Oh,,, and I forgot... Not any alcoholic beverage... If you have a very special party, you can just have one wiskey or one vodka...

Goma Your Great! Thanks so much, it sounds very healthy besides makeing sense for my problem. I have never liked the thought of no carbs, I need my fiber. These no carb diets never sounded healthy to me. I am a chocoholic though, I will try it. Any particular dishes that you would fix with the diet guidlines? My dh needs to eat heathier too. I am overweight not obese though. Up until say 8 months ago, he was seriously under weight because of issues I won't get into. Now he is healthy looking, but he doesn't eat healthy. Actually, I haven't helped much. Since I turned myself into a career girl, I have been buying frozen food alot. I want to get back to cooking, but things that can't take alot of time or that can cook for several hours in the crock while I'm at work. Any suggestions? Thanks agian Bethanie
I don't drink, so I don't think that will be a problem.
How much meat. I don't eat alot of red meat usually. Chicken and Fish alot.

As I peak around the corner...........and breathe a huge sigh of relief.........whew........I really was wondering what I said wrong. You are forgiven Bethanie. I almost ran and hid to never post again!

I understand your frustration with the insurance company. When we went thru fertility treatments, my bank was sold to another. The new bank did not cover fertility treatment. So I stopped. Then I complained. They offered to cover them......after the fact.....I said forget it..........we quit. So thats what I meant by insurance companies dictating whether you have children or not.......

Beth... I love red meat, better if it is medium rare! . You can eat any kind of meat in the quantities you want and like. You can use any sauce for them just make sure the sauce doesn´t have sugar.

I used to eat a lot of broccoli w/cheese. I am a terrible cooker so i used to eat a lot of grilled chicken, steak or pork. I love them and it is easy to make them.

You can visit the threat EAT, they are experts in the crockpot , some of them gave me good recipes, the problem is that i have been so lazzy and I haven´t even unpacked my crock

Pat

Mysticah... please don´t stop posting.... that was just a missunderstanding!!!!! We enjoy your presence so much

Pat

Pat you are too kind!

Unfortunately, you are stuck with me! I'm not going anywhere!

Pat is this diet you are talking about one you lost weight on? If so do tell more. Does anyone know anything about the South Beach diet? It appears you have to pay so much a week for info on that one. I need to start eating right. Problem is I never know what to eat. It's hard when you have to cook for others too. I have quit drinking pop, (2 yrs now), eat minimum chocolate (compared to the old days) and still struggle. Pat...I need your great ideas!

From what I hear the South Beach Diet is very very expensive and while it does cause you to lose weight, it isn't in a healthy way. That is just what I heard. I stopped drinking pop too, even diet. I only drink water and sometimes juice. I LOVE my chocolate though. That is what gets me into trouble, and the carbs. goma... please do tell more about the diet and what kind of food you eat. I am not a diet person, but I do like to change the way I eat every once in a while.
Myst. I am so glad you aren't going to stop posting just because of my over reacting freakyness. I have been surfing around in this place for a while and I can tell you are a valuable person around here. Thanks for your understanding.

Mysti... Yes that was the diet that made me lost weight. Not all diets are for every person though and you have to be a little cautious sometimes if you have certain conditions to pick one or the other. I have always been thin, that diet was specially for hypoglycemia, my losing weight was a consequence i really didn´t want... being so thin is not so nice sometimes. (all extremes are not good). I am working on gaining a little weight with no sugar... difficult isn´t it??

Beth, no juices either,,, I forgot to tell you... because they concentrate the sweet part of the fruits and not the fiber drink water!!! The only thing you should keep in mind is no sugar, two small carbs or three a day maximum (no more than that and just one carb of those three per meal, not a combination of two in one meal). When I am telling you a small portion of carb is 2/3 cup.

I have never heard of the south beach diet... I thought it had double sense hahaha There are some jokes of diets, all related to the moon, sun, love, romance..you know . I guess that was just my ignorance!!

Have a good weekend girls

Pat

I stopped drinking pop-diet too, and can't stand the taste of pop now. The carbonation just makes me gag. I am drinking water and juice too. However, the juice isn't good for you either! Too much sugar! So now I am searching for something to drink for breakfast. Milk makes my stomache growl like crazy, so I stopped that too. I can't stand coffee. I like cappucino but that has cream in it too. It all makes me dizzy! I just need the energy to excerise. What will give you energy? I tried "Advocare" and that didn't mix with my system well either! Sooooooo

Hope everyone is enjoying the 4th festitivies! We had pouring pouring rain all day yesterday. We didn't get anything accomplished. I went to my hometown yesterday and they were having a parade. My mom's apt is on the parade route so we sat on her porch. It was a total downpour the whole entire time! Very few parade watchers! We were dry though! ;p

Our parade here is Monday. I live on the parade route, so today will be spent sprucing up our house and lawn. That was the idea for yesterday. Now here we are doing it on the 4th! Grrrrr

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

What about sugarfree yogurt?

Goma
I just bought a bunch of red meat. How do I fix this stuff? I have steak, roast, chopps, etc. I know, put them in a pan with some veggies... boring. Do you have anything to spurce meat up a little? I am done to two carbs a day, that is the best I have been able to do. Beth

That´s good Beth,,, it seems you are doing great with your diet! What if you buy sugarfree BBQ sauce? i Know you can get it in some places.

Someone in another thread gave me the recipe of cooking chicken with that sauce in the crockpot with a little bit of water so that it doesn´t dry up. I never made it but it sounded good.

I love steak w/o any sauce, just a little bit of salt in the time of cooking it. I always put it in a pan w/ very high temperature so that the juice stays inside, and I eat it medium or medium rare.

I used to buy smoked salmon a lot, you place the thin slices in a tray or a big dish and spread olive oil, lemon and parmesan cheese on top... it is delicious!!!!!! try it someday.

Pat

Meat.... sorry I´m the worst cooker, I don´t have any good recipe for steak... I will look for one to tell you

mmmmmmmmmmm i love salmon!