What Did You Have For Dinner Tonight?
 

Well, what was it?

Tonight I had a spinach wrap, with ham, turkey, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, and a little bit of honey mustard. I had a large glass of milk with that?

What about you, what was your favorite thing that you ate today?

Cereal because i'm indifferent like dat lol.

breaded pork chops, hashbrowns & frozen peas~ i had a huge glass of milk too~

Scrambled eggs and potatoes with a V8. Yeah, I'm not much of a cook :rolleyes:

Me gran's beef stew, right good. Proper Derbyshire.

Well it isn't quite dinnertime yet..... but I will be having a baby spinach salad with goat cheese, strawberries and vinaigrette. Yay.

I had a salad for lunch yesterday that had goat cheese in it. It was amazing.

You can always tell a British person on a forum by asking what they had for Tea lol.


Cereal again. Sensing a pattern? I seem to live off of Special K and Watermelon at the moment :p That and Coffee. Lots and lots of Coffee.

OMG Bee you say Tea!! I'M NOT ALONE!!

I have been crazy about Special K vanilla almond for months. Can't get off it, it seems. BTW, I will also eat cereal for dinner from time to time.

It's almost a law here lol. If you refer to it as Dinner people act like they don't know what you're talking about. "But Dinner's at 12pm....." No....That's Lunch... "What is this Lunch of which you speak? Is it one o' them London words? *suspicious eye*".

I never tried that variety. Me and nuts tend not to get along, although Almond is probably the kinder of them. I tried the Walnut variety and literally yacked :s Glad I'm not the only one who's confused her meal types. At least I don't have Curry for breakfast or Lasagna Sandwhiches like some students I know lol.

I had cheesecake... for breakfast :shocked:

Me too! It's my current drug of choice. I had 3 bowls yesterday morning. Delicious!!!

I would tell you how much cheese my roomie and I have in our fridge right now, but it's slightly disgusting that two people can eat so much of the stuff. Okay, I'll tell you. Three packages of goat cheese (one with herbs), brie, sharp cheddar and this special jerk cheese that we got at a cheese factory at Pike's.

A mild vegan curry with brown rice and tofu + two peaches and a plumcot. Simply delish! Having some almonds now...

Burritos, Bar-B-Que potatoe chips (1 serving) and the always present tea (I must have British ancestory in my family tree - everyone drinks tea but not coffee).

Since I change my diet I dropped from 260+ lbs in March to 228 this day.

My grandparents were English and got me drinking tea when I was very young. I haven't been able to tolerate coffee since.


For dinner I had a few handfuls of Trader Joe's kettle corn. Not very exciting but I don't have much of an appetite lately.

Jerry Seinfeld would be proud!

2 Blueberry Poptarts and a Xanax. 4 ounces of milk, followed by half a bottle of the red 'Zero Water'. Hate the Xanax aftertaste, and no, I don't chew it! It's still one bitter pill to swallow!

By the way, have any of you ever heard the following?
WAIT to drink your beverage until after you have finished eating. I got this tip in the 80s from a prime-time tv actress, whose niece I was best friends with, for a decade. It seems that one's saliva contains a natural calorie-burning enzyme released as you chew, and that is ruined if you drink at the same time as you're eating .
The actress had an unbelievable body, so I just went along with it and don't even think about it much, and it seems to work.
I've forever tried to talk my overweight Dad into eating his meals in this way, he won't listen and thinks it's all bullsh*t about the saliva. Anyone ever hear this?
If curious, the actress was Lisa Hartman of 'Knots Landing' and she had the most amazingly perfect tummy and she showed it off a lot in those days.

this sounds like one of those bull**** lose-weight-without-trying tips. :laugh: i can't think of one evolutionary reason humans (whose bodies are built to conserve energy and store it as fat) would have a built in mechanism to burn calories at the beginning of the digestive process. i'm sure LH had a great body, but i'm sure she also starved herself and had a personal trainer. celebs toss these so-called "tips" to the masses so they can deflect from the reality that they work out obsessively, don't eat, and have surgery to suck out their unwanted fat. please don't perpetuate it! if you want to lose weight, EXERCISE AND EAT WELL!

ahem.

What if you're lazy and really, really like candy???


And is this Lisa Hartman Black we're talking about?

yes, i think it's LHB.

i guess if you're lazy and you really, really like candy you better get one of stevie's magical power plates ;)

What is this dark magic you speak of?

http://www.people.com/people/article...269012,00.html

god bless 'er.

^^ Um... when she gained 30 pounds? I repeat, 30 pounds.
That article started off with magic and turned into a lie.

:laugh:

i do believe she only gained 30 during the time period she was talking about.

if we're talking about street angel, though ...

Yes, it was Lisa Hartman Black, just Lisa Hartman back then, before she married Clint Black.
I see Carrie's point, I don't wanna be b*tchslapped, LOL, but I just do believe it about the saliva.
It makes sense to me that drinking while eating would 'wash away' the work that your natual saliva naturally does, all natural, heh-heh like.
Lisa never gave this tip to a tabloid or in a tv interview. She told her niece and I at lunch, and her niece pointed out to me that Lisa had never had an ounce extra on her frame, since her pre-fame days. She was on 'Knots' by the time I met her. I am sure she worked out a lot, as well, by then.
I really believe it: You chew, and your saliva helps process the food, and any beverages allow the saliva not to do the job. I haven't had to diet in 20+ years, and had some chubby-pre-teen years that on occasion would revisit til my early 20s .
And I still love me my junkfood. It's just cookies without milk, now :)

but you would be washing the saliva into your stomach, right? where the food is being digested? :laugh: i just don't buy it. plus processing food is not the same thing as burning calories. i don't get it. so you can eat your cookies without milk, and i'll have a salad ... and some water. ;)

^^
Don't get me wrong, Carrie, I know a salad and a water is way more sensible and healthy than cookies!
I think much also has to do with how many pounds a person needs to lose, which, if it's more than 20 pounds, the sensible, healthy, slow, steady way is the smart way to go.
Lisa's niece and I would sometimes have maybe 10 pounds each back then to lose, and we were barely beyond being kids, so it was easy-ish. That is, til I was 40 and decided I wanted to lose the weight that stayed off 15 years then came back along with another 1o pounds added. So, I lied- or forgot I guess- About 6 years ago, I had to lose 20 pounds. And it was hard. Lots of cardio and tons of hours on the exercise bike, no sweets, little bread, little dairy. It's mostly stayed off, except for 5 pounds I'm losing now.
My DAD who I referenced, has had more than 100 pounds to lose for a long time, which is why I think him beginning by waiting to drink his beverage til after he eats is a good way to start. It could trick his metabolism. Or, it may not. He's handicapped, so can't exercise at all. And for me, I think finishing eating before drinking anything has helped keep the weight off, but I may be wrong, and except for 6 years ago, I never had a lot to have to take off.
It's all an interesting subject to me, and I can tell when someone sounds that they know what they're talking about, as Carrie does. Then again, I thought so about Lisa Hartman, too!
The older I get, the more I KNOW that I know NOTHING!!!!

^ i'm in the middle of massive weight loss, so i hope i know what i'm talking about. :laugh:

Yes, we should all get our advice from the notorious metabolic expert Dr. Lisa Hartman. I'm sure her assertions are backed by reams of clinical trial data. And we all know that food like fruits, vegetables and soups don't contain any liquid. :rolleyes: If anything, by not drinking any liquid with a meal, you are actually delaying the feeling of satiety that liquid would help to create, thereby encouraging you to eat even more food.

Lisa Hartman is thin because she watches what she eats and she exercises like a fiend. Period.

I am right to assume both of you mean proper tea? I.e Milk, (sugar), boiling water and a tea bag?

Of course. Surely, you didn't think I was a heathen and used ice? :eek:

At first I was a little worried, but when I realised that no English grandparents would subject a grandchild to such terror I was quite all right.

Iced Tea is just wrong, it's like tomatos and harming animals. I just can't imagine coming home and going "ooh I fancy a nice iced tea" :shocked: I want a brew and I want it hot, any other way (including black) is just plain odd.

I like my Tea as black as it comes with no sugar. Guess I'm just wrong then lol

[QUOTE=HejiraNYC;911862]Yes, we should all get our advice from the notorious metabolic expert Dr. Lisa Hartman. I'm sure her assertions are backed by reams of clinical trial data. And we all know that food like fruits, vegetables and soups don't contain any liquid. :rolleyes:

Oh, Hej, you're hilarious. Blame ME, poor Lisa never said it anywhere public, unless you consider a restaurant that we all dined at as giving advice to the public, at a table for 3.
The obvious truth that there is liquid in soups and vegetables and other foods you may have while eating is a different concept than washing away enzymes by adding a beverage at the same time to whatever you're consuming.
You and your rolling eyes that you have you rolled in my direction, repeatedly. So superior is your intelligence, I realize. Lots of people have way more smarts than I do, the ones with class don't need to be smug about it.
Having an open mind doesn't necessarily mean than thee here is all vacuous 'n stuff, and needing to lose weight only once since I was about 23, at age 40, suggests to me that the 'wait til you're finished eating to drink' advice wasn't bad for me to follow.
I wasn't saying it was sound medical advice or 'correct'. I was just wondering if anyone else had ever heard it, and I guess I have my answer! That's what I wanted. So, it's all good.
I conceded that it may not have any merit, especially for those with a good amount of weight to lose.
Anyone in the throes of weight loss; massive, or not, has my respect.

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC (Post 911862) Yes, we should all get our advice from the notorious metabolic expert Dr. Lisa Hartman. I'm sure her assertions are backed by reams of clinical trial data. And we all know that food like fruits, vegetables and soups don't contain any liquid. :rolleyes:

My apologies if there was a misunderstanding; my eyes were rolling at Lisa Hartman, not you. Although I must admit that the fact that you lend any credence to her saliva-as-metabolizer theory does merit a momentary darting of the eyes. ;p

I suspect Mrs. Hartman-Black is another one of those aging Hollywood former starlets who tries to make it all look so effortless. For some reason it's considered gauche to be super diet-conscious and admit to having a gym membership. If I hear another twig-thin model insist that she eats In and Out Burger and Krispy Kreme all the time and never works out, I will scream! I would love to hear a model finally admit that she maintains her figure through drastic calorie restriction, rigorous exercise and cigarettes.

One year ago, I decided to get my weight under control. I was 180, and I'm 5'10", not big boned. I gave up most red meat, and bread. I ate a big spinach salad, about 5 nights a week, for dinner. I lost 45 lbs, down to 135(which is almost too small, but I was motivated, so I kept it up). I've had ONE fast food hamburger, in the past year.

I drink a ton of water in the afternoon(2-3 liters, minimum of 2!). I do think the water keeps my stomach full during the day, and keeps me from being too hungry. Yes, the big salad for dinner, was my one meal for the day, plus some late night beer!:laugh:.

I have put on 5 lbs, in the past month, but that's only because I've had a sh*t ton of cookouts and dinners, that I've been going to, lately. I'm back on the spinach salads, and that 5 lbs will be gone, in a week or two.

Not exactly the healthiest diet in the world, but it works for me. My blood pressure is down 20 points, and my cholesterol is down 93!!!!!!!! My doctor had been threatening me with cholesterol meds for a couple of years, and I now no longer need them!

Oh, and I feel like a million bucks now. My friends who are 15 years younger than I, marvel at my endless energy. Seriously. This is probably the best thing I've done in my life. Eating is a terrible addiction, and I finally beat it.

Last night my husband had filet mignon and I had a chicken breast (both marinated in balsamic vinegar, chives, garlic, shallots and salt n pepper...cooked out on the grill). We also had steamed green beans w/ almonds and boiled new potatoes with parsley and butter. MMMMM!

Tonight: Gnocchi w/ marinara, baby asparagus tips and Italian bread.