Eating for Life

[Trek420]

Yes, String cheese. Do you not have it there? It sort of looks like a cheese stick, but pulls apart, where I assume it was given the name "string" cheese.

string cheese tastes a bit like mozzarella, I wonder if you can't find official string cheese if you could substitute....

[KnottedYet]

String cheese is mozzarella.... no wonder it tastes like mozzarella, eh?

[HipGnosis6]

Real armenian string cheese certainly is not mozzarella and comes in hanks in the deli case.

[KnottedYet]

Oooh, I want some Armenian string cheese! To heck with those el cheapo mozzarella sticks! Where do you find Armenian cheese?

<Knot *likes* cheese!>

[Trek420]

String cheese is mozzarella.... no wonder it tastes like mozzarella, eh?

Yeah but somehow "String cheese, basil and tomato" just doesn't sound as good.

[HipGnosis6]

Oooh, I want some Armenian string cheese! To heck with those el cheapo mozzarella sticks! Where do you find Armenian cheese?

<Knot *likes* cheese!>

Knot, the deli case of any better grocer will have it. It's yum!

[Tri Girl]

I just bought this book (upon your recommendations ), and I like his way of thinking. I just finished my first day, and I felt very full all day long. I even skipped dinner (I know- big no no) because I was so full from break/lunch and the midmeals. Just couldn't eat another bite.
I know how to lose weight, and am actually good at it (lost 30 lbs on Weight Watchers 2 years ago), but I don't know how to maintain for the life of me. I'm good at losing, but CANNOT figure out how to keep it off (despite great effort in trying to maintain), so I've gone down and came back up in the last two years. Bad for the body and my training (not to mention my self esteem and frustration at trying to keep it off and losing the battle). I'm hoping this will help me eat sensibly without having to "count points" and write everything down like a slave to my food. I also like the idea of the "free day." I'm sure the first few will make me sick, then I'll not binge so bad.
Thanks ladies for posting about this book! Here goes (hopefully) everything...

[snowtulip]

Hey ladies,
Can't find the book at the local bookstore, so before I take the next step of ordering, I wanted to ask you if there are vegetarian options in the meal plans? I recently made the transition and am having a hard time making sure I have a nutritional balance. I need something with meal plans!!!

Thanks!

[Bikingmomof3]

Snowtulip,
For vegetarian foods, my favourite cookbooks are by Molly Katzen. The Moosewood is the best, IMO.

BFL-the meals incluse a lot of meat dishes.

[Offthegrid]

I read this book a couple of years ago and followed the plan and didn't lose weight. My portions were surely too big.

Now I use CalorieKing software to count my calories and shoot to have a certain percentage of my calories from protein as a minimum. (If protein is high enough, everything else is in perfect proportion.)

I also usually have two snacks a day and that has really, really helped because in the past I often grabbed something quick for dinner because I was too hungry. So I've adopted some of these principles but am not following it per say.

I also think writing down what you plan to eat the following day is a GREAT idea (something I should start doing more often).

[SouthernBelle]

I went from 155 to my current 124 (at the dr. this morning) on SBD. I still eat that way. No matter what way you eat, losing weight is still calories in, calories out. & it's not linear. But I think South Beach is a healthy way to eat. For higher levels of exercise, I still eat that way, just add more grains and dairy.

[snowtulip]

BMo3 - THanks for the recommendation! Hitting the bookstore!

[crazycanuck]

Just a note to any down under ladies thinking about purchasing the book...may i just remind you it's not been changed to suit the diets of us souther hemisphere folks..

I purchased the book moons ago but didn't bother looking at all the items before leaving the store. Poeeey.. I really want a buffalo burger yummmyyyy...Enchiladas for breakfast though?

Oh..apples & cinnamon...

c

[kelownagirl]

OTG - I totally agree on eating snacks. That is huge for me. I have a small morning snack with the kids and a snack after school. That way, I am not starving at meal time so I am more likely to make something appropriate, and eat less of it. Also, planning ahead, figuring out one or two standard breakfast/lunch meals and having the same thing every day, and then trying to eat lighter at dinner. When I am dying for sweets, I'll drink coffee or tea with sugar or have a small piece of dark chocolate.

I've tried SB and the Zone (low carb) diets. I find it's easiest to stick to calorie counting and eating healthy foods that I like and that I'm used to. Works better for me than trying to change so many things at once.