Guest guest Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Hi Kerry, I'm so sorry but there is no way in the world that anyone could honestly assure you that cheese is a health food (LOL). When you are starting a new way of life it sometimes seems like an impossible sacrifice to completely give up something which is so important to you. You are obviously committed to making lifestyle changes and that's great. If you feel that you aren't yet able to totally give up cheese that's no reason to give up your healthy lifestyle choices. There are quite a few ways you could combine the best of both worlds - choose lower fat cheeses eat cheese based meals (or those containing lots of cheese) less often set yourself a weekly allowance of cheese and try not to eat more than that use less cheese per recipe - e.g. a thinner topping of cheese on your jacket potato grate cheese onto toast instead of using a thick slice of cheese buy a cheese parer which will give you really thin shavings of cheese There you go - take heart. You don't have to give up your cheese completely if you aren't ready or willing to do so at this stage. I hope these few ideas are of some help. I love cheese! With a passion!! perhaps too much... I know cheese is fattening but is it bad for me to eat some?? It will be really hard to give it up as it makes so many meals, cheesy pasta, cheese on toast, jacket spud with cheese... My list could go on forever. Please someone tell me I can slim and still have some cheese!!!! for my own sanity!!! from slightly mad cheese loving Kerry . Cheers from Marie in Haarlem, Netherlands (where the cheese comes from!!!) KERRY GREENWOOD <ogsplosh wrote: Sent from & #45; a smarter inbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Marie, I agree with you whole heartily..I had given it up for about 3 months and got my cholestrol down to a reasonable level bu I do love it and I am using it a little less aggresivly now, like you say, sprinkles instead of globs and as a light topping less often. Same way with butter. -- Leona, Lee, Jackie, Tvksi, Granny and Momma. We wish you all the best, ---- Marie Rieuwers <marierieuwers wrote: > Hi Kerry, > > I'm so sorry but there is no way in the world that anyone could honestly assure you that cheese is a health food (LOL). > > When you are starting a new way of life it sometimes seems like an impossible sacrifice to completely give up something which is so important to you. > > You are obviously committed to making lifestyle changes and that's great. If you feel that you aren't yet able to totally give up cheese that's no reason to give up your healthy lifestyle choices. There are quite a few ways you could combine the best of both worlds - > > choose lower fat cheeses > eat cheese based meals (or those containing lots of cheese) less often > set yourself a weekly allowance of cheese and try not to eat more than that > use less cheese per recipe - e.g. a thinner topping of cheese on your jacket potato > grate cheese onto toast instead of using a thick slice of cheese > buy a cheese parer which will give you really thin shavings of cheese > > There you go - take heart. You don't have to give up your cheese completely if you aren't ready or willing to do so at this stage. I hope these few ideas are of some help. > I love cheese! With a passion!! perhaps too much... > > I know cheese is fattening but is it bad for me to eat some?? It will be really hard to give it up as it makes so many meals, cheesy pasta, cheese on toast, jacket spud with cheese... My list could go on forever. Please someone tell me I can slim and still have some cheese!!!! for my own sanity!!! > > from slightly mad cheese loving Kerry > > > > > . > > Cheers from Marie in Haarlem, Netherlands (where the cheese comes from!!!) > > > KERRY GREENWOOD <ogsplosh wrote: > > > > > > Sent from & #45; a smarter inbox. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Cutting down will certainly help. But if you did decide to quit eating cheese entirely, you¹ll be surprised how quickly you get over it! I¹d already been vegan, but to help with weight loss I went fat-free vegan a while back, so I would have a slice of bread with my pasta now and then, but I stopped putting margarine on it. The first couple of days I missed it but after that I was just fine with it. Recently due to the holidays I was having a few ‹ shall we say ³less than fat free² days, so I thought what¹s the difference, I may as well go ahead and have some margarine on my bread. You know what? I didn¹t like it! It felt like grease on bread to me. It¹s the same with cheese. I may have missed it for a short time, but no longer. Now, when I do have an occasional indulgence like pizza, I enjoy it very much without cheese ‹ even better really, cuz I can really taste the sauce and all the fresh herbs and veggies. Anna On 3/1/08 7:22 AM, " Leona " <leehen wrote: > > Marie, I agree with you whole heartily..I had given it up for about 3 months > and got my cholestrol down to a reasonable level bu I do love it and I am > using it a little less aggresivly now, like you say, sprinkles instead of > globs and as a light topping less often. Same way with butter. > -- > Leona, Lee, Jackie, Tvksi, Granny and Momma. We wish you all the best, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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