 Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago | Hi, patzmossey:
Your snacks do not have to be exactly as listed in your menu, but do note that they are an opportunity to get in some fruits and vegetables, and should generally include some protein. Pay attention also to portion sizes!
To answer your additional question, a good accompaniment to puffed rice cereal would be a vegetable or source of protein, such as milk, egg, cheese, nuts or seeds. |
| Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago | Hi, roxxy38. Special K is not 100% whole grain – there is a considerable portion of refined grains, “compensated” for by added bran. It is also rather high in sugars. It isn’t really all that recommended.
Just to elaborate on the issue, below is the ingredients list:
WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, RICE, SUGAR, WHOLE GRAIN OATS, WHEAT BRAN, MILLED CORN, HONEY, SOLUBLE WHEAT FIBER, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MALT FLAVORING, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, BHT (PRESERVATIVE), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D, VITAMIN B12.
The second and third ingredients are refined (if it doesn’t say “whole grain,” then it isn’t); the total sugars per serving is nearly 2 teaspoons.
In contrast, the following is the ingredient list for a cereal that better fits withs the priniples of the program:
Whole Grain Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Isolated Soy Protein, Salt, Whole Grain Barley Flour, Malt Extract, Dried Yeast. with 1 teaspoon of sugar per serving
or
Whole wheat (65%), wheat bran (21%), sugar, barley malt flavoring, salt, honey, niacin, iron, vitamin B6, ribolfavin (vitamin B2), thiamin (B1), folic acid, vitamin D, vitamin B12. Total sugars = 1.3 teaspoons of sugar per serving. |
 apensa 12 years ago | OH…let’s not forget the Diet Cola. |
| apensa 12 years ago | OK, Radisson. Double/Double w/cheese and fries, here I come. I’m getting excited just thinking about it. |
 Radisson 12 years ago | apensa: I get burgers on my menu regularly. The health percentage is lower, but I much rather have it on my menu and not cheat. Also, I get steaks at least twice a week. Just amend your menu accordingly. Again its not as healthy but I don’t have to cheat. You could do that to, its your option. |
| Radisson 12 years ago | CHIA: Ouch! That’s a lot of work and major disturbance. Best of luck on this. I don’t wish that to anyone. |
| apensa 12 years ago | Chia….we had to chose a $5000.00 deductible to keep the insurance costs down. I wish you luck. I know what you will be going through while the work is being done. I just got a call from friends that are in town for a short time. They want to meet at In And Out Burgers for lunch. Well, I guess today just turned out to be another “free day”. Then tonight we have to attend a birthday party…..I snow she is serving chili and corn bread. Might as well forget it today…….where’s the Vodka. |
 CHIA 12 years ago | Radisson: Thanks for commenting to me. We have good insurance, but we chose a $500 out-of-pocket before insurance kicks in. We have a person coming on Monday morning to look at everything to tell us what the insurance will pay. We had a carpenter come yesterday and he said the water under the wood kitchen floor is under more of the floor than we had thought. We’ll need to get a whole new floor, which we had put down only about 3 years ago. We could also tell that the water had gone under the corner of the carpet between the kitchen and dining room. Don’t know what we can do about that. Just have to “suck it up” I guess. No pun intended 🙂 |
| Radisson 12 years ago | ppeddle: Both are good, unfortunately I don’t think you can read while doing weights or kettlebell which is also an alternative. Go to you Tube to find Kettlebell exercises for women. Also, the fact that you are exercising every day may explain why you are not loosing weight. As you are buiding muscle mass, you are burning more fat. Both cardio and muscle buiding exercises are required to maintain a balanced muscle tone (the olympic runner style). As I said many times the scale and BMI are only references for doctors or redline figures to signal that your health maybe in jeopardy if you go behond these figures. However, these are only guidelines and if you exercise regularly and have a healthy muscle mass, your weight may very well be over the guidelines. Only a trainer can determine that after a fat/muscle ratio examination. See other earlier articles referenced I submitted in this topic or under fitness. |
| apensa 12 years ago | Thanks, Peddle. Now it makes sense. You’re a hearty breed up there. Snow, to me, is something you drive to, not through. |
 Carreenia 12 years ago | Good morning,afternoon, or evening to all y’all great people…. I have been on this on plan almost 6 weeks…. I can say finally I have got on “THE SCALE”…. An was a happy camper… I lost 5 pounds… My goal is to get back to 125 pounds… I turned 50 in January and I’m making a lot of healthier choices in my life…. Im eating a lot and good choices in my food…still drinking all the water I can..Thought I share some of the things I like… Hope they might help y’all in someway also… Yes… I’m from Texas… Lol… I really enjoy Wu-Long Tea in morning and at lunch…it’s a slimming Tea. So if you like tea it’s good and good for you.. An I’m taking something new I saw on Dr.Oz show on T.V. It’s called Pure Garcinia Cambogia Extract…check it out… It makes your body burn fat not muscles . No fillers in it… Increase seratonin and its a fruit … Just started… I have been taking only 2 days… But will keep y’all with updates on the benefit I see in myself…. I eat a lot of fish… I have started to eat 7 small meals and I aways eat almonds about 10 a day…for a snack… I feel great… And if I can lose 5 pounds a month… I’m a happy camper… I have 15 more pounds to lose… I’m going to make… To all of y’all have a wonderful morning, afternoon , or evening… |
 ppeddle 12 years ago | Congrats Apensa!!! I did it too…got 12 more chapters read in my book this morning. Wow…Lassie…haven’t seen that in a long time. I’m Canadian…way over east in Newfoundland. I’ll have some excercise tomorrow shovelling…we’re getting a storm tomorrow and my snowblower broke down last week. 20cm of snow (or about 8 inches…LOL). Radisson: I was wondering if I should be doing some weights in between…I wasn’t sure if I was better off sticking with the treadmill for the cardio or alternating with weights. I use an incline program on the treadmill…which moves the incline up and down every few minutes while keeping a brisk walk, but in doing some reading learned that muscle burns fat so increasing muscle mass would help. As long as I can figure out a way to read while I do it. 🙂 Or maybe use the PVR and have something good to watch in the morning. |
| apensa 12 years ago | Radisson: Oh, yes…..I keep a nice wine rack of reds. I’ve tried to cut down on all “Booze”, but an occasional Vodka Martini…..I don’t care if it’s shaken or stirred…..and red wine with any meal….fish, fowl or beef. You just can’t take the Italian out of an Italian. |
| Radisson 12 years ago | Hi everyone, just a few comments: ppeddle: try exercising on the treadmill every other day, in between some other exercise like weights. Never exercise the same group of muscles the same day. Also, you may want to do interval training on the treadmill using a Gymboss Timer. Billylynn: Good luck with the root canal. Apensa: maybe martinis on weekends. But I like also good red wine which is healthier choice. CHIA: Sorry to hear about your water damage at home. Hope the fridge is out the way by bow. Is this covered Under your home insurance? slimasharon: Lucky you here in Canada my garden is covered in snow. Record snow fall this year. No end in sight. Going to Florida with my wife for a month mid-Macrch. Hope the snow will be gone when we come back. While i may not have lost weight on my last scale check, I feel better, healthier. I even started execising with my Kettlebell again. I definitely dropped one size. This is more than just losing weight, its about a new lifestyle. I only joined TDC last January, however, I first, read about the program in January 2012 and started to eliminate bad foods like “orange juice”, “processed foods and pastries”, “frozen foods” and “enriched flour products”. In one year I managed to lose nearly 20 pouds on my own. I still enjoy casual glass of wine and even chocolate is allowed on TDC. Hang in there! |
| apensa 12 years ago | Peddle……IT WORKED!!!!!! I got up this morning and almost immediately walked over to the treadmill (after doing a little bit of stretching)…..that was the “walk” part….LOL, and did 15 minutes on the treadmill. I think I can make this work and I owe it all to you. The original “Lassie” movie was showing on TCM. Another thing we have in common. My usual first questions is, “Where can I find the nearest restroom”. I take it that since you used “500K”, you are somewhere other than the USA? |
