On 6 Jan 2004 12:17:07 -0800,
[email protected] (ezeetyger) wrote:
>Joyce <
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>> My guess is you aren't eating enough. I'm not using any technical formula, just estimating off
>> the top of my head. What you list for your typical day, I come up with the following points:
>>
>> 2 slices bread (2pts) tomato soup (maybe 3 points?) more bread (2pts) yogurt (2pts) 3 oz grilled
>> turkey (2pts - if breast) steamed veggies (0 pts) gravy (maybe 1 pt, but probably not)
>
>No gravy, thought it would add to my points intake
>
>> 1T mashed potatoes (geeeeeesh, I wouldn't even count 1T as eating)
>
>Mashed potatoes, used ASDA butter again, but only put about 1 tablespoon of potatoes on my plate)
And the reason for this was why? Because you were again afraid of the points involved? Mashed
potatoes are about 2 points per 1/2 cup - definitely doable.
>> 8cups tea with milk (how much milk? maybe 1 pt)
>
>(only a small amount of milk, I probably in total used 1/4 pint all day and its semi skimmed and
>no sugar)
1/4 pint = 1/2 cup = about 1 point
>>
>> My guestimates show 12 pts not including the butter which I have no idea what it is ... but
>> taking the name *good for you* I'm figuring it low in points.
>
>
>Oh I thought I was eating too much, the butter is a very low fat butter by ASDA. Its about 1/2
>point for 1 tablespoon. Being the strange person that I am I actually do not like water, is that ok
>to dilute with a Trace fruity cordial?
If you start adding things to your water, you will have to take those points into account also - as
well as probably pumping even more into you. Why waste the points on liquids? Your body NEEDS the
water, as well as the energy that is aquired from good foods. Try buying bottled water if you don't
like tap water - but maybe you just need to get accustomed to water. The only other option would be
to switch to decaf tea - but plain water is still the best way to go.
Are you attending ww meetings, or going this route on your own? If attending meetings, I am really
surprised that your counselor hasn't read over your journals and told you that you are not eating
enough. If you are going your own, it appears you don't have a good grasp on point values or what
you should be eating.
Keep reading here, post frequently, do some research and you should be able to get on the right
track fairly quickly. Here's an example of what I have eaten today - think I am pretty close to your
20 point target:
Breakfast:
2/2 cup scrambled eggbeaters, added salsa and chopped artichokes - 1 point 2 thin slices canadian
bacon - 1 point 2 slices light wheat toast - 1 point
3/4 cup mixed berries - 1 point
Lunch: 2 slices light wheat bread - 1 point 2 ounces thin sliced turkey breast w/ mustard, tomato,
lettuce - 1 point dill pickles - 0 points 1 cup cut up mixed fruit - 1 point zucchini slices/cherry
tomatoes - 0 points
Snack: apple - 2 pts
Dinner: 4 ounces baked pork tenderloin - 4pts 8 ounces (about 1 cup) baked cubed butternut squash -
2pts broccoli, green beans, mushrooms, carrots - 0 points salad w/crumbled blue cheese and light
1000 dressing - 3 pts
Snack: 1 small cube homemade fudge - 1pt 7 ounces cut up watermelon - 1pt
Do you see how much more food I have eaten than you, for those same 20 points? No way are you coming
anywhere close to 20 points with what you are eating. I try and get some lean protein, fruit or
veggies into every meal. There is still room for some treats in there - 5 points worth if you figure
those flexpoints ... I'm just not hungry today.
>
>I lost a stone in about 8 weeks, and now it just will not shift
That does not surprise me at all. Your body has become used to surviving on next to nothing and now
is trying to preserve everything and anything that it can. Can you honestly say you can spend the
rest of your life eating as little as you are now? If not, that weight is going to come on quicker
than you took it off ... as well as your metabolism becoming permanently messed up.
Joyce