August 28, 2006
Monday
Oh My Gosh! I haven't blogged since Thursday??? I don't think I can remember back to Friday. :-( So I'm starting with today...
Breakfast was a healthy, crunchy pumpkin flax cereal mix, that I did enjoy with skim milk poured over it.
Lunch - some sort of southwest cold pasta salad with bowtie pasta, kidney beans, corn, salsa, red onion, green onions, garlic, cumin, chili powder and red bell pepper mixed together with some salad dressing... not bad actually, and then a small piece of dessert, i think was bread pudding...
Dinner, I have to pick up, but I hear it's Meatballs and Noodles! TTYL
Breakfast was a healthy, crunchy pumpkin flax cereal mix, that I did enjoy with skim milk poured over it.
Lunch - some sort of southwest cold pasta salad with bowtie pasta, kidney beans, corn, salsa, red onion, green onions, garlic, cumin, chili powder and red bell pepper mixed together with some salad dressing... not bad actually, and then a small piece of dessert, i think was bread pudding...
Dinner, I have to pick up, but I hear it's Meatballs and Noodles! TTYL
August 24, 2006
Thursday
Breakfast:
Well the MENU on her site said:
BAKED EGGS WITH CHEESE & RAISIN PECAN BREAD served with a fruit drink.
the package said...
BAKED EGGS WITH CHEESE, RAISIN BREAD, juicy fruit.
In no way did it tell me whether I was supposed to Drink it, or spread it on my toast. I guess it wouldn't matter... but it sure made the toast soggy! LOL
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Lunch:
Again the menu says:
SAVORY TOMATO RICE STEW - A hearty tomato stew with crunchy whole grain cheese croustades and craisins.
Reality was close:
Hearty tomato stew with rice and potatoes and whole tomatoes, a slice of wheat bread with a slice of mozzarella cheese on it.. and some paprika. Nuked it for 15 sec's... pretty good. And a bag of craisins. (I like those)
...where was the "crunchy whole grain cheese croustades ?
Well the MENU on her site said:
BAKED EGGS WITH CHEESE & RAISIN PECAN BREAD served with a fruit drink.
the package said...
BAKED EGGS WITH CHEESE, RAISIN BREAD, juicy fruit.
In no way did it tell me whether I was supposed to Drink it, or spread it on my toast. I guess it wouldn't matter... but it sure made the toast soggy! LOL
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Lunch:
Again the menu says:
SAVORY TOMATO RICE STEW - A hearty tomato stew with crunchy whole grain cheese croustades and craisins.
Reality was close:
Hearty tomato stew with rice and potatoes and whole tomatoes, a slice of wheat bread with a slice of mozzarella cheese on it.. and some paprika. Nuked it for 15 sec's... pretty good. And a bag of craisins. (I like those)
...where was the "crunchy whole grain cheese croustades ?
August 23, 2006
Wednesday
Breakfast - Orange Bread, pluot & cream cheese.
I'm not sure what the cream cheese was for, other than protein, but it wasn't an enhancement on the orange bread.. The orange bread was wonderful when warmed in micro for 15 sec's. So I saved the cream cheese and the pluot for later.
Lunch - Spring salad (mixed greens) with cut up chicken breast (I dont even have to cut it up!) and mandarin oranges with a pouch of Raspberry dressing (more than needed) I carried it all separate with ice, and then added it all to a bowl with a seal and shook it to evenly distribute the dressing... worked quite well. Oh yes, a package of flatbread too... small ones, but enough carbs for the body. And then the tomato juice. Hmm do I DRINK this? Ok... will do. There's not much so I can get it down.. just like a V-8, right?
I guess I'll have the pluot for dessert....later. Cream cheese... still holding. (less calories, right?)
Dinner -
cheesy al-dente wheat pasta lightly covered with tomato sauce, with a mixed vegetable blend and sundried tomato hardroll. It was Ok. (pasta was a little too al dente for me.. but close)
I'm not sure what the cream cheese was for, other than protein, but it wasn't an enhancement on the orange bread.. The orange bread was wonderful when warmed in micro for 15 sec's. So I saved the cream cheese and the pluot for later.
Lunch - Spring salad (mixed greens) with cut up chicken breast (I dont even have to cut it up!) and mandarin oranges with a pouch of Raspberry dressing (more than needed) I carried it all separate with ice, and then added it all to a bowl with a seal and shook it to evenly distribute the dressing... worked quite well. Oh yes, a package of flatbread too... small ones, but enough carbs for the body. And then the tomato juice. Hmm do I DRINK this? Ok... will do. There's not much so I can get it down.. just like a V-8, right?
I guess I'll have the pluot for dessert....later. Cream cheese... still holding. (less calories, right?)
Dinner -
cheesy al-dente wheat pasta lightly covered with tomato sauce, with a mixed vegetable blend and sundried tomato hardroll. It was Ok. (pasta was a little too al dente for me.. but close)
August 22, 2006
Tuesday
Breakfast:
Let it go on record that I really don't like their yogurt. It's apparantly unsweetened. I didn't know it came like THAT?! Whew... Today's had blueberries in it, whole ones, so it was only slightly better... and with an apple muffin. wow.. Let's see how lunch goes. But on the good side... My bad weekend didn't cost too much, I'm still down 9 pounds.
Ahhh lunch. I think they are getting better & better. Today's they claim is a lunchtime favorite.. and I'd have to agree.. (2) Potato skins (1/2 potato) with cheese and a sour cream/chive topping. Served with red grapes and some sort of oatmeal/choc chip/ raisin cookie. I'll save that for later... Snack!
August 21, 2006
Monday - The beginning of Week THREE [Can you believe it?!]
Breakfast:
Pineapple juice with a cheese filled omlette. (And I DO mean FILLED)
This omlette was light and fluffy... and cheese OOoozed out of it... creful to not nuke it oo long.. 1.5 mins is fine. Wow. Double dose of protein too!
Lunch:
I had a great lunch... Small baked potato, turkey breast, and a handful
of veggies: zucchini, grape tomatoes & green pepper (2 pieces of each) I cut up all of them into small pieces and dipped each one in the Dill Dip they included.. Really good!
What a great idea.
Picked up food tonite and I had one dinner left over from last week... so I decided to eat it, and not waste it.
Turkey meatloaf, mashed potatoes, cabbage and creamed corn.
Sounds good, right? Wellll... let's say this is the first meal (dinner) I truly did not like. The potatoes and corn were fine... good even. But the cabbage, diced up in tiny pieces, was so bland... it really needs seasoning... Note To Self.. next time, add seasoning... and the turkey meatloaf... not great. But small, so I ate it quickly... owell... the rest of the food today was really good.. so.... onward.
Breakfast:
Pineapple juice with a cheese filled omlette. (And I DO mean FILLED)
This omlette was light and fluffy... and cheese OOoozed out of it... creful to not nuke it oo long.. 1.5 mins is fine. Wow. Double dose of protein too!
Lunch:
I had a great lunch... Small baked potato, turkey breast, and a handful
of veggies: zucchini, grape tomatoes & green pepper (2 pieces of each) I cut up all of them into small pieces and dipped each one in the Dill Dip they included.. Really good!
What a great idea.
Picked up food tonite and I had one dinner left over from last week... so I decided to eat it, and not waste it.
Turkey meatloaf, mashed potatoes, cabbage and creamed corn.
Sounds good, right? Wellll... let's say this is the first meal (dinner) I truly did not like. The potatoes and corn were fine... good even. But the cabbage, diced up in tiny pieces, was so bland... it really needs seasoning... Note To Self.. next time, add seasoning... and the turkey meatloaf... not great. But small, so I ate it quickly... owell... the rest of the food today was really good.. so.... onward.
Friday:
breakfast:
banana muffin and nectarine
lunch:
Tuna on an english muffin (only 1/2) topped with cheese
Blue corn chips and baby carrots
carrots tasted like chemicals... maybe the inside of the plastic bag? not good. tossed them.
and... I wrote to SS about them, and they thanked me for that and will check w/ the distributor.
Friday nite... well, just let's say it was our wedding anniversary, and we just won't discuss this....
See ya Monday!
breakfast:
banana muffin and nectarine
lunch:
Tuna on an english muffin (only 1/2) topped with cheese
Blue corn chips and baby carrots
carrots tasted like chemicals... maybe the inside of the plastic bag? not good. tossed them.
and... I wrote to SS about them, and they thanked me for that and will check w/ the distributor.
Friday nite... well, just let's say it was our wedding anniversary, and we just won't discuss this....
See ya Monday!
August 18, 2006
Thursday:
Weighed in this morning, and found I had lost 10-1/2 lbs since starting this plan. Yay!
Breakfast seemed slim.. small slice of banana nut bread and a pluot (fruit) - so I warmed the bread in the microwave, and had it with one of the glasses of milk for the day. Saved the fruit for later.
It made a good mid morning snack while working.
Lunch was yummy... Baked potato with a slice of cheddar cheese and turkey chili. Could have used some chili spice... didn't taste much like chili. But it was good..
Dinner - well I picked up meals today for the rest of the week... and i still had the dinner I had missed while i was up in Chicago... so I opted to eat it: Turkey Tetrazinni... WOW.. it was great! Also served with it were 3 THICK slices of Sweet Potato - which I love, and i didn't even mind eating it without butter, cinnamon or sugar... they were good. And there was a small cup of pears, which I saved for a later snack.
Well I've completed 2 weeks now... and I must say, I'm doing MORE than Fine.
Thanks Seattle.
August 17, 2006
Wednesday:
Altho I did take SOME of my food along on the trip... I figured we'd be out at mid-day time so taking lunch was useless... I did take a cooler.. (for last nite's dinner and today's breakfast) And ice and more ice.. But lunch/dinner for today still would have not made it most likely so... I did good,
For lunch: If you are going to go out for lunch... you might visit Dietfacts.com in advance if you can... to see what would be your best choice. They list tons of restaurant and their food... and all the calorie/fat info you need on them. We went to Arby's... And they now have chicken salad WRAPS. And the chicken salad has the same things in it SS does.. chicken, lite mayo with chopped up grapes, apples & walnuts on a leaf of lettuce wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla.
So I ate 1/2 of it, and wrapped up the other 1/2... Tossed it at home.. (Dietfacts.com says this wrap is 640 calories, so I ate 320 which is perfect for a lunch.) I also had a bottle of water as they sell Dasani there.
For dinner: just before leaving Chicago, we went to McDonald's... And I had a Chicken Asian salad... Ate the chicken breast and 1/3 of the salad... So it went well and I was full.
Altho I did take SOME of my food along on the trip... I figured we'd be out at mid-day time so taking lunch was useless... I did take a cooler.. (for last nite's dinner and today's breakfast) And ice and more ice.. But lunch/dinner for today still would have not made it most likely so... I did good,
For lunch: If you are going to go out for lunch... you might visit Dietfacts.com in advance if you can... to see what would be your best choice. They list tons of restaurant and their food... and all the calorie/fat info you need on them. We went to Arby's... And they now have chicken salad WRAPS. And the chicken salad has the same things in it SS does.. chicken, lite mayo with chopped up grapes, apples & walnuts on a leaf of lettuce wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla.
So I ate 1/2 of it, and wrapped up the other 1/2... Tossed it at home.. (Dietfacts.com says this wrap is 640 calories, so I ate 320 which is perfect for a lunch.) I also had a bottle of water as they sell Dasani there.
For dinner: just before leaving Chicago, we went to McDonald's... And I had a Chicken Asian salad... Ate the chicken breast and 1/3 of the salad... So it went well and I was full.
Tuesday:
Breakfast:
- 1/2 whole wheat bagle
- cream cheese
- juice: orange pineapple juice. (yumm )
This was a really tasty breakfast and filling too.
Lunch -
Spinach salad with large cubes of cheddar and white cheese (good protein)
Large soft breadstick
Brownie - which served as a good afternoon snack with skim milk.
Dinner -
Lasagna and brussel sprouts and 1/2 spiced pear! - I had taken these out of the black tub container they came in, and put them in corning ware and anchor hocking bowls with rubber lids. This worked well not only for travel, but for heating them up.
Dinner was challenging, not because of the food, but fixing it... I was driving up to Chicago to visit my daughter...
I stopped in Pontiac to get cash for their toll roads and realized it was dinner time... so I purchased a bottle of Unsweetened iced tea at the Shell station, and asked if I could use their microwave to warm up my dinner. They were very nice and said they didn't mind.
So I nuked the lasagna and brussel sprouts and had my dinner in the parking lot. I was surprised how good the lasagna was... with real Ricotta Cheese.
The pear I saved for a later nite snack. It was great.
Breakfast:
- 1/2 whole wheat bagle
- cream cheese
- juice: orange pineapple juice. (yumm )
This was a really tasty breakfast and filling too.
Lunch -
Spinach salad with large cubes of cheddar and white cheese (good protein)
Large soft breadstick
Brownie - which served as a good afternoon snack with skim milk.
Dinner -
Lasagna and brussel sprouts and 1/2 spiced pear! - I had taken these out of the black tub container they came in, and put them in corning ware and anchor hocking bowls with rubber lids. This worked well not only for travel, but for heating them up.
Dinner was challenging, not because of the food, but fixing it... I was driving up to Chicago to visit my daughter...
I stopped in Pontiac to get cash for their toll roads and realized it was dinner time... so I purchased a bottle of Unsweetened iced tea at the Shell station, and asked if I could use their microwave to warm up my dinner. They were very nice and said they didn't mind.
So I nuked the lasagna and brussel sprouts and had my dinner in the parking lot. I was surprised how good the lasagna was... with real Ricotta Cheese.
The pear I saved for a later nite snack. It was great.
August 14, 2006
Monday:
Breakfast
Granola, Raspbery yogurt and a Pluot (fresh fruit)
The yogurt was quite light on sweetener (tart would be a better word) and the granola was too much for the yogurt, so you may want to eat some of that with your milk...
The pluot was a good late-morning-snack.
Lunch
- Barley soup had some "meat" in it... and came with oyster crackers..they helped provide FILLING. Very good soup. These recipes are great, I wonder if they'll share...
The apple will be a good afternoon snack and since I dont know if there is a snack in my dinner yet, I'll save the oatmeal raisin cookie. Hmm that wasn't on the list... where'd that come from?
One thing is for sure; they use Excellant packaging. You almost need scissors to open these plastics. I strongly suggest getting little glass containers (like my Anchor Hocking ones) to store and heat your food in. The tops of the plastic containers DO NOT hold up to heat.
See ya tomorrow!
(Did I mention I lost SIX pounds???)
Breakfast
Granola, Raspbery yogurt and a Pluot (fresh fruit)
The yogurt was quite light on sweetener (tart would be a better word) and the granola was too much for the yogurt, so you may want to eat some of that with your milk...
The pluot was a good late-morning-snack.
Lunch
- Barley soup had some "meat" in it... and came with oyster crackers..they helped provide FILLING. Very good soup. These recipes are great, I wonder if they'll share...
The apple will be a good afternoon snack and since I dont know if there is a snack in my dinner yet, I'll save the oatmeal raisin cookie. Hmm that wasn't on the list... where'd that come from?
One thing is for sure; they use Excellant packaging. You almost need scissors to open these plastics. I strongly suggest getting little glass containers (like my Anchor Hocking ones) to store and heat your food in. The tops of the plastic containers DO NOT hold up to heat.
See ya tomorrow!
(Did I mention I lost SIX pounds???)
August 13, 2006
Saturday & Sunday - the weekend test.
I usually have problems following a 'diet' on weekends because I'm out & about so much... but let's see what happened.
First I PLANNED for Saturday. Remember I traded my lunch on Friday... well, I have a lunch that'll work for me now on Saturday. First things first.
Breakfast:
Oatmeal with an English muffin. Yes a WHOLE english muffin that I sliced and put in the toaster!... Along with it came some "fruit spread"... it was dark blue and smelled of blueberries... ok.. it was a little light on sugar when i tasted it straight, but.. I put 1/2 of it in my oatmeal...and the other half divided between the 2 halves of the English muffin... there was plenty there.. and it tasted good on those things. I guess if I had read the package, I'd have noticed the oatmeal already had cinnamon and apples in it... LOL... so next time I might just use it on the Eng muffin., but hey.. that's FIVE WEEKS away.. I may forget by then.
Lunch:
Well I have a lunch tote I take during the week packed with ice blocks and gel paks.. so I figured, why not use it on Saturday too!... and last nite I went to the super center store and bought some new little glass bowls to store and microwave things in so I dont have to try and carry the big black plastic tub the meals come in. These, I found work great! I opened the lunch and separated it all out... Cottage Cheese in one bowl. Canned Pears & apricots in another. Red grapes in a snack size baggie, a kiwi and 2 packages of Keebler Whole Wheat crackers. Perfect lunch to munch on thru the afternoon!
Dinner:
Gnocchi with Asparagus in Pesto Sauce
These remind me of little "dough balls" or lumps. Not bad... just no particular taste, which is why the Pesto Sauce was good.
The asparagus was good, but I like mine less cooked... more crispy so next time I may nuke that separate for less time. The Almonds & Dried pineapple were delicious and made a good "later snack". I'm all about those "later snacks".
So all in all.... Saturday worked Fine for me... whew! I was worried. I did notice tho, in driving around shopping how many times I think of ...snacking. I didn't, and I'm proud of me.
Sunday -
Breakfast was ...
- Carrot Muffin (warmed 1 min in micro) YUMMMM
- yellow raisins, which I ate throughout the morning...
Lunch I sort of ate on the run... weekends are hectic for me.
So I ate the PASTA SALAD first at home, standing, as I was ready to leave.
Then later, the PEASUNT BUTTER COOKIE and some un-recall-able fruit... LOL
This pasta salad I could see me making one day. It helps that they actually put the name brands of products they use, like Hellman's Lite Mayo. IT had chunks of chicen, spiral pasta and peas.
Notes:
Oh.. and I met 2 more people that know people that were on Seattle Sutton's program, and both reported that it worked. Well of COURSE it works... if you let it.
PS - I still haven't eaten the kiwi from Saturday's lunch... it's a little firm so maybe tonite.
I usually have problems following a 'diet' on weekends because I'm out & about so much... but let's see what happened.
First I PLANNED for Saturday. Remember I traded my lunch on Friday... well, I have a lunch that'll work for me now on Saturday. First things first.
Breakfast:
Oatmeal with an English muffin. Yes a WHOLE english muffin that I sliced and put in the toaster!... Along with it came some "fruit spread"... it was dark blue and smelled of blueberries... ok.. it was a little light on sugar when i tasted it straight, but.. I put 1/2 of it in my oatmeal...and the other half divided between the 2 halves of the English muffin... there was plenty there.. and it tasted good on those things. I guess if I had read the package, I'd have noticed the oatmeal already had cinnamon and apples in it... LOL... so next time I might just use it on the Eng muffin., but hey.. that's FIVE WEEKS away.. I may forget by then.
Lunch:
Well I have a lunch tote I take during the week packed with ice blocks and gel paks.. so I figured, why not use it on Saturday too!... and last nite I went to the super center store and bought some new little glass bowls to store and microwave things in so I dont have to try and carry the big black plastic tub the meals come in. These, I found work great! I opened the lunch and separated it all out... Cottage Cheese in one bowl. Canned Pears & apricots in another. Red grapes in a snack size baggie, a kiwi and 2 packages of Keebler Whole Wheat crackers. Perfect lunch to munch on thru the afternoon!
Dinner:
Gnocchi with Asparagus in Pesto Sauce
These remind me of little "dough balls" or lumps. Not bad... just no particular taste, which is why the Pesto Sauce was good.
The asparagus was good, but I like mine less cooked... more crispy so next time I may nuke that separate for less time. The Almonds & Dried pineapple were delicious and made a good "later snack". I'm all about those "later snacks".
So all in all.... Saturday worked Fine for me... whew! I was worried. I did notice tho, in driving around shopping how many times I think of ...snacking. I didn't, and I'm proud of me.
Sunday -
Breakfast was ...
- Carrot Muffin (warmed 1 min in micro) YUMMMM
- yellow raisins, which I ate throughout the morning...
Lunch I sort of ate on the run... weekends are hectic for me.
So I ate the PASTA SALAD first at home, standing, as I was ready to leave.
Then later, the PEASUNT BUTTER COOKIE and some un-recall-able fruit... LOL
This pasta salad I could see me making one day. It helps that they actually put the name brands of products they use, like Hellman's Lite Mayo. IT had chunks of chicen, spiral pasta and peas.
Notes:
Oh.. and I met 2 more people that know people that were on Seattle Sutton's program, and both reported that it worked. Well of COURSE it works... if you let it.
PS - I still haven't eaten the kiwi from Saturday's lunch... it's a little firm so maybe tonite.
Day 4:
Friday Morning breakfast:
Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Breakfast Wrap!
Inside this tortilla was the most wonder ful combination of egg/filling. The label said whole eggs... plus 5 cheeses! (cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, mozzella, cheddar and swiss) wow... I don't know about you but I wouldn't have had the patience to mix all 5 of those, and they came together Great! Then.. after warming it in the micro (which did NOT dry it out, it was very moist), I topped it with the generous amount of salsa included and had one of my 8oz glasses of skim milk - WOW... it was wonderful.
Lunch:
I switched lunches for the first time. I wanted to save Friday's lunch for Saturday...more on that later. So lunch consisted of Soup & Salad. Tortellini Vegetable Soup with 4 or 5 tortellinis in there.. and CHUNKS of vegetables, and a Spinach salad with red onion slice, shredded carrots and WALNUTS. I saved some walnuts for later to munch on and get thru the afternoon... I'm learning that. Oh, and a rye bun, which I warmed in the micro (10 secs) and a raspberry dressing for the salad!... Very good Seattle!
Dinner:
Wow... pasta week.. that's ok I love Pasta!.. Heirloom Ravioli, LARGE cheese filled raviolis... these were a good 3" in diameter.. and there were 4 or 5 of them.. quite good and quite filling.. in a nice tomato-y sauce - I wasn't sure of the garlic bread, it looked lightweight... and it was... but it was crunchy and garlicy... ok.. it'll work! (and milk of course)
Hmm nothing I can keep for later... but I got thru another day, without feeling too slighted.
Friday Morning breakfast:
Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Breakfast Wrap!
Inside this tortilla was the most wonder ful combination of egg/filling. The label said whole eggs... plus 5 cheeses! (cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, mozzella, cheddar and swiss) wow... I don't know about you but I wouldn't have had the patience to mix all 5 of those, and they came together Great! Then.. after warming it in the micro (which did NOT dry it out, it was very moist), I topped it with the generous amount of salsa included and had one of my 8oz glasses of skim milk - WOW... it was wonderful.
Lunch:
I switched lunches for the first time. I wanted to save Friday's lunch for Saturday...more on that later. So lunch consisted of Soup & Salad. Tortellini Vegetable Soup with 4 or 5 tortellinis in there.. and CHUNKS of vegetables, and a Spinach salad with red onion slice, shredded carrots and WALNUTS. I saved some walnuts for later to munch on and get thru the afternoon... I'm learning that. Oh, and a rye bun, which I warmed in the micro (10 secs) and a raspberry dressing for the salad!... Very good Seattle!
Dinner:
Wow... pasta week.. that's ok I love Pasta!.. Heirloom Ravioli, LARGE cheese filled raviolis... these were a good 3" in diameter.. and there were 4 or 5 of them.. quite good and quite filling.. in a nice tomato-y sauce - I wasn't sure of the garlic bread, it looked lightweight... and it was... but it was crunchy and garlicy... ok.. it'll work! (and milk of course)
Hmm nothing I can keep for later... but I got thru another day, without feeling too slighted.
August 10, 2006
Day 3(pm)
I picked up my next haul of food! And had my dinner. Not bad.. the eggroll could use 'crisping up' but otherwise, good stuff. Rice, broccoli, water chestnuts, red peppers, and pea pods. And as a treat.... a Fortune Cookie! "Keep your cool and everything falls into place"... and I picked up some small (1 cup) Anchor Hocking bowls which come with rubber lids. I think this will be a better way to heat up the items that need heating, and they can also transport the other items well.
Day 3!
Last nite I had Orange Roughy on a bed of rice. They seasoned it nicely and was cooked perfectly.
It came with a side dish of carrots. Most of them were fine... a few overcooked in the microwave process I think.
no cookies this time, and no fruit so nothing to save for later... but the food was good, and I ate late so I didn't have time to get hungry before bedtime.
Today's breakfast was a dry flax cereal mix - I'd have called it a trail mix, or a granola, but whatever. It was good.. it had the right balance of sweet and non-sweet. I suppose you could pour milk over it and have it in a bowl, but I was on the run and it worked well in the car.
Lunch... a Pocket Pita was fan-tab-ulous.
garbanzo beans for protein...
swiss cheese, which i don't like but didn't taste with the other stuff
fresh lettuce!
strips of green peppers
and a white cucumber sauce to pour over it or dip it in, or both
It was truly great.
Oh, and a tangerine for a snack...
and tonite I pick up my food for the rest of the week! YAY!... (Chop Suey is for dinner I think)
PS - and I'm NOT the one who had baked mostachooli for lunch...
Ruth
Last nite I had Orange Roughy on a bed of rice. They seasoned it nicely and was cooked perfectly.
It came with a side dish of carrots. Most of them were fine... a few overcooked in the microwave process I think.
no cookies this time, and no fruit so nothing to save for later... but the food was good, and I ate late so I didn't have time to get hungry before bedtime.
Today's breakfast was a dry flax cereal mix - I'd have called it a trail mix, or a granola, but whatever. It was good.. it had the right balance of sweet and non-sweet. I suppose you could pour milk over it and have it in a bowl, but I was on the run and it worked well in the car.
Lunch... a Pocket Pita was fan-tab-ulous.
garbanzo beans for protein...
swiss cheese, which i don't like but didn't taste with the other stuff
fresh lettuce!
strips of green peppers
and a white cucumber sauce to pour over it or dip it in, or both
It was truly great.
Oh, and a tangerine for a snack...
and tonite I pick up my food for the rest of the week! YAY!... (Chop Suey is for dinner I think)
PS - and I'm NOT the one who had baked mostachooli for lunch...
Ruth
August 09, 2006
Ok.. Day 2!
Not bad... I made it thru the nite and the day so far... I have to say, this food is REALLY good. I'll print the menu thus far below, but the ONLY thing I can say, even as a SUGGESTION, is that the potato soup could be a tad thicker... and maybe some garlic powder... or something. But it wasn't bad!... the rest of the food is down right GOOD. I think when I get older... and I can't cook... I may just have to make sure I have enough money to order Seattle Sutton's food! (Sure hope she's still around)
Ok here goes ...the past 24 hrs...
Dinner last nite:
"Garden Patty" - with crunchy veggies inside - on Whole wheat roll (Quite Tasty!)
Potato soup, with actual chunks of potatoes (maybe a hand blender will thicken it up)
Baked beans (with little bits of onion even!)
Lemon Cookies by RealLemon - all i can say is YUMMM (great with my milk)
Breakfast:
French Toast sticks with Spiced apple topping with chunks of apples (not bad)
Veggie Sausage Patty - actually very good! A nice tangy flavor.
Lunch:
Chicken breast - A REAL chicken breast. Nuked it and put it on the...
Whole grain roll
Heinz Salsa (Sauce & Dip)- I'll hve to buy this stuff someday!
small apple - saved for later snack...
Tonites dinner will be Orange Roughy... let ya know tomorrow!
Hey... I LOST WEIGHT!... Lost 2 lbs yesterday... and I'm NOT hungry. hmmm. I think I'm on to sumpthin' here!
Ruth
Not bad... I made it thru the nite and the day so far... I have to say, this food is REALLY good. I'll print the menu thus far below, but the ONLY thing I can say, even as a SUGGESTION, is that the potato soup could be a tad thicker... and maybe some garlic powder... or something. But it wasn't bad!... the rest of the food is down right GOOD. I think when I get older... and I can't cook... I may just have to make sure I have enough money to order Seattle Sutton's food! (Sure hope she's still around)
Ok here goes ...the past 24 hrs...
Dinner last nite:
"Garden Patty" - with crunchy veggies inside - on Whole wheat roll (Quite Tasty!)
Potato soup, with actual chunks of potatoes (maybe a hand blender will thicken it up)
Baked beans (with little bits of onion even!)
Lemon Cookies by RealLemon - all i can say is YUMMM (great with my milk)
Breakfast:
French Toast sticks with Spiced apple topping with chunks of apples (not bad)
Veggie Sausage Patty - actually very good! A nice tangy flavor.
Lunch:
Chicken breast - A REAL chicken breast. Nuked it and put it on the...
Whole grain roll
Heinz Salsa (Sauce & Dip)- I'll hve to buy this stuff someday!
small apple - saved for later snack...
Tonites dinner will be Orange Roughy... let ya know tomorrow!
Hey... I LOST WEIGHT!... Lost 2 lbs yesterday... and I'm NOT hungry. hmmm. I think I'm on to sumpthin' here!
Ruth
August 08, 2006
Day 1:
I have tried many other diets, life-style changes, and eating plans throughout the years. Some work for a while, some just don't work with me. So I am embarking now on this newest attempt... no, let me say success-to-be... method. I like the sound of this method... it's healthy eating... healthy, delicious, and freshly prepared meals...the way we SHOULD be eating. And we probably did before they enlarged forks, deepened spoons, and invented the "up-size it" at the drive thru food places... (those should probably be outlawed).
Anyway, I heard the Seattle Sutton commercial on the radio and I like her honesty. "If you don't lose weight on the 1200 calorie plan, you are either lying in a coma not burning calories, or you're cheating." - Pure & simple isn't it!?
These foods weren't designed just for weight loss. They were designed to be nutritious. Whether you need to change your eating due to Diabetes, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure/Certain Cardiac problems, or Sugar in Type II Diabetes, this is just what the doctor ordered!
Credentials? Ok... Seattle Sutton is a Registered Nurse and her husband was a doctor in Illinois until 1991. She worked as his RN for 22 years before deciding to start this company, and start it she did, in 1985. I didn't know it had been around that long... did you? There are more faq's answered on her website. Check it out: www.seattlesutton.com
The commercial did it.
Ok, so on to Day 1.
Actually I started last nite and that's how it works.
I picked up my food (all fresh) last nite, took it home and pulled out dinner.
The rest went in the refridgerator, NO FREEZING. I organized it by day so I can get to the next day's easiest, but come to find out, it doesnt matter.. you can trade from day to day, as long as you comsume all meals before you receive your next meals.
Last nite's dinner:
Lemon Pepper Loaf - made to resemple meatloaf, using ground turkey. Quite good.
Double stuffed potato - I think this was garlic mashed potatoes spooned into a potato "shell" and twoce baked. Yummy
Steamed apples and...some other reddish fruit. Yummy again.
So far so good.
So, since that is only 1 meal, do I stop there? or bring in the next 2 meals?
Ok... Day 2 (technically) -
Breakfast consisted of a raisin roll (warmed in microwave was wonderful) and a Pluot. Yes.. that's not a typo... a PLUOT
(look it up) is a cross between a Plum & Apricot. It's a sweeter plum and looks like a reddish/yellow plum.
Lunch was a really good quiche (egg whites, Swiss cheese, green onion, cottage cheese)along with a spinach salad....> spinach, grated carrots, red onion (1 strip) with RASPBERRY dressing!
I'm good. This tasted good, and i think it (and the water) will hold me til dinner...
Check back tomorrow, for... Day 2, er.. uh.. Day 3 (I think
Ruth
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