: my sample day's food

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Hi -

M1: egg/oat pudding (1 cup boxed liquid egg whites, 1/3 cup rolled

old-fashioned oats, 1/3 cup water, cinnamon/splenda; nuke for about 2-3

minutes, stirring every 30-60 seconds to avoid chunks of cooked egg white;

I sometimes add some chopped nuts or apple; on Freeday I added a couple of

raisins; during warmer weather I have something different) This makes a

substantial amount, and is very satisfying, nourishing and comforting.

M2: usually a smoothie (1 cup boxed liquid egg whites, dollop of cottage

cheese and fruit, or container of lite yogurt and less fruit); today I was

cold, so I had a yam with 1/2 to 3/4 cup cottage cheese. For awhile I was

making muffins from another poster's recipe, but not lately.

M3: depends on what's leftover; salad or steamed vegetables, chicken or

fish and a starch (1/3 to 1/2 cup brown rice or 1/3 cup kashi or winter

squash or a yam or white potato which is my least favorite; yesterday I

made barley so I may have that); since I frequently miss Meal 2, I often

eat too much at this meal - but I'm talking about too much spinach or

lettuce or broccoli, and that's just a learning process

M4: 1 string cheese (sometimes 2) and cut up apple or pear; about once a

month I have 15 kashi krackers instead of fruit. Or a yam with cottage cheese.

M5: Eating for Life chili or sloppy joe or any other recipe; turkey

meatballs (although I prefer smaller quantity of beef meatball); meatloaf,

chicken, fish..... depends on what the family is having; salad, side

vegetable, starchy carb (from M3 list)

M6: 1/2 cup cottage cheese and one of the following: yogurt, fresh fruit,

frozen blueberries and some oats (I love the hand-to-mouth action of this

meal, in the same bowl that my kids are using for their ice cream; I much

prefer it to ice cream now); once or twice I had the Anyday Sundae from EFL

(frozen banana, pureed). I'm sure, in the warmer months, I'll use my ice

cream maker to make this meal colder and frostier

On Thursdays I increase my calories by adding 1 Tbsp natural peanut butter

to my smoothie, and I have salmon; there is some other natural zig-zagging

of calories (ie, beef days are higher than fish days).

It took me a good 2 weeks to get accustomed to 6 meals. Sometimes I miss a

meal (usually Meal 2), but I haven't missed 2 meals in the same day in a

long time.... I get hungry and want my food. I work at home, so all this

is relatively easy for me. Nevertheless, it's vital to plan - I cook about

20-30# of chicken breasts at the same time, and freeze them individually;

then I use them for my meals, or my daughter's lunches. I made several

batches of EFL Sloppy Joe and EFL Chili at once, and froze them in

individual portions.

NOTE: I am not looking for, or having, a dramatic, rapid

transformation. You know the story of the tortoise and the hare? I'm the

tortoise. I do write down my food, but I don't measure (I did that for

about a week or two in the middle of my 1st challenge, saw that I was in

the right ballpark, and that was enuf for me)

On the weekends, if I'm doing errands, I'll take a couple of cheese sticks

and an apple with me; I keep bars in the car, but they're my least favorite

food. I'd love to find a meat-based snack that I can have with me, with

dried fruit (like has the Ostrim jerky and apricots) - but I'm not

there yet.

HTH -

n

At 07:47 AM 1/30/2006, you wrote:

>n:

>

>Sorry if this was mentioned before and I missed it. But, what is

>a 'usual' menu for you? Do you stray from it often and do you eat 5

>or 6 meals daily? Breaking foods into many small meals is proving

>very difficult for me. Any hints would be helpful.

>

>Thanks,

>