Posts by momster_123

I was just at Trader Joe's a couple of days ago

I like their reduced fat cheeses.  Jalsburg light swiss and Cabot's 75% reduced fat sharp cheddar.

They also have great prices of frozen berries and fruit.

I always buy their frozen brown rice and steele cut oatmeal.

Frozen salmon patties are wonderfull if you like salmon.  They are not just mushed up fish, and only 80 calories.  I use them as a substitute for me when I am making every one else hamburgers.

I also bought sweet potatoe spears for the first time, there are instructions on the package to make "fries" in the oven with them.  Very good.

My favortie thing at TJ's is tofuti cuties, like ice cream bars.

Maybe you can try some of these things on your next trip

Fiber One Cereal is very low is calories and high in fiber so it fills you up.

I have this for breakfast with fat free milk several times a week.

Also if you ike mushrooms, you can eat a ton of them without many calories and they are filling.  I micowave them with some salt free seasoning.

I was at a talk with a nutritionist recently and she suggests a mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack.  Combine complex carbs with some kind of protien.  My favorits are a small apple and one ounce or low fat cheese, 1/2 whole wheat pita and 2 tbs hummus or 1/2 cup yogurt or fat free cottage cheese and berries or pineapple.

Good luck, I know you will fiqure out what works for you.

weight watchers " ice cream" bars are great

Take two chocolate graham crackers and put fat free cool whip in between and freeze.  They tast like ice cream bars

might be a little high in calories, but cheap and yummy

Yes you can.  I tried this with a white cake receipe and reduced the sugar a bit and then added a diet sprite.

The cake has a heavier consistancy, but still delicious

I was at a seminar recently with a nutritionist as one of the speakers.She recomends combining complex carbs with a lean protien for your snacks.

some examples were

1 peice fruit + 1 serving of nuts (7-10 almonds, 3 whole walnuts, 7-10 pecans)

1/2 whole wheat pita + 2 tbs hummus

5-6 whole wheat crackers +    2 tbs nut butter (peanut or almond)

protien list also includes: 1 oz chesse, 1 egg, 1 cup yogurt, 2-3 oz lean meat, 8 oz fat free or soy milk

carb list also includes: 1 piece whole wheat bread, 1/4 cup high fiber cereal

I was following the plan and not loosing but when I started combining carbs and protien for snacks, I started loosing again.

This might help you.  You need to eat enough calories for your body to run, if you dont eat enough, you will not loose any weight.

 Domicole,

I am 49 and have smoked since I was a teenager.  I quit last November and the reason that I am using the tools from this site is so that I dont gain weight.  I tried three times before to quit without success.  This time I am determined.

One of the biggest reasons people gain weight is that they replace the cig's with food.  Also your metabolism changes and you can gain weight even without eating more. 

I have started doing other things at the times when I still want to smoke.  After dinner is the worst time.  I go outside and walk around the yard, thats what I would be doing if I was smoking.  Sometimes I get in the bathtub and read a book. 

There are a couple of medications out that can help.  I have been taking one of them and it has made it easier.

I have not gained any weight, but also havent lost any.

The thing that I tell myself is that I am better than the nicotine and it will not suck me in again.  I deserve to be without nicotine and if a gain a little weight I will take it off after I kick the habit.

Good luck

I asked this question last week and got the same answer.

Its not possible, but I try to check my burn meter before I go to bed and its usually past what it says I should burn.

Try some low cal or low carb bred.  Most of them are only 40-60 calories a slice.  That would reduce the calories slightly.   The bread is smaller and not great all by itself, but you are putting that yummy PNB on it. 

I also love peanut butter and mix it with equil parts of fat free cream chesse.  It still tasts like peanut butter and is smother and richer.  Might not be your thing, but with low carb bread and half fat free cream cheese you cut the calories almost in half.

Thanks that just shows me what I logged for the day.

I am just curious to see if I burned as much as I should have.   So I need to see the total that the site has for the day, not just what i logged.

Katie,

 Think of this as a lifestyle change and not a diet.  Get support from your husband and your children.

Its difficult at first to change your eating habbits but in a short while you wont want to eat the bad stuff.

Healthy food like fruit and vegatalbes will help you feel fuller longer also foods high in fiber.

At the start of each day praise yourself for all the good things you did the day before.

Move more dosent mean just going to the gym.  You can burn more calories just playing with your children.

Its a long road, but this website should give you lots of help.  You can make better food choices by using the resorces here.  Also lots of people to chat with about lots of things.

good luck

I am really not eating more, in fact I am making an effort to eat less than I did before.

I an working out more than before because I dont want to gain weight.

I have heard horror stories about how much some people have gained after they quit.

I am older, almost 50, so maybe my body is just changing 

you need to burn more calories than you eat.

The burn meter adds up because you are always burning calories.

You burn more when you are very active like exercising.

Check out some of the things in the activity log.

You can calculate how may calories you burn while watching tv, shopping, cooking.

There is even a burn rate for sex.

The meter shows you have may calories you have burned for the day with the activities you have added and calories you burn just sitting around.

Balance out your calories for the week by eating less calories the day before and that day.

Stick to low calorie high fiber foods like fruit and veg. 

Limit yourself to a bit or small piece of treats instead of eating until you cant eat anymore.

 To keep yourself from eating cookie dough while baking cookies, chew sugarless gum or suck on sugar free hard candy.

If you brush your teeth nothing tastes good.

 Ask your friends to help you stay away from binging.

You will eat that stuff if you are with your girlfreinds having fun.

Have a good time and dont beat yourself up if you eat too much.

Its okay evey now and them.

You should not use soap on cast iron, so rinsing or scrubbing with hot water is good.  Also they rust easy so they should be dried every time you wash them.

Cleaning them when they are hot is also an easy way to get the food off of them and shouldnt hurt the pan.

After I clean mine I put them back on a warm burner or in the oven if it is warm to dry.  Then rub a thin coat of olive oil on the surface.

Hope this helps.