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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 195209" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I made my own muesli for breakfast. It's got the things in it I should eat - bran, more bran, a small amount of LSA, more bran, a few walnuts, a very small amount of dried fruit and bran. Also BROWN rice in various forms, including rolled and puffed. I can't eat oats. The recipe is available on request, including the option to vary it to your personal taste and still have it really work well to help you lose weight, not feel hungry, AND keep you moving.</p><p></p><p>It's a plain muesli, no added sugar. The only sugar is in the dried fruit, and I keep it low. Not a toasted muesli either. No added fat.</p><p></p><p>I also eat a small amount - I use a one cup ramekin as a bowl, so I'm eating less than a cup in total.</p><p></p><p>I'm finding this muesli keeps me from feeling hungry for a lot longer than any other cereal.</p><p></p><p>BUT - I also get the hungers. Sometimes mid-afternoon, sometimes late at night. Because I play around with the dried fruit allowance in the muesli, as well as the nut allowance (so I can put in the type of fruit, and type of nuts, that I LOVE without changing the proportion of fruit, or nuts) then I look forward to eating my muesli. So if I get the hungers, instead of having eaten more muesli for breakfast, I have the extra bit of muesli later, when I'm hungry.</p><p></p><p>There have been times, in past successful diets, when I could have eaten as many as six bowls of muesli in a 24 hour period.</p><p></p><p>The other thing I did - because my doctor told me I had to lose weight or I was heading for gastric bypass surgery, I ate as if I already HAD had bypass. So again, eating small amounts of GOOD food, often. A mouthful at a time, if necessary. I also kept reminding myself that I very much wanted to avoid surgery.</p><p></p><p>I've just had a day where people who hadn't seen me for a couple of months kept telling me how skinny I looked. Without exaggeration, I've had at least ten people tell me today that I look great. A few asked me with concern if I meant to lose weight.</p><p></p><p>So just to reassure you - this is working.</p><p></p><p>The other thing I'm eating when I'm ravenous - strawberries. Preferably at room temperature - they have more flavour. </p><p></p><p>Very important mid-afternoon, though - before you eat ANYTHING, have at least 500 ml water (or non-sweetened water-based drink). This means water if you can (chilled if it helps) with as few calories in it as possible. Artificially sweetened non-carbonated drink if you can't stand too much water. Because mid-afternoon craving can often be thirst in disguise, particularly if you're craving fruit, or ice cream, or similar. Promise yourself your snack afterwards, but make yourself drink the water first. You should be drinking 2 litres of water a day anyway. If you have the water first, you will be satisfied with a much smaller snack.</p><p></p><p>The other strong suggestion - avoid fat, avoid sugars (including natural sugars where possible), avoid carbs (unless they're whole food carbs such as wholegrains or vegetables). Carbs leave a taste in your mouth that quickly turns sour as the bacteria in your mouth use up the last residue. That sour aftertaste (about ten minutes after you ate something high carb) encourages you to have a little more, to briefly kill the sour taste.</p><p></p><p>Good luck. Not easy, but if you have a strategy in place to sort out the problem (so you don't have to always rely on denial and willpower) then you will win through.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 195209, member: 1991"] I made my own muesli for breakfast. It's got the things in it I should eat - bran, more bran, a small amount of LSA, more bran, a few walnuts, a very small amount of dried fruit and bran. Also BROWN rice in various forms, including rolled and puffed. I can't eat oats. The recipe is available on request, including the option to vary it to your personal taste and still have it really work well to help you lose weight, not feel hungry, AND keep you moving. It's a plain muesli, no added sugar. The only sugar is in the dried fruit, and I keep it low. Not a toasted muesli either. No added fat. I also eat a small amount - I use a one cup ramekin as a bowl, so I'm eating less than a cup in total. I'm finding this muesli keeps me from feeling hungry for a lot longer than any other cereal. BUT - I also get the hungers. Sometimes mid-afternoon, sometimes late at night. Because I play around with the dried fruit allowance in the muesli, as well as the nut allowance (so I can put in the type of fruit, and type of nuts, that I LOVE without changing the proportion of fruit, or nuts) then I look forward to eating my muesli. So if I get the hungers, instead of having eaten more muesli for breakfast, I have the extra bit of muesli later, when I'm hungry. There have been times, in past successful diets, when I could have eaten as many as six bowls of muesli in a 24 hour period. The other thing I did - because my doctor told me I had to lose weight or I was heading for gastric bypass surgery, I ate as if I already HAD had bypass. So again, eating small amounts of GOOD food, often. A mouthful at a time, if necessary. I also kept reminding myself that I very much wanted to avoid surgery. I've just had a day where people who hadn't seen me for a couple of months kept telling me how skinny I looked. Without exaggeration, I've had at least ten people tell me today that I look great. A few asked me with concern if I meant to lose weight. So just to reassure you - this is working. The other thing I'm eating when I'm ravenous - strawberries. Preferably at room temperature - they have more flavour. Very important mid-afternoon, though - before you eat ANYTHING, have at least 500 ml water (or non-sweetened water-based drink). This means water if you can (chilled if it helps) with as few calories in it as possible. Artificially sweetened non-carbonated drink if you can't stand too much water. Because mid-afternoon craving can often be thirst in disguise, particularly if you're craving fruit, or ice cream, or similar. Promise yourself your snack afterwards, but make yourself drink the water first. You should be drinking 2 litres of water a day anyway. If you have the water first, you will be satisfied with a much smaller snack. The other strong suggestion - avoid fat, avoid sugars (including natural sugars where possible), avoid carbs (unless they're whole food carbs such as wholegrains or vegetables). Carbs leave a taste in your mouth that quickly turns sour as the bacteria in your mouth use up the last residue. That sour aftertaste (about ten minutes after you ate something high carb) encourages you to have a little more, to briefly kill the sour taste. Good luck. Not easy, but if you have a strategy in place to sort out the problem (so you don't have to always rely on denial and willpower) then you will win through. Marg [/QUOTE]
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