Healthy Weight Loss

[jelli]

Reuben-esque Cabbage Wraps



PER SERVING (1/4th of recipe, 1 wrap): 160 calories, 6.5g fat, 937mg sodium, 9.5g carbs, 1.5g fiber, 5g sugars, 17g protein -- PointsPlus® value 4*

Classic sandwich flavors in a super-low-calorie package -- can you afford NOT to try it? BTW, if you don't see packaged turkey pastrami, check the deli counter...

Ingredients:
1 head green cabbage (you won't use it all!), carefully cored with a knife
4 slices reduced-fat Swiss cheese
1/4 cup fat-free Thousand Island dressing
1/2 cup sauerkraut
8 oz. sliced turkey pastrami (about 24 slices)

Directions:
Place the head of cabbage in a large microwave-safe bowl, and microwave for about 4 minutes, until the outer leaves begin to loosen.

Once cool enough to handle, remove cabbage from the bowl. Gently remove 4 whole outer leaves from the cabbage, and place them back in the bowl. (Reserve the rest of the cabbage for another use.)

Add 2 tbsp. water to the bowl with the cabbage leaves. Cover and microwave for about 2 minutes, until leaves are very soft.

Lay 2 softened cabbage leaves side by side on a clean dry surface. Place a cheese slice in the center of each leaf.

Evenly top each cheese slice with 1 tbsp. dressing, followed by 2 tbsp. sauerkraut and 2 oz. pastrami (about 6 slices).

Wrap each cabbage leaf up burrito-style, folding the sides in first and then rolling the cabbage up from the bottom around the filling. Place seam-side down to serve. Repeat with the remaining ingredients, for a total of 4 wraps.

If you like, microwave cabbage wraps for 1 minute, or until hot. Slice in half (or not) and enjoy!

MAKES 4 SERVINGS

[jelli]

Surprising Snacks Under 200 Calories!

There's more to 200-calorie munching than plain old snack bars...

Zazzle up half a cup of fat-free cottage cheese with some no-calorie sweetener, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. Top with a cored and cubed medium-large apple, sprinkle with extra cinnamon, and enjoy!

Double-0-Cinnamon Apple Breakfast Bowl
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 182 calories, 0.5g fat, 429mg sodium, 32.5g carbs, 5g fiber, 24g sugars, 13.5g protein -- PointsPlus® value 2*

Prep: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

1/2 cup fat-free cottage cheese
1 no-calorie sweetener packet (like Splenda or Truvia)
1 drop vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. cinnamon, divided
1 Fuji apple, cored and cubed

Directions:

Place cottage cheese in a bowl with sweetener, vanilla extract, and 1/4 tsp. cinnamon. Mix well.

Top with apple cubes, and then sprinkle with remaining 1/4 tsp. cinnamon. Enjoy! MAKES 1 SERVING

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Grab 4 ounces of extra-lean turkey slices and wrap it around 4 dill pickle spears. Crunchy, protein-packed, and you've got about 60 calories to spare!

Fill a bowl with 2 cups of strawberry slices, and top it off with a half-cup scoop of fat-free vanilla ice cream. HUGE and DELICIOUS!

Spread a wedge of The Laughing Cow Light Swiss cheese over 2 slices of Wasa Light Rye Crispbread. Top with 2 oz. lox-style smoked salmon and a few cucumber slices. So good and only about 165 calories!

[Bard]

Ok been doing some reading in this thread and I see some really good advise.. me I was 180 at my top weight and then I lost a lot in a span of 3 years i dropped down to 125 the last of that being after my accident I feel the best around 140 well lately I had been picking up weight not good for my knee or for my self image back in my biggest uniform pants and up to 166. n my issue is I will eat junk and am not a veggie eater pluss I work over night and with the hectic life at times Desd and I tent to eat on the go and not well. now I am laid up with a broken foot so betting back to the work outs is way limited and I am getting frustrated so I am going to take this one step at a time

[Rockinonahigh]

One of the things thats happning with my weigth loss is my body changes,some I like, some I dont but will live with them..Im shure hopeing as I loswe more weight it balances out.

[Zimmeh]

You can do it Bard!!!

I have found that having some dry cereal helps when I want something sweet. Try and see if you can do crunches until your foot gets better or go swimming if you can. I am thinking of checking to see if Netflix has any yoga programs.

I will let you all know what I find.

Zimmy

Originally Posted by Bard

Ok been doing some reading in this thread and I see some really good advise.. me I was 180 at my top weight and then I lost a lot in a span of 3 years i dropped down to 125 the last of that being after my accident I feel the best around 140 well lately I had been picking up weight not good for my knee or for my self image back in my biggest uniform pants and up to 166. n my issue is I will eat junk and am not a veggie eater pluss I work over night and with the hectic life at times Desd and I tent to eat on the go and not well. now I am laid up with a broken foot so betting back to the work outs is way limited and I am getting frustrated so I am going to take this one step at a time

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Bard here to support and help!

[girl_dee]

Remember nothing taste as good as thin feels!!!

[Bard]

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

You can do it Bard!!!

I have found that having some dry cereal helps when I want something sweet. Try and see if you can do crunches until your foot gets better or go swimming if you can. I am thinking of checking to see if Netflix has any yoga programs.

I will let you all know what I find.

Zimmy

thanks Zimmy my friend I do have the tower system I think I can use on the upper body and the crutches help to lol have to eat better and now I do most of the cooking so and I lean heavy on the meat and potatoes

[Rockinonahigh]

Tonight I fixed fish felets on the flat grill,I melted a caouple pats of blue bonnet margirine then placed the fish on to cook..I seasoned them with sea salt,fresh cracked peppr an a touch of cajun seasonings then cooked till done.I had a sliced tomato sprinkled fresh cut basil and crumbled feta cheese ovr it.My son said ,u r actualy eating meat,then I thought about it that I hav slowly cut red meat out of my diet and barely eat any when I do have some.I also am keeping a picture of chryistal light in the fridge to drink,today I drank the first diet soda ive had in 3 or 4 days...I maynever totaly get away from soda but I shure can cut it down to only a very fue..
jelli
Tks for the cabage resipe im haveing it for dinner tomorrow...looks yummy.

[jelli]

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

Remember nothing taste as good as thin feels!!!

Apparently, I beg to differ since I am not thin and many things apparently tasted good enough for me to get this way. How was that for a big ole fat run on sentence? lol

[jelli]

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

Tonight I fixed fish felets on the flat grill,I melted a caouple pats of blue bonnet margirine then placed the fish on to cook..I seasoned them with sea salt,fresh cracked peppr an a touch of cajun seasonings then cooked till done.I had a sliced tomato sprinkled fresh cut basil and crumbled feta cheese ovr it.My son said ,u r actualy eating meat,then I thought about it that I hav slowly cut red meat out of my diet and barely eat any when I do have some.I also am keeping a picture of chryistal light in the fridge to drink,today I drank the first diet soda ive had in 3 or 4 days...I maynever totaly get away from soda but I shure can cut it down to only a very fue..
jelli
Tks for the cabage resipe im haveing it for dinner tomorrow...looks yummy.

Dinner sounds delicious!!!! You are most welcome for the recipe. Let me know how it tastes.

[jelli]

Well, here goes nothing. I keep looking in my mirror and saying "if not now jelli, then when?" key word here is "keep" as in "continuous" as in "omfg would you just get it together sister".

I am a mom of 5 who has had medical issues requiring several surgeries. I am an emotional eater. I love food.

I have worked at de-stressing my life and I have reduced the migraines to seldom, but the eating gets away from me sometimes. I know I eat because I am feeling lonely because cruel is out on the road. Sometimes I eat to numb the feelings. I could insert a lot of excuses in here, but in the end I own it. I know what I eat.

I have done the bariatric diet. I have gone to WW 3 times now. I get all psyched, lose weight, and within a few months gain it back. I am tired, but apparently not committed enough to change much. Then comes the negative talk. Vicious cycle be gone!!!

I have been reading this thread everyday and thank everyone for posting. I keep hoping this magical light of motivation and inspiration will finally go off bigger and brighter than ever.

Why am I getting in my own way? What is the payoff?

[Tcountry]

Originally Posted by Bard

... so and I lean heavy on the meat and potatoes

if u can stand butternut or acorn squash....they are better alternative to potatoes. U can bake or mash...




Jelli...think lifestyle change not diet.
Start with ONE thing...either take one "bad" thing away or add one good thing...do it for 2 weeks then do it again adding one more thing. By the end of 6wks you will have changed 3 things & probably lost a little weight in the process.

[Medusa]

EEK!

This morning's weekly weigh-in revealed a 2 pound GAIN!

So, my old cycle would have been to get all butthurt that I had a gain, do a lot of ugly self-talk, and then go on a massive binge. We aren't doing that this time

I know what I did differently this week than I have been doing that probably contributed to my gain:
* We ate out 3 times this week where I had less control over the ingredients in the food and I overate all 3 times (damn those crab rangoons!)
* I drank more Fuze and less water.
* I didn't move as much.

Couple that with the fact that LADYTIME is right around the corner and I feel like I have a good understanding of where I am and why. I feel good about that, positive even. Positive about a gain? I know, but I do.
I feel in touch with my body, even if it's 2 pounds heavier this week and am thankful that I know why it happened and don't feel ugly about it.

Things I will do differently this week:
*more water
*more movement
*less eating out!

I've been steadily losing for weeks and weeks now and think that this tiny tiny setback is just part of that process.

[Zimmeh]

Good Morning Everyone,

I had a wonderful and healthy dinner lastnight. I had: grilled chicken tenders with garlic salt, basil and crushed red pepper; green peas with crushed red pepper and a dash of garlic salt; and rice with a small dab of butter, basil and crushed red pepper and fresh French rolls from Alexia.

I then got ready and headed to go power walking. It started to sprinkle, so I hit the fitness center instead. I was walking on the treadmill on speed #3 and the incline on 10. I power walked for about ten minutes before my thigh muscles started yelling, hehe. Tonight, I will be doing the same routine, but I will be adding in lifting weights for good measure!

Have a great day,

Zimmy

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by jelli

Well, here goes nothing. I keep looking in my mirror and saying "if not now jelli, then when?" key word here is "keep" as in "continuous" as in "omfg would you just get it together sister".

I am a mom of 5 who has had medical issues requiring several surgeries. I am an emotional eater. I love food.

I have worked at de-stressing my life and I have reduced the migraines to seldom, but the eating gets away from me sometimes. I know I eat because I am feeling lonely because cruel is out on the road. Sometimes I eat to numb the feelings. I could insert a lot of excuses in here, but in the end I own it. I know what I eat.

I have done the bariatric diet. I have gone to WW 3 times now. I get all psyched, lose weight, and within a few months gain it back. I am tired, but apparently not committed enough to change much. Then comes the negative talk. Vicious cycle be gone!!!

I have been reading this thread everyday and thank everyone for posting. I keep hoping this magical light of motivation and inspiration will finally go off bigger and brighter than ever.

Why am I getting in my own way? What is the payoff?

Hey jelli...I wanted to come in and post after reading you...mostly because I feel like we have a lot in common. I've not done the diet cycle (although my dearest friend has and I've watched and supported her as she struggled), I've just tended to stay heavy....and I know that's primarily for emotional reasons.

I don't think it's self-sabotage (for me) as much as it is self-soothing. I had to laugh at my own reaction to Dee's post that "nothing tastes as good as thin feels"....because honestly, and please don't take this wrong Dee because you know I think you're wonderful....I got angry.

I've heard these kinds of things all my life...from my mother, from my sister, from boyfriends and girlfriends, from casual acquaintances, from the media, from co-workers....ugh.

Here's the deal for me. I have never been thin. I never will be. I'm not built that way. I have always been, and will always be...big, solid and curvy with a huge ass. I come from that good peasant stock that could plow all day and have 10 babies. My "thin" will never be "thin enough." And I know that. It can get discouraging. Because the core message in all that supposedly well-meaning talk is that I will never be good enough...despite all of my efforts.

Coupled with that...I have felt alone, and lonely, for the vast majority of my life. Even inside an otherwise good relationship, there is a part of me that feels unwanted and alone. I know where that comes from...and I've fixed it as much as I can...but it's still there.

It's that part of me that eats to soothe.

Maybe this belongs in the listening thread...sorry!

[Medusa]

I'll chime in as well on how 'thin' feels!

'Fat' actually feels pretty good to me
I love my body, no matter it's size (and not in spite of its size). I personally try not to get tripped up in "thin" being the ultimate goal. It's not for me. Health is. That will not equal society's idea of "thin" no matter how much weight I lose because I'm not built that way.

I think it's important for us all to remember that we are often fed messages by the media (even diet gurus!) that try to put an unreachable goal (that damn dangling carrot) in front of us. I am never going to be a size 0, zit-free, perfectly coiffed supermodel. I don't want that. I actually rage against it.

[Gaige]

So I usually just do a mile on the treadmill and 100 curls every morning when I get home from work. Yesterday though I was playing with the buttons and it started up in one of the 6 custom workout modes. They're all 30 minutes of various speed and incline changes and both days I ended up walking over 2 miles. Today's workout (park trail) was grueling but I made it through and have noticed that both yesterday and today the hunger that I had before the workout was gone after the workout. I think I can devote 30 minutes a day to improving my health.
My goal is 20 lbs

[Tcountry]

So....the other day Sunshyne & I were talking...(surprise)
A little background...we are the same height...different builds...but when looking up "goal weight" they don't ask how you're built...so, back to story...

So...she was looking up what the weight range is "supposed to be normal" for our height. She said xxx(I can't remember the number), & said they have categories for weight.
Under weight, normal, overweight, & obese....wth...anyway..."normal" was not doable for sure (I was there once, I looked like a teenage boy)...so I asked "what's the most I can weigh & just be overweight?" (cause obese just sounds bad)
This question cracked her up...

She did give me the answer...so now that is my goal...lol
Sorry had to share...

[jelli]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Hey jelli...I wanted to come in and post after reading you...mostly because I feel like we have a lot in common. I've not done the diet cycle (although my dearest friend has and I've watched and supported her as she struggled), I've just tended to stay heavy....and I know that's primarily for emotional reasons.

I don't think it's self-sabotage (for me) as much as it is self-soothing. I had to laugh at my own reaction to Dee's post that "nothing tastes as good as thin feels"....because honestly, and please don't take this wrong Dee because you know I think you're wonderful....I got angry.

I've heard these kinds of things all my life...from my mother, from my sister, from boyfriends and girlfriends, from casual acquaintances, from the media, from co-workers....ugh.

Here's the deal for me. I have never been thin. I never will be. I'm not built that way. I have always been, and will always be...big, solid and curvy with a huge ass. I come from that good peasant stock that could plow all day and have 10 babies. My "thin" will never be "thin enough." And I know that. It can get discouraging. Because the core message in all that supposedly well-meaning talk is that I will never be good enough...despite all of my efforts.

Coupled with that...I have felt alone, and lonely, for the vast majority of my life. Even inside an otherwise good relationship, there is a part of me that feels unwanted and alone. I know where that comes from...and I've fixed it as much as I can...but it's still there.

It's that part of me that eats to soothe.

Maybe this belongs in the listening thread...sorry!

I definitely self sooth, but somehow I want to be healthy enough to get beyond that mechanism.

For clarification purposes only - I don't do diet after diet. I just have tried several things over the past years.

I said something in reference to Dee's post about how thin feels and was trying to do so in away that stated I didn't agree. I even attempted to cover up my frustration with that statement by using an "lol".