KarenB927 Member

I'm sorry for your loss. I have lost both my parents; my Dad 21 years ago this April, my Mom 9 years this past January. I was not there when my Dad passed, I was living in a different state and didn't make it back in time. My Mom I took care of the last three months of her life, and held her had for 9 hours until she drew…

I usually order steamed vegetables with either chicken or shrimp with garlic sauce. I have celiac disease so I'm limited on what I can eat anyway, but the steamed dishes are usually listed in the "diet" section of the menu.

No. My husband and I gave up fast food 7 years ago.

I have these containers I inherited from my mother. They are called Lock and Lock. They have the most air tight seal I've ever seen. You can get them from QVC or Amazon.

When we get Chinese takeout, I love the steamed shrimp and vegetables with garlic sauce. It's one of the few "safe" meals for me, since I have celiacs disease. They use nice large shrimp and the garlic sauce is made with corn starch to thicken it, instead of flour. When I'm in the mood for sesame chicken, I make a…

Walden Farms Peanut Spread. I shudder just remembering it.

The only thing I actually threw in the garbage after trying it once was Walden Farms Peanut Spread. I've always been one of those people that is willing to sacrifice a little taste for less calories and fat, but that wasn't a sacrifice, that was suicide. Since I was diagnosed with celiac disease after major thyroid…

Thyroid nodules which were treated with radioactive iodine. Radioactive iodine treatment not only shrinks the nodules, but the thyroid too, which caused hypothyroidism, which was expected. What wasn't expected was the Celiac Disease that resulted from the Hashimotos Disease I also apparently suffered from. It was more than…

Put me at 44 which is pretty cool since I'm 56 lol.

I'm 56 and haven't eaten breakfast on a regular basis since I'm about 8 or 9. I just can't face food first thing in the morning. Monday-Friday I eat lunch and dinner. Saturday and Sunday I do eat breakfast about 2 hours after I get up, but then I don't eat lunch. I've been a 2 meal a day person for a very long time.

Try using homemade garden salad. And yes, before the cheese, bacon bits, dressing, etc., it's pretty low in calories for just the vegetables.

Talenti gelato.

I look better at 56 than I did when I was 40. I've lost inches in places I never could before, like my thighs. I was always cursed with those saddlebags everyone says you'll never get rid of. Guess what? I got rid of them.

I am such a coffee addict that when I was admitted into the hospital following a very mild stroke, I wasn't allowed to have caffeinated coffee and I got massive headaches. The doctor actually ordered caffeinated coffee delivered to me from the cafeteria along with the shots he ordered for my headaches. Since my stroke was…

I am one of those people who absolutely hate exercise, yet I work out for an hour 5-6 days a week because I like the feeling of accomplishment when I'm done. Even though I'm probably hating about 90% of what I'm doing, I know they're the ones that work so I give it my all while doing it and feel a certain amount of pride…

My husband occasionally tries to sneak "treats" for me into the grocery cart. It's not so much that he's trying to sabotage me, he thinks he's being nice, but he often forgets (which I chalk up to his short term memory problems due to a stroke he had) that I have celiac disease and what he picks out usually has wheat as…

Besides my food scale which I use every day, I splurged on a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer. I got tired of spending almost $5 on 4 gluten free hamburger rolls that pretty much taste stale and hard, especially since the only place I can get them is the health food store and they keep them in the freezer. I wanted nothing more than…

I've lost about 30 pounds since my last weight gain, which was due to having radioactive iodine treatment to shrink nodules which also shrunk my thyroid. I went from out-of-control hyperthyroid to severely hypothyroid and of course gained weight while we played the "what's the right dose of Synthroid" game. There is about…

No little kiddies in the house and my granddaughter lives in another state, so I'm saved from the chocolate fest. My husband is partial to lamb, so if I can find a nice small boneless leg of lamb, I'll make that for dinner for the two of us. I would rather go out to an Easter buffet somewhere, but since being diagnosed…

I have pint of Talenti Southern Butter Pecan gelato in the freezer waiting for me. I will probably scarf down the whole thing, but I'm having a "who gives a crap day". I'm maintaining my weight now, almost 2 years with only a pound or two fluctuation, so once in a blue moon I just let it all go and don't stress over…

Neither. I'm allergic to bananas and don't like them anyway. Just the smell nauseates me. When my kids were litte (many eons ago, lol), if they wanted sliced bananas on their cereal, I would hold them at arms length to cut them so I wouldn't have to smell them, and then run and wash my hands immediately. I really hate…

I don't know about the ketchup, but I just found a brand of sugar free bbq sauce at my supermarket called G Hughes. I need gluten free which this also is, but the added bonus of sugar free is nice.

2-3 lbs

According to the website www.caloriecount.com, one 60 gram Kroger blueberry scone has 230 calories, 10 grams of total fat, 32 grams of carbs and 3 grams of protein. Hope that helps.

Same here with gluten and celiacs.

I eat 2 meals a day. Always have and probably always will. Monday to Friday I eat lunch and dinner. Saturday and Sunday I eat breakfast and dinner.

I used to love Girl Scout cookies, but with celiac disease I'm not brave enough to try the gluten free ones they're selling now.

An entire package of Pepperidge Farms cookies (any kind as long as they had chocolate in them somewhere) with a big glass of milk. A whole pint of Ben & Jerrys New York Super Fudge Chunk ice cream. A 1 pound bag of peanut M & M's with a big glass of milk. A whole container of Kozy Shack Rice Pudding. I still on occasion…

I like the Ranch, Thousand Island and Caesar dressings. I use them because I have Celiac Disease and they are gluten free.

Gluten free for over two years for health reasons as well (developed celiac disease due to thyroid disease). My husband will eat whatever I make, so it's been a little easier when it comes to cooking dinner. Although sometimes when he thinks he's being nice and sneaking a little treat into the grocery cart, he doesn't…