Tips, Tricks, Recipes & Encouragement!

Hi, Harriette. There are services that can delivery healthy meals to you. They are a little more expensive than Meals on Wheels, but completely consistent with our principles – https://greenchef.com/learn-more and http://diettogo.com/. They are ideal for dinner and perhaps lunch, and you supplement with grocery store delivery for staples for other meals that don’t require much preparation – yogurt, cereal & milk, bread, spreads, produce.

I am having a problem as well. On April 28, I was involved in a near fatal accident and after spending over a month in the hospital and another 3 weeks in rehabilitation, I am now home; however, I haven’t been able to prepare my own meals and do my shopping. Since I have no family here, I must rely on friends to shop for me. I am still wheelchair bound and am having to depend on Meals on Wheels and others to help. I don’t like having the meals they provide since they are not appropriate for my eating plan, but I have to have something. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get back on my plan?

I am lost I need the menu. Printed up for me

Please can someone tell me how to ask a question to the nutritionisg llease as i can’t see how? Thanks

Nifty little ‘trick’ I’ve discovered. I find that if I put one of the 100% whole wheat handmade tortillas by TraderJoe’s on my toaster oven one toast, it puffs up and can be mostly separated into 2 very thin tortillas. Note that this is still close to 2 carb exchanges, so I usually try to cut a carb at lunch if I plan to have this as snack later.

I wouldn’t try to use them AS a tortilla that way, but it does give me the feeling of having twice as much tortilla to tear in pieces and dip into my hummus for snack – without actually adding the extra tortilla (which would be REALLY going over my carb allotment!). Unfortunately, I do not know whether this will work with another brand or not, but give it a try and see.

I also find cherry tomatoes to be good hummus dippers, which ups my veggies! Another thing I do to get in more veg, is to mix a tablespoon of tabouleh in with a tablespoon of hummus and a tablespoon of greek yogurt. Be sure to use a tabouleh that is mostly parsley and mint and not predominately couscous – otherwise you’ll just be adding more carb. I use Asmar’s brand, that I get at Whole Foods, if I don’t make my own. I suggest using quinoa if you make your own.

Of course, that’s also why I appreciated the feeling of having more bread to dip since I end up with 3 tablespoons of snack dip. It’s also, the reason that I need the tomato dippers, since even when separated in two, the tortilla wouldn’t last until the dip was finished.

The same tabouleh is also really good mixed with canned tuna and a little greek yogurt for lunch. Again, watch which tabouleh you use as some are predominately couscous. Not so bad if you don’t make a sandwich out of the salad, but they can add up otherwise.

To get started quickly read our Quick Start Guide. It will give you the tools and directions you need to start the program.

Follow these easy steps:

1. Login to https://www.trimdownclub.com
2. Click My Downloads on the top right of the home page
3. Under the Trim Down Club Program click on Start Now
4. Then, under the Quick Start Guide click on Download Now

Hi cristy, and welcome. I suggest you switch over to the personal version of the Menu Planner (the right-most of the three options in the application area here: https://www.trimdownclub.com/menu-planner). There you can select the foods that will work for you, rather than getting a menu from foods that work for the average Clubmember. In addition, I’m listing here some ideas for quick but healthy foods, including some that you can take with you on-the-go:
•Fresh and dried fruit
•Cut raw vegetables
•Oven-baked vegetable chips
•Nuts and seeds
•Trail mix combinations of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit
•Sandwiches – good breads with nut butters, hummus and similar spreads, tahini, canned or smoked fish, cheese, homemade “cold cuts” from fresh meats, egg salad, etc.
•Whole grain or Paleo crackers plus any of the above
•Hard-boiled eggs
•Sliced or string cheese
•Cottage cheese
•Yogurt
•Milk (dairy or vegetal), plain or flavored with cocoa powder and a recommended sweetener
•Hearty soup in a thermos (2-3 food groups, i.e. meat or legume, vegetable, whole grain)
•Hearty smoothie/shake in a thermos (2-3 food groups, i.e. fruit/vegetable, dairy/vegan, seeds)
•Edamame or other legume/pulse snacks
•Whole grain or Paleo cereal or granola (cold in small sealable bag, cooked in thermos)
•Canned beans
•Prepared healthy foods in containers – from leftovers or prepared the night or weekend before.
•Homemade whole-food muffins or bars
•Popped grains, i.e. organic popcorn, sorghum, quinoa
If you have additional concerns or questions, please do repost here, and I would be happy to help in whatever way I can.

Buy a big bag of kale or other greens of your choice. When you get home blitz them in a blender with a little water to form a paste. Fill an ice cube tray and freeze. Add one or two cubes to your morning smoothie.