 Liberated 12 years ago | I just started this program and would like to know if you can have popcorn? |
 apensa 12 years ago | Saved,
Whre did you find those 10 foods to avoid? And, I know somewhere there is an entire list of foods not attached to a particular recipe or menu. Where are they. I guess I’m dense but I am having a heck of a time navigating through the web site. |
 jackiee 12 years ago | Good evening all, or afternoon, morning, Good to see so many newbies coming on board, good luck Athleen, Savedbygrace, pyampol & anitamariep. Pyampol, I too had a problem with items available but if you just select whats available to you on your menu planner and then just add more stuff, if and when you source them. How did you get on eating everything on your menu antiamariep.
r2b2, glad you managed some dragon boat paddling, it all counts. Sounds like you had a fun weekend, and ppleased that your weren’t affect by rain.
Well done Norunyan with the weight loss and great to hear your sugar levels are down too.
Looks like your be busy with you recipes this week Ginnerlou, await your opinion on the recipes.
Hope your grandsons start school ok today Seaborn and that your internet connection stays on now.
Hope you enjoy your egg in butter\olive oil now Apensa. I now half poach my egg in a little water with a drizzle of olive oil, which my daughter prefers so we all have them cooked like that now. I’m
of to do my shopping list from my new menu, then get to bed, night all, happy healthy eating all. |
 ginnerlou 12 years ago | Thanks you Ossie for your input on the flours. I appreciate it. To all the newbies – welcome Don’t be too overwhelmed by everything. It will become easier to understand as the weeks go by. My start date was Jan 9 so I’m still learning too. Haven’t heard from Seaborn, hope all is well with them. Scary to think of 40 inches of rain in 24 hr period. Bet she feels like Noah! My menu this week consistes of 7 new recipes! Wow! Trying the enchiladas, oat pancakes, breakfast pizza, butternut squash clafouti dessert, basic omelette, black bean swg burrito pockets, and I have the beef stew in the crock now. Hope to find the swg tortillas when I shop. Going to Whole Foods tomorrow. Oh, by the way lost 2.2 lbs this past week! Going is slow but I’m not complaining at all. I know I have lost inches because my jeans are loose in the thigh area. Does anyone have a probllem with constipation (what a question to ask in mixed company)? I’m drinking my water and eating all the healthy grains. Could be the meds I’m taking. See you at the next port of call |
 SavedbyGrace1950 12 years ago | I just joined today. But plan on trying this. I have tried several others and stick to it for a while and then get tired of counting, whether it is calories, fat grams, or points. We don’t get grass fed beef where I live. They do sell some organic chicken and eggs though. I love all seafood, but my husband wants it fried only. Hopefully I will be able to follow the guidelines. I don’t really plan to start until next week because of helping son move and having to travel and eat on the road. But I am looking forward to it and will start with avoiding the 10 foods listed. |
| apensa 12 years ago | atheen, you hit the nail on the head. Common sense and keeping active. I imagine that there are some that for some reason or another, it is not enough. I think you will find the forums and food ideas beneficial. I love the part about being analytical and cerebral about things…..I guess that is where ghe term being “anal” comes from…anyway, me too. I don’t know if it is a stalling tactic or what. |
 atheen 12 years ago | Hi everyone,
I’m Atheen. I’m 66 and retired. After a hectic life, I find myself with no one but myself to take care of and nothing to do with my time but to do so! I joined this program yesterday and got started today. I’m already not doing what I’m supposed to do, typically, but I’m okay with that. I lost about 50# over the last year by using common sense and increasing my activity level, but I decided to see what this site was about in order to keep myself on track and motivated; I still have a way to go before I reach a comfortable weight. So far I’m enjoying the articles, recipe suggestions, and the supportive message boards. We’ll see how I do. I tend to be analytical and cerebral in my approach to problems, and this site seems designed to cater to that mind-set in many ways. |
 r2b2 12 years ago | Hi All – Welcome to the newbies.
Well I haven’t been posting because I have been busy. Feel like I have been eating for three days. We went with friends on a houseboat, 2 hour CRUISE up the River Murray to a reserve for the Australia day celebrations. Locked away on a houseboat with food everywhere. I tried very hard to nibble at fruits but also indulged in other yummy things. I am not an emotional eater but tend to eat when it is sitting in front of me. I will take Ossie’s comments on board as we did enjoy ourselves. Oh and there was wine too!
Kelz1973 – Thank you for the website details. I emailed and of course they don’t deliver here but they are happy if I pick up but they are way down south somewhere. Their website looks good.
Seaborn – Hope all is well up there. The TV reports are not good. Massive flooding, roads and communications cut – some areas around 40 inches of rain in 24 hours. We are dry here – we only have 13 inches in a whole year! Can’t imagine the water.
Jackiee – Hope your family are all back to good health – how could they be otherwise with your fantastic nursing. I haven’t done any more to the “palace” but I did try my dragon boat paddling last Wednesday. My shoulder was OK although I only did about half the training. I need to get my exercise going. Got to finish reading all the news from you all. Good luck to everyone! |
 Norunyan 12 years ago | Hi Everyone, It gets easier as you go. I am happy with the 3 lb. loss in about 2 weeks.Also my sugar is going down every day I stay with it.It is down 54 points.No wonder I feel so much better!
Keep with it and we will all learn as we go. |
 barkingmad 12 years ago | re green tea, I drink it alot, the tea I have was brought back from russia by a friend, but i’m sure it will be available online through a wholefood outlet or a tea merchant, mines in a long tubular tin with dragons embossed on it, with jasmine, its absolutely delightful |
 pyampol 12 years ago | This will be my first day. I know I need to eat healthier, and needed help in that area. I worry about portions, as I don’t eat a lot, just not the right things. Also about the availability of some items, as I live in a very small town in the mountains of BC. I have a question about green tea. I drank it as a child, and it was green, nearly colorless but tasty. The green tea I buy now looks like black tea when it is steeped. Where can I get real green tea? |
 CHIA 12 years ago | OSSIE; I will keep these e-mails too but want to ask which forum would be best for Trim Down questions and answers per se?
Are you the Dietitian on all the other forums?
Would you please answer the questions I asked you in the other post, before I start using a different forum? I pasted them here:
OSSIE, MY DIET QUESTION IS: I CAN’T FIND THESE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLOUR. CAN I STILL MAKE THE RECIPES FOR MUFFINS AND ALL RECIPES THAT CALL FOR FLOUR, WITH MY REGULAR FLOUR? THE NUTRITION MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT ARE THE # OF CALORIES, measurements, CARBS, ETC THE SAME AS REGULAR FLOUR. Currently, I use Pillsberry self-rising flour. Also, I have stopped losing weight. When I reached 180, I stopped and flucuate up and down 2-3 lbs now for over a week. How can I get going again??? (Is there a place, website, or other place to see how to switch all of these healthier flours from Pillsbury Self-Rising, or vice-versa?) I would really appreciate your own knowledge to these questions. Thank you and will be watching for your reply 🙂 |
 anitamariep 12 years ago | This is my 1st day on the program. Am I really supposed to eat all this food? 1 1/2 c oatmeal, 12 oz. yogurt, 17 grapes & 1/4 c egg salad??? What if I can’t eat it all? |
| apensa 12 years ago | Here is another one for someone to give an opinion. For my birthday, knowing how much I love Italian Deli items and the lack of Italian Delis where I live, my daughter gave me a portion of Mortadella (Italian Baloney sort of) and some “fixed” olives (olive oil and spices). I have been using the mortadella with proveloni cheese on one slice of SWG bread, about four of each olives (green and black) as a meal or snack. How does that sound? |
| apensa 12 years ago | Thaks, Ossie. Is it the butter itself or the portion of butter. Does using another oil with the butter sort of do an offsetting action? How about that butter with olive oil they sell or just some olive oil with the butter? |
