Posts by reddfaerie7213

I also stayed true to health goals and lost 12 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years.  Congrats to everyone else, too!

I use a Canadian product called Cold-fX.  If you are in the U.S. you can find it at some Rite Aid's, Wal-Mart's, or Walgreen's or it may be purchased online.  I swear by it.  http://www.cold-fxusa.com/ ; <---you can find more info here.

Original Post by cellophane_star:

Original Post by lafoutloud01:

hahaha, I've heard vitamuffins mentioned a lot on these forums and I read hungrygirl so I saw it there but my mom won't order things online. She's very supportive of my healthy ingredients and buys me whatever ingredients I need as long as they're available at the supermarket or farmers market, which is generally pretty generous. Plus I think it's more sustainable, like am I really going to be ordering PB2 the rest of my life? I don't know, I just always feel like I should learn to use regular food first. Plus I like to bake, it's fun :)

 You can buy Vitamuffins in some stores but I thought they were a total waste of money. They tasted good but they cost like $6 for 4! You could definitely save a lot of cash by baking your own.

I bought VitaMuffins in the store and they were horrible.  Not only were they expensive, but they tasted awful and I end up throwing them out.  I also wasn't fond of the PB2 (chocolate version) and have 4 freaking jars of it taking up space here.  I totally agree with you about learning to use regular food because afterall, who knows if these other products will even be around years down the road.

As for a muffin recipe, I made some corn muffins this morning using a Marie Callender's mix and added 90 grams of fresh chopped cranberries to it.  They came to 154 cals each (it made 12 med/large), but I am guessing you could add some nuts to up the protein and some bran to up the fiber and it would come out to around 200 cals.  Good luck!

I found this on a blog a long time ago and thought of it when I read your post.

"Because it's a bit too fibrous, even when it's young and tender, massaged kale salad makes the kale so tender.

You take some sliced or torn pieces of kale, lightly drizzle them in olive oil then massage the oil by hand into the kale for a few minutes, until the oil is evenly distributed and the kale is a bit more tender and darker green in color. Add a splash or two of balsamic vinegar and some good quality salt or gomasio, maybe some fresh black pepper or nutritional yeast, and voila!"

Original Post by jenniferger:

Wow! These are really inspiring!  Great job everyone. I've been too chicken to take any pics and I run screaming when my husband reaches for the camera.  :(

Ditto!  But wow, these are all so inspiring that maybe I will take a few.

Great poem!  I like cauliflower raw with a wee bit of balsamic vinegar drizzled over it.

I ordered the chocolate PB2 after reading this thread and received my order last night.  I have to say, it is the nastiest tasting stuff I've tried in a long time.  Nobody in my family likes it.  Tried it mixed into yogurt today and gagged.   Maybe it tastes better after you haven't had real peanut butter in a very long time?  Or maybe the regular PB2 tastes better? 

Anyway, darn.  I was really hoping it was as good to me as it is to all of you.

Original Post by goal117:

slice up an apple, spray with pam and sprinkle with cinamon.....yum

a sweet potato usually does it for me (yeah, i know, who craves a sweet potato)

how about....100 calorie kettle corn!

Heheh...I actually crave sweet potatoes, too!  I like making them into "fries" and baking them in the oven with a spritz of Pam & sprinkle of cinnamon.

Diced apple, splash of lemon juice, sprinkle of cinnamon, 1 tsp brown sugar microwaved for 2 minutes is great, too.

Air popped or 100 cal pack popcorn spritzed with buttery flavored cooking spray and sprinkled with spices (savory or sweet), Molly McButter cheese sprinkles, etc.

All Bran cereal with unsweetened vanilla almond milk.  I swear those little "twigs" grow and you end up chewing for awhile.  Keeps me full for a long time.

Lower sodium brothy/vegetable soups are good as are hot teas.

Original Post by minerva_moon:

I don't think that 1350 (and ESPECIALLY 1100) is the ideal number for a woman weighing 235. I started at 150 and went down to 124 eating 1600 a day (and exercising four-five times a week).

I'd maybe cut back to 1800 and see if that helps, but I don't think you need to cut as low as 1350.

My endocrinologist would prefer I stick to a 1200 cal plan, however I find somewhere between that and 1350 works better for me.  As I said in my previous post, I am not exercising much (read 12 minutes of stretching a day) and everyone's mileage will vary.

I'm new here and just reading through a few topics and wanted to say that I really appreciate what you wrote.  From the responses, it looks like there are many of us that feel the way you do.  Thanks for posting.