hahabogus wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
> 6.120:
>
>> On Tue 17 Jun 2008 06:41:51p, Christine Dabney told us...
>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:36:06 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have backslid, too, and it really ****es me off that I let it
>>>> happen. We're being very good at present and beginning to see
>>>> results. There are only two upcoming events that I *plan* to be bad.
>>>> The first is the 4th
>> of
>>>> July, and the second is in late July for a dear friend's 90th
>>>> birthday party. I am baking the cakes and I never bake anything I
>>>> don't eat. :-) There will also be a goodly variety of "forbidden"
>>>> foods. Then it's immediately back on WW for us.
>>> I have been really bad lately too. And I didn't help it tonight by
>>> making a loaf of the bread from the Artisan bread book. It has been
>>> calling to me....
>> That loaf would probably call me to consume it entirely! Homemade
>> bread and I are not easily separated. :-)
>>
>>> Maybe this summer we can help each other by posting some of the
>>> recipes that we are using...for weight loss, for healthy eating, etc.
>>> I have really become conscious of it in the last few days, with the
>>> death of Tim Russert. I know that eating healthily can only help
>>> me...
>> You have a great idea, but I confess to not being terribly inventive
>> when it comes to what we eat on WW. Mostly it's grilled well-seasoned
>> chicken and steamed and very lightly butter vegetables. This is where
>> it gets tricky, because of David's unwillingness to each much variety.
>> Damn him! There are tons of things I would/could make that qualify
>> as low calorie, low fat, and healthy, but you think he would eat
>> them? Hell no. I have probably at least 2 shelves of nothing but
>> cookbooks that are for very healthy food. I ask him to pick out
>> recipes he would be willing to eat and he comes up with zero. Alas!
>>
>>
>>> Christine
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Roasted Cauliflower...seasoned with cury powder or taco seasoning or not,
> raw or steamed/boiled cauliflower, green bean almondine, french cut green
> beans, smoked red bell peppers (very nice), grilled zuccinni basted with
> salad dressing, grilled large mushrooms also basted with salad dressing.
> Green Salads with oil and vinegar or kraft ranch based dressings light on
> tomatoes and onions, brocolli, spinach, asparagus, cabbage, Cukes and
> diakon in vinegar with crushed red pepper flakes as a table condiment.
> Mayo on anything that looks like it might need it. Hard cheeses, meat,
> seafood, nuts, sunflower/pumpkin seeds, butter and eggs. Light on the
> squashes like the zukes, spaghetti and the acorn squash. all the butter
> you want, all the meat you want this what makes it work for me.
>
> I spin chickens with thin citrus fruit slices under the skin a great
> deal. This keeps me in the 20-ish grams in carb intake during the day.
> So I lose about 5 lbs a month give or take. Stir fries are your friend
> but the rice or noodles aren't.
>
> But all this leaves me craving rice...hence the rice overload tonight, to
> tide me over 6 months and the potato salad overload on Saturday.
>
> Tomato, onion, squash, carrot, peas are all controlled substances and use
> is restricted to a minimum. Any use of wheat, corn, rice and potatoes is
> totally forbidden.
>
> I use the free database downloadable from the usfda to keep me honest in
> my carb count. And NO Snacking!
>
Why do you lump summer squashes in with winter ones? I think summer
ones are LC.

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Jean B.