Originally Posted by
tropit
Sitting around and eating more during this "social distancing" has really taken it's toll. I think I've put on at least 10 pounds! It's a healthy, homemade Cobb Salad tonight and back on WW tomorrow. Send over all of your low-cal recipes please.
~C
Well, unfortunately, no one has really given you any recipe ideas. We try to cut out empty carbs, so we rarely have rice, potatoes or noodles. We do have a slice of whole wheat bread for breakfast with fruit almost daily. Overnight oatmeal with fruit and some walnuts or almonds is also a wonderful breakfast.
I've been trying to collect low-carb recipes, so I'll share my most recent finds:
Skinnytaste.com has many good recipes, including these Swedish Meatballs (I do not serve noodles with these, and it's still very good!)
https://www.skinnytaste.com/swedish-meatballs/
Egg Roll in a Bowl (I use ground turkey)
https://www.the-girl-who-ate-everyth...oll-in-a-bowl/
Healthy General Tso's Chicken (I serve with steamed broccoli)
https://platedcravings.com/general-tsos-chicken/
Ranch Chicken Salad (I like this over salad greens for dinner.)
https://www.skinnytaste.com/?s=ranch+chicken+salad
Do you BBQ much? We do. My favorite marinade that I use on shrimp, chicken breasts and pork chops is Good Seasons Italian Dressing mix (packet) with 2T olive oil and 2T white cooking wine. For salmon, I brush filets with Kraft Roasted Red Pepper dressing.
We often eat just a BBQ meat/poultry/seafood with a salad with low-cal dressing. Sometimes I cook a fresh vegetable, carrots, green beans or broccoli.
I keep fresh cut-up vegetables on the kitchen counter during the day time for my "snack attacks". DH is more of a compulsive snacker in the evenings after dinner. If that's your snack time, I would suggest some fruit and nuts. Might feel like a dessert substitute. Sometimes in the afternoon I enjoy a sweet treat. Lately it's in the form of an herbal tea with a tablespoon of frothed up International Delight French Vanilla creamer (35 calories). I call it my version of "London Fog". I find that a small piece of dark chocolate is a satisfying treat for me without making me feel like I want to eat more and more (like milk chocolate does). And dark chocolate is healthier. I really like the Hershey's Special Dark Nuggets with Almonds.
Thankfully, I had gotten myself into a healthier eating plan before the shelter-in-place orders, so I had already lost quite a bit of weight and had some good eating habits developing. I've lost over 40 lbs. so far and am into a healthy BMI category, so am quite pleased.
Good luck to you and others trying to lose weight! Stay healthy!