Posts by dfs52

Original Post by kriklaf:

There are also a whole bunch of Asian leafy greens - bok choi, various other chois, tatsoi, tokyo bekana and hon tsai tai have all showed up in my CSA box, but a trip to a local Asian market would probably yield results. To be honest, I really, really, really hate sauteed greens - I almost always bake mine into chips - but other people at the CSA seem to like these greens sauteed, typically with some garlic, ginger and soy sauce.

ETA: you can saute both beet and turnip greens, as well as mustard greens, but if you didn't like collards, you might not like these. For what it's worth, I prefer beet and mustard greens to collards, but again, that's baked rather than sauteed.

Interesting-how do you bake them into chips-i've never heard of it ?

Yes I have tried them and cannot enjoy them at all. I've tried boiling them after rinsing, draining. even frying them to dry them out and make them not so slimy. Taste isn't totally gross but not good (to me) either. Can't take the texture at all, I'm just too used to regular pasta I guess. I really wanted to like them too because of the great lack of calories, but no can do. I'll find a recipe I can make at home eventually I hope :-)

Cook/boil veggies halfway done. While still hot after draining add a few wedges of laughing cow lite swiss (does not taste swissy though,more like cream cheese). Add a sprinkle of low fat parmesan cheese and a tablespoon of Italian style breadcrumbs along with a splash of 1% milk and a teaspoon of light butter if desired or a few sprays of cant believe its not butter. Mix together and place into a sprayed pan. Bake at 350 for about ten minutes--wonderful and very lowfat/calorie content. I always seem to do broccoli or cauliflower but any veggie will work-have fun and experiment a little.

Plateau's are painful for sure-I've lost 52 pounds since 12-10-07 and am real happy about that. but I keep joking with everyone that "I've whittled myself down to a fat guy". Fact is I still have plenty to lose weighing in at 222 and 6" tall. The weight came off until two months ago and then nothing-I've done all the recommended things and nothing changes-Oh well I guess I'll just get used to it (sigh). On the bright side my doctor is thrilled and my blood results for my last two doctor visits are now perfect-which they were not before the lifestyle change-keep up the hard work-it will help your overall health in the long run :-)

this never fails:

1) preheat oven to 350

2) take a clean towel-med sized- like a hand towel or dish towel and wet it with cold water

3) squeeze the water out-leaving a damp but still wet towel and wrap the bread in the towel

4) placed the wrapped bread in the oven right on the rack-mid oven area

5) leave in the oven around 6 to 8 minutes-depending on oven-feel the bread and see if its soft-you will be able to tell

6) take the wrap off and put just the bread back in the oven and bake about 2 to 4 minutes

Come out crusty on the outside and warm and moist on the inside-just like fresh baked--also works well with frozen whole breads but need to heat a little longer :-)

Tks Asilmax-don't you worry-I refuse to quit--however I do like the idea that shandykat puts forward--maybe i'l just stop the treadmill for 4 days and just up the weights and the intensity with them for a few days :-)   ---healthy eating is the way to go and i'm actually enjoying finding different healthy meals and snacks--sortof fun in a sick sort of way LOL

I love grapefruit too and I am no expert but I have noticed over the years that red are much sweeter than white normally, so my guess is that they contain more natural sugars than the whites which would account for extra calories from it. I had two yesterday during my son's early morning baseball game while sitting on the sidelines after my workout---some peoplle made comments (nice ones) but no one appeared shocked--I think healthy eating is becoming more commonplace for people these days :-)

I found that when I cooked them in the muffin tin that they were easy to make almost exact similar sized portions- they did take longer than the 25 minutes posted above-I would guess around 35 minutes maybe- tasted just like pie but creamier :-)

U R welcome :-)

Friday night fish fry--yep breaded and deep fried, with a large helping of french fries (also deep fried), and served with a good sized portion of cole slaw made with real mayo, and don't forget the clam chowder (creamy) and the bread and butter that goes with it all--yikes ! Now how many calories and how much fat do you think that dinner was?  Don't forget deep fried chicken wings with butter and hot sauce dipped in full fat blue cheese-yummy-When I watch those dinners being served to others I still remember how good they used to taste but the thought of putting that type of food in my mouth makes me ill LOL :-)

I like friendhip whipped 1% and make a small bowl shape-put  some small chopped apple in the center and top with any kind of light & fit dannon yogurt--its great :-)

I take a cauliflower and par boil it so its very firm still but hot, then drain. I add some can't believe its not butter, some laughing cow wedges and some 1% milk. Toss them all together and put into a glass baking dish which I have lightly sprayed with CBINB and spread out evenly. I sprinkle a small amount of Italian style breadcrumbs (about 2 tablespoons) over the top and about 1 teaspoon of low fat parm--I then sliced two pieces of Kraft fat free cheese slices into 4's and placed them over the entire top- bake in a 375 degree oven uncovered (monitor to make sure it doesn't get too dry)  for about 25 minutes-fabulous and very healthy low cal per serving size  :-)

Hi-if I can offer some input on this if u don't mind--I am 6' and weigh 231- I started weight loss plan, life style changes this December 11th 2007 at 272 lbs-my main source of exercise has been light weight lifting 3x a week and treadmill walk everyday at least 2.5 miles a day and quite often more if I am in the mood. I also take my dog out for a 2 mile run about 3x a week. I ride the bike and he runs along my left side the whole time. Having said this you now understand that I have no intention of doing a bike race any time soon. Being larger in built and not a serious biker other than recreation and some fresh air exercise means something different than what a serious biker will experience. I for example do not wish to lay across the handlebars in a forward position with my buns slightly raised from the seat. In this advanced position there is far less weight being applied to the rear area of the body because a lot of the weight is forward. I sit almost upright and place a lot more pressure on my rear area (gross), anyway the point I am making is that I have a larger and softer seat which I put on the bike myself and find it to be much more comfortable than the one that came with the bike-I also changed the handlebar grips to a softer type that puts less pressure on my hands as I lean forward. The larger seats are not too expensive and the grips are what I consider cheap. They also have a gel pad that can go over the existing seat and ties underneath-does not shift from location and is reasonably priced if you don't want a new seat or don't wish to tamper withe the bike you have-or think you may get more serious soon and wish to keep the old seat itself. Hope this helps. no offense to serious bikers but some of us are into it at far different levels for far different purposes.

I was just there yesterday at the food court in the mall-not many healthy choices in there. I had the subway salad with no cheese and had the worker there give me the oil and vinegar bottles so I could put my own amount on-it was great and super low calorie, but very large-I think they put three slices of meat choped up on it. I was very pleased wit it :-)

*Side note**-did you ever notice the people eating around you that certainly could use the help from this web site, loading up on some of the most fattening and discusting foods-------that used to be me :-)

Original Post by shleesh:

Ha, Patsu... you're right, that didn't make me feel better! I'm waiting for someone to write, "yep, just ate 6 big macs, 3 slices of apple pie, 2 strawberry shakes, and a cream filled donut." THAT would make me feel not so bad! :-)

And I just did the spaghetti thing last night. I made mine with whole wheat pasta, venison, and fat-free spaghetti sauce. Just a cup was 540 calories! I went overboard on that too. Who eats just ONE cup of pasta anyhow? Geesh.

Anyhow, thanks for the reply. I like to hear people's pigging out stories. Ha. Just kiddin' -- have fun walking tomorrow :)

 I agree with u shleesh-who does eat one cup of pasta anyway-i said to my wife just yesterday-how is it possible that i am still fat after eating so healthy, even if its only been 3 1/2 months- look at the food on a restaurant dinner menu-mostly all contain high fats, butter, batter etc.- and look at whats being cooked on the cooking shows, one of those meals would have to be around 5000 calories for one meal only,- and pay attention to whats being advertised on tv-its endless high calorie, high fat food- and yet the struggle to loose pound by pound seems endlessly hard just to find healthy things to eat in certain circumstances- let alone breakdown days at partys or whatever-geeeeesh :-)