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wosnes

These are interesting, too:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090921

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Number of BMs daily is based on what you eat. If your eat a large amount of plant foods, you're going to have at least one and probably more BMs daily. If your diet is more based on meat and processed foods, you're likely to have one or fewer BMs daily. A plant-based diet is not only one of the few ...

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Well, remember it's not sugar, it's "sweets."

What I do doesn't follow the letter of the No-S law, but I two cookies daily. I find it keeps me from going crazy on S days and I probably eat fewer sweets by doing that than if I eat them on S days only.

It's not vanilla No-S, but it works for me.

wosnes

I saw that, too and almost posted here. I've heard Pollan say before that we can't address the health care crisis without addressing the food crisis.

Here's a blogger commenting on it:
http://losingweightafter45isabitch.blog ... l#comments

wosnes

In the late 80s one of the dietitians I worked with wrote a series of books with menus, recipes and grocery lists for various calorie controlled diets. The recipes were sized to feed 1, 2, or 4 people which I thought was a great concept. However, most of the recipes were absolutely awful. I couldn't...

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I tried the Atkins Diet when I was about 16. At 5'5" and 125 lbs. I decided I was too fat ( :roll: ) and needed to lose. I got down to 113 lbs, and felt terrible. I got angry at the least little thing and cried all the time. Common sense kicked in and I decided I'd rather go back to the *enormous* ...

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I do the best I can and don't worry about it.

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Blithe Morning wrote:
Thank you, Wosnes. This looks great. I'm assuming that's 8oz by volume and not weight?

Sorry for the delay...I just noticed this. It's actually 8 ounces by weight. Obviously 8 ounces by weight is half a pound and by volume it's a heaping cup.

wosnes

Everything Thalia said. I do like fruit in my green salads as well as nuts. Sometimes my green salads are just that -- GREEN [/b]. I'm very fond of greens and a vinaigrette. And then there's the traditional Greek village salad (which I've also seen called an Israeli salad -- and it's popular in othe...

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I'd say I eat a good amount of 'real food' but I do also eat some processed food. I do have low-fat yogurt every day and Stroeman's whole wheat bread, but I also eat a lot of fresh veggies and unprocessed, cooked-at-home chicken or sometimes shrimp. So I think it's all about balance. A few years ag...

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I think I might be at Chapter 4, and I'm not at all sure I want to progress to Chapter 5. Actually, I'm not sure that Chapter 5 is realistic. There's always going to be temptation -- it might just be a different temptation on a different street.

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I also hold the strong opinion that environment DOES affect choice, more than we individualistic-Americans would like to think, and that we've built an AWFUL environment for healthy choices. Which is what I think the article is mostly about. Yes, the permasnacking, lack of formal meals, the hatred ...

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What follows is from this -- which I found a little hard to read. http://www.mireilleguiliano.com/articles/newsweek_excess.pdf These parts "spoke" to me: Americans are certainly more extreme about their food than people I see in other countries...Dieting shows off America's extremism. And, of course...

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clarinetgal wrote:Wosnes, Just barely. I may have to add a couple of eggs.

There's nothing wrong with being hungry. I was just thinking about this...I think the problem may be that we've been taught that there is something wrong with being hungry.

wosnes

Congratulations to you and welcome!

wosnes

Here's a question for anyone who reads this: when I ate my breakfast of cereal, applesauce, yogurt, and toast with peanut butter, I felt full, but I barely felt full. I probably could have eaten a small portion of something else to help me feel more satisfied, but I'm not sure what. Any suggestions...

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By the way, the article I linked to was linked to at Bitten (Mark Bittman's blog) as was this article:

http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/238 ... dded-sugar

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What ticks me off is statements like this: The program gives the seal to both regular and light mayonnaise, which could lead consumers to think they are both equally healthy. I'm pretty sure that they're trying to say that light mayonnaise is better than regular. I think light is less healthy than r...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/busin ... =nutrition

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KCCC wrote: (This is an S-day treat for me, even though it's just fruit juice and fruit without the whipped cream. Just too dessert-like.)

Without the whipped cream, it's salad in my neck of the woods!

wosnes

I'm not sure what you're getting from others is so much pressure as it is an observation that you're not 1) doing what you used to do or, 2) doing what the others are doing. Your good behavior makes them look bad. Friends and family often unconsciously sabotage your efforts to lose weight for that o...

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Breakfast: toast with butter, fruit -- sometimes a smoothie with juice, yogurt and berries. Occasionally 1-2 eggs. If I eat breakfast -- I'm not much of a breakfast eater. Lunch: Nearly always soup, bread and a small salad or other raw vegetables; fruit. Dinner. Salad, Main dish (Usually chicken or ...

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I think this might be like some other things: get your Vitamin C from natural sources (fruits and vegetables) rather than relying on supplements. Very often the supplements have adverse effects (or no positive effect), but relying on natural sources has no adverse effects (and is associated with pos...

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reinhard wrote:That's great. But would you have been speeding to begin with if you hadn't been so eager to get home and eat your ice cream?

Probably. I wasn't thinking about it being a school zone -- until I saw the police car.

wosnes

http://losingweightafter45isabitch.blogspot.com/2009/09/pump-up-volume.html I've read the same about soup (also from Dr. Rolls): http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14958715/ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NAH/is_1_32/ai_81391091/ Today I found this in the Oct/Nov issue of Fine Cooking (online): TH...

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Yesterday I was out running errands and started to pass the Baskin-Robbins near my home. It had been a rather frustrating morning and I decided it was worth a little cheat to have some ice cream. So I stopped in and got a cone and headed home with it. As I approached the elementary school, I saw a p...

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This is as good an explanation as any I've seen/read for not losing weight especially initially:

http://losingweightafter45isabitch.blog ... -just.html

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It came from this (and I've not read it all): http://zenhabits.net/2009/09/a-single-p ... #more-4197

Successfully losing weight seems to be one of the most difficult life-problems to solve.

Yet it can be solved with one of the easiest solutions: Eating less

wosnes

I'll admit to having a problem with this -- that is, the mixers. There's actually as much sugar in juice as in soda. So (and this is my personal opinion) I don't see a problem with using soda as the mixer instead of juice. Just remember the glass ceiling and limit yourself to two drinks. I understan...

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The 4-5 ingredients sounded good to me, too, but then I realized that a lot of my recipes have more ingredients -- especially soups. But I do think all of the ingredients should be recognizable, that is, no chemicals and additives. additives and preservatives is what he was gettin at in the book. I...

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Menu planning is something else Salatin mentioned. And there's no law that says you can't change things around now and again. Rotate something out and something else in. Maybe it's a seasonal thing, or maybe you just get tired of "x" and want to substitute "y. The 4-5 ingredients sounded good to me,...

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This thread reminds me of something I read in the companion book to the movie Food, Inc. It's a book of essays by some of the people who were involved in the movie or who have similar interests: ...Americans graze through the kitchen, popping precooked, heat-and-eat, bar-coded packages into the micr...

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More from Jack Sh*t:
http://jackfit.blogspot.com/2009/09/confusht-say.html

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When I buy groceries the rule is: Buy ingredients. Avoid mixes of any kind and just about anything that is ready-to-eat. I do just the opposite of Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade. I call my cooking style Mostly Homemade and use 70% (or more) fresh ingredients and 30% (or less) ready-made products, inclu...

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Well, I think if you rejoin WW you might get things rolling. As soon as you stop....you regain the weight. No-S is the tortoise to WW's (and other program's hare. It's slow and steady. Slow and steady in terms of diet not only wins the race, it keeps you from having to be in that race ever again.

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Hereâ€™s my diet plan: Cook it yourself. Thatâ€™s it. LOL wosnes - that's really witty advice... but sadly, my worst pig-outs are generally ones I've cooked myself. At what other point in life does one find oneself faced with, say, an entire pan of already-purchased, piping hot brownies baked exact...

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You're right about fast food and food at chain restaurants. The higher end chains (Cheesecake Factory, Maggiano's, various steakhouses, etc) aren't quite as bad because they often rely less on pre-made or processed ingredients. I've gotten really picky about restaurants and try to avoid the chains a...

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I made the rub from this recipe http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/08/the-other-pam-anderson/ and used it on some 1" pork loin chops. I let them sit for a couple of hours, then browned them for 5 minutes on each side. I also served a salad that I read about today: Romaine lettuce, almonds, drie...

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Congratulations Shamrockmommy! That's great! A word about salt...I have congestive heart failure and my cardiologist told me he didn't care what I ate, or how much salt I used in cooking or at the table. I should, however, avoid processed foods because that's where we get 70%-80% of our sodium intak...

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BUT isn't it interesting that the response to the research is to try develop a DRUG for dieters! You'd think that some bright entrepreneur would figure out a way to market a product that would basically be a meal schedule combined with portion control. Hmmm.... Yep, just what we need -- another dru...

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I do allow myself certain indulgences, such as a single serving of chips with my lunch, but overall, I am eating much, much healthier now. I occasionally have chips at lunch, too. Chips -- real chips made only with potatoes,oil and salt -- aren't nearly as bad as other snack foods that have numerou...

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Wintry, I think it's possible to lose weight, but it may be even slower than it is for the rest of us. There are other medications that cause weight gain (and I'm on one of them) and it's just slower.

wosnes

I noticed that both John and clarinetgal mentioned various fat-free foods and highly processed foods (Doritos and soy meat). You might want to read this:

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4574

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Thank you to everyone who replied! The basic idea seems to be to take the same things I would eat at home: leftovers, salads, fruit. This is all good--it pushes me out of the sandwich and chips mindset that I was in from packing all those children's lunches. I have class tonight, so will be trying ...

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For me, the goal is to lose weight at a good pace and in the process learn new moderation/portion habits. You have to understand, I am 380 pounds. 15 pounds in a year is just not acceptable for me personally. What is ironic is that I actually lose weight quite quickly if I actually stick to a diet ...

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A few of the people who commented on the blog entry mentioned Michael Pollans "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Plants." There's an interview with Michael Pollan in the current (Sept/Oct) issue of Eating Well magazine. The interview doesn't cover anything most of us don't already know if we follow Pol...

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I would say on any diet or weight control way of eating - 15 pounds is not really that effective in a year. It would seem that something is a little off - be it how often you exercise or what you are eating. A one to two pound a week weight loss is perfectly acceptable after an intial jump of weigh...

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Okay... my newly-discovered favorite S-day treat... Chocolate Bananas Foster 1 T butter (per serving - increase if making more than one) cinnamon 1 small or 1/2 large banana per serving, split lengthwise chocolate (I used semi-sweet baking chunks, but bits of a good-quality bar would be better) Mel...

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I almost always have my salad on another plate. I had been doing this for about a year before I realized that there was a one plate "rule." I just keep it to one serving of whatever is being served.

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Here's what the author says (from the No-S Diet page): What do you mean by "snacks?" [/size] Snacks are "when," not "what." For No S Diet purposes, anything you eat between meals is a snack. The kind of food has nothing to do with it. So pretzels with lunch is lunch. Maybe not a particularly healthy...

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I'd never "plated" my smoothie, but a smoothie and toast is often breakfast (when I eat breakfast). I just use juice, frozen fruit and yogurt with a little honey, depending on the tartness of the fruit.

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!. A 12" sub will fit on a plate along with a single serving of chips. I've done it. 2. Depending on what you eat at McDonald's -- yea, you could eat there 3x/day and lose weight. You may sacrifice health, though. 3. We're so carb-phobic in the U.S. The Asians eat rice at every meal, many (most?) It...

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I think to answer your question one would just need to glance around at the nation of snackers we have become. Do we look healthier than our ancestors, do we look fitter, leaner, trimmer? :cry: Yes to what SR said! Look at pictures of your family members from the 1960s and earlier. Chances are that...

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Those sound really good!

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Blithe Morning -- if you think those Chessman are good, try making shortbread. You'll never bother with the Chessman again! I think the crispness of cookies has a lot to do with the fat/sugar/flour ratios as well as the fat used. Like KCCC I use only butter (though I'm thinking about lard) and I can...

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Well, Bunny -- it's hard to say since we all eat and exercise differently. I don't think I'd expect more than 1/2-1 pound a week.

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Am I the only one who sees shades of the differences between men and women's methods of encouragement? Young men are encouraged by their coaches by shouts of "Come on, you pantywaists!" (and worse!) I can only speak for myself, but I would fold up like a lawnchair if someone yelled an ugly name at ...

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(I confess I've become tremendously snobby about cookies!) Oh, my goodness! Me, too. Recently I bought some name-brand cookies at the grocery and not only didn't they taste as good as those I make, I found that they weren't as satisfying. Just like other processed food, they leave you wanting more ...

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Yesterday I was browsing through a recent issue of People magazine and found a short interview with James McWilliams who wrote a book called Just Food . SO HOW SHOULD WE BE EATING? Eat out less, cook more. Eat much less meat, eat a lot more fruits and vegetables. And eat the right kind of fish. Then...

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Buttercreampillow -- I hadn't even thought of that. I think I know why I didn't think of it: that coach who humiliates the guys in the locker room expects them to be gentlemen in public. And when they aren't, they often resort to the "boys will be boys" defense. The very best coaches, however, don't...

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I think this country really vilifies those who have a weight problem, making us sometimes feel weak and worthless if we have a hard time managing that one issue. The thing that gets me is that not managing that issue is a relatively new thing here (last 50 years or so) and uncommon in much of the r...

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I plan snacks and sweets to some extent. Seconds are rare for me and depend more on what I'm eating that whether or not I'm still hungry after I've eaten.

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Yeah, I tried to convince him to stay and maybe ignore the people he had issues with ... but that didn't seem to work too well, I haven't heard of him since the other day. It's funny sometimes when you try to be good, help others to achieve what you've done and show a good example, you get berated ...

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KCCC wrote:Ari, I think your comments should be directed to reitschule, not Wosnes. Wosnes certainly did not say what you quoted.

Just to clarify.

You're right -- I didn't say any of that!

wosnes

I've not read the whole thing yet, but it's interesting:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/2 ... al-eating/

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I would add that one reading from the scale doesn't mean much. It could be water weight or the actual weight of the food you ate the day before or even earlier in the day.

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Well, I haven't been posting a lot but I am finding No S to be a lot easier. In fact, it's almost a relief on Monday when I can pass on snacks, sweets and seconds and concentrate on keeping my day green. The challenge I am struggling with now is going from cooking for a family to cooking for just m...

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rpm wrote:You are welcome. I will gladly accept nerd status.

Bill Gates is/was a nerd.

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I wonder if it is that Americans have a "get the most bang for your buck" mentality and that includes food. You must get a bargain or take advantage of a sale and never pay full price. So bigger and more is better especially if it does not cost that much more for the bigger size. I remember an ad y...

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I've heard things like that before. One of our neighbors emigrated to Israel and married a woman there who was originally from South Africa. She was amazed at the choices here, the size of meals -- well, everything you mentioned. I don't think people realize how strong those habits and customs can b...

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"Let's trash everyone who isn't living up to my idea of serious dieting" (KCCC: what were you thinking?) Winnie, please point me toward whatever I said that sounded like that, and accept my sincerest apologies in advance. I have never intended to say something of that nature, and am genuinely horri...

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I had posted a long reply but I think it would have just added to the problem. All in all, I think people should lead by example and be gentle with the way they give advice. I'm not sure that people need to be gentle with advice, but calling people delusional or saying that their opinions are bunk ...

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Good ideas, soup - chili - leftovers, sound great in the cooler weather. Berry Hehe...I don't think there's a day when soup doesn't sound good! I eat soup nearly every day for lunch -- year round. And it gets pretty hot and humid in the summer where I am. This is the first year in several in which ...

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http://www.time.com/time/health/article ... -2,00.html

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I used to take soup nearly every day. Other options were leftovers or grain /beans salads. Soup was the default thing to take. It was easy because I always have homemade soup on hand.

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There's an old formula for how much men (and women) should weigh. For men, it's 100 pounds for the first 5' in height, and 6 additional pounds for each additional inch of height -- give or take a little. So the "ideal" weight for an "average" 6'1" man would be 178 pounds. I think if you just stick t...

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How do national holidays (Thanksgiving, Easter, Labour Day, etc, depending on where you live) come out, on your scale? I wasn't sure how to evaluate how well I know the people involved, for example, since it's the whole country -- or do you only count it as an S-day if you're doing something with f...

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Too solid flesh wrote:
It appears that a moderate and balanced diet, coupled with regular exercise, is probably best for most people

What astounding news

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I know when they're coming but don't plan much for them. I don't think I have any months when they're all bunched up, but don't think I'd worry about it if I did. It wouldn't happen again until the next year.

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I'll gladly have a brownie in memory of Peter. I'm sorry for your loss.

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I think it's great that in the new pyramid fruits and vegetables take up a much larger portion of the base than do grains. Since the Mediterranean has a longer growing season than most areas do, vegetables and fruits probably make up a larger portion of the diet for much of the year and grains when ...

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Speaking of restricting variety...anyone notice the diet of the week in this week's issue of Woman's World magazine? It's Dr. Oz's "stress-free diet." You pick two choices for each meal and alternate them as desired for two weeks. Then you make another two choices for each meal and alternate them as...

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Thanks for this, Marc. I'm printing this out and putting it on my fridge. It makes me feel better about adding some meat, poultry, and fish back into my diet at a time when my mom and two sisters are going vegetarian and making me feel kinda bad about the whole issue. (I was vegetarian for five yea...

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Thanks! So if you were to do 4 average size meals, would you suggest doing them on smaller plates? Or maybe 3 meals on a dinner plate and 1 meal on a bread plate? I counted calories for my mini meal today, but I'm thinking there's a better way to do it. Hi Clarinetgal, I think if i were to do 4 pla...

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I was introduced to the Mediterranean Diet when I read Andrew Weil's Eating Well for Optimum Health some years ago. They do eat a LOT of vegetables -- I'd almost say that vegetables should be at the base instead of grains. I'm currently reading Real Food by Nina Planck. She says that folks in the Me...

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I just reread John's and Clarinetgirl's posts and I can't believe I'm going to say this, but, are you eating enough FAT? We've been fat-phobic for the last 30-40 years, but fat is necessary in the diet. Among other things, along with protein and fiber it helps you feel full/satisfied.

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Thanks! So if you were to do 4 average size meals, would you suggest doing them on smaller plates? Or maybe 3 meals on a dinner plate and 1 meal on a bread plate? I counted calories for my mini meal today, but I'm thinking there's a better way to do it. Hi Clarinetgal, I think if i were to do 4 pla...

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Interesting! I've never thought pizza was necessarily a bad or fattening food -- just depends on what you put on it and how much of it you eat.

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I would not consider eating three full meals a day to be fasting. There is plenty of evidence that No S is a good way to lose weight, in the form of results, but it's not because of some arcane metabolic effect -- it's because it limits us to an appropriate intake of food! I guess what I was gettin...

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Bushranger, it's not as easy as one would think to eat healthy in the U.S, especially if one is low income or has limited options in where you shop for food. I wasn't fully aware of it until relatively recently. Or, like you, disbelieving. Healthy food is expensive here; unhealthy food is cheap. A n...

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Part of the problem is that researchers get tunnel vision and look at one particular thing -- ignoring everything else. I must disagree with you here; that's how scientific research is (or should be) done. To study one variable, it must be viewed under controlled conditions to ensure that any outpu...

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I make my vinaigrette this way: 3 parts oil 2 parts vinegar or citrus juice (lemon and lime are both favorites) 1 part honey 1/3-1/2 part dijon mustard or soy sauce if desired Minced garlic or shallot if desired pinch of salt and a couple of grinds of pepper I combine the ingredients in a jar and sh...

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Part of the problem is that researchers get tunnel vision and look at one particular thing -- ignoring everything else. But nothing exists in a vacuum. Another part is that those who interpret the research look at it from their own paradigm and what they're trying to "prove." I don't pay much attent...

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I think most people are actually very ignorant about what "healthy" is. We live in an ENVIRONMENT and culture that does not support healthy choices - in fact, just the opposite. Being fat isn't evidence of laziness. Being healthy in our culture/environment takes HUGE amounts of work. No-S provides ...

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Thanks! I had a feeling the applesauce wouldn't be a big deal, but I thought I'd ask. :) As far as the salad dressing goes, I agree. The stuff I'm trying is nasty, so I'm using it up as quickly as possible, so I can go back to the real dressing. I've actually found, too, that I need the fat from th...

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General wisdom is that the less you have to lose, the more time it takes to lose it. Concentrate on the habits, not the scale. Having said that, your body knows absolutely nothing about height/weight charts or ideal weight. It could be very happy where it is and struggling to stay there. It's possib...

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It's okay...the applesauce can be in the cup.

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KCCC, I know what you mean. I don't know why, but just for the heck of it, I sometimes visit diet boards. One in particular (which I won't name) drives me up the wall so much that I haven't been on it for at least two weeks. One of my breaking points for that board was a post by someone who was cal...

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When I ran the benevolence ministry at church, I learned to spot alcoholics by the huge holes in their stories. I came to the conclusion that these holes were caused by a tangle of shame, denial, self pity, deception and a willful lack of self awareness that made it difficult for them to say certai...

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I put them on low. Let's see... I put them on at 7AMish and usually they get turned off around 5PMish. I wonder if I should use a timer that would turn them off at 4 or maybe even 3. 8 hours is probably enough for cooking on low? I would think that 6-8 hours would be enough on low. Here's the "reci...

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