BTW, forgot to congratulate badbadrubberpiggy on her(?) weightloss this week - it is a super awesome feeling to get over some “hump” that seemed impossible before!
In my experience, WW isn’t low-carb. They do have an emphasis on healthy fats and lots of fruits and vegetables, but, for me at least, there’s plenty of room in there for sweet treats and pasta.
tdn, have you tried steaming green beans with some herbs? Broccolini/broccoli rabe? I’m fond of chopped zucchini, onions, and mushrooms, sauteed with some seasonings and little rice vinegar in a nonstick pan. I would eat it every day if the superhero liked zucchini.
What about eating snap peas raw? or edamame? Adding baby spinach leaves to whatever sauce, sautee, etc. you’re making? There’s a lot of ways to get in veggies without just eating a big pile of steamed broccoli every day.
UPDATE:
I am a 43 year old, 6’-3" man, who weighs:
July 1st: ~310#
Aug 1st: 297# (-13)
Sep 1st: 287# (-10)
Oct 1st: 281# (-6)
Nov 1st: 269# (-12)
Dec 1st: 263.5# (-5.5)
Jan 1st: 260.0# (-3.5)
Feb 1st: 253.2# (-6.8)
Mar 1st: 248.8# (-4.4)
Had a lot of interference with my workouts due to my oldest son having a broken ankle from a car accident back on Feb. 3rd, plus taking him to and from his college classes at night, sick wife, another kid who’s sick…ended up working out only 7 times last month. I did kick up the resistance on the elliptical on the last 4 workouts though…level 14, and I average close to 21 cal/min. My best workout was on Feb 12th…1000c in 46:46 which ends up being 1157c in 55 minutes. My heart rate sometimes reaches 160, where I stop pushing and slow it down, but otherwise, I feel great when I am on the elliptical.
Also, I haven’t been as choosy with my meal selections as well, usually allowing my wife or kids pick what to eat and I try to pick the healthiest choices whether at home or at a restaurant. I don’t follow any particular diet, but I try to eat a larger amount of fruit and vegetables, but then there are times I eat one of those 200 calorie B&J ice cream in those mini containers. After all that, I still managed to lose 4.4 pounds which I feel is still a victory.
Yup. I do their Core plan, which a lot of people mistake for low carb, but it’s not at all. I eat plenty of whole grains at every meal. There are a few restrictions, but they’re minor.
Thanks! And yup, I’m a “her”.
badbadrubberpiggy… is that you I see on the WW Core board?
No weigh-in for me till Monday. This is my fifth week on Core. In the first four weeks, I lost two pounds. I’m okay with that, as long as it continues. I’m moving in the right direction, and if it continues, I’ll be 24 pounds lighter in a year (and at my lightest weight since my freshman year in high school!)
My favorite veggies:
Diced cucumber dressed with yogurt, garlic, mint, salt, and pepper
Tomatoes with pressed garlic and salt
Steamed broccoli
Roasted asparagus (though I usually steam it on Core–don’t want to waste oil)
Roasted brussels sprouts (ditto)
Spinach sauteed with garlic and balsamic vinegar
Frozen peas cooked with whole-wheat pasta, dressed with yogurt, salt, and garlic powder. Good with chicken, too.
Snow peas sauteed with garlic.
Roasted bell peppers–I salt them and put them under the broiler for 10 minutes. I have no patience to blacken and peel them.
Lentil vegetable soup.
Salad salad salad. Good Seasons Italian is 0 points. Hooray!
180/178/150
Yup, that’s me! Sometimes I’m really active over there, sometimes I disappear.
Thanks for all the veggie ideas. They sound interesting.
The only thing I don’t like about green beans is the prep work. All those ends and strings!
I like the idea of collard greens. I’ve become a spinach lover of late, although I gave it up during the big scare and haven’t had it since. Also, it’s a vegetable where a long goes a little way.
I agree. This is the plan that Jayjay and I have been following since right after Thanksgiving and we get plenty of whole grains, good carbs, and oils. Heck I can even have a tasty fried chicken recipe that I make that works very well with the plan.
We plenty of lean meats, fruits, veggies, whole wheat pasta (especially whole wheat couscous), and even have room for a sweet treat a day. As long as we don’t go overboard on anything, the results are very good.
Care to share that recipe? I love fried chicken, but it’s tons of points. Plus, I find that most of the stuff I buy is so greasy it gives me a stomach ache now that I"m not used to it.
tdn see if you can find the washed and trimmed green beans in bags in the produce section of your grocery store. All you have to do is cut a slit in the bag and microwave it for 5 minutes. No prep as the ends are already trimmed.
Boy, I’m getting some good vegetable ideas from this. Thanks.
Today I made 9200+ steps on my morning walk by extending my route and it only took an extra 10 minutes. The extended route takes my by an Einsteins and I like to stop in for a coffee as my reward for the long walk but this morning the line was out the door by the time I got there so I just headed home and made coffee there.
My weight is holding steady in the mid 170s (dang it!) I’m going to have to really watch my calories and up my walking if I’m going to break out of this rut.
Sure! No problem.
I use canola oil for the frying. As long as you have it deep enough to cover the chicken you should be good. I also use boneless skinless chicken breast. You may want to adjust the seasonings to fit your taste. This recipe is for 8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves.
First set your oven to 350 degrees and line a baking pan with foil. Then use medium high heat to heat the oil in a large 2 quart pot.
for the coating I use :
2 cups soy flour
1 TBSP seasoning salt
1 TBSP garlic powder
1 TBSP onion powder
2 TBSP parsley
Mix in a plastic ziplock bag and set aside. Wash and pat dry the chicken breasts. Coat one breast in the flour mixture and then dip it in
1 cup egg beaters or four large eggs, well beaten.
Recoat with the flour mixture and then deep fry for a couple of minutes, until it turns golden brown, turning if necessary. The thing to remember about soy flour is that it browns very quickly, and that you will have to bake the chicken after frying, in order for the chicken to be completely cooked through.
Take the chicken from the pot and place it in the baking pan. Repeat the process until all of the chicken is browned. Then place the baking pan in the 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
That’s it! Tasty fried chicken with all core ingredients and essential oils!
LOL. I just started going there. I will have to look for you there sometime!
Hmm. I think that would go over the daily two teaspoons of oil, wouldn’t it? WW isn’t clear about the rule (they’re not clear about much, when it comes to the core plan!) but it’s understood on the message boards that after you’ve had your daily two teaspoons, any more oil for the day has to count for points.
I tried putting two teaspoons of oil on a salad once. It got completely lost. I may as well have eaten bare lettuce. 
It’s true about the mistakes/clarity of the materials. They used to be better before the beta tracker they have now came out. It does (did?) say the oil was limited somewhere in the materials, but I can’t find where now.
I do know that for me, cooking with the oil seems to go further than if I put it in my salad. I have no idea why. Maybe because the cooked food soaks up more oil and in a salad a lot of it sinks to the bottom.
check this out.
I found this site in googling on “physiology of fat metabolism”. Some of the information is quite technical but it’s interesting.
I was eating my salad from Boston Market and it got me to thinking which in turn got me to googling. If I eat the whole salad from Boston market (their chopped salad with roasted sirloin) I find I’m very full, too full really and I feel really full until dinner time. But lately I’ve been trying to eat more frequent, smaller meals so I ate half of my salad at noon and the other half I finished just a couple of mintues ago. That got me to thinking…the calorie intake is the same regardless of when I eat it, right? I understand that eating more frequent, smaller meals keeps your metabolism more active but beyond that I find myself wondering if there’s any real difference when you eat?
If I’m eating 1500 calories a day what if I eat 750 calories at breakfast and 750 at lunch and nothing for the rest of the day? Will I store fat more readily eating a few big meals than fewer, small meals? Seems like that would happen because of the relationship between fat storage and insulin but I wonder.
Anyway, I posted the link because beside the information about fat storage and fat metabolism there is some interesting information with regard to exercise that I thought some might find helpful. The site is actually a training site for personal trainers.
Okay… No weigh in yet. I haven’t been to the gym since Monday. Although I have gone for signifigant walks almost every night.
I do have some progress to report. When I first moved to LA, in an emergency situation, I bought this nice dress shirt for an interview. I feared it would be too tight… low and behold it was. If I sat the buttons were near bursting. Not even wearing a tie made it passable. This shirt became a ‘goal’ shirt. I think probably all of us have some article of cothing like this. Yesterday I found it in the closet and tried it on (about 3 months ago I tried it on and it was still too tight). This time, it fit wonderfully. I sat and the front of the shirt was still loose and the buttons were resting perfectly in a line like they should.
I imagine weight wise I am still hovering around 275-278.
Ok…time for me to check in here. I started my plan in November, and have been losing steadily since. February started off fast, and then I hit plateau city for a while… I did finally break though though, and ended up losing 18 lbs in the month. Overall, my total weight loss is at 60 lbs as of today… Those of you who have read my entries before may recall that I am taking Topamax as an off-label usage for it’s anti-binge eating effects. It’s still working quite well for me, and I’ve still had no bad side effects. The only ones I’ve had are what I’ve mentioned previously - carbonated beverages taste horrible, and I occasionally have a word-retrieval issue, but that seems to be happening less and less frequently.
My next goal is to hit the 75 lbs loss level…that will break my personal weight loss record… I hope to do that by the next time I visit the doctor in 3 weeks.
Good luck to everyone!
Thanks for the pointer. I never realized that the extra oil would count as points. My perception was that it was allowed as a Core food, but then again, I have been wrong before about such things.
I think the next time I make the chicken, I will measure the oil before and after frying, then didvide by the number of pieces to get an approximation. It may not be so bad for me. I rarely come close to using up the extra points for the week.