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Dreemdanser
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Date Posted: 10:53:29 05/23/05 Mon
In reply to:
scarletyoureyes
's message, "Re: More like taking a mini vacation ;)" on 11:03:25 05/21/05 Sat
The answer is to not think about the "order" of your meals or defining them by traditional concepts of our american diet. Did you know that French Canadian farmers would get up before dawn to go out and tend to the animals and multiple early morning tasks. They would work 4 or 5 hours by 9 or 10 in the morning. The same goes for men on a logging crew. Their "breakfast" would be the biggest meal of the day consisting of meats, fats, grains, syrups, fruits, whole cream....you name it! then they would procede to work again till about 4 and come back for supper. Supper was lighter....lots of veggies, less meat, more natural carbs like potatoes or corn and maybe dessert (farmers did a lot more eating of the fresh fruits of the season or the fruit preserves put up the previous fall!) Even Amish people eat this way. Then they are to sleep pretty much around nightfall. It is hard to find overweight amish people, yet they eat things we wouldn't dare.
I eat only 2 "meals" a day...yet I consume the right amount of calories and they are from all the various healthy foods my body needs...over the course of the day. I have tried doing the 3 meals a day thing and I just would never have time to do the food prep to eat healthy...so I would end up making poor choices out of desperation and hunger. So I accepted that It wasn't going to happen and worked out alternative ways of getting in the nutrition. Most days my two substantial meals are breakfast and supper. Yet I eat healthy snacks all day. My usual consumption goes something like this....a huge bowl of whole grain cereal (either cooked or plain puffed kashi...the calories range between 140 to 180 for the grains...no flour...no sugar) with about 1 and 1/2 cups berries and about a cup of either 1% milk or silk soy milk. the berries are about 100 cal and the cup of milk is 100. Now that means the meal is averaging between 340 and 380 cal....much more than most diet breakfasts. For supper I eat a lot also but no starches....all non-starchy veggies (tons) and around 5 0z. lean protein. In between these two substantial meals I also usually have a 100 cal yogurt, a 1/4 cup nuts (raw or dry roasted...I also get unsalted since salt sets me up for bloating and salt cravings), and often a small servng a protein such as 2 to 3 oz cooked chicken breast strips, or a packet of tuna in water with FF miracle whip. I might throw the protein on some salad greens ( no dressing) if I have time. If you add up the calories they come to between 1100 and 1300 which means that I can indulge in 1 or 2 small squares of dark chocolate (good for you) or any other 100 calorie treat and still end up with most days ranging between 1200 and 1400 cal. Many studies are saying it helps trick the metabolisim by varying calorie intake slightly from day to day.
Well, that is my basic plan...which I do fairly well on sticking with. Oh, and all I eat after supper is the 1% milk in decaf coffee or 2 cups of veggie broth (30 cal.) If I eat at night I either don't lose or I gain.
You could construct a main meal of healthy foods with most of your points consumed before your work shift. If you sleep late, maybe start with a 100 cal yogurt for breakfast and do your whole shower and getting dressed thing and then sit down to a main meal in the afternnon before work. Pack some healthy snacks to have either on the way to work or on a break. Have then be things you would have eaten for good health...fruit...veggies...protein. Also eat your treat sometime before work, not late at night. Then after work keep the meal very light....non-starchy veggies, a little lean protein, (maybe tofu or seafood). You will feel better and sleep better without a heavy late-night meal. You can save light snacks for "emergency" ammunition like cuke or celery sticks in a baggie.
Think about what you enjoy eating that is good for you and plan it into your day. I really don't eat anything I don't love. If I bite into something and it isn't good or even just a disappointment, I spit it out. If I bit into a piece of chocolate and it isn't fabulous..out it comes in a tissue!! I am serious....If It isn't wonderful, it's not going in my mouth! No eating something cause "i should" either. I find healthy things that I truly love. Oh...as for the dessert thing...have you tried a cup and 1/2 of berries topped with 2 T. lite whip cream (15-30 cal)?? Also those new jello chocolate puddings (LISTEN UP PEEPS!!) THAT ARE ONLY 60 CALORIES....try taking 2 of them and putting them in a dish with a squirt of lite whip cream on top...under 150 cal for a huge sumptious dessert. BTW...most companies who make soft serve ice cream have caloric and nutritional content on the web! For me it is a nice incentive to do Sugar free jello (have 2 or 3 @ 10 cal each) with maybe a T of lite whipcream all week and then have a real softserve cone on the weekend. I always ask for a baby cone...they are still usually huge! If it is too much an no one else will eat some of mine for me I walk over to a trash can and lop off some before eating the rest!
Ahhh....u know we are going to be near a carvel this coming weekend!!
hugs,
Dreemy
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