Posts by kymodoke

Original Post by thhq:

Over the last year I've looked around for sodas that are sweetened with cane sugar.  There aren't many, and they sell for premium prices.  But if you can find Goose Island root beer it tastes great.

Another way to get fructose-free soda is to make your own.  I used to make my own root beer several years ago; using yeast, cane sugar and Hires root beer extract.  You have to get a capper and bottles, and it takes a few days for the soda to mature. It's not nearly as sweet, has a slight yeasty flavor (plus a little bit of yeast dregs in the bottom of the bottles), and isn't as fizzy as regular soda.  After one bottle you don't crave drinking any more.

This might not be possible for everyone but may be helpful for a few: Some of my friends get their soda by the case from other countries. For example, the Coca-Cola sold in other countries, such as Mexico, is still made with cane sugar. It tastes MUCH better. I don't drink soda myself but my friends who do frequently carry back several cases of soda every time they leave the United States.

Furthermore, it is sometimes possible to get the "Mexican" Coca-Cola inside the U.S. because it is produced in U.S. factories. I know folks in Texas who buy it straight from the factory that way. Something to investigate perhaps...

I like to use it on top of a salad instead of salad dressing. I also find the smoother texture of "small curd" cottage cheese much more palatable (2% Breakstone's is my favorite).

I like this recipe a lot too: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ Herbed-Cottage-Cheese-with-Multigrain-Bread-1 08654

I am a huge cheese addict. I loooove Cabot's 50% light cheddar slices. Just 70 calories per slice and all natural, not processed. I use it on sandwiches but also, since it's sliced into one serving portions, if I eat a little cheese snack it's much easier to watch how much I eat.

Also, a lot of hard and swiss cheeses have relatively low calories when compared to softer cheeses.

I think you should do what feels healthiest for you. You are going to have to pay attention to the overall trend regardless of whether you weigh every week or every morning. For me, weighing every day is a reminder each morning to stay on track and it helps me understand my body in terms of what too much salt or dehydration or hormones etc can do. But that's just me and you need to do what works best for you and helps you stay healthy.  Of course, you could try a compromise... maybe you could weigh every third day, for example?

Your turkey and cheese sandwich is dry, what do you put on it?  Mustard or hummus

You're being executed, what do you request for a last meal? Cheese plate with bruschetta. Followed by buttermilk pancakes.

If you had to eat at one fast food restaurant for breakfast, which would it be?  Does Brueggers Bagels count?

Your inlaws are coming for dinner, what do you make to impress them?  I'd hope it was winter and make my potato leek soup, homemade bread, and apple dumplings for dessert

What food would you be very disappointed if your grocery store stopped carrying?  Pepperidge Farms Light Style Oatmeal Bread, Cabot 50% light cheddar slices

You go grocery shopping, they dont have your brand of peanut butter, would you drive 20 minutes to get it, or buy the unhealthy version (if you eat the natural stuff)?  I'd just do without then stock up like crazy next time I'm closer to a store that carries it.

How long does it take you to grocery shop? I'm terrible, usually over an hour

Best topping to spread on a bagel? Chive cream cheese. If I can't have cream cheese, I'd rather go without the bagel.

Best thing to put on a pb sandwich (jelly, banana, honey, etc)? strawberry preserves

Food you go through the fastest?  tomato

Youre at a restaurant and are splurging, eat more food or go for dessert? Food.

One food you would make calorie free if you could?  Cheese!

Cook or be cooked for? Be cooked for

Unpeel the banana and then eat it or peel as you eat? Neither, I'm allergic!

Rip up lettuce and then wash it or wash it then rip it up? Wash, then rip.

Season meat and then throw it in the pan or put it in and then season?My boyfriend deals with the meat

Best way to make a burger? Hand the ingredients to my very talented boyfriend

Could you honestly eat chicken breast and broccoli for the rest of your life? Absolutely not

Favorite drink to have with dinner? water or white wine

I had a rough week. I was really exhausted and overate to compensate. Then I just gave up at a bridal shower. I gained 3 pounds and then lost one over the weekend. Total = +2. At least I'm back on track now.

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This happened to me after I had a really nasty bout of flu. I was convinced that the new medication my doctor had recently put me on was causing it... and that I was going to go bald. Luckily, my sister-in-law is a dermatologist. She told me that lots of people lose a bunch of hair after their body has undergone some stress or change. For example, after pregnancy, change of medication, hormonal changes, or being sick. What happens is that when stressed, your body may stop losing hair in its normal cycle. Instead, it holds on to all the hair. Then when things have calmed down, you shed all of the hair that you normally would have lost slowly over that period of time. However, you do not lose any more hair than is normal, you're just losing it all at once. It's called telogen effluvium. Thank GOODNESS she mentioned this to me, as my doctor was ready to take me off every single medication I was on, including birth control, allergy meds, etc! He had never even heard of telogen effluvium. A dermatologist should be able to tell if this is really what's happening. Apparently it's very common!

I'm in! This is the first group I've joined. I think it will help and I like the idea of celebrating together. I'm 5'4" and I want to lose 15-20 lbs by Labor Day. (by my calculation, at 2 lbs per week it should be 22 lbs by then? am I doing the math wrong?)

Step one: I had a great day today and kept to my calorie goal for the first time in too long.

I also learned to like it because I don't eat much meat. It can be done! I now love cottage cheese as a topping on salad. I also really love the chive flavored kind. I do hate how much sodium it has... I tried buying the low sodium kind and then adding my own stuff to it and it was just awful :(  Definitely try it on greens with cucumbers and grapes though.  It really bulks up a salad and is a quick way to add some low-cal protein.

I learned to love it by eating those Breakstone's Doubles. It's pretty much just like adding fruit preserves.

I've also been known to add it to a veggie wrap as a substitute for mayo or regular cheese. You might really like it this way! The texture is much less noticable when incorporated into the wrap.

Cinnamon! I try to eat 2 teaspoons a day. Usually on my oatmeal in the morning. Sometimes on a baked apple in the afternoon as well. I read somewhere that it helps to keep your blood sugar levels even, so you're less likely to get run down and grab a snack as a pick-me-up.  It seems to work for me. 

Also, I'm not sure if it really counts as an appetite suppressant per se, but I like to pad most of my meals with a bed of baby spinach. It significantly reduces the calories I consume at each meal.

When you're sick, I think it's good to eat whatever your body craves (within reason of course).  If you want to up health-factor, making your own soup can be really easy. Just get some low sodium chicken or veggie broth (or whatever kind you like) and add veggies, noodles, rice, beans, or whatever you have around. Just cook the ingredients as you normally would in water.

It gets easier, I promise! I am very similar in that I've always eaten very healthy. I just love food so much I overeat the healthy stuff. We have the same calorie goal and my problem area is the tummy too!

My most trusty trick is bulking everything out with spinach or romaine... or whatever low-cal high-fiber bulk food you love. I have a friend who uses carrot and cabbage strips. Pasta, couscous, sandwiches, soups, sushi, cottage cheese, even pizza... when I'm getting used to eating less, nothing gets eaten without a hearty helping of spinach to bulk it out. It really, really helps me feel full while eating proper portion sizes.

To satisfy my sweet tooth I eat low sugar hard candy or apple slices baked with cinnamon.

I get through work by planning out my snacks well ahead of time and I keep them in single servings... no endless bags allowed! I usually go for fruit and nuts/low-cal cheese. I've also found that a little caffeine helps since I get the munchies when I'm feeling tired.

Quaker Old Fashioned Oats

Craisins in the winter, blueberries in the summer

Cinnamon (not like I have to buy it every time but I like to stay well stocked)

Cabot 50% Light Cheddar slices

Tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, canned diced tomatoes, etc.

Pepperidge Farms Light Style Oatmeal Bread

Brummel & Brown

Brummel & Brown!  It's actually real butter and yogurt. It tastes slightly sweeter than butter but I actually like it better than butter now! No scary artificial fats or other scariness, just deliciousness.

Oh, and another lesson I had to learn the wrong way. While dairy foods are a trigger food for many people, switching to soy may cause even more problems. It turns out that you are more likely to be sensitive to soy than you are to dairy products. I switched back to dairy and personally, I've been better off.

One more thing: Campbell's double noodle soup (no chicken chunks) is a godsend. I eat it whenever I'm not feeling right. I'd recommend trying it!