Guest guest Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Thanks , excellent suggestion sort of like a coleslaw without the cabbage cabbage is okay but I rarely buy it, i know I should eat more cabbage but i find it has it's limitations in terms of taste, most of the cabbage is hard and like rubber so I prefer to cook it, which causes an unusual smell, i know it is loaded with minerals, which is excellent, but even after cooking to get it soft, the vitamin content is degraded to the point it's almost not worth eating. signed - not a cabbage fan that much > > Bill, > If you get the whole broccoli (cheaper) and eat the tops as you have been doing, you can grate the stems along with some grated carrots, add dressing of your choice and have a nutritious, low cost, delicious salad. > Congrats on the car. > W. > still heading lower > > > i have not been around for a while, i bought a 20 year old used four > cylinder gas powered car, first car since the beginning of the > recession in 1991. so i am concerned about gaining weight due to less > walking and exercise getting around on public transit. my case is not > a lost cause for the environment since it's a small 4 cylinder and i > have been told for more than 15 years that i need a car for work, so > the people who snubbed me when i didn't have a car can cut their > emmissions to offset their advice to me over the last 15 years. > anyway back to the point, i am at or under 225 + or - so that's > roughly 25 pounds lower since last year, and i have given up swimming > since about march and have only purchased food that is a low price or > on sale. fish has been on sale in my local markets, consequently I > have been avoiding red meat and poultry for the most part. about six > months ago my residence changed and i now have access to kitchen > facilities that allows me to prepare fresh veggies and romaine > lettuce and cook two eggs per day for breakfast or for other meals > and eat more reasonable meal amounts. I get what i need from the fish > the eggs and romaine and veggies that I am missing from red meat and > poultry. i will return to red meat and poultry when the price comes > down. i am a great believer in suppy and demand control of prices, > hence the supply increases for meat and foul and i can get fish on > sale " " . i now eat alot of raw broccoli flowerettes(excuse my > spelling please )tops along with raw tomatoes, raw zuccinni and raw > cucumber with the skins on, and baked potatoes with the skins on in > the micro wave. i also can now cook a variety of frozen vegetables. > > so the message from me is this - stay with a rational and logical > plan when it comes to body weight, never stop trying, set goals, > renew the goal at the end of the time, give your self time extensions > on the goal even if you think you don't deserve it. I can guarantee > you deserve the time extension if you need it, you see humans are > nowhere whn there is no goal. get yourself a goal and the human gets > going places. > > stay with this group and share your story and keep trying, and record > your exercise at AOM and eventually the process will win over your > less than desirable eating habits. > > in my case i did not really care about weighing myself, the group got > me to use a scale that became available. > > in my case my weight fluctuates every five to ten years, and my > physique has changed accordingly. presently i am putting jeans on > that were loose on me ten yeasr ago and then again twenty years ago. > (yes they are without holes and not worn out - i put on weight). > > so just hang around in this place you will get alot of postive help. > > ps - a couple of eggs and whole wheat bread in the morning will allow > you to go without food until lunch time then if you eat one > sandwhich, you'll make it to meal time again and then load up on raw > vegetables with your meat and potatoes. > > 2nd ps - try this, instead of chips and candy or icecream and cola, > buy raw broccolli, eat the tops raw after you dipped them into a low > fat light salad dressing, and munch on slices of cucumber and > zuccinni or celery and dip into low fat dressing, and drink tomatoe > juice or vegetable juice or grape juice. (chop the broccoli stalks > and cook then like frozens veggies and consume the stalks soft or > slightly crunchy) > > 3rd ps - save money eat better food do the most loving thing for > youself extend the time with you goal. > > never quit never give up and a whole new circumstance will occur as a > result of your committment and persistence to your goal. > > final ps - my lecturer was a person that studied Napoleon Hill's > writings. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/840 - Release Date: 6/8/2007 3:15 PM > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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