Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 Hi Arizona - well here we go at last, I have typed this one over a couple of days whilst I glean information so forgive me if I am all over the place. Firstly you say you know you don't get enough protein - if you combine certain foods they become a complete protein - Peanut butter & wholemeal bread, baked beans on whole toast, split pea soup with bread roll, brown rice & chickpeas, corn taco's & kidney beans, dahl & pitta bread, felafel & pitta bread, beans & corn chips, hummus & lavash bread, potato & spinich pie, chickpeas & coucous - they must be in these combinations though. Also, your diet is not varied enough, you eat mostly the same foods every day by the sound of it and that is not good for you, you are not getting anywhere near the nutrients that your body requires, synthetic are just not the same if they are having to do all the work - they are what they say SUPPLEMENTS. Other than the few things you mentioned in your email, you have not said if you like most fruit & veggies but here are some ideas for you to try. Breakfast - Bacon, baked beans & tomato with wholemeal bread, or grapefruit, or Miso soup, or avocado, do you like meusli, make your own without nuts, you can have muesli with yoghurt and not milk, my BIL does - he adds water to it to make it a thinner consistency, do you like porridge (rolled oats cooked with water?) very good for you especially if you cook it very slowly, you can also eat it the Scottish way with salt rather than a sweetener of some description - vary the menu have at least 3 or 4 things that you can rotate so that you are not on a grapefruit diet. Mid-morning - dried apricots are full of calcium, iron and zinc or something along those lines to give you a boost and slow releasing sugars. Lunch - baked potato with lots of fresh salad or one of the above combinations. Mid-afternoon - Toast with butter & roasted garlic (very good for you) or any of the above combinations (you should try to get at least 2 of the combinations a day as you do not eat any other real source of protein. Evening meal (as early evening as poss without leaving you hungry overnight). Vegetarian chilli (I will try to find my recipe it is delicious), vegetarian curry etc - all eaten with a huge bowl of fresh green salad. Follow with fresh fruit, as you have read in the last few days, water melon is very good for you, but eat lots of fresh raw veggies and fruit (organic of course if you can). If you make your curry with fresh herbs & spices, you are getting a double benefit. If you are at home all the time then you could make your mid day meal the larger of the meals and the evening meal a snack, which is much better for you. I am not sure what viactive is but it sounds loaded with sugar or sweetener, finish the batch and make yourself a promise that you will never buy anything unhealthy drinkwise again. When eating out and choice is limited, always go for the baked potato and never the fries - the chilli is fine if you are happy to pick the meat out (I could not be bothered) - how about a nice salad next time with a baked potato, you can also add fruit to a salad, strawberries, peaches yummy. Just remember the good old Weight Watchers saying - A MINUTE ON THE LIPS, A LIFETIME ON THE HIPS and good luck - a lb or 2 loss each week is very good, do not try to lose weight in a hurry because it will come back on with a vengeance and you will get an extra few pounds for your trouble. You are not dieting, you are changing your lifestyle and eating healthier. Hope this helps a little. Marianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 Hi Marianne, Thanks for so many good food ideas. I appreciate all the time you took to think of those combinations. I do want to have a lot more variation in my daily menu so I will be using your suggestions right away. I love to cook and often create lots of gourmet foods that I don't even eat myself. I go find a neighbor or someone who eats meat and I give it away....I just love the cooking part. So I guess its time I put that energy into my own menu. Thanks again. Arizona > Hi Arizona - well here we go at last, I have typed this one over a couple of > > days whilst I glean information so forgive me if I am all over the place. > > Firstly you say you know you don't get enough protein - if you combine > certain foods they become a complete protein - Peanut butter & wholemeal > bread, baked beans on whole toast, split pea soup with bread roll, brown > rice > & chickpeas, corn taco's & kidney beans, dahl & pitta bread, felafel & > pitta > bread, beans & corn chips, hummus & lavash bread, potato & spinich pie, > chickpeas & coucous - they must be in these combinations though. > > Also, your diet is not varied enough, you eat mostly the same foods every > day > by the sound of it and that is not good for you, you are not getting > anywhere > near the nutrients that your body requires, synthetic are just not the same > > if they are having to do all the work - they are what they say SUPPLEMENTS. > > Other than the few things you mentioned in your email, you have not said if > > you like most fruit & veggies but here are some ideas for you to try. > > Breakfast - Bacon, baked beans & tomato with wholemeal bread, or > grapefruit, > or Miso soup, or avocado, do you like meusli, make your own without nuts, > you > can have muesli with yoghurt and not milk, my BIL does - he adds water to > it > to make it a thinner consistency, do you like porridge (rolled oats cooked > with water?) very good for you especially if you cook it very slowly, you > can > also eat it the Scottish way with salt rather than a sweetener of some > description - vary the menu have at least 3 or 4 things that you can rotate > > so that you are not on a grapefruit diet. > > Mid-morning - dried apricots are full of calcium, iron and zinc or > something > along those lines to give you a boost and slow releasing sugars. > > Lunch - baked potato with lots of fresh salad or one of the above > combinations. > > Mid-afternoon - Toast with butter & roasted garlic (very good for you) or > any > of the above combinations (you should try to get at least 2 of the > combinations a day as you do not eat any other real source of protein. > > Evening meal (as early evening as poss without leaving you hungry > overnight). > Vegetarian chilli (I will try to find my recipe it is delicious), > vegetarian > curry etc - all eaten with a huge bowl of fresh green salad. Follow with > fresh fruit, as you have read in the last few days, water melon is very > good > for you, but eat lots of fresh raw veggies and fruit (organic of course if > you can). If you make your curry with fresh herbs & spices, you are > getting > a double benefit. > > If you are at home all the time then you could make your mid day meal the > larger of the meals and the evening meal a snack, which is much better for > you. > > I am not sure what viactive is but it sounds loaded with sugar or > sweetener, > finish the batch and make yourself a promise that you will never buy > anything > unhealthy drinkwise again. > > When eating out and choice is limited, always go for the baked potato and > never the fries - the chilli is fine if you are happy to pick the meat out > (I > could not be bothered) - how about a nice salad next time with a baked > potato, you can also add fruit to a salad, strawberries, peaches yummy. > > Just remember the good old Weight Watchers saying - A MINUTE ON THE LIPS, A > > LIFETIME ON THE HIPS and good luck - a lb or 2 loss each week is very good, > > do not try to lose weight in a hurry because it will come back on with a > vengeance and you will get an extra few pounds for your trouble. You are > not > dieting, you are changing your lifestyle and eating healthier. > > Hope this helps a little. > Marianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 To those of you who make baked beans from scratch ,what kind of beans do you use? thanks donna In a message dated 1/7/02 5:55:51 PM, marianne2406 writes: << Hi Arizona - well here we go at last, I have typed this one over a couple of days whilst I glean information so forgive me if I am all over the place. >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2002 Report Share Posted January 8, 2002 In a message dated 7/1/02 23:24:41 GMT Standard Time, ArtistDesigner writes: You are welcome - if you need any more ideas just let me know. marianne > So I guess its time I put that energy into my own menu. > Thanks again. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2002 Report Share Posted January 8, 2002 --- Donna, I usually use the pinto or northern varieties myself. I found a 'licious Southern recipe for a dish made with frozen apple juice for sweetners. My hubby loves it and never misses the brown sugar! It is so neat. And I thought all these years I couldn't do it. I add the very mild molasses (preferably organic but sometimes the regular brands)... very yummy!! If you'd like the recipe, just email me and I'll be happy to oblige. JoAnn JoAnn Guest joguest Friendsforhealthnaturally http://canceranswer.homestead.com/AIM.html dfnewman@a... wrote: > To those of you who make baked beans from scratch ,what kind of beans do you > use? > thanks > donna > In a message dated 1/7/02 5:55:51 PM, marianne2406@a... writes: > > << Hi Arizona - well here we go at last, I have typed this one over a couple > of > days whilst I glean information so forgive me if I am all over the place. > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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