08 Feb 2010, Posted by admin in Blog, Me In Control, 5 Comments
Down on My Game
Last week’s weigh-in wasn’t good. I was up almost 3 pounds, given some of that was “female problems”, but I also need to be stricter on what I’m eating.
Eating out.. oh… 3 or 4 times last week probably didn’t help much. Though I was tracking EVERYTHING and over tracking on points just to make sure that everything was accounted for, but still. Things happen.
Last night we had a Super Bowl party (more to come on that later) and I drank a few beers and ate some chips. But obviously it’s back to “Wait a second, do I want to track that?? Maybe I shouldn’t be eating that.” Maybe if I make myself feel guilty about tracking stuff then I’ll eat better.
My main problem is: getting in a food rut. I need food ideas! Snacks, lunches, dinners.
This problem has a problem that lies within it: Jeff is very picky. No green stuff, no onions, no tomatoes. Ugh. All the good stuff to mix in food, out the window.
So now it’s your turn. Help me with some healthy food ideas! Please and thank you 
5 Comments
February 8, 2010 10:26 am
geoff
never, ever ingest fat free or low fat food products. Fat is a necessary building block of good nutrition, and you omit it from your diet only at great peril. The agents used by the food industry to make these fat free products are at best filler, and at worst, chemical additives that stall your weight loss/make you retain matter.
Lunchmeat and healthy bread can never go overlooked.
You essentially should eat like a Renaissance woman. Think Caveman+Fire+Mixing bowl. Eat fresh fruit, eat fresh fish and meat, and eat craploads of vegetables. Eat a small amount of grain.
Do not eat packaged and processed foods.
It’s what I am shifting my eating towards. I still have cereal, and I will always allow myself a day or two a month to enjoy eating out, but if you want to get a handle, you’re going to have to get that man to eat a GD salad sooner or later.
So, in short – get some fruit!
February 8, 2010 11:08 am
ELROSS
Don’t let Jeff’s eating habits get in your way. Salad is your friend, so many things you can do with it. Cobb, Salmon, BLT, some avacado, chick peas, bacos, cukes, ‘maters…I went nuts and got this “living sprouts” at publix (T cried when I told him)….and just a BIT of dressing.
February 8, 2010 12:22 pm
Kelly
Thanks guys.
Fruit. My main problem with it is, I buy it and then I don’t eat it all so it goes bad. Then I get mad. Ugh, such is life.
As for salads, I need to get more into them. Mix it up a bit. And using those salad spritzer things are quite nice. Enough dressing to taste it, but not so over powering that the calories/fat are taking over.
Jeff, however, can start making his own dinner if he doesn’t want salad
February 10, 2010 11:09 am
Nancy Nally
I can’t believe I found someone who is a pickier eater than I am! Tell Jeff that even I will eat tomatoes. LOL
Here’s how I lost 60 pounds while still actually eating:
*Paying attention to portion sizes. Try to really listen to when my body is telling me it is full AND STOP.
*For lunches: I started using for at-home lunches Oscar Meyer boxed sandwiches and cracker snacks. The fixed serving size helped control my intake. For fast food, I used Subway as often as possible and got their chicken breast sandwich. Much better than many of the alternatives.
*For dinners: We started eating A LOT of the bulk bagged frozen boneless chicken breasts they sell at the grocery store. They are pretty affordable and also you can thaw and use only what you need from the big package, so there is less waste versus fresh. We also started using ground turkey sometimes as a substitute for ground beef. It works especially well in spicy recipes like tacos. I actually prefer it in some things because it isn’t as greasy.
*For snacks: Pre-cut apples that are sold bagged in the produce section (convenient & less waste), sometimes with snack cups of caramel. 100 calorie or snack packs of M&M’s (limit serving size). Dried Cherries (Welch’s are by far the best). South Beach Diet cranberry almond protein bars (although they just changed them and I haven’t tried the new ones.) The goal here was to let me either have a small fix of something that I craved, or let me have a decent size snack without consuming a lot of calories.
*Drinks: I substituted Vitamin Water for a lot of my Dr. Pepper intake. I can’t drink diet sodas because the sweetners give me migraines but the Vitamin Water is about half the calories of a soda.
Hope there is something useful for you there! Good luck!
February 11 2010 14:05 pm
Kelly @
Nancy! Thanks so much for all the good ideas! :)
Snack packs may be my favorite thing in the whole world. I may pay more in the long run, but just knowing how many calories are in that package means so much!! And it's so much easier to track on Weight Watchers. As for sodas, I can gladly say that I gave those up over two years ago and I can't say that I miss them. Water and juice is my best friend! :)
Yes, Jeff is sooo picky! Tomatoes are a big no no in my household, for his food at least.
Thanks again for the great ideas!!
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