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01-06-2006, 04:55 PM | #226 |
Tilly & Sami Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Syracuse, Utah
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| VILLETTE, the portions that everyone talks about, I need to catch up with everyone and I kinda need to verify some things about the portion I wanted to find out if they are about the same as I was eating? 4oz of protein 1/2 cup to 1 cup green veggies no yellow! all green and for salad do not use a lot of lettuce use cabbage, brocoli, spinach along with 1/2 cup veggies (raw) is this about the same we are doing? thanks |
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01-06-2006, 05:38 PM | #227 |
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| Alls I have to say is that I LOVE YOU PEOPLE! lol seems like we are all going thru the same things, and everyone here is just so supportive of one another!
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01-06-2006, 05:40 PM | #228 |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
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| That's exactly the way I look at it - we're all a support group and will be helping one another. Welcome to the group - glad to have you. Pat
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01-07-2006, 07:20 AM | #229 |
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| Is there anything else out there that would like to be a part of our Lifestyle Changes Group? We are learning to eat healthier for the rest of our life. You still have time to join us as we're still in our 1st week. Anyone that has not sent their email address and stats to Glad please do so ASAP as she's doing a chart that will be sent to everyone after they report on Sundays. Good luck in making daily changes - go slow and easy at first - that'll make it easier and you'll be more prone to stick with it. When you make a change, stick with it thereafter. Don't go back to old ways, please! You won't be helping yourself. It wouldn't hurt to go back and read the posts that already have good tips in them. If you want to, do a copy and paste in Word and print them off. That's the best idea yet rather than try to remember it all. Good luck. That's right, put yourself as # 1 !
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01-07-2006, 07:45 AM | #230 | |
Tilly & Sami Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Syracuse, Utah
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| Sorry I meant Jaspersmom! Quote:
Jaspersmom! Sorry | |
01-07-2006, 07:47 AM | #231 |
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| If you want, just go ahead & PM her. She'll be glad to help you. Won't you, Glad?
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01-08-2006, 05:59 AM | #232 |
Yorkies Rock My World! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina
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| LOL, here I am! Sorry, I couldn't sign on yesterday because I was so busy! Had a 9 person dinner party last night to introduce my Vermont son who is visting for 5 days to my North Carolina friends. We had Fat Free Veggie Lasagna, (recipe coming soon to the Healthy Recipe thread) green salad, rolls, and fat free sugar free angel food cake with berries and fat free cool whip!!!!! mmmmmmmmmmm it was awesome! Everyone stayed until 10 pm and we laughed our butts off!! Jbarile, I know that Pat measures portions, but I do not. I use a common sense approach to all of this, as opposed to a scientific approach. I pile the veggies on my plate, and limit the meats and the starches. I use fat free everything as much as possible, and sugar free everything when I can. It works! PM Pat (Muffies Mom) and she can give you more info on weights and measures. Hope it's going well for everyone!! TODAY IS WEIGH IN DAY!!
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01-08-2006, 06:06 AM | #233 |
Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member | Glad you said that - after being sick all week and hardly eating I'm actually looking forward to the scale - talk about jump starting myself....I've probably had 3 meals this week and all 3 were veggies and plain chicken. Now all I got to do is start drinking water...not my fav....I'd way rather have diet pepsi |
01-08-2006, 06:08 AM | #234 |
Yorkies Rock My World! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina
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| Today Is Weigh In Day!!! OK, everyone!! The proof is on the scale!! Let's see if all the hard work everyone has done this week is reflected on the bathroom scale! You can either post here if you wish to celebrate your success in public, or PM me if you want to be on the chart in private to share with members only. Anyone who wants to post publicly or privately, please post your Sunday WEIGHT and the pounds lost. I have the chart with the beginning stats, so I need your Sunday weight every Sunday. If you have not yet PMed me with your email address, please do so I can send you the chart and you can see everyone's progress. CAUTION!!! DO NOT be upset if you have not lost any weight, or sad if you find you have GAINED weight. This is an ongoing change, and some folks see results sooner than others. PM me witih your weight anyway. We are here to support you, and we will help you do this! You just have to keep on keeping on! OK!!!! Let's hear it!! WHAT DO YOU WEIGH??
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01-08-2006, 06:17 AM | #235 | |
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| Thanks so much! Quote:
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01-08-2006, 07:17 AM | #236 |
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| Food Portions Made Easy Food Portions Made Easy For many people, determining food portions can be very challenging at times, especially when you find yourself eating away from home frequently. To become a better judge of portion sizes, refer to the table below. 3 ounces of meat = deck of cards 3 ounces of fish = size of a hot dog bun 1 oz. of cheese = 4 stacked dice ½ cup ice cream = 1 racquet ball 1 cup pasta = 1 baseball 1Tbsp. peanut butter or cream cheese = size of three dice 1 oz. nuts = 2 shot glasses full A medium apple or peach = 1 tennis ball 1 cup fruit = 1 baseball ½ cup rice or mashed potatoes = 1 racquet ball 1 medium potato = the size of a computer mouse Shortcuts for saving time and making portion sizes more accurate: Using a standard liquid measuring cup, portion out a 4 oz. serving of liquid into a drinking cup and mark a line with tape or a permanent marker. Repeat this step again, measuring out an 8 oz. portion of liquid. You can use the same glass to do both. This will help to assure more accurate blood glucose readings later on without having to use a measuring cup each time you pour yourself a serving of juice or milk. If you choose to use measuring tools, be sure to use a liquid measuring cup for liquids and a standard measuring cup (usually plastic or metal) for solid foods. Also, be sure to use actual measuring spoons and not your everyday soup or cereal spoon. A small kitchen scale that weighs in ounces and grams can be purchased inexpensively at many stores and is useful in determining accurate portions of meat, cheese, fruit, and bagels.When you first get started, measure and weigh your foods a lot. Then, check yourself several times a week after that. For snack items like pretzels or a cereal snack mix or popcorn, pre-portion 1 (15mg carb) serving into individual sealable serving bags. This allows you to stop eating once you have consumed a certain amount and makes carbohydrate counting much easier for that food item. If you have a heavy hand when measuring out foods like ice cream, cake or other types of snack items, try buying them in individual servings instead. When eating in a restaurant, ask the waitperson to bring a take-home food container with the meal. When the food arrives, portion half of it in the container for later and eat the remaining portion on your plate. This eliminates the guilt of leaving food on your plate and prevents overeating. Weekly Weigh-In Chart Measuring Progress When losing weight, people often rely only on the weight scales to keep track of their overall change in size. However, inches lost through exercise will also reflect fat loss. It's best to weigh in at least one time per week, but noticeable changes in body measurement usually don't reveal themselves that quickly and can be taken one time per month. When comparing results, you may sometimes notice that your weight has stayed the same but your measurements have changed, keep in mind, inches lost through exercise will also reflect how well the diet program is working.
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01-08-2006, 07:31 AM | #237 |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
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| More Food Portions Food Portions 1 teaspoon (5 ml) - about the size of the top half of your thumb 1 ounce (28 g) - approximately inch cube of cheese - volume of four stacked dice - slice of cheese is about the size of a 3 1/2 inch computer disk - chunk of cheese is about as thick as 2 dominoes - 1 handful (palm) of nuts 2 ounces (57 g) - 1 small chicken leg or thigh - 1/2 cup of cottage cheese or tuna 3 ounces (85 g) - serving of meat is about the size of a deck of playing cards (3 exchanges) - 1/2 of whole chicken breast - 1 medium pork chop - 1 small hamburger - unbreaded fish fillet 1/2 cup (118 ml) - fruit or vegetables can fit in the palm of your hand - about the volume of a tennis ball 1 cup (236 ml) - about the size of a woman's fist - breakfast cereal goes halfway up the side of a standard cereal bowl - broccoli is about the size of a light bulb - 1 medium apple = A tennis ball -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weigh, or measure your food until you are able to estimate portions correctly. Accurately estimating food portions can be difficult if you are dieting, or hungry.
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01-08-2006, 07:42 AM | #238 |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
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| Here It Is!! Here us a good website to go to check out plate portion sizes. Really good one! It has for meats, dairy products, grains, foods with sugar, condiments, beverages, yellow foods list, meats (trimmed), low fat dairy products, starch, grains, sweet fruits, melons, acid fruit, sub-acid fruit, more condiments, sweeteners and beverages. Man, they didn't miss anything, did they? http://www.umassmed.edu/behavmed/upl...afficlight.doc
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01-08-2006, 08:18 AM | #239 |
And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL
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| That list was so good that I printed it off for myself!*! Good luck to everyone. Has everyone sent Glad a PM with their stats for the week?
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01-08-2006, 08:24 AM | #240 |
Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member | It WAS good - I have a question - HOW do you guys feel about Lean Cuisine ? They are precooked frozen dinners and I was wondering if they're ok for substituting for a meal ? need to know cause I just had one for dinner last night |
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