Posts by jpegg0

B - Special K Protein Plus with vanilla soymilk

L - Veggie quesadilla (homemade) with salsa and grapes.

S - Watermelon

D - Stiryfry veggies and brown rice.

S - Probably frozen yogurt with some sliced strawberries on top.

I think you mean 'low-carb'. I've never seen Atkins or those other diets promote cutting out every single carb.

1. What is your favorite food?  Tacos

2. what is your favorite comfort food? Tacos...

3. What is your least favorite food? Beef/pork

4. Weird food combination you love?  Uhm. Baked potatoes + FF ranch.
5. Favorite smell of food cooking in kitchen? Anything with cinnmon

6. Do you check every label? Yep.

7. Foods that are always in your fridge? Veggies, fruits, FF ranch, diet dr pepper, etc.
8. Favorite dessert? Angel food cake topped with frozen yogurt and diced strawberries.
9. Foods you absolutely cannot resist when placed in front of you? Grilled turkey dogs? Lol, they are addicting.
10. Chocolate or vanilla ice cream? Vanilla.

My favourite new dessert is to take fresh strawberries and crush/chop them, then sprinkle about 1/2 a packet of splenda on them and let them macerate. Then I put it on top of some of my favourite vanilla frozen yogurt. :)

1. broccoli

--steamed only. broccoli is one of the only things I like PLAIN.

2. zucchini

--Grilled or sauteed in some olive oil.

3. cauliflower

--Steamed plain, or steamed them sauteed in some spices.

4. green beans

--Southern style (boiled with bacon and onions) or sauteed in onions and garlic.

5. sugar snap peas

--I'm not really a fan of these, but I'll eat them in a stir fry.

6. baby carrots

--Well, I like them just steamed, but I mostly eat them raw dipped in salad dressing.

7. artichokes

--Spinach and artichoke dip!

8. tortellini pasta

--Hmmm. In a creamy alfredo sauce!

9. penne

--It's really my favourite pasta. I'll eat it with any sauce.

10. ravioli

--Hmm. Butternut squash ravioli in a light olive oil sauce! Otherwise, they just remind me of my childhood, you know, the kind in the can.

11. pinto beans

--Uhm. I'm not really a fan, but if they're being cooked southern style, then I like them with sweet cornbread and hot sauce!

12. salmon

--Again, one of my favourite fish, and I'll eat it plain or with anything on it!

13. shrimp

--Mmmmmm. Plain, cold, and dipped in cocktail sauce. Otherwise, I'll eat just about ANYTHING if it has these little peices of heaven in it.

14. rice

--Hm. Spanish rice!

15. tortillas

--I prefer corn (and not the crunchy taco shaped ones either). Wrapped for enchiladas, or fried and stuffed with delicious taco filling.

16. pitas

--I put anything in these! Eggs, chicken, turkey, taco filling, ANYTHING. I found these delicious ones that are made with flax and oats.

17. spinach

--I'm not really a fan, unless it's something like spinach and artichoke dip.

18. tuna

--On top of a big, green salad.

19. salad greens

--Salad? On sandwiches, on anything, really.

20. yams/sweet potatoes

--Baked until they're soft and sweet, or sliced into fries and sprinkled with cinnamon!

21. butternut squash

--I don't really know.

22. kale

--Not a fan.

23. seitan/tempeh

--Never had it.

24. tofu

--Never had it.

25. quinoa/couscous

--Cooking in chicken broth with veggies added in.

26. peas, regular

--Ohh, I don't really know. In pasta salad sometimes.

27. tomatoes

--ANYTHING. They're my favourite!

28. cucumber

--Anything really, in salad with just dipped in something.

29. soybeans

--Never had them.

30. potatoes

--Roasted! With a little olive oil and Mrs. Dash. (:

added...

31. mushrooms

--Ewwww.

32. spaghetti noodles

--Whole wheat, tossed with homemade sauce.

33. bell peppers

--I throw them in anything.

34. cabbage

--Ew. Uhm, cole slaw? I don't like it cooked.

35. lasagna

--Regular, with riccotta (cottage cheese, ew) or florentine style with spinach and cheese.

36. corn, corn on the cob, baby corns

--I love corn on the cob.

37. celery

--Not a fan.

38. lima beans

--Uh. Southern style? See pinto beans.

39. chickpeas

--Hummus.

I throw mine in a salad. :)

I had oven roasted deli turkey with reduced fat pepperjack and honey mustard on multigrain bread. Medium sized mixed salad (greens, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and olives) on the side. :)

There's 3 of us, I think we average about $100-150 a week. I can't really say exactly because we buy other things during our shopping trips, and sometimes things last us for 2 weeks, etc.

I'm 5'3", 167, and a size 16. I wear a medium or large in tshirts. I have a smaller chest and legs, and I carry most of my weight in my hips and butt.

I eat my turkey burgers with roasted red pepper, lettuce, and tomato. :)

dizzysmile, I'm sorry people were so rude to you earlier. Sometimes people don't realize that low cal foods like veggies are actually really bulky and fill you up fast. It's unfortunate that some people call other people liars instead of offering support and help.

I have the same problem reaching my minimum. I tend to eat large salads for lunch, which really doesn't add up to much, unfortunately.

I use nuts, peanut butter, low fat frozen yogurt, avacado, olive oil, reduced fat crackers, bananas, etc to get my calories up. You could also try drinking milk or some other healthy but calorie laden beverage to get your calories up without making you full.

Good luck, you can PM me if you have anymore questions. :)

B - Took my dad out for breakfast, and I had a garden veggie scrambled with harvest oat/grain blueberry pancakes.

S - Vanilla frozen yogurt.

L - I skipped it because I was soooooo stuffed from breakfast/snack.

D - Turkey burger with mustard, lettuce, tomato, red onion, red pepper, and reduced fat cheddar on a whole wheat bun (YUM. Slightly chewy.) Then on the side I had pasta salad (whole wheat rotini, tomatoes, grilled zucchini and squash, cucumber, red onion, bell pepper, and black olives) a few baked potato chips and a pickle spear.

S - Later on I'm having more vanilla frozen yogurt topped with chopped strawberries.

Maintence day! :)

Bags of lettuce. I go through it like crazy.

Strawberries, I always have a couple pints in the fridge.

That's pretty much it. I usually don't buy in bulk.

Coffee, definitely. I think it tastes disgusting, but it smells wonderful. Same with chai tea, I think it smells like christmas, but it tastes like an over-spiced gingerbread cookie.

Soup rarely tastes as yummy as it smells.

Oh my goodness, seems like some people never leave highschool! OP, I'm so sorry you encountered such rudeness and hostility on your first posts. Not everyone here is like that, so I hope you stay and get as many of your questions answered as possible! :)