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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 144529" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>Hmmmm, LOL..I stay away from soy due to salt/sodium, never used much of it anyway....staying away from all mayo and buteer..again, never used much of either. I do not mind the salads I have been makeing, I do not eeat much bread, LOL----my daughter so much wants to bring me home subway, and finally she said well, mom, how about a salad? LOL</p><p></p><p>I am going to have some mac and cheese, maybe at my one month mark, maybe when I ose a certain weight, I got canned evaporated skim milk today and canned chicken broth low salt no fat and velveeta made with 2% milk......and will use wheat pasta.....LOL.....and then have a half serving. </p><p>Parmesean cheese is not quite the same, I guess, for me, cuz I miss the gooey ness of soft gushy cheese? LOL. </p><p></p><p>I am doing pretty good here, I am being very rigid....very rigid indeed....actually I have had like less than a full serving of meat daily, less than a serving of dairy daily, and less than a serving of fruit daily. the only "fat" I have had is olive oil a couple times when I did not poach or bake the chicken....and the oil in my 10 almonds every other day. I did poach an egg one day and did have that on a peice of multigrain dry toast. BUT I have not been hungry, and have not really missed too much so far besides the cheese. Overall, I AM eating more really, than before, but now it is spread out thru the day at regular intervals, and now it is much healthier foods. I have not used flour, fat, oil, butter, mayo, salt, mostly truly it is simple plain fish or chicken with a lot of garlic, celery, onion, vinegar.....and a little carrots, peppers, lemon, oregano, paprika, nutmeg, a lot of cinnamin, Lots of zuchinni, raw greens, a tiny bit of the brown rice.....my daily 1/4 cup oats.</p><p></p><p>Oh, the rice? My microwave is very old and low watts, things take forever in it, LOL. I mean a regular oven, not convection, he just put the rice in and some water, covered it, put it in I think 350 for an hour, tightly covered. </p><p></p><p>I did make spaghetti tonite, used spaghetti squash, and also some whole wheat spaghetti pasta. I mixed in some green beans, zuchinni,onions a very few carrots, bell peppers, and a LOT of garlic into some plain no salt tomato sauce with no high fructose corn syrup in it. I had heard spaghetti squash would be just like the pasta, well, I did not think so and mykids hated dinner, LOL, but, I loved it! LOL. That was quite hard to stop at my half cup of pasta! </p><p></p><p>I am finding i have to go to grocery often becuz I do not have room for all this fresh vegs! BUt I make it a good exercise and power walk the parking lot and store, LOL (today it has been thunderstorming all day) </p><p>I have been grateful I was NOT a snacking person before becuz I am not missing any snack foods. That helps for me, a LOT. </p><p></p><p>Maybe tomorrow I might experiment with....lentils? I have a feeling my 2 older kids are glad they both work tomorrow, one at Subway and the other at the grocery, LOL- cuz they are not enjoying my meals lately. And gosh darn, NO FAIR! My husband was quite rotund and wouldn't ya know? He ALREADY has a VERY obvious weight loss going, and HE has been doubling what I eat AND snacking! NON FAIR! LOL. </p><p>I DID like thg ginger, put some on my salad this afternoon. It is kind of lemony, I think? I am also considering getting out my horseradish, I do like horseradish. I am hoping some of my symptoms that popped up today back off....I was thinking about maybe taking my son skateing. His birthday is also coming and I am thinking of asking him if he wants to take 1-2 friends either swimming or skateing, and I could sneak in, too. I had thought I read the ginger would help with those symptoms, but maybe the barometric pressure over rode any positive effects of the ginger. </p><p></p><p>I wish I could say WOW I FEEL ever so much better eating this way.......LOL......I do not think I FEEL much different. LOL (Maybe that will come with time?) I am frustrated the symptoms popped up- and maybe I should not blame the barometric pressure, I dropped the pred a little more (prearranged with rheumy previously) </p><p></p><p>OK I wanted to say to you, Marg? I am thinking it might be easier for me, becuz it is my warming up weather season, and everything is all "new and fresh" etc......easier, in my opinion to start something new now, esier to get nice produce, easier to get outside. </p><p></p><p>Something else I wanted to share- a visual- LOL. After I weighed myself thismorning, I went and got that amount of butter and margerine sticks from fridge and told my kids "imagine this all stuck to me all over, this is how much I lost so far" LOL- they were more impressed than I was..but- it is something to keep in mind, just HOW much that REALLY is. and how it LOOKED attached to me! (or you) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 144529, member: 1697"] Hmmmm, LOL..I stay away from soy due to salt/sodium, never used much of it anyway....staying away from all mayo and buteer..again, never used much of either. I do not mind the salads I have been makeing, I do not eeat much bread, LOL----my daughter so much wants to bring me home subway, and finally she said well, mom, how about a salad? LOL I am going to have some mac and cheese, maybe at my one month mark, maybe when I ose a certain weight, I got canned evaporated skim milk today and canned chicken broth low salt no fat and velveeta made with 2% milk......and will use wheat pasta.....LOL.....and then have a half serving. Parmesean cheese is not quite the same, I guess, for me, cuz I miss the gooey ness of soft gushy cheese? LOL. I am doing pretty good here, I am being very rigid....very rigid indeed....actually I have had like less than a full serving of meat daily, less than a serving of dairy daily, and less than a serving of fruit daily. the only "fat" I have had is olive oil a couple times when I did not poach or bake the chicken....and the oil in my 10 almonds every other day. I did poach an egg one day and did have that on a peice of multigrain dry toast. BUT I have not been hungry, and have not really missed too much so far besides the cheese. Overall, I AM eating more really, than before, but now it is spread out thru the day at regular intervals, and now it is much healthier foods. I have not used flour, fat, oil, butter, mayo, salt, mostly truly it is simple plain fish or chicken with a lot of garlic, celery, onion, vinegar.....and a little carrots, peppers, lemon, oregano, paprika, nutmeg, a lot of cinnamin, Lots of zuchinni, raw greens, a tiny bit of the brown rice.....my daily 1/4 cup oats. Oh, the rice? My microwave is very old and low watts, things take forever in it, LOL. I mean a regular oven, not convection, he just put the rice in and some water, covered it, put it in I think 350 for an hour, tightly covered. I did make spaghetti tonite, used spaghetti squash, and also some whole wheat spaghetti pasta. I mixed in some green beans, zuchinni,onions a very few carrots, bell peppers, and a LOT of garlic into some plain no salt tomato sauce with no high fructose corn syrup in it. I had heard spaghetti squash would be just like the pasta, well, I did not think so and mykids hated dinner, LOL, but, I loved it! LOL. That was quite hard to stop at my half cup of pasta! I am finding i have to go to grocery often becuz I do not have room for all this fresh vegs! BUt I make it a good exercise and power walk the parking lot and store, LOL (today it has been thunderstorming all day) I have been grateful I was NOT a snacking person before becuz I am not missing any snack foods. That helps for me, a LOT. Maybe tomorrow I might experiment with....lentils? I have a feeling my 2 older kids are glad they both work tomorrow, one at Subway and the other at the grocery, LOL- cuz they are not enjoying my meals lately. And gosh darn, NO FAIR! My husband was quite rotund and wouldn't ya know? He ALREADY has a VERY obvious weight loss going, and HE has been doubling what I eat AND snacking! NON FAIR! LOL. I DID like thg ginger, put some on my salad this afternoon. It is kind of lemony, I think? I am also considering getting out my horseradish, I do like horseradish. I am hoping some of my symptoms that popped up today back off....I was thinking about maybe taking my son skateing. His birthday is also coming and I am thinking of asking him if he wants to take 1-2 friends either swimming or skateing, and I could sneak in, too. I had thought I read the ginger would help with those symptoms, but maybe the barometric pressure over rode any positive effects of the ginger. I wish I could say WOW I FEEL ever so much better eating this way.......LOL......I do not think I FEEL much different. LOL (Maybe that will come with time?) I am frustrated the symptoms popped up- and maybe I should not blame the barometric pressure, I dropped the pred a little more (prearranged with rheumy previously) OK I wanted to say to you, Marg? I am thinking it might be easier for me, becuz it is my warming up weather season, and everything is all "new and fresh" etc......easier, in my opinion to start something new now, esier to get nice produce, easier to get outside. Something else I wanted to share- a visual- LOL. After I weighed myself thismorning, I went and got that amount of butter and margerine sticks from fridge and told my kids "imagine this all stuck to me all over, this is how much I lost so far" LOL- they were more impressed than I was..but- it is something to keep in mind, just HOW much that REALLY is. and how it LOOKED attached to me! (or you) :-) [/QUOTE]
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