with chicken, salad mix, hummus

OR

Chicken or tuna on a salad with FF dressing or oil & basalmic vinegar

OR

Chicken/fish w/ steamed veggies



My Dinner ~

Pretty much the same as lunch, but more veggies.



And dessert! I'm a fruit bat and will chop up apples and pears, mix with apple pie spice, vanilla extract, a little orange zest, Splenda and oats, toss in oven and have fat free apple/pear crisp.

With FF Cool Whip ! (SQUEAL!)



Snacks, I do a handful of almonds with an apple or pear, or PB and fruit, or a slice of toast w/pb. Sometimes just almonds or just celery. I have different needs at different times of day. And I don't even bother with the stupid pasta or rice because why bother, really ? It's a TINY amount and will just make me want more. Dietician has me keeping carbs at 77g or less, and she said I can keep them as low as I'm comfortable with it.



I drink coffee with fat free half n' half (Land O' Lakes makes it), a gallon of water a day (not necessary but I love it), diet ginger ale (my personal crack cocaine) and an occasional Diet Coke with lime, which I would sell my mother for in exchange for the last one on the planet.

I can honestly say all the saturated fat in Atkins is bad for you. You may not notice it now, but years down the road it may catch up with you. And what about my cholesterol? That is irrefutable PROOF that you can lower it, do low carb AND low fat. 292 to 213 in under A MONTH? Come on, we know it was the fat content in my previous diet. And ten pounds in nineteen days !



All I can say is, what do you have to lose ? Especially if you are bored or in a stall ? It's just FOOD. It won't hurt you. And any book that says fruit will make you fat but butter won't is a loony ! LOL!



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Fri, 05-21-2004 - 5:38pm

Thank you, thank you.

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Fear

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Fri, 05-21-2004 - 9:59pm
TY TY TY Amy!

MWAH! Blowing you kisses....

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Sat, 05-22-2004 - 4:28pm
No problem !!! Anytime you have a question, let me know...

Some more hints/tips...

I really utilize the Joseph's brand low-carb tortilla wraps. They taste like the Atkins wraps, are low in fat, have 5 net carbs, and are high in protein.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE making my own yogurt. I don't 'make' it per se, but this is what I do...

* Get one of those 32 oz. yogurt tubs - it has to be PLAIN, NON FAT It does have natural

milk sugars (lactose) in it, but not much.

* Get some fresh or frozen fruit - berries like straw, black, and razz - and I tend

to do the frozen stuff. It's cheaper, lasts logner, just defrost in nuker.

* I either puree or chop the fruit and mix it with the yogurt, 8 oz of yogurt at a

time. I'll mix in Splenda (or your choice of artificial sweetener)to taste, and

add a small handful of almonds for the protein, good fats, and fiber. And I LOVE

adding flax seed. More fiber, essential fatty acids, and they have a nutty taste.

I grind up a cup of them for the week in our coffee grinder and keep it in the fridge.



The more things you can do fat free, the better. I replaced cream, milk, salad dressings with fat free alternatives. If I eat cheese, I eat the REAL stuff, just in tiny amounts, and usually with a piece of fruit. FF cheese is SO gross.

I really really watch my carbs. I never count them anymore, but I keep track of what I consume by 'eyeballing' it, and don't eat bread, pasta or rice, unless it's the high-test whole grain brown wild rice.

Hope this helps!

Amy