OK, I'll Say It...Please Post Some Lo-Cal Recipes For New Year's Resolution
#11
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We eat healthy but need new ideas so keep them coming. I steam Brussels sprouts, marinate in pickle juice, slice into salad. Good fiber & keeps a long time. I have a “yo-nana” machine which makes a faux ice cream from frozen fruit and bananas. We walk as often as we can.
#12
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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All of these ideas sound yummy. Sadly, I don't have an instantpot, or air fryer, or pressure cooker.
But, I'm home all the time now, so I have time to cook up a storm on my trusty, 1950, O'Keefe & Merritt stove. (With the griddle-in-the-middle.) I know, I'm bragging...sorry...I love that stove. I probably love it too much, which is why I need to lose some pounds.
This morning, I made an awesome breakfast. I grilled 3, small slices of whole-wheat, sourdough bread on the griddle and topped them with some low-fat hummus and chopped tomatoes. I cut up an orange for a side. It tasted so fresh and lively! I like having something else in the morning besides the regular, American-style breakfast. Not that I don't like American-style breakfasts...I love them, but it's nice to change things up once in awhile.
~ C
But, I'm home all the time now, so I have time to cook up a storm on my trusty, 1950, O'Keefe & Merritt stove. (With the griddle-in-the-middle.) I know, I'm bragging...sorry...I love that stove. I probably love it too much, which is why I need to lose some pounds.
This morning, I made an awesome breakfast. I grilled 3, small slices of whole-wheat, sourdough bread on the griddle and topped them with some low-fat hummus and chopped tomatoes. I cut up an orange for a side. It tasted so fresh and lively! I like having something else in the morning besides the regular, American-style breakfast. Not that I don't like American-style breakfasts...I love them, but it's nice to change things up once in awhile.
~ C
#13
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Low fat is not the way to go. Low sugar is! And all white flour turns to sugar in your tummy. The new way to eat is Keto: High fat, medium protein and low carbs. That's: eat the butter, bacon, lard. Have meat or peanut butter and such, and cut out processed sugars and most wheat flours. There are many natural sugars out there which don't have calories and still taste good. Two eggs for breakfast has been my mainstay for about four years now. I lost 30 pounds, and my goal was not to lose weight. I'm quite tall, so 30 pounds doesn't show as much. The eggs are protein and gave me much more energy than cereal. And I always drink full-fat milk. Tastes soooo good.
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I forgot to add the reason to eat the fat. Your brain is made up of fat, and it needs fat to function. Mother's milk is made with lots of cholesterol and fat. Nature knew that's what babies need from the beginning, and we all need to feed our brains.
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For weight loss==As a before am/pm meal, I drank a cup of warm water with 2 tablespoons Braggs vinegar, 1 teaspoon Ceylon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon raw honey. Drinking this every day for 3 months, my A1c went from 6.2 down to 5.8 and have lost weight everyday while doing the drink. I have stopped the drink and take 1 Ceylon capsule at supper because the weight kept coming off and I needed to stop it.
Some say the Braggs can loosen up their colon, so beware of that fact, recipe is from earthclinic.com It must use the Ceylon cinnamon as it by far the safest version to consume daily and be healthy.
I am now eating more organic and lo-carb foods.
Good luck on your adventure for a new you this year.
#16
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Good for you ...you're on a healthy road. I love steel-cut oatmeal too. Plus, if I buy it instead of regular rolled oats, I'm less tempted to make oatmeal cookies. (I'm so bad sometimes.)
~C
~C
#18
I love veggies, am now making the best green beans ever. Fresh green beans, can of diced tomatoes, allspice, oregano onion/garlic if you like. Simmer for 45 minutes, do NOT peek. I sprinkle lightly with parmesean or feta cheese
#19
I've been on WW since last January and have lost 54 lbs. so it works great if you follow their plan. My favorite sites for WW recipes are Skinnytaste (mentioned above), http://www.emilybites.com/ http://dailydoseofpepper.com/ http://www.kitchme.com/ http://www.hungry-girl.com/ https://simple-nourished-living.com/author/martha/
These all have great recipes and tell you what the WW points are.
These all have great recipes and tell you what the WW points are.
#20
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I've been on WW since last January and have lost 54 lbs. so it works great if you follow their plan. My favorite sites for WW recipes are Skinnytaste (mentioned above), http://www.emilybites.com/ http://dailydoseofpepper.com/ http://www.kitchme.com/ http://www.hungry-girl.com/ https://simple-nourished-living.com/author/martha/
These all have great recipes and tell you what the WW points are.
These all have great recipes and tell you what the WW points are.
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