Living The Lifestyle, Tuesday, June 1, 2021

88olds

We meet here to explore, share, celebrate and (sometimes) agonize over how we do (or don't) incorporate weight loss guidelines into our daily lives. "It's a lifestyle, not a diet" is easily and often said, but sometimes not so simply put into practice.

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Today's Topic: Plan friendly chow. What are some of your best food finds? You know, plan friendly foods or meals that you actually like and look forward to.

88olds

Recently found something called Lavash flatbread. If you’re looking for it, they make it in 2 sizes. They both work great for pizza but the one I prefer is the larger one that I cut in half. 60 cals for that. About 20 cals for sauce out of a jar. 100 cals for mozzarella. So all in at about 180 calories. Makes 4 pieces. I go 50-50 with DW. I can have something that my brain accepts for pizza for about 90 calories.

If you’re going to try it, I start by toasting the flatbread in the toaster oven until crisp, put on the toppings and toast some more.

Far and away the best plan friendly food I’ve added since starting WW is oatmeal. I used to go out for breakfast but now I’d rather stay home for oatmeal. Go figure.

And my best go to when I’m in trouble has always been the EggBeaters veggie omelet. You can really do a lot with a little with some EggBeaters or egg whites and some vegetables.

Al_Howard

We enjoy "comfort foods" which we can morf into plan friendly. We both love "New England Boiled Dinner", but ham or corned beef are wicked high in sodium, let alone calories/points. I now substitute a low(er) sodium kielbasa and cut the potatoes to a total of 11oz. (halved for easy splitting between us)add carrots and cabbage, and 12sp's of yum. Obviously, not daily fare.
Balance that with a meatless Chili Mac for 6SP (the elbows).

podkey

Sounds good Al! I too have done veggie omelet with mostly to all eggwhites. I add sriracha sauce to the raw mix for color and flavor. I now do use a yolk or two on maintenance.

steve0mania

Recently I've become a fan of broccoli slaw. I'll cook a full bag of it in the microwave, and then throw in a portion of chicken and a couple of tsp of light Asian Ginger salad dressing, and heat for a minute or two more. That creates a super-filling and pretty low-calorie lunch or dinner!

crewahl

• Hebrew Nat'l 97% FF hot dogs - low in points, and as long as a bun.
• IMO - let’s me flavor water so that I’ll drink enough.
• Broccoli - my go-to vegetable when eating out (cuz it’s hard to screw up steamed broccoli.)
• Dole or Del Monte no sugar fruit cups - a tasty snack for zero points.
• Pepperidge Farms Light breads - thick enough to fool me, and no gaping air holes like Sara Lee.
• Mt Olive no sugar added bread and butter pickles - a tart, tasty snack for zero points.

imastar2

We've pretty much been sticking to plain basic food groups and not experimenting or looking for new congress. We're working on a Dr. weight loss program right now. We'll be looking for new ideas in the future however.