Re: Breakfast, meals, etc.

[Guest guest]

I like the eggbeaters...didn't know that they came in different

flavors! Will have to try them. What oatmeal do you normally use?

Do you use the individual packs?

> > >

> > > My GI dr. did a blood test for celiac disease. But, they can

> > easily come back false negative. The diet alone is the only way

> to

> > be 100% sure if you are a celiac.

> > > Re: Hydrocortisone/Candida

> > (, testing)

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Do love the EBs - sometimes I top them with lowfat shredded Cheddar

cheese and salsa for a treat. Maybe a few thin slices of avacado. I

just buy the large round containers of regular old fashioned Quaker

Oatmeal and put 1/2 cup in a bowl, add a little more than 1/2 cup

water and microwave on a pretty high power for 2-3 minutes. I have

learned to play with the amount of water and mw time and power to

get it just the consistency I like. I like drier, fresher oatmeal

than the usual overcooked kind I find at breakfast places. If you

want something really incredible in oatmeal, try finding McCann's

oatmeal. It's whole, unprocessed (unflattened) oats, and incredible.

But it takes longer to cook. McCann's comes in a round metal tin,

with a pry up lid, and has a fancy white label and lettering. I

discovered fat free Land O' Lakes half and half (10 cals per T.),

and a great sugar-free maple syrup by Cozy Cottage, and started

truly loving breakfast. (But you have to watch the amount of the ff

1/2 & 1/2 you use!) You can put strawberries on the oatmeal, too.

Yum. I like to take the fresh ones, mash them up and add some

Splenda. Can you tell I like to eat?.... :-)

> > > >

> > > > My GI dr. did a blood test for celiac disease. But, they

can

> > > easily come back false negative. The diet alone is the only

way

> > to

> > > be 100% sure if you are a celiac.

> > > > Re: Hydrocortisone/Candida

> > > (, testing)

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Cholesterol issues for years had me watching all sources and I got

on the Egg Beaters for protein in the a.m. Re the pans, I guess I

have the capacity to only worry about a certain number of things.

Right now the ease of cooking and cleaning up has been paramount.

Breakfast is the only time I use the Teflon pan, anyway, and it's

for about 5 minutes. If it's not the pans, it's the microwave and

what you use to put the food in, or it's not grilling and eating

charred food. Arrrgghhh!

Maybe now that I'm starting to feel better, I can think about

getting over to Whole Foods more often for organic stuff. They are a

longer drive. I've been avoiding long shopping trips for a year, as

they wore me out. Thank goodness Albertson's delivers...

Hopefully this year I can become as diligent as you about the

details of what I'm doing in my cooking. :-)

> > >

> > > - Regarding breakfast: I am a firm believer in protein

to

> > > start the day. I have always liked Egg Beaters

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I have heard alot of controversy too Jan about non stick pans. I

should probably start using my regular pan more often. I just got in

the habit of using the non stick because they are much better about

not sticking. A neighbor of mine uses the eggbeaters too because

they are cholestrol free. They are just made out of egg whites if I

remember right. I tried them and they aren't bad at all...pretty

good as a matter of fact....

> > >

> > > - Regarding breakfast: I am a firm believer in protein to

> > > start the day. I have always liked Egg Beaters

>

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[Guest guest]

Wow...thanks Jan for all the info...kind of scary huh...it almost

feels like we are slowly poisioning ourselves. I heat a cup of water

in the microwave in the afternoons to make a cup of Cappucino mix

(which I shouldn't have in the first place..but addicted to it) but

does heating water make for less flouride...I know I couldn't be that

lucky? I know your father was getting it from the aluminum

pan...apparently the flouride didn't evaporate or anything by heating

it? We have a water softener with the osmosa's (mispelled) and drink

that but I don't think that even takes out the flouride? ..

> Hey Jan, I just finished cooking tonight's meal ahead of time in

my

> regular pan. I am going to try and remember not to use my teflon

> pan. I know you said that teflon releases flouride. What does

> flouride do to us ...I can't remember that discussion...was so

> involved getting adjusted to thyroid meds. Do you only drink

bottled

> water? ..

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Sara,

Thank you so much for your suggestions. You're so very thoughtful.

I am going to print this out so I don't forget. Egg beaters, huh?

Regular eggs can get pretty tiring. And right now I feel like sleep

is more important than waking at the crack of dawn to cook

breakfast. Same with at night. I'm so tired right now I know I

can't cook a bunch of stuff ahead, I just can't. Even on the

weekends I get the basics done and I'm out of energy.

It's so hard to juggle everything with work right now (much easier

to stick with the good diet when you have more time). I eat what I

can in a.m. but now I know it can't be granola cereal (sugar) but

maybe whole grain toast? I take a piece of fruit every morning for

snack, and it's easier to eat lunch; leftover meat & veggies or a

quick salad. But I have to give up the afternoon pepsi and

cookies. I don't know how I'm to stay awake in afternoon. I need

to figure out a way to make iced tea ahead or something. And bring

raisins or nuts, dates or dried fruit. You're right about not going

too long w/o eating. Yikes.

I wonder if Jan would mind if we set up a file of breakfast, lunch

and dinner ideas based on Broda or low carb, no refined

sugar, flour, etc. type of thing? Anybody interested?

Thanks again!

PS Do the jars of Dole grapefruit contain high fructose corn

syrup? I just noticed that with canned fruit!

>

> - Regarding breakfast: I am a firm believer in protein to

> start the day. I have always liked Egg Beaters, and they now come

in

> Cheese and Chive and Southwestern and Vegetable. I find them

yummy.

> I can heat up a Teflon pan, pour the EBs right out of the carton

> into the hot pan, and stir just a few times and they are done.

> Really, really fast and tasty eggs, in my opinion. The protein

> really works for me in the a.m. I get jars of the delicious pink

> grapefruit sections by Dole, or those 6-packs of different

flavored

> lite apple sauces, and I'm having a good breakfast in no time. I'm

> talking 10 minutes. I've added oatmeal every morning, with Dr. R's

> approval, since it keeps me regular and has dramatically lowered

my

> cholesterol (down to 191 from up in the 240 area) and particularly

> my LDL (like down to 105 from 155). I just made up my mind to have

> the same thing every morning for a year now, and my body has felt

> much better for it. But if you don't like eggs, it's a problem.

>

> I keep cooked chicken breasts or a cooked whole chicken, a cooked

> lean beef roast, cooked hamburger patties, or Healthy Choice low

fat

> smoked (urkey) sausage in the fridge for other meals. I have

learned

> to make up my own tasty condiments, like a sugar free fruit

chutney

> for the chicken, and a diet mayo and horseradish sauce for the

beef

> roast. They are always there, ready to go. I add raw carrots and a

3-

> bean mixture of dark beans every lunch, with an Asian Sesame or

> vinegrette type dressing (I really like it). (I make up 3 cans of

> beans in a container that lasts me several days.) I eat whichever

> meat I didn't eat for lunch at dinner, along with a cooked veggie,

> sometimes fixed up " special " , like sour cream on Italian beans

with

> lemon juice. And I have a snack later in the evening - sometimes

> it's eggs again. I have found that I feel better eating 4 smaller

> meals stretched out all day long, including a small later meal in

> the evening. It helps me feel better in the morning if I don't go

> over 10-12 hours between some protein or at least something. That

> blood sugar thing is a bear when you don't feel good, if you don't

> get it tamed.

>

> I'm a long way off from the more interesting cooking I used to do,

> but I don't have the stamina to do it all the time anyway, and I

> feel better now eating more cleanly and without any " white death "

as

> Dr. R puts it. It's really made a difference.

>

> The whole trick is determining an array of things you enjoy and

> fixing them ahead of time as much as possible. It takes me a lot

> less time to fix and eat a meal now. It took me a couple of months

> to get my routine down, but my whole appetite and psychological

> desire for the bad stuff is pretty much gone now. Even when I go

> out, it's usually chopped beef, veggies and a salad or chicken and

> the same.

>

> Just my 2 cents worth......Sara

>

[Guest guest]

That's it. I'll just boil a dang egg every day! lol~

nw

I have heard alot of

controversy too Jan about non stick pans. I

> should probably start using my regular pan more often. I just got

in

> the habit of using the non stick because they are much better

about

> not sticking. A neighbor of mine uses the eggbeaters too because

> they are cholestrol free. They are just made out of egg whites if

I

> remember right. I tried them and they aren't bad at all...pretty

> good as a matter of fact....

>

[Guest guest]

Does the flouride pertain to teflon only or all nonstick cookware (now

that I just went and bought a brand new set of nontick)?

nw

>

> Hey Jan, I just finished cooking tonight's meal ahead of time in my

> regular pan. I am going to try and remember not to use my teflon

> pan. I know you said that teflon releases flouride. What does

> flouride do to us ...I can't remember that discussion...was so

[Guest guest]

, you have all my sympathy about trying to cook and eat right

and working. I have had the luxury of not working while I heal, and

have only just in the last month started to do some work again at

our business. I must say, however, that I really took the diet plan

that Dr. gave me and tried to follow it very closely. I

think my almost complete avoidance of breads, chips, cookies,

crackers, sugar, pasta, etc. plus eating less but more often, plus

the adherence to low sugar (low glycemic index) fruits and veggies

have all helped me stay more " even " all day, and have made me

healthier. And I've not had any caffeine. I just don't get any of

the slumps in the day any more. I can now do house chores, errands,

and some work all day and not feel variations in my blood sugar.

Plus, I don't have the appetite I used to, which is helping me lose

weight. Brother, that sugar and other white stuff really did me in.

I hope you can find your own path to figuring out what to do. I know

it's hard. I just got to the point that my feeling better meant more

than the food I used to crave. I noticed this afternoon that when I

went shopping, I passed the bakery and the smell of all the sweet

bakery items actually made me sick. Halleluja!!

Yes, there is some corn syrup in the jarred fruit. I try to watch

that.

JMHO but I think your Pepsi and cookies are maybe making you sleepy.

And the dried fruit and raisins have a lot of sugar, too. I found,

at least for me, that when I changed to the new diet, I stopped

feeling that way altogether. But we all have different things going

on with our systems and should find our own way with diets.

I never thought I could eat such a narrow selection of foods,

unprocessed and fixed so simply, for such a long time. But I have to

say it's really been worth it for me. It's the easy to grab,

processed stuff that was doing me in.

I should say please don't take my descriptions of what I do as

suggestions of what you should do or endorsements. It's just me

describing what I have found works for me. I think I got off track

in talking about the Egg Beaters and other brand names, or inferring

that you should do something specific. We all might need different

things.

Yes, if we start a meal ideas folder, I'd be happy to share.

>

> Sara,

>

> Thank you so much for your suggestions. You're so very

thoughtful.

> I am going to print this out so I don't forget. Egg beaters,

huh?

> Regular eggs can get pretty tiring. And right now I feel like

sleep

> is more important than waking at the crack of dawn to cook

> breakfast. Same with at night. I'm so tired right now I know I

> can't cook a bunch of stuff ahead, I just can't. Even on the

> weekends I get the basics done and I'm out of energy.

>

> It's so hard to juggle everything with work right now (much easier

> to stick with the good diet when you have more time). I eat what

I

> can in a.m. but now I know it can't be granola cereal (sugar) but

> maybe whole grain toast? I take a piece of fruit every morning

for

> snack, and it's easier to eat lunch; leftover meat & veggies or a

> quick salad. But I have to give up the afternoon pepsi and

> cookies. I don't know how I'm to stay awake in afternoon. I need

> to figure out a way to make iced tea ahead or something. And

bring

> raisins or nuts, dates or dried fruit. You're right about not

going

> too long w/o eating. Yikes.

>

> I wonder if Jan would mind if we set up a file of breakfast, lunch

> and dinner ideas based on Broda or low carb, no refined

> sugar, flour, etc. type of thing? Anybody interested?

>

> Thanks again!

> PS Do the jars of Dole grapefruit contain high fructose corn

> syrup? I just noticed that with canned fruit!

>

[Guest guest]

I have one of those egg cookers and it is fabulous. You can make up

to 7 hard boiled eggs at a time...and the yolk is always perfect and

centered especially if you were going to make deviled eggs out of

them. I would highly recommend it for hard boiled eggs...also in

some you can make poached eggs...

I have heard alot of

> controversy too Jan about non stick pans. I

> > should probably start using my regular pan more often. I just got

> in

> > the habit of using the non stick because they are much better

> about

> > not sticking. A neighbor of mine uses the eggbeaters too because

> > they are cholestrol free. They are just made out of egg whites

if

> I

> > remember right. I tried them and they aren't bad at all...pretty

> > good as a matter of fact....

>

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[Guest guest]

It would be great to also include a section in that folder for foods

that don't aggravate our thyroids and recipes. Might be alot of work

though setting the folder up...

>

> I'd love the idea of a food folder for ideas! Sara, do you eat

bread at

> all. I try to have whole grain bread like spelt or millet or

ezekiel, but i

> don't know i've given it up before..guess i could again. what grains

do you

> eat???

>

[Guest guest]

Per the diet my doc gave me, I'm not eating any grains except my

oatmeal daily, some dark beans for iron daily, but nothing else in

the " white death " category as he calls it. No sugar

(pie,cake,cookie,ice cream,candy,cola,high sugar fruits), no pasta,

no chips, no crackers, no potatoes, no corn, no rice, no pancakes,

no bread of any kind, no cereals, no bananas. I eat 4-5 smaller

meals during the day. For me at least, I don't have stomach problems

any more and don't get blood sugar swings. I sleep better. I don't

get sleepy in the afternoon. I don't have cravings. I don't snack at

night. I had to do this to reduce stress on my body and the anxiety

from the blood sugar swings and precipitous drops from waiting too

long to eat.

>

> I'd love the idea of a food folder for ideas! Sara, do you eat

bread at

> all. I try to have whole grain bread like spelt or millet or

ezekiel, but i

> don't know i've given it up before..guess i could again. what

grains do you

> eat???

>

[Guest guest]

I had my first hard boiled egg in a long time this morning. Cold.

The yolk had a weird texture. I just know I would gag if I tried

eating one every single morning. lol! I " think " a good quality

whole grain bread is okay (per ) unless of course you have

gluten intolerance.

-- In Texas_Thyroid_Groups , " cowgirlgrams "

wrote:

>

> I have one of those egg cookers and it is fabulous. You can make

up

> to 7 hard boiled eggs at a time...and the yolk is always perfect

and

> centered especially if you were going to make deviled eggs out of

> them. I would highly recommend it for hard boiled eggs...also in

> some you can make poached eggs...

>

>

> >

> > If you don't mind eating them cold, you can boil several of them

> ahead of time. Poached eggs are good, too.

> >

[Guest guest]

Sara,

I'm really glad it's working for you. Guess I'll have to give it

another try. Very hard to stick to sometimes! Do you have

regularity problems?

>

> Per the diet my doc gave me, I'm not eating any grains except my

> oatmeal daily, some dark beans for iron daily, but nothing else in

> the " white death " category as he calls it. No sugar

> (pie,cake,cookie,ice cream,candy,cola,high sugar fruits), no

pasta,

> no chips, no crackers, no potatoes, no corn, no rice, no pancakes,

> no bread of any kind, no cereals, no bananas. I eat 4-5 smaller

> meals during the day. For me at least, I don't have stomach

problems

> any more and don't get blood sugar swings. I sleep better. I don't

> get sleepy in the afternoon. I don't have cravings. I don't snack

at

> night. I had to do this to reduce stress on my body and the

anxiety

> from the blood sugar swings and precipitous drops from waiting too

> long to eat.

>

[Guest guest]

Hehe, , I've been low carbing for over 2 years, and I just

can't do the plain hard boiled eggs yet! It just smells too much

like " rotten egg you-know-what " to me! I can do a simple egg salad

w/just mayo and dill relish occasionally, but I

stress " occasionally " and also when I'm really, really hungry!

> > >

> > > If you don't mind eating them cold, you can boil several of

them

> > ahead of time. Poached eggs are good, too.

> > >

>

[Guest guest]

Jan, what about cast-iron cookware? A properly seasoned iron

skillet is just like teflon (I still have the cast iron skillet my

granddaddy gave me when I was 19, and will probably be buried with

it!)

> >

> > Hey Jan, I just finished cooking tonight's meal ahead of time

in my

> > regular pan. I am going to try and remember not to use my

teflon

> > pan. I know you said that teflon releases flouride. What does

> > flouride do to us ...I can't remember that discussion...was so

>

>

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[Guest guest]

If I drink enough water, and for me that's 60 or so oz. per day, and

I make sure I get around 20 or so gr of fiber a day, I have really

good regularity. It's another reason I don't think I'll ever come

off this diet.

I can get 4 gr from the oatmeal, 4-6 gr from my 3 fruit servings per

day, 7 gr from my beans, and 4-6 from several servings of veggies.

Sometimes I forget my beans for a few days, and I get immediate

reminder that I need more fiber. I'm trying to watch my portions and

calories lately to see if I can lose some pounds, so I have to watch

the fiber portions as well. I was packing away a lot of calories

mindelessly by not watching portions and what I was eating, and

needed to stop. Most of the time on this diet, though, I've been

really regular. It seems to work well for me.

Sara

> >

> > Per the diet my doc gave me, I'm not eating any grains except my

> > oatmeal daily, some dark beans for iron daily, but nothing else

in

> > the " white death " category as he calls it. No sugar

> > (pie,cake,cookie,ice cream,candy,cola,high sugar fruits), no

> pasta,

> > no chips, no crackers, no potatoes, no corn, no rice, no

pancakes,

> > no bread of any kind, no cereals, no bananas. I eat 4-5 smaller

> > meals during the day. For me at least, I don't have stomach

> problems

> > any more and don't get blood sugar swings. I sleep better. I

don't

> > get sleepy in the afternoon. I don't have cravings. I don't

snack

> at

> > night. I had to do this to reduce stress on my body and the

> anxiety

> > from the blood sugar swings and precipitous drops from waiting

too

> > long to eat.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

oops, I asked the question on iron skillets before I finished

reading your posts...

sorry, I'm in Lubbock in the hotel awaiting my appt w/Dr. R tomorrow

morning, and obviously bored out of my skull!

> There are analon (SP??) pans. I was thinking about buying

them. I don't think they re the same as teflon, but may be just as

bad.. Jan????

>

> steph

>

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[Guest guest]

I've got it and read it, but I was already doing grain free. Is it

worth it? As with all books, I think there are some things to get out

of it and things to leave, but I think you will do better getting Broda

' book and reading it. I got MUCH more of ' book.

>

> Has anyone read Dr. Mercola's book. He recommends a grain free

diet, I

> believe. If you have read it, please let me know if you think it's

worthwhile to

> buy.

> thanks.steph

>

[Guest guest]

It's hard to find whole grain breads without millet or our old buddy

soy lecithin.

nw

> > >

> > > If you don't mind eating them cold, you can boil several of

them

> > ahead of time. Poached eggs are good, too.

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[Guest guest]

Gasp! There's a cracker that's not a total no-no? Nut and rice

crackers, did you say?

>

> Confession: I like my almost hard-boiled eggs warm with butter,

served with nut and rice crackers.

>

[Guest guest]

Courtenay, how often can you handle the nut/rice crackers, and do they

cause your blood sugar to crash? I usually make homemade almond meal

crackers..they're not bad, taste very similar to wheat thins, but

sometimes I just don't feel like making them, and wish I had a ready-

made alternative!

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Courtenay! I'll have to see if I can order them on the

internet. If you think of any other ideas that are good to use in

place of breads/grains we shouldn't have, please let me know!

:-)

> >

> > Confession: I like my almost hard-boiled eggs warm

> with butter,

> served with nut and rice crackers.

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Wow! Excellent thought. I just have to admit I don't know what is

allowed where flour (wheat flour okay?) or grains are concerned. It

would be fun to have a bread machine but a person would probably

have to avoid the mixes because they are no doubt full of no-no's.

What kind of flour would you use for bread? Thanks.

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> It's hard to find whole grain breads without millet or

> our old buddy

> soy lecithin.

>

> nw

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Jan! After work yesterday I did some lengthy label reading

at my local grocery store in the health food aisle. They have one

aisle with health foods. That's the extent of it. Wahoo! I was

able to find what I think is some good stuff. How exciting! Who

knew there was a rice and almond bread? I wrote down some

ingredients and will post later to see if y'all think they are

okay. And I found some crackers too. Great with turkey and baby

swiss!

I'm going to get serious about the diet again. It has made a

significant difference in the past. Thank you everybody! (But I

will miss my Pepsi. Sigh.)

> Thanks, Courtenay! I'll have to see if I can order them on the

> internet. If you think of any other ideas that are good to use in

> place of breads/grains we shouldn't have, please let me know!

>

> :-)

>