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I've been eating cottage cheese and low fat yoghurt with various fruits for breakfast for years and don't get sick of it. 1/2 c 0% fat cottage cheese, 1/4 c reduced sugar Liberte Greek yoghurt (coconut is yummy) and a cup of frozen raspberries, strawberries or mango, or a pear or peach... the other go-to yogurt is Source,…

PS I am soooooo not comfortable with the risks of HRT. My mom says she used yam cream... anyone tried that?

I'm finally fully menopausal after a few years of cycling back and forth... very cool not to have periods but hot flashes are a nuisance. Like others I find whatever gets my blood sugar to rise can trigger them, plus hot drinks, but it's worse in the late afternoon to bedtime. Mostly I just live with it cause rooibos tea…

So many good things from losing 1/3 of my body weight but it's good to have a place to identify with the bad ones! - being ignored at work functions by people who have known me for decades probably because they didn't recognize me but it still felt awful and I left - not getting my old body back as the new one is…

I find I crave sugar if I eat too much sweets. I set my sugar goal at 60 g total per day. Frozen raspberries in plain low fat Greek yoghurt are a staple. And good dark chocolate... Zazubean Nudie 80% this evening. Beware sugar alcohols... they make me crave more just like sugar and they cause terrible bloating in excess.

Make custard out of protein powder by whisking into skim milk and heating slowly until thick. Perfect over oatmeal.

I tried to look at your diary but the link took me to my own diary... I am interested in your post because I have been doing 40-30-30 too. It's my magic macro formula for losing. When I upped my calories by 200/day recently to get into maintenance I started finding I was constipated sometimes but never a big deal as my…

Sorry that's the GI Diet!

I have a similar experience with carbs. It makes sense when you factor in the blood sugar reaction. My weight loss plan depends on sticking with low glycemic foods. Check out the HI Diet by a Canadian doctor.

The mini candy bars turned into a compulsive habit last year especially because I am last to leave most days. I have lost 55 lbs and a big part of it was kicking the sugar addiction. Now I don't even think they look good to eat! I will have a tiny slice of birthday cake if it doesn't look too sweet. It helps that oir…

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I make up soups alot. The one basic ingredient is to start with carmelizing onion by sauteeing in a little butter then continuing to cook on low heat adding a little water, repeatedly until soft and brown. And I often use barley in soup. For chicken soups I start by making stock with the bones and skin from a rotisserie…

My go-to breakfast is 1/2 c 0% fat cottage cheese, 1/2 c 0% fat 0 sugar yoghurt (Iogo raspberry uses Splenda and is yummy) with whatever fruit you like. For extra protein and smoothness replace half the yoghurt with a 0% fat plain Greek yoghurt (eg Liberte). When I have time to cook, my favorite low carb breakfasts are…

One of my favorite protein snacks is a couple of Yves veggie dogs.

I didn't read every post so sorry if I am repeating anything... Why do you want to like plain brown rice? I do eat brown rather than white for the fibre, which is supposed to be good at helping with weight loss. but still, 1/3 c brown rice is my serving size for dinner. Not much. If you really don't like the taste why not…

Stop looking for recipes and just make it up. Like: Ground beef, garlic(? I assume that's ok?), zucchini, roma tomatoes, zucchini, serve over brown rice. Ground beef, peppers, Japanese eggplant, minced ginger, add a bit of soy, serve over brown basmati. Ground beef, green beans, roma tomatoes, tbsp sun dried tomato pesto,…

I have found that it depends on your expectations about what the product is supposed to taste like. Lighter products won't taste the same with WW. But I made a fairly dense cocoa based chocolate cake with whole wheat flour recently and while I found the texture to be different, everyone raved about how good it was. It was…

Sometimes you just have to keep doing something before you get used to it. Brown rice is delicious all by itself.

Did you really puree the RAW cauliflower in the blender? I love cauliflower, not overcooked, but this recipe sounded backward, it seemed like you should cook then puree.

I am really sorry to be a downer... do you know what's in this stuff? anything hydrogenated is trans fats and is the worst fat you could be eating. This isn't really food. WATER, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT & PALM KERNEL OILS), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, SKIM MILK, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF LIGHT CREAM,…

and soy flour.

Wow I assume you're trying to put some weight on?? Deep fried is deep friend.

1) carbonated water with a very small dash of lime cordial 2) leftover fruit tea gone cold

I think it would help if you look at the number of calories per day you're going to get out of 40% fat. I don't see that as a high fat diet. I'm doing 50g fat per day and that's at 30%. From what you're eating for breakfast I'd say you've got the polyunsaturates covered. Saturated - butter, coconut... Mono: olive,…

Basic formula is: - 3oz lean protein (chicken breast cooked on Sunday, pork loin ditto, homemade meat loaf that's presliced and frozen so I can grab one slice in the am) - raw low carb veg - fill a 2c container (grape/cherry tomatoes, celery sticks, carrot sticks, pepper slices, green beans...) - 1 slice high fibre bread w…

Mace - smoked paprika - granulated garlic (much better flavour than garlic powder) for the spice rack. For the cupboard, tins of chipotle - I use it in all kinds of things - try chipotle mayo on a BLT - but freeze the rest of the can in ice cube trays to make it keep. For the seedy sorts out there, I have Popcorn Topping…

I grew up with rhubarb desserts and I agree - yum! But without the sugar... Recently I experimented with making a kind of simple "chutney" from rhubarb, to go with a pork roast. Put diced rhubarb in a small oven-proof dish, add some kind of fruit - apple, pear, orange - also diced. Add optional spice - I think I used mace.…

Here's a link to the website for Udo Erasmus, whom I think of as the fat guru. But really, read his book. http://www.udoerasmus.com/index.htm

Yves Veggie dogs (not the Tofu dogs unless you prefer them spicier) Dessert tofu if you're ok with the high sugar Plain soft tofu blended in a protein smoothie with almond milk/rice dream/etc?

My food coach says aim for 8 oz per day. But I find that hard to do and she's not too upset when I only consume half of that.:smile: