ruth frances
Full Member
well done - what a fab achievement whilst on holiday!
Irish Molly's 2011 Diary
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irish molly
Maintaing LT loss on GL
11/06 well I am pleased as I had a little loss this week. Down another 2lbs. Other than usual food I had a night of drink and savouries, cake etc at a drinks party. I had eaten very little for the rest of that day so I could limit the damage.
Hope everyone has a good weekend.
Hope everyone has a good weekend.
summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
Brilliant well done Molly 
Drinks, savouries & cakes sounds likens perfect night!!!!!!! :drool:
Drinks, savouries & cakes sounds likens perfect night!!!!!!! :drool:
dolphin10
Silver Member
My problem is that I love bread, potatoes, past and rice. On SW you can "eat as much as you want". Its misleading and that's where things go wrong for many people, instead of sticking to 3 meals a day and 2 snacks we tend to eat all day long. Total failure!!!
irish molly
Maintaing LT loss on GL
dolphin10 said:My problem is that I love bread, potatoes, past and rice. On SW you can "eat as much as you want". Its misleading and that's where things go wrong for many people, instead of sticking to 3 meals a day and 2 snacks we tend to eat all day long. Total failure!!!
Believe me, I loved, loved pasta, potato, bread and rice in that order. With GL I have learned to love so many new foods. I am now so in love with bean dishes of all sorts. I cheat and use tinned beans so no need for soaking or long cooking. A hot or cold dish can be on the table within half an hour.
Butter beans or cannelini beans mashed are a great substitute for mashed potato.
Quinoa or couscous are great instead of rice or pasta.
A little experimenting with your fav recipes is all you need to make subtle changes to a more GL friendly diet.
JanD
maintaining since June'09
Yes dolphin10 SW won't limit the amount you can have as their philosophy is NOT to count/weigh/measure anything except healthy extras HOWEVER they DO say not to eat for the sake of it - only when hungry and to stop when full. This is great in theory but my argument was always - if we could do that, we wouldn't have a problem in the first place!! x
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irish molly
Maintaing LT loss on GL
JanD said:Yes dolphin10 SW won't limit the amount you can have as their philosophy is NOT to count/weigh/measure anything except healthy extras HOWEVER they DO say not to eat for the sake of it - only when hungry and to stop when full. This is great in theory but my argument was always - if we could do that, we wouldn't have a problem in the first place!!
Jan, I totally agree. Plans that give us lots of free foods etc can be a minefield. At the end of the day they all contain cals and too many cals= gain!! We have to learn to zip our lips more often !!
irish molly
Maintaing LT loss on GL
clarri said:
Salt is a demon if we have too much. Processed foods have so much salt. I avoid processed foods as much as possible and rarely add it in cooking. Food tastes soo much better too!!
dolphin10
Silver Member
Thank you Molly. One of the books I picked yesterday from my library is called The GI Diet Clinic by Rick Gallop. It looks very promising
dolphin10
Silver Member
Yes dolphin10 SW won't limit the amount you can have as their philosophy is NOT to count/weigh/measure anything except healthy extras HOWEVER they DO say not to eat for the sake of it - only when hungry and to stop when full. This is great in theory but my argument was always - if we could do that, we wouldn't have a problem in the first place!!
You are right Jan, although I am a SW fan I am being educated whilst on LT, I don't agree with their philosophy that "you can eat as much as you want". I believe it's not good idea to encourage open ended eating. I am bit of a traditionalist, and feel we should have 3 meals and 2 snacks a day.
I am reading around the subject now
dolphin10
Silver Member
LT is teaching me to think outside the box, I don't think I will ever be obese again, PROMISE
irish molly
Maintaing LT loss on GL
We all have to hope we can keep the weight off. We just have to get into the correct mindset. Not always easy but we can do it!!!
irish molly
Maintaing LT loss on GL
Little bit of excess yesterday. Too much drink and food!!! 80/20 rule applied! Will be a good girl for the rest of the week.
Have a good week everyone.
Have a good week everyone.
RetailChick
2 Years Maintaining :)
Wow Molly havent you done well!!! I am super jealous Your menus looked great!
I saw tins of those beans you mentioned in Superquinn.......I might get some just to try.........! I did try cook cous cous once....complete disaster lol
Your menus looked great!I saw tins of those beans you mentioned in Superquinn.......I might get some just to try.........! I did try cook cous cous once....complete disaster lol
summergurl
♥3 Years Maintaining♥
irish molly
Maintaing LT loss on GL
I'm with Tanya on the cous cous. It's hard to do wrong!!! Pour over a little boiling water and let it soak it up. Otherwise toss in a couple of dessert spoons into a pan over a stirfry and add a little chicken stock and give it five minutes, it makes a lovely one pot dish.
