Best foods to eat

nk17

Agree with the rest. Here are some things that work for me.
Breakfast Suggestions:
Quaker Old Fashioned Oats (1/2 c.) and 1/4 c blueberries.
OR
1 egg scrambled with 1 baby bel light laughing cow cheese and 1 piece of cheddar (90 cal slice).
OR
Eggbeaters and cheese

Lunch Suggestgions:
Whole Wheat low carb wrap with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter. Add banana if I'm low on carbs.
Yogurt. Dannon Light & Fit. Diabetic Friendly if you're really restricting carbs. Otherwise, the 80 cal type.
Del Monte 50 cal Diced Peaches or Mixed Fruits
Apple
Pear
1 c. strawberries
2 c. salad greens or spinach with 6 oz. grilled chicken
Atkins or EAS Carb Control Shakes
Atkins Protein Bars

Dinner:
4 oz. 93% lean ground beef, no bun, mustard and any veggies you like.
Salad with Walden's Farm 0-cal dressing
4 oz. boneless skinless chicken breast
Zucchini and summer squash sauteed in EVOO.
Grilled pork tenderloin
Peas
Green Beans
Anything else green

Snacks:
Almonds, raw, 7 or 15
50 cal peaches or mixed fruit above
Baby Bel Light Cheese
Apple
Protein Bar if I'm really low on cals.

Hope that helps some.

Unlike one of the previous posters, I try to eat 3 meals with 2 snacks and I try to level out the cals and carbs as much as possible throughout the day. I'm not that successful, but I try.

lisabom

One of my favorite lunches is tune in water I use the whole 3.5 oz can and mix with mustard instead of mayo. I put it one toasted 45 calorie bread and I have some pringles fat-free chips. 260 calories.

lisabom

That sounds great I will have to try it.

HonkyTonks

It isn't necessarily what you eat but how much of it you choose to eat. I have been on my diet a long time. The only food I have banished is pasta and that is only because even after eating portion controlled amounts I am up a pound next weigh in. I still eat I just log it all and watch portions. I do find whole grains are far more filling than white flour products.

Carbohydrates make you retain more water. The pound that you have gained won't have been fat unless you ate an excess of 3500 calories over maintenance.

Not saying you should eat pasta, just wanted to make it clear that certain foods won't make you gain a pound.

MrsGoHard

QFT

I am so lame - I had to google QFT.
[/quote]I don't understand half the acronyms I read in these forums. Most of them are health trend related, I'm guessing, but some aren't. I also don't get that "bump" thing.
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ha ha... "bump" just means "I'm posting something here to bump the thread to or towards the top."

MrsGoHard

and I'd agree, there are no special foods unless you have special considerations [heart disease, diabetes, PCOS] and even then "losing" is quite the same formula across the board. At least it's been for me anyway.

Best wishes!