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[geneva]

Hi --

I decided to stay in tonight (usually go dance somewhere on the weekends) and discovered the food log forum (what a great idea -- Seth has thought of everything to support SLDers).

I am 5' 6 1/2" tall, weigh about 145 (didn't weigh in today), and want to lose 11 pounds to get back to my normal "lean and mean" weight of 134. (Have had a 5-year battle with ice cream and, to a lesser extent, with bread,  and the price I've paid is 11 extra pounds. I'm thinking emotional eating, but I digress)

I have eaten the exact same breakfast and lunch for the last 25 years, and what surprises me most after reading the food logs is how little everyone eats, especially for breakfast.

My breakfast (same every day):
    -- 1 cup oatmeal (made with extra-thick rolled oats (never the instant kind), 1/2 cup of skim milk, and 1/2 cup of water)
    -- To this I add:
         -- 2 tbsp. raw wheat germ
         -- 2 tbsp. milled flax seed
         -- 1 1/2 tbsp. unprocessed wheat bran
         -- 5 raw organic almonds
         -- 1/2 to 3/4 cup of some kind of berries
         -- a splash or two of skim milk to mix the whole mess up



My lunch (same one every day):

           -- 1 cup cottage cheese (4% milk fat)
           -- 25 - 30 grapes or cherries (this time of year cherries are 4.99 per pound on sale, but I love them)
           -- 8 or so organic walnut halves

My usual dinner (at least 5 of 7 nights per week) is lettuce, tomatoes, celery, red peppers, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, etc. with turkey breast or tuna salad or egg salad or hard-boiled eggs or shrimp. Sometimes I might have a Lean Cuisine or Boston Market white meat chicken dinner. I try to eat salmon once a week.

I take a heaping tbsp. of walnut oil in between breakfast and lunch. Was sick to my stomach taking 2 tbsp, so cut back and 1 tbsp. seems to be doing the job with regard to AS.

It is really helping me with the ice cream/bread addictions.  The most I have been having in the evenings is more grapes or cherries. I still like the idea of ice cream but feel too full to eat it. (Tonight would have been a typical right-out-of-the-carton(s) ice cream night if I hadn't faithfully done the oil for the past week and if that magical full feeling of AS hadn't kicked in.)

I work out 4 days a week in between lunch and dinner. Never ravenous for dinner, just crave veggies. Always used to do the bread thing at dinner, but with SLD, don't seem to have room enough.

I'm wondering whether, even though they are healthy, my breakfast items might be considered ditto foods seeing I have been eating them for years and years and years.

If anyone has comments, would love to hear . . .

(Hope I am posting this correctly, in the right place, etc.)

[frenata]

That looks like an extraordinarily healthy lifestyle, to me. So much so that you'll probably find the SLD effect is pretty subtle for you. SLD works most miraculously for those of us who are very fat and very badly behaved     On the other hand, it doesn't sound like you need much.

You could try temporarily cutting everything back just to lose some weight. But I wouldn't worry so much about rolled oatmeal and flaxseed being ditto.

[geneva]

That looks like an extraordinarily healthy lifestyle, to me. So much so that you'll probably find the SLD effect is pretty subtle for you. SLD works most miraculously for those of us who are very fat and very badly behaved     On the other hand, it doesn't sound like you need much.

You could try temporarily cutting everything back just to lose some weight. But I wouldn't worry so much about rolled oatmeal and flaxseed being ditto.

Surprisingly, the SLD effect is pretty pronounced -- e.g., like last night, I felt way too "full" to even think about ice cream and even having some black grapes (which as my snack) kind of made me kind of sick to my stomach (same feeling I got when I binged on ice cream).

I did notice that taking the oil first thing in the morning had less effect on my appetite in the evening (my "weak" time) than if I take it between breakfast and lunch.

Maybe I am just lucky and SLD does work for me even though I don't have far to go. I sure hope so. SLD means I can have peaceful evenings not fighting sometimes overwhelming physical cravings.

By the way, I just want to say how much I admire the way you support everybody on these boards. When I started reading the posts, I soon became familiar with "frenata" and saw how knowledgeable you are.  Thanks for taking the time to respond to me -- even though I don't have much to lose.

If there is any way I can support you, please let me know. (You probably wouldn't want me to though. I no doubt would try to get you to eat and love rolled oats and wheat germ like I do. Actually, it tastes great and gives your b ody what it needs for the day.  See -- there I go . . .)

Good luck to you.

Good luck

[frenata]

If there is any way I can support you, please let me know. (You probably wouldn't want me to though. I no doubt would try to get you to eat and love rolled oats and wheat germ like I do. Actually, it tastes great and gives your b ody what it needs for the day.  See -- there I go . . .)

Ha! This is the only place in the world I get called a hero for being mouthy. You're too late, though...I'm already into rolled oats and flaxseed. I used to be a Big Mac kind of gal. SLD has just ruined me.

[lvivianka]

Ruined you, but in a good way :lol:

[Lony]

Hmm, my breakfast is almost the same as yours--I just don't have the nuts or the milk.

[girljedi]

Frenata, you aren't ruined, just refined!   

Hello, Geneva!  Welcome to the boards!