Wendysgoodnews 1st day to Weight Loss

[Patapples]

How wonderful that food isn't a priority to you now and that you have lost almost a 100 pounds.  I wish that food wasn't such a priority in my life.  That would be a dream come true,  I am okay during the day but the evening is very difficult for me.

[wendysgoodnews]

I was always a night eater before LDL but if I make sure and eat enough for lunch and eat my dinner by 5 or 6 I have been able to stop that.  I am one of those nervous eaters so if I am having a hard day I still have to be disciplined not to eat everything in sight.  I have been able to so far distract myself with other things.  For me though I have so much weight still to lose that I have to stay focused to be able to get to my final goal.

I saw on another post you were talking about smoothies.  If you freeze the bananas and use them your smoothies with me nice a creamy just like if you used yogurt.  You will love your new Ninja in making ice cream too.
I am glad you are back trying LDL again I know for a fact this is the easiest way of eating I have ever found in losing weight and getting healthy.  The longest I ever stayed on a diet was almost a year on low carb but at the end I was having trouble with my health.

[Joyful Friend]

Wendy, you have done so well.  What did you add to the gravy for thickening?  It sounds so delicious. LDL is food freedom.  When we are hungry, we can eat until satisfied.  That was a new concept for me, but sooo easy.  It is my woe for life.  I love it.  I usually eat a lot of LDL foods, but some days, not very hungry.  I had a feast last night and at noon today.  Country Girl cooked-- grilled porterhouse steaks, squash medley, corn, black beans, and spicy tomatoes, fried cabbage, BP for guys, sauteed apples for us, berry pie and ice cream  for the guys.  It was delicious.  Today, I had Neets meat loaf, baked steak (Mushroom gravy),(I put 4 pieces in without coating with flour) green beans, oven roasted squash, Bill's mashed potatoes,  regular mashed potatoes, and a large salad.  I still have grape tomatoes on the vines--they are sooo good.  We enjoyed the foods. Country girl took a meat loaf home and I still half of one left.  I tripled the recipe. It is delicious.  I will have peach icecream for evening if I get hungry.  I have some frozen and then bought some on sale.  It sounds delicious.  JF 

[wendysgoodnews]

Your meals sound wonderful.  I also love that I can have seconds if I want them or just eat a larger helping.  I took the dripping (scraping bottom)with the cooked onion and added chicken broth and blended until it was creamy.  It could be thickened with corn starch but since we were not having our fake potatoes I didn't bother we just put it over the meat.  Blending it makes it a little thick anyway.

[skinnygirl]

omgosh! Wendy your food always sound so good...I made my first pot of pinto beans last night....wooohooo!

[wendysgoodnews]

I love pinto beans!  Even when recipes call for red beans I always add pinto beans to it.  When we go out and eat at Cracker Barrel they have the best Pinto bean side dish.  It has ham in it so I pick around it. 
I saw where you mentioned not eating as much as you have been.  That is the way of other diets and we have all found that it doesn't work.  It causes our bodies to think we are going to starve it and we quit losing weight.  Just keep eating like you have been and you will see the weight coming off.  In the beginning I ate more then I do now but my body adjusted itself so I never felt deprived of food. 
So glad you have joined all of us, it is such a nice family.

[Patapples]

I ate at the Cracker Barrel on my way to Texas last year.  Can't remember where it was.  Is it in California?  I like most beans especialy black beans.

[wendysgoodnews]

Sunday:

B:  Eggs on refried beans
L:  Layered bean dip on corn chips
D:  Very cherry berry pie
    Popcorn

[wendysgoodnews]

Our Cracker Barrel is in Missoula and is my favorite place to eat

Monday:
B:  Left over bean dip
L:  Left over Pork roast
    Corn
D:  Roasted Garlic & Butternut soup
    Apple
    Cantelope

[wendysgoodnews]

I am out of fruit except for apples so I guess soon I will have to go shopping I miss eating fruit.

Tuesday:

B:  Taco Omelet
    Apple
L:  Apple
    Chicken breast
D:  Roasted Garlic & Butternut soup
    Green salad
   

[Patapples]

Wendy what is a Taco omlet?

[skinnygirl]

YES, WHAT IS A TACO OMLETE...SOUNDS YUMMY

[wendysgoodnews]

I have some taco meat I am planning on making taco soup with.  It just has onions in it with lots of taco seasoning.  I take 2 eggs and put a bit of water in them and beat with a fork.  I let it cook in a fry pan with lid until almost done.  I then scrape any undone egg to the side of omelet to cook.  I put taco meat, olives and cheese on top and cover until cheese is melted.  It tastes delicious and is very filling.  I am having to come up with breakfast since I am out of fruit.  I also do this with pizza sauce and add on top whatever I would like for toppings.

[Patapples]

The Taco omelet  sounds delicious.  Are olivrs okay on LDL?

[wendysgoodnews]

Yes olives are ok to eat.  I love olives but I don't eat them too often.

[debbiewetzel]

This sounds great....

Debbie

[wendysgoodnews]

Wednesday:

B:  Taco Omelet
L:  Chicken nuggets
    Berry Smoothie
D:  Carrot and celery sticks
    Ranch dressing

[Patapples]

In Prevention magazine they had an article that said certain foods help get rid of belly fat and olives was one of them.  If I remember correctly they were olives. olive oil, avocados, almonds and dark chocolate.  I know I could not handle nuts or chocolate but the rest wouldn't cause me to overeat. 

Will just carrots and celery with dip be enough gor dinner?

[wendysgoodnews]

Well at the time I thought a bunch of carrots and celery would be fine since I wasn't hungry.  By the time I went to bed I was hungry so I won't do that again.  I am really needing to go grocery shopping so I have some good food to prepare but I am waiting until closer to the week end.  My older son and his new wife will be coming for the week end and I want to plan some good LDL meal for them while they are here. 

[Bethann]

Just thought I would drop by to see how you are?

You've lost an impressive amount of weight! Wow!  Inspirational!

I'm determined to get back into LDL full force and loose the rest of the weight I need to loose!

Until later...
Bethann